Patent Application
20190128278
This application claims priority from China Patent Application No. 201711014284.X, filed on Oct. 26, 2017, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
The present disclosure relates to a fan, and more particularly to a fan effectively avoiding the multi-frequencies noise during operation.
The demands of heat-dissipation in industry are increased. However, the space of the system is not increased accordingly. Instead, the trend of development is to reduce the space of wind entrance area. Therefore, generally the design of blades of fans is turned to the direction of high static pressure and high capacity. The developments include the change of the amount of blades, the blades with variable curvatures and slim blades. However, when providing high-performance fans, the multi-frequencies of blades caused by the cooperation of the fan and the system are increased and unable to be avoided. The noises exceeded the range of the application of the system usually exceeds the noise range that people can feel, thereby becoming a large amount of sensible noises.
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Some developments in the prior art include the change of size of wind entrance, the change of distance between tongues of fan and the adjustment of rotational center of blade corresponding to the relative position of flow path. However, those developments decrease the efficiency of the fan, hence the fan characteristic and sound quality cannot be kept.
Therefore, there is a need of providing an improved fan distinct from the prior art in order to solve the above drawbacks.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a fan in order to overcome at least one of the above-mentioned drawbacks encountered by the prior arts.
The present disclosure provides a fan. By the features that the distances between the leading edges of the blades and the center of the central portion are different, the energies of the blades can be dispersed as an irregular spectrum, thereby avoiding the multi-frequencies noise during operation. Furthermore, the lengths of the adjacent blades are designed to be different, the sound spectrum can further be dispersed. Not only the work area of the blades can be retained, but also the same heat radiation property can be provided and the advantages of nice sound quality can be achieved.
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a fan. The fan includes a hub and a blade assembly. The hub has a central portion and an extension portion. The extension portion is extended outwardly from a peripheral edge of the central portion. The blade assembly includes a plurality of blades. Each blade has a leading edge, each of the leading edges is an end point of each blade that is most close to the central portion. The blades are disposed around the hub. At least a part of the leading edges of the blades are connected to the extension portion, and distances between a center of the central portion and the leading edges of at least two blades are different.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a fan. The fan includes a hub, a first blade assembly and a second blade assembly. The hub has a central portion and an extension portion. The extension portion is extended outwardly from a peripheral edge of the central portion. The first blade assembly includes a plurality of first blades. Each first blade has a first leading edge. Each of the first leading edges is an end point of each first blade that is most close to the central portion. The first blades are disposed around the hub. At least a part of the first leading edges of the first blades are connected to the extension portion. Distances between a center of the central portion and the first leading edges of at least two first blades are different. The second blade assembly includes a plurality of second blades. Each second blade has a second leading edge. Each of the second leading edges is an end point of each second blade that is most close to the central portion. The second blades are disposed around the hub. At least a part of the second leading edges of the second blades are connected to the extension portion. Distances between a center of the central portion and the second leading edges of at least two second blades are different.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a fan. The fan includes a hub and a blade assembly. The hub has a central portion and an extension portion. The extension portion is extended outwardly from a peripheral edge of the central portion. The blade assembly includes a plurality of blades. The blades are disposed around the hub. Each blade has a front end. Each of the front ends is a part of each blade close to the central portion. The front ends of at least two blades are connected to the extension portion. Lengths of connected parts of the front ends connected to the extension portion are different.
The above contents of the present disclosure will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments of this disclosure are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
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In some embodiments, each blade 111 has a rear tip 1119. Each of the rear tips 1119 is an end point of each blade 111 that is far away from the central portion C. In addition, the fan 1 further includes a ring-shaped structure 12. The ring-shaped structure 12 is disposed around the hub 10 with center at the center of the central portion C. The ring-shaped structure 12 is connected to the adjacency of the rear tip 1119 of each blade 111. In some embodiments, the ring-shaped structure 12 is connected to the rear tip 1119 of each blade 111. In some embodiments, the leading edges 1111 of the blades 111 are all connected to the extension portion 100.
The following description takes two adjacent blades 111a and 111b for illustration. The distance from the leading edge 1111a (i.e. the end point of the blade 111a that is most close to the central portion C) of the blade 111a to the center of the central portion C is different from that from the leading edge 1111b (i.e. the end point of the blade 111b that is most close to the central portion C) of the blade 111b to the center of the central portion C. In addition, from the center of the central portion C to each of the leading edges 1111 defines a plurality of distances, and at least 50 percent of the distances are different. Preferably, distances from the leading edges 1111 of all of the blades 111 to the center of the central portion C are different. That is, the distances from the leading edges 1111 of all of the blades 111 to the center of the central portion C are unequal to each other. The blade assembly 11 with these features may be formed through injection molding. The blades 111 of the blade assembly 11 may have different exteriors, thereby effectively dispersing the sound spectrum. Not only the work area of the blades can be retained, but also the same heat radiation property can be provided and the advantages of nice sound quality can be achieved. Meanwhile, the advantages mentioned above can be achieved without changing the manufacturing process and materials. On the other hand, the blades 111 of the present disclosure can be made in a manner of deep drawing, the advantages can also be achieved without changing the manufacturing process and materials.
Another feature of the present disclosure is that the distances from any point on the ring-shaped structure 12 to the center of the central portion are the same.
In order to achieve and enhance the advantages described above, lengths of the blades 111 of the blade 1 of the present disclosure are preferably different from each other, so that the sound spectrum may be dispersed effectively.
In some embodiments, when the height of the fan 1 is in a range of 2.5-4.0 mm, the outer diameter of the blade 111 is in a range of 30-50 mm, the diameter of the hub 10 is in a range of 19.5-23.0 mm, and the thickness of the blade 111 is in a range of 0.3-0.5 mm, the amount of the blades 111 is preferably greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 90. When the height of the fan 1 is in a range of 2.5-4.0 mm, the outer diameter of the blade 111 is in a range of 30-55 mm, the diameter of the hub 10 is in a range of 19.5-23.0 mm, and the thickness of the blade 111 is in a range of 0.15-0.35 mm, the amount of the blades 111 is preferably greater than or equal to 35 and less than or equal to 120.
In some embodiments, from the center of the central portion C to each of the leading edges 1111 defines a plurality of distances, and at least 80 percent of the distances are different, and distances from the leading edges 1111 of any two adjacent blades 111 to the center of the central portion C are different. In other words, even though distances from at most 20 percent of the plurality of distances defined above are possible to be equal, however, the distances from the leading edges 1111 of three adjacent blades 111 to the center of the central portion C are different. Therefore, the sound spectrum may be dispersed effectively, and the multi-frequencies noise may be avoided.
In some embodiments, each blade 111 has a protrusion portion 1112, and the protrusion portion 1112 is protruded outside the ring-shaped structure 12. In some embodiments, protruded lengths of the protrusion portions 1112, which are protruded outside the ring-shaped structure 12, of the blades 111 are equal.
In this embodiment, the space between the two adjacent blades 111 are substantially equal. In other words, two adjacent angles A formed by three lines from any three adjacent rear tips 1119 of the rear tips 1119 to the center of the central portion C are the same. Also, in this embodiment, the curvatures of all the blades 111 are different. Certainly, in some embodiments, the space between any two adjacent blades 111 may be unequal, and the curvatures of all the blades 111 may be the same. Furthermore, the curvatures of a part of the blades 111 are equal, and the curvatures of another part of the blades 111 are unequal.
Furthermore, because at least two of the blades 111 are connected to the extension portion 100, the connected part of each of the blades 111 connected to the extension portion 100 defines a front end 1116, and the lengths of the front ends 1116 are different. In other words, each of the front ends 1116 is a part of each of the blades 111 close to the central portion C.
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In this embodiment, the space between two adjacent blades 211 are substantially equal so that two adjacent angles A formed by three lines from any three adjacent rear tips of the rear tips T to the center of the central portion C are the same. Moreover, in this embodiment, the curvatures of the blades 211 are all different. Certainly, in some embodiments, the space between any two adjacent blades 211 may be unequal, and the curvatures of the blades 211 are all the same. Furthermore, the curvatures of a part of the blades 211 are equal, and the curvatures of another part of the blades 211 are unequal.
In some embodiments, each blade 211 has a curvature, and the curvatures of at least a part of the blades 211 are different. In other words, in order to optimize the efficiency of dispersing the sound spectrum or the energy, the differences among different embodiments mentioned above may be superimposed, thereby more effectively dispersing the sound spectrum and avoiding the multi-frequencies noise.
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In some embodiments, the fan 3 of the present disclosure further includes a ring-shaped structure 33. The ring-shaped structure 33 is disposed around the hub 30 with center at the center of the central portion C. The ring-shaped structure 33 is connected to the first blades 311 and the second blades 321.
In order to effectively disperse the sound spectrum and the fan energy and reduce the multi-frequencies noise, the first blades 311 of the first blade assembly 31 may have different lengths, and the second blades 321 of the second blade assembly 32 may have different lengths. The length of the shortest first blade 311 is greater than the length of the longest second blade 321, but not limited herein.
In some embodiments, for achieving similar advantages, the fan 3 of the present disclosure may be implemented as following. The length of the second blade 321 in which the distance from the second leading edge 3211 to the center of the central portion C is the shortest in the second blades 321 is less than the length of the first blade 311 in which the distance from the first leading edge 3111 to the center of the central portion C is the longest in the first blades 311. Furthermore, the shortest one in the distances from the second leading edges 3211 to the center of the central portion C is greater than the longest one in the distances from the first leading edges 3111 to the center of the central portion C.
In some embodiments, each first blade 311 is disposed between two of the second blades 321, and each second blade 321 is disposed between two of the first blades 311 (i.e. the first blades 311 and the second blades 321 are arranged alternatively in series). The multi-frequencies noise is avoided and the advantages of dispersing the sound spectrum is effectively achieved. Furthermore, from the center of the central portion C to each of the first leading edges 3111 defines a plurality of first distances, and at least 50 percent of the first distances are different, and from the center of the central portion C to each of the second leading edges 3211 defines a plurality of second distances, and at least 50 percent of the second distances are different. Preferably, 100 percent of the first distances are different, and 100 percent of the second distances are different.
In this embodiment, the space between any two adjacent blades of the first blades 311 and the second blades 321 are unequal, and each of the first blades and the second blades has a rear tip T, each of the rear tips T is an end point of each of the first blades 311 and the second blades 321 that is far away from the central portion C, two adjacent angles A formed by three lines from any three adjacent rear tips of the rear tips T to the center of the central portion C are different. In this embodiment, each first blade 311 has a curvature, each second blade 321 has a curvature, and the curvatures of each first blade 311 and each second blade 321 are different.
In this embodiment, the first blades 311 are longer than the second blades 321, so the blades are alternatively arranged as a “one long and one short” configuration. In some embodiments, the blades may be alternatively arranged as a “one long and two short” configuration, a “one long and three short” configuration, a “two long and one short” configuration, a “three long and one short configuration, a “two long and two short” configuration or a “two long and three short” configuration.
In some embodiments, each first blade 311 has a first protrusion portion 3112, the first protrusion portion 3112 is protruded outside the ring-shaped structure 33, and protruded lengths of the first protrusion portions 3112, which are protruded outside the ring-shaped structure 33, of the first blades 311 are equal. Each second blade 321 has a second protrusion portion 3212, the second protrusion portion 3212 is protruded outside the ring-shaped structure 33, and protruded lengths of the second protrusion portions 3212, which are protruded outside the ring-shaped structure 33, of the second blades 321 are equal. Each of the protruded lengths of the first protrusion portions 3112 of the first blades 311 is equal to each of the protruded lengths of the second protrusion portions 3212 of the second blades 321. Therefore, the structure is stabilized, and the mechanical strength is enhanced.
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From the above description, the present disclosure provides a fan, by the features that the distances from the leading edges of the blades to the center of the central portion are different, the energies of the blades can be dispersed as an irregular spectrum, thereby avoiding the multi-frequencies noise during operation. Furthermore, the lengths of the adjacent blades are designed to be different, the sound spectrum can further be dispersed. Not only the work area of the blades can be retained, but also the same heat radiation property can be provided and the advantages of nice sound quality can be achieved.
While the disclosure has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 201711014284.X | Oct 2017 | CN | national |
