- Patent Title: Suction device for a range hood comprising a volute including a first semi-shell and a second semi-shell forming a compartment for housing a capacitor and a connector electrically coupled to an electric motor
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Application No.: US16372601Application Date: 2019-04-02
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Publication No.: US10704557B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Mauro Santucci
- Applicant: Whirlpool EMEA S.p.A
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3312f97
- Main IPC: F04D25/06
- IPC: F04D25/06 ; F04D29/42 ; F04D29/62 ; F04D29/28 ; F04D25/08 ; F24C15/20
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a suction device for a hood, comprising an impeller, an electric motor that drives said impeller, a volute that houses inside the electric motor and the impeller, a capacitor, and a connector electrically connected to the capacitor for supplying power to the electric motor; the volute comprises a first semi-shell and a second semi-shell joined with each other so as to constitute the structure of the volute surrounding the impeller; the capacitor is housed in a first compartment formed in the first semi-shell, and the connector is housed in a second compartment formed in the second semi-shell; the first compartment and the second compartment are adjacent to each other in the volute.The present invention further relates to an associated range hood.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190226487A1 EXTRACTION HOOD Public/Granted day:2019-07-25
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