Heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10598187-B2
Application number	US-201715683740-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2017
Priority date	Aug 22, 2017
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A heat-dissipation fan includes a rotary assembly and a plurality of rotary cylinders mounted on an outer surface of the rotary assembly to serve as cylindrical fan blades of the heat-dissipation fan. The rotary assembly includes a plurality of first electrical conducting units and a second electrical conducting unit. The rotary cylinders move along with the rotary assembly when the latter rotates and are correspondingly electrically connected to the first electrical conducting units to be rotatable about their respective centerlines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades, comprising:
a rotary assembly including a first rotor and a corresponding first stator for driving the first rotor to rotate; a plurality of first electrical conducting units arranged in the first rotor; and a second electrical conducting unit provided on the first stator for correspondingly contacting with the first electrical conducting units; and
a plurality of rotary cylinders being mounted on an outer surface of the first rotor to move along with the rotary assembly when the same is rotating; the rotary cylinders respectively including a second rotor and a second stator, the second rotor in each rotary cylinder being arranged corresponding to the second stator for driving the rotary cylinder to rotate about a centerline thereof; and the second stators being correspondingly electrically connected to the first electrical conducting units;
wherein the first electrical conducting units respectively include a first suspension linking element and a second suspension linking element, which are arranged face to face;
wherein each of the first suspension linking elements having an end connected to an inner top surface of the hub and another end connected to a first support shaft, and a first roller being movably fitted on around each of the first support shafts; and
wherein each of the second suspension linking elements having an end connected to the inner top surface of the hub and another end connected to a second support shaft, and a second roller being movably fitted on around each of the second support shafts to be located opposite to the first roller.

2. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first rotor includes a hub having an outer surface and internally defining a first inner space and a second inner space located around an outer side of the first inner space; a hub shaft being provided in the first inner space and connected at an end to the hub; a first case element and a first magnetic element being disposed in the first inner space, and the first magnetic element being fitted on around an inner side of the first case element; and the first electrical conducting units being arranged in the second inner space.

3. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the hub further includes an annular partitioning wall located between the first inner space and the second inner space.

4. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second suspension linking element of each first electrical conducting unit are connected to a first and a second guide wire, respectively, and the first and the second guide wires being extended through the hub to an outer side of the hub.

5. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first stator includes a first base having a center barrel formed thereon; at least one bearing disposed in the central barrel for supporting the hub shaft therein, a first stator winding assembly fitted on an outer side of the central barrel and aligned with the first magnetic element, and the second electrical conducting unit being provided on the first base and located at an outer side of the first stator winding assembly.

6. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second electrical conducting unit includes a first raised annular ring portion and a second raised annular ring portion, which are concentrically arranged; the first raised annular ring portion being connected to one of a positive and a negative electrode of an external power source, and the second raised annular ring portion being connected to the other one of the positive and the negative electrode of the external power source; the second raised annular ring portion being located around an outer side of the first raised annular ring portion; and the first and the second raised annular ring portion respectively having a fixed end connected to the first base and a free end in contact with the first electrical conducting units.

7. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the outer surface of the hub includes an axial surface and a radial surface, and the rotary cylinders being mounted on any one of the axial surface and the radial surface.

8. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the rotary cylinders are angularly symmetrically or asymmetrically arranged on the outer surface of the hub.

9. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the second rotors includes a cylindrical body with an internally defined in-cylinder chamber; in each of the in-cylinder chambers, there being provided a cylinder shaft, a second case element and a second magnetic element; the cylinder shaft being connected at an end to the cylindrical body, and the second magnetic element being fitted on around an inner side of the second case element.

10. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 9 wherein each of the second stators includes a second base having a center barrel formed thereon; at least one bearing being disposed in the central barrel of the second base for supporting the cylinder shaft therein, and a second stator winding assembly being fitted on around an outer side of the central barrel of the second base and located next to the second magnetic element.

11. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each of the second bases is provided with a retaining hook for connecting to the outer surface of the first rotor.

12. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 9 , wherein outer circumferential surfaces of the cylinder bodies of the rotary cylinders are respectively provided with at least one radially protruded rib.

13. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the radially protruded ribs include spirally extended ribs, wing-shaped ribs, waterwheel-shaped ribs, or multiple rows of circumferentially spaced short ribs.

14. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotary cylinders are different in radius.

15. The heat-dissipation fan with cylindrical fan blades as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotary cylinders rotate at different speeds.

Assignees

• Asia Vital Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chang Bor-Haw
• Wang Chung-Shu

Classifications

• H01R39/64 Primary

  Devices for uninterrupted current collection · CPC title

• F04D25/06

  the pump being electrically driven (F04D25/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04D29/667

  by influencing the flow pattern, e.g. suppression of turbulence · CPC title

• F04D19/002

  Axial flow fans · CPC title

• F04D29/5853

  heat insulation or conduction · CPC title