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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Hiroyoshi Teshima, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyoto Ida, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyoshi Teshima, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyoto Ida, Kyoto, JP;
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A fan includes a motor including a rotating portion and a stationary portion; an impeller including a plurality of blades and a blade support portion to which the blades are fixed, and arranged to cover the motor; and a housing including a lower plate portion arranged on a lower side of the blades, a side wall portion arranged to cover sides of the blades, and an upper plate portion arranged on an upper side of the blades and including an air inlet arranged to extend through the upper plate portion in an axial direction. A lower surface of the blade support portion includes a balance correction portion arranged to extend in a circumferential direction. The lower plate portion includes a through hole arranged to overlap with the balance correction portion in the axial direction to make a portion of the balance correction portion viewable from below the lower plate portion.