Patent ID: 8961126
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F04D,F21V,F24F

Abstract:
1. A ventilation exhaust fan, comprising: a housing having closed top, side walls and open bottom, and a side outlet; a blower wheel having a central axis portion, located inside of the housing; a motor having an upper end and a bottom end, the motor mounted both substantially inside of the blower wheel and the motor substantially extending below the blower wheel, the motor having a rotatable rod extending upward from the upper end of the motor and being attached to the central axis of the blower wheel; a motor mounting plate having an opening therethrough; a generally U-shaped motor bracket attached to the motor mounting plate for mounting the motor in the opening of the motor mounting plate, with the blower wheel to one side of the motor mounting plate, wherein the motor mounting plate with the mounted motor and blower wheel are both insertable into the housing as a single unit, and are removable from the housing as the single unit; a recessed can mounted to the open bottom of the housing adjacent to the wheel and motor, the recessed can having a generally conical shape with a large open end, and a narrow open end; a light in the recessed can adjacent to the narrow open end, the light being air sealed with the narrow open end, wherein air enters into the housing about the large open end of the can about the can, and not through the can, with the air exhausted from the outlet of the housing by the motor run blower; a removable vertical plug panel in the housing between the recessed can and the motor mounted blower wheel, the vertical panel having an upper end attached to the closed top of the housing, the vertical panel separating a first compartment having the motor and blower wheel, from a second compartment having the recessed can and the light, the first compartment being side by side with the second compartment, with the first compartment having a closed bottom beneath the motor and the blower wheel; a first male plug and a first female receptacle on the vertical panel connecting power to the light; and a second male plug and a second female receptacle on the vertical panel connecting power to the motor.