Centrifugal fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9995311-B2
Application number	US-201414443116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2014
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A centrifugal fan is provided that includes a main plate configured to be rotated about a rotational axis, a shroud, having a suction opening, and a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction between the main plate and the shroud to allow air suctioned in through the suction opening to flow from a front edge to a rear edge of each blade. Assuming a first cross section, a second cross section, a third cross section, and a fourth cross section of each blade sequentially taken at layers from the shroud to the main plate, a front edge of the first cross section is located farther from the rotational axis than a front edge of the fourth cross section, and a rear edge of the first cross section is located closer to the rotational axis than a rear edge of the fourth cross section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A centrifugal fan, comprising:
a main plate configured to be rotated about a rotational axis;
a shroud having a suction opening, through which air is suctioned in; and
a plurality of blades arranged between the main plate and the shroud to allow the air suctioned in through the suction opening to flow from a front edge to a rear edge of each blade with respect to a rotational direction of the main plate, wherein, when defining a first cross section, a second cross section, a third cross section, and a fourth cross section of each blade sequentially taken at layers from the shroud to the main plate, a front edge of the first cross section is located farther away from the rotational axis than a front edge of the fourth cross section, and a rear edge of the first cross section is located closer to the rotational axis than a rear edge of the fourth cross section, and wherein, among rear edges of the respective cross sections, a rear edge of the second cross section is located farthest away from the rotational axis and a rear edge of the third cross section is located closest to the rotational axis.

2. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein the front edge of the first cross section of each blade is located ahead of the front edge of the fourth cross section in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the main plate.

3. The centrifugal fan according to claim 2 , wherein, among front edges of the respective cross sections, the front edge of the first cross section is located at a foremost position in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the main plate.

4. The centrifugal fan according to claim 2 , wherein the rear edge of the first cross section is located ahead of the rear edge of the fourth cross section in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the main plate.

5. The centrifugal fan according to claim 4 , wherein, among the respective cross sections of each blade, the rear edge of the first cross section is located at a foremost position in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the main plate.

6. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein a front edge of the third cross section of each blade is located ahead of the front edge of the fourth cross section in the rotational direction of the main plate.

7. The centrifugal fan according to claim 6 , wherein the rear edge of the third cross section of the blade is located ahead of the rear edge of the fourth cross section in the rotational direction of the main plate.

8. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein an angle between a straight line that interconnects the front edge and the rear edge of each blade and a straight line that interconnects the rear edge and the rotational axis has a maximum value at the first cross section among the respective cross sections.

9. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein, when the respective cross sections of each blade are projected onto a common projection plane in a direction of the rotational axis, a straight line that interconnects the front edge and the rear edge of the first cross section crosses all straight lines that interconnect the front edges and the rear edges of the second, third, and fourth cross sections.

10. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein the first cross section meets the shroud at the rear edge of the shroud.

11. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth cross section is a portion of each blade where the blade meets the main plate.

12. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 , wherein a cross section of each blade between the front edge and the rear edge thereof takes the form of an airfoil.

13. The centrifugal fan according to any claim 1 , wherein each blade includes:
a positive pressure surface forming member that forms a positive pressure surface; and
a negative pressure surface forming member that forms a negative pressure surface.

14. A centrifugal fan, comprising:
a main plate configured to be rotated about a rotational axis;
a shroud having a suction opening, through which air is suctioned in; and
when defining a first cross section, a second cross section, a third cross section, and a fourth cross section of each blade sequentially taken at planar layers, substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, from the shroud to the main plate, at the rear edge of each blade a first section between the first cross section and the second cross section gradually becomes farther away from the rotational axis, at the rear edge of each blade a second section between the second cross section and the third cross section gradually approaches the rotational axis, and at the rear edge of each blade a third section between the third cross section and the fourth cross section again gradually becomes farther away from the rotational axis.

15. The centrifugal fan according to claim 14 , wherein, among rear edges of the respective cross sections, the rear edge of the second cross section is located farthest away from the rotational axis.

16. The centrifugal fan according to claim 14 , wherein, among rear edges of the respective cross sections, the rear edge of the third cross section is located at a foremost position in the rotational direction of the main plate.

17. The centrifugal fan according to claim 14 , wherein, among rear edges of the respective cross sections, the rear edge of the first cross section is located at a foremost position in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the main plate.

18. The centrifugal fan according to claim 14 , wherein a distance between the second cross section and the third cross section is greater than a distance between the first cross section and the second cross section.

19. The centrifugal fan according to claim 14 , wherein each blade includes:
a positive pressure surface forming member that forms a positive pressure surface; and
a negative pressure surface forming member that forms a negative pressure surface.

20. A centrifugal fan, comprising:
a main plate configured to be rotated about a rotational axis;
a shroud having a suction opening, through which air is suctioned in; and
a plurality of blades arranged between the main plate and the shroud to allow the air suctioned in through the suction opening to flow from a front edge to a rear edge of each blade with respect to a rotational direction of the main plate, wherein a longitudinal cross section of each blade is convex in a direction opposite to the rotational axis at a portion of the blade near the shroud and is convex toward the rotational axis at a portion of the blade near the main plate, wherein, when defining two predetermined cross sections sequentially taken at planar layers, substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, from the shroud to the main plate, the two cross sections projected onto a predetermined projection plane along the rotational axis cross each other, and wherein, among the two cross sections of each blade, one of the two cross sections closer to the shroud than the other of the two cross sections further crosses a cross section, having a longest distance from a rear edge thereof to the rotational axis, included in the portion that is convex in the direction opposite to the rotational axis, and a cross section, having a shortest distance from a rear edge thereof to the rotational axis, included in the portion that is convex toward the rotational axis.

21. The centrifugal fan according to claim 20 ,

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Son Sang Yuk
• Chung Choon Myun
• Yang Tae Man

Classifications

• F04D29/626

  Mounting or removal of fans · CPC title

• B23K26/32

  taking account of the properties of the material involved · CPC title

• F04D29/30

  Vanes · CPC title

• Y10T29/49329

  Centrifugal blower or fan · CPC title

• F04D29/281 Primary

  for fans or blowers · CPC title