Patent ID: 7822323
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A fan comprising: an impeller centered on a center axis; a motor operable to rotate the impeller to generate an air-flow; a wire electrically connected to the motor to provide electricity to the motor; a base supporting the motor; a housing including an inner surface surrounding the impeller and defining a passage through which the air-flow generated by the impeller courses, and a wire-receiving section comprising a portion of the housing having an indentation therein, and an extending portion extending substantially across the indentation as spaced from the bottom of the indentation such that a gap in the housing is defined between a surface of the extending portion and a surface of the housing defining the bottom of the indentation, and the wire passes from the motor, in between said surface of the extending portion and said surface of the housing defining the bottom of the indentation, and to an outside of the housing, whereby the wire extends through the gap in the housing to the outside thereof; a rib connecting the base and the housing; and a wire-holding member at least part of which is received in the wire-receiving section, the wire-holding member covering part of the extending portion of the wire-receiving section, and the wire-holding member being detachably connected to the housing so as to be removable from the wire-receiving section of the housing.