Electric blower and electric equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10947994-B2
Application number	US-201616096884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2016
Priority date	Jul 13, 2016
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

An electric blower includes: a motor including a rotary shaft; a first centrifugal fan fixed to a first end side of the rotary shaft; a second centrifugal fan fixed to a second end side of the rotary shaft opposite to the first end side; and a casing surrounding the motor, the first centrifugal fan and the second centrifugal fan. In the electric blower, first force applied by the first centrifugal fan to the rotary shaft in a first direction in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and second force applied by the second centrifugal fan to the rotary shaft in a second direction in the axial direction of the rotary shaft are opposite to each other during rotation of the rotary shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric blower comprising:
a motor including a stator, a rotor core, and a rotary shaft fixed to the rotor core;
a first centrifugal fan fixed to a first end side of the rotary shaft;
a second centrifugal fan fixed to a second end side of the rotary shaft opposite to the first end side; and
a casing surrounding the stator, the rotor core, the rotary shaft, the first centrifugal fan and the second centrifugal fan,
wherein the casing includes:
a first opening part provided on the first end side and making an air current generated by the first centrifugal fan pass through;
a second opening part provided on the second end side and making an air current generated by the second centrifugal fan pass through; and
a third opening part provided between the first centrifugal fan and the second centrifugal fan,
wherein first force applied by the first centrifugal fan to the rotary shaft in a first direction in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and second force applied by the second centrifugal fan to the rotary shaft in a second direction in the axial direction of the rotary shaft are opposite to each other during rotation of the rotary shaft,
wherein the air currents generated by the first centrifugal fan flow through the first opening part into the casing without passing through the second centrifugal fan, thereby passing between the stator and the rotor core in the casing, and the air currents generated by the second centrifugal fan flow through the second opening part into the casing without passing through the first centrifugal fan, thereby passing between the stator and the rotor core in the casing.

2. The electric blower according to claim 1 , wherein
the first direction is a direction heading from the second end side towards the first end side, and
the second direction is a direction heading from the first end side towards the second end side.

3. The electric blower according to claim 1 , wherein
the first direction is a direction heading from the first end side towards the second end side, and
the second direction is a direction heading from the second end side towards the first end side.

4. The electric blower according to claim 1 , wherein the casing includes:
a first fan cover having the first opening part and directing a centrifugal direction air current generated by the first centrifugal fan in the axial direction; and
a second fan cover having the second opening part and directing a centrifugal direction air current generated by the second centrifugal fan in the axial direction.

5. The electric blower according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a first bearing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft on the first end side;
a first support member fixed in the casing and supporting the first bearing;
a second bearing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft on the second end side;
a second support member fixed in the casing and supporting the second bearing; and
a first partition part fixed in the casing and changing a direction of the air current generated by the first centrifugal fan at a position between the first centrifugal fan and the first support member,
wherein the first partition part is a first casing having a first channel connecting the first fan cover and the third opening part.

6. The electric blower according to claim 5 , further comprising a second partition part fixed in the casing and changing a direction of the air current generated by the second centrifugal fan at a position between the second centrifugal fan and the second support member,
wherein the second partition part is a second casing having a second channel connecting the second fan cover and the third opening part.

7. The electric blower according to claim 4 , wherein a distance between the first centrifugal fan and the first fan cover and a distance between the second centrifugal fan and the second fan cover differ from each other.

8. The electric blower according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first bearing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft on the first end side;
a first support member fixed in the casing and supporting the first bearing;
a second bearing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft on the second end side; and
a second support member fixed in the casing and supporting the second bearing.

9. The electric blower according to claim 8 , wherein
the first support member has a fourth opening part, and
the second support member has a fifth opening part.

10. The electric blower according to claim 8 , further comprising a first partition part fixed in the casing and changing a direction of the air current generated by the first centrifugal fan at a position between the first centrifugal fan and the first support member.

11. The electric blower according to claim 10 , wherein the first partition part has a first communication hole making the air current generated by the first centrifugal fan pass through.

12. The electric blower according to claim 10 , further comprising a second partition part fixed in the casing and changing a direction of the air current generated by the second centrifugal fan at a position between the second centrifugal fan and the second support member.

13. The electric blower according to claim 12 , wherein the second partition part has a second communication hole making the air current generated by the second centrifugal fan pass through.

14. The electric blower according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between the first centrifugal fan and the first support member and a distance between the second centrifugal fan and the second support member differ from each other.

15. The electric blower according to claim 1 , wherein
a central position of the rotor core in the axial direction is arranged at a position shifted from a central position of the stator in the axial direction.

16. The electric blower according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the first centrifugal fan and a shape of the second centrifugal fan differ from each other.

17. The electric blower according to claim 1 , wherein the first force and the second force are balanced with each other.

18. Electric equipment comprising the electric blower according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Tsuchida Kazuchika
• Adachi Naho

Classifications

• F16C2360/44

  Centrifugal pumps · CPC title

• F16C19/54

  Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction (spindle bearings F16C35/08) · CPC title

• F04D29/62 Primary

  of radial or helico-centrifugal pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/5806

  Cooling the drive system · CPC title

• F04D29/056

  Bearings · CPC title