Waterproof axial flow fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9869321-B2
Application number	US-201414570108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2014
Priority date	Dec 18, 2013
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A waterproof axial flow fan includes: a rotor having a rotating shaft pivotally supported by a bearing in a rotatable manner, an impeller provided to a tip of the rotating shaft and a rotor cover; a stator having a winding and a circuit board, a surface of which is coated with an electrically insulating synthetic resin; and at least one ring collection groove part formed in a resin surface opposing to the rotor cover at an apex of the stator so as to surround a tip of a bearing holding part for holding the bearing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A waterproof axial flow fan comprising:
a rotor having a rotating shaft pivotally supported by a bearing in a rotatable manner, an impeller provided to a tip of the rotating shaft, and a rotor cover;
a stator having a winding and a circuit board, a surface of which is coated with an electrically insulating synthetic resin; and
a collection groove part recessed from a flat surface of the resin opposing to the rotor cover and at an apex of the stator, the collection groove part having a ring shape so as to surround a tip of a bearing holding part for holding the bearing, the flat surface of the resin being closer to the rotor cover in a direction of an axis of the rotating shaft than other surfaces of the resin,
wherein the collection groove part comprises an inner circle and an outer circle of the ring shape, and the inner circle and the outer circle are located at the flat surface of the resin.

2. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 1 ; wherein the collection groove part is a plurality of collection groove parts, wherein the plurality of collection groove parts are concentrically formed around the tip of the bearing holding part in the resin surface opposing to the rotor cover at the apex of the stator.

3. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 1 ; further comprising an exhaust groove part extended from the collection groove part outwardly in a radial direction of the stator.

4. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 3 ; wherein the exhaust groove part is a plurality of exhaust groove parts, and wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are radially extended from the collection groove part outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

5. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

6. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 3 ; wherein the exhaust groove part is a plurality of exhaust groove parts, and wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are spirally extended from the collection groove part outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

7. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 6 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are formed so as to bend along a rotating direction of the rotor.

8. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 7 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

9. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 6 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

10. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 3 ; wherein the exhaust groove part is inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

11. A waterproof axial flow fan comprising:
a rotor having a rotating shaft pivotally supported by a bearing in a rotatable manner, an impeller provided to a tip of the rotating shaft, and a rotor cover;
a stator having a winding and a circuit board, a surface of which is coated with an electrically insulating synthetic resin;
a ring collection groove part formed in a resin surface opposing to the rotor cover at an apex of the stator so as to surround a tip of a bearing holding part for holding the bearing; and
an exhaust groove part extended from the ring collection groove part outwardly in a radial direction of the stator.

12. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 11 ; wherein the exhaust groove part is a plurality of exhaust groove parts, and wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are radially extended from the ring collection groove part outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

13. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 12 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

14. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 11 ; wherein the exhaust groove part is a plurality of exhaust groove parts, and wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are spirally extended from the ring collection groove part outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

15. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 14 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are formed so as to bend along a rotating direction of the rotor.

16. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 15 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

17. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 14 ; wherein the plurality of exhaust groove parts are inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

18. The waterproof axial flow fan according to claim 11 ; wherein the exhaust groove part is inclined downwardly and outwardly in the radial direction of the stator.

Assignees

• Sanyo Electric Co

Inventors

• Ishihara Katsumichi
• Nakayama Akira
• Midorikawa Tatsuya
• Kakeyama Masato

Classifications

• F04D25/0613 Primary

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

• F04D25/0686 Primary

  specially adapted for submerged use · CPC title

• H02K15/10

  Applying solid insulation to windings, stators or rotors, e.g. applying insulating tapes · CPC title

• F04D25/0646

  Details of the stator · CPC title

• F04D29/023

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title