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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Fujitsu General Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An axial fan includes: a cutout in a rear edge part of each of the plurality of blades, the rear edge part being opposite to a front edge part of the each of the plurality of blades in a rotational direction of the each of the plurality of blades, the cutout extending from the rear edge part toward the front edge part such that the cutout divides the rear edge part into an outer rear edge part and an inner rear edge part; a rib in a blade surface of the each of the plurality of blades, the rib extending from the hub toward an outer circumference of the each of the plurality of blades along the front edge part; and a first thickness-reduced part adjacent to an end of the rib, the end of the rib being closer to the outer circumference, the each of the plurality of blades being thinned in the first thickness-reduced part.