Patent ID: 7176595
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A fan motor, comprising: a fan blade hub with a central bore; a fan base, being disposed opposite to the fan blade hub; a cylindrical shaft seat, extending toward the fan blade hub from the fan base with a lower hook end; a shaft with two ends, one of the ends being rotationally joined to the central bore and the other one of the ends being a circular end and extending in the shaft seat toward the fan base; a bearing, being attached to the inner wall surface of the shaft seat and fitting with the shaft; and a retaining ring, being disposed at the circular end of the shaft to clamp the shaft; characterized in that the shaft seat has a diameter-reduced neck section at the middle of the inner wall with an annular step at the top of the diameter-reduced neck section for the circumferential side of the bearing being attached to an upper section of the shaft seat in a way of a lateral side of the bearing resting on the step; a ring-shaped projection is provided at the bottom of the diameter reduced section; a lower hollow space is formed between the ring-shaped projection and the lower hook end for accommodating a circular shaft support block in a way of the circumferential side of the shaft support block is joined to the wall surface of the lower hollow space and the top of the shaft support block being joined to the bottom of the neck section; an annular recess is provided at the top of the shaft support block corresponding to the retaining ring with a semicircular indentation being arranged at the center of the recess corresponding to the circular end of the shaft and the radius of the indentation being the same as the radius of the circular end such that the bottom of the shaft support block is held with the hook end for the circular end of the shaft capable of resting on the semicircular indentation and the retaining ring being capable of being received in the recess.