Ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10371409-B2
Application number	US-201615271456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2011
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A ceiling mounted ventilation fan includes a housing, a fan unit and lighting equipment installed in the housing. The housing including a first opening connected to an air outlet and communicating with a duct, and a second opening that communicates with a room interior. The lighting equipment includes an illumination unit, and a cover, that surrounds the illumination unit, and has a reflecting surface which reflects light from the illumination unit and guides the light into the room. The fan unit includes a fan and a casing positioned at a first position, spaced, from a second position that is above the second opening, the fan casing surrounding the fan and having an air inlet opening directed upwardly. Air is introduced through the second opening and through the air inlet into the fan unit and is discharged through into the duct by the fan unit.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination comprising a housing, a fan unit and lighting equipment installed in the housing,
the housing comprising:
a first opening connected to an air outlet of the fan unit, the first opening configured to communicate with a duct; and
a second opening provided in a lower part of the housing so as to communicate with an interior of a room,

the lighting equipment comprising:
an illumination unit,

the fan unit comprising:
a fan; and
a fan casing positioned at a first position, spaced, in a horizontal direction, from a second position that is above the second opening, the fan casing surrounding the fan, the fan casing having an air inlet opening directed upwardly, wherein

when air is introduced through the second opening into the housing, the introduced air is suctioned through the air inlet of the fan casing into the fan unit and is discharged through the first opening into the duct by the fan unit,
an electrical unit operable to control at least one of the fan unit or the lighting equipment is positioned facing the second opening, on an inner surface of the upper wall of the housing, and
the fan unit is provided in the housing so that a distance L 1 from the inner surface of the upper wall of the housing to the air inlet of the fan casing is greater than a height L 2 of the electrical unit from the inner surface of the upper wall.

2. A ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination comprising a housing, a fan unit and lighting equipment installed in the housing,
the housing comprising:
a first opening connected to an air outlet of the fan unit, the first opening configured to communicate with a duct; and
a second opening provided in a lower part of the housing so as to communicate with an interior of a room,

the lighting equipment comprising:
an illumination unit,

the fan unit comprising:
a fan; and
a fan casing positioned at a first position, spaced, in a horizontal direction, from a second position that is above the second opening, the fan casing surrounding the fan, the fan casing having an air inlet opening directed upwardly, wherein

when air is introduced through the second opening into the housing, the introduced air is suctioned through the air inlet of the fan casing into the fan unit and is discharged through the first opening into the duct by the fan unit, and
the ceiling mounted ventilation fan comprising legs that support the fan casing on an inner wall surface of the lower part of the housing, wherein
the fan unit is movable between a placement position of the fan unit in the main housing and a maintenance position of the fan unit over the second opening by a sliding movement of the legs along the inner wall surface of the lower part of the housing.

3. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination according to claim 2 , further comprising guides that are engaged with the legs so as to guide the sliding movement of the legs.

4. A ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination comprising:
a fan unit;
an illumination unit;
a housing in which the fan unit and the illumination unit are installed, the housing having a first opening connected to an air outlet of the fan unit and configured to communicate with a duct, and a second opening provided in a lower part of the housing so as to communicate with an interior of a room; and
a member having one of a shape of a circular truncated conical cylinder or a polygonal truncated prismoidal cylinder such that a size of lower end of the member is greater than a size of an upper end of the member, the member being attached to the housing,
the fan unit comprising:
a fan; and
a fan casing positioned at a first position, spaced, in a horizontal direction, from a second position that is above the second opening, the fan casing surrounding the fan, the fan casing having an air inlet opening directed upwardly, wherein

when air is introduced through the second opening into the housing, the introduced air is suctioned through the air inlet of the fan casing into the fan unit and is discharged through the first opening into the duct by the fan unit,
an electrical unit operable to control at least one of the fan unit or the lighting equipment is positioned on an inner surface of the upper wall of the housing, and
the fan unit is provided in the housing so that a distance L 1 from the inner surface of the upper wall of the housing to the air inlet of the fan casing is greater than a height L 2 of the electrical unit from the inner surface of the upper wall.

5. A ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination comprising:
a fan unit;
an illumination unit;
a housing in which the fan unit and the illumination unit are installed, the housing having a first opening connected to an air outlet of the fan unit and configured to communicate with a duct, and a second opening provided in a lower part of the housing so as to communicate with an interior of a room; and
a member having one of a shape of a circular truncated conical cylinder or a polygonal truncated prismoidal cylinder such that a size of lower end of the member is greater than a size of an upper end of the member, the member being attached to the housing,
the fan unit comprising:
a fan; and
a fan casing positioned at a first position, spaced, in a horizontal direction, from a second position that is above the second opening, the fan casing surrounding the fan, the fan casing having an air inlet opening directed upwardly, wherein

when air is introduced through the second opening into the housing, the introduced air is suctioned through the air inlet of the fan casing into the fan unit and is discharged through the first opening into the duct by the fan unit, and
the ceiling mounted ventilation fan comprising legs that support the fan casing on an inner wall surface of the lower part of the housing, wherein
the fan unit is movable between a placement position of the fan unit in the housing and a maintenance position of the fan unit over the second opening by a sliding movement of the legs along the inner wall surface of the lower part of the housing.

6. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan with illumination according to claim 5 , further comprising guides that are engaged with the legs so as to guide the sliding movement of the legs.

Assignees

• Panasonic Eco Sys Guangdong Co
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Yang Decong
• Tan Qianhao
• Yang Pingting
• Liang Qiuqian
• Wu Yannong
• Yoshikawa Hitoshi

Classifications

• F21S8/026

  intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling · CPC title

• F24F7/065

  fan combined with single duct; mounting arrangements of a fan in a duct · CPC title

• F24F2221/14

  mounted on the ceiling · CPC title

• F21V33/0096

  Fans, e.g. ceiling fans (forced cooling of lighting devices characterised by the arrangement of fans F21V29/67) · CPC title

• F04D29/4226

  Fan casings · CPC title