Radiator fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11306644-B2
Application number	US-201816755611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2018
Priority date	Oct 13, 2017
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

This radiator fan for cooling a radiator has: a rotating member that rotates due to rotation of an engine; blade members that are provided on the peripheral surface of the rotating member such that the angle of surfaces that receive air is changed; a moving member, which is provided in the rotating member, and which moves toward the peripheral surface of the rotating member due to centrifugal force generated by means of the rotation of the rotating member; and a connecting member, which is connected to the moving member and the blade members, transmits the movement of the moving member to the blade members, and changes the angle of the surfaces.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radiator fan for cooling a radiator, comprising:
a rotation member that rotates due to rotation of an engine;
a plurality of blade members disposed around a peripheral surface of the rotation member in such a way that angles of surfaces of the plurality of blade members that receive air are variable;
a plurality of shafts that fixes the plurality of blade members to the peripheral surface of the rotation member so as to be rotatable;
a movement member, disposed in the rotation member, that moves toward the peripheral surface of the rotation member due to a centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotation member; and
a coupling member that is directly coupled to the plurality of blade members, independent of the plurality of shafts, and coupled to the movement member, the coupling member directly transmitting a movement of the movement member to the plurality of blade members independent of the plurality of shafts, and changes the angles of the surfaces of the plurality of blade members,
wherein the coupling member comprises:
a first coupling member that has a ring shape and is directly coupled to the plurality of blade members by extending through the plurality of blade members; and
a second coupling member that has a bar-like shape, is coupled to the movement member and the first coupling member, and transmits the movement of the movement member to the first coupling member to rotate the first coupling member relative to the rotation member.

2. The radiator fan according to claim 1 , wherein
angles of normal lines of the surfaces of the plurality of blade members with respect to a rotation axis direction of the rotation member increase in accordance with a rotation speed of the engine.

3. The radiator fan according to claim 1 , wherein:
the movement member includes a first weight and a second weight that are disposed so as to face a rotation axis of the rotation member, and
the radiator fan further comprises an elastic member that pulls the first weight and the second weight toward the rotation axis.

Assignees

• Isuzu Motors Ltd

Inventors

• Fujino Ryusuke

Classifications

• F01P7/06 Primary

  by varying blade pitch · CPC title

• F01P3/20

  Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine (F01P3/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04D19/002

  Axial flow fans · CPC title

• F01P5/02 Primary

  Pumping cooling-air; Arrangements of cooling-air pumps, e.g. fans or blowers · CPC title

• B60K11/04

  Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds · CPC title