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🏢 View company profile →66Patents
1Active
66Granted
37Portfolio score
Filing activity: Apr 30, 1980 → Nov 18, 2004 · 1 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5237169A | Installation for controlling the lighting level of premises | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 79 | Expired |
| US4417185A | Driving system for roll-up shades, blinds, rolling shutters and the like | Fixed Constructions | 79 | Expired |
| US5454077A | Communication system between a plurality of transmitters and receivers having relays responsive to those identifying codes of transmitters contained in its respective table memory | Fixed Constructions | 58 | Expired |
| US6324089A | Actuators remotely controlled by transmitters possessing an identity number | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US5328113A | Device for winding the suspension cord of a blind | Fixed Constructions | 46 | Expired |
| US5105871A | Tubular motor winding device for blinds, roller shutters or the like | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| USD491922S1 | Remote control and its holder | General | 37 | Expired |
| US6733413B2 | Drive device for manually driving a blind comprising an epicyclic reduction gearbox | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 36 | Expired |
| US5198974A | Safety device for motorized rolling shutter | Fixed Constructions | 32 | Expired |
| US5429558A | Planetary reduction gear for use with tubular motors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US5237168A | Control of the level of illumination premises | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US4519487A | Alternate manual or power auxiliary control device for controlling winding doors or the like | Fixed Constructions | 26 | Expired |
| US5847525A | Control device for asynchronous motor of shutter or roller blind | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US5803150A | Device for operating a closure element moving at least approximately vertically | Fixed Constructions | 24 | Expired |
| US4665965A | Control system for roller-blinds or the like with swivel blades | Fixed Constructions | 22 | Expired |
| US7726379B2 | Device for driving a closing or sun-protection screen and installation comprising such a device | Fixed Constructions | 22 | Active |
| US4881219A | Control device for a sunshade blind responsive to meteorological phenomenon | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US5207261A | Venetian blind | Fixed Constructions | 21 | Expired |
| US6111376A | Motorizing awning with automatic safety control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6465980B1 | Device for controlling a drive motor of a roller blind | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US5414334A | Control device for an asynchronous roller-blind motor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US7151464B2 | Drive device with radio frequency control | Fixed Constructions | 18 | Expired |
| US4411348A | Control device for electric motor-reducing unit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US5969492A | Instruction broadcast by sensor | Fixed Constructions | 15 | Expired |
| US5699847A | Motorized roll-up device for venetian blinds | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.