Patent ID: 9605687
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F04D,F21V

Claim:
1. A downrod coupler system for ceiling fans, comprising: a ceiling mount adapted to be attached to a ceiling; a downrod having an upper end for being attached to the ceiling mount, and a bottom end, the downrod having a side external opening adjacent to the bottom end; a ceiling fan having a motor; a coupler having a socket portion for receiving the bottom end of the downrod, the coupler having a lower portion mounted to the motor, the coupler having a side through-hole, the coupler having an elongated vertical recess in a side wall of the coupler; and a spring lock mechanism having a vertical leg attached along a side wall of the coupler and a bent portion extending into the side through-hole of the coupler, the elongated vertical recess for supporting the vertical leg of the spring clip, the bent portion for automatically locking the bottom end of the downrod to the ceiling fan motor when the bottom end of the downrod has been inserted into the socket portion of the coupler and the bent portion extends into both the side through-hole of the coupler and the side external opening of the downrod.