# US 11,898,563 B2 · Axial fan > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,563 B2 - Document ID: US11898563B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/072,762 - Filed: 2022-12-01 - Published: 2023-03-23 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-31 - Assignees: Nidec Corporation - Applicants: Nidec Corporation - Inventors: Kazuhiro Inouchi; Yuta Yamasaki; Hidefumi Kawakami; Hidenobu Takeshita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898563B2 ## CPC - F04D 13/12: Combinations of two or more pumps (combinations with priming pumps or booster pumps to counteract vapour-lock F04D9/04) - F04D 3/00: Axial-flow pumps (priming or boosting F04D9/00) - F04D 19/007: {multistage fans} - F04D 29/646: {Mounting or removal of fans} - F04D 25/0613: {the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator} - F05D 2260/36: by a form fit connection, e.g. by interlocking - 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 An axial fan includes a housing, an upper motor, and a lower motor. The housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing. A lower peripheral wall of the lower housing includes first engaging portions and lower protruding pieces. The lower protruding pieces oppose the first engaging portions in an axial direction and protrude axially upward from an axially upper surface. An upper peripheral wall of the upper housing includes upper engaging claws and upper notch grooves. The upper engaging claws extend axially downward from an axially lower surface, and include a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion in a lower end portion. The upper notch grooves are notched axially upward from the axially lower surface radially inward of the upper engaging claw. At least a portion of the lower protruding pieces is located in the upper notch grooves. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An axial fan comprising: a housing that surrounds a vertically extending central axis, and includes an upper housing in an axially upper portion and a lower housing in an axially lower portion; an upper motor that is accommodated in the upper housing and rotates an upper impeller about the central axis; and a lower motor that is accommodated in the lower housing and rotates a lower impeller about the central axis; wherein the upper housing includes a cylindrical upper peripheral wall covering the upper impeller and the upper motor from a radially outer side; the lower housing includes a cylindrical lower peripheral wall covering the lower impeller and the lower motor from the radially outer side; the lower housing includes lower protruding portions and lower protrusions including at least a portion located radially inward from the lower protruding portions, the lower protruding portions and the lower protrusions extending axially upwards from an axially upper surface of the lower housing; or the upper housing includes upper protruding portions and upper protrusions including at least a portion located radially inward from the upper protruding portions, the upper protruding portions and the upper protrusions extending axially downwards from an axially lower surface of the upper housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The axial fan according to claim 1, wherein the lower protruding portions extend further in an axial direction than the lower protrusions extend in the axial direction; or, the upper protruding portions extend further in an axial direction than the upper protrusions extend in the axial direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The axial fan according to claim 1, wherein the lower protruding portions and the lower protrusions are located at a same circumferential position on the lower housing; or, the upper protruding portions and the upper protrusions are located at a same circumferential position on the upper housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The axial fan according to claim 1, wherein the upper peripheral wall includes upper engaging portions on a radially outer surface, and lower protruding portions opposing the upper engaging portions in an axial direction; the lower peripheral wall includes lower engaging claws each extending axially upward and including a lower engaging portion engaging with the upper engaging portion in an upper end portion, and lower notch grooves notched axially downward from an axially lower surface on the radially inward of the lower engaging claws; and at least a portion of the upper protruding piece is located in the lower notch groove. ### Claim 5 An axial fan comprising: a housing that surrounds a vertically extending central axis, and includes an upper housing in an axially upper portion and a lower housing in an axially lower portion; an upper motor that is accommodated in the upper housing and rotates an upper impeller about the central axis; and a lower motor that is accommodated in the lower housing and rotates a lower impeller about the central axis; wherein the upper housing includes a cylindrical upper peripheral wall covering the upper impeller and the upper motor from a radially outer side; the lower housing includes a cylindrical lower peripheral wall covering the lower impeller and the lower motor from the radially outer side; the lower peripheral wall includes lower engaging portions defined at a curved portion of a radially outermost surface of the lower housing; the upper peripheral wall includes upper engaging portions defined at a curved portion of a radially outermost surface of the upper housing; at least one of the lower engaging portions extends in parallel with a curved portion of a radially outermost surface of the lower housing; at least one of the upper engaging portions extends in parallel with a curved portion of a radially outermost surface of the upper housing; and at least one of the upper engaging portions engages with at least one of the lower engaging portions to affix the upper housing to the lower housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The axial fan according to claim 5, wherein the lower engaging portions and upper engaging portions oppose one another in an axial direction.