Methods and apparatus to control architectural opening covering assemblies

US10273751B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hunter Douglas Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wendell B. Colson · Weston, US
• Daniel M. Fogarty · Sandisfield, US
• Paul G. Swiszcz · Boulder, US
• Kevin M. Dann · Englewood, US
• William Johnson · Milford, US
• Jorg Bohlen · Langen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2014
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to control architectural opening covering assemblies are disclosed herein. An architectural covering assembly including an architectural covering; a tube to which the architectural covering is coupled; a manual controller operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube; a motor including a motor housing and a motor shaft; and a clutch assembly including a clutch and a clutch housing in which the clutch is disposed, the motor shaft coupled to the clutch and the clutch coupled to the manual controller to hold the motor shaft substantially stationary when the architectural covering is moved under an influence of the motor to cause the motor housing to rotate with the clutch housing and the tube.