IP Library Granted Patent US 10,920,786
Granted Patent B2
US 10,920,786 · App. 16/220,075 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Fan wheel disc and fan wheel

Inventors: Alexander Konzal (Igersheim, DE); Erhard Gruber (Satteldorf, DE)
Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 10,920,786
App. No.
16/220,075
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fan wheel disc has at least one region that extends in a curved manner, at least in some sections, from radially inside to radially outside. A blade attachment surface is formed at least in some sections. The blade attachment fixedly connects an axial end side of at least one fan wheel blade. The blade attachment surface extends, at least in some sections, within the curved region of the fan wheel disc within a two-dimensional connecting plane.

Claims (17)

1. A fan wheel disc having at least one region that extends in a curved manner at least in sections from radially inside to radially outside, comprising:

a blade attachment surface with a desired configuration for fixedly connecting an axial end side of at least one fan wheel blade having a corresponding configuration, the blade attachment surface is formed at least in sections;

the blade attachment surface extends, at least in sections continuously from radially inside to radially outside and in a circumferential direction, within the curved region of the fan wheel disc within a two-dimensional connecting plane (E).

2. The fan wheel disc according to claim 1 , wherein the fan wheel disc is plastically deformed along the at least one blade attachment surface at least in sections.

3. The fan wheel disc according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one blade attachment surface is formed in a press-in section that is pressed by plastic deformation in an axial direction into the fan wheel disc.

4. The fan wheel disc according to claim 3 , wherein the press-in section comprises a deformation section that is plastically deformed in axial direction and protrudes axially with respect to a disc surface and which extends along the connecting plane (E).

5. The fan wheel disc according to claim 4 , wherein, viewed in circumferential direction, the deformation section comprises an inlet section that forms a rounded off leading edge.

6. The fan wheel disc according to claim 4 wherein the deformation section has a variable width (B) along its extension in circumferential direction.

7. The fan wheel disc according to claim 6 , wherein the width (B) of the deformation section decreases along its extension in a circumferential direction in an outlet section.

8. The fan wheel disc according to claim 1 , wherein it is designed as bottom disc or cover disc of a fan wheel.

9. A fan wheel, having a multi-part design and including a fan wheel disc according to claim 1 .

10. The fan wheel according to claim 9 , wherein it comprises at least one fan wheel disc with a first and a second axial end edge, the first axial end edge has a shape corresponding to a press-in section of the fan wheel disc.

11. The fan wheel according to claim 10 , wherein the first axial end edge of the at least one fan wheel disc extends entirely along the connecting plane (E).

12. The fan wheel according to claim 10 , wherein the first axial end edge of the at least one fan wheel disc extends entirely within the press-in section of the fan wheel disc and is in contact with the blade attachment surface on the axial side.

13. The fan wheel according to claim 9 , wherein the first axial end edge of the at least one fan wheel blade is designed in a curved manner in an axial top view.

14. The fan wheel according to claim 9 , wherein the fan wheel disc is designed in a shape of a funnel.

15. The fan wheel according to claim 10 , further comprising an additional fan wheel disc that is fastened to the second axial end edge of the at least one fan wheel blade.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2019
From: KONZAL, ALEXANDER; GRUBER, ERHARD
To: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 048136/0218 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 111 830 · Jun 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2017065463 · Jun 22, 2017
Related Publication 20190120245A1 · Apr 25, 2019
Cited By (1)
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