IP Library Granted Patent US 7,081,724
Granted Patent B2
US 7,081,724 · App. 10/530,251 · Granted Jul 25, 2006

Electrical actuator having a direct current motor

Assignee: Somfy SAS
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Patent No.
US 7,081,724
App. No.
10/530,251
Granted
Jul 25, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical mains-powered actuator designed to operate a closing, darkening or solar protection element, having in a common enclosure, a direct current motor, a board controlling the motor power supply and an AC/DC voltage converter, the control board including a radio-wave receiver, such that the voltage converter enables lowering of the voltage and includes at least one switch controlled at a frequency (F 1 ) such that it is at most equal to twice the mains sector frequency or such that its ratio to the radio-wave receiver frequency (F 0 ) ranges between 2.2 10 −5 to 2.2 10 −4 .

Claims (13)

1. An electrical actuator configured to operate a closing, darkening or solar protection element and operatively coupled to a mains input voltage source having a mains frequency, the actuator in a common enclosure comprising:

a direct current motor;

a control board configured to control the motor;

an AC/DC voltage converter configured to convert and lower the input voltage source and having at least one switch operating at a switching frequency (F 1 );

a radio frequency (RF) receiver configured to receive external signals at a receiver frequency (F 0 ); and

wherein the switching frequency is less than twice the mains frequency and/or the ratio of the switching frequency (F 1 ) to the receiver frequency (F 0 ) ranges between 2.2×10^−5 and 2.2×10^−4 so that energy generated by the AC/DC voltage converter does not interfere with the RF receiver.

2. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the AC/DC voltage converter comprises a voltage transformer.

3. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the AC/DC voltage converter and the control board are mounted on the same printed circuit.

4. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radio-wave receiver of the control board is provided with an antenna located inside the enclosure of the actuator.

5. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the AC/DC voltage converter and the control board are mounted on the same printed circuit.

6. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the radio-wave receiver of the control board is provided with an antenna located inside the enclosure of the actuator.

7. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the radio-wave receiver of the control board is provided with an antenna located inside the enclosure of the actuator.

8. The electrical actuator as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the radio-wave receiver of the control board is provided with an antenna located inside the enclosure of the actuator.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 2, 2020
From: SOMFY SAS
To: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
Reel/Frame 054571/0027 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2005
From: BOUIX, MARC; BRUNO, SERGE
To: SOMFY SAS
Reel/Frame 016821/0032 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 02 12618 · Oct 10, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060012319A1 · Jan 19, 2006