DOWNROD ASSEMBLY AND CEILING FAN

• Main Authors: TANG, Xinmin, LEI, Shuisheng, LIANG, Yaoguang
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.04.2020
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

The present disclosure provides a downrod assembly and a ceiling fan. The downrod assembly includes: an electric motor, an adapter subassembly and a downrod. The adapter subassembly is connected with an electric motor shaft of the electric motor; and the downrod is connected with the adapter subassembly and is capable of rotating with respect to the electric motor by means of the adapter subassembly. For the ceiling fan provided by the present disclosure, the downrod is able to rotate with respect to the electric motor, and the downrod is folded during transportation and handling to reduce the volume of the ceiling fan, thereby reducing the packaging volume. On the one hand, it is possible to avoid loss of small parts caused by detaching and packaging individual parts of the ceiling fan. On the other hand, it is possible to avoid an inconvenient handling and a low transport efficiency of the ceiling fan caused by a large volume of the downrod and the electric motor in the assembled ceiling fan. The volume of the ceiling fan is relatively small after the downrod rotates with respect to the electric motor, such that more ceiling fans can be transported without changing the space for transportation in a transport device, thereby improving the transport efficiency, and moreover, manual handling may be convenient, thereby improving handling efficiency.