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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726379 | Device for driving a closing or sun-protection screen and installation comprising such a device A device including a tube for winding and unwinding a screen which is controlled in rotation by a gear motor and which is supported on a fixed head and wherein a rotational part mounted within the tube is kinematically linked to rotate with the tube with the part in... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7683754 | Method for defining a group from among bi-directional objects A method for defining a group from among a plurality of bidirectional objects, comprising the following stages: a) synchronous application to the objects in a group of an initiator event, b) sending of a message containing a group identifier, and c) recording by the... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7151464 | Drive device with radio frequency control A drive device with radiofrequency control includes a motor, a radiofrequency receiver for receiving radiofrequency signals and for controlling the motor. Electrical conductors provide power for both the motor and the radiofrequency circuit. The antenna is connected... | 12/19/2006 |
| D520348 | Rod | 05/09/2006 |
| 6972538 | Device for control of an electric motor driving a moving object The control device includes a switch (12) controlling the power supply to the motor and an actuator which actuates this switch by rotatably reacting against the moving object being restrained so as to cause said switch to be opened and to cut off the power su... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6936987 | Method for controlling an electric motor driving a body in translation The invention concerns a method for controlling an electric motor driving a body in translation between an initial position and a final position determined by a stop, by powering the motor with reduced voltage in the final position approach phase. The motor has a to... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6867565 | Process for learning the limits of travel of a roller blind actuator The process contains the following steps: entering a teaching mode, defining and recording zero, one or two limit of travel positions, exiting the teaching mode, determining the nu... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6814129 | Powered rolling shutter equipped with automatic stopping means The invention concerns a powered rolling shutter whereof the stator of the motor is connected to a fixed support via elastic means (R1, R2) for stopping the shutter in high and low abutment when the resisting torque exceeds a selected value, consisting... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6795284 | Device for stopping a single-phase asynchronous motor with phase-shifting capacitor The invention concerns a device for stopping the motor when the load on the motor exceeds a predetermined value. It comprises means (D1, DZ, R1, R2) transforming the voltage variation at the phase-shifting capacitor terminals corresponding to a ... | 09/21/2004 |
| D491922 | Remote control and its holder | 06/22/2004 |
| 6733413 | Drive device for manually driving a blind comprising an epicyclic reduction gearbox Drive device for manually driving a blind, roller shutter or the like, comprising an epicyclic reduction gearbox consisting of the juxtaposition of two simple planetary gear trains of type I (A1, B1, a1,/A2, B2, a2), the sun... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6668982 | Disk-brake and torque-transmitting device The device, inserted between a motor (9) and a load (11), allows the load (11) to be immobilized when power is not applied to the motor (9) and allows mechanical torque to be transmitted when power is applied to the motor (9). Such a device is produced by... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6465980 | Device for controlling a drive motor of a roller blind Device for controlling a drive motor of a roller blind having stackable slats, the device identifying the type of end travel for the roller blind and operating by analyzing the variation in the drive torque. The automatic control adapts the control of the... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6392374 | Device for control of an electric motor driving a moving object The control device includes a switch (12) controlling the power supply to the motor and an actuator which actuates this switch by rotatably reacting against the moving object being restrained so as to cause said switch to be opened and to cut off the powe... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6339798 | Process for hooking up a group control module with a control module and/or an action module and/or a measurement module The process comprises a user acting on an initial group control module so as to commence the hooking up as a first step. It also includes the following steps: a request for signaling in the network of all the modules which are hooked up with the initial g... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6324089 | Actuators remotely controlled by transmitters possessing an identity number An assembly comprising at least one device remotely controlled by at least one transmitter (ESA, ESB) possessing an identity number capable of transmitting a signal consisting of a frame containing the identity number (A, B) and a command and a receiver (... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6111376 | Motorizing awning with automatic safety control An awning, in particular an awning with a supporting arm, the cloth (1) of which can be unwound from a tube or winding shaft (2) driven by an electric motor (9) and in which are provided means for measuring the drive torque which supply a variable represe... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6104156 | Device for controlling the stopping of a motorized shrouding product Device for controlling the stopping of a shrouding product driven by an asynchronous motor having a phase-shifting capacitor (1) stopping the motor when the shrouding product encounters an abutment or an obstacle and utilizing for this purpose at least on... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6072265 | Supply circuit for a traveling-wave piezo-electric motor Supply circuit for a piezo-electric motor comprising a rotor driven, by friction, by a stator energized by at least two piezo-electric elements (P1, P2) supplied respectively with two alternating voltages (Vp, Va) of like amplitude and phase-shifted by ap... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5990653 | Method for controlling the speed of a single-phase asynchronous induction motor Method for controlling the speed of a single-phase asynchronous induction motor, the stator of which is equipped with a main winding (BP) and an auxiliary winding which consist of half-windings (B1, B2) which are magnetically coupled and wound in opposite... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5973472 | Single-phase asynchronous motor with two windings A motor whose stator is equipped with a main winding (DP) and with an auxiliary winding which consists of two half-windings (B1, B2) that are wound in opposite directions and is supplied through a full-wave rectifier (GR) and by means of two commutating s... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5969492 | Instruction broadcast by sensor The network (N) links control modules (CM) of a device (M) on the basis of a common instruction and of a quantity measured by a sensor (S) associated with a measurement module (MM). The instruction is formulated in the measurement module and broadcast ove... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5454077 | Communication system between a plurality of transmitters and receivers having relays responsive to those identifying codes of transmitters contained in its respective table memory Installation comprising several receiving points and several transmitting points. A control installation especially useful for controlling the operation of roller blinds or shutters. The control installation has several receiving points (4), several trans... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5429558 | Planetary reduction gear for use with tubular motors Planetary reduction gear comprising at least one stage consisting of an input plant pinion (7), of spider gears (8, 9, 10) mounted on a spider (11) secured to an output shaft and to a fixed crown wheel (12). The spider gears are mounted so that they can f... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5414334 | Control device for an asynchronous roller-blind motor The present invention provides controls for driving roller blinds, rolling shutters and doors. The controls include a two directional motor, a control panel, switches, power supply, and a logic processing unit which are all interconnected to allow the use... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410202 | Wound electric-motor stator A wound electric-motor stator (1) equipped with a device for the temporary storage of the wires (6) of the winding of the stator. This storage device consists, on the one hand, of the stator itself (5) and, on the other hand, of an auxiliary piece (10) pr... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5374791 | Automatic stop device for the electric drive of a door, shutter, blind or the like A compact automatic stop device for two mechanisms for counting revolutions which consist of coaxial counting wheels (10, 10') each associated with a notched cam (14, 14') interacts with a cutoff finger (24, 24') securely fastened to a common cutoff lever... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5230416 | Automatic stop device with sliding yoke for electric motor The device comprises at least one lead screw (2) driving a sliding yoke (23) whose guide bar (22) is mounted on a rocker arm (19). The lead screw actuates a switch (27) by means of a cam (28) via the sliding yoke. A deliberate action on the rocker arm mov... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5198974 | Safety device for motorized rolling shutter Safety device for motorized rolling shutter comprising a generator of a signal representing the displacement of the rolling shutter and a logic processing unit (10) capable of working in learning mode and in operating mode for recording and processing sig... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5150846 | Universal device for winding cords, cables and suchlike The device comprises a containing box of substantially cylindrical shape in which a motorized drum is rotatively mounted with guiding rings thereon which can be fitted in different positions. The end of the cords to be wound up are fitted to said rings an... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5111925 | Device for automatically halting an electric motor after a certain number of revolutions A device in which a sliding-gear nut is displaced on a threaded rod, one of these elements being driven in rotation by the motor to be controlled, the sliding-gear nut actuating a switch when it arrives at the end of its travel after a determined number o... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5105871 | Tubular motor winding device for blinds, roller shutters or the like A winding device comprising a winding tube inside which is housed a tubular motor whose profiled output shaft is fitted into a profiled hole in a transverse member fastened to the winding tube, in such a manner that the output shaft is fixed in respect of... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5062032 | Installation for the control of several electrical receivers capable of being in at least two states The installation comprises, in each individual control device (11) a logic processing unit (1) provided, on the one hand, for successively accepting the commands given non-simultaneously by the individual control device or by the general control device an... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4872256 | Process for producing a squirrel-cage rotor The object of the process is to obtain an intermediate short-circuiting ring in a squirrel cage rotor by filling. It makes use of the technique consisting in automatically cutting out and assembling rotor laminations by means of a follow-on machine in whi... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4821592 | Ball cage for a worm-and-nut type drive unit The invention relates to a ball cage consisting of a cylindrical sleeve 1 provided with ball seats 7, 8 intended to receive balls 9, 10 intended to cooperate with a worm 11. The sleeve 1 is intended to be mounted in a cylindrical tube 2. The balls 9, 10 a... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4519487 | Alternate manual or power auxiliary control device for controlling winding doors or the like This auxiliary control device for manually and rotatably driving, for example in case of failure of the current supply system, a motor and reduction gear unit kinematically connected for example to a winding door or grille, a sectional door, or the like, ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4444363 | Device for driving a flexible protection web rolled up on a shaft This invention relates to a device for driving a flexible protection element rolled up on a winding shaft, the free end of the element being connected through one or a plurality of flexible bonds to a winding drum. The winding drums and the winding shaft ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4411348 | Control device for electric motor-reducing unit This control device for an electric motor-reduction unit is designed to permit the accurate adjustment of the point at which it is desired to stop the rotation of the unit. For this purpose, it comprises a slide controlling during its movement in one dire... | 10/25/1983 |
