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Connection between a ceiling fan and a lamp

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1999-03-29
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Granted: 2001-01-23
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Expires: 2019-03-29
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Abstract

Abstract A connection between a ceiling fan and a lamp includes a bracket being a hollow conical member having an inner side formed with a projection, a notch extending through a side wall off said hollow conical member and two opposite recesses on an outer side of said hollow conical member, a pair of terminals made of insulation material and each provided at one end with a protrusion engaged with said circular hole and at another end with a conducting member extending into a bottom of said bracket, a suspending tube having a lower end for connecting to a lamp, a plug fitted inside said bracket, and two electrical wires extending upwardly out of an upper end of said suspending tube and then bent downwardly to go through said plug to contact respective conducting members of said terminals.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kuang-Hsiung Hsu

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 06:07
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21V; F21V21/00; F21V21/02; F21V21/03; F21V33/00; F21V33/0088; F21V33/0096

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 260 words
An electrical connection between a ceiling fan and a lamp comprising: a bracket attached to a cover of said ceiling fan, said bracket being a hollow conical member having an inner side formed with a projection formed on an inner side thereof, a notch extending through a side wall of said hollow conical member and two opposite recesses on an outer side of said hollow conical member, each of said recesses having a circular hole formed therein; a pair of terminals made of insulative material which extends from a cover member are each provided with a protrusion at one end of said terminal and with a conducting member extending at an opposite end of said terminal, said protrusion of said terminal engages with said circular hole in the recesses of said bracket and said conducting member extends into a bottom of said recesses of said bracket; a suspending member is fixedly mounted on an upper end of a suspending tube having a lower end for connecting to a lamp, said suspending member being conical shaped and configured to fit inside said bracket through said notch, said suspending member having an outer side formed with a groove configured to engage with said projection of said bracket for preventing said suspended member from rotating with respect to said bracket; and two electrical wires extending upwardly out of an upper end of said suspending tube and bent downwardly, a lower end of said two electrical wires is disposed at a bottom of said suspending member to contact respective conducting members of said terminals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 260 words
An electrical connection between a ceiling fan and a lamp comprising: a bracket attached to a cover of said ceiling fan, said bracket being a hollow conical member having an inner side formed with a projection formed on an inner side thereof, a notch extending through a side wall of said hollow conical member and two opposite recesses on an outer side of said hollow conical member, each of said recesses having a circular hole formed therein; a pair of terminals made of insulative material which extends from a cover member are each provided with a protrusion at one end of said terminal and with a conducting member extending at an opposite end of said terminal, said protrusion of said terminal engages with said circular hole in the recesses of said bracket and said conducting member extends into a bottom of said recesses of said bracket; a suspending member is fixedly mounted on an upper end of a suspending tube having a lower end for connecting to a lamp, said suspending member being conical shaped and configured to fit inside said bracket through said notch, said suspending member having an outer side formed with a groove configured to engage with said projection of said bracket for preventing said suspended member from rotating with respect to said bracket; and two electrical wires extending upwardly out of an upper end of said suspending tube and bent downwardly, a lower end of said two electrical wires is disposed at a bottom of said suspending member to contact respective conducting members of said terminals.

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