# US 11,905,973 B2 · Fan assembly

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- Number: US 11,905,973 B2
- Document ID: US11905973B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/846,854
- Filed: 2022-06-22
- Published: 2023-11-09
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2022-05-04
- Assignees: Micro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd.; Msi Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Micro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd.; Msi Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yi Wen Chen; Yung Ching Huang; Shang-Chih Yang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11905973B2

## CPC

- F04D 25/166: {using fans}
- F04D 29/663: {Sound attenuation}
- F04D 19/002: {Axial flow fans}
- F04D 29/326: {comprising a rotating shroud}
- F04D 29/522: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/526: {Details of the casing section radially opposing blade tips (ducts F04D29/545)}
- F04D 29/541: {Specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps (F04D29/56 takes precedence)}
- F04D 29/329: {Details of the hub}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

A fan assembly including a fan frame and an impeller. The fan frame includes a frame body and a first peripheral protruding plate and has an air inlet and an air outlet. The first peripheral protruding plate protrudes from a side of the frame body and forms an air channel together with the frame body. The first peripheral protruding plate is configured to reduce a noise made by the fan assembly. The air inlet is in fluid communication with the air outlet via the air channel. The impeller is rotatably disposed on the frame body and located in the air channel. The protruding height of the first peripheral protruding plate relative to the frame body ranges from 50 to 100 percent of an overall axial thickness of the impeller.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fan assembly, comprising:
a fan frame, comprising a frame body and a first peripheral protruding plate and having an air inlet and an air outlet, wherein the first peripheral protruding plate protrudes from a side of the frame body and forms an air channel together with the frame body, the first peripheral protruding plate is configured to reduce a noise made by the fan assembly, the air inlet is located at a side of the first peripheral protruding plate located farthest away from the frame body, the air outlet is located at a side of the frame body located farthest away from the first peripheral protruding plate, and the air inlet is in fluid communication with the air outlet via the air channel; and
an impeller, rotatably disposed on the frame body and located in the air channel;
wherein, a protruding height of the first peripheral protruding plate relative to the frame body ranges from 50 to 100 percent of an overall axial thickness of the impeller.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the protruding height of the first peripheral protruding plate relative to the frame body is a half of the overall axial thickness of the impeller.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first peripheral protruding plate has a rounded edge located at the air inlet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first peripheral protruding plate has a bevel edge located at the air inlet.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fan frame further comprises a second peripheral protruding plate and a plurality of air guiding structures, the second peripheral protruding plate is configured to guide an airflow blown by the impeller, the frame body has a first surface and a second surface facing away from each other, the first peripheral protruding plate protrudes from the first surface, the second peripheral protruding plate protrudes from the second surface, the first peripheral protruding plate, the frame body and the second peripheral protruding plate together form the air channel, the air outlet is located at a side of the second peripheral protruding plate located farthest away from the frame body, the second peripheral protruding plate has an air guiding edge, the air guiding edge is located at the air channel, and the plurality of air guiding structures are spaced apart from one another and protrude from the air guiding edge toward the air channel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The fan assembly according to claim 5, wherein the air guiding edge tapers away from the air outlet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the impeller comprises a hub, a plurality of blades and a plurality of peripheral connecting components, the plurality of blades protrude from the hub, the plurality of peripheral connecting components connect sides of two adjacent ones of the plurality of blades located farthest away from the hub, and the hub is rotatably disposed on the frame body.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the impeller comprises a hub and a plurality of blades, the plurality of blades protrude from the hub, the hub is rotatably disposed on the frame body, and an axial thickness of the hub is equal to an axial thickness of the plurality of blades.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the impeller comprises a hub and a plurality of blades, the plurality of blades protrude from the hub, the hub is rotatably disposed on the frame body, and an axial thickness of the hub ranges from 10 millimeters (mm) to 10.2 mm.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the protruding height of the first peripheral protruding plate relative to the frame body ranges from 5 mm to 15 mm.