Fan structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9435348-B2
Application number	US-201213545007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2012
Priority date	Jul 10, 2012
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

A fan structure includes an upper cover, a fan frame body, a bearing cup, a bearing, a stator assembly, a hub and a shaft rod. The upper cover is mated with the fan frame body to together define a receiving space in which the bearing cup is disposed. The bearing cup has an open end and a closed end. The bearing is disposed in the bearing cup. The stator assembly is fitted around the bearing cup. The hub has multiple outward extending blades spaced from the upper cover by a first distance. The shaft rod has a connection end connected with the hub and a protruding end passing through the shaft hole and protruding from the bearing to abut against the closed end of the bearing cup and define a second distance. The first distance is smaller than the second distance to avoid deflection of the shaft rod.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fan structure comprising:
an upper cover having a first opening;
a fan frame body, the upper cover being correspondingly mated with the fan frame body to together define a receiving space, a wind outlet being formed on one side of the fan frame body;
a bearing cup selectively formed on the upper cover or the fan frame body and protruding from the upper cover or the fan frame body, the bearing cup having an open end and a closed end;
a bearing disposed in the bearing cup, the bearing having a first end, a second end and a shaft hole, the shaft hole passing through the bearing in communication with the first and second ends;
a stator assembly fitted around the bearing cup;
a hub having multiple blades outward extending from the hub, each blade having a first side and a second side, the first side being spaced from the upper cover by a first distance and a ring attached to an outer portion of the first side of the blades; and
a shaft rod having a connection end and a protruding end, the connection end being connected with the hub, the protruding end passing through the shaft hole and protruding from the second end of the bearing to abut against the closed end of the bearing cup and define a second distance, the first distance being smaller than the second distance;
wherein a junction between the shaft hole and the first end of the bearing is formed with a first guide angle and a junction between the shaft hole and the second end of the bearing is formed with a second guide angle, the protruding end of the shaft rod being formed with a third guide angle, a distance from a section of the shaft rod, where the second guide angle is positioned to the third guide angle of the protruding end of the shaft rod being defined as the second distance;
wherein a wear plate is disposed at the closed end of the bearing cup; and
wherein a second magnetic body is disposed next to one side of the wear plate, said side is distal from the shaft rod.

2. The fan structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fan frame body has a bottom wall and multiple ribs, an extension section perpendicularly extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, the wind outlet being formed on one side of the extension section, the upper cover being correspondingly mated with the extension section, two ends of the ribs being respectively connected to the bearing cup and the bottom wall to together define multiple second openings.

3. The fan structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stator assembly has multiple silicon steel sheets and multiple windings wound around the silicon steel sheets.

4. The fan structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first magnetic body is disposed on an inner circumference of the hub.

Assignees

• Wu Chun-Ming
• Asia Vital Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Chun-Ming

Classifications

• F04D25/0646

  Details of the stator · CPC title

• F04D29/056 Primary

  Bearings · CPC title

• F04D29/626

  Mounting or removal of fans · CPC title