Fan guard structure for additional supercharging function

• US 6,244,818 B1
• Filed: 08/17/1999
• Issued: 06/12/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1999
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chang, Shun-Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): Look, Edward K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WOO, RICHARD SUKYOON
• Application Number:
  US09/375,862
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 415/208.2, 415/209.1, 415/211.2, 415/220, 415/121.2, 415/185, 415/191, 415/193, 415/192, 415/199.4, 415/199.5, 415/214.1, 415/223, 416/247.R
• US Class Current: 415/208.2
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/24 Casings modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M ; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/055 with intake grids, screens or guards
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/544 Blade shapes
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/703 specially for fans, e.g. fan guards
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/13 to collect or cause flow towards or away from turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/12 Fluid guiding means, e.g. vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/14 Casings or housings protecting or supporting assemblies within
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/40 Use of a multiplicity of similar components
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20172 Fan mounting or fan specifications

Abstract

A fan guard has a function of supercharging a fan in addition to supporting a rotor device is disclosed. The fan guard is to be mounted beside the rotor device for supporting the rotor device, and additionally, the fan guard interacts with an airflow generated by the revolution of the rotor blades to supercharge the fan. The fan guard essentially includes a main frame, and a set of guard blades radially arranged inside the main frame and fixed onto an inner surface of the main frame by each one end thereof. Each of the guard blades is preferred to have a shape similar to the shape of the rotor blades, and the set of guard blades can be arranged either upstream or downstream of the rotor blades.

Claims

1. A fan guard to be mounted beside a rotor device of a heat-dissipation fan for supporting said rotor device and supercharging said fan, comprising:

a main frame;

a first set of guard blades radially arranged inside said main frame and fixed onto an inner surface of said main frame by one ends thereof; and

a second frame and a second set of guard blades arranged upstream of said rotor blades to guide air into said rotor device at an angle so as to make an air inflow to said rotor device have an additional tangential velocity, and thus enhance the work of said rotor blades on air;

wherein said first set of guard blades are arranged downstream of rotor blades of said rotor device, and have a shape substantially identical to that of said rotor blades, and an arrangement relative to said rotor blades allowing any one of said guard blades and any one of said rotor blades to constitute an approximate C configuration in a cross-sectional view at a moment that a leading point of said guard blade aligned with a trailing point of said rotor blade in an axial direction, and wherein curves of said downstream guard blades guide an overall air outflow from said rotor device to penetrate therethrough and be outputted in said axial direction, thereby transforming a tangential velocity of said air outflow from said rotor device into a static pressure to supercharge said fan.

2. The fan guard according to claim 1 further comprising a motor holder which is a hollow cylinder substantially located at the center of said main frame, and fixed thereto the other ends of said guard blades for receiving therein a motor used for driving said rotor blades to revolve.

3. The fan guard according to claim 1 further comprising at least one reinforcing ring connecting all of said guard blades for strengthening said fan guard.

4. The fan guard according to claim 1 wherein said guard blades are made of a material selected from a group consisting of a plastic and a metal.