Rotor assembly and fluid transmission device having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12221968-B1
Application number	US-202418656599-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 7, 2024
Priority date	Nov 5, 2023
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

A rotor assembly includes a rotation axis, a propeller, an active ring, a driver link, and a reciprocating spring. The propeller includes a hub portion and fan blades. The hub portion is located on one end of the rotation axis, and the inner sidewall of the hub portion has a gear structure surrounding the rotation axis. The active ring sleeves on the rotation axis. The driver link is pivotally connected to the active ring. The reciprocating spring is telescopically disposed on the active ring and abuts against the driver link. When the rotation axis drives the active ring to rotate, the driver link abuts against the gear structure of the hub portion and compresses the reciprocating spring. When the rotation axis stops rotating, the reciprocating spring returns to an initial position to push the driver link to separate from the gear structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotor assembly, comprising:
a rotation axis;
a propeller comprising a hub portion and a plurality of fan blades extending outward from the hub portion, wherein the hub portion is located on one end of the rotation axis, and an inner sidewall of the hub portion has a gear structure surrounding the rotation axis;
an active ring sleeving on the rotation axis;
at least one driver link pivotally connected to the active ring; and
at least one reciprocating spring telescopically disposed on the active ring and abutting against the driver link, wherein when the rotation axis drives the active ring to rotate, the driver link abuts against the gear structure of the hub portion and compresses the reciprocating spring due to a force generated by rotation, and when the rotation axis stops rotating, the reciprocating spring returns to an initial position to push the driver link to separate from the gear structure.

2. The rotor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the active ring, the driver link, and the reciprocating spring are located in the hub portion.

3. The rotor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the active ring, the driver link, and the reciprocating spring are surrounded by the gear structure.

4. The rotor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the driver link is hook shape, L shape, V shape, or U shape.

5. The rotor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the driver link comprises a first extending portion and a second extending portion adjoining the first extending portion, and an extending direction of the first extending portion is different from an extending direction of the second extending portion.

6. The rotor assembly of claim 5 , wherein the first extending portion is located between the active ring and the second extending portion, and the second extending portion is located between first extending portion and the gear structure of the hub portion.

7. The rotor assembly of claim 5 , wherein a length of the second extending portion is greater than a length of the first extending portion.

8. The rotor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the number of the driver links and the number of the reciprocating springs are both two, the two driver links are symmetrically disposed on the active ring, and the two reciprocating springs are symmetrically disposed on the active ring.

9. A fluid transmission device, comprising:
a housing having an accommodating space, wherein one end of the housing has an opening communicated with the accommodating space;
a motor located in the accommodating space of the housing; and
an rotor assembly located in the accommodating space of the housing, and comprising:
a rotation axis connected to the motor;
a propeller located in the opening of the housing and comprising a hub portion and a plurality of fan blades extending outward from the hub portion, wherein the hub portion is located on one end of the rotation axis, and an inner sidewall of the hub portion has a gear structure surrounding the rotation axis;
an active ring sleeving on the rotation axis;
at least one driver link pivotally connected to the active ring; and
at least one reciprocating spring telescopically disposed on the active ring and abutting against the driver link, wherein when the rotation axis drives the active ring to rotate, the driver link abuts against the gear structure of the hub portion and compresses the reciprocating spring due to a force generated by rotation, and when the rotation axis stops rotating, the reciprocating spring returns to an initial position to push the driver link to separate from the gear structure.

10. The fluid transmission device of claim 9 , wherein the active ring, the driver link, and the reciprocating spring are located in the hub portion.

11. The fluid transmission device of claim 9 , wherein the active ring, the driver link, and the reciprocating spring are surrounded by the gear structure.

12. The fluid transmission device of claim 9 , wherein the driver link is L shape, V shape, U shape, or hook shape.

13. The fluid transmission device of claim 9 , wherein the driver link comprises a first extending portion and a second extending portion adjoining the first extending portion, and an extending direction of the first extending portion is different from an extending direction of the second extending portion.

14. The fluid transmission device of claim 13 , wherein the first extending portion is located between the active ring and the second extending portion, and the second extending portion is located between first extending portion and the gear structure of the hub portion.

15. The fluid transmission device of claim 13 , wherein a length of the second extending portion is greater than a length of the first extending portion.

16. The fluid transmission device of claim 9 , wherein the number of the driver links and the number of the reciprocating springs are both two, the two driver links are symmetrically disposed on the active ring, and the two reciprocating springs are symmetrically disposed on the active ring.

Assignees

• Accton Tech Corp

Inventors

• Yeh Jih-Che
• Chang Ting Jui
• Chen Ting-Min

Classifications

• F04D19/002

  Axial flow fans · CPC title

• F04D29/329

  Details of the hub · CPC title

• F04D25/022 Primary

  comprising a yielding coupling, e.g. hydraulic (a magnetic coupling F04D25/026) · CPC title