Axial fan, particularly for motor vehicles

Claim 1

Axial fan, particularly for motor vehicles, comprising a central hub, a plurality of blades which extend from the hub towards the periphery and the radially outermost parts of which are curved forwardly in the sense of rotation of the fan, and an outer coaxial ring having an inner cylindrical surface to which the peripheral ends of the blades are fixed, characterised in that the median line (B) of each blade (3), which is obtained by joining the points (S b ) that are circumferentially equidistant from the leading edge (A) and the trailing edge (C) of the blade in the axial projection of the blade profile, has a first, radially-innermost curved portion (B 1 ) which extends from its point of origin (I b ) on the hub (2) and is directed rearwardly of the radial line (I b , Z b ) passing through the point of origin itself, and a second, radially-outermost curved portion (B 2 ) joined to the first portion and extending forwardly of the radial line to the periphery (E b ) connected to the outer coaxial ring (4) of the fan, the radial extent of the first portion being between 25% and 50% of the overall radial extent of the blade defined by the radial distance between the periphery (R i ) of the hub (2) and the inner cylindrical surface (R e ) of the outer coaxial ring (4) and further characterised in that the median line (B), from its point of origin (I b ) on the hub to its end point (E b ) on the outer ring, is within an angular interval no greater than half the distance between two adjacent blades, the profile of the blade also being characterised in that its circular thickness increases progressively from the interior to the exterior and in that the pitch setting angle of the profile decreases progressively from the interior to the exterior.