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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Takayuki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kamiya, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kamiya, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Automotive Thermal Systems Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A centrifugal blower includes a centrifugal fan; an electric motor that rotationally drives the centrifugal fan; a fan case that has an air inlet and an air outlet and that internally accommodates the centrifugal fan; and an electric motor case () that has a cylinder () accommodating the electric motor and a flange portion () extending radially outward from the cylinder () and that is fitted to the fan case. The flange portion () is provided with a ring-shaped rib portion () that protrudes from the flange portion (); the ring-shaped rib portion () is provided with a plurality of slits (and) that extend from the flange portion () in the axial direction of the cylinder (); and the flange portion () between the ring-shaped rib portion () and the cylinder () is inclined in a circumferential direction toward the slits (and).