# US 8,784,075 B2 · Ventilating device

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- Number: US 8,784,075 B2
- Document ID: US8784075B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/551,624
- Filed: 2004-04-01
- Published: 2006-12-14
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2003-04-02
- Assignees: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
- Applicants: Stéphane Moreau; Manuel Henner; Bruno Demory
- Inventors: Stéphane Moreau; Manuel Henner; Bruno Demory
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8784075B2

## CPC

- F04D 25/082: {the unit having provision for cooling the motor}
- B60H 1/00464: {The ventilator being of the axial type}
- F04D 29/5806: {Cooling the drive system}
- F04D 29/646: {Mounting or removal of fans}
- 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)
- H02K 9/06: with fans or impellers driven by the machine shaft
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

A ventilation device is disclosed including a fan capable of being driven rotationally by an open electric motor which is firmly attached to a support intended for fixing said ventilation device, the fan having a plurality of blades which are distributed regularly around a bowl inside which there are arranged internal ribs capable of ventilating the open electric motor. Notably, the support includes a central part which is connected in a substantially sealed manner to at least one peripheral portion of the open electric motor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ventilation device comprising: a fan capable of being driven rotationally by an open electric motor which is firmly attached to a support intended for fixing said ventilation device, the fan consisting of a plurality of blades which are distributed regularly around a bowl inside which there are arranged internal ribs capable of ventilating said open electric motor, wherein the support comprises a central part which is connected in a substantially sealed manner to at least one peripheral portion of the open electric motor, the central part of the support comprising a hole configured to receive, at least partially, said motor, wherein said central part of the support consists of a component having an annular shape and is configured to hold said motor, wherein the hole comprises a through hole, the cross-section of which is substantially complementary to and slightly smaller than that of the open electric motor, said through hole configured to receive said open electric motor, wherein the through hole is delimited by an inner edge, wherein the inner edge of the through hole is in continuous contiguous contact with an entire circumference of a lateral wall of the open electric motor, wherein the central part of the support is capable of holding the electric motor by tight fitting, wherein the tight fitting results from the open electric motor being forcibly pushed into the through hole in a position to be immobilized by a gripping exerted by the central part of the support, wherein the central part comprises an active surface, which is positioned opposite a bottom of the bowl and which has a concave shape capable of facilitating a flow of the air from an inside to an outside of said bowl, and wherein the active surface of the central part has a cross-section in the shape of a quarter of a circle whose two ends extend respectively substantially axially at the inner edge of the central part, and substantially transversally at an outer edge of said central part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A ventilation device according to claim 1, wherein the central part comprises an active surface, which is positioned opposite the bottom of the bowl and which has a substantially flat shape extending substantially linearly.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A ventilation device according to claim 1, wherein the central part has an annular shape, the outer edge of which extends substantially opposite that of the bowl, and the inner edge of which delimits a hole of circular cross-section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A ventilation device according to claim 1, wherein the support also comprises a peripheral part, forming a frame, which is connected to the central part by at least one support arm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An engine cooling device, wherein the engine cooling device comprises at least one ventilation device according to claim 1.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises at least one ventilation device according to claim 1.

### Claim 7

A ventilation device comprising: a fan capable of being driven rotationally by an open electric motor which is firmly attached to a support intended for fixing said ventilation device, the fan consisting of a plurality of blades which are distributed regularly around a bowl inside which there are arranged internal ribs capable of ventilating said open electric motor, wherein the support comprises a central part which is connected in a substantially sealed manner to at least one peripheral portion of the open electric motor, the central part of the support comprising a hole configured to receive, at least partially, said motor, wherein said central part of the support consists of a component having an annular shape and is configured to hold said motor, wherein the hole comprises a through hole, the cross-section of which is substantially complementary to that of the open electric motor, said through hole configured to receive said open electric motor, wherein the through hole is delimited by an inner edge, wherein the inner edge of the through hole is in continuous contiguous contact with an entire circumference of a lateral wall of the open electric motor, wherein the central part of the support is capable of holding the electric motor by clipping, wherein the clipping results from the inner edge of the through hole and the entire circumference of the lateral wall of the open electric motor fitting inside each other by mutual deformation, wherein the central part comprises an active surface, which is positioned opposite a bottom of the bowl and which has a concave shape capable of facilitating a flow of the air from an inside to an outside of said bowl, and wherein the active surface of the central part has a cross-section in the shape of a quarter of a circle whose two ends extend respectively substantially axially at the inner edge of the central part, and substantially transversally at an outer edge of said central part.