Patent ID: 9175874
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: F04D,F21V,F21Y,F24F

Abstract:
1. A ventilation exhaust fan for ceilings, comprising: a multi-piece housing having a top wall, side walls and open bottom, one of the side walls having an outlet duct extending sideways from the housing, the top wall being adapted to be parallel to a ceiling; a blower wheel with a central opening mounted inside of the housing, the blower wheel rotating in a horizontal plane parallel to the top wall of the housing; a motor having an upper horizontal end and a bottom horizontal end and generally vertical sides, only the upper horizontal end of the motor being directly mounted by a plurality of spaced apart brackets to the single outer top wall of the housing, each of the brackets consisting of a single upper L-shaped flange and a single lower L-shaped flange forming a C shape, each single upper L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, each single lower L-shaped flange consisting of a single horizontal leg and a single vertical leg, the single vertical leg of the upper L-shaped flange being attached to the single vertical leg of the lower L-shaped flange, with the single horizontal leg of the upper L-shaped flange directly attached to the outer top wall of the housing, and the single horizontal leg of the lower L-shaped flange directly attached to the upper end of the motor, the motor being substantially inside of the blower wheel and separated from the blower wheel, the motor for rotating the blower wheel; a scroll consisting of generally cylindrical sides and a side opening, an open end and an opposite closed end with a generally flat base plate forming the top wall of the housing, with the cylindrical sides of the scroll surrounding perimeter sides of the blower wheel encompassed, the scroll for directing air from the blower wheel through the outlet duct of the housing; and a flush mount light attached to the bottom of the housing, wherein air enters into the open bottom of the housing and is exhausted therefrom by the motor run blower through the outlet duct extending sideways from the housing.