Modular fan unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9816513-B2
Application number	US-201414550133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2014
Priority date	Nov 25, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A modular fan unit of a diagonal and/or axial fan having a housing that includes an inlet opening and an outflow opening. The housing accommodates a fan, that conveys the air at least in the axial direction and is divided perpendicularly to an axis (X-X) of the fan into at least two housing halves that are joined together. The housing forms a chamber in which the blades of the fan rotate around an axis and has a circumferential edge area in the vicinity of which the housing has a thickness B extending in the axis direction of the fan. A motor holding part has a dimension R as the maximum extension in the edge area and the chamber has an extension in the axis direction of the fan at a height of a dimension L, whereas the extension of the air inlet part has a dimension T in the area of the chamber. A ratio of the dimension B to the dimension R with respect to the ratio of the dimension L to the dimension T is within the range from 0.9 to 1.2. The noise emission of the fan during operation is minimized and the outer diameter of the modular fan unit is kept to a minimum.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modular fan unit, comprising a housing that has been provided with an inlet opening and an outflow opening and a fan that is accommodated in the housing and that conveys air at least in the axial direction, whereby the housing is divided perpendicularly to the axis of the fan into at least two housing halves that are joined to each other, namely, a motor holding part and an air inlet part, and whereby the housing forms a chamber in which blades of the axial fan are accommodated so as to rotate around the axis of the axial fan, and the housing also has a circumferential edge area in the vicinity of which the housing has a thickness having a dimension B extending in the axis direction of the axial fan, and the motor holding part has a dimension R as the maximum extension in the edge area in the axis direction of the fan, and moreover, the chamber has an extension in the axis direction of the fan at the height of the dimension L, and the extension of the air inlet part in the axis direction of the fan has a dimension T in the area of the chamber,
wherein
a ratio of the dimension B to the dimension R with respect to the ratio of the dimension L to the dimension T is governed by the equation B/R=b*L/T and b is within the range from 0.9 to 1.2.

2. The modular fan unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein a
diameter D K of the chamber is approximately 4% larger than an outer diameter D of the fan runner.

3. The modular fan unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the housing, as seen in a top view, has an essentially rectangular outer contour.

4. The modular fan unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein a
the motor holding part and the air inlet part each have a set-back dimension E, whereby a set-back depth, as the ratio of the set-back dimension E to a maximum axial extension C of the housing in the axis direction of the fan, is within the range from 0.2 to 0.35.

5. The modular fan unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein a
ratio of a maximum outer dimension K of the housing to an impeller diameter D is 1.15 at the maximum.

6. The modular fan unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the housing has a circumferential wall ring, whereby the wall ring has a circumferential hollow chamber.

7. The modular fan unit according to claim 6 ,
wherein
the circumferential hollow chamber is formed in an edge area of the air inlet part and/or in an edge area of the motor holding part.

Assignees

• Heli Thomas
• Schler Christian
• Balbach Ralf
• Ebm Papst Mulfingen Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Heli Thomas
• Schler Christian
• Balbach Ralf

Classifications

• F04D29/522

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