Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090196754 | IMPELLER AND COOLING FAN INCORPORATING THE SAME - A cooling fan ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090257883 | COOLING FAN IMPELLER - An impeller of a centrifugal fan includes a hub and a plurality of blades arranged on and around the hub. Each of the blades includes a root portion and a tip portion. The tip portion of each of the blades has a concave surface and a convex surface in rear and front sides thereof respectively. In a rotational direction of the impeller, the tip portion of a rear blade protrudes towards a front blade. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268393 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING THERMAL MODULE - A portable electronic device includes a casing, an electronic component disposed in the casing, and a thermal module for dissipating heat of the electronic component. The thermal module includes a heat pipe, a fin unit, and a transverse fan. The heat pipe includes an evaporating section thermally attached to the electronic component, and a condensing section thermally attached to the fin unit. The transverse fan is arranged in the casing for generating an airflow through the electronic component and the fin unit. The transverse fan includes a rotor, and a sidewall on a floor of the casing and surrounding the rotor. The sidewall defines an air inlet and an air outlet therein. The air outlet faces to the fin unit. The air inlet faces to the electronic component. | 10-29-2009 |
20090284912 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH THERMAL MODULE - A notebook computer (1000) includes a base (100), a cover (300), a computer printed circuit board (PCB) (200) and a centrifugal fan (40). The cover covers the base, and cooperates with the base to form a receiving space (500) therebetween. The computer PCB is received in the receiving space and mounted on the base. The centrifugal fan is received in the receiving space, and includes a stator (401) and an impeller (402), rotatable with respect to the stator. The stator includes a motor (415) and a fan PCB (405) directly attached to the base. The motor electrically connects to the fan PCB. When the impeller rotates, airflow enters the receiving space through top and bottom air inlets (304,104). The fan PCB is integrally formed with the computer PCB and has a height less than the computer PCB. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290307 | CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A centrifugal blower includes a housing, a stator and a rotor. The housing includes a base plate defining an air inlet therein and a sidewall extending upwardly from a periphery of the base plate. The sidewall defines an air outlet therein. The base plate includes a supporting portion disposed in the air inlet. The supporting portion protrudes downwardly beyond a bottom surface of the base plate and connects with the base plate via a plurality of ribs extending radially outwardly and upwardly from a periphery of the supporting portion toward the base plate. The stator is mounted on the supporting portion and the rotor is rotatably disposed around the stator. | 11-26-2009 |
20090303682 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER - An electronic device includes a casing and a centrifugal blower. The casing includes a bottom cover and a top cover. A sidewall extends from the bottom cover towards the top cover. The centrifugal blower is surrounded by the sidewall and includes a supporting member mounted to the bottom cover, and an impeller rotatablely supported by the supporting member. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from the hub. Outer portions of the blades extend beyond the supporting member along a radial direction of the hub. Inner portions of the blades have a height gradually increasing along an outward direction. The outer portions have a height equal to a maximum height of the inner portions. Bottom faces of the outer portions of the blades are located below a top surface of a base plate of the supporting member. | 12-10-2009 |
20100040456 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes a plurality of blades, a casing and a tongue. The casing includes a base plate perpendicular to a rotation axis of the blades and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base plate. The base plate and the sidewall cooperatively define a space for receiving the blades therein. The sidewall defines an opening in one side for functioning as an air outlet. An air channel is defined between outmost ends of the blades and the sidewall. The tongue is detachably mounted to one end of the sidewall adjacent to the air outlet. The tongue includes a guiding surface protruding towards the outmost ends of the blades. The tongues is provided for lowering a noise level of the centrifugal fan during operation. | 02-18-2010 |
20100068047 | CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER - A centrifugal blower includes a housing ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100071875 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND CENTRIFUGAL FAN THEREOF - A centrifugal fan includes a housing and a plurality of blades received in the housing. The housing includes a base wall and a sidewall surrounding the base wall. The sidewall defines a first air outlet and a second air outlet adjacent to the first air outlet. An elongated air guiding plate is located between the first air outlet and the second air outlet. The air guiding plate includes an outer end away from the blades and an inner end adjacent to the blades. A height of the inner end of the air guiding plate in an axial direction of the centrifugal fan is smaller than a height of the outer end of the air guiding plate. | 03-25-2010 |
20100092282 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes a top cover plate, a bottom plate, a sidewall and an impeller. The sidewall is defined with an air outlet. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub. An air passage channel is defined between outmost free ends of the blades and an inner surface of the sidewall. A tongue is provided near the air outlet and protrudes inwardly and laterally from the inner surface of the sidewall towards the outmost free ends of the blades. The tongue has an outer surface facing the outmost free ends of the blades. A plurality of grooves is defined in the outer surface along a lengthwise direction of the tongue. | 04-15-2010 |
20100103616 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CENTRIFUGAL FAN - An electronic device includes a shell and a centrifugal fan. The shell includes a top wall, a bottom wall parallel to the top wall, and a sidewall perpendicular to the top wall and the bottom wall. The centrifugal fan is arranged between the top wall and the bottom wall. The centrifugal fan defines a first inlet facing the top wall and a second inlet facing the bottom wall. The first inlet and the second inlet are slantwise to the top wall and the bottom wall of the shell. | 04-29-2010 |
20100139895 | THERMAL MODULE - A thermal module includes a blower, a fin unit and a heat pipe. The blower includes a base, a cover, a sidewall between the base and the cover, and an impeller arranged among the base, the cover and the sidewall. An air outlet is defined in the sidewall of the blower. The fin unit is arranged at the air outlet. The heat pipe has a contacting plate integrally formed with one of the base and the cover of the blower. The contacting plate of the heat pipe includes a dissipating surface attaching to the fin unit, and an absorbing surface with different portions adapted for contacting with electronic components, wherein the different portions of the absorbing plate being at different levels. | 06-10-2010 |
20100142146 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A centrifugal fan includes a housing and an impeller. The housing includes a base plate, a side plate extending upwardly from a periphery of the base plate and a concave portion depressed downwardly from a central portion of the base plate. The concave portion includes a bottom wall spaced from the base plate and a side wall interconnects with the base plate. An air inlet is defined in the bottom wall. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially from the hub. The impeller is rotatably arranged on the bottom wall of the concave portion. A bottom face of each of the blades extends into the concave portion. | 06-10-2010 |
20100155030 | THERMAL MODULE - A thermal module includes a blower, a fin unit and a heat pipe. The blower includes a housing and an impeller received in the housing. The housing defines an air inlet and an air outlet perpendicular to the air inlet. The fin unit is arranged at the air outlet of the blower. The heat pipe includes a tube defining a chamber, and a wick structure disposed in the chamber. The heat pipe forms an evaporation section and a condensation section attaching to the fin unit. At least one contacting member is depressed inwardly from the evaporation section of the heat pipe for accommodating an electronic component therein. A depth of the chamber at the at least one contacting member is less than that at other portion of the evaporation section of the heat pipe without the at least one contacting member. | 06-24-2010 |