Fan having outer electronics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10570918-B2
Application number	US-201615574869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2016
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

A fan includes a fan housing and a motor accommodated therein. The motor has a stator and a rotor, which is connected to a fan wheel. The fan housing consists of at least a housing upper part and a housing lower part. The housing upper part has an axial opening on the axial inner face of which facing the housing lower part the stator is arranged. On the axial outer face of the axial opening at least electronics are arranged.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fan comprising:
a fan housing;
a motor accommodated within the fan housing, the motor including a stator and a rotor; and
a fan wheel accommodated in the fan housing; wherein
the fan housing is formed of at least one housing upper part and a housing lower part;
the housing upper part has an axial opening on an axial inner side facing the housing lower part; and
electronics are disposed on an axial outer side of the opening.

2. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the electronics include motor control electronics or a unit of motor control electronics and adjoining electronics for supplying external consumers.

3. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the housing upper part forms part of an electronics housing.

4. The fan according to claim 2 , wherein the motor control electronics are wirelessly connected to the stator through the axial opening of the housing upper part and can be detached from the stator.

5. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the stator comprises a connecting ring via which the stator can be attached axially and/or radially resting against a circumferential edge of the axial opening.

6. The fan according to claim 5 , wherein the connecting ring comprises at least one circumferential step, thereby forming an axial contact surface and a radial contact surface on an edge of the axial opening and a support surface parallel to a radial extension of the axial opening on which the electronics are mounted directly.

7. The fan according to claim 1 wherein the housing upper part has a central section that is inwardly recessed in the axial direction having a pot shape and inside of which the axial opening is provided and the electronics are disposed.

8. The fan according to claim 7 , wherein the electronics are completely accommodated in the axial and radial directions by the recessed central section.

9. The fan according to claim 7 , wherein a plate is disposed on the housing upper part which covers at least the recessed central section and together with the housing upper part forms an electronics housing that encloses at least the electronics.

10. The fan according to claim 9 , wherein at least sections of the plate have an axially embossed contour in a direction of the electronics which is thermally coupled to the electronics.

11. The fan according to claim 9 , wherein the plate is made of metal.

12. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein a seal disposed between the stator and the housing upper part, the seal hermetically separates the electronics from a medium delivered inside the fan housing.

13. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the housing upper part is designed in one piece.

14. The fan according to claim 9 , wherein the electronics are disposed on a circuit board and a size ratio of a diameter B of the plate and a diameter D of the circuit board is determined as B/D >1.5.

15. The fan according to claim 14 , wherein a size ratio of a diameter d of a connecting ring and a diameter D of the circuit board is determined as D>d.

Assignees

• Ebm Papst Mulfingen Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Pils Malte
• Heli Thomas
• Riegler Peter
• Günther Jörg

Classifications

• F04D25/0613

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

• F04D25/068

  Mechanical details of the pump control unit (pump control details F04D27/00) · CPC title

• F04D25/082

  the unit having provision for cooling the motor · CPC title

• F04D29/626

  Mounting or removal of fans · CPC title

• H02K11/33

  Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) · CPC title