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US 6,638,019 B2Granted
Ceiling fan
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorVinay Mehta
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Abstract
A ceiling fan has a stator 38 rigidly mounted to a shaft 33 and a rotor 40 rotatably mounted to the same shaft about the stator. The shaft is rigidly mounted to a housing. The rotor is supported upon a thrust bearing.
Claims5
A ceiling fan comprising a housing adapted to be suspended stationarily from a ceiling;
- a shaft mounted to said housing and having a cylindrical bearing surface located within said housing;
- an electric motor mounted within said housing with its stator rigidly mounted to said shaft and with its rotor rotatably journaled about and in direct contact with said shaft bearing surface radially about said stator;
- and a plurality of fan blades mounted to said rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.