US 11,773,858 B2
Ceiling fan motor adapter
William Walter Walker, Jr., Walls, MS (US); Douglas Troy Mason, Horn Lake, MS (US); Matthew McPherson, Memphis, TN (US); Charles William Botkin, Cordova, TN (US); and Rickey Thomas Jones, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to Hunter Fan Company, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Hunter Fan Company, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,633.
Application 18/162,633 is a continuation of application No. 16/163,967, filed on Oct. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,598,341.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/721,223, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,828, filed on Apr. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/595,635, filed on Dec. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/573,945, filed on Oct. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175516 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F04D 25/08 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F16B 7/10 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 25/0606 (2013.01) [F04D 25/088 (2013.01); F04D 29/601 (2013.01); F16B 7/105 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor adapter assembly for coupling a motor shaft of a ceiling fan to a downrod having opposing downrod apertures through a motor housing and adapted to pivot between an upright position and a pivoted position, the motor adapter assembly comprising:
a wedge having an peripheral wall defining a passage configured to receive the downrod and the peripheral wall including opposing wedge apertures;
a cradle with a body having two spaced arms that at least partially define a seat, which receives the wedge, with an arm aperture in each arm that are aligned with the wedge apertures when the wedge is received within the seat;
a pin extending through the aligned wedge apertures and the arm apertures to couple the cradle and the wedge and configured to couple the wedge and the cradle to the downrod; and
a threaded cap provided around the wedge and threadably engaging the pin wherein rotation of the cap draws the wedge into engagement with the pin thereby preventing rotation of the wedge relative to the pin.