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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Guiling Zhang, Kyoto, JP;
Hidenobu Takeshita, Kyoto, JP;
NIDEC CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A fan motor includes a motor including a stationary portion and a rotating portion arranged to rotate about a rotation axis extending in a vertical direction; an impeller including a plurality of blades, and arranged to rotate together with the rotating portion; a housing arranged to house the motor and the impeller therein; and a plurality of lead wires each of which is connected to the motor and is arranged to extend radially outward. The housing includes a tubular portion being tubular, and arranged to extend from an inlet side to an outlet side along the rotation axis, and house at least a portion of the impeller therein; a flange portion arranged to project radially outward from at least a portion of the tubular portion; a lead wire outlet defined in at least a portion of the tubular portion, and arranged to pass through the tubular portion in a radial direction; and a vertical groove arranged to be in communication with the lead wire outlet, and arranged to pass through the flange portion in an axial direction. The flange portion includes a first restricting portion arranged to extend toward the tubular portion. At least one of the lead wires is drawn radially outward through the lead wire outlet, and is held in the vertical groove radially inside of the first restricting portion.