Ceiling fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9382918-B2
Application number	US-201113812878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2011
Priority date	Sep 6, 2010
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

A ceiling fan includes a suspension part, a pipe, and a main body, the main body has a coupling part, an upper portion of the coupling part has a coupling hole, a lower portion of the pipe has a pipe hole, the coupling part is inserted into the pipe, a bolt inserted into the coupling hole and the pipe hole, and a nut. The bolt includes a threaded portion and a head having a curved surface that conforms to the shape of the outer surface of the pipe. The curved surface has a head direction guide part that guides the direction of the curved surface such that the curved surface is fixed in contact with the outer surface with the nut.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ceiling fan comprising:
a suspension part fixed to a ceiling;
a cylindrical pipe suspended from the suspension part;
a main body coupled to the cylindrical pipe, the main body including a cylindrical coupling part extending upward, an upper portion of the cylindrical coupling part having a coupling hole penetrating in a horizontal direction, a lower portion of the cylindrical pipe having a pipe hole penetrating in the horizontal direction, and the cylindrical coupling part being inserted into the cylindrical pipe such that the coupling hole communicates with the pipe hole;
a bolt inserted into the communicated coupling hole and pipe hole; and
a nut fastened to the bolt,
the bolt including a threaded portion penetrating the coupling hole and the pipe hole and a head located at an end of the threaded portion, the head having a curved surface that conforms to an outer surface of the cylindrical pipe, and the curved surface having a head direction guide part that guides a direction of the curved surface such that the curved surface is fixed in contact with the outer surface with the nut, the head direction guide part is a protrusion extending from a circular arc-shaped end of the curved surface.

2. The ceiling fan according to claim 1 , wherein
the protrusion is spherical.

3. A ceiling fan comprising:
a suspension part fixed to a ceiling;
a cylindrical pipe suspended from the suspension part;
a main body coupled to the cylindrical pipe, the main body including a cylindrical coupling part extending upward, an upper portion of the cylindrical coupling part having a coupling hole penetrating in a horizontal direction, a lower portion of the cylindrical pipe having a pipe hole penetrating in the horizontal direction, and the cylindrical coupling part being inserted into the cylindrical pipe such that the coupling hole communicates with the pipe hole;
a bolt inserted into the communicated coupling hole and pipe hole; and
a nut fastened to the bolt, wherein
the bolt including a threaded portion penetrating the coupling hole and the pipe hole and a head located at an end of the threaded portion, the head having a curved surface that conforms to an outer surface of the cylindrical pipe, and the curved surface having a head direction guide part that guides a direction of the curved surface such that the curved surface is fixed in contact with the outer surface with the nut,
the head direction guide part includes a notch provided at a center of the curved surface,
a guide part extends from an outer surface of the cylindrical pipe in the horizontal direction and is positioned to be within a head outer edge length from a center of the pipe hole, the head outer edge length defined from the center of the head to an outer edge of the head, and
a dimension of the notch is set to be larger than a dimension of an outer shape of the guide part to cause the notch to pass the guide part to align the curved surface.

4. The ceiling fan according to claim 3 , wherein
a nut length from the center of the nut to the outer surface of the nut is larger than a head outer edge length from the center of the head to an outer edge of the head.

5. The ceiling fan according to claim 3 , wherein
the notch includes two notch portions provided at two positions that are symmetrical about the center of the head, respectively.

6. The ceiling fan according to claim 3 , wherein
a length of the threaded portion is smaller than a length obtained by adding a diameter of the cylindrical pipe to a length of the guide part from the outer surface to a front end of the guide part.

7. The ceiling fan according to claim 3 , wherein
the main body includes a motor that rotates a blade, and a connection part that is adjacent to the guide part and electrically connects a power source wiring part extending from the ceiling to a motor wiring part extending from the motor.

8. The ceiling fan according to claim 7 , wherein
the connection part is located closer to the head than the nut.

9. A ceiling fan comprising:
a cylindrical pipe;
a main body,
one of the main body and the cylindrical pipe includes a cylindrical coupling part configured to couple the main body and the cylindrical pipe, the coupling part having a coupling hole penetrating in a horizontal direction, the other of the main body and the cylindrical pipe includes a hole penetrating in the horizontal direction, and the coupling part being inserted into the other of the main body and the cylindrical pipe such that the coupling hole communicates with the hole;
a bolt inserted into the communicated coupling hole and hole; and
a nut fastened to the bolt,
the bolt including a threaded portion penetrating the coupling hole and the hole and a head located at an end of the threaded portion, the head having a curved surface that conforms to an outer surface of the other of the main body and the cylindrical pipe, and the curved surface having a head direction guide part that guides a direction of the curved surface such that the curved surface is fixed in contact with the outer surface with the nut, the head direction guide part is a protrusion extending from a circular arc-shaped end of the curved surface.

Assignees

• Kuramochi Hiroyuki
• Itou Shigeo
• Iwamoto Kiyohiko
• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kuramochi Hiroyuki
• Itou Shigeo
• Iwamoto Kiyohiko

Classifications

• F24F2221/14

  mounted on the ceiling · CPC title

• F04D25/088

  Ceiling fans · CPC title

• F04D29/601 Primary

  specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title