Cross Flow Runner Patents (Class 415/53.1)
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Patent number: 11460032Abstract: A cross-flow impeller mounting structure includes a housing and an impeller shaft support structure mounted on the housing and adapted to mount and support one end of a cross-flow impeller shaft away from a motor; the housing is adapted to mount a cross-flow impeller and match the cross-flow impeller to form an air duct; the housing includes: a side wall; a first end wall connected to one end of the side wall and provided with a first mounting through hole having an aperture which matches an outer diameter of the motor driving the cross-flow impeller to rotate and is adapted to mount the motor; a second end wall connected to the other end of the side wall and provided with a second mounting through hole for the cross-flow impeller to mount; the second end wall, the first end wall and the side wall encloses a cavity receiving the cross-flow impeller.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (WUHAN) CO., LTD, GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Xiaobo Hu, Tuchun Sun, Jianfei Hou, Hai Yang, Yabo Hu, Zhiyong Jiang, Li Zeng, Bowen Zheng
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Patent number: 11441790Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing that defines an air inlet and an air outlet, a heat exchanger, a blowing fan inside the housing, a lower guide configured to guide, toward the air outlet, air discharged to a rear side of the blowing fan and a lower side of the blowing fan, and an upper guide that is disposed vertically above the lower guide and that defines a discharge flow path with the lower guide. The discharge flow path extends from the blowing fan to the air outlet, and a cross sectional area of the discharge flow path increases toward the air outlet. The upper guide defines a curved surface that is disposed at a downstream end of the upper guide adjacent to the air outlet and that is convex toward the air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seokho Choi, Jeongtaek Park, Taehun Lee, Jinwook Choi
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Patent number: 11401946Abstract: A fan flow guide structure includes a centrifugal fan impeller and a case. The case includes an upper cover and a base seat. A fan impeller space and a flow passage are defined between the upper cover and the base seat. The fan impeller space serves to receive the centrifugal fan impeller. The flow passage is in communication with the fan impeller space and a lateral wind outlet. A tongue section is disposed in the flow passage in adjacency to the lateral wind outlet. A wind supplementing section is defined opposite to the tongue section. An intake gill section is disposed on the upper cover and/or the base seat in communication with the wind supplementing section. Accordingly, the airflow outside the case can be guided from the intake gill section into the wind supplementing section to enhance the flow amount of the fan.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Wei Sun, Ming-Che Lee
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Patent number: 11306741Abstract: A cross flow fan includes a fan frame and a rotor having a hub, a shaft connected with the hub at its rotation center, a plurality of blades, and a disk structure connected with the blades and hub within the fan frame. The fan frame has a frame wall having a lateral flow inlet to the rotor and a lateral flow outlet from the rotor, a base carrying the rotor and frame wall, a cover on one side of the frame wall opposite to the base, and a partition structure disposed between the blades and an inner wall surface of the frame wall. A normal line of the lateral flow inlet and a normal line of the lateral flow outlet are not parallel to an extension direction of the shaft. The blades directly face the lateral flow inlet and the lateral flow outlet along radial directions of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Tsung-Ying Lee, Shih-Han Chen, Chao-Wen Lu
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Patent number: 11280348Abstract: A heat exchange assembly and a heat exchange device. The heat exchange assembly includes a heat exchanger and a fan; the heat exchanger and the fan are spaced apart, and the heat exchanger is located in an air intake direction or an air outgoing direction of the fan; the fan includes an air opening; a shortest distance H between the air opening of the fan facing the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger and a diameter D of an impeller of the fan should meet 2H/D>1.05. A problem in the prior art of increased air intake resistance caused by an improperly arranged distance between the heat exchanger and the fan is solved.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Mingzhu Dong, Jianming Tan, Guanghui Xia, Bo Liang, Xianlin Wang, Xiaocheng Lai, Junjie Liao
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Patent number: 11242864Abstract: A blower assembly includes a blower housing and a fan wheel mounted within the blower housing and being rotatable about an axis of rotation. The fan wheel includes a support disk positioned near a center of the fan wheel. A first wheel portion having a first plurality of impeller blades is positioned adjacent a first side of the support disk. A second wheel portion having a second plurality of impeller blades is positioned adjacent a second side of the support disk. The first wheel portion and the second wheel portion are asymmetrical about a plane oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation and intersecting the support disk.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Jackie S. Anderson, Peter R. Bushnell
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Patent number: 10988236Abstract: Pipe Props Rotary Wing of the present invention is a propeller driven propulsion engine in a pipe profile with props or propellers rotating in part as rotary wings around their shafts; the props and shafts are oriented lengthwise along the pipe; and the props in rotations propel directional air transversely through and across the pipe to generate variable directional thrusts and lifts in directions also transverse to the pipe. Pipe Props Rotary Wing is a variable thrusts and lifts propeller driven propulsion engine to unify all propeller driven propulsion engines for all propeller driven aircrafts, including: propeller aircrafts, rotary wing aircrafts or helicopters, and tilt rotor aircrafts. Pipe Props Rotary Wing in a pipe profile, with props rotating in part as rotary wings, is suitable as fixed wings replacements for propeller aircrafts and tilt rotor aircrafts.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Inventor: George Pul
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Patent number: 10926703Abstract: A door mirror apparatus for a vehicle is provided in which an electric motor is housed within an actuator case disposed within a mirror housing, and the actuator case includes a case member fixed to the mirror housing and a cover member that has a holder support part swingably supporting the mirror holder and is joined to the case member, wherein a motor shaft projects from one end portion along an axial direction of a motor housing of the electric motor, and an end face support projection part that is in line contact with one end portion among opposite end faces in the axial direction of the motor housing is provided integrally with one of the case member and the cover member. This makes it difficult for vibration of the electric motor to be transmitted to the actuator case, thus enabling reduction in noise when operating the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventor: Yasuyuki Eto
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Patent number: 10697428Abstract: A vortex windmill run by incoming air flow to power a generator by which mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy in order to charge a battery. The vortex windmill includes a plurality of elongated blades having bulbous-shaped edges that are spaced from and connected to a rotatable central shaft, and which are located and rotatable within a cylindrical outer cage, such that when the incoming air flow rotates the blades and central shaft a vortex is formed around the central shaft which aids in maintaining the rotational velocity and momentum of the blades and central shaft during operation and for a period of time after the volume of incoming air flow or the velocity of the incoming air flow decreases, thereby increasing the efficiency of the windmill and the amount of energy produced from the air flow received by the windmill.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Inventor: James C. Einarsen
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Patent number: 10690330Abstract: A modular fan includes a casing and a heat dissipating module. The casing includes an outer frame, a first accommodating chamber and a second accommodating chamber, and the first and second accommodating chambers are disposed at both ends of the casing. The outer frame and the first and second accommodating chambers are integrally formed. The heat dissipating module includes a first fan and a second fan, and the first and second fans are accommodated in the first and second accommodating chambers respectively; four endpoints of the diagonals of the outer frame have a fixed portion. separately Compared with the conventional single fan required to be installed on a 240 mm-radiator one by one, the modular fan of the present invention can be installed on the 240 mm-radiator directly to reduce the inconvenience of installation. In addition, the invention provides a better heat dissipating efficiency than the conventional single fan.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Dongguan Thinkcool Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Haoqiang Deng
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Patent number: 10634116Abstract: A wind turbine having at least two blades mounted to a blade retainer and a load shaft connected to the blade retainer, such that movement of the blades due to wind causes rotation of the load shaft. The wind turbine includes a frame assembly surrounding the turbine assembly. The frame assembly includes a plurality of vanes to direct wind inside the frame assembly and towards the blades of the turbine assembly. The vanes have a half circle shaped leading edge pointing to an outside perimeter of the frame assembly. The half circle leading edge has two ends and the vanes have a side extending from each of the ends of the half circle that come together to form a trailing edge.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Inventor: David A. Shoffler
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Patent number: 10626736Abstract: A power generator for generating power using a liquid that can alternatively flow at a lower flow rate and at a higher flow rate. The power generator includes a conduit and a rotor mounted in the conduit so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. The rotor includes a top set of blades provided in a conduit top portion and configured for rotating about the rotation axis when the liquid flows at the higher flow rate in the conduit. The rotor also includes a bottom set of blades provided in a conduit bottom portion and configured for rotating about the rotation axis when the liquid flows at the lower flow rate in the conduit. An output shaft protrudes from the conduit and is rotatable by at least one of the top and bottom sets of blades. The top and bottom blades have different configurations.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventor: Laurent Auger
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Patent number: 10480398Abstract: A radial flow compressor includes a device (1, 34) for controlling air flow detachment from the volute tongue (3). The device (1, 34) may include a vane (1) or hole (34) in the tongue (3), and serves to redirect air over the volute tongue (3). The device (1, 34) aids in decreasing the velocity of air flow at the volute tongue (3), diminishes the vortices that develop at the volute tongue (3) from the high air velocities, and redirects air over the volute tongue (3) allowing the air to flow through the narrow passage and attach to the walls of the volute outlet (6).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventor: Gordon Jenks
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Patent number: 10436496Abstract: A blade included in an impeller is formed so that, when viewed in a vertical cross-sectional view of the blade, a pressure surface of the blade and a suction surface of the blade opposite to the pressure surface are curved more in the direction in which the impeller rotates, in their areas farther from the axis of rotation of the impeller and closer to the exterior of the blade, and are arched so that a portion near the center of the blade is most distant from a straight line connecting the inner end and the outer end of the blade, the pressure surface and the suction surface form a curved surface including at least one circular arc, and a straight portion of the blade is formed to be connected to the curved surface on its one side, and extend toward the inner end of the blade on its other side.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takahide Tadokoro, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Seiji Hirakawa, Koji Yamaguchi, Koichi Umetsu
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Patent number: 10330078Abstract: A fluid turbine is provided, comprising a rotor with a rotation axis and at least two rotor blades arranged within a housing, wherein a top and a bottom of the housing are arranged essentially perpendicular to the rotation axis, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the housing, and wherein at least one support element is arranged between the top and the bottom of the housing. Due to the at least one support element, the fluid turbine has particularly high efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: WindTree GmbHInventor: Michael Behrens
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Patent number: 9821786Abstract: A drive assembly having a motor accommodating bore for an electric motor, the bore being directed perpendicularly into an end face of a block-like accommodating body, and having a motor housing for accommodating a bearing provided for a motor shaft of the electric motor the bearing being fixed in an end-side motor housing section which extends into the motor accommodating bore. The invention provides for the electric motor to be frictionally fixed and centered in the motor accommodating bore by a motor holder that is fastened to the end-side motor housing section and projects into the motor accommodating bore.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Axel Hinz
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Patent number: 9453512Abstract: A cross flow fan achieves low power input and low noise level by preventing flow separation on an air inlet side and reducing a maximum air velocity in the gap between the blades. At least one of units constituting a cross flow fan is an appearance unit configured such that when the unit is sequentially cut in a direction from one of rings to the other ring along a plane whose normal coincides with a rotation axis, a region S and a region C appear, the radius of a second circle, serving as an inner circumferencial circle (having a radius), in the region S being a first radius of predetermined length, the radius of the second circle, serving as the inner circumferencial circle, in the region C being a second radius shorter than the first radius.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahide Tadokoro, Takashi Ikeda, Seiji Hirakawa
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Patent number: 9347461Abstract: Disclosed is a cross-flow fan where an inner diameter (d) and an outer diameter (D) of a fan blade meet the relationship expressed by 0.55?d/D?0.95. In cross-flow fan, (N) representing number of fan blades, a chord length (L) and outer diameter (D) of fan blades, and (M) representing number of blade wheels meet the relationships expressed by of 0.6?L/(?D/N)?2.8 and 0.15??D/(N×M)?3.77. A plurality of blade wheels are stacked on each other in a manner that a displacement angle (?) is generated within the range of (1.2×360°/(N×M))???(360°/N) between adjacent blade wheels. The displacement angle (?) is set so that the overlapping number of fan blades having an equal installation angle is at most 5% of N×M representing a total number of fan blades. The present invention can provide a cross-flow fan that can succeed in noise reduction, a molding die used to produce the cross-flow fan, and a fluid feeder equipped with the cross-flow fan.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukishige Shiraichi, Masaki Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 9303649Abstract: A cross flow fan including an impeller having at least two rings arranged with intervals in a fan rotation axis O direction and a plurality of blades that are arranged, between correlated rings, with intervals in a circumferential direction of the rings, in which the blade is divided into plural areas in the fan rotation axis O direction, and both ends adjacent to the rings are denoted as the blade-ring proximate sections and the center portion of the blade is denoted as the inter-blade-ring center section. The blade is formed such that the thickness of the inner peripheral blade end of the blade that is the inner peripheral end of the impeller is smaller in the inter-blade-ring center section than in the blade-ring proximate section.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takahide Tadokoro, Shingo Hamada, Mitsuhiro Shirota
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Patent number: 9261108Abstract: An impeller has an impeller axis, a first blade support, a second blade support, a third blade support, a plurality of first blades extending between the first blade support and the second blade support, and a plurality of second blades extending between the second blade support and the third blade support. An angular location of attachment of the first blades to the first blade support is angularly offset from an angular location of attachment of the first blades to the second blade support in a first angular direction, wherein an angular location of attachment of the second blades to the third blade support is angularly offset from an angular location of attachment of the second blades to the second blade support in the first angular direction, and wherein the second blade support is configured to allow airflow longitudinally through the interior of the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Trane International Inc.Inventor: Patrick William Van Deventer
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Patent number: 9157673Abstract: An upper suction port is formed in a main-body upper part of an air-conditioning apparatus main body, a suction opening part is formed in a front grill disposed on a main-body front face of the air-conditioning apparatus, a suction opening whose opening is directed upward is formed by consecutively providing an air guide wall inclined downward inside the main body on the upper edge of the suction opening, and the suction opening is located between a part, in the main-body height direction, lower than a straight line passing through a rotation center of an impeller and a closest contact point between the impeller and a front-face heat exchanger and a part, in the main-body height direction, higher than a straight line parallel with the straight line and passing through the impeller and a tongue part of a stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Tetsuo Yamashita
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Patent number: 9121384Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes a wind guide module installed at the periphery of a vane module for turning axially, and a magnetic field module and a coil module installed at the periphery of a turntable of the vane module for generating induced electromotive forces, such that when the vane module is rotated by the action of air current, the magnetic field module is driven to rotate a coil of the coil module generates an electric current by the magnetic induction of the magnetic element of the magnetic field module. In particular, the whole vertical axis power generator can guide and concentrate the surrounding air current at flaps of the vane module by the action of the wind guide module, so that the vane module is capable of starting an operation easily, providing a high operating performance, and featuring an easy manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Inventors: Chun-Shuan Lin, Jung-Hsi Su
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Patent number: 9039347Abstract: Disclosed is a cross flow fan that makes uniform a distribution of wind velocity along an axial direction of the fan at an exit of an air trunk and that lessens chance of separation of an air flow on an inlet side of the fan, and there are thereby provided a cross flow fan that accomplishes a lower input and smaller noise and an air blower and an air conditioner that use the cross flow fan. A cross flow fan being rotatably placed in a horizontally-long air trunk, and including a plurality of annular rings that are substantially parallel to each other and a plurality of blades that are radially interposed between adjacent rings, each having a circular arc cross sectional shape, and a camber angle of the blade is smaller at the ring side than at a center area of the blade between the rings in a longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takahide Tadokoro, Takashi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8882439Abstract: Embodiments relate to a guiding apparatus, a wind turbine system, and methods related thereto. In an embodiment, a guiding apparatus for guiding a flow of a fluid for use with a rotor, the rotor comprising an annular radial vane assembly surrounding a central space which is enclosed save via the vane assembly and being arranged to rotate about a vertical axis, includes a screening for guiding the fluid to circulate substantially about the vertical axis within the central space in the same direction as the rotor during use, wherein the screening comprises an inner guide array concentrically surrounded by the vane assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventor: Guy Andrew Vaz
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Publication number: 20140301825Abstract: A cross flow fan includes a support plate and an impeller with a plurality of blades disposed on the support plate at predetermined intervals. On each blade, a radius of a pressure surface arc is greater than a radius of a suction surface arc, a radius of an inner peripheral side arc is greater than a radius of an outer peripheral side arc, and a region of maximum thickness is located 40% to 60% from the inner peripheral side arc in the lengthwise direction. The blades are disposed such that the inner peripheral side arcs are positioned on an inner peripheral side of the support plate and the outer peripheral side arcs are positioned on an outer peripheral side of the support plate. A flow path width between the plurality of blades gradually decreases from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side of the support plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Jie Tian, Hua Ouyang, You Li, Hironobu Teraoka, Shimei Tei, Hideshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 8702403Abstract: A fan includes a housing having a compartment formed inside, and at least one lateral air inlet and at least one lateral air outlet both penetrating through the inner and outer surfaces of the housing and communicating with the compartment. A motor is mounted inside the compartment of the housing and has a stator and an impeller, with the impeller rotatably coupled to the stator and further containing a hub and a plurality of blades mounted to a top of the hub. Each blade has a first end and a second end in the radial direction of the impeller opposite to each other, with the first end of each blade facing outward, and with the second ends of the plural blades defining an airflow-area.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Ko-Chien Wang, Yeh-Feng Chen
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Patent number: 8684661Abstract: A fan module includes a housing and an impeller. The housing has an axial air inlet, a radial air inlet and at least one radial air outlet. The impeller is rotatably disposed in the housing and has a first air-guiding blade, a second air-guiding blade and a partitioning member. The partitioning member separates an interior space of the housing into a first air channel and a second air channel. The first air-guiding blade is located in the first air channel, and the second air-guiding blade is located in the second air channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., LtdInventors: Alex Horng, Wen-Kuan Chen
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Patent number: 8596958Abstract: A crossflow fan includes an impeller formed by plate-like blades 42. Each blade 42 is inclined such that the outer edge 42a is located on the leading side of the inner edge 42d with respect to the rotation direction of the impeller 41. The face of each blade 42 that is located on the leading side of the rotation direction forms a positive pressure surface 42p, and a face located on the trailing side forms a negative pressure surface 42q. Notches 42b are formed at the outer edge 42a of the blade 42. The notches 42b are arranged at predetermined intervals along the rotation axis of the impeller. A basic shape section 42c is formed between each adjacent pair of the notches 42b. The blade thickness L2 in the vicinity of the bottom 42y of each notch 42b is smaller than the blade thickness of the basic shape section 42c adjacent to the notch 42b.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Teraoka, Shimei Tei
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Patent number: 8511965Abstract: A guiding apparatus for guiding a flow of a fluid for use with a rotor, the rotor comprising an annular radial vane assembly surrounding a central space which is enclosed save via the vane assembly and being arranged to rotate about a vertical axis, the guiding apparatus comprising a screening for guiding the fluid to circulate substantially about the vertical axis within the central space in the same direction as the rotor during use.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventor: Guy Andrew Vaz
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Publication number: 20130177395Abstract: A cross flow fan including an impeller having at least two rings arranged with intervals in a fan rotation axis O direction and a plurality of blades that are arranged, between correlated rings, with intervals in a circumferential direction of the rings, in which the blade is divided into plural areas in the fan rotation axis O direction, and both ends adjacent to the rings are denoted as the blade-ring proximate sections and the center portion of the blade is denoted as the inter-blade-ring center section. The blade is formed such that the thickness of the inner peripheral blade end of the blade that is the inner peripheral end of the impeller is smaller in the inter-blade-ring center section than in the blade-ring proximate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takahide Tadokoro, Shingo Hamada, Mitsuhiro Shirota
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Patent number: 8443622Abstract: An air conditioner includes a case provided with openings, a heat exchanger disposed in the case, one or more fans disposed in the case, and a variation unit that is movably disposed around the fans to vary air inlet and outlet directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jung-Hoon Kim, Dong-Soo Moon, Ki-Won Seo, Deok Huh
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Publication number: 20130045080Abstract: A turbine (10) comprising a turbine rotor (11) having a blade support frame (13), and a plurality of blades (12) each pivotally mounted adjacent to its leading edge to the frame (13) for rotation about an axis extending substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor (11) with the trailing edge of each blade (12) being capable of pivoting downstream or downwind due to fluid dynamic forces on each blade. Pitch control means in the form of a ring or guide (23) is located around the shaft (15) and is coupled via links or lines (20) to the trailing end of each blade (12) to control the pitch of each blade (12) during rotation of the turbine rotor (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventor: Brian Kinloch Kirke
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Publication number: 20130017063Abstract: A wind turbine for capturing energy from a fluid flow comprises a rotor having a rotational axis and a plurality of rotor blades (104) arranged for rotation about the rotational axis. The rotor blades extend longitudinally in a direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis. A shield member V3 is arranged to shield some of the rotor blades from an oncoming wind where incidence of the wind on those rotor blades would act against rotation of the rotor in the direction of rotation. The rotor blades (104) are distributed about the circumference of the rotor and are spaced from the rotational axis, defining a substantially cylindrical space within the rotor through which the wind passes. The shield member V3 is defined by a radially inward surface and a radially outward surface. The radially inward surface follows substantially a portion of the circumference of the rotor. The radially outward surface of the shield member V3 comprises a first portion which meets the radially inward surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Bob Tay, Anthony Fenwick-Wilson, Mark Cross, Nick Croft, Sam Rolland, Alison Williams
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Publication number: 20120306205Abstract: Inventive systems (e.g., turbines) for harnessing hydroelectric energy are described. The turbines, includes: (1) a central longitudinal shaft configured to mount and to rotate on a central axis perpendicular to a direction of fluid flow; (2) a plurality of arcing blades coupled with the shaft, the blades extending radially outwardly from the shaft, and the blades including an airfoil cross-section along a substantial length of the blades; and (3) a hydrodynamic cap covering a location where the arcing blades couple with the shaft such that in an operating state of the turbine, presence of the hydrodynamic cap reduces an amount of bypass area, which is area outside a region that is swept by the arcing blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Lucid Energy, Inc.Inventors: Mark Rydell Cosby, Timothy P. Braun, Roderic Alan Schlabach, Igor Palley, Jacob J. Brenneman, Joshua T. Thomas
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Publication number: 20120263573Abstract: There is provided a cross flow fan that makes uniform a distribution of wind velocity along an axial direction of the fan at an exit of an air trunk and that lessens chance of separation of an air flow on an inlet side of the fan, and there are thereby provided a cross flow fan that accomplishes a lower input and smaller noise and an air blower and an air conditioner that use the cross flow fan. A cross flow fan being rotatably placed in a horizontally-long air trunk, and including a plurality of annular rings that are substantially parallel to each other and a plurality of blades that are radially interposed between adjacent rings, each having a circular arc cross sectional shape, and a camber angle of the blade is smaller at the ring side than at a center area of the blade between the rings in a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahide Tadokoro, Takashi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8277168Abstract: A tidal power apparatus comprises a moored pontoon (1) having a duct (2) therethrough opening at opposed ends of the pontoon. The duct has a vertical axis rotor (3) therein driving an electrical generator (6). A deflector vane (8) is located in the duct at each end thereof, each deflector vane being mounted to pivot about a vertical axis between an active position, in which the deflector vane deflects water flow to one side of the rotor axis to cause rotation of the rotor, and an inactive position substantially aligned with the water flow from the turbine.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Inventor: Hardisty Jack
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Patent number: 8272853Abstract: An arrangement for a quick positioning of a motor of a cross-flow fan including a housing, a cross-flow fan, and an automatically adjustable motor apparatus. The motor apparatus consists of a motor body and a mounting base for the motor body. The mounting base of the motor apparatus is integrally formed with the motor body. Alternatively, the motor body and the mounting base are separately formed and then combined together. The mounting base includes a mounting member and a flange member for a rapid alignment and attachment to the mounting hole and the convex ring such that the motor may be secured from outside in place. Accordingly, a convenient assembly is achieved. Moreover, the trembling motion or the noise created during the operation will be lessened for enhancing the quality and the reliability of the cross-flow fan.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventor: Chen-Hui Ko
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Patent number: 8221064Abstract: A transverse fan assembly, including for use with agricultural combine harvesters, which fan assembly includes a supplementary air feed inlet for the infill of air flow voids or deficiencies in the air flow pathway from the air inlet of the transverse fan assembly to the air inlet entryway so as to effect a desired, generally more uniform, output air flow pattern across the entire expanse of the air outlet of the transverse fan assembly, and a method of use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Jonathan E. Ricketts, Brandon P. Kolb
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Publication number: 20120177477Abstract: Disclosed is a cross-flow fan where an inner diameter (d) and an outer diameter (D) of a fan blade meet the relationship expressed by 0.55?d/D?0.95. In cross-flow fan, (N) representing number of fan blades, a chord length (L) and outer diameter (D) of fan blades, and (M) representing number of blade wheels meet the relationships expressed by of 0.6?L/(?D/N)?2.8 and 0.15??D/(N×M)?3.77. A plurality of blade wheels are stacked on each other in a manner that a displacement angle (?) is generated within the range of (1.2×360°/(N×M))???(360°/N) between adjacent blade wheels. The displacement angle (?) is set so that the overlapping number of fan blades having an equal installation angle is at most 5% of N×M representing a total number of fan blades. The present invention can provide a cross-flow fan that can succeed in noise reduction, a molding die used to produce the cross-flow fan, and a fluid feeder equipped with the cross-flow fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukishige Shiraichi, Masaki Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 8212187Abstract: A heater with 360° rotation of a heated air stream is provided. The device includes a housing, a motor, an impeller, a heating element, an air stream deflector and a rotational engine. More specifically, the device is directed toward a portable space heater having an outward radial projection of a heated air stream in combination with 360° rotational movement for reducing air temperature stratification and uneven heating problems in a room.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Lasko Holdings, Inc.Inventor: William E. Lasko
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Patent number: 8197181Abstract: A cross-flow fan that variably maintains a distance between a blade and a fluid flow guide by varying a height of an outer edge and an air conditioner having the cross-flow fan are provided. Therefore, a noise and a peak value of a spectrum between the blade and the outer edge can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jeong Taek Park, Ki Won Seo, Deok Huh
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Patent number: 8177485Abstract: A cross flow fan structure comprising: a) a housing integrally formed by plastic material in an injection molding process; b) a cross flow fan integrally formed by plastic material in an injection molding process, the right side of the cross flow fan having a mounting hole in axial direction and a damping/positioning body; c) a motor with an end portion attached to a mounting base whereupon the motor is attached to the housing by use of the mounting base in such a way that the driving shaft of the motor is extended into the mounting hole of the damping/positioning body in a tightly clamping state for driving the cross flow fan in rotational operation. In this way, a cross flow fan module made by material is created. Moreover, a convenient assemble and a vibration resisting effect are achieved for a smooth operation with low noise by use of a skillful combination of the material and by a special structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Inventor: Chen-Hui Ko
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Patent number: 8177484Abstract: An impeller of a blower is disposed with circular support plates that are made of a resin and rotate about an axis of rotation and a plurality of blades that are made of a resin. The blades are disposed on outer peripheral portions of the circular support plates so as to be parallel to an axis of rotation, and serrated shapes are formed on the blades by cutting out blade tips at plural places. Additionally, a step is formed in a blade face of each of the blades at a position a predetermined distance from the blade tip where the serrated shape is formed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Haraguchi, Yoshinori Kagawa, Hideshi Tanaka, Kouzou Yoshinaga
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Patent number: 8157520Abstract: Vehicle propulsion systems and methods of propulsion are disclosed, as well as embodiments of fans and airfoils, technology that in some applications of the invention can provide both lift and thrust, and propulsion via cross flow fan, manifold and a plurality of airfoils. In some embodiments the invention is directed to the production of lift and thrust, and propulsion generally, based from air produced by a cross flow fan in accordance with the invention disclosed herein. In still further embodiments, lift and thrust may yet be generated from air produced from the cross flow fan even when unpowered, such as in a loss of power or in a stall condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Inventors: Gordon S. Kolacny, Bruce A. Kolacny
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Patent number: 8057185Abstract: A forward swept centrifugal fan wheel comprising a first endring (10), a second endring (11), a plurality of blades (12) connected between the first endring and the second endring, each blade having a substantially continuous arcuate form extending along an axis parallel to an axis of rotation (A-A), and each blade having a substantially continuous arcuate cross-section taken with respect to a plane which extends normally from the axis of rotation (A-A).Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Lau IndustriesInventor: Michael Brendel
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Patent number: 8052374Abstract: 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 ?, 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 thType: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: CNH America LLCInventor: Jonathan E. Ricketts
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Patent number: 8007225Abstract: An improved cross flow fan assembly applicable but not limited to a panel meter of fitness equipments includes: a housing and a cross flow fan made of plastic; a fan body, having symmetric circular flanges integrally formed on both lateral ends by plastic injection molding; two side covers, embedded into two circular flanges; and a shock absorption positioning member, installed at an external side of the right panel, and including: an axle center with a front section embedded into a bushing of the right cover and a rear section sheathed into a bearing, and a rubber pad, embedded into a circular hole of the right panel by its circular groove at the periphery for wrapping the bearing, so as to constitute a plastic cross flow fan module, and achieving a fast and convenient assembling and a vibration resisting effect, and the fan comes with a smooth operation to reduce noises.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventor: Chen-Hui Ko
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Publication number: 20110171004Abstract: A cross-flow fan is formed by stacking in the direction of the central axis line a plurality of impellers including a plurality of blades. A cross section of a blade perpendicular to the rotational central line is formed to decrease from a first reference plane of the blade toward the head of the blade, and a central point of the cross section of the blade perpendicular to the rotational central line is displaced forward or backward in the direction of rotation about the rotational central line, and is also displaced radially outward, from the bottom of the blade arranged in order on the main surface toward the head of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yukishige Shiraichi
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Patent number: 7931435Abstract: A bamboo wind power megawatts producer is provided in which the surfaces of rotor blades capture and compress the laminar flowing wind through the turbulent rotor vortex wherein great amounts of energy are extracted from the wind in volumetric quantities within the confines of the housing assembly for rotating the power generators to produce great quantities of megawatts of electric currents after which the exhausted wind is dumped to the low pressure area leeward of the operating rotor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Inventor: Leonardo M. Gasendo
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Publication number: 20100172095Abstract: Some embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a crossflow blower. An apparatus may comprise an enclosure having a first side and a second side where a portion of the first side is recessed in a direction of the second side. The enclosure may also comprise a first internal height between the first side and the second side and a second internal height between the recessed portion of the first side and the second side. The enclosure may also comprise a motor and a crossflow blower arranged to generate a flow of air between the first side and the second side in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the crossflow blower. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Mark MacDonald, Jessica Gullbrand, Michael Izenson, Walter Swift, Eric Baugh