# US 9,039,362 B2 · Impeller and centrifugal fan using the same

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- Number: US 9,039,362 B2
- Document ID: US9039362B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/408,106
- Filed: 2012-02-29
- Published: 2013-03-07
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2011-03-14
- Assignees: Minebea Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Takako Fukuda; Seiya Fujimoto; Masaki Ogushi; Yuzuru Suzuki
- Inventors: Takako Fukuda; Seiya Fujimoto; Masaki Ogushi; Yuzuru Suzuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039362B2

## CPC

- F04D 29/441: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 17/16: for displacing without appreciable compression
- F04D 25/0613: {the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator}
- F04D 29/059: Roller bearings
- F04D 29/281: {for fans or blowers}
- F04D 29/30: Vanes
- F04D 29/4246: {comprising more than one outlet}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

An impeller includes: a main plate; a shroud; and a plurality of blades provided between the main plate and the shroud and arranged circumferentially; wherein the impeller is configured to rotated about a rotation axis; wherein the plurality of blades include a pressure surface and a negative pressure surface; and the pressure surface has a shape, in which at least three types of circular arcs are connected, as viewed from a rotation axial direction. A centrifugal fan includes the above-described impeller; and three or more pillars, wherein an interval between one adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars is different from an interval between the other adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A centrifugal fan comprising:
a casing including a square shaped lower casing; and a square shaped upper casing having an air inlet opening; and four pillars disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing, wherein air outlet openings are provided between the pillars;
an impeller housed in the casing, wherein the impeller includes an annular upper shroud, a main plate, and a plurality of blades disposed between the annular upper shroud and the main plate; and
a fan motor for rotating the impeller,
wherein an upper surface of the annular upper shroud faces the upper casing includes a curved surface,
wherein each of the pillars is disposed in a vicinity of a corner portion of the casing, and
wherein a center of rotation of the impeller is the same with a center of the casing and a plurality of angles formed by a plurality of straight lines connecting between the center of rotation of the impeller and each of the pillars are different from each other.