Ventilation fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10598397-B2
Application number	US-201515558391-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A ventilation fan includes: first and second electronic components attached to a back surface of a flange; a third electronic component including a claw portion on an outer portion of the third electronic component and attached to the back surface of the flange; internal wiring routed on the back surface of the flange and connecting the first and second electronic components; and a retention portion including: a first rib protruding from the back surface of the flange in a perpendicular direction to the back surface of the flange; and a second rib protruding from a side face of the first rib in a direction parallel with the plane direction of the back surface of the flange or protruding toward the back surface of the flange, the retention portion retaining the internal wiring between the undersurface of the second rib and the back surface of the flange.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ventilation fan that is attached to an attachment portion in a room and comprises:
a main body frame that includes
a cylindrical air channel,
a flange connected to a circumferential edge portion of an inlet port of the air channel at a front face side of the air channel and extending in a radial direction, and
a rising portion connected to an edge of the flange and protruding toward a back face side; and

a fan including an impeller that rotates in the air channel,
the ventilation fan comprising:
a first electronic component and a second electronic component that are attached to a back surface of the flange;
a third electronic component that includes a claw portion on an outer portion of the third electronic component and is attached to the back surface of the flange;
an internal wiring routed on the back surface of the flange and connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component;
a retention portion that includes
a first rib protruding from the back surface of the flange in a perpendicular direction to a plane direction of the back surface of the flange, and
a second rib protruding from a side face of the first rib in a direction parallel with the plane direction of the back surface of the flange or protruding toward the back surface of the flange, the retention portion retaining the internal wiring between an undersurface of the second rib and the back surface of the flange;

an electronic-component retention portion protruding from the back surface of the flange on a back face side to retain the third electronic component; and
a protrusion portion protruding from the back surface of the flange on the back face side in a position facing the retention portion on the back surface of the flange, wherein
the retention portion has an attachment hole for attaching the claw portion in an upper region of the first rib with respect to the second rib,
the claw portion is inserted into the attachment hole to retain the third electronic component, and
the internal wiring is retained between the electronic-component retention portion and the protrusion portion.

2. The ventilation fan according to claim 1 , wherein the retention portion is integrally formed with the back surface of the flange.

3. The ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective cover attached to the main body frame on the back face side and covering the internal wiring from the back face side.

4. The ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising a shutter section that opens the air channel when the ventilation fan is operated and closes the air channel when the ventilation fan is stopped, wherein
the first electronic component is an electric motor that controls opening and closing of the shutter section,
the second electronic component is a power supply board that supplies, to the electric motor, AC power to be supplied, and
the third electronic component is a power supply unit that supplies, to the power supply board, AC power supplied from an external power supply.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Kagawa Yoshihiro
• Yamato Hidetoshi
• Kobayashi Daisuke
• Yamauchi Hiromitsu

Classifications

• F04D25/068

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

• F04D29/545

  Ducts · CPC title

• F04D29/522

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F24F13/14

  built up of tilting members, e.g. louvre · CPC title

• F04D25/14

  and having shutters, e.g. automatically closed when not in use · CPC title