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US4102601A
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Forced draft fan blade construction for dynamo electric machines and forced draft automotive alternator
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1976-05-25
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Granted: 1978-07-25
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Expires: 1996-05-25
Abstract
Abstract To improve the reliability of a fan blade to provide forced cooling to automotive-type alternators, while retaining the advantages of compact construction and inexpensive manufacture, a disk-shaped element is formed with a central opening to receive the shaft of the alternator having fan blades at the periphery thereof, and which further is so shaped and formed that the central region is axially (with respect to the shaft) offset from the major plane of the disk-shaped fan blade, clamping washers being placed against the offset region, one washer spanning the concave portion of the offset portion and the other washer fitting within the concave portion of the offset.
Inventors
- 👤 Guido Bischoff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 02:52
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04D; F04D29/00; F04D29/26; F04D29/28; F04D29/281; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S416/00; Y10S416/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
Fan blade construction for dynamoelectric machines to provide forced air cooling for the machine comprising an essentially flat disk-shaped element (11) formed with a central opening (22) for mounting the element on a shaft (S) and fan blades (12-15) formed on the periphery of the disk-shaped element (11), wherein the disk-shaped element (11) is formed with a central region (23) which is axially offset from the major plane of the disk-shaped element by a distance (H) less than the thickness (T) of the material of the disk-shaped element to form a shallow, concave depression at one side thereof and a dish-shaped bulge at the other side thereof, said central offset region surrounding the central opening (22).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
Fan blade construction for dynamoelectric machines to provide forced air cooling for the machine comprising an essentially flat disk-shaped element (11) formed with a central opening (22) for mounting the element on a shaft (S) and fan blades (12-15) formed on the periphery of the disk-shaped element (11), wherein the disk-shaped element (11) is formed with a central region (23) which is axially offset from the major plane of the disk-shaped element by a distance (H) less than the thickness (T) of the material of the disk-shaped element to form a shallow, concave depression at one side thereof and a dish-shaped bulge at the other side thereof, said central offset region surrounding the central opening (22).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 1, further comprising clamping disk means (26, 27) bearing against at least one side of the disk-shaped element (11) to clamp the element on the shaft (S).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 1, further comprising a clamping washer (26) bearing against the side of the disk-shaped element which is concave, spanning the concave depression and extending into engagement with the disk-shaped element beyond said depression.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 1, further comprising a clamping washer (27) bearing against the side of the disk-shaped element which is convex, fitting against the convex depression and extending into engagement with the disk-shaped element only in the region of said bulge, the diameter of said clamping washer being less than the diameter of the convex bulge.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 3, further comprising a second clamping washer (27) bearing against the side of the disk-shaped element which is convex, fitting against the convex depression and extending into engagement with the disk-shaped element only in the region of said bulge, the diameter of said second clamping washer being less than the diameter of the convex bulge.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 5, wherein the offset is in the order of approximately 0.3 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 5, wherein the offset extends gradually from the major plane of the disk-shaped element to a second central plane, essentially parallel with said major plane and offset therefrom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 1, wherein the depth (H) of the offset of the central region (23) is small in comparison to the thickness (T) of the material of the disk-shaped element (11).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
Forced draft automotive type alternator, wherein the alternator forms the dynamoelectric machine having a fan blade comprising the construction of claim 5.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
Forced draft automotive type alternator wherein the alternator forms the dynamoelectric machine, having a fan blade comprising the construction of claim 5.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
Forced draft automotive-type alternator, wherein the alternator forms the dynamoelectric machine, having a fan blade comprising the construction of claim 7, and wherein said planes are spaced by a distance of approximately in the order of 0.3 mm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 5, wherein the depth (H) of the offset of the central region (23) is small in comparison to the thickness (T) of the material of the disk-shaped element (11).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
Fan blade construction according to claim 12, wherein the offset is in the order of approximately 0.3 mm.
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