Fan assembly and vacuum cleaner with fan assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12484744-B2
Application number	US-202318153379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2023
Priority date	Sep 23, 2020
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure provides a fan assembly and a vacuum cleaner with the fan assembly. The fan assembly includes a motor, an impeller and a fan housing. The impeller is driven by the motor, which includes an impeller air outlet and an impeller air inlet. The impeller air inlet is located in the axial direction of the impeller, and the impeller air outlet is located in the radial direction of the impeller. An air channel is formed inside the fan housing, and the impeller is at least partially housed in the fan housing. The impeller rotates relative to the fan housing about the rotational axis, the generated airflow enters the air channel during the rotation of the impeller, and the height of the fan housing in the direction of the rotational axis increases along the direction of the air flow.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a housing, wherein a dust collection cavity, a mounting cavity, and a through hole communicating the dust collection cavity and the mounting cavity are arranged in the housing, a dust suction assembly, one end thereof passing through the housing and extending to the dust collection cavity, a filter assembly, arranged in the dust collection cavity, and a fan assembly, arranged in the mounting cavity, comprising: an impeller, driven by a motor, the impeller comprising an impeller air inlet located in an axial direction of the impeller and communicated with the through hole, and an impeller air outlet located in a radial direction of the impeller, and a fan housing, defining an air channel therein, the impeller being at least partially housed in the fan housing, the impeller rotating relative to the fan housing about a rotational axis, a generated airflow entering the air channel during a rotation of the impeller, and a height of the fan housing in a direction of the rotational axis increasing along a direction of the air flow; wherein, the housing comprises a dust collector, a middle cover assembly and an upper cover assembly, the middle cover assembly is arranged above the dust collector and forms the dust collection cavity with the dust collector, the upper cover assembly is arranged above the middle cover assembly and forms the mounting cavity with the middle cover assembly; the upper cover assembly comprises a battery cavity housing a battery pack, a battery pack cover is arranged on an upper part of the battery cavity, and the battery pack cover is movably connected with the upper cover assembly.

2 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein
the fan housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper housing has an inverted U-shaped cross section along the direction of the rotational axis, and the lower housing is arranged below the upper housing and being a spiral air channel with the upper housing.

3 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein
the middle cover assembly comprises a middle cover body and a recessed part denting downwardly from the middle cover body, the through hole is arranged on a bottom wall of the recessed part, the fan assembly is housed in the recessed part, the bottom wall of the recessed part is the lower housing of the fan housing, and a circular arc structure is formed at a position of the recessed part corresponding to the upper housing to guide high-pressure airflow around the impeller upwards into the air channel.

4 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein
the upper housing of the fan assembly comprises a first end, a spiral part spirally extending upward from the first end, and a second end located at an end of the spiral part, and base surfaces of the first end, the spiral part, and the second end are in a same plane.

5 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein
a height of the spiral part close to the first end is lower than a height of the spiral part close to the second end, and a top surface of the spiral part is spiraling in the direction of the airflow, the top surface of the spiral part gradually spirally extends upward along a helix angle and the helix angle is a constant value, and the helix angle is between 3° and 35°.

6 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein
the lower housing comprises a bottom wall and a side wall arranged along a circumferential direction of the bottom wall, and the side wall of the lower housing is connected with a side wall of the upper housing.

7 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein
the dust suction assembly is arranged on the upper cover assembly, the dust suction assembly comprises a throat pipe and a dust suction accessory connected to the throat pipe, the throat pipe comprises a soft throat pipe and a hard throat pipe arranged on both sides of the soft throat pipe, a first side of the soft throat pipe is fixed on the upper cover assembly through the hard throat pipe, and a second side of the soft throat pipe is connected to the dust suction accessory through the hard throat pipe.

8 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 7 , wherein
the upper cover assembly further comprises an accessory groove housing the dust suction accessory, and the upper cover assembly is provided with a fixing component to fix the hard throat pipe and a groove to house the soft throat pipe, the fixing component is a circular arc-shaped gasket, as in a storing state, the hard throat pipe at the second side is located on the gasket to match the groove to fix and limit the throat pipe.

9 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper cover assembly is provided with an air inlet communicated with the dust suction assembly, and an air outlet is arranged between the middle cover assembly and the upper cover assembly.

10 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein
the motor is a brushless motor.

11 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 10 , wherein
the brushless motor comprises a fan blade for heat dissipation, and the fan blade is arranged between the brushless motor and the impeller.

12 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 10 , wherein
the brushless motor comprises a fan blade for heat dissipation, and the fan blade is arranged at an end of the brushless motor away from the impeller.

13 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio of a rated rotating speed of the impeller to a diameter of the impeller is not less than 220 r/(min*mm), the rated rotating speed of the impeller is not less than 20000 rpm.

14 . The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein
the diameter of the impeller is between 60 mm and 80 mm.

Assignees

• Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Miao
• Wang Doushi
• Li Xiazi
• Tang Yabin

Classifications

• A47L9/2884

  Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation · CPC title

• A47L9/248

  Parts, details or accessories of hoses or pipes (nozzles A47L9/02) · CPC title

• A47L9/0036

  specially adapted for holding the suction hose · CPC title

• A47L9/1409

  Rigid filtering receptacles (dust collecting receptacles for cyclones A47L9/1683) · CPC title

• A47L9/327

  for suction cleaners with hose between nozzle and casing · CPC title