Water Heater Blower Housing, Impeller, and Static Tap System

    公开(公告)号:US20210262472A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US16799164

    申请日:2020-02-24

    Abstract: A blower has a blower housing of clamshell construction, including two housing members having a scroll back wall molded with radial draft, an impeller and a motor within the housing, and a static tap connected to the housing. The impeller has a backplate with a backplate back surface region of substantially the same radially converging shape as that of a front surface region of the scroll back wall formed by the radial draft, providing a substantially uniform axial gap between the backplate back surface region and the scroll back wall. The impeller has a ring connected by a skirt to the back plate to define a stepped area behind the ring. The impeller includes impeller blades extending forwardly from the impeller backplate and the ring and back fins extending rearwardly from the ring. The blower has a scroll width of about twice an impeller exhaust width.

    Water Heater Blower Assembly Having a Low Exhaust Port

    公开(公告)号:US20190353400A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US16516851

    申请日:2019-07-19

    Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The housing has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.

    Blower motor assembly having air directing surface

    公开(公告)号:US10473108B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15687971

    申请日:2017-08-28

    Abstract: A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.

    Draft Inducer Blower
    16.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190154044A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US15817981

    申请日:2017-11-20

    Inventor: Steven W. Post

    Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly includes a blower having a fan, a dilution air intake passage, an exhaust gas intake passage, and a discharge passage. The blower is configured to operatively connect to a heater system in a manner to facilitate flow of combustion air into a combustion chamber and to draw dilution air into the blower and to mix the dilution air with the exhaust gases and to facilitate flow of the mixed air and exhaust gases through the vent. The dilution air intake passage is positionable in at least a low flow configuration and a high flow configuration. The dilution air intake passage is more restrictive of intake of dilution air in the low flow configuration than in the high flow configuration.

    Blower Motor Assembly Having Air Directing Surface

    公开(公告)号:US20180010610A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15687971

    申请日:2017-08-28

    CPC classification number: F04D25/068 F04D29/4213 F04D29/5813

    Abstract: A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.

    Blower Assembly with Compensation for Vent Back Pressure

    公开(公告)号:US20170356675A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15181598

    申请日:2016-06-14

    Inventor: Steven W. Post

    Abstract: A blower assembly is configured for use with a gas-operated heater having a burner and an exhaust port. The blower assembly has a blower and a sensor. The blower is configured to operate at two or more speeds and is configured to operatively connect to the burner in a manner to facilitate flow of combustion air into the burner and to facilitate flow of exhaust through the exhaust port. The sensor is configured to be sensitive to pressure of exhaust downstream of the blower. The sensor is operatively connected to the blower in a manner such that the blower will change speeds if said pressure exceeds a threshold pressure.

    GROUNDING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME
    20.
    发明申请
    GROUNDING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME 有权
    电机接地装置及其装配方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150270761A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-24

    申请号:US14730911

    申请日:2015-06-04

    CPC classification number: H02K11/40 H02K5/1735 Y10T29/49012

    Abstract: A grounding device for an electric machine, having a rotating component and a stationary component, includes a core fabricated from a non-conductive material and a plurality of conductive fibers coupled to the core and extending therefrom. The plurality of conductive fibers are configured to electrically couple the rotating component with the stationary component such that an electrostatic charge on the rotating component is directed through the plurality of conductive fibers to the stationary component.

    Abstract translation: 一种具有旋转部件和固定部件的电机的接地装置,包括由非导电材料制成的芯体和耦合到芯体并从其延伸的多个导电纤维。 多个导电纤维被配置为将旋转部件与固定部件电耦合,使得旋转部件上的静电电荷被引导通过多个导电纤维到固定部件。

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