Ceiling mounted ventilation fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9746195-B2
Application number	US-201213626268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	Sep 29, 2011
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A ceiling mounted ventilation fan comprises a main housing including a first opening communicating with a duct and a second opening communicating with inside of a room, and a fan unit including a fan casing having an air inlet opened in the main housing, and the fan casing includes a first engagement part releasably engaged with the first opening of the main housing, and a second engagement part releasably engaged with an inner wall of the main housing, positioning of the fan casing in an installation position is achieved in a state that the first engagement part is engaged with the first opening and the second engagement part is engaged with the inner wall of the main housing, and a state of the engagement can visually be confirmed through the second opening in a state that the positioning is achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ceiling mounted ventilation fan comprising:
a main housing; and
a fan unit installed in the main housing, wherein
the main housing includes a first opening communicating with a duct connected to an air outlet of the fan unit, and a second opening provided in a bottom part of the main housing so as to communicate with an interior of a room by being positioned adjacent to an aperture in a ceiling of the room,
the fan unit includes a fan, and a fan casing positioned so as to surround the fan, the fan casing having an air inlet opened in the main housing,
the fan casing includes a first engagement member releasably engaged with the first opening of the main housing, and a second engagement member releasably engaged with an inner wall of the main housing, and
the fan casing is located in an installed position that is shifted, in a horizontal direction, with respect to a position vertically aligned with the second opening, the fan casing being slidably movable in the horizontal direction in relation to the main housing, wherein
positioning of the fan casing in the installed position in the main housing is achieved when the first engagement member is engaged with the first opening and the second engagement member is engaged with the inner wall of the main housing, and
visual confirmation of a state of engagement between the second engagement member and the inner wall of the main housing is provided through the second opening when the positioning of the fan casing in the installed position is achieved, the second opening, the inner wall and the second engagement member being configured to provide the visual confirmation.

2. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising a guide for positioning and guiding an engagement position for the first engagement member of the fan casing and the first opening of the main housing with one end of the guide fixed to the fan casing and with the other end of the guide being in contact with an inner wall surface of the main housing.

3. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising a third engagement member fixed to the inner wall so as to protrude from the inner wall surface of the main housing, the third engagement member being releasably engaged with the second engagement member, wherein
the second engagement member is positioned so as to fit a protruding shape of the third engagement member, thereby the second engagement member and the third engagement member are brought into an engaged state.

4. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 3 , wherein the first engagement member has a first engagement claw that is insertable into the first opening and that extends in a horizontal direction, wherein
one of the second engagement member and the third engagement member has a second engagement claw that is insertable into a hole formed on the other part of the second engagement member and the third engagement member and that extends in the horizontal direction, and
a length of the second engagement claw is smaller than a length of the first engagement claw.

5. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 3 , wherein the second engagement member and the third engagement member, in the engaged state, are fixedly connected by a screw.

6. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 3 , wherein the second engagement member comprises a slanted portion and an upwardly extending portion, the third engagement member comprising a slanted portion and a downwardly extending portion, and the slanted portion of the second engagement member and the slanted portion of the third engagement member, in the engaged state, are releasably connected to each other by a screw.

7. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 3 , wherein the second engagement member comprises a slanted portion and an upwardly extending portion, the third engagement member comprises a slanted portion and a downwardly extending portion, a hole is provided in the upwardly extending portion, and engagement claw is provided on the downwardly extending portion, and the engagement claw is insertable into the hole.

8. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an illumination unit provided in the main housing, light from the illumination unit passing through the second opening of the main housing into the room, and
a cylindrical member attached to the main housing so as to surround the illumination unit, wherein
when the illumination unit and the cylindrical member are detached from the main housing and the positioning of the fan casing in the installed position in the main housing is achieved, the state of engagement between the second engagement member and the inner wall of the main housing can visually be confirmed through the second opening.

9. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 8 , wherein one of the second engagement member and the inner wall of the main housing has a claw and the other has a hole, and
the state of engagement between the second engagement member and the inner wall of the main housing is a state that the claw is inserted into the hole.

10. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , wherein a fan motor of the fan unit is positioned at a side of the fan casing opposite to a side of the fan casing that includes the second engagement member.

11. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , the first engagement member and the second engagement member having distinct configurations.

12. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , the second engagement member having a first end portion connected to the fan casing and a second end portion releasably engaged with an inner wall of the main housing.

13. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , a rotational axis of the fan extending in a direction transverse to a ceiling of the room.

14. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising a fan motor configured to drive the fan, the fan motor being spaced from the first engagement member and from the second engagement member.

15. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , wherein the inner wall is an upper inner wall of the main housing.

16. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , further comprising a guide provided on a periphery of the air outlet of the fan unit, the guide comprising an upper end that is in contact with an upper inner wall of the main housing.

17. The ceiling mounted ventilation fan according to claim 1 , wherein the first engagement member has a slanted end, the slanted end guiding the first engagement member to be inserted into the first opening.

18. A ceiling mounted ventilation fan comprising:
a main housing; and
a fan unit installed in the main housing, wherein
the main housing includes a first opening communicating with a duct connected to an air outlet of the fan unit, and a second opening provided in a bottom part of the main housing so as to communicate with an interior of a room by being positioned adjacent to an aperture in a ceiling of the room,
the fan unit includes a fan, and a fan casing positioned so as to surround the fan, the fan casing having an air inlet opened in the main housing,
the fan casing includes a first engagement member releasably engaged with the first opening of the main housing, and a second engagement member releasably engaged with an inner wall of the main housing, and
the fan casing is located in an

Assignees

• Panasonic Eco Sys Guangdong Co
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Yang Decong
• Wu Yannong

Classifications

• F24F13/078

  combined with lighting fixtures · CPC title

• F24F7/007 Primary

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