Patent ID: 6171060
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: F04D,F21V

Abstract:
A hub mounting system for a ceiling fan having a motor body that rotates around a motor shaft, the hub mounting system comprising:a platter mounting plate secured to the motor shaft, the platter mounting plate having a plurality of mounting slots with a larger initial opening and a smaller sliding opening the smaller sliding openings extending in the same circumferential direction;a hub assembly having:an upper platter plate;a plurality of mounting studs secured to said upper platter plate, each one of said plurality of mounting studs corresponding to a different one of said mounting slots in said platter mounting plate; wherein said studs have an upper head that is smaller than the larger initial opening of the mounting slots in said mounting plate and larger than the smaller sliding openings; and wherein said studs further include an inner shaft portion below the upper head that is smaller than the smaller slider openings of the mounting slots in said platter mounting plate;a lower platter plate;at least one spacer secured between said upper platter plate and said lower platter plate.