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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Hideki Nagamatsu, Kyoto, JP;
Shoki Yamazaki, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Moriya, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fan includes an impeller portion generating an air flow and a motor that rotates the impeller portion about a center axis. The impeller portion is attached to a yoke of a rotor portion of the motor and is rotated with the yoke. A circular portion of the impeller is attached to a bottom opening of the yoke having a cylindrical shape whose top is covered by insert molding. Therefore, the impeller and the yoke may be securely fixed to each other. In addition, an outer side surface of the yoke is exposed to outside air such that the space arranged inward from the plurality of blades may be enlarged.