Illumination fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11248616-B2
Application number	US-202017035246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Priority date	Apr 30, 2018
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

An illumination fan includes a first frame, a second frame, a fan blade, a light guide and a light source. The first frame includes an accommodation space. The second frame is assembled with the first frame, and an inner surface of the second frame is substantially flat. The fan blade is rotatably disposed in the accommodation space. The light source is disposed on either the first frame or the second frame. The light guide is disposed on the first frame and surrounds the fan blade.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illumination fan, comprising:
a first frame comprising a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall connected to each other, the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall jointly defining an accommodation groove, and the first frame comprising an accommodation space;
a second frame assembled with the first frame;
a fan blade rotatably disposed in the accommodation space, and the first lateral wall being closer to the fan blade than the second lateral wall;
a light source disposed on the second frame; and
a light guide disposed in the accommodation groove and surrounding the fan blade, wherein the light guide comprises a light guide portion and a protrusion located on a lateral side of the light guide portion facing toward the fan blade, and the protrusion is fitted into an opening of the first lateral wall of the first frame and wherein the light source is disposed between the light guide and the second frame in an axial direction of the illumination fan.

2. The illumination fan according to claim 1 , wherein any portion of the second frame is not located between the fan blade and the light guide in a radial direction of the illumination fan.

3. The illumination fan according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame comprises a frame body and an assembling structure, the assembling structure is located on an inner surface of the frame body, the first frame is assembled with the second frame by the assembling structure, and there is no raised area on the inner surface of the frame body.

4. The illumination fan according to claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the light guide portion is plural, a quantity of the protrusion is plural, the light guide portions are assembled with each other, the protrusions are respectively located on lateral sides of the light guide portions facing toward the fan blade, a quantity of the opening of the first lateral wall of the first frame is plural, the openings of the first lateral wall of the first frame are arranged in a circumferential direction of the illumination fan, and the protrusions of the light guide are respectively fitted into the openings.

5. The illumination fan according to claim 1 , wherein the light source is disposed in the accommodation groove.

6. The illumination fan according to claim 3 , wherein the frame body comprises an annular portion and a rib portion connected to each other, the assembling structure is disposed on the annular portion, the fan blade is disposed on the rib portion, and the light source is disposed in a recess of the annular portion.

Assignees

• Cooler Master Tech Inc

Inventors

• Chen Chen-Wei

Classifications

• F04D25/08

  the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation · CPC title

• F04D25/0613 Primary

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

• F04D29/388

  characterised by construction · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F04D19/005

  reversible fans · CPC title