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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

May. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Hunter Fan Company, Memphis, TN (US);

Inventors:

William Walter Walker, Walls, MS (US);

Benjamin David Stout, Cordova, TN (US);

Rickey Thomas Jones, Memphis, TN (US);

Douglas Troy Mason, Horn Lake, MS (US);

Assignee:

Hunter Fan Company, Memphis, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/20 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 25/08 (2006.01); H01R 31/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01); H01R 13/70 (2006.01); H01R 29/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/26 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/20 (2013.01); F04D 25/0693 (2013.01); F04D 25/088 (2013.01); F04D 29/601 (2013.01); H01R 13/26 (2013.01); H01R 13/701 (2013.01); H01R 29/00 (2013.01); H01R 31/08 (2013.01); H01R 4/4827 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plurality ceiling fan kits comprising one or more pre-wired downrods or a set of pre-wired downrods having internal wiring terminating on one or more ends in wire leads made of electrically conductive materials. Different electrical connectors, for use with the ceiling fan kits and pre-wired downrods, are adapted to electrically couple one or more sets of wiring by pushing in the electrically conductive wire leads into a plurality of ports disposed on the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors may include a jumper for switching between a single- and dual-power supply switch configuration and indicia for identifying the insertion of a wire into a corresponding port. A method of mounting a ceiling fan to a structure having an electrical supply, utilizing the pre-wired downrods and the electrical connectors.


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