IP Library Granted Patent US 12,631,188
Granted Patent B2
US 12,631,188 · App. 18/765,348 · Granted May 19, 2026

Axial-flow heat-dissipation fan

Inventors: Cheng-Wen Hsieh (New Taipei City, TW); Mao-Neng Liao (New Taipei City, TW); Kuang-Hua Lin (New Taipei City, TW); Wei-Chin Chen (New Taipei City, TW); Tsung-Ting Chen (New Taipei City, TW)
Assignee: Acer Incorporated
F04D19/002F04D29/388F04D29/667F04D25/0613
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Patent No.
US 12,631,188
App. No.
18/765,348
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An axial-flow heat dissipation fan including a frame, a hub, and a plurality of blades is provided. The frame has an air inlet and an air outlet. The hub is rotatably arranged in the frame. The blades disposed at side of the hub respectively and rotate along with the hub. Each of the blades has a front surface facing toward the air inlet and a rear surface facing toward the air outlet. A surface roughness of the front surface is different from a surface roughness of the rear surface.

Claims (8)

1 . An axial-flow heat dissipation fan, comprising:

a frame, having an air inlet and an air outlet;

a hub, rotatably arranged in the frame; and

a plurality of blades, disposed at side of the hub respectively and rotate along with the hub, wherein each of the blades has a front surface facing toward the air inlet and a rear surface facing toward the air outlet, and a surface roughness of the front surface is different from a surface roughness of the rear surface, wherein the front surface is made smooth relative to the rear surface and the rear surface has at least one rough area, such that the surface roughness of the rear surface is greater than the surface roughness of the front surface to increase an air outlet pressure of the axial-flow heat dissipation fan, wherein the rough area is made by molding, and a mold surface of the molding has an etching pattern with the etching depth of the etching pattern being 10 μm to 45 μm, the density of the etching particles of the etching pattern being 15 to 150 per centimeter, and an etched microstructure of the rough area is a corresponding pattern of the mold surface.

2 . The axial-flow heat dissipation fan according to claim 1 , wherein the rough area extends from the hub to an end edge of the rear surface, which is the farthest point of the rear surface relative to the hub.

3 . The axial-flow heat dissipation fan according to claim 2 , wherein each of the blades further has a leading edge and a trailing edge respectively adjoining the front surface and the rear surface, and the rough area of the rear surface extends from the hub to the end edge along the trailing edge.

4 . The axial-flow heat dissipation fan according to claim 3 , when the blades are rotated with the hub, the leading edge is located on a windward side and the trailing edge is located on a leeward side.

5 . The axial-flow heat dissipation fan according to claim 3 , wherein the rear surface of each of the blades has a plurality of rough areas, a roughness of the rough area adjacent to the trailing edge is greater than or equal to a roughness of the rough area far from the trailing edge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: HSIEH, CHENG-WEN; LIAO, MAO-NENG; LIN, KUANG-HUA; CHEN, WEI-CHIN; CHEN, TSUNG-TING
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 067955/0725 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112126885 · Jul 19, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250027502A1 · Jan 23, 2025
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