Braking structure for fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10422347-B2
Application number	US-201715429171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2017
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

A braking structure for fan includes a fan and a braking device connected to the fan. The braking device includes a first braking mechanism, a second braking mechanism and a support seat. The first braking mechanism is connected to a free end of a shaft of the fan, the second braking mechanism is fitted in the support seat, and the support seat is engaged with a bottom of a frame of the fan. When the fan is turned off, the braking device is no longer energized, bring the first and the second braking mechanism to engage with each other and accordingly produce a braking effect, so that the fan can more quickly stop rotating.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A braking structure for fan, comprising:
a fan including a frame and a fan wheel; the frame having a shaft holder provided therein, and the shaft holder defining a first opening and a second opening that are communicable with each other; and the fan wheel being received in the frame and including a shaft rotatably fitted in the shaft holder, and a free end of the shaft being extended through the first opening into the shaft holder to be located between the first and the second opening; and
a braking device including a first braking mechanism, a second braking mechanism and a support seat; the first braking mechanism being connected to the free end of the shaft fitted in the shaft holder, the second braking mechanism being fitted in the support seat, and the support seat being engaged with the second opening of the shaft holder;
wherein when the fan is turned off, the braking device is de-energized, allowing the first and the second braking mechanism to engage with each other and accordingly, produce a braking effect on the fan.

2. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first braking mechanism includes a first brake unit having a plurality of wedge-shaped first teeth formed on an end surface of the first brake unit; and the first brake unit being connected at another opposite end surface to the free end of the shaft fitted in the shaft holder.

3. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second braking mechanism includes a second brake unit and a magnetic valve unit; the second brake unit having a plurality of wedge-shaped second teeth formed on an end surface of the second brake unit and configured for engagement with the first teeth or disengagement from the first teeth; and the magnetic valve unit being located in the support seat with an end of the magnetic valve unit connected to another opposite end surface of the second brake unit.

4. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the magnetic valve unit includes an elastic element, a magnetic valve core and a magnetic valve body; the magnetic valve body internally defining an axial central hole and having an electromagnetic coil wound around an outer side thereof; the magnetic valve core having an end connected to the other end surface of the second brake unit and another end extended into the central hole of the magnetic valve body; the elastic element being received in the central hole and located between the magnetic valve core and the magnetic valve body; and the magnetic valve body in an energized state being able to magnetically attract the magnetic valve core thereto and accordingly bring the magnetic valve core to move in the central hole toward a bottom of the central hole to compress the elastic element.

5. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 4 , wherein, when the magnetic valve body is no longer energized, the compressed elastic element produces an elastic restoring force to push the magnetic valve core toward the first brake unit.

6. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when the fan is turned on to operate, the brake device is energized, bringing the first and the second braking mechanism to disengage from each other and accordingly, no longer produce any braking effect on the fan.

7. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the support seat includes a radially outward flange portion and a fastening portion; the flange portion being located on around an outer surface of the support seat and having an end surface tightly abutted on an outer side of a bottom of the shaft holder; and the fastening portion being axially extended from an end of the support seat into the second opening of the shaft holder to fasten the support seat to the frame.

8. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the elastic element is a coil spring.

9. The braking structure for fan as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the magnetic valve body is internally provided with at least one limiting groove, which is radially outward formed on an inner wall surface of the central hole and is communicable with the central hole, and wherein the magnetic valve core is provided on an outer surface with at least one limiting rib; and the limiting rib being able to extend into the limiting groove and being limited to slide upward and downward only in the limiting groove.

Assignees

• Asia Vital Components China Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Sung-Wei
• Xiong Hai-Yang
• Zhu Jing

Classifications

• F04D27/008

  Stop safety or alarm devices, e.g. stop-and-go control; Disposition of check-valves · CPC title

• F16D2121/14

  Mechanical · CPC title

• F16D63/00

  Brakes not otherwise provided for; Brakes combining more than one of the types of groups F16D49/00 - F16D61/00 · CPC title

• F04D25/0613

  the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator · CPC title

• F16D2125/582

  Flexible element, e.g. spring, other than the main force generating element · CPC title