# US 12,180,971 B2 · Blower device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,180,971 B2 - Document ID: US12180971B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/077,266 - Filed: 2022-12-08 - Published: 2023-07-06 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-24 - Assignees: Nidec Corporation - Applicants: Nidec Corporation - Inventors: Yuta Tokuno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180971B2 ## CPC - F04D 19/002: {Axial flow fans} - F04D 19/007: {multistage fans} - F04D 29/522: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps} - F04D 29/541: {Specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps (F04D29/56 takes precedence)} - F04D 29/646: {Mounting or removal of fans} - F04D 29/703: {specially for fans, e.g. fan guards} - 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 A blower device includes a pair of fans, a housing, and a lid. The pair of fans generates an airflow on one side in the axial direction along the central axis and is coaxially arranged. The housing has a tubular shape extending along the central axis, accommodates the pair of fans, and has two end surfaces opened in the axial direction. The lids cover axial end surfaces of the housing and provide ventilation. The lid includes an annular portion in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the housing and including a through hole penetrating in the radial direction. The housing includes an engagement protrusion that protrudes radially inward from the inner peripheral surface and engages with the periphery of the through hole. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A blower device comprising: a pair of fans that generates an airflow on one side in an axial direction along a central axis, the pair of fans being coaxially arranged with respect to one another; a housing that has a tubular shape and extends along the central axis, the housing accommodating the pair of fans, two axial end surfaces of the housing being opened; and a lid that covers each of a first axial end surface and a second axial end surface of the housing, and provides ventilation; wherein the lid includes an annular portion that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the housing and includes a through hole penetrating in a radial direction; and the housing includes an engagement protrusion that protrudes radially inward from the inner peripheral surface and engages with a periphery of the through hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the through hole and the engagement protrusion to be engaged with each other define a set, and a plurality of the sets, including the set, are arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the annular portion includes a protruding piece protruding in the axial direction from an axial end surface opposing an inside of the housing; and the through hole is adjacent to the protruding piece in the axial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The blower device according to claim 3, wherein the protruding piece includes an inclined portion that is closer to one of the pair of fans in the axial direction than the through hole, and is inclined outward in the radial direction toward an outer side in the axial direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes: a guide portion that is located axially outside from the engagement protrusion, protrudes radially inward from the inner peripheral surface, and extends axially; the protruding piece includes: a groove that is recessed radially inward from an outer peripheral surface and extends in the axial direction at an end portion in the axial direction opposing the inside of the housing; and the guide portion is movable along the groove, and the lid is insertable into the housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The blower device according to claim 5, wherein the protruding piece includes an engagement recess that is on a side farther from one of the pair of fans in the axial direction than the through hole, and is recessed radially inward from the outer peripheral surface; and the guide portion is fitted into the engagement recess. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a flange portion protruding radially outward from an axially outer end portion; the flange portion includes an attachment hole extending in the axial direction; and the engagement protrusion is radially adjacent to the attachment hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes: a stepped portion which is in an axially outer end portion such that an inner peripheral surface of the stepped portion is recessed radially outward and is in contact with the annular portion in the axial direction; and a notch that is on an axially inner side of the engagement protrusion, and is defined by the stepped portion recessed axially inward; and the protruding piece is fitted into the cutout portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the annular portion includes: a holding piece that protrudes radially outward from an outer peripheral surface and extends in a circumferential direction; and a holding recess that opposes the holding piece in the radial direction and is recessed radially inward from the outer peripheral surface; and a conducting wire connected to one of the pair of fans is held between the holding piece and the holding recess. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the lid includes: a fixing portion which is located on a radially inner side of the annular portion and to which the fan is fixed; and a connecting portion that extends radially outward from the fixing portion, a plurality of the connecting portions being located in a circumferential direction and connecting the annular portion and the fixing portion; and the connecting portion of the lid located on another side in the axial direction is structured such that a cross-sectional area orthogonal to the central axis increases toward the one side in the axial direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The blower device according to claim 10, wherein the fixing portion of the lid located on the other side in the axial direction is structured such that a cross-sectional area orthogonal to the central axis increases toward the one side in the axial direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The blower device according to claim 10, wherein the fixing portion includes: a fitting hole located on the central axis and penetrating in the axial direction; and an annular rib surrounding the fitting hole and protruding in the axial direction; the fan includes a bearing holder in a cylindrical shape that holds a bearing inside, the bearing rotatably supporting a shaft extending along the central axis; and an axially outer end portion of the bearing holder is fitted into the fitting hole. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The blower device according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a diameter that decreases toward the one side in the axial direction.