# US 10,871,171 B2 · Centrifugal fan design to decrease noise and slim down the fan

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- Number: US 10,871,171 B2
- Document ID: US10871171B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/475,711
- Filed: 2017-03-31
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-05
- Assignees: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Applicants: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
- Inventors: Kiyohisa Nara; Seiya Fujimoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871171B2

## CPC

- F04D 29/666: {by means of rotor construction or layout, e.g. unequal distribution of blades or vanes}
- F04D 17/16: for displacing without appreciable compression
- F04D 25/0613: {the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator}
- F04D 25/0693: {Details or arrangements of the wiring}
- F04D 29/162: {of a centrifugal flow wheel}
- F04D 29/281: {for fans or blowers}
- F04D 29/4226: {Fan casings}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

A centrifugal fan comprises a rotor that has a rotor yoke, an impeller that has a blade and is coupled to the outer periphery of the rotor yoke, a motor that rotates the rotor and a casing that has a suction opening and a discharge opening, and houses the rotor, the impeller, and the motor. The impeller rotating together with the rotor discharges air sucked in through the suction opening to the outside of the casing through the discharge opening. An inner periphery part of the blade on the rotor yoke side extends to the inner periphery side, in such a manner as to overlap with an outer peripheral surface of the rotor yoke in the axial direction of the motor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A centrifugal fan comprising:
a rotor that has a rotor yoke;
an impeller that has a blade and is coupled to the outer periphery of the rotor yoke;
a motor that rotates the rotor; and
a casing that has a suction opening and a discharge opening, and houses the rotor, the impeller, and the motor,
the impeller rotating together with the rotor discharging air sucked in through the suction opening to the outside of the casing through the discharge opening, wherein
the rotor yoke has a top plate portion, a cylindrical body portion, and a conical portion connecting the top plate portion and the body portion,
an inner periphery part of the blade on the rotor yoke side is formed so as to tilt along the conical portion on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor yoke,
an inner periphery part of a surface of the blade extends to the inner periphery side, in such a manner as to overlap with the conical portion in an axial direction of the motor, and
a certain clearance is formed between the inner periphery part of the blade and the conical portion of the rotor yoke.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the clearance is 0.75 to 1.5 mm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein
the inner periphery part of the blade is substantially ⅓ of a chord length of the blade.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein
an axial height of the inner periphery part of the blade is substantially the same or lower than an axial height of the rotor yoke.