JP6396701B2 - Fan mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fan mounting structure provided, for example, in a blower unit of a vehicle air conditioner.

  Conventionally, a vehicular air conditioner has been provided with a blower unit for blowing air for air conditioning to a heat exchanger (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The blower unit includes a centrifugal fan, a fan housing that houses the fan, and a motor that drives the fan. The output shaft of the motor is made of metal, and a part of its circumferential surface is cut off to form a D-shaped cross section. The fan is a resin molded product, and a cylindrical insert material into which the output shaft of the motor is press-fitted is provided at the center of rotation. The insert material is made of a resin material having higher mechanical strength than the resin for molding the fan body.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-343997

  By the way, when the output shaft of the motor is formed in a D-shaped cross section as in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that it is difficult to balance the rotation of the output shaft itself, although it serves as a slip stopper in the rotational direction. Further, since the output shaft is made of metal, it takes a high cost to cut the output shaft into a D-shaped cross section.

  In view of this, it is conceivable that the output shaft of the motor is made of a round bar so that the rotation balance can be easily achieved and the processing cost is not required. However, when the output shaft is made into a round bar, when the output shaft is press-fitted into the insert material, the rotation of the output shaft relative to the insert material is eliminated, and when the output shaft rotates, it becomes easy to slip in the rotational direction relative to the insert material. There is a risk of forgiving. In order to suppress this, for example, there is a method of omitting the insert material and molding the entire fan with a resin material having high mechanical strength so that the output shaft does not slip. Expenses and molding costs will increase.

  Further, it is conceivable that the output shaft is strongly pressed into the insert material by increasing the outer diameter of the output shaft or by reducing the inner diameter of the insert material into which the output shaft is press-fitted. However, in this case, the diameter of the insert material into which the output shaft is press-fitted increases, so that the outer peripheral surface of the insert material comes into strong contact with the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion of the fan body. The material and the fan body are tightly coupled.

  If it becomes like this, the vibration which has generate | occur | produced in the motor in rotation will be easily propagated to a fan main body via an output shaft and insert material, and there exists a possibility that a fan main body may be vibrated and an abnormal noise will generate | occur | produce.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to press-fit a cylindrical anti-rotation member having a mechanical strength higher than that of the fan body using the motor output shaft as a round bar. The object is to reduce the vibration propagating to the fan body and suppress the generation of abnormal noise.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a gap is formed between the rotation prevention member inserted into the central cylinder portion of the fan main body and the central cylinder portion so that the rotation prevention member is located within the central cylinder portion of the fan main body. The force to contact the peripheral surface was reduced.

The first invention is
In the fan mounting structure where the fan is attached to the output shaft of the fan drive motor,
The fan is a resin-made fan main body having blades, and a cylindrical rotation that is inserted into a central cylinder portion formed at the rotation center of the fan main body and fixed to the fan main body, and rotates integrally with the fan main body. An anti-rotation member, the anti-rotation member is formed by molding a resin having higher mechanical strength than the resin constituting the fan body,
The output shaft is a round bar, and is press-fitted into the rotation preventing member so as to rotate integrally with the rotation preventing member.
A fan-side flat surface and a fan-side arc surface are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion of the fan body,
A shaft-side flat surface extending along the fan-side flat surface and an axial-side arc surface extending along the fan-side arc surface on the outer peripheral surface of the portion inserted into the central cylindrical portion of the rotation preventing member And formed,
A gap is formed between the fan-side flat surface and the shaft-side flat surface .

  According to this configuration, when the motor is operated in a state where the motor output shaft is press-fitted into the rotation prevention member inserted into the central cylinder portion of the fan body, the rotational force of the output shaft is applied to the fan body via the rotation prevention member. The fan body rotates. At this time, since the gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member and the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion, the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member is a fan even when the output shaft is press-fitted. The force which contacts the inner peripheral surface of the central cylinder part of the main body is reduced. Therefore, vibration propagating from the motor to the fan body via the output shaft and the rotation preventing member is reduced.

Further , relative rotation between the rotation preventing member and the fan main body is prevented by the fan side flat surface and the shaft side flat surface in a state where the rotation preventing member is inserted into the central tube portion of the fan main body.

According to a second invention, in the first invention,
A concave portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the portion inserted into the central tube portion of the rotation preventing member.

  According to this configuration, since the recess is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member, the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member is the inner periphery of the central cylinder portion of the fan body even when the output shaft is press-fitted. The force to contact the surface is reduced. Therefore, vibration propagating from the motor to the fan body via the output shaft and the rotation preventing member is reduced.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, the motor output shaft is press-fitted into the rotation preventing member inserted into the center tube portion of the fan body, and a gap is formed between the rotation preventing member and the center tube portion to prevent rotation. Since the force with which the member contacts the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion of the fan body is reduced, the vibration propagating from the motor to the fan body via the output shaft and the rotation prevention member is reduced to generate abnormal noise. Can be suppressed.

In addition , a fan-side flat surface and a fan-side arc surface are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion of the fan body, and an axial-side flat surface that extends along the fan-side flat surface on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member Since the shaft-side arc surface extending along the fan-side arc surface is formed, relative rotation between the rotation preventing member and the fan body can be prevented.

According to the second invention, since the concave portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member, the force with which the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member contacts the inner peripheral surface of the central cylinder portion of the fan body can be further reduced. . Thereby, the vibration which propagates to a fan main body can be reduced further.

It is a perspective view of the ventilation unit which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a right view of a ventilation unit. It is the perspective view which looked at the fan attached to the output shaft of the motor from the upper direction. It is sectional drawing of the fan attached to the output shaft of a motor. It is a top view of a fan main body. It is a top view which expands and shows the rotation center part of a fan. It is the VII-VII sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the rotation prevention member from the upper part. It is a top view of a rotation prevention member. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 9. It is the side view which looked at the rotation prevention member from the flat surface side. It is the side view which looked at the rotation prevention member from the recessed part side. It is a bottom view of a rotation prevention member. FIG. 8 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 7 according to Modification 1 of the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a view corresponding to FIG. 8 according to a second modification of the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the following description of the preferred embodiment is merely illustrative in nature, and is not intended to limit the present invention, its application, or its use.

  FIG. 1 shows a blower unit 10 to which a fan mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. Although not shown, the blower unit 10 constitutes a part of a vehicle air conditioner mounted on, for example, an automobile. The vehicle air conditioner includes an air conditioning unit (not shown) having a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger in addition to the blower unit 10. The blower unit 10 is configured to blow air-conditioning air to the air-conditioning unit. The air conditioning unit is configured such that the temperature of the air-conditioning air blown from the blower unit 10 can be supplied to each part of the passenger compartment after the temperature is adjusted. The blower unit 10 and the air conditioning unit are disposed inside an instrument panel (not shown) disposed at the front end of the passenger compartment.

  In this embodiment, the case where the air conditioning unit of the vehicle air conditioner is a so-called semi-center type unit in which the air conditioning unit is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction and the air blowing unit 10 is disposed on the passenger seat side will be described. In addition to the semi-center type unit, the present invention can be applied to a full center type unit in which the heat exchanger and the blower fan are integrated in the center in the vehicle width direction. The same fan mounting structure can be applied to these semi-center type units and full-center type units. Further, the blower unit 10 of this embodiment is for a left-hand drive vehicle in which a passenger seat is provided on the right side of the vehicle, and is therefore mounted on the right side of the vehicle.

  In this embodiment, the front side of the vehicle is simply referred to as “front”, the rear side of the vehicle is referred to as “rear”, the left side of the vehicle is simply referred to as “left”, and the right side of the vehicle is simply referred to as “right”.

  The blower unit 10 includes a blower casing 11, a blower fan 12 accommodated in the blower casing 11, and a fan driving motor 13 that drives the blower fan 12. The blower casing 12 is configured by combining a plurality of resin members divided in the left-right direction. A fan housing portion 14 is provided at the lower portion of the blower casing 10, and the blower fan 12 is accommodated in the fan housing portion 14. An air outflow passage R is formed in the fan housing portion 14 so as to surround the periphery of the blower fan 12.

  An inside / outside air switching unit 15 is provided at the top of the blower casing 10. An outside air intake 16 is open on the front side of the inside / outside air switching unit 15. Although not shown, the outside air intake port 16 communicates with the outside of the vehicle compartment via an outside air introduction duct. On the rear side of the inside / outside air switching unit 15, an inside air intake port 17 is opened. The inside air intake port 17 communicates with the vehicle interior. An inside / outside air switching damper (not shown) is disposed inside the inside / outside air switching unit 15. One of the outside air inlet 16 and the outside air inlet 17 can be opened and the other can be closed by the inside / outside air switching damper.

  The fan housing part 14 is formed in a cylindrical shape as a whole. A duct portion 14 a is provided on the left wall portion on the front side of the fan housing portion 14. The duct part 14a is a part constituting the downstream end of the air outflow passage R, and is connected to the air conditioning unit.

  An insertion hole (not shown) for inserting the blower fan 12 into the fan housing part 14 when the blower fan 12 is assembled is formed in the bottom wall part of the fan housing part 14. The insertion hole is closed by the circular plate 20. The circular plate 20 is detachably attached to the bottom wall portion of the fan housing portion 14. A fan drive motor 13 is disposed on the circular plate 20. A fan drive motor 13 having a conventionally known structure can be used. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body portion of the fan drive motor 13 is provided so as to protrude in both the upper and lower directions of the circular plate 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the output shaft 13 a of the fan drive motor 13 protrudes upward from the main body portion of the fan drive motor 13. The output shaft 13 a is provided so as to be positioned at a substantially central portion in the fan housing portion 14. The output shaft 13a is made of a metal round bar, and the section of the portion of the fan drive motor 13 that protrudes upward from the main body is substantially circular.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the blower fan 12 is a centrifugal fan (sirocco fan), and blows air sucked from above the blower fan 12 from the periphery of the blower fan 12 to the air outflow passage R of the fan housing portion 14. It is like that. As shown in FIG. 4, the blower fan 12 includes a fan body 25 and a rotation preventing member 26. The fan body 25 is formed by injection molding a resin material such as polypropylene, for example, and includes a cone part 27, a central cylindrical part 28 provided at the center (rotation center) of the cone part 27, and a large number of blades 29, 29. , ... and. The cone part 27, the center cylinder part 28, and the blade | wing 29 are integrally molded.

  The cone portion 27 of the fan body 25 is curved as a whole so that the portion in the vicinity of the rotation center of the fan body 25 is positioned at the top, and is positioned downward as it goes radially outward from the rotation center. Yes. A radially outer peripheral portion of the cone portion 27 is positioned in the vicinity of the upper surface of the circular plate 20 and is an annular extending portion 27a that extends in the radial direction and continuously extends in the circumferential direction.

  The central cylinder portion 28 of the fan body 25 extends in the vertical direction, and both upper and lower end portions are opened. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, two fan-side flat surfaces 28 a and 28 a and two fan-side arcuate surfaces 28 b and 28 b are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the center tube portion 28 in the circumferential direction of the center tube portion 28. Are provided alternately. The fan-side flat surfaces 28a, 28a extend in the direction of the center line of the center tube portion 28, and are arranged to face each other. The radial separation dimension between one fan-side flat surface 28a and the center line of the central cylinder part 28 is the same as the radial separation dimension between the other fan-side flat surface 28a and the center line of the central cylinder part 28. . The fan-side arc surfaces 28b, 28b are arc surfaces centered on the center line of the center tube portion 28, and are arranged so as to face each other.

  Further, two retractable pieces 28 c and 28 c are provided on the upper side of the central cylinder portion 28 of the fan main body 25. The retractable piece 28c is located at a portion of the central cylindrical portion 28 where the fan-side arcuate surfaces 28b and 28b are formed. The retractable piece 28c can be bent and deformed as a whole so that its upper end portion is displaced in the radial direction of the central cylindrical portion 28 by the elastic force of the resin material. As shown in FIG. 3, a fastening bracket A for fastening the center cylinder part 28 is provided on the upper side of the center cylinder part 28.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the blade 29 is integrally formed on the upper surface of the annular extending portion 27 a and extends upward from the upper surface. A gap through which air can flow is formed between the blades 29. An annular coupling portion 29 a extending in the circumferential direction is provided at the upper end portion of the blade 29. The upper end part of all the blade | wings 29, 29, ... is continued to the connection part 29a.

  The rotation preventing member 26 is formed by molding a resin having higher mechanical strength (tensile strength, bending strength) than the resin constituting the fan main body 25 into a cylindrical shape. The rotation preventing member 26 is fixed to the fan main body 25 in a state where it is inserted into the central tube portion 28 of the fan main body 25. As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, a shaft hole 26 a into which the output shaft 13 a of the motor 13 is press-fitted is formed at the center of the rotation preventing member 26. The inner diameter of the shaft hole 26 a is set to be smaller than the outer diameter of the output shaft 13 a of the motor 13. Specifically, when the motor 13 is operated with the output shaft 13a of the motor 13 being press-fitted into the shaft hole 26a of the rotation prevention member 26, the output shaft 13a does not slip in the rotation direction with respect to the rotation prevention member 26. It is pressed in with strong strength. By this press fitting, the outer diameter of the rotation preventing member 26 is slightly enlarged. In this embodiment, since the rotation prevention member 26 is made of a resin having high mechanical strength, it is possible to prevent slipping in the rotation direction over a long period in a state where the output shaft 13a is press-fitted into the shaft hole 26a of the rotation prevention member 26. . Further, since the entire blower fan 12 is not molded with a resin having high mechanical strength, but only the rotation preventing member 26 is molded with a resin having high mechanical strength, the material cost of the blower fan 12 can be reduced. it can.

  Two shaft-side flat surfaces 26b and 26b and two shaft-side arcuate surfaces 26c and 26c are alternately provided in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the portion of the rotation preventing member 26 inserted into the central cylindrical portion 28. ing. The shaft-side flat surfaces 26 b and 26 b extend in the center line direction of the rotation preventing member 26. In a state where the rotation preventing member 26 is inserted into the central cylindrical portion 28 of the fan body 25, the shaft-side flat surfaces 26b, 26b are arranged so as to face the fan-side flat surfaces 28a, 28a, respectively, and the shaft-side arc surface 26c. , 26c are arranged so as to be in contact with the fan-side arcuate surfaces 28b, 28b. By forming the shaft-side flat surfaces 26 b and 26 b on the rotation prevention member 26, the rotation prevention member 26 is prevented from rotating relative to the central cylinder portion 28 of the fan body 25.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the shaft-side flat surfaces 26b and 26b are arranged so as to be separated from the fan-side flat surfaces 28a and 28a, and the shaft-side flat surface 26b and the fan-side flat surface 28a are opposed to each other. A gap S is formed between them. Even when the output shaft 13a of the motor 13 is press-fitted into the shaft hole 26a of the rotation preventing member 26 and the rotation preventing member 26 is expanded in diameter, the gap S is not lost, and the shaft side flat surface 26b and the fan side flat are kept. The distance from the surface 28a is set in advance.

  Further, flanges 26d and 26d are provided at the lower end portions of the shaft-side arcuate surfaces 26c and 26c of the rotation preventing member 26, respectively. The flange 26d is formed so as to protrude radially outward from the formation range of the shaft-side arc surface 26c. The flange 26 d comes into contact with the lower end portion of the central cylinder portion 28 in a state where the rotation prevention member 26 is inserted into the central cylinder portion 28 of the fan body 25. As a result, the rotation preventing member 26 is prevented from coming out upward from the central cylindrical portion 28.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a concave portion 26 e is formed on each of the shaft-side arcuate surfaces 26 c of the rotation preventing member 26. The recess 26e has a rectangular shape that extends upward from the lower end of the shaft-side arc surface 26c in a side view. The upper end portion of the recess 26e is spaced below the upper end portion of the shaft-side arcuate surface 26c. Moreover, the recessed part 26e is located in the center part of the circumferential direction of the axial side arc surface 26c. In a state where the rotation preventing member 26 is inserted into the central cylinder portion 28 of the fan body 25, the portion where the recess 26 e is formed is separated from the fan-side arcuate surfaces 28 b and 28 b of the central cylinder portion 28.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, an inclined surface 26 f is provided in a portion of the anti-rotation member 26 that is separated upward from the recess 26 e in each axial-side arc surface 26 c. The inclined surface 26f is inclined so as to approach the center line of the rotation preventing member 26 as it goes upward. In a state where the rotation preventing member 26 is inserted into the central cylinder portion 28 of the fan main body 25, the retractable piece 28c comes into contact with the inclined surface 26f.

  In this embodiment, fan-side flat surfaces 28 a and 28 a and fan-side arcuate surfaces 28 b and 28 b are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion 28 of the fan body 25, and the fan- Since the shaft side flat surfaces 26b and 26b extending along the flat surfaces 28a and 28a and the shaft side arc surfaces 26c and 26c extending along the fan side arc surfaces 28b and 28b are formed, the rotation preventing member 26 and the fan are formed. Relative rotation with the main body 25 can be prevented.

  When the motor 13 is operated in a state where the output shaft 13 a of the motor 13 is press-fitted into the rotation prevention member 26 inserted into the central cylinder portion 28 of the fan body 25, the rotational force of the output shaft 13 a is passed through the rotation prevention member 26. Then, the fan body 25 is transmitted to the fan body 25 and rotated. At this time, since the recesses 26e and 26e are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member 26, the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member 26 is the central cylinder of the fan main body 25 even when the output shaft 13a is press-fitted. The force which contacts the inner peripheral surface of the part 28 is reduced. Therefore, since the vibration propagating from the motor 13 to the fan main body 25 via the output shaft 13a and the rotation preventing member 26 can be reduced, the generation of abnormal noise can be suppressed.

  Further, since the recesses 26 e and 26 e of the rotation preventing member 26 extend in the center line direction of the rotation preventing member 26, the outer peripheral surface of the rotation preventing member 26 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion 28 of the fan main body 25. The force can be reduced in a wide range over the center line direction of the rotation preventing member 26. Thereby, the vibration which propagates to the fan main body 25 can be reduced further.

  Further, since the gap S is formed between the shaft-side flat surface 26b of the rotation prevention member 26 and the fan-side flat surface 28a of the fan body 25, rotation is prevented even when the output shaft 13a is press-fitted. The force with which the outer peripheral surface of the member 26 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion 28 of the fan main body 25 can be reduced. Therefore, since the vibration propagating from the motor 13 to the fan main body 25 via the output shaft 13a and the rotation preventing member 26 can be reduced, the generation of abnormal noise can be suppressed.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the recessed part 26e is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the part inserted in the center cylinder part 28 in the rotation prevention member 26, it is not restricted to this, For example, the recessed part 26e does not need to be formed.

  Although not shown, a configuration for forming a gap between the outer peripheral surface of the portion of the rotation preventing member 26 inserted into the central cylindrical portion 28 and the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion 28 is, for example, one peripheral The structure which provides a recessed part in a surface may be sufficient.

  In the above embodiment, the shaft-side flat surface 26b is formed on the rotation preventing member 26. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the shaft-side curved surface 26g is formed on the rotation preventing member 26 as in Modification 1 shown in FIG. It may be formed. The shaft-side curved surface 26g is curved in a direction away from the fan-side flat surface 28a of the fan body 25 (a direction approaching the output shaft 13a), whereby the shaft-side curved surface 26b and the fan-side flat surface 28a are curved. A gap S is formed between them. Although not shown, a curved surface that curves away from the output shaft 13a may be formed instead of the fan-side flat surface 28a.

  Further, as in Modification 2 shown in FIG. 15, a plurality of recesses 26 e may be formed on the shaft-side arc surface 26 c of the rotation preventing member 26. The shape of the recess 26e is not limited to a shape that is long in the vertical direction, and can be set to an arbitrary shape.

  The above-described embodiment is merely an example in all respects and should not be interpreted in a limited manner. Further, all modifications and changes belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the fan mounting structure according to the present invention can be applied to, for example, a blower unit of a vehicle air conditioner.

13 Motor 13a Output shaft 25 Fan body 26 Anti-rotation member 26b Shaft side flat surface 26c Shaft side arc surface 26e Recess 28 Central tube portion 28a Fan side flat surface 28b Fan side arc surface 29 Blade S Clearance

Claims (2)

In the fan mounting structure where the fan is attached to the output shaft of the fan drive motor,
The fan is a resin-made fan main body having blades, and a cylindrical rotation that is inserted into a central cylinder portion formed at the rotation center of the fan main body and fixed to the fan main body, and rotates integrally with the fan main body. An anti-rotation member, the anti-rotation member is formed by molding a resin having higher mechanical strength than the resin constituting the fan body,
The output shaft is a round bar, and is press-fitted into the rotation preventing member so as to rotate integrally with the rotation preventing member.
A fan-side flat surface and a fan-side arc surface are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the central cylindrical portion of the fan body,
A shaft-side flat surface extending along the fan-side flat surface and an axial-side arc surface extending along the fan-side arc surface on the outer peripheral surface of the portion inserted into the central cylindrical portion of the rotation preventing member And formed,
A fan mounting structure, wherein a gap is formed between the fan-side flat surface and the shaft-side flat surface . The fan mounting structure according to claim 1 ,
A fan mounting structure, wherein a concave portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a portion of the rotation preventing member inserted into the central cylindrical portion.

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