IP Library Granted Patent US 9,284,961
Granted Patent B2
US 9,284,961 · App. 13/750,472 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Fan device

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Patent No.
US 9,284,961
App. No.
13/750,472
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fan device includes a rotor 20 and recesses 40 to be filled with claylike weights 70 . The rotor 20 includes an impeller 23 and a shaft 10 . The impeller 23 has a hub 21 and vanes 22 . The recesses 40 are provided on a surface 212 that crosses an axial direction of the hub 21 . Each recess 40 has a first area 41 and a second area 42 . The first area 41 is circumferentially arranged and extends in a substantially circumferential direction. The second area 42 is connected to an outer circumferential side of the first area 41 and has a shorter length in the circumferential direction than the first area 41 . The weight 70 is closely adhered to wall surfaces 421 and 422 formed along a radial direction in the second area 42 so as to prevent separation thereof.

Claims (24)

1. A fan device comprising:

an impeller having a hub and vanes which are provided at an outer circumferential portion of the hub;

a shaft being provided at a center of the hub; and

a rotor including the impeller and the shaft and being supported so as to be rotatable around the shaft,

wherein the rotor is provided with plural recesses having a bottom, each of the plural recesses having a closed boundary, at least one of the plural recesses has a first area and at least one second area, the first area is located on a circumference having the shaft as a center and extends in a substantially circumferential direction, the second area is connected to the first area and has a shorter length in the circumferential direction than the first area, and

wherein the first area and the second area are opened to an exposed surface of the rotor,

wherein a balance weight is adhered to at least one of the plural recesses, the balance weight includes a second portion filling the second area and a first portion which is connected to the second portion and extends in the circumferential direction in the first area, and

wherein the balance weight is a curable resin.

2. The fan device according to claim 1 , wherein the plural recesses are formed on a surface that crosses an axial direction of the rotor.

3. The fan device according to claim 2 , wherein the plural recesses are formed on an upper end surface of the hub.

4. The fan device according to claim 2 , wherein the plural recesses are formed on a lowermost exposed end surface of the hub.

5. The fan device according to claim 2 , wherein the plural recesses are formed on an outer surface of the hub inclined in relation to the axial direction.

6. The fan device according to claim 1 , wherein the plural recesses are formed on a surface that is parallel to an axial direction of the rotor.

7. The fan device according to claim 6 , wherein the plural recesses formed on an inner surface of the hub.

8. The fan device according to claim 1 , wherein the curable resin is a thermosetting resin or a two part compound epoxy resin.

9. The fan device according to claim 1 , wherein the second area is approximately perpendicular to the first area.

10. A fan device comprising:

an impeller having a hub and vanes which are provided at an outer circumferential portion of the hub;

a shaft being provided at a center of the hub; and

a rotor including the impeller and the shaft and being supported so as to be rotatable around the shaft, wherein

the rotor is provided with a recess having a bottom, the recess is formed by a single annular first area and a plurality of second areas protruding radially from the outer circumferential side of the single annular first area,

a balance weight is adhered to the recess,

the balance weight includes a second portion filling at least one of the plurality of second areas and a first portion which is connected to the second portion and extends in the circumferential direction in the first area, and

the balance weight is a curable resin.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 24, 2013
From: MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030686/0303 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2013
From: MASHIMA, TAKAYUKI; KAWAI, YOICHI
To: MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029781/0519 →