Cooling fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10429059-B1
Application number	US-201816110412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 23, 2018
Priority date	Jun 15, 2018
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

A cooling fan includes a fan base, an impeller part, a driving part, an illumination circuit board and plural light-emitting elements. The driving part includes a shaft seat, a driving circuit board and plural coils. The driving circuit board is disposed on the fan base. The plural coils are arranged between the driving circuit board and the illumination circuit board and arranged around the shaft seat. The rotating shaft of the impeller part is inserted into the shaft seat. When an electric current flows through the plural coils, the rotating shaft is rotated. The plural light-emitting elements are disposed on the illumination circuit board. When the electric current flows through the plural light-emitting elements, the plural light-emitting elements emit light beams.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling fan, comprising:
a fan base;
an impeller part comprising a rotating shaft and plural blades, wherein the plural blades are arranged around the rotating shaft, and the impeller part is rotated with the rotating shaft;
an illumination circuit board comprising a hollow portion, wherein the rotating shaft is penetrated through the hollow portion;
a driving part comprising a shaft seat, a driving circuit board and plural coils, wherein the driving circuit board is disposed on the fan base, the plural coils are arranged between the driving circuit board and the illumination circuit board and arranged around the shaft seat, and the rotating shaft is inserted into the shaft seat, wherein when the an electric current flows through the plural coils, the rotating shaft is rotated;
at least one light-emitting element disposed on the illumination circuit board, wherein when the electric current flows through the at least one light-emitting element, the at least one light-emitting element emits plural light beams; and
a projection plate, which is arranged in a travelling path of at least one light beam of the plural light beams and has a pattern, wherein after the at least one light beam passes through the pattern of the projection plate, the at least one light beam is projected to surroundings.

2. The cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling fan further comprises a diffuser, which is arranged in a travelling path of at least one light beam of the plural light beams.

3. The cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein the projection plate is a film.

4. The cooling fan according to claim 3 , wherein the pattern is formed on the film through a printing process or a developing process.

5. The cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein the illumination circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board.

6. The cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein the illumination circuit board and the driving part are disposed within an accommodation space between the impeller part and the fan base.

7. The cooling fan according to claim 6 , wherein the impeller part further comprises a hub, and the hub comprises at least one sidewall and a covering body, wherein the at least one sidewall is covered by the covering body, the plural blades are connected with the at least one sidewall, a first end of the rotating shaft is disposed within the hub and connected with the covering body, and a second end of the rotating shaft is protruded outside the hub.

8. The cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling fan further comprises a fan frame and plural connecting elements, wherein the fan base is fixed at a middle region of the fan frame, or the fan base is fixed at a position near the middle region of the fan frame, wherein each of the plural connecting elements is connected between the fan base and the fan frame so as to fix the fan base.

9. The cooling fan according to claim 8 , wherein the impeller part is disposed within the fan frame.

10. The cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one light-emitting element is a light emitting diode.

Assignees

• Primax Electronics Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Chung-Yuan
• Huang Wei-Chiang
• Yeh Ming-Hui
• Kuo Hung-Wei
• Tu Ya-Chin

Classifications

• F21Y2103/33

  annular · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• H05K2201/10106

  Light emitting diode [LED] · CPC title

• H05K2201/064

  Fluid cooling, e.g. by integral pipes · CPC title

• H05K1/189

  characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits · CPC title