IP Library Granted Patent US 7,381,027
Granted Patent B2
US 7,381,027 · App. 10/847,360 · Granted Jun 3, 2008

Fan motor

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,381,027
App. No.
10/847,360
Granted
Jun 3, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fan motor having a small thickness and its impeller's blades formed to have a longer length in the diametrical direction than a width in the axial direction. Since the blade of the fan motor has a tooth structure or chamfers at its edge end in the diametrical direction, turbulence is forcibly evoked in an airflow to promote the turbulent diffusion, thereby suppressing the trailing vortex and reducing the aerodynamic noises, and thus the ventilation efficiency is improved.

Claims (10)

1. A fan motor comprising

a multi-blade centrifugal impeller integrally rotating with a rotor of a motor provided within a housing, a blade of said impeller formed such that a length in a diametrical direction is longer than a width in an axial direction, wherein the axial direction is coincident with a rotational axis of the impeller and the diametrical direction is perpendicular to the axial direction, and wherein

a tooth structure having a plurality of protruding and recessed portions is formed on a top edge of said blade, said plurality of protruding portions having a rectangular shape and being arranged in a plane that is parallel to said diametrical direction.

2. A cooling module including said fan motor according to claim 1 .

3. The cooling module of claim 2 , configured for cooling a personal computer device.

4. A fan motor comprising

a multi-blade centrifugal impeller integrally rotating with a rotor of a motor provided within a housing, a blade of said impeller formed such that a length in a diametrical direction is longer than a width in an axial direction, wherein the axial direction is coincident with a rotational axis of the impeller and the diametrical direction is perpendicular to the axial direction, and

wherein a tooth structure having a plurality of protruding and recessed portions is formed on a top edge and a bottom edge of said blade, said plurality of protruding portions on said top edge and said bottom edge having a rectangular shape and being respectively arranged in a respective single plane that is parallel to said diametrical direction.

5. A cooling module including said fan motor according to claim 4 .

6. The cooling module of claim 5 , configured for cooling a personal computer device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2004
From: KANEKO, SACHIKO; SHISHIDO, YUJI; HASHIMOTO, TOSHIO; KIMURA, TOORU
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP P2003-150009 · May 28, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040258527A1 · Dec 23, 2004