Thin cooling fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9846462-B2
Application number	US-201414314388-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2014
Priority date	Apr 18, 2014
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

A thin cooling fan ( 1 ) includes a fan shell ( 10 ), a motor ( 20 ), a plurality of blades ( 30 ), and a PCB ( 40 ). The fan shell ( 10 ) comprises a base plate ( 11 ) and a shell cover ( 12 ) which cover to each other to form an inner space ( 100 ). The base plate ( 11 ) has a first surface ( 111 ) facing toward the inner space ( 100 ) and a second surface ( 112 ) having a receiving space ( 101 ) and opposite to the first surface ( 111 ). The motor ( 20 ) is combined in the inner space ( 100 ). The blades ( 30 ) are disposed in the inner space ( 100 ) and rotated by the motor ( 20 ). The PCB ( 40 ) is disposed in the receiving space ( 101 ) and flush with the second surface ( 112 ). Thus, the whole thickness of the cooling fan ( 1 ) is reduced and the flow channel design in the inner space ( 100 ) is not affected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thin cooling fan, comprising:
a fan shell comprising a base plate and a shell cover, wherein the base plate and the shell cover are combined with each other to form an inner space, the base plate has a first surface facing the inner space and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface has a receiving region comprising a recess region and a hollow region, the recess region includes a first recess portion and a second recess portion, the hollow region includes a first hollow portion and a second hollow portion, the first recess portion and the first hollow portion are configured as a first receiving space, and the second recess portion and the second hollow portion are configured as a second receiving space;
a motor installed in the inner space;
a plurality of blades disposed in the inner space and driven by the motor, the blades extending in a radial direction, and the second receiving space located outside ends of the blades along the radial direction; and
a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the receiving region, the PCB having a side surface flush with the second surface,
wherein
the PCB comprises a first substrate and a first solder point disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate and a second solder point disposed on the second substrate,
the first substrate is attached to the first recess portion,
the first solder point is disposed in the first hollow portion,
the second substrate is attached to the second recess portion, and
the second solder point is disposed in the second hollow portion.

2. The thin cooling fan according to claim 1 , wherein the motor comprises a stator structure and a rotor structure outside the stator structure.

3. The thin cooling fan according to claim 2 , wherein the first receiving space is disposed corresponding to the position of the stator structure.

4. The thin cooling fan according to claim 2 , wherein the second receiving space is disposed outside the blades.

5. The thin cooling fan according to claim 4 , wherein the second substrate is disposed outside the blades.

6. The thin cooling fan according to claim 2 , wherein the receiving region further comprises a third receiving space disposed between the stator structure and the blades.

7. The thin cooling fan according to claim 3 , wherein the receiving region comprises a third receiving space disposed between the stator structure and the blades.

8. The thin cooling fan according to claim 6 , wherein the third receiving space comprises a third hollow portion, wherein the PCB comprises a third substrate disposed correspondingly between the stator structure and the blades, wherein the third substrate is disposed in the third hollow portion.

9. A thin cooling fan, comprising:
a fan shell comprising a base plate and a shell cover, wherein the base plate and the shell cover are combined with each other to form an inner space, the base plate has a first surface facing the inner space and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second surface has a receiving region;
a motor installed in the inner space, the motor comprising a stator structure and a rotor structure outside the stator structure;
a plurality of blades disposed in the inner space and driven by the motor the blades extending in a radial direction, and the second receiving space located outside ends of the blades along the radial direction; and
a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the receiving region, the PCB having a side surface flush with the second surface,
wherein
the PCB comprises a first substrate, a first solder point disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a second solder point disposed on the second substrate and a third substrate,
the receiving region comprises a first receiving space disposed corresponding to the position of the stator structure, a second receiving space disposed correspondingly outside the blades, and a third receiving space disposed between the outside of the stator structure and the inside of the blades,
the first receiving space includes a first recess portion and a first hollow portion,
the second receiving space includes a second recess portion and a second hollow portion,
the third receiving space includes a third hollow portion,
the first substrate is attached to the first recess portion,
the first solder point is disposed in the first hollow portion,
the second substrate is attached to the second recess portion,
the second solder point is disposed in the second hollow portion, and
the third substrate is disposed in the third hollow portion.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chen Cheng-Wei
• Huang Hsiang-Jung

Classifications

• F04D17/16

  for displacing without appreciable compression · CPC title

• G06F1/203 Primary

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title

• F04D25/0613

  the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator · CPC title

• F04D29/626

  Mounting or removal of fans · CPC title