Patent ID: 8016556

Claim:
A centrifugal fan comprising: a motor having an impeller; a housing accommodating the motor and having a sidewall at least partially surrounding an outer circumference of the impeller, the housing including an air inlet opposed to a central portion of the impeller and an air outlet opposed to the outer circumference of the impeller, wherein the housing includes a housing body having a bottom on which the motor is secured and a housing cover in which the air inlet is formed, the housing cover including an upper part and a cover sidewall that extends from the upper part toward the bottom of the housing body and forms at least a part of the sidewall of the housing, and the housing cover is a pressed metal member, wherein a lead wire connected to the motor is arranged between the cover sidewall of the housing cover and the bottom of the housing body, wherein the housing cover includes a wire guide portion extending radially outward from a bottom-side portion of the cover sidewall and being bent away from the bottom of the housing body.