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Granted Patent B2
US 10,634,161 · App. 15/752,012 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Propeller fan, propeller fan device, and air conditioner outdoor unit

Inventors: Seiji Nakashima (Tokyo, JP); Katsuyuki Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,634,161
App. No.
15/752,012
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a propeller fan including a boss, and a blade fixed at an outer peripheral surface of the boss, wherein the blade has a second protrusion that protrudes toward a positive pressure surface side, at a trailing edge with respect to a rotation direction, the second protrusion is provided in a range on a radially outer side of a center of a radial distance from an inner peripheral end to an outer peripheral end of the blade, and has a protrusion tip end with a maximum protrusion height, a first base at a starting part of protrusion on a radially inner side of the protrusion tip end, and a second base at a starting part of protrusion on a radially outer side of the protrusion tip end, and the protrusion tip end is positioned nearer to the second base than to the first base in the radial direction.

Claims (30)

1. A propeller fan, comprising:

a boss that rotates around a rotation axis; and

a blade fixed at an outer peripheral surface of the boss, wherein

the blade has a first protrusion that protrudes toward a negative pressure surface side, at a leading edge with respect to a rotation direction,

the first protrusion is provided in a range on a radially outer side of a center of a radial distance from an inner peripheral end to an outer peripheral end of the blade, and has a protrusion tip end with a maximum protrusion height, a first base at a starting part of protrusion on a radially inner side of the protrusion tip end, and a second base at a starting part of protrusion on a radially outer side of the protrusion tip end, and

the protrusion tip end is positioned nearer to the second base than to the first base in the radial direction.

2. The propeller fan of claim 1 , wherein the first protrusion has a protrusion shape defined by a curved surface.

3. A propeller fan, comprising:

a boss that rotates around a rotation axis; and

a blade fixed at an outer peripheral surface of the boss, wherein

the blade has a protrusion that protrudes toward a positive pressure surface side, at a trailing edge with respect to a rotation direction,

the protrusion is provided in a range on a radially outer side of a center of a radial distance from an inner peripheral end to an outer peripheral end of the blade, and has a protrusion tip end with a maximum protrusion height, a first base at a starting part of protrusion on a radially inner side of the protrusion tip end, and a second base at a starting part of protrusion on a radially outer side of the protrusion tip end, and

the protrusion tip end is positioned nearer to the second base than to the first base in the radial direction.

4. The propeller fan of claim 3 , wherein the protrusion has a protrusion shape defined by a curved surface.

5. The propeller fan of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion tip end has a protrusion height less than a radial distance between the first base and the second base.

6. A propeller fan device comprising: the propeller fan of claim 1 ; a bell mouth; and a fan grill, wherein

the bell mouth surrounds a part of the propeller fan on a downstream side in a blowing direction in a plan view, a part of the propeller fan on an upstream side in the blowing direction is positioned outside the bell mouth in the plan view, and the fan grill is arranged downstream of the propeller fan in the blowing direction.

7. An air conditioner outdoor unit comprising the propeller fan of claim 1 .

8. The propeller fan of claim 3 , wherein the protrusion tip end has a protrusion height less than a radial distance between the first base and the second base.

9. A propeller fan device comprising: the propeller fan of claim 3 ; a bell mouth; and a fan grill, wherein

the bell mouth surrounds a part of the propeller fan on a downstream side in a blowing direction in a plan view, a part of the propeller fan on an upstream side in the blowing direction is positioned outside the bell mouth in the plan view, and the fan grill is arranged downstream of the propeller fan in the blowing direction.

10. An air conditioner outdoor unit comprising the propeller fan of claim 3 .

11. The propeller fan of claim 1 , wherein

the blade has a second protrusion at a trailing edge of the blade with respect to the rotation direction that protrudes toward a positive pressure surface side.

12. The propeller fan of claim 1 , wherein

the first protrusion extends in an area of the blade having a radius ratio of 0.5 between the inner peripheral end and the outer peripheral end of the blade in the radial direction, and

the radius ratio is r/R, R is a distance from the rotation axis to the outer peripheral end along the radial line, and r is an arbitrary position on the blade along the radial line viewed in a plan view.

13. The propeller fan of claim 3 , wherein

the protrusion extends in an area of the blade having a radius ratio of 0.5 between the inner peripheral end and the outer peripheral end of the blade in the radial direction, and

the radius ratio is r/R, R is a distance from the rotation axis to the outer peripheral end along the radial line, and r is an arbitrary position on the blade along the radial line viewed in a plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2018
From: NAKASHIMA, SEIJI; YAMAMOTO, KATSUYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044898/0373 →
Continuity (1)
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