IP Library Granted Patent US 6,913,444
Granted Patent B2
US 6,913,444 · App. 10/389,104 · Granted Jul 5, 2005

Thin-form centrifugal fan

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Patent No.
US 6,913,444
App. No.
10/389,104
Granted
Jul 5, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A small, lightweight and inexpensive thin-form centrifugal fan having a first moving blade; a second moving blade; and a stationary blade disposed between the first moving blade and the second moving blade and directing gas taken in by rotation of the first moving blade to the second moving blade. The first and second moving blades are formed such that the rigidity of their central portions is smaller than the rigidity of their outer perimeter areas.

Claims (19)

1. A moving blade portion for use in a thin-form centrifugal fan comprising:

a base having a center portion and a peripheral portion; and

a plurality of partitions extending perpendicularly from the peripheral portion of the base;

wherein a thickness of the peripheral portion of the base is greater than a thickness of the center portion of the base along the entire length of the partitions.

2. The moving blade portion according to claim 1 , wherein the partitions are formed of a film-shaped metal foil.

3. The moving blade portion according to claim 1 , wherein the partitions are formed of a synthetic resin.

4. A thin-form centrifugal fan having a moving blade portion, the moving blade portion comprising:

a base having a center portion and a peripheral portion; and

a plurality of partitions extending perpendicularly from the peripheral portion of the base;

wherein a thickness of the peripheral portion of the base is greater than a thickness of the center portion of the base along the entire length of the partitions.

5. A thin-form centrifugal fan according to claim 4 wherein the partitions are formed of a film-shaped metal foil.

6. A thin-form centrifugal fan according to claim 4 wherein the partitions are formed of a synthetic resin.

7. A thin-form centrifugal fan comprising:

a first moving blade with a plurality of partitions;

a second moving blade with a plurality of partitions; and

a stationary blade disposed between the first moving blade and the second moving blade and directing gas taken in by rotation of the first moving blade to the second moving blade,

wherein the first and second moving blades are formed such that the rigidity of their central portions is smaller than the rigidity of their outer perimeter areas and the thickness of their outer perimeter areas is greater than a thickness of their center portions along the entire length of the partitions.

8. The thin-form centrifugal fan according to claim 7 , wherein the partitions are formed of a film-shaped metal foil.

9. The thin-form centrifugal fan according to claim 7 , wherein the partitions are formed of a synthetic resin.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR'S NAME, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 013809 FRAME 0974. Recorded Apr 1, 2004
From: KARIYA, HIROFUMI; YAMASHITA, HIROKI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015196/0394 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2003
From: KARIYA, HIROFUMI; YAMSHITA, HIROKI
To: MINEBEA CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 013809/0974 →