Patent ID: 11864713
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H  F | IPC A  F  H

Claim 10:
11. The fan motor of claim 1, wherein the motor body comprises:
a motor housing that defines an air outlet; and
an impeller cover that defines an air intake and that surrounds an outer circumference of the impeller,
wherein the motor housing comprises a hollow portion that surrounds an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and that protrudes from an inner surface of the motor housing,
wherein the fan motor further comprises a second bearing accommodated in the hollow portion and mounted on the rotary shaft, and
wherein the hollow portion defines a second bearing heat dissipation flow path that is configured to guide the air through a space defined between an outer surface of the second bearing and the hollow portion and that is configured to discharge the air to an outside of the hollow portion.