Patent ID: 9453517
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: F04D

Claim Text:
1. A mounting system for mounting remote control receivers in low profile ceiling fan housings, comprising: a ceiling fan housing having an upper open end and a lower open end having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the upper open end; an elongated mounting bracket which is generally rectangular in shape, having a left side and a right side, and a first end and a second end and a raised midportion, the first end attached to a first upper rim portion of the upper open end of the housing, and the second end attached to a second upper rim portion of the upper open end of the housing opposite to the first upper rim portion of the housing; a motor mounted to the raised midportion of the elongated mounting bracket between the first end and the second end hanging underneath the mounting bracket; straps; a side shelf extending sideways from one of the left side or the right side of the midportion of the elongated mounting bracket, the shelf consisting of an L shape having a single vertical leg and a single horizontal leg, the shelf having holes for heat ventilation and for the straps, the single horizontal leg being spaced below the raised midportion of the elongated mounting bracket; and a remote control receiver without holes through which the straps pass through, the receiver being mounted to the side shelf by the straps.