Ventilation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9157630-B2
Application number	US-201214005914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2012
Priority date	Mar 31, 2011
Publication date	Oct 13, 2015
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015

Abstract

A ventilating fan, includes a frame provided with an opening, a fan disposed in the frame, a panel covering the opening of the frame and allowing air passing through and a lighting device disposed in the panel. The lighting device includes a lampshade, in which a lighting part is placed, and a circuitry box of a controller for controlling the lighting part. A gap is formed in a connection between the circuitry box and the panel such that a water discharge structure communicated with outside of the circuitry box is formed. Advantages of the present invention includes that a gap communicated with outside of the circuitry box is provided in a connection between the circuitry box and the panel, which allows water to be discharged through the gap from inside of the panel, even water would enter into inside of the circuitry box, thus safety operation of the product is ensured.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ventilation device, comprising:
a frame provided with an opening;
a fan disposed in the frame;
a panel covering the opening of the frame and allowing air to pass through, and
a lighting device disposed in the panel, wherein:
the lighting device includes a lampshade, in which a lighting part is disposed, and a circuitry box of a controller for controlling the lighting part, the lampshade and the circuitry box being formed in a separated structure,
wherein the panel is provided with a stop plate and a bracket surrounding the stop plate, the bracket being configured with a notch in a side to communicate with inside the panel, and wherein, a lid is disposed for the circuitry box at a lower side thereof, which is provided with a water discharge port corresponding to the notch.

2. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lampshade and the circuitry box are both provided with a lead wire hole through which a lead wire passes between the lighting part and the controller.

3. The ventilation device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the lead wire hole of the circuitry box is configured to be an oblique formation.

4. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a groove is provided at a side of the stop plate with a width greater than the thickness of a wall of the circuitry box and a gap is formed between the groove and the side of the circuitry box.

5. The ventilation device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the panel is provided with grids through which air passes.

6. The ventilation device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the stop plate is placed at a position at a higher level than that of the panel, such that the groove of the stop plate is formed by placing a side of the stop plate at a position at a same level as inner face of the panel.

7. The ventilation device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the stop plate is provided with a chamfer thereby a structure directing to the groove is formed.

8. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a side of the circuitry box is formed to be shorter than the other side thereof such that a gap is formed between the shorter side and the stop plate.

Assignees

• Li Gangyi
• Zhu Jianrong
• Gao Shouyong
• Panasonic Eco Sys Guangdong Co
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Li Gangyi
• Zhu Jianrong
• Gao Shouyong

Classifications

• F24F13/078

  combined with lighting fixtures · CPC title

• F21V31/03

  with provision for venting {(for vehicle head lights F21S45/33; for vehicle rear lights F21S41/192)} · CPC title

• F21V33/0088 Primary

  Ventilating systems (lighting fixtures combined with outlets for air treatment systems F24F13/078) · CPC title

• F24F7/007 Primary

  with forced flow (using ducting systems F24F7/06) · CPC title