ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,022, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hunter Fan Co. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Ceiling fan with a blade quick connection" was invented by Xin Shi (Zhongshan, China), Huahai Wu (Guangdong Province, China), Yongle Chen (Guangdong Province, China), Mengdong Dong (Guangdong Province, China), Linjjun Xu (Guangdong Province, China), Binghui Guo (Guangdong Province, China) and Tian Zhou (Guangdong Province, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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. A blade iron can couple the blades to the rotor. A blade iron...