IP Library Granted Patent US 10,451,077
Granted Patent B2
US 10,451,077 · App. 13/503,414 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Axial fan

Inventors: Erich Maier (Würzburg, DE); Paul McLennan (London, CA); Robert Jones (London, CA)
Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
F04D25/08F04D29/329F04D29/646F01P2005/046
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Patent No.
US 10,451,077
App. No.
13/503,414
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An axial fan with an electric motor, on the rotor of which a an wheel is mounted, the rotor having a portion with a cylindrically pot-shaped configuration, onto which the wheel is pushed with a completely or partially cylindrical part so as to fit, and the fan wheel lying completely behind the plane predetermined by the bottom surface of the rotor.

Claims (27)

1. An axial fan comprising:

an electric motor having a rotor with a plurality of holding tongues which project outwardly from an outer circumference of the rotor in a plane extending perpendicularly to the axis of the electric motor; and

a fan wheel having an inner peripheral region to be engaged by the holding tongues and mount the fan wheel to the electric motor in a manner such that the fan wheel lies completely behind a plane predetermined by a bottom surface of the rotor.

2. The axial fan of claim 1 , wherein the holding tongues are spatially positioned behind the bottom surface of the rotor.

3. The axial fan of claim 1 , wherein the holding tongues are spatially positioned a distance behind the bottom surface of the rotor.

4. The axial fan of claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes:

a plurality of first recesses at a front surface thereof; and

a plurality of second recesses at a front surface thereof.

5. The axial fan of claim 4 , wherein the fan wheel includes:

a plurality of first tabs extending from the inner peripheral region thereof, each one of the first tabs configured for receipt in and engaging a corresponding one of the first recesses; and

a plurality of second tabs extending from the inner peripheral region thereof, each one of the second tabs provided spatially above a corresponding one of the second recesses.

6. The axial fan of claim 5 , wherein the torque of the electric motor is transferred from the first recesses to the first tabs during operation of the electric motor.

7. An axial fan comprising:

an electric motor having a rotor with a plurality of first recesses at a front surface of the rotor and a plurality of holding tongues which project outwardly from the front, outer circumferential surface thereof in a plane extending perpendicularly to the axis of the electric motor; and

a fan wheel having an inner peripheral region to receive the rotor and mount the fan wheel to the electric motor in a manner such that the fan wheel lies completely behind a plane predetermined by a bottom surface of the rotor, the fan wheel including a plurality of first tabs extending from the inner peripheral region thereof, each one of the first tabs for receipt in and engaging a corresponding one of the first recesses when the fan wheel is mounted to the electric motor.

8. The axial fan of claim 7 , wherein the holding tongues are spatially positioned behind the bottom surface of the rotor.

9. The axial fan of claim 7 , wherein the holding tongues are spatially positioned a distance behind the bottom surface of the rotor.

10. The axial fan of claim 7 , wherein the holding tongues are for engaging the inner peripheral region of the fan wheel to thereby mount the fan wheel to the electric motor.

11. The axial fan of claim 7 , wherein the rotor includes a plurality of second recesses at a front surface thereof.

12. The axial fan of claim 11 , wherein the fan wheel includes a plurality of second tabs extending from the inner peripheral region thereof, each one of the second tabs provided spatially above a corresponding one of the second recesses.

13. The axial fan of claim 12 , wherein the torque of the electric motor is transferred from the first recesses to the first tabs during operation of the electric motor.

14. The axial fan of claim 7 , wherein the fan wheel is connected to the rotor by mechanical connection at the holding tongues.

15. An axial fan comprising:

an electric motor having a rotor with a plurality of holding tongues which project outwardly from the front outer circumferential surface of the rotor in a plane extending perpendicularly to the axis of the electric motor, a plurality of first recesses at the front surface of the rotor, and a plurality of second recesses at the front surface; and

a fan wheel having an inner peripheral region configured to receive the rotor in a manner such that the fan wheel lies completely behind a plane predetermined by the bottom surface of the rotor, the fan wheel including a plurality of first tabs extending from the inner peripheral region thereof, each one of the first tabs configured for receipt in and engaging a corresponding one of the first recesses when the fan wheel is mounted to the electric motor, and a plurality of second tabs extending from the inner peripheral region thereof, each one of the second tabs provided spatially above a corresponding one of the second recesses.

16. The axial fan of claim 15 , wherein the fan wheel is connected to the rotor by mechanical connection at the holding tongues.

17. The axial fan of claim 15 , wherein the holding tongues are spatially positioned behind the bottom surface of the rotor.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2020
From: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
To: HANON SYSTEMS BAD HOMBURG GMBH
Reel/Frame 052694/0704 →
MERGER Recorded May 19, 2020
From: HANON SYSTEMS BAD HOMBURG GMBH
To: HANON SYSTEMS EFP DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 052694/0737 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: MAGNA ELECTRONICS EUROPE GMBH & CO. KG
To: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
Reel/Frame 045128/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2012
From: MAIER, ERICH; MCLENNAN, PAUL; JONES, ROBERT
To: MAGNA ELECTRONICS EUROPE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028209/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 050 369 · Oct 22, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120224988A1 · Sep 6, 2012