Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
416178000 | PERIMETRIC BLADING EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN ANNULAR MEMBERS (E.G., SQUIRREL CAGE TYPE, ETC.) | 18 |
20080267779 | Fan device for smoke exhauster - A fan device for a smoke exhauster includes a housing having an upper plate and a lower plate, and the upper plate is secured to a motor and rotated by the motor, the lower plate includes a bore to allow an air to flow into the housing of the fan device, and a number of fan blades secured between the upper plate and the lower plate and each fan blade include a curved bottom edge to allow the air to flow into the chamber of the fan device before contacting with the fan blades, and the fan blades each include a number of orifices for reducing a noise generated by the fan blades when the fan blades are rotated relative to the motor. The fan blades are preferably disposed inclined relative to the upper plate and the lower plate. | 10-30-2008 |
20080310960 | Cross-flow fan impeller for a transversley excited, pulsed, gas discharge laser - A cross-flow fan impeller for circulating gas in a transversely excited, pulsed, gas discharge laser is disclosed and may comprise a plurality of hubs, the hubs spaced apart along the impeller's rotation axis and establishing at least two impeller segments wherein a first segment has an output flow within 80-120% of a second segment and the first and second segment having differing blade pass frequencies. In some embodiments of this aspect, the first segment may have n number of blades the second segment m number of blades, and m≢n. In one embodiment, the impeller may be configured with n=29 and m=23 and in another embodiment, the impeller may be configured with n=23 and m=19. The impeller may be configured wherein n and m are prime numbers. | 12-18-2008 |
20090123285 | Double suction type centrifugal fan - A double inlet centrifugal fan includes an impeller and fan inlet port. The impeller has a main plate connected to the drive shaft in a fan casing, fan side plates, and a plurality of blades between the main plate and each of the fan side plates. The fan inlet port has an opening corresponding to the inner diameter of the blades. The blades on the side of the larger pressure loss in the suction air passage to the fan inlet port have a smaller inner diameter than the blades on the side of the smaller pressure loss. This equalizes the total pressure increase in the blades along the drive shaft, resulting in a compact double inlet centrifugal fan capable of supplying the required air flow. | 05-14-2009 |
20090324411 | BLOWER FAN FOR LOW PROFILE ENVIRONMENT - According to some embodiments, a method and system are provided to receive an airflow at a blower fan via an axial fan, and expel the airflow via a blower fan. The blower fan comprises a hub associated with an axis of rotation, and the axial fan comprises the hub. | 12-31-2009 |
20100143137 | Blower wheel - A blower wheel comprising a centerdisk comprising a conical portion ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100178171 | Cut-off construction for transverse fan assemblies that have elongated fan blades of arcuate cross-section - A cut-off construction for a transverse fan assembly, including for use with agricultural combine harvesters, to permit the transverse fan assembly to be operated to provide increased air flow volume at a lower rotational fan speed, which cut-off construction includes generally planar inner surfaces on first and second body portions that are positioned laterally to one another along the top of the output throat of the air plenum of the transverse fan assembly between the outer periphery of the fan and a baffle construction of the transverse fan, such that the inner surface of the first body portion is disposed at a cut-off inclination angle α, dependent upon certain parameters of the fan, and the inner surfaces of the first and second body portions intersect with one another in such a way that an upper wall for the output throat is formed by the cut-off construction and by the baffle construction of the fan assembly, which upper wall has a concavity formed therein and therealong near the outer periphery of the fan that effects a shift of the steering vortex of the fan in such a way as to permit the fan to operate with increased air flow volume at lower rotational fan speed. | 07-15-2010 |
20100284809 | WATER TURBINE - A water turbine is disclosed comprising a rotor mounted to be rotatable about an axis. The rotor comprises at least three blades for causing the rotor to rotate about the axis when the blades are located in flowing water. The rotor comprises a plurality of members in the form of a triangulated structure, and at least one of said members comprises one of said blades. | 11-11-2010 |
20110070087 | WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine arranged to operate in confined area is disclosed. The wind turbine is constrained within two axially displaced end plates and diametrically opposed wind barriers. The wind barriers are parallel to the axis and extend between end plates. The wind barriers each having an axially extending inner edge radially spaced from an outer swept surface of the turbine blades by less than 20% of the turbine radius. In another embodiment, there is disclosed a 2-dimensional array of wind turbines, with wind barriers being arranged between parallel axes. | 03-24-2011 |
20110299988 | WATER WHEEL - The invention relates to a water wheel, preferably an undershot or breast-shot water wheel having a horizontal hub ( | 12-08-2011 |
20120014799 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES - A wind turbine comprising an axis intended for vertical mounting, blades arranged around the axis, and mounting arms. Each blade comprises a substantially symmetric aerofoil and is of substantially straight section lengthwise. The mounting arms are coupled to the axis and extend substantially perpendicular to the axis. Each mounting arm comprises a fairing of aerofoil shape. Each blade is mounted to the axis at both ends on respective mounting arms. The mounting arms of each blade are angularly spaced around the axis such that each blade is arranged rotated at an angle to the vertical in use and one arm leads the other when the turbine is rotating. | 01-19-2012 |
20120201680 | FAN ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches. | 08-09-2012 |
20130336793 | CROSS-FLOW FAN, MOLDING DIE, AND FLUID FEEDER - A cross-flow fan includes a plurality of fan blades provided to be circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The fan blade has an inner edge portion arranged on the radially inner side to/from which air flows in/out, and an outer edge portion arranged on the radially outer side to/from which air flows in/out. Fan blade has a blade surface extending between the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion. The blade surface includes a pressure surface arranged on the rotation direction side of the cross-flow fan and a suction surface arranged on the back side of the pressure surface. When cut along a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis of the cross-flow fan, the fan blade has a blade cross-sectional shape in which a concave portion concave from the pressure surface is formed. | 12-19-2013 |
20140003947 | BLOWER WHEEL | 01-02-2014 |
20140356171 | ROTOR FOR A CENTRIFUGAL FAN, PARTICULARLY FOR THE FORCED CIRCULATION OF AIR IN CONVENTION COOKING OVENS - A centrifugal fan rotor includes radial blades extending from a disc support connectable to a hub for connection to the rotor's shaft. The blades are produced by stamping metal sheet, each having a corresponding blade surface and opposite attachment projection to the disc support. The rotor includes at least a first group of the blades in which each blade of the first group is provided with respective attachment projections upstream of the corresponding blade surface with respect to a direction of rotation of the rotor, and at least a second separate group of the plurality of blades in which each blade is provided with respective attachment projections arranged downstream of the corresponding blade surface with respect to rotation direction, such that each blade of the first and second groups are mirror-symmetrical to each other with respect to a radial center plane of symmetry between the blades extending through rotation axis. | 12-04-2014 |
20150037154 | Fan Assembly and Method - In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches. | 02-05-2015 |
20150118054 | RADIAL BLOWER - The invention relates to a radial blower for delivering an air flow, having a drive motor, having a motor holder and having a fan impeller which has a hub bell at least partially overlapping the drive motor, wherein the fan impeller can be driven by the drive motor via an axially running shaft, wherein a surface, which faces toward the fan impeller, of the motor holder has flow-manipulating elements. | 04-30-2015 |
20150377248 | FAN IMPELLER BLADE - A centrifugal fan impeller includes a front endring, a rear endring, and a plurality of blades coupled between the front and the rear endrings. At least one blade of the plurality of blades includes a blade span extending between the front endring and the rear endring, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The at least one blade further includes a first elliptical cross-sectional profile extending between the leading and the trailing edges. | 12-31-2015 |
20160040683 | FAN - A centrifugal fan is described. The fan uses a blade that is tapered across the span of the blade. The taper can be larger towards the end opposite of the inlet or larger at the inlet. The blade may be backwardly inclined and/or curved. The fan may also include a turning vane. | 02-11-2016 |