EP2000675A3

Blower With Bearing Tube

Abstract

A blower includes a stationary portion including an inlet and an outlet, a rotating portion provided to the stationary portion, and a motor adapted to drive the rotating portion. The inlet and outlet are co-axially aligned. The stationary portion includes a housing, a stator component provided to the housing, and a tube providing an interior surface. The rotating portion includes one or more bearings that are provided along the interior surface of the tube to support a rotor within the tube. In an embodiment, the blower is structured to supply air at positive pressure.

EP2000675A3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 1

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1.7 yearsto projected expiry

Projected expiry 5 June 2028, counted from filing; an application has no term until it is granted.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0546508A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-15
DE10204037A1	Cites	Germany	X	Search report	1-15
DE19845864A1	Cites	Germany	A	Search report	1-15
US2401386A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-15
US6629528B1	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-15

45 members in 6 offices; this record represents the family

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Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
924909P	United States of America	–	2007-06-05
92490907	United States of America	P	2007-06-05
996001P	United States of America	–	2007-10-24
99600107	United States of America	P	2007-10-24
64477P	United States of America	–	2008-03-07
6447708	United States of America	P	2008-03-07

Members45

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Document	Office	Kind
EP2000675A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2008-12-10
US2008304986A1	United States of America	A1	2008-12-11
CN101324238A	China	A	2008-12-17
JP2008303876A	Japan	A	2008-12-18
AU2008202487A1	Australia	A1	2009-01-08
NZ568932A	New Zealand	A	2010-01-29
EP2000675A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2010-05-05
NZ579429A	New Zealand	A	2011-04-29
NZ590213A	New Zealand	A	2012-05-25
AU2008202487B2	Australia	B2	2013-07-04
AU2013231018A1	Australia	A1	2013-10-03
CN103352866A	China	A	2013-10-16
US8636479B2	United States of America	B2	2014-01-28
CN101324238B	China	B	2014-02-26
JP5468747B2	Japan	B2	2014-04-09
US2014101926A1	United States of America	A1	2014-04-17
JP2014121623A	Japan	A	2014-07-03
JP5872599B2	Japan	B2	2016-03-01
JP2016059276A	Japan	A	2016-04-21
AU2013231018B2	Australia	B2	2016-08-18
CN103352866B	China	B	2016-09-28
CN106968970A	China	A	2017-07-21
JP6211634B2	Japan	B2	2017-10-11
JP2017217511A	Japan	A	2017-12-14
EP2000675B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2018-11-21
EP3480471A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2019-05-08
US10396640B2	United States of America	B2	2019-08-27
US2019334418A1	United States of America	A1	2019-10-31
JP6621783B2	Japan	B2	2019-12-18
JP2020032254A	Japan	A	2020-03-05
CN112412837A	China	A	2021-02-26
EP3480471B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2021-08-11
CN106968970B	China	B	2021-08-17
US11293453B2	United States of America	B2	2022-04-05
EP3978761A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2022-04-06
US2022220972A1	United States of America	A1	2022-07-14
JP7206177B2	Japan	B2	2023-01-17
JP2023033368A	Japan	A	2023-03-10
CN112412837B	China	B	2023-04-07
CN116292345A	China	A	2023-06-23
JP7463567B2	Japan	B2	2024-04-08
JP2024069699A	Japan	A	2024-05-21
EP3978761B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2024-09-11
US12206314B2	United States of America	B2	2025-01-21
JP7693047B2	Japan	B2	2025-06-16

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2025-01-01	Application deemed withdrawn, or ip right lapsed, due to non-payment of renewal feeWithdrawnR119	R119	DE
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2019-04-15	Deletion acc. to par. 5 (withdrawal of the translation of the ep patent)MK05	MK05	AT
2019-03-27	Patent invalid in the netherlands as no translation has been filedMP	MP	NL
2018-12-15	Reference to at number (ep patent validated in austria)REF	REF	AT
2018-12-13	Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grantGrantedR096	R096	DE
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Blower With Bearing Tube

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