Fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9518585-B2
Application number	US-201314024197-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2013
Priority date	Sep 12, 2012
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a fan. The fan includes a hub and a blade extending from the hub. The blade includes a blade rear end having a predetermined curvature and a blade side end connected to the blade rear end. The blade rear end includes ridge parts protruding in a predetermined direction from an extension and furrow parts protruding in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fan, comprising:
a hub; and
a plurality of blades that extends from the hub, each of the plurality of blades including a positive-pressure surface and a negative-pressure surface opposite to the positive-pressure surface, wherein each of the plurality of blades includes a blade rear end having a predetermined curvature and a blade side end connected to die blade rear end, wherein the blade rear end includes an alternating pattern of ridges and grooves, the pattern extending along an edge of the blade rear end, wherein the ridges protrude different lengths from the positive-pressure surface and the grooves protrude different lengths from the negative-pressure surface, and wherein the ridges and the grooves have square ends.

2. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the ridges and the grooves are alternately arranged so that sounds generating from air flowing on the ridges and the grooves cancel out each other.

3. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between an adjacent two of the ridges is equal to a distance between an adjacent two of the grooves.

4. The fan according to claim 1 , wherein the alternating pattern includes:
a first connection portion that extends from a first upper end of the pattern to a first lower end of the pattern being next to the first upper end; and
a second connection portion that extends from a second upper end of the pattern being next to the first upper end to the first lower end of the pattern.

5. The fan according to claim 4 , wherein the first connection portion is in contact with the second connection portion.

6. A fan, comprising:
a hub; and
a plurality of blades that extends from the hub, each of the plurality of blades including a positive-pressure surface and a negative-pressure surface opposite to the positive-pressure surface, wherein each of the plurality of blades includes a blade rear end having a predetermined curvature and a blade side end connected to the blade rear end, wherein the blade rear end includes an alternating pattern of ridges and grooves, the pattern extending along an edge of the blade rear end, wherein the ridges protrude different lengths from the positive-pressure surface and the grooves protrude different lengths from the negative-pressure surface, wherein the alternating pattern includes:
a first connection portion that extends from a first upper end of the pattern to a first lower end of the pattern being next to the first upper end; and
a second connection portion that extends from a second upper end of the pattern being next to the first upper end to the first lower end of the pattern, wherein the first lower end has a width between the first connection portion and the second connection portion, and wherein the ridges and the grooves have square ends.

7. The fan according to claim 6 , wherein the first upper end has a width equal to a width of the first lower end.

8. A fan, comprising:
a hub; and
a plurality of blades that extends from the hub, each of the plurality of blades having a positive-pressure surface and a negative-pressure surface opposite to the positive-pressure surface, wherein each of the plurality of blades includes a blade rear end having a predetermined curvature and a blade side end connected to the blade rear end, wherein the blade rear end includes:
an extension, which is an imaginary line connected from a first point at which the hub and the blade rear end meet to a second point at which the blade side end and the blade rear end meet; and
an alternating pattern of ridges and grooves, the pattern extending along the extension, wherein the ridges protrude different lengths from the positive-pressure surface and the grooves protrude different lengths from the negative-pressure surface, and wherein the ridges and the grooves have square ends.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Seokho
• Sa Yongcheol

Classifications

• F04D29/663

  Sound attenuation · CPC title

• F04D29/666

  by means of rotor construction or layout, e.g. unequal distribution of blades or vanes · CPC title

• F04D19/002 Primary

  Axial flow fans · CPC title

• F05D2240/304

  related to the trailing edge of a rotor blade · CPC title

• F04D29/384 Primary

  characterised by form · CPC title