Ceiling fan with mounting plate
A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor and a stator, at least one blade operably coupled to the stator, a motor shaft extending from the stator and having an internal wire passage and a wire opening in a side of the motor shaft, with the wire opening providing access to the internal wire passage, a control mounting plate having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends and an electronic control unit carried by a side of the control mounting plate.
1. A ceiling fan assembly comprising:
a motor housing defining an interior;
a motor having a rotor and a stator, with the stator received within the interior;
at least one blade operably coupled to the motor;
a motor shaft extending from the stator;
a platform located within the interior and having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends, with the motor shaft opening being sized to define a gap between the motor shaft and the platform, with the platform and gap extending entirely circumferentially around the motor shaft; and
a split adapter located within the interior and having multiple, inter-connected segments, which surround the motor shaft and occlude the gap.
2. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 1 wherein the platform is a single piece.
3. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 1 wherein the motor shaft has a wire opening in a peripheral side of the motor shaft and the platform is located between the wire opening and the motor.
4. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 1 further comprising a controller located between the platform and the motor.
5. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 1 wherein at least one of the multiple, inter-connected segments is mounted to the motor shaft.
6. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 5 wherein all of the multiple, inter-connected segments are mounted to the motor shaft.
7. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 1 wherein at least two of the multiple, inter-connected segments have overlapping portions.
8. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 7 wherein at least one of the overlapping portions is a step.
9. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 8 wherein another of the overlapping portions resides above the step.
10. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 1 wherein at least one of the multiple, inter-connected segments defines at least a portion of a collar circumscribing the motor shaft.
11. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 10 wherein all of the multiple segments have a portion, which collectively defines the collar.
12. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 11 wherein at least one of the multiple, inter-connected segments is co-planar with the platform.
13. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 12 wherein all of the multiple, inter-connected segments are co-planar with the platform.
14. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 11 wherein at least two of the multiple, inter-connected segments have cooperating snap-fit connections.
15. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 14 wherein the snap-fit connections comprise tabs and tab openings, which receive the tabs.
16. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 15 wherein each of the at least two multiple, inter-connected segments has both tabs and tab openings.
17. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 11 wherein the multiple, inter-connected segments comprise two segments.
18. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 17 wherein the two segments collectively define a periphery complementary with the shape of the motor shaft opening.
19. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 18 wherein the periphery is a circle.
20. The ceiling fan assembly of claim 19 wherein the two segments form equal halves of the circle.
21. A ceiling fan assembly comprising:
a motor having a rotor and a stator;
at least one blade operably coupled to the motor;
a motor shaft extending from the stator;
a platform having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends, with the motor shaft opening being sized to define a gap between the motor shaft and the platform, with the platform and gap extending entirely circumferentially around the motor shaft;
a split adapter having multiple, inter-connected segments, which surround the motor shaft and occlude the gap; and
a controller located between the platform and the motor.
22. A ceiling fan assembly comprising:
a motor having a rotor and a stator;
at least one blade operably coupled to the motor;
a motor shaft extending from the stator;
a platform having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends, with the motor shaft opening being sized to define a gap between the motor shaft and the platform, with the platform and gap extending entirely circumferentially around the motor shaft;
a split adapter having multiple, inter-connected segments, which surround the motor shaft and occlude the gap; and
wherein at least two of the multiple, inter-connected segments have overlapping portions and at least one of the overlapping portions is a step.
23. A ceiling fan assembly comprising:
a motor having a rotor and a stator;
at least one blade operably coupled to the motor;
a motor shaft extending from the stator;
a platform having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends, with the motor shaft opening being sized to define a gap between the motor shaft and the platform, with the platform and gap extending entirely circumferentially around the motor shaft;
a split adapter having multiple, inter-connected segments, which surround the motor shaft and occlude the gap; and
wherein at least one of the multiple, inter-connected segments defines at least a portion of a collar circumscribing the motor shaft and all of the multiple segments have a portion, which collectively defines the collar.