# US 2014/0154109 A1 · Fan system

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- Number: US 2014/0154109 A1
- Document ID: US20140154109A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/844,970
- Filed: 2013-03-16
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30
- Assignees: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Songfa TANG; Xiao LIU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154109A1

## CPC

- F04D 25/0613: {the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator}
- F04D 17/162: {Double suction pumps}
- F04D 25/0606: {the electric motor being specially adapted for integration in the pump}
- F04D 25/068: {Mechanical details of the pump control unit (pump control details F04D27/00)}
- F04D 29/056: Bearings
- H02K 5/00: Casings; Enclosures; Supports
- H02K 5/15: Mounting arrangements for bearing-shields or end plates
- H02K 7/14: Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06)
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

A fan system in combination with a DC brushless motor. The DC brushless motor includes: a shaft, a base, a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, a control box including a second cavity, and a circuit board. The fan system includes: a blower housing, a wind wheel, a first mounting bracket, and a second mounting bracket. The first mounting bracket is arranged at a first air inlet. The outer side of the first mounting bracket is connected to the upper end surface. The inner side of the first mounting bracket is provided with a first bearing, and the other end of the shaft is disposed on the first bearing. The second mounting bracket is arranged at a second air inlet. The outer side of the second mounting bracket is connected to the lower end surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fan system in combination with a DC brushless motor (2), the DC brushless motor (2) comprising: a shaft (21), a base (22), a stator assembly (23), a rotor assembly (24), a control box (25) comprising a second cavity, and a circuit board (26); the fan system comprising:
a) a blower housing (1), the blower housing (1) comprising: a first cavity (11), an upper end surface (12), a lower end surface (13), and an air outlet (16);
b) a wind wheel (3), the wind wheel (3) comprising a connecting plate (31);
c) a first mounting bracket (4), the first mounting bracket (4) comprising: an outer side, an inner side; and
d) a second mounting bracket (5), the second mounting bracket (5) comprising: an outer side, and an inner side;
wherein
the first cavity (11) is arranged inside the blower housing (1); a first air inlet (14) is disposed on the upper end surface (12) of the blower housing (1); a second air inlet (15) is disposed on the lower end surface (13) of the blower housing (1); the first air inlet (14) and the second air inlet (15) are communicated with the cavity (11); the air outlet (16) is communicated with the cavity (11);
the circuit board (26) is arranged in the second cavity of the control box (25); the stator assembly (23) is disposed on the base (22); the rotor assembly (24) is disposed on a middle part of the shaft (21); the stator assembly (23) is arranged inside the rotor assembly (24); the base (22) is provided with a second bearing (7); one end of the shaft (21) is disposed on the second bearing (7);
the connecting plate (31) in disposed on a middle part of the wind wheel (3) outside the rotor assembly (24);
the first mounting bracket (4) is arranged at the first air inlet (14); the outer side of the first mounting bracket (4) is connected to the upper end surface (12); the inner side of the first mounting bracket (4) is provided with a first bearing (6); the other end of the shaft (21) is disposed on the first bearing (6); and
the second mounting bracket (5) is arranged at the second air inlet (15); the outer side of the second mounting bracket (5) is connected to the lower end surface (13); the inner side of the second mounting bracket (5) is connected to the control box (25).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fan system of claim 1, wherein
the base (22) and the control box (25) are arranged together and positioned in the first cavity (11); and
the inner side of the second mounting bracket (5) is connected to the control box (25).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fan system of claim 1, wherein
the control box (25) is arranged outside the blower housing (1);
the circuit board (26) is arranged inside the control box (25) and is in electric connection with the stator assembly (23) in the first cavity (11) through a wire; and
the inner side of the second mounting bracket (5) is connected to a bottom of the base (22).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The fan system of claim 1, wherein
a flange plate (241) is fixed outside the rotor assembly (24);
a center hole is disposed on the connecting plate (31) in the middle of the wind wheel (3); the rotor assembly (24) is disposed in the center hole; and
the flange plate (241) is connected to the connecting plate (31) via a screw.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The fan system of claim 2, wherein
a flange plate (241) is fixed outside the rotor assembly (24);
a center hole is disposed on the connecting plate (31) in the middle of the wind wheel (3); the rotor assembly (24) is disposed in the center hole; and
the flange plate (241) is connected to the connecting plate (31) via a screw.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The fan system of claim 3, wherein
a flange plate (241) is fixed outside the rotor assembly (24);
a center hole is disposed on the connecting plate (31) in the middle of the wind wheel (3); the rotor assembly (24) is disposed in the center hole; and
the flange plate (241) is connected to the connecting plate (31) via a screw.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The fan system of claim 4, wherein
the first mounting bracket (4) comprises a plurality of first mounting legs (41);
the first mounting legs (41) are distributed around the first air inlet (14);
one end of each of the first mounting legs (41) are connected to the upper end surface (12);
the other end of each of the first mounting legs (41) are connected to each other to form a third cavity (42); and
the first bearing (6) is arranged inside the third cavity (42).

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The fan system of claim 5, wherein
the first mounting bracket (4) comprises a plurality of first mounting legs (41);
the first mounting legs (41) are distributed around the first air inlet (14);
one end of each of the first mounting legs (41) are connected to the upper end surface (12);
the other end of each of the first mounting legs (41) are connected to each other to form a third cavity (42); and
the first bearing (6) is arranged inside the third cavity (42).

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The fan system of claim 6, wherein
the first mounting bracket (4) comprises a plurality of first mounting legs (41);
the first mounting legs (41) are distributed around the first air inlet (14);
one end of each of the first mounting legs (41) are connected to the upper end surface (12);
the other end of each of the first mounting legs (41) are connected to each other to form a third cavity (42); and
the first bearing (6) is arranged inside the third cavity (42).

### Claim 10 (depends on 4)

The fan system of claim 4, wherein
the second mounting bracket (5) comprises a plurality of second mounting legs (51);
the second mounting legs (51) are distributed around the second air inlet (15);
one end of each of the second mounting legs (51) is connected to the lower end surface (13);
the other end of each of the second mounting legs (51) are connected to an erection loop (52); and
the erection loop (52) is attached to the control box (25) and is fixed on the control box (25) by a screw.

### Claim 11 (depends on 5)

The fan system of claim 5, wherein
the second mounting bracket (5) comprises a plurality of second mounting legs (51);
the second mounting legs (51) are distributed around the second air inlet (15);
one end of each of the second mounting legs (51) is connected to the lower end surface (13);
the other end of each of the second mounting legs (51) are connected to an erection loop (52); and
the erection loop (52) is attached to the control box (25) and is fixed on the control box (25) by a screw.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The fan system of claim 6, wherein
the second mounting bracket (5) comprises a plurality of second mounting legs (51);
the second mounting legs (51) are distributed around the second air inlet (15);
one end of each of the second mounting legs (51) is connected to the lower end surface (13);
the other end of each of the second mounting legs (51) are connected to an erection loop (52); and
the erection loop (52) is attached to the control box (25) and is fixed on the control box (25) by a screw.

### Claim 13 (depends on 7)

The fan system of claim 7, wherein
an end part of the first mounting leg (41) is provided with a strip groove (43); and
a screw passes through the strip groove (43) and fixes the first mounting leg (41) on the blower housing (1).

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The fan system of claim 8, wherein
an end part of the first mounting leg (41) is provided with a strip groove (43); and
a screw passes through the strip groove (43) and fixes the first mounting leg (41) on the blower housing (1).

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The fan system of claim 9, wherein
an end part of the first mounting leg (41) is provided with a strip groove (43); and
a screw passes through the strip groove (43) and fixes the first mounting leg (41) on the blower housing (1).
