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US 7,008,192 B2Granted
Ceiling fan blade attachment assembly
AssigneeMinka Lighting, Inc.
InventorRolando Hidalgo
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Abstract
A fan comprising one or more releasable fan blades secured to a hub portion. A spring biased pin may be mounted in a motor housing to automatically secure a fan blade when it is connected with a motor body.
Claims40
A ceiling fan suspended by a down rod assembly, the fan comprising:
- a motor having a motor shaft connected to the down rod assembly and a motor body which rotates relative to the motor shaft;
- a blade mounting arm connected to the motor body and comprising a sleeve;
- a fan blade positioned in the sleeve;
- and
- a releasable engagement securing the blade in the sleeve, wherein the releasable engagement is biased to extend into the sleeve solely perpendicularly to the fan blade.
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A fan comprising:
- a motor having a motor shaft and a motor body that rotates relative to the motor shaft;
- a motor housing rotatable with and connected to the motor body, wherein the motor housing comprises a blade mounting arm having a slot;
- a fan blade inserted into the slot;
- and
- a releasable engagement positioned in the motor housing and comprising a solely perpedicular movable pin to automatically engage the fan blade when the fan blade is properly positioned in the slot, whereby the fan blade is secured.
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A method of removing a fan blade connected to a motor body with a releasable engagement, the method comprising:
- locating the releasable engagement securing the fan blade in position, wherein the releasable engagement traverses the fan blade;
- applying a force to release the releasable engagement wherein applying the force to release the releasable engagement comprises catching a catch of the releasable engagement with a tool and pulling the tool in a direction perpendicular to the fan blade;
- and withdrawing the fan blade from a sleeve.
A fan kit comprising:
- a motor body;
- three fan blade arms adapted to be connected to the motor body, each fan blade arm comprising fan blade engaging structure wherein the fan blade engaging structure comprises a sleeve;
- and
- three fan blades adapted to be secured to the three fan blade arms, each fan blade comprising fan blade arm engaging structure, wherein the fan blade engaging structure and the fan blade arm engaging structure are adapted to engage when the fan blade is properly positioned, wherein the fan blade engaging structure further comprises a member biased to extend into the fan blade arm engaging structure solely perpendicularly.
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A ceiling fan comprising:
- a motor having a motor shaft and a motor body that rotates relative to the motor shaft;
- a plurality of fan blades releasably secured to the motor body;
- and
- a plurality of means for releasably engaging the fan blades with the motor body, wherein the means comprises a pin biased to move solely perpendicularly to the fan blades and traverse the fan blades.
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A ceiling fan comprising:
- a plurality of fan blades;
- means for rotating the fan blades;
- and
- means for automatically securing the fan blades to the means for rotating the fan blades when the fan blades are properly positioned, wherein the means for automatically securing the fan blades comprises a pin biased to move perpendicular to and through the fan blade.
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A fan comprising:
- a hub portion comprising a fan blade arm having a sleeve for receiving a fan blade;
- a fan blade connected to the fan blade arm and positioned in the sleeve;
- and
- a releasable engagement automatically securing the fan blade to the fan blade arm, wherein the releasable engagement soleley perpendicularly traverses the fan blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.