Fan device

A fan device for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

• a fan unit located at a downstream side of a heat exchanger for the automotive vehicle in an air flow direction, and including a hub portion and multiple blade members, the hub portion having a center axis which is a rotational center axis of the fan unit, and each of the multiple blade members being formed to extend from an outer peripheral side surface of the hub portion in a radial outward direction and inclined toward a circumferential direction;
• a shroud unit, which is formed of a plate-shaped member, is rectangularly shaped, having a horizontally-long shape, each of an upper side portion and a lower side portion is longer than a right-hand side portion and a left-hand side portion, and forms a circular opening to overlap with the fan unit in a direction along the rotational center axis, wherein the shroud unit has a shroud center located centrally in a left-right direction and in an up-down direction;
• an electric motor for rotating the fan unit;
• multiple stay members which extend from an outer periphery of the circular opening to the electric motor to support the electric motor in the circular opening;
• and
• an electric connector attached to and electrically connected to a side surface of the electric motor, wherein
• the circular opening has an opening center which is located at a position which is closer to the left-hand side portion than the shroud center in the horizontal direction;
• the multiple stay members include a first stay member which is inclined, in the same circumferential direction as that of the blade members, and a plurality of second stay members inclined in an opposite circumferential direction to that of the blade members, and wherein
• the plurality of second stay members include one second stay member located on a side in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the fan unit to the electric connector,
• the one first stay member and the one second stay member on both sides of the electric connector are symmetrically arranged, and wherein
• the one first stay member extends in a direction oblique to both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction so as to extend toward a left-upper corner portion of the shroud member, and wherein the electric connector is interposed between the first stay member and the one second stay member.