Patent ID: 8696332
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: F04D,H02K

Abstract:
1. A heat-dissipating fan, in combination: a housing including a peripheral wall defining a compartment, with a shaft seat provided in the compartment, with the peripheral wall including a wire-guiding slot in communication with the compartment; a base coupled to the housing, with the base including a coil unit and a connection port electrically connected to the coil unit, with the connection port facing the wire-guiding slot of the housing; a power line including a first end connected to the connection port and a second end extending through the wire-guiding slot; and an impeller including a hub, a shaft mounted to the hub, and a permanent magnet mounted to the hub, with the shaft rotatably coupled to the shaft seat about a rotation axis, with the permanent magnet facing the coil unit, with the connection port located on a reference line radially extending from the rotation axis and passing through the shaft seat and the wire-guiding slot, with the power line extending from the shaft seat to the wire-guiding slot along the reference line, and with the power line further extending beyond the housing through the wire-guiding slot, with the housing including a bottom wall formed inside the peripheral wall and defining the compartment, with a plurality of catches being formed on the bottom wall and located in the compartment, with the base mounted in the compartment and abutting the bottom wall, and with the plurality of catches engaged with an outer periphery of the base.