US 12,188,479 B2
Fan assembly of clothes treatment device and clothes treatment device
Yingqing Peng, Wuxi (CN); and Guangqing Mei, Wuxi (CN)
Assigned to WUXI FILIN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuxi (CN)
Appl. No. 17/614,565
Filed by WUXI FILIN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuxi (CN)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/121723
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/082160, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201911033525.4 (CN), filed on Oct. 28, 2019; and application No. 201921828964.X (CN), filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220968 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. F04D 25/08 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/28 (2006.01); F04D 29/42 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 25/08 (2013.01) [D06F 58/20 (2013.01); F04D 25/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/281 (2013.01); F04D 29/4226 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan assembly for a clothes treatment device, comprising:
an air passage housing defining an installation cavity;
an impeller rotatably provided in the installation cavity; and
a motor provided in the air passage housing and comprising a stator and a rotor, the stator being fitted over an outside of the rotor, and the rotor being configured to drive the impeller,
wherein:
the motor extends towards an upper cover of the clothes treatment device and/or an inner wall of the air passage housing; a distance between an upper end of the motor and the upper cover is h1, and the h1 is greater than or equal to 5 mm; and a distance between a lower end of the motor and the inner wall of the air passage housing in a vertical direction is h2, and the h2 is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm; and
the motor at least partially extends beyond the installation cavity, a distance that the lower end of the motor extends downwards beyond a lower outer surface of the installation cavity is h3, and a distance that the upper end of the motor extends upwards beyond an upper outer surface of the installation cavity is h4, and the h3 is greater than the h4.