# US 11,306,741 B2 · Cross flow fan > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,741 B2 - Document ID: US11306741B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/544,215 - Filed: 2019-08-19 - Published: 2019-12-05 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-24 - Assignees: Delta Electronics, Inc. - Applicants: Delta Electronics, Inc. - Inventors: Tsung-Ying Lee; Shih-Han Chen; Chao-Wen Lu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306741B2 ## CPC - F04D 29/661: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps} - F04D 17/04: of transverse-flow type - F04D 25/0613: {the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator} - F04D 29/281: {for fans or blowers} - F04D 29/30: Vanes - F04D 29/422: {Discharge tongues (F04D17/04 takes precedence)} - F04D 29/4226: {Fan casings} - F04D 29/663: {Sound attenuation} - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) ## Abstract A cross flow fan includes a fan frame and a rotor having a hub, a shaft connected with the hub at its rotation center, a plurality of blades, and a disk structure connected with the blades and hub within the fan frame. The fan frame has a frame wall having a lateral flow inlet to the rotor and a lateral flow outlet from the rotor, a base carrying the rotor and frame wall, a cover on one side of the frame wall opposite to the base, and a partition structure disposed between the blades and an inner wall surface of the frame wall. A normal line of the lateral flow inlet and a normal line of the lateral flow outlet are not parallel to an extension direction of the shaft. The blades directly face the lateral flow inlet and the lateral flow outlet along radial directions of the shaft. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cross flow fan, comprising: a rotor, having a shaft, a plurality of blades, a hub and a disk structure, wherein the disk structure is connected with the blades and the hub, and the shaft is connected to the hub and located at the rotation center of the hub; and a fan frame, the rotor being disposed within the fan frame, the fan frame of the cross flow fan having: a frame wall, having a lateral flow inlet to the rotor and a lateral flow outlet from the rotor, wherein a normal line of the lateral flow inlet and a normal line of the lateral flow outlet are not parallel to an extension direction of the shaft, and the blades directly face the lateral flow inlet and the lateral flow outlet along radial directions of the shaft; a base, carrying the rotor and the frame wall; and a cover, disposed on one side of the frame wall opposite to the base; and a partition structure, disposed on the base and disposed between an outer periphery of the rotor and the frame wall in an area where the outer periphery of the rotor is closest to the frame wall, wherein the partition structure is free from contact with the frame wall, and the frame wall, the partition structure, the blades and the shaft are arranged radially inwardly in order from the frame wall to the shaft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, wherein the height of the partition structure is higher than or equal to half the height of the frame wall. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, wherein an inclination angle of the blades with respect to the shaft is between 5° to 50°. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, wherein a plurality of ribs are formed within the disk structure, and an included angle between extension directions of the adjacent ribs is between 9° to 18°. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, wherein a width of the lateral flow inlet is wider than a width of the lateral flow outlet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, wherein the fan frame further comprises a tongue structure having a groove, wherein the lateral flow outlet has a virtual line segment, the distance between the virtual line segment and the shaft is the shortest distance between the shaft and the lateral flow outlet, the virtual line segment and the shaft are located on an imaginary plane, and an extended line from a center of an opening of the groove intersects the imaginary plane. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cross flow fan of claim 6, wherein an axial depth of the groove is smaller than or equal to a height of the tongue structure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, further comprising a flow block structure disposed between the lateral flow inlet and the shaft, wherein the flow block structure extends along air flow direction from the lateral flow inlet to the lateral flow outlet toward the lateral flow outlet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cross flow fan of claim 8, wherein the flow block structure is located between the shaft and the blades. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The cross flow fan of claim 8, wherein the flow block structure is connected with the base, a height of the flow block structure is larger than or equal to one-half of the distance between the base and the disk structure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The cross flow fan of claim 8, wherein the flow block structure is connected with the cover, a height of the flow block structure is larger than or equal to one-half of the distance between the cover and the disk structure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The cross flow fan of claim 8, wherein air flow across the disk structure is blocked by the flow block structure and flows to the blades, and is then taken to the lateral flow outlet. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cross flow fan of claim 1, wherein the partition structure divides a flow channel of the cross flow fan into an inner flow channel and an outer flow channel, the outer flow channel is located between the partition structure and an inner wall surface of the frame wall, the inner flow channel is located between the partition structure and the outer periphery of the rotor, when the rotor rotates and the blades drive air to enter the outer flow channel and the inner flow channel from the lateral flow inlet, partial air flow flowing into the inner flow channel is reflected by the partition structure and then renters into the blades.