IP Library Granted Patent US 8,678,791
Granted Patent B2
US 8,678,791 · App. 13/035,655 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Fan comprising anti-deflagration housing

Inventors: Olivier Pautis (Merville, FR); Nicolas Sentenac (Aucamville, FR)
Assignee: Technofan
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Patent No.
US 8,678,791
App. No.
13/035,655
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The fan comprises a first electromechanical module including a wheel supported by a shaft coupled to a driving motor, a second mechanical module including a body delimiting a space for receiving the first electromechanical module in which the wheel and the driving motor are received, and a third electronic module including a plurality of electronic components. The third electronic module includes a housing in which the plurality of electronic components is housed, the housing also comprising a deflagration protection exhaust comprising an upper wall and two inclined walls extending on either side of the upper wall so as to form a space extending substantially axially between the upper surface of the housing and the upper wall in order to allow the discharge of overpressures in case of deflagration.

Claims (13)

1. A fan of the type comprising:

a first electromechanical module including a wheel supported by a shaft coupled to a driving motor, said shaft extending along a longitudinal axis;

a second mechanical module including a body delimiting a space for receiving the first electromechanical module in which the wheel and the driving motor are received; and

a third electronic module including a plurality of electronic components,

wherein the third electronic module comprises a housing in which the plurality of electronic components are housed, the housing comprising a deflagration protection exhaust comprising an upper wall extending along the longitudinal axis and two inclined walls each extending along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis on either side of the upper wall so as to form a space extending substantially along the longitudinal axis between the upper surface of the housing and the upper wall, said space being open at both longitudinal ends thereof in order to allow the evacuation of overpressures in case of deflagration.

2. Then fan according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a cover with a shape substantially complementary to the housing, the plurality of electronic components being housed between said housing and said cover.

3. The fan according to claim 2 , wherein the exhaust is mounted on the cover, the space extending between the upper surface of the cover and the upper wall of the exhaust.

4. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the space is partitioned by two end walls extending on either side of the upper wall substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and by a plurality of vertical walls extending in the space between the end walls.

5. The fan according to claim 4 , wherein the vertical walls each comprise an opening, the openings being arranged to form baffles inside the space in order to allow the circulation of air and liquids in the space while preventing the propagation of a flame in said space.

6. The fan according to claim 4 , wherein one of the end walls comprises an opening making it possible to discharge overpressures and liquids from the space.

7. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is removably mounted on the body of the second mechanical module.

8. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the first electromechanical module includes a gas flow rectifier body removably mounted on the body of the second mechanical module.

9. An aeronautic system, wherein the aeronautic system comprises a fan according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2021
From: TECHNOFAN
To: SAFRAN VENTILATION SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 056526/0060 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2011
From: PAUTIS, OLIVIER; SENTENAC, NICOLAS
To: TECHNOFAN
Reel/Frame 026363/0819 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 10 51380 · Feb 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110229354A1 · Sep 22, 2011