# US 11,078,921 B2 · Blade, impeller and fan > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,078,921 B2 - Document ID: US11078921B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/471,074 - Filed: 2017-09-28 - Published: 2020-01-16 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-06 - Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai - Applicants: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai - Inventors: Feng Cao; Jianhuang Zou; Zhongjie Liu; Binhua Long; Hao Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078921B2 ## CPC - F04D 29/384: {characterised by form} - F04D 29/164: {of an axial flow wheel} - F04D 29/326: {comprising a rotating shroud} - F04D 29/666: {by means of rotor construction or layout, e.g. unequal distribution of blades or vanes} - F04D 29/681: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps} - F05D 2240/304: related to the trailing edge of a rotor blade - F05D 2240/306: related to the suction side of a rotor blade - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A blade, an impeller and a fan are provided. A trailing edge (12) of the blade (1) is provided with at least one concave arc segment (15). At least one end point of the at least one concave arc segment (15) is located between a radial outer edge (13) of the blade (1) and a radial inner edge (14) of the blade (1). The blade (1) is provided with at least one ridge structure protruding from a pressure surface (18) of the blade (1) toward a suction surface (17) of the blade (1). The blade is provided with at least one concave arc segment at a trailing edge thereof on the basis of a bionics principle, and is further provided with a ridge structure, thus improving an airflow pattern at the trailing edge of the blade by means of changing a shape of the blade, and reducing noise accordingly. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A blade, wherein a trailing edge of the blade is provided with at least one concave arc segment, at least one end point of the at least one concave arc segment is located between a radial outer edge of the blade and a radial inner edge of the blade, and the blade is provided with at least one ridge structure protruding from a pressure surface of the blade toward a suction surface thereof, each of the at least one ridge structure has a circular arc shape in a circumferential direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of each of the at least one ridge structure is located at an end point of the at least one concave arc segment, and the other end of each of the at least one ridge structure is located at a leading edge of the blade. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The blade as claimed in claim 2, wherein two end points of each of the at least one concave arc segment are correspondingly provided with two ridge structures. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blade is provided with a plurality of ridge structures from the radial inner edge of the blade toward the radial outer edge at intervals, and a maximum height of the ridge structures gradually decreases from the radial inner edge of the blade toward the radial outer edge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trailing edge of the blade is provided with a concave arc segment, the at least one ridge structure protruding from the pressure surface of the blade toward the suction surface of the blade comprises a first ridge structure close to the radial inner edge of the blade and a second ridge structure close to the radial outer edge of the blade, one end of the first ridge structure is located at an end point of the concave arc segment close to the radial inner edge of the blade, and one end of the second ridge structure is located at an end point of the concave arc segment close to the radial outer edge of the blade. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The blade as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first ridge structure has a maximum height W1, the second ridge structure has a maximum height W2, and in a radial direction, a distance between the radial inner edge of the blade and the radial outer edge is L, where W1=k1*L, a coefficient k1 ranging from 0.025 to 0.035; and/or, W2=k2*L, a coefficient k2 ranging from 0.021 to 0.031. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trailing edge of the blade is provided with a concave arc segment, the at least one ridge structure protruding from the pressure surface of the blade toward the suction surface of the blade comprises a first ridge structure close to the radial inner edge of the blade and a second ridge structure close to the radial outer edge of the blade, one end of the first ridge structure is located at an end point of the concave arc segment close to the radial inner edge of the blade, one end of the second ridge structure is located at an end point of the concave arc segment close to the radial outer edge of the blade, the first ridge structure has an arc radius R2 in the circumferential direction, the second ridge structure has an arc radius R3 in the circumferential direction, and the radial inner edge of the blade has a radius R1, where R2=k3*R1, a coefficient k3 ranging from 1.3 to 1.4; and/or, R3=k4*R1, a coefficient k4 ranging from 1.95 to 2.05. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein a center of each of the at least one ridge structure coincides with a center of the radial inner edge of the blade. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The blade as claimed in claim 5, wherein in five elementary stages where the blades are evenly distributed in sequence from the radial inner edge to the radial outer edge, a cascade solidity is 0.84 to 0.86, 0.77 to 0.79, 0.54 to 0.56, 0.57 to 0.59, and 0.51 to 0.53, and/or, an installation angle is 30.5 to 32.5, 24.5 to 26.5, 19.5 to 21.5, 15.5 to 17.5, and 13.0 to 15.0, and/or, a front bending angle is 0° , 1° to 3° , 7° to 9° , 9° to 11° , and 17° to 19° . ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least one ridge structure has a sharp-angled structure, and the sharp-angled structure is connected to the suction surface of the blade and the pressure surface of the blade separately by a smooth curved transition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An impeller, comprising a blade as claimed in claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The impeller as claimed in claim 11, comprising a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction, wherein two adjacent blades of the blades have an angle therebetween, and among angles, at least one angle of the angles is different from the other angles of the angles in degree. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The impeller as claimed in claim 12, comprising seven blades, wherein in the circumferential direction, the angles between the adjacent blades are 49.5° to 50.5° , 51.0° to 52.0° , 45.5° to 46.5° , 58.6° to 59.6° , 47.5° to 48.5° , 46.8° to 47.3° , and 57.5° to 58.5° . ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The impeller as claimed in claim 11, comprising a hub and an outer ring, wherein a radial inner edge of the blade is connected to the hub, a radial outer edge of the blade is connected to the outer ring, and a radial outer side of the outer ring is provided with a groove. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The impeller as claimed in claim 14, wherein the radial outer side of the outer ring is provided with a plurality of annular grooves, distributed at intervals along an axial direction of the outer ring. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) A fan, comprising an impeller as claimed in claim 11. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) A fan, comprising an impeller as claimed in claim 14 and a flow guiding ring disposed on a radial outer side of an outer ring of the impeller.