IP Library Granted Patent US 9,722,220
Granted Patent B2
US 9,722,220 · App. 14/408,047 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Element for mounting a battery in a winding tube of a home-automation screen

Inventors: Sébastien Lemaitre (Cluses, FR); Julien Peillex (Cluses, FR)
Assignee: SOMFY SAS
H01M2/10E06B9/68E06B9/72E06B2009/6809
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Patent No.
US 9,722,220
App. No.
14/408,047
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Element ( 12 ) for holding a power supply device ( 5 ) for supplying power to an actuator ( 4 ) for controlling a movable screen ( 3 ), the actuator causing a drive shaft to rotate, the holding element comprising a body ( 120 ) provided with a hole ( 125 ) for receiving at least part of the power supply device and a longitudinal slit ( 126 ) on at least part of the body.

Claims (78)

1. An assembly comprising:

an electric power supply device for supplying power to an actuator for controlling a movable screen, the actuator causing a drive shaft to rotate, and

a holding element holding the power supply device,

wherein the holding element comprises:

a tubular body provided with:

a hollow cylindrical wall surrounding a hole receiving at least part of the power supply device, and

a longitudinal slit on at least part of the tubular body, the longitudinal slit being provided along at least a part of the cylindrical wall, and the longitudinal slit enabling deformation of the tubular body receiving the power supply device, and

wherein the power supply device comprises at least one electrical energy storage element, the power supply device having a geometry that cooperates with the holding element, wherein the hole receiving the power supply device is slightly enlarged thanks to the longitudinal slit, relative to a rest state of the holding element when the power supply device is not present in the holding element, so that the holding element holds the power supply device by radial inward clamping.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding element further comprises a head comprising gripping notches.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply device comprises at least one electrical wire running a length of the at least one storage element from one of a plurality of terminals thereof at one end of the power supply device towards the other end of the power supply device, the at least one electrical wire creating a local extra thickness fitting in the slit in the holding element.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply device has a geometry that is complimentary to at least one of the hole and the slit.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the hole comprises a stop at one longitudinal end of the cylindrical wall, and

the longitudinal slit extends to an open edge of the cylindrical wall at the other longitudinal end of the cylindrical wall.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the hole of the tubular body has a geometry for cooperating with an electric power supply device in a cylindrical form.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal slit is a through slit.

8. A motorized control system for controlling a windable movable screen, comprising:

the assembly according to claim 1 , and

an end-plate having a receiving hole receiving the assembly,

wherein the assembly is frictionally held in the receiving hole of the end-plate with a close fit.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply device comprises a plurality of electrical energy storage elements, and wherein the plurality of electrical energy storage elements are arranged inside the tubular body so as to be in galvanic contact with each other in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding element comprises a holding rod.

11. The assembly according to claim 10 ,

wherein the holding rod extends at least in part along a length of the tubular body and is diametrically opposite the longitudinal slit.

12. The assembly according to claim 10 ,

wherein the holding rod extends beyond the tubular body over at least twice the length of the tubular body.

13. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding element comprises splines on an outer diameter thereof.

14. The assembly according to claim 13 ,

wherein the splines are longitudinal splines.

15. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hole comprises splines.

16. The assembly according to claim 15 ,

wherein the splines are longitudinal splines.

17. The assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the tubular body comprises a conical outer portion.

18. The assembly according to claim 17 ,

wherein the conical outer portion is located at an end of the tubular body.

19. The assembly according to claim 17 ,

wherein the holding element further comprises a head located at a first end of the tubular body, and wherein the conical outer portion is located at a second end of the tubular body opposite the head.

20. A motorized control system for controlling a windable movable screen, comprising:

an end-plate having a receiving hole receiving the assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the assembly is held in the receiving hole of the end-plate with a close fit.

21. The motorized control system according to claim 20 ,

wherein the system comprises a winding tube mounted rotatably on the end-plate or on a bearing of the end-plate.

22. The motorized control system according to claim 20 ,

wherein the system comprises

a winding tube having opposite first and second ends along a longitudinal length of the winding tube, and

an actuator for controlling the winding tube, the actuator being powered by the power supply device,

wherein the actuator is arranged at one of the first and second ends of the winding tube and the power supply device is arranged at the other of the first and second ends of the winding tube.

23. The motorized control system according to claim 22 ,

wherein the system comprises a winding tube, and

wherein the actuator for controlling the winding is arranged at one end of the winding tube, the actuator being powered by the power supply device, the power supply device being arranged at the other end of the winding tube.

24. The motorized control system according to claim 20 ,

wherein the end-plate comprises a cover closing the receiving hole.

25. An assembly comprising:

an electric power supply device for supplying power to an actuator for controlling a movable screen, the actuator causing a drive shaft to rotate, and

a holding element for holding the power supply device,

wherein the holding element comprises:

a body provided with:

a hollow cylindrical wall surrounding a hole for receiving at least part of the power supply device, and

a longitudinal slit on at least part of the body,

wherein the power supply device comprises at least one electrical energy storage element, the power supply device having a geometry for cooperation with the holding element, and

wherein the holding element further comprises a head forming a shoulder at a first end of the body, the head comprising gripping notches, the slit opening at a second end of the body opposed to the first end.

26. The assembly according to claim 25 , wherein the holding element comprises splines on an outer diameter thereof.

27. An assembly comprising:

an electric power supply device for supplying power to an actuator for controlling a movable screen, the actuator causing a drive shaft to rotate, and

a holding element for holding the power supply device,

wherein the holding element comprises:

a body provided with:

a hollow cylindrical wall surrounding a hole for receiving at least part of the power supply device, and

a longitudinal slit on at least part of the body,

wherein the power supply device comprises at least one electrical energy storage element, the power supply device having a geometry for cooperation with the holding element, and

wherein the hole comprises splines enabling radial outward deformation of the tubular body receiving the power supply device, relative to a rest state of the holding element when the power supply device is not present in the holding element, so that the holding element holds the power supply device by radial inward clamping.

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 Jan 22, 2015
From: LEMAITRE, SÉBASTIEN; PEILLEX, JULIEN
To: SOMFY SAS
Reel/Frame 034787/0932 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 12 55522 · Jun 13, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150179994A1 · Jun 25, 2015