Fan rotor

• US 10,797,539 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2018
• Issued: 10/06/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Kang, Chao-Hsing, Lee, Chien-Ho, Lee, Tsung-Yin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Ninh H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zamora Alvarez, Eric J
• Application Number:
  US15/927,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20180212479A1
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 17/08 Centrifugal pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 19/002 Axial flow fans
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/0613 the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/053 Shafts
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/281 for fans or blowers
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/325 for axial flow fans blade mountings F04D29/34, blades F04D29/38
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/329 Details of the hub
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/646 Mounting or removal of fans
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/16 Stator cores with slots for windings
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/2791 Surface mounted magnets; Inset magnets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/30 using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/10 with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/225 Terminal boxes or connection arrangements specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/14 Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 9/06 with fans or impellers driven by the machine shaft

Abstract

A fan rotor includes a rotating shaft, a metal body, at least one rotor magnet and a vane wheel. The metal body has at least one top surface, at least one cylindrical portion and at least one connecting portion. The top surface is disposed at an end of the cylindrical portion, and the rotating shaft is disposed in the cylindrical portion and connected to the top surface of the cylindrical portion. The connecting portion is formed at the other end of the cylindrical portion and extended from an outer wall of the opening in a direction away from the rotating shaft. The rotor magnet is disposed around an inner wall surface of the cylindrical portion. The vane wheel is detachably connected to the metal body through the connecting portion.

Claims

1. A fan motor, comprising:

a metal body, including a rotating shaft, a cylindrical portion, a connecting portion, an opening, and at least one rotor magnet,

wherein

the rotating shaft is disposed in the cylindrical portion and connected to a top surface of the cylindrical portion;

the top surface is disposed at an end of the cylindrical portion;

the connecting portion is formed at another end of the cylindrical portion and extends radially from an outer wall of the opening towards a direction away from the rotating shaft;

the at least one rotor magnet is installed around an inner wall surface of the cylindrical portion; and

a vane wheel, including a connecting structure and a vane unit;

wherein

the connecting structure is cylindrical, the metal body is sheathed in the connecting structure, and the connecting structure is locked to the connecting portion;

the vane unit is locked to the connecting structure; and

the vane wheel is detachably connected to the metal body.

2. The fan motor according to claim 1, wherein the connecting structure has a plurality of connecting units formed on and protruded from an outer side of the connecting structure, and each connecting unit includes a connecting pillar extended in a direction parallel to an axis of the connecting structure.

3. The fan motor according to claim 2, wherein the connecting portion has a plurality of first locking holes arranged around the connecting portion, and each connecting pillar has a second locking hole penetrating through both ends of the connecting pillar along a longitudinal direction of the connecting pillar.

4. The fan motor according to claim 3, wherein an end of the each second locking hole is locked to a corresponsive first locking hole formed on the connecting portion by a screw.

5. The fan motor according to claim 3, wherein the vane unit includes a chassis, a socket and a plurality of third locking holes formed on the chassis and arranged around the socket.

6. The fan motor according to claim 5, wherein each third locking hole of the plurality of third locking holes respectively corresponds to a corresponding second locking hole.

7. The fan motor according to claim 5, wherein the vane unit includes a plurality of centrifugal blades disposed on the chassis and arranged around the socket.

8. The fan motor according to claim 2, wherein the connecting structure comprises at least one blade carrying portion extended from an end or an edge of each respective connecting pillar to connect the vane unit.

9. The fan motor according to claim 8, wherein the blade carrying portion is inclined with respect to the connecting pillar.