Patent ID: 8057167

Claim:
A fan motor comprising: a shroud which has an opening for letting air in and a motor holding part supported by a plurality of support struts at a center portion of the opening; a motor which is secured to and supported at the motor holding part of the shroud; an axial-flow fan which has a hub part connected to a rotation shaft part of the motor and has a plurality of fan blades on an outer circumference of the hub part; and a heat shield panel which is mounted at a rear side of the motor with a gap being provided therebetween, wherein the heat shield panel has a spatula-shaped air guiding part projecting outward in a radial direction, at least one location on an outer circumference portion thereof; and the air guiding part has a circumferential width gradually reduces in a radial direction toward an outer side and a fan-rotational-direction leading edge part which has an arc shape.