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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Pirooz Moradnia, Dublin, OH (US);

Jason A Widmer, Marysville, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 25/02 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/053 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 25/02 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 29/053 (2013.01); F04D 29/326 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fan assembly includes a fan having a shroud having an inner surface defining a flow chamber and an outer surface defining a plurality of teeth arrayed circularly around a circumference of the shroud. The fan also includes a plurality of blades arranged circularly around a central axis of the fan and extending radially inwardly from the shroud towards the central axis of the fan. Each of the plurality of blades is arranged inside the flow chamber and includes an outer edge connected to the inner surface of the shroud. The fan assembly further includes a drive assembly arranged outside the shroud and operatively engaged with the plurality of teeth of the shroud to rotate the fan around the central axis.


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