Ceiling fan with a blade connection assembly
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorsCharles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
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Abstract
A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A blade iron can couple the blades to the motor. A connection assembly provides for connecting the ceiling fan blade to the blade iron. The connection assembly provides for aligning the blade with a set of fingers and can slide from a first position to a second position to secure the blade to a blade iron.
Claims14
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a motor,
- a blade including an upper surface and a lower surface, with a set of openings extending between the upper surface and the lower surface;
- a blade iron coupling the blade to the motor;
- and
- a connection assembly coupling the blade iron to the blade, the connection assembly comprising:
- at least one finger configured to insert into a first opening of the set of openings,
- a spring tab configured to insert into a second opening of the set of openings, different than the first opening, and
- a spring member,
- wherein the blade is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the connection assembly, wherein in the first position the at least one finger is inserted into the first opening, the spring member applies a biasing force against one of the upper surface or lower surface, and the spring tab is unaligned with the second opening, and wherein in the second position the spring tab is aligned with and inserted into the second opening, and the at least one finger is drawn against the other of the upper surface or lower surface by the biasing force.
A connection assembly for connecting a blade to a blade iron for a ceiling fan, the blade having a set of openings extending through the blade, the connection assembly comprising:
- a first portion including a body extending between a first end and a second end, and including at least one finger to insert into at least some openings of the set of openings;
- and
- a second portion coupled to the first portion and including a spring tab to insert into the remaining openings of the set of openings;
- wherein the first portion includes a pair of ribs extending between the first end and the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.