IP Library Granted Patent US 9,046,106
Granted Patent B2
US 9,046,106 · App. 13/586,871 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Fan and fan frame thereof

Inventors: Wei-Lung Chan (New Taipei, TW); Chi-Jung Huang (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: COOLER MASTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
F04D25/0613F04D19/002F04D29/522F04D29/526
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Patent No.
US 9,046,106
App. No.
13/586,871
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fan includes a fan frame and a fan wheel. The fan frame includes a frame body and a first waved structure. The frame body has a wind enter side and a wind exhaust side, wherein the wind enter side is opposite to the wind exhaust side. The first waved structure is formed on the wind enter side of the frame body. The first waved structure has a plurality of first peaks and a plurality of first valleys, wherein the first peaks and the first valleys are arranged separately. The fan wheel is rotatably disposed in the fan frame.

Claims (21)

1. A fan comprising:

a fan frame comprising:

a frame body having a wind enter side and a wind exhaust side, the wind enter side being opposite to the wind exhaust side;

a first waved structure formed on the wind enter side of the frame body, the first waved structure having a plurality of first peaks and a plurality of first valleys, the first peaks and the first valleys being arranged separately; and

a second waved structure formed on the wind exhaust side of the frame body, the second waved structure having a plurality of second peaks and a plurality of second valleys, the second peaks and the second valleys being arranged separately; and

a fan wheel rotatably disposed in the fan frame.

2. The fan of claim 1 , wherein the fan wheel comprises a plurality of blades and a highest point of each blade is located between the first peak and the first valley.

3. The fan of claim 1 , wherein the frame body has a height H, a first distance D 1 is between the first peak and the first valley, and 0.5H≦D 1 ≦0.6H.

4. The fan of claim 1 , wherein a first distance D 1 is between the first peak and the first valley, a second distance D 2 is between the second peak and the second valley, and D 1 >D 2 .

5. The fan of claim 1 , wherein the first peaks are opposite to the second peaks and the first valleys are opposite to the second valleys.

6. The fan of claim 1 , wherein the first peaks are opposite to the second valleys and the first valleys are opposite to the second peaks.

7. The fan of claim 1 , wherein a number of the second peaks and the second valleys are larger than a number of the first peaks and the first valleys.

8. A fan frame comprising:

a frame body having a wind enter side and a wind exhaust side, the wind enter side being opposite to the wind exhaust side;

a first waved structure formed on the wind enter side of the frame body, the first waved structure having a plurality of first peaks and a plurality of first valleys, the first peaks and the first valleys being arranged separately; and

a second waved structure formed on the wind exhaust side of the frame body, the second waved structure having a plurality of second peaks and a plurality of second valleys, the second peaks and the second valleys being arranged separately.

9. The fan frame of claim 8 , wherein the frame body has a height H, a first distance D 1 is between the first peak and the first valley, and 0.5H≦D 1 ≦0.6H.

10. The fan frame of claim 8 , wherein a first distance D 1 is between the first peak and the first valley, a second distance D 2 is between the second peak and the second valley, and D 1 >D 2 .

11. The fan frame of claim 8 , wherein the first peaks are opposite to the second peaks and the first valleys are opposite to the second valleys.

12. The fan frame of claim 8 , wherein the first peaks are opposite to the second valleys and the first valleys are opposite to the second peaks.

13. The fan frame of claim 8 , wherein a number of the second peaks and the second valleys are larger than a number of the first peaks and the first valleys.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 18, 2014
From: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
To: COOLER MASTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032088/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2012
From: CHAN, WEI-LUNG; HUANG, CHI-JUNG
To: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028794/0414 →
Continuity (1)
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