US 11,732,724 B2
Ceiling fan blade and grommet
Douglas Troy Mason, Horn Lake, MS (US); and Bobby Neal Norwood, Oakland, TN (US)
Assigned to Hunter Fan Company, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by HUNTER FAN COMPANY, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/112,250.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,763, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0190081 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. F04D 25/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/34 (2006.01); F04D 29/64 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 25/088 (2013.01) [F04D 29/34 (2013.01); F04D 29/646 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ceiling fan assembly comprising:
a motor including a rotor;
a blade including a top surface and a bottom surface, with a mount hole extending between the top surface and the bottom surface;
a blade iron connecting the blade to the rotor; and
a grommet provided in the mount hole and including a cylindrical body with a first end and a second end, with a set of flanges including multiple discrete flanges extending laterally from at least one of the first end or the second end
wherein the set of flanges includes eight flanges, with four flanges extending from each of the first end and the second end.