Fan and impeller thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10294945-B2
Application number	US-201414474185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2014
Priority date	Sep 3, 2013
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

An impeller includes a fan frame, a hub, a plurality of axial blades and a plurality of wind guiding blades. The fan frame has a wind inlet, a wind outlet and an inner ring-shaped oblique surface, wherein the wind inlet is opposite to the wind outlet, and the inner ring-shaped oblique surface is formed at an inner side wall of the fan frame and adjacent to the wind inlet. The hub is disposed in the fan frame. The axial blades are connected to the inner side wall of the fan frame and the hub. The wind guiding blades protrude from the inner ring-shaped oblique surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An impeller comprising:
a fan frame having a wind inlet, a wind outlet and an inner ring-shaped oblique surface, the wind inlet being opposite to the wind outlet, the inner ring-shaped oblique surface being formed at an inner side wall of the fan frame and adjacent to the wind inlet;
a hub disposed in the fan frame;
a plurality of axial blades connected to the inner side wall of the fan frame and the hub, wherein each axial blade of the plurality of axial blades has a stepped recess portion that extends towards the wind inlet from a surface of the axial blades that faces the wind outlet, and wherein the stepped recess portion is defined by a first vertical sidewall and a second vertical sidewall, each extending between the wind inlet and the wind outlet, and a bottom portion extending radially between the first and second vertical sidewalls and transverse to the first and second vertical sidewalls;
a plurality of centrifugal blades axially disposed on an outer side wall of the fan frame; and
a plurality of wind guiding blades protruding from the inner ring-shaped oblique surface, each wind guiding blade having a first end and a second end radially opposite the first end, the first end contacting the inner ring-shaped oblique surface and the second end being free of any connections.

2. The impeller of claim 1 , wherein an internal diameter of the fan frame along the inner ring-shaped oblique surface decreases gradually from the wind inlet to the wind outlet, such that the wind outlet is smaller than the wind inlet.

3. The impeller of claim 1 , wherein the axial blades and the wind guiding blades are arranged interlacedly.

4. The impeller of claim 1 , wherein each axial blade in its entirety is disposed between the inner side wall and the hub in a radial direction of the axial blade.

5. The impeller of claim 1 , wherein each axial blade of the plurality of axial blades has only one stepped recess portion proximate the inner ring-shaped oblique surface.

6. A fan comprising:
a stator; and
an impeller rotatably disposed on the stator, the impeller comprising:
a fan frame having a wind inlet, a wind outlet and an inner ring-shaped oblique surface, the wind inlet being opposite to the wind outlet, the inner ring-shaped oblique surface being formed at an inner side wall of the fan frame and adjacent to the wind inlet;
a hub disposed in the fan frame;
a plurality of axial blades connected to the inner side wall of the fan frame and the hub, wherein each axial blade of the plurality of axial blades has a stepped recess portion that extends towards the wind inlet from a surface of the axial blades that faces the wind outlet, and wherein the stepped recess portion is defined by a first vertical sidewall and a second vertical sidewall, each extending between the wind inlet and the wind outlet, and a bottom portion extending radially between the first and second vertical sidewalls and transverse to the first and second vertical sidewalls;
a plurality of centrifugal blades axially disposed on an outer side wall of the fan frame; and
a plurality of wind guiding blades protruding from the inner ring-shaped oblique surface, each wind guiding blade having a first end and a second end radially opposite the first end, the first end contacting the inner ring-shaped oblique surface and the second end being free of any connections.

7. The fan of claim 6 , wherein an internal diameter of the fan frame along the inner ring-shaped oblique surface decreases gradually from the wind inlet to the wind outlet, such that the wind outlet is smaller than the wind inlet.

8. The fan of claim 6 , wherein the axial blades and the wind guiding blades are arranged interlacedly.

9. An impeller comprising:
a fan frame having a wind inlet, a wind outlet and an inner ring-shaped oblique surface, the wind inlet being opposite to the wind outlet, the inner ring-shaped oblique surface being formed at an inner side wall of the fan frame and adjacent to the wind inlet;
a hub disposed in the fan frame;
a plurality of axial blades connected to the inner side wall of the fan frame and the hub, wherein each axial blade of the plurality of axial blades has a stepped recess portion that extends towards the wind inlet from a surface of the axial blades that faces the wind outlet, and wherein the stepped recess portion is defined by a first vertical sidewall and a second vertical sidewall, each extending between the wind inlet and the wind outlet, and a bottom portion extending radially between the first and second vertical sidewalls and transverse to the first and second vertical sidewalls;
a plurality of centrifugal blades disposed on an outer lower surface of the inner ring-shaped oblique surface and extending in a direction of the wind outlet; and
a plurality of wind guiding blades protruding from the inner ring-shaped oblique surface, each wind guiding blade having a first end and a second end radially opposite the first end, the first end contacting the inner ring-shaped oblique surface and the second end being free of any connections.

10. The impeller of claim 9 , wherein an internal diameter of the fan frame along the inner ring-shaped oblique surface decreases gradually from the wind inlet to the wind outlet, such that the wind outlet is smaller than the wind inlet.

11. The impeller of claim 9 , wherein the axial blades and the wind guiding blades are arranged interlacedly.

12. A fan comprising:
a stator; and
an impeller rotatably disposed on the stator, the impeller comprising:
a fan frame having a wind inlet, a wind outlet and an inner ring-shaped oblique surface, the wind inlet being opposite to the wind outlet, the inner ring-shaped oblique surface being formed at an inner side wall of the fan frame and adjacent to the wind inlet;
a hub disposed in the fan frame;
a plurality of axial blades connected to the inner side wall of the fan frame and the hub, wherein each axial blade of the plurality of axial blades has a stepped recess portion that extends towards the wind inlet from a surface of the axial blades that faces the wind outlet, and wherein the stepped recess portion is defined by a first vertical sidewall and a second vertical sidewall, each extending between the wind inlet and the wind outlet, and a bottom portion extending radially between the first and second vertical sidewalls and transverse to the first and second vertical sidewalls;

a plurality of centrifugal blades disposed on an outer lower surface of the inner ring-shaped oblique surface and extending in a direction of the wind outlet; and
a plurality of wind guiding blades protruding from the inner ring-shaped oblique surface, each wind guiding blade having a first end and a second end radially opposite the first end, the first end contacting the inner ring-shaped oblique surface and the second end being free of any connections.

13. The fan of claim 12 , wherein an internal diameter of the fan frame along the inner ring-shaped oblique surface decreases gradually from the wind inlet to the wind outlet, such that the wind outlet is smaller than the wind inlet.

14. The fan of claim 12 , wherein the axial blades and the wind guiding blades are arranged interlacedly.

Assignees

• Cooler Master Co Ltd
• Cooler Master Hui Zhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Shiman
• Lai Jiasheng
• Hsu Wen-Chun

Classifications

• F04D19/002

  Axial flow fans · CPC title

• F04D29/325

  for axial flow fans (blade mountings F04D29/34, blades F04D29/38) · CPC title

• F04D29/164

  of an axial flow wheel · CPC title

• F04D29/681

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/282

  the leading edge of each vane being substantially parallel to the rotation axis · CPC title