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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Minebea Co., Ltd., Kitasaku-gun, Nagano, JP;
Toru Narita, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
MINEBEA CO., LTD., Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Abstract
A fan includes: a casing including a substantially cup-shaped base portion connected to an outer frame through a rib, the base portion having a top surface located on a upper side of an axial direction and a lower opening located on a lower side of the axial direction; a bearing housing hanging down from a center of the top surface of the base portion toward the lower opening; a stator housing portion formed by the base portion and the bearing housing; a stator having a circuit board disposed in the stator housing portion by being fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing housing; bearings fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the bearing housing; an impeller rotating around a shaft as a central axis, shaft being rotatably supported by the bearings; and an insulating material filling the stator housing portion to cover the stator and the circuit board.