Fan unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9970460-B2
Application number	US-201314434176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	Oct 9, 2012
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A refrigeration device or appliance has a fan assembly which is mounted in a housing with a housing front side part and a housing rear side part, and the fan assembly is secured to the housing rear side part and is held in place by the housing front side part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigeration device, comprising:
a housing having a housing front side part and a housing rear side part;
a fan accommodated in said housing, said fan secured to said housing rear side part and is held in place by said housing front side part; and
said housing rear side part having at least one support stud for slipping on said fan.

2. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , further comprising a decoupling element disposed between said support stud and said fan.

3. The refrigeration device according to claim 2 , wherein said decoupling element is a flexible rubber molding.

4. The refrigeration device according to claim 2 , wherein said decoupling element can be slipped onto said support stud.

5. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said support stud has a pin segment with a stop for slipping on said fan.

6. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said support stud is formed as one continuous piece with said housing rear side part.

7. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said support stud is cylindrical in shape.

8. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said housing front side part has an end support, said support stud is in contact with said end support for holding said fan in place.

9. The refrigeration device according to claim 8 , wherein said end support is a projecting segment of said housing front side part.

10. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said housing rear side part has three support studs for slipping on said fan.

11. The refrigeration device according to claim 10 , wherein said three support studs are disposed in a circle at an angle of 120° to each other respectively.

12. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fan wheel having said fan; and
a bracket for slipping on said fan and for holding said fan wheel, said fan wheel and said bracket forming a fan module.

13. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said housing front side part has a housing front side latch for latching in said housing rear side part or said housing rear side part has a housing rear side latch for latching in said housing front side latch element.

14. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein said fan is clamped between said housing front side part and said housing rear side part.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Malisi Michaela
• Weser Rainer

Classifications

• F04D29/668

  damping or preventing mechanical vibrations · CPC title

• F25D2317/0681

  Details thereof · CPC title

• F04D29/601 Primary

  specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/4226

  Fan casings · CPC title

• F25D17/062

  in household refrigerators · CPC title