Structure for reducing noise of ventilating fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9441642-B2
Application number	US-201013634022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2010
Priority date	Mar 17, 2010
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a structure for reducing noise of a ventilating fan. The structure includes an orifice plate fixed on a scroll casing and is shaped to be an annular and semi-surrounding hollow structure in order to match with the shape of an air inlet of the scroll casing, and to cover only the air inlet of the scroll casing. The noise generated by an air blower of the ventilating fan can be directed along a bell mouth of the scroll casing of the ventilating fan after being emitted from the air inlet of the scroll casing, and then can be smoothly sucked by the orifice plate. The sucked-in noise can repeatedly collide with the orifice plate and be diffused, thereby the energy being gradually weakened and the sound pressure thereof being decreased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A structure for reducing noise of a ventilating fan, comprising:
a bell-mouthed panel located at an air inlet of a scroll casing; and
an orifice plate fixed on the scroll casing;
wherein the orifice plate is shaped to be an annular and semi-surrounding hollow structure in order to match with a shape of the bell-mouthed panel, and covers only a front side of the air inlet of the scroll casing,
the orifice plate comprises a radially outward side with respect to a longitudinal axis of the air inlet, a radially inward side, and a middle part in the form of a hollow structure that is disposed between the radially outward side and the radially inward side,
wherein the radially outward side extends linearly from a surface in which the air inlet of the scroll casing is located, and the radially inward side extends from the radially outward side toward the air inlet,
the radially outward side has a cylindrical shape which extends from the scroll casing in an axial direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the air inlet, and faces a housing side of the ventilating fan, and
the radially inward side has a curved shape and includes a fixed end extending from the radially outward side and a free end which arcs inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the air inlet, the free end terminating at a location radially outside of the air inlet of the scroll casing.

2. The structure for reducing noise of the ventilating fan according to claim 1 , wherein:
the orifice plate has a cross section of a J-shaped hollow structure formed with the radially inward side and the radially outward side, and a spacing portion is arranged between the free end of the radially inward side and the air inlet.

3. The structure for reducing noise of the ventilating fan according to claim 2 , wherein:
a plurality of protruding ribs are disposed inside of the hollow structure of the orifice plate.

4. The structure for reducing noise of the ventilating fan according to claim 2 , wherein:
a plurality of convex and concave structures are disposed inside of the hollow structure of the orifice plate.

5. The structure for reducing noise of the ventilating fan according to claim 2 , wherein:
a first convex part and a second convex part are disposed outside of the orifice plate, a hole is arranged in the second convex part; and a snap joint for snapping the first convex part and a mounting hole corresponding to the hole of the second convex part are arranged in the scroll casing.

6. The structure for reducing noise of the ventilating fan according to claim 2 , wherein:
an outer diameter of the orifice plate is equal to an outer diameter of the air inlet of the scroll casing.

Assignees

• Rao Zewei
• Yang Zhenjian
• Li Xiaoming
• Panasonic Eco Sys Guangdong Co
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Rao Zewei
• Yang Zhenjian
• Li Xiaoming

Classifications

• F05D2250/51

  Inlet · CPC title

• F04D29/441 Primary

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/663

  Sound attenuation · CPC title

• F04D29/162

  of a centrifugal flow wheel · CPC title

• F04D29/665 Primary

  by means of resonance chambers or interference · CPC title