Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blower fan
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Application No.: US14030633Application Date: 2013-09-18
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Publication No.: US09599122B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Takehito Tamaoka , Kazuhiko Fukushima , Kyoko Horise , Shinya Ishigami , Takahiro Nagai
- Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-280956 20121225
- Main IPC: F04D29/42
- IPC: F04D29/42 ; F04D17/16 ; F04D25/06

Abstract:
In a blower fan according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a side wall portion includes a tongue portion arranged to project between an air outlet and an impeller. A side surface of the tongue portion includes a tongue portion tip arranged to touch a first imaginary plane including a central axis; a first tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip along an outer envelope of the impeller; and a second tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip toward a side edge, the side edge being a line of intersection of the air outlet and the side wall portion. The second tongue portion side surface is arranged to cross a second imaginary plane including the central axis and touching the side edge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140178186A1 BLOWER FAN Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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