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US 12,584,499 B2Granted
Ceiling fan with blade hub
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorsPhillip Santolucito, Agustin Chacon
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Abstract
A ceiling fan comprising a ceiling mount from which is suspended a motor by a downrod. The motor has a non-rotating motor shaft and a rotor rotating about the non-rotating motor shaft. Multiple fan blades are coupled to the rotor. A guy wire fitting carried by the downrod between the upper end and the lower end. The guy wire fitting having a disk with multiple elongated slots spaced circumferentially around the downrod.
Claims18
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a ceiling mount;
- a motor having a non-rotating motor shaft and a rotor rotating about the non-rotating motor shaft;
- a downrod having an upper end coupled to the ceiling mount and a lower end coupled to the motor;
- a shaft coupler coupling the downrod to the motor
- multiple fan blades coupled to the rotor;
- and
- a guy wire fitting located on the downrod above the shaft coupler, the guy wire fitting having a disk with multiple elongated slots spaced circumferentially around the downrod.
4 more elements
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a ceiling mount;
- a downrod having an upper end coupled to the ceiling mount and a lower end;
- a motor having a non-rotating motor shaft and a rotor rotating about the non-rotating motor shaft;
- a shaft coupler coupling the non-rotating motor shaft to the lower end of the downrod;
- multiple fan blades coupled to the rotor;
- a guy wire fitting located on the downrod above the shaft coupler, the guy wire fitting having a disk with multiple elongated slots spaced circumferentially around the downrod;
- and
- at least one turnbuckle having a hook coupled to at least one of the elongated slots.
5 more elements
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a ceiling mount;
- a motor having a non-rotating motor shaft and a rotor rotating about the non-rotating motor shaft;
- a downrod having an upper end coupled to the ceiling mount and a lower end coupled to the motor;
- multiple fan blades coupled to the rotor;
- and
- a guy wire fitting carried by the downrod between the upper end and the lower end, the guy wire fitting having a disk with multiple elongated slots spaced circumferentially around the downrod, the disk extends laterally from the downrod, and the disk comprises an inner ring, circumscribing and coupled to the downrod, and an outer ring, circumscribing the inner ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.