Portable fan, drive circuit, handheld fan, and neck fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12523231-B2
Application number	US-202418927186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2024
Priority date	May 11, 2022
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

A portable fan includes: a fan and a power supply drive assembly electrically connected to the fan. The power supply drive assembly comprises a battery and a fan drive circuit electrically connected to the battery. The fan drive circuit includes a master control circuit; a three-phase drive circuit; and an inverted-phase electric potential detection circuit. The battery is configured to supply power to the fan drive circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A portable fan, comprising a fan and a power supply drive assembly electrically connected to the fan; wherein the power supply drive assembly comprises a battery and a fan drive circuit electrically connected to the battery; the fan drive circuit comprises:
a master control circuit; a three-phase drive circuit, comprising at least three signal input ends and three drive signal output ends; wherein each of the at least three signal input ends is electrically connected to the master control circuit to receive control signals; each of the three drive signal output ends is electrically connect to a respective one of three signal ends of a direct-current (DC) brushless fan motor to respectively output a three-phase drive signal to drive the DC brushless fan motor to rotate; and an inverted-phase electric potential detection circuit, comprising three detection branches; wherein each of the three detection branches comprises a detection end and a detection output end electrically connected to the detection end; three detection ends of the three detection branches are respectively electrically connected to the three drive signal output ends; three detection output ends of the three detection branches are electrically connected to the master control circuit to respectively output a first detection signal, a second detection signal, and a third detection signal; the master control circuit is informed of a phase of the three-phase drive signal based on the first detection signal, the second detection signal, and the third detection signal to adjust the control signals; wherein the battery is configured to supply power to the fan drive circuit; wherein, the three-phase drive circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, and a ninth transistor; a first conductive end of the first transistor, a first conductive end of the second transistor, and a first conductive end of the third transistor are connected to a power supply end; a first conductive end of the fourth transistor is connected to the power supply end; a first conductive end of the fifth transistor is connected to the power supply end; a first conduction end of the sixth transistor is connected to the power supply end; a control end of the fourth transistor, a control end of the fifth transistor, and a control end of the sixth transistor are electrically connected to the master control circuit, a control end of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the fourth transistor, a control end of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the fifth transistor, and a control end of the ninth transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the sixth transistor, so as to receive the control signals; second conduction ends of the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, and the sixth transistor are grounded; a first conductive end of the seventh transistor is connected to a second conductive end of the first transistor; a second conductive end of the seventh transistor is grounded; a first conductive end of the eighth transistor is connected to a second conductive end of the second transistor; a second conductive end of the eighth transistor is grounded; a first conductive end of the ninth transistor is connected to the second conductive end of the third transistor; a second conductive end of the ninth transistor is grounded; a node between the first conductive of the seventh transistor and the second conductive of the first transistor, a node between the first conductive of the eighth transistor and the second conductive of the second transistor, and a node between the first conductive of the ninth transistor and the second conductive of the third transistor respectively serve as the three drive signal output ends; the at least three signal input ends are three PWM signal input ends; the control signals comprise three PWM signals; and the fan drive circuit further comprises a current detection circuit; the second conductive ends of the seventh transistor, the eighth transistor, and the ninth transistor are all grounded via the current detection circuit; the current detection circuit is electrically connected to the master control circuit; the current detection circuit comprises a sense resistor and a sense capacitor; the second conductive ends of the seventh transistor, the eighth transistor, and the ninth transistor are grounded via the sense resistor and the sense capacitor sequentially; a node between the sense resistor and the sense capacitor is electrically connected to the master control circuit.

2 . The portable fan according to claim 1 , wherein, the detection branch comprises a first detection resistor, a second detection resistor, and a third detection resistor; the first detection resistor and the second detection resistor are connected to each other in series; an end of the first detection resistor away from the second detection resistor is the detection end, and an end of the second detection resistor away from the first detection resistor is grounded; a node between the first detection resistor and the second detection resistor is the detection output end.

3 . The portable fan according to claim 1 , wherein, the battery is a lithium-ion battery; the portable fan further comprises:
a control main board, configured to control the portable fan; a battery protection device, arranged on the control main board and electrically connected to the control main board; wherein, the battery protection device is electrically connected to the control main board, and pins B+ and B− of the battery protection device are respectively connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the lithium-ion battery.

4 . The portable fan according to claim 3 , wherein, the battery protection device is integrally arranged with the control main board.

5 . The portable fan according to claim 3 , wherein the battery protection device comprises an intelligent processor, a current collection module and a voltage collection module; the intelligent processor is connected to the current collection module and the voltage collection module; the current collection module and the voltage collection module are connected to a power supply module.

6 . The portable fan according to claim 5 , wherein the power supply module is provided in the control main board, and the pins P+ and P− of the battery protection device are respectively connected to pins of the power supply module.

7 . The portable fan according to claim 1 , wherein, the portable fan is configured to be worn to a neck of a user.

8 . The portable fan according to claim 1 , comprising a handheld portion and an airflow portion connected to the handheld portion; wherein the handheld portion is configured to be held by a hand of a user; and the power supply drive assembly and the fan are arranged inside the airflow portion.

9 . The portable fan according to claim 7 , comprising:
a neck housing, defining a neck space, wherein the neck housing is configured to be worn to a neck of a user, and the neck is configured to be received in the neck space; an airflow portion, arranged inside the neck housing and configured to blow an airflow towards the neck space; wherein the airflow portion comprises rotation air blades and a three-phase motor drive assembly driveably connected to the rotation air blades to drive the rotation air blades to rotate to generate the airflow.

10 . The portable fan according to claim 9 , wherein,
the airflow portion further comprises a positioning protruding post; the three-phase mo

Assignees

• Shenzhen Jisu Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Guanzheng
• Xie Jiahang
• Yuan Shuiyong
• Li Xiangfu
• Gao Haijun
• Ye Cheng
• Huang Cunfu
• Zheng Weijie

Classifications

• F04D29/048

  magnetic; electromagnetic · CPC title

• F04D29/0467

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• F04D29/0465

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• F04D27/00 Primary

  Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids · CPC title

• F04D25/0693

  Details or arrangements of the wiring · CPC title