Patent ID: 7358631

Claim:
A blower device comprising: an impeller rotatable about a rotation axis to generate an air flow; a motor rotating the impeller; a plurality of lead wires connected to the motor at least to supply current from an external electrical current source to the motor; a bind member binding the lead wires; and a housing accommodating the impeller and the motor, the bind member being separate from the housing, wherein the housing includes: a housing outer frame surrounding the impeller, and having a front surface and a back surface as axially outermost surfaces of the housing and radially outermost surfaces, the axially and radially outermost surfaces constituting outermost surfaces of the blower device; a motor support portion supporting the motor disposed on an inner central portion of the front surface of the housing outer frame; a first flange which projects radially outward of the housing outer frame, the first flange having a front surface and its periphery; a groove portion formed on the front surface; and a guide portion which accommodates the lead wires between the motor support portion and the housing outer frame; wherein the groove portion accommodates the lead wires and the bind member below the front surface, wherein the bind member is wound around the lead wires to fix the lead wires to the first flange, and wherein the bind member is located radially inside the periphery of the first flange.