Fan device
AssigneeMineabea Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Mashima, Yoichi Kawai
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Abstract
A fan device includes a rotor 20 and recesses 40 to be filled with claylike weights 70. The rotor 20 includes an impeller 23 and a shaft 10. The impeller 23 has a hub 21 and vanes 22. The recesses 40 are provided on a surface 212 that crosses an axial direction of the hub 21. Each recess 40 has a first area 41 and a second area 42. The first area 41 is circumferentially arranged and extends in a substantially circumferential direction. The second area 42 is connected to an outer circumferential side of the first area 41 and has a shorter length in the circumferential direction than the first area 41. The weight 70 is closely adhered to wall surfaces 421 and 422 formed along a radial direction in the second area 42 so as to prevent separation thereof.
Claims10
A fan device comprising:
- an impeller having a hub and vanes which are provided at an outer circumferential portion of the hub;
- a shaft being provided at a center of the hub;
- and
- a rotor including the impeller and the shaft and being supported so as to be rotatable around the shaft,
- wherein the rotor is provided with plural recesses having a bottom, each of the plural recesses having a closed boundary, at least one of the plural recesses has a first area and at least one second area, the first area is located on a circumference having the shaft as a center and extends in a substantially circumferential direction, the second area is connected to the first area and has a shorter length in the circumferential direction than the first area, and
- wherein the first area and the second area are opened to an exposed surface of the rotor,
- wherein a balance weight is adhered to at least one of the plural recesses, the balance weight includes a second portion filling the second area and a first portion which is connected to the second portion and extends in the circumferential direction in the first area, and
- wherein the balance weight is a curable resin.
A fan device comprising:
- an impeller having a hub and vanes which are provided at an outer circumferential portion of the hub;
- a shaft being provided at a center of the hub;
- and
- a rotor including the impeller and the shaft and being supported so as to be rotatable around the shaft, wherein
- the rotor is provided with a recess having a bottom, the recess is formed by a single annular first area and a plurality of second areas protruding radially from the outer circumferential side of the single annular first area,
- a balance weight is adhered to the recess,
- the balance weight includes a second portion filling at least one of the plurality of second areas and a first portion which is connected to the second portion and extends in the circumferential direction in the first area, and
- the balance weight is a curable resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.