Patents by Inventor Bobby Neal Norwood

Bobby Neal Norwood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220178386
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly comprising a motor, a mount for coupling to a structure and for suspending the motor, and a ceiling fan blade comprising only a blade body for coupling to the motor, wherein the ceiling fan blade is formed from a molded pulp comprising at least one of paper fibers, plant fibers, or wood fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason, James Walter Longmire, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Patent number: 11346360
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a ceiling fan mount with a dual axis gimble. The dual axis gimble can be received by a mounting bracket so that at least a first and second axis of rotation are provided to the ceiling fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Patent number: 11261877
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The blade can include a body having an outer surface with a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, and a side edge. The top surface includes a chamfered portion extending between a flat portion, and the side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Charles William Botkin
  • Publication number: 20220034329
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The blade can include a body having an outer surface with a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, and a side edge. A chamfered transition can extend between one of the flat top surface or the flat bottom surface, and the side edge. The chamfered transition can include multiple chamfered edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Charles William Botkin
  • Patent number: 11215198
    Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason, James Walter Longmire, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20210372427
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or blade thereof can include a fan motor for rotating the blade. The blade can include an airfoil body having an outer surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a root and a tip. The blade can be separated into three distinct cross sections including a first cross section as a lifting cross section, a second cross section as a flat cross section, and a third cross section as a transition section between the first and second cross sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Charles William Botkin
  • Publication number: 20210364002
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor with multiple blade mounts, multiple blades having a removable blade tip, a balancing weight mount carried by the multiple blades and covered by the removable tip, and where each of the multiple blades are pre-balanced and indexed to a corresponding one of the multiple blade mounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Patent number: 11168698
    Abstract: A ceiling fan can include a motor having a rotor defining a rotational axis and a rotor periphery. At least one blade iron is mounted to the rotor and includes a first blade mount located radially exterior of the rotor periphery and a second blade mount located radially interior of the rotor periphery. A blade mounts to the blade iron at both the first blade mount and the second blade mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson, James Thomas Breeden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11118592
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor with multiple blade mounts, multiple blades having a removable blade tip, a balancing weight mount carried by the multiple blades and covered by the removable tip, and where each of the multiple blades are pre-balanced and indexed to a corresponding one of the multiple blade mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Patent number: 11111930
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or blade thereof can include a fan motor for rotating the blade. The blade can include an airfoil body having an outer surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a root and a tip. The blade can be separated into three distinct cross sections including a first cross section as a lifting cross section, a second cross section as a flat cross section, and a third cross section as a transition section between the first and second cross sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Charles William Botkin
  • Publication number: 20210262480
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a housing including a first portion and a second portion, whereby the first portion selectively couples to the second portion. The housing can further include one or more sealing or deflecting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20210215167
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a ceiling fan mount with a dual axis gimble. The dual axis gimble can be received by a mounting bracket so that at least a first and second axis of rotation are provided to the ceiling fan assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Publication number: 20210207609
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor with multiple blade mounts, multiple blades having a removable blade tip, a balancing weight mount carried by the multiple blades and covered by the removable tip, and where each of the multiple blades are pre-balanced and indexed to a corresponding one of the multiple blade mounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Publication number: 20210199131
    Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason, James Walter Longmire, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20210190081
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or ceiling fan assembly can include a motor to rotatably drive a set of fan blades. The set of fan blades are attached to the motor via a blade iron, which mounts the blades to a rotating rotor of the motor. A grommet is provided within holes of the blades, between the blade and a fastener, to reduce vibration and improve dampening at the junction between the blades and the motor. Multiple flanges are formed at the end of each grommet. The multiple flanges provide for improved compressibility to improve ease of installation, which resisting sliding of the grommet from the holes in the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Publication number: 20210180614
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can further include a hanger ball with an indexing pin. The ball hanger can be received by a mounting bracket so that, via an alignment guide, the indexing pin of the hanger ball aligns with an indexing groove on the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Patent number: 10995769
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The blade can include a body having an outer surface with a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, and a side edge. A curved transition can extend between one of the flat top surface or the flat bottom surface, and the side edge. The curved transition can include an elliptical curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Charles William Botkin
  • Patent number: D906511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Christine Marie Holmes Bradley, Charles William Botkin
  • Patent number: D957617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Christine Marie Holmes Bradley, Charles William Botkin
  • Patent number: D957619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Norwood, Christine Marie Holmes Bradley, Charles William Botkin