# US 10,309,406 B2 · Centrifugal blowing fan

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- Number: US 10,309,406 B2
- Document ID: US10309406B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/160,320
- Filed: 2016-05-20
- Published: 2016-09-15
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2012-05-29
- Assignees: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Applicants: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
- Inventors: Kazuhiko Fujita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309406B2

## CPC

- F04D 25/0613: {the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator}
- F04D 17/16: for displacing without appreciable compression
- F04D 29/056: Bearings
- F04D 29/282: {the leading edge of each vane being substantially parallel to the rotation axis}
- F04D 29/4226: {Fan casings}
- F04D 29/626: {Mounting or removal of fans}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

A centrifugal blowing fan comprises a back yoke made from metal, having a substantially bottomed cylindrical portion around a rotating shaft of a motor, an inner surface attached with a magnet of the motor mounted thereon and a flange portion disposed around a periphery of an opening of the cylindrical portion; and a cylindrical impeller made from resin, having a plurality of blades circumferentially arranged, an annular collar portion joined with first ends of the plurality of blades and a doughnut-shaped disk portion joined with second ends of the plurality of blades, wherein the disk portion has at least one fitting, and the flange portion has at least one fitted space receiving the at least one fitting so as to concentrically and fixedly connect the impeller 16 and the back yoke.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A centrifugal blowing fan comprising:
a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet;
a motor disposed in the casing, the motor comprising:
a rotating shaft,
a back yoke made of a metal having a cylindrical portion and a flange portion disposed around a periphery of an opening of the cylindrical portion, wherein a plurality of holes are provided with the flange portion, and
a magnet attached with an inner surface of the cylindrical portion of the back yoke; and
an impeller disposed in the casing and made of a resin comprising:
a plurality of blades circumferentially arranged, and
at least one portion which is able to abut with the flange portion of the back yoke and is provided with a plurality of protrusions,
wherein each of the protrusions is able to be inserted through each of the holes, and each tip of the protrusions protruded from a lower side surface of the flange portion toward a lower direction opposite to the air inlet of the casing along an axial direction of the rotating shaft,
wherein each tip of the protrusions is able to be swaged so that the impeller is connected with the flange portion of the back yoke, and
wherein the flange portion of the back yoke has an outer diameter which is equal to or larger than an outer diameter of the at least one portion of the impeller.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal blowing fan according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of protrusions are integrally formed with the at least one portion of the impeller.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal blowing fan according to claim 1, wherein the width of each protrusion which protrudes from the lower side surface of the flange portion is larger than the width of the corresponding hole when swaged.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal blowing fan according to claim 1, wherein each lower end of the plurality of blades is located higher than the flange portion of the back yoke with respect to the axial direction of the rotating shaft.