IP Library Granted Patent US 9,593,687
Granted Patent B2
US 9,593,687 · App. 13/993,075 · Granted Mar 14, 2017

Ceiling fan

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Patent No.
US 9,593,687
App. No.
13/993,075
Granted
Mar 14, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (39)

1. 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 protruding vertically from the upper body cover between the first opening and the second opening, the first wall being a cylindrical plate and having a top edge,

wherein the upper body cover has a first inclined surface inclining downward in an outward direction between the first opening and the first wall.

2. The ceiling fan of claim 1 , wherein

the first wall is adjacent to the second opening.

3. The ceiling fan of claim 1 , wherein

the upper body cover further has a second inclined surface outside the first wall, the second inclined surface inclining downward in the outward direction from the first wall; and

the second opening is formed in the second inclined surface.

4. The ceiling fan of claim 1 , wherein

the upper body cover further includes a second wall standing around the shaft along a periphery of the first opening.

5. The ceiling fan of claim 1 , further comprising:

an outer cover covering a periphery of the suspending unit and the upper body cover.

6. The ceiling fan of claim 1 , wherein

the first wall includes a groove communicating between the first inclined surface and an outside of the second opening by way of a guide unit located between the second opening and another of the second opening.

7. 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 between the plurality of slits and the central hole, the wall portion including a plurality of arc-shaped portions and guide unit portions, the wall portion being a cylindrical plate protruding vertically from the upper body cover and having a top edge,

the upper body cover further includes a first inclined surface inclining downward in an outward direction from the central hole to the wall portion, and a plurality of grooves, each of the plurality of grooves located between adjacent guide unit portions and where the wall portion is not formed.

8. The ceiling fan body of claim 7 , wherein the upper body cover further includes a second wall portion disposed along a periphery of the central hole.

9. The ceiling fan of claim 4 , wherein

the upper body cover has a first inclined surface inclining downward in an outward direction from the first opening to the first wall.

10. 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 between the plurality of slits and the central hole, the wall portion including a plurality of arc-shaped portions and guide unit portions, the wall portion being a cylindrical plate protruding vertically from the upper body cover and has a top edge,

the upper body cover further includes a first inclined surface inclining downward in an outward direction from the central hole to the wall portion and a second surface outside the wall portion, the plurality of slits formed in the second surface.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →