IP Library Granted Patent US 9,039,362
Granted Patent B2
US 9,039,362 · App. 13/408,106 · Granted May 26, 2015

Impeller and centrifugal fan using the same

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Patent No.
US 9,039,362
App. No.
13/408,106
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An impeller includes: a main plate; a shroud; and a plurality of blades provided between the main plate and the shroud and arranged circumferentially; wherein the impeller is configured to rotated about a rotation axis; wherein the plurality of blades include a pressure surface and a negative pressure surface; and the pressure surface has a shape, in which at least three types of circular arcs are connected, as viewed from a rotation axial direction. A centrifugal fan includes the above-described impeller; and three or more pillars, wherein an interval between one adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars is different from an interval between the other adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars.

Claims (7)

1. A centrifugal fan comprising:

a casing including a square shaped lower casing; and a square shaped upper casing having an air inlet opening; and four pillars disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing, wherein air outlet openings are provided between the pillars;

an impeller housed in the casing, wherein the impeller includes an annular upper shroud, a main plate, and a plurality of blades disposed between the annular upper shroud and the main plate; and

a fan motor for rotating the impeller,

wherein an upper surface of the annular upper shroud faces the upper casing includes a curved surface,

wherein each of the pillars is disposed in a vicinity of a corner portion of the casing, and

wherein a center of rotation of the impeller is the same with a center of the casing and a plurality of angles formed by a plurality of straight lines connecting between the center of rotation of the impeller and each of the pillars are different from each other.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2012
From: FUKUDA, TAKAKO; FUJIMOTO, SEIYA; OGUSHI, MASAKI; SUZUKI, YUZURU
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027882/0810 →