Patents by Inventor Douglas Troy Mason

Douglas Troy Mason 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).

  • Patent number: 11967883
    Abstract: Ceiling fans suspended from a structure have a motor to drive blades for moving a volume of air about an area. The motor, with a rotor and stator, can be electrically coupled to the structure. Blades mount to the rotor such that the blades are rotatably driven by the motor. A motor case can mount to the rotor and encase the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Patent number: 11939989
    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. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Patent number: 11940132
    Abstract: A light can be suspended from a structure to illuminate a space. The light can mount to the structure with a hanger bracket including a seat. A ball mount coupled to a downrod can be received within the seat to suspend the downrod. An open mouth in the hanger bracket permits insertion of the downrod to facilitate installation. A canopy can fasten to the hanger bracket to suspend the canopy from the structure via the downrod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Jack Doresky, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20240097734
    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. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Publication number: 20240084808
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a motor housing and a motor enclosed by the motor housing. A set of blades can extend from the motor housing and be operably coupled to the motor. The motor can include a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The motor housing can include an upper housing and a lower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Michael Paul Conti, Jason Matthew McPherson, Charles David McKee, Arvind G. Ramani, Douglas Troy Mason, Nicholas Dakota Vongprachanh
  • Patent number: 11913475
    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: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, James Walter Longmire, Douglas Troy Mason, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20230383917
    Abstract: A light assembly for mounting to a light to a sloped surface using a hanger bracket and a downrod such that the light is suspended from the hanger bracket via the downrod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jack Doresky, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20230383931
    Abstract: A light can be suspended from a structure to illuminate a space. The light can mount to the structure with a hanger bracket including a seat. A ball mount coupled to a downrod can be received within the seat to suspend the downrod. An open mouth in the hanger bracket permits insertion of the downrod to facilitate installation. A canopy can fasten to the hanger bracket to suspend the canopy from the structure via the downrod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jack Doresky, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Patent number: 11828435
    Abstract: A light assembly for mounting to a light to a sloped surface using a hanger bracket and a downrod such that the light is suspended from the hanger bracket via the downrod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Jack Doresky, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20230361650
    Abstract: Ceiling fans suspended from a structure have a motor to drive blades for moving a volume of air about an area. The motor, with a rotor and stator, can be electrically coupled to the structure. Blades mount to the rotor such that the blades are rotatably driven by the motor. A motor case can mount to the rotor and encase the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20230340961
    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: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Publication number: 20230323894
    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. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Patent number: 11773875
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor and a stator, at least one blade operably coupled to the stator, a motor shaft extending from the stator and having an internal wire passage and a wire opening in a side of the motor shaft, with the wire opening providing access to the internal wire passage, a control mounting plate having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends and an electronic control unit carried by a side of the control mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Matthew McPherson
  • Patent number: 11773858
    Abstract: A motor adapter assembly can couple a motor shaft for a ceiling fan motor to a downrod. The motor adapter assembly can include a base plate, a cradle with arms extending through the base plate, and a threaded bushing secured between the arms of the cradle. Threading a cap to the threaded bushing can be used to pivot the downrod between an upright position and a pivoted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: William Walter Walker, Jr., Douglas Troy Mason, Matthew McPherson, Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones
  • Publication number: 20230265856
    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 motor assembly and a light kit. The light kit can include a light frame and a light glass holder. The light frame can selectively couple to the light glass holder by a threaded connection. The light kit, motor assembly, or between the light kit and motor assembly can further include one or more sealing or deflecting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Patent number: 11732724
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Patent number: 11674522
    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 motor assembly and a light kit. The light kit can include a light frame and a light glass holder. The light frame can selectively couple to the light glass holder by a threaded connection. The light kit, motor assembly, or between the light kit and motor assembly can further include one or more sealing or deflecting components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20230175528
    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: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, James Walter Longmire, Douglas Troy Mason, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20230175516
    Abstract: A motor adapter assembly can couple a motor shaft for a ceiling fan motor to a downrod. The motor adapter assembly can include a base plate, a cradle with arms extending through the base plate, and a threaded bushing secured between the arms of the cradle. Threading a cap to the threaded bushing can be used to pivot the downrod between an upright position and a pivoted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: William Walter Walker, Jr., Douglas Troy Mason, Matthew McPherson, Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones
  • Publication number: 20230160399
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor and a stator, at least one blade operably coupled to the stator, a motor shaft extending from the stator and having an internal wire passage and a wire opening in a side of the motor shaft, with the wire opening providing access to the internal wire passage, a control mounting plate having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends and an electronic control unit carried by a side of the control mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Troy Mason, Matthew McPherson