US 11,867,197 B2
Fan motor
Jin Hong, Seoul (KR); Kwangyong Jang, Seoul (KR); Yongdae Kim, Seoul (KR); and Sunggi Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,456.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0052267 (KR), filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340996 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F04D 25/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/52 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/056 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01); H02K 3/52 (2006.01); H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 7/08 (2006.01); H02K 9/06 (2006.01); H02K 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/522 (2013.01) [F04D 25/06 (2013.01); F04D 25/0693 (2013.01); F04D 25/08 (2013.01); F04D 29/056 (2013.01); F04D 29/542 (2013.01); H02K 3/522 (2013.01); H02K 5/161 (2013.01); H02K 5/207 (2021.01); H02K 7/083 (2013.01); H02K 9/06 (2013.01); H02K 2203/06 (2013.01); H02K 2203/15 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan motor comprising:
a motor including a stator and a rotor;
a motor housing accommodating the motor;
a bearing case disposed at a lower portion of the motor housing;
an impeller coupled to a rotary shaft of the motor;
a vane structure disposed at a lower side of the impeller and configured to guide air; and
a lead cable connector provided in the bearing case,
wherein the stator of the motor includes a core and a coil that is wound on the core,
wherein the lead cable connector is connected to a lead cable of the coil of the stator,
wherein the bearing case includes a bearing receiving portion and a plurality of legs extending from the bearing receiving portion, and
wherein the lead cable connector includes a contact point portion connected to the lead cable of the coil, a body disposed on an outer circumferential portion of a leg of the plurality of legs and connected to the contact point portion, and a terminal portion connected to the body.