Centrifugal fan frame body structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11512711-B2
Application number	US-202017024734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2020
Priority date	Sep 18, 2020
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A centrifugal fan frame body structure includes a lower case body and a cover body. The lower case body has a bottom section and an outer wall section. The outer wall section is formed with a wind outlet. The cover body and the lower case body are correspondingly mated with each other to form a space. In the space, the lower case body and the cover body define therebetween a first height. The lower case body and the cover body define therebetween a second height at the wind outlet. The second height is larger than the first height. The height of the wind outlet is enlarged, whereby the wind outlet will not be blocked by the cooperative heat dissipation component (module) so that the flow field efficiency is enhanced and the noise is lowered.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A centrifugal fan frame body structure comprising:
a lower case body having a bottom section and an outer wall section, the outer wall section being vertically annularly disposed along a periphery of the bottom section, the outer wall section being formed with a wind outlet; and
a cover body having an upper side, a lower side and a wind inlet, the wind inlet passing through the cover body between the upper and lower sides, the cover body and the lower case body being correspondingly mated with each other to form a space, the wind outlet being in communication with the wind inlet via the space, in the space, the lower case body and the cover body defining therebetween a first height proximate the wind inlet, the lower case body and the cover body defining therebetween a second height at an outer edge of the wind outlet, the second height being larger than the first height; and
a thermal module having at least one heat pipe and a radiating fin assembly stacked together, one end of the heat pipe being connected with the radiating fin assembly, the heat pipe and the radiating fin assembly being disposed adjacent the wind outlet, a total height of the stacked heat pipe and radiating fin assembly being lower than the second height at the wind outlet.

2. The centrifugal fan frame body structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower case body further has a bearing cup vertically extending from the lower case body, a stator being fitter around the bearing cup, a bearing being received in the bearing cup, a rotor assembly having a shaft and a fan impeller hub, the shaft being perpendicularly connected with the fan impeller hub, the shaft of the rotor assembly being rotatably disposed in the bearing, multiple blades extending from outer side of the fan impeller hub.

3. The centrifugal fan frame body structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a reinforcing rib section formed on the cover body is a structure formed by means of punching, the reinforcing rib section being formed on the cover body and protruding from the lower side to the upper side, whereby the height of the wind outlet is enlarged to form the second height.

4. The centrifugal fan frame body structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a reinforcing rib section formed on the lower case body is a structure formed by means of punching, the reinforcing rib section being formed on the lower case body and protruding from the bottom section of the lower case body to the other side, whereby the height of the wind outlet is enlarged to form the second height.

5. The centrifugal fan frame body structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one reinforcing rib section, the reinforcing rib section being selectively disposed on the lower case body or the cover body or both the lower case body and the cover body, the reinforcing rib section horizontally extending to the wind outlet.

6. The centrifugal fan frame body structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermal module has a base seat, the base seat correspondingly contacting a heat source to conduct the heat thereof, the other end of the heat pipe being connected with the base seat.

7. The centrifugal fan frame body structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wind outlet is formed in such a manner that the wind outlet is abruptly expanded or linearly gradually expanded from the first height to the second height.

Assignees

• Asia Vital Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Sung-Wei
• Lee Ming-Che

Classifications

• F04D29/582

  specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/4226 Primary

  Fan casings · CPC title

• F05D2240/14

  Casings or housings protecting or supporting assemblies within · CPC title

• F05D2230/20

  essentially without removing material · CPC title

• F05D2260/208

  using heat pipes · CPC title