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US 2013/0280077 A1Published application
Ceiling fan
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyohiko Iwamoto, Hiroyuki Kuramochi
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Abstract
A ceiling fan includes a suspending unit and a ceiling fan body. The ceiling fan body includes a shaft; a motor; a plurality of blades; an upper body cover having a first opening, at a central part, for passing the shaft therethrough, and a second opening outside the first opening; and a lower body cover. The upper body cover rotates with the blades and has a first wall standing vertically between the first opening and the second opening.
Claims10
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a suspending unit fixed to a ceiling;
- and
- a ceiling fan body suspended by the suspending unit, the ceiling fan body including:
- a shaft configured to be suspended by the suspending unit;
- a motor fixed at a bottom of the shaft;
- a plurality of blades attached to the motor;
- an upper body cover disposed on an upper surface of the motor;
- and
- a lower body cover covering the motor,
- the upper body cover having a first opening at a central part for passing the shaft therethrough, and a second opening outside the first opening,
- wherein the upper body cover rotates with the blades and has a first wall standing vertically between the first opening and the second opening.
8 more elements
A ceiling fan body for a ceiling fan, the ceiling fan body comprising:
- an upper body cover;
- and
- a lower body cover,
- wherein the upper body cover includes a central hole configured to receive a shaft portion which is mechanically engaged with a motor, the motor including a stator and a rotor rotating around the stator, the upper body cover disposed on an upper surface of the rotor,
- wherein the upper body cover includes a plurality of slits disposed radially in an outer periphery of the central hole for radiating heat, and
- wherein the upper body cover includes a wall portion disposed radially between the plurality of slits and the central hole, the wall portion configured to substantially prevent fluid from entering the plurality of slits while the rotor rotates around the stator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.