US 12,305,655 B2
Parallel-connected lighting fan
Tsung Yen Tsai, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SUPER FLOWER COMPUTER INC., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by SUPER FLOWER COMPUTER INC., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/783,033.
Application 18/783,033 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/211,759, filed on Jun. 20, 2023, granted, now 12,123,588.
Claims priority of application No. 113122382 (TW), filed on Jun. 17, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0426306 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 25/16 (2006.01); F04D 29/52 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/22 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F04D 25/06 (2013.01) [F04D 25/166 (2013.01); F04D 29/522 (2013.01); F21V 33/0096 (2013.01); H01R 13/22 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parallel-connected lighting fan comprising:
an outer frame provided with a plurality of slots each of which is formed at an intersection of two adjacent sides of the outer frame; a plurality of first electrodes disposed within each of the slots and both side walls of the slot provided with a first and a second guide rails correspondingly; wherein the outer frame is connected in parallel with another outer frame, one slot of the outer frame and one slot of the another outer frame are adjacent to each other to form a linked slot;
an electric motor with a fan blade connected to an output shaft of the electric motor; both the electric motor and the fan blade arranged at a center of the outer frame and the electric motor electrically connected to the first electrodes of one of the slots for getting power;
a plug-in electrical connector which includes a housing provided with a third guide rail engaged with the linked slot and a circuit board mounted in the housing; the circuit board having a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of third electrodes which are electrically connected to the second electrodes in a one-on-one manner; the plug-in electrical connector being plugged into or unplugged from the linked slot in a pluggable direction; when the plug-in electrical connector is plugged into the linked slot, the second electrodes are in contact with the first electrodes of the outer frame while the third electrodes are in contact with first electrodes of the another outer frame; and
a light emitting member electrically connected to one of the first electrodes, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes;
wherein the first and the second guide rails are a long strip member projecting from the two side walls of the slot, respectively, and the third guide rail is a long straight groove formed on a surface of an outer side of the housing.