# US 2026/0098544 A1 · Centrifugal fan > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0098544 A1 - Document ID: US20260098544A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/131,218 - Filed: 2024-10-04 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2024-10-04 - Assignees: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kenji SHIRAKI; Tetsushi YOSHIKAWA; Sakie KAWAKAMI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260098544A1 ## CPC - F04D 25/064: {Details of the rotor} - F04D 29/281: {for fans or blowers} - F04D 17/08: Centrifugal pumps - F04D 17/16: for displacing without appreciable compression - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) ## Abstract A centrifugal fan includes a first portion provided in a rotor, and a second portion provided in a fan unit and having a greater linear coefficient of expansion than that of the first portion. The first portion has a first top portion and a first tubular portion. The second portion has a second top portion and a second tubular portion. The second tubular portion has an inner tube surface facing an outer tube surface of the first tubular portion with a first clearance therebetween. The first top portion has a first flat surface, and the second top portion has a second flat surface facing the first flat surface. The first top portion or the second top portion is provided with a protrusion. The first flat surface and the second flat surface are bonded and fixed to each other with an adhesive provided in a second clearance formed by the protrusion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A centrifugal fan comprising: a first portion provided in a rotor that rotates integrally with a shaft; and a second portion provided in a fan unit having a plurality of blades and fixed to the rotor and having a greater linear coefficient of expansion than that of the first portion, wherein the first portion includes a first top portion extending from a first hole through which the shaft is inserted toward a radially outside of the shaft and having a first flat surface facing a first axial direction in an axial direction of the shaft, and a first tubular portion having a tubular shape and extending from a radially outside end portion of the first top portion in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction, the second portion includes a second top portion located in the first axial direction with respect to the first top portion, extending to the radially outside from a second hole through which the shaft is inserted, and having a second flat surface facing the first flat surface, and a second tubular portion having a tubular shape, extending in the second axial direction from a radially outside end portion of the second top portion, and having an inner tube surface facing an outer tube surface of the first tubular portion with a first clearance therebetween, the first top portion is provided with a protrusion protruding in the first axial direction beyond the first flat surface and abutting on the second flat surface, or the second top portion is provided with a protrusion protruding in the second axial direction beyond the second flat surface and abutting on the first flat surface, and the first flat surface and the second flat surface are bonded and fixed to each other with an adhesive provided in a second clearance formed by the protrusion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein a protruding amount of the protrusion from the first flat surface or the second flat surface is set to an optimum film thickness of the adhesive. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the second top portion has a main portion extending to the radially outside and a second axial direction side from the second hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The centrifugal fan according to claim 3, wherein the second top portion further includes a rib portion protruding from the main portion in the second axial direction to reinforce the main portion, and an end surface of the rib portion on the second axial direction side forms the second flat surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The centrifugal fan according to claim 4, wherein the protrusion protrudes from the second flat surface of the second top portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The centrifugal fan according to claim 5, wherein the rib portion includes a circular ring-shaped rib portion protruding from the main portion in the second axial direction and having a circular ring shape as viewed from the second axial direction side, and an auxiliary rib portion protruding from the main portion in the second axial direction and extending to the radially outside from the circular ring-shaped rib portion, and the protrusion protrudes from an end surface of the auxiliary rib portion on the second axial direction side. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The centrifugal fan according to claim 4, wherein the rib portion is provided at a position apart from the second tubular portion in a radial direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The centrifugal fan according to claim 7, wherein the rib portion is provided at a position apart from the second hole in the radial direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the first portion is made of metal, the second portion is made of resin, and the protrusion is provided on the second top portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion of the first top portion or the second top portion includes at least three protrusions, and the at least three protrusions are provided apart from each other at an equal interval in a circumferential direction of the shaft.