Thin fan with axial airgap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10107304-B2
Application number	US-201414554046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A thin fan with an axial airgap includes a base having a bottom plate, a circuit unit, a stator set, and a rotor set. The stator set includes at least one winding part, plural induced magnets connected to the winding part, and at least one winding set wound on the winding part. The rotor set includes a hub, plural blades disposed around the hub, and a permanent magnet disposed around a bottom side of the hub and above the induced magnets. The winding set is outside of the permanent magnet. A pivot shaft is between the hub and the bottom plate and includes a bearing sleeve and a rotating shaft inserted in the bearing sleeve. The winding sets are moved outside of the permanent magnet, which reduces the heights occupied by the winding sets and the PCB, facilitating the thinning of the fan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thin fan with an axial airgap, comprising:
a base having a bottom plate;
a circuit unit disposed on the bottom plate;
a stator set comprising at least one winding part electrically connected to the circuit unit, multiple induced magnets physically connected to the at least one winding part and being arced-shaped, and at least one winding set correspondingly wound on the at least one winding part; and
a rotor set comprising a hub, a plurality of blades disposed on a perimeter of the hub, and a permanent magnet disposed on a perimeter of a bottom side of the hub and correspondingly disposed above the induced magnets, wherein the at least one winding set is located outside of the permanent magnet and is free from being covered by the permanent magnet;
wherein a pivot shaft is disposed between the hub and the bottom plate, wherein the pivot shaft comprises a bearing sleeve and a rotating shaft inserted in the bearing sleeve; and
the thin fan further comprises a sleeve seat which comprises a sleeve bottom and a sleeve side portion connected to a perimeter of the sleeve bottom, wherein a sleeve opening is formed on the bottom plate of the base and the sleeve bottom is fixed to the sleeve opening of the base, wherein a bottom end of the rotating shaft is welded and fixed to the center of the sleeve bottom.

2. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 1 , wherein a welding hole is formed on the center portion of the sleeve bottom of the sleeve seat, wherein the bottom end of the rotating shaft is welded to the welding hole.

3. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one winding part of the stator set has a straight shape, wherein each of two ends of the at least one winding part is physically connected to a connecting arm which physically connects the corresponding induced magnets arranged in a circle.

4. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 3 , wherein the circuit unit comprises a PCB and at least one electronic component disposed on the PCB, wherein the stator set is located on the PCB of the circuit unit, wherein a winding set hole is formed on the PCB to receive part of the at least one winding set.

5. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 4 , wherein an opening is formed on the bottom plate of the base corresponding to the winding set hole, wherein the at least one winding set is partially disposed in the opening.

6. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 1 , wherein the stator set has two winding parts which are disposed opposite to each other and have straight shapes, wherein each of the two winding parts is wound by the winding set, wherein two ends of the each of the two winding parts are individually physically connected to a connecting arm which physically connects the corresponding induced magnets arranged in a circle.

7. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 6 , wherein the circuit unit comprises a PCB and at least one electronic component disposed on the PCB, wherein the stator set is located on the PCB of the circuit unit, wherein two winding set holes are formed on the PCB to correspondingly receive the two winding sets.

8. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 1 , wherein the stator set has a plurality of winding parts arranged in a circle, wherein each of the winding parts is wound by the winding set, wherein a connecting arm extends inwards from between each two adjacent winding parts and connects the corresponding induced magnets arranged in a circle.

9. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 8 , wherein each of the connecting arms is wound by the winding set.

10. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit unit is disposed outside of the stator set.

11. The thin fan with the axial airgap according to claim 1 , further comprising a second rotor set disposed on the other side of the bottom plate, wherein two ends of the rotating shaft individually extend towards two sides of the bottom plate, wherein the second rotor set comprises a second hub, a plurality of second blades disposed on a perimeter of the second hub, a second bearing sleeve fixed to the center of the second hub, and a second permanent magnet fixed to the second hub, wherein the other end of the rotating shaft is inserted into the second bearing sleeve.

Assignees

• Cooler Master Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsai Shui-Fa
• Huang Shih-Wei

Classifications

• F04D29/0563

  Bearings cartridges · CPC title

• F04D29/52 Primary

  for axial pumps · CPC title

• F04D25/0606

  the electric motor being specially adapted for integration in the pump · CPC title

• F04D25/0653 Primary

  the motor having a plane air gap, e.g. disc-type · CPC title

• F04D25/166

  using fans · CPC title