IP Library Granted Patent US 10,017,986
Granted Patent B2
US 10,017,986 · App. 15/189,100 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Winding device for a windable screen and closure or sun-protection home-automation installation including such a device

Inventor: Adrien Brondex (Domancy, FR)
Assignee: SOMFY SAS
E06B9/68E06B9/174E06B9/40E06B9/72E06B9/80E06B2009/6809
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Patent No.
US 10,017,986
App. No.
15/189,100
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation, includes: a winding tube movable around a rotation axis; a hollow sleeve positioned at one of the two ends and inside the winding tube; a tubular electromechanical actuator inserted inside the hollow sleeve; and two supports, each support being positioned across from one of two ends of the winding tube. The tubular electromechanical actuator includes: a case, and a closing off element positioned at one end of the case. The closing off element has a front face positioned in a plane parallel to a wall of one of the two supports, and includes first fastening elements cooperating with second fastening elements of the support. The hollow sleeve includes a first stop cooperating with a stop of the closing off element, and a second stop cooperating with the end of the winding where the sleeve is inserted.

Claims (24)

1. A winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation, the winding device comprising:

a winding tube movable around a rotation axis,

a hollow sleeve,

a tubular electromechanical actuator, and

two supports, each support being positioned across from one of two ends of the winding tube,

the tubular electromechanical actuator being inserted inside the hollow sleeve,

the hollow sleeve being positioned at one of the two ends of the winding tube and inside the winding tube,

the tubular electromechanical actuator comprising:

a case, and

a closing off element, the closing off element being positioned at one end of the case of the tubular electromechanical actuator, the closing off element comprising a front face positioned in a plane parallel to a wall of one of the two supports, the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator comprising first fastening elements cooperating with second fastening elements of said support,

the hollow sleeve comprising:

a first stop cooperating with a stop of the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical element, so as to block the translation of the hollow sleeve relative to the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator, and

a second stop cooperating with the one end of the winding tube through which the hollow sleeve is inserted in the winding tube, in an insertion direction of the hollow sleeve inside the winding tube, so as to block the translation of the hollow tube relative to the end of the winding tube,

wherein the hollow sleeve and the winding tube at least partially cover the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator, over an axial range extending between the stop of the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator and the front face of the closing off element, wherein the winding device comprises adjusting elements, for adjusting the positioning of the one end of the winding tube, through which the hollow sleeve is inserted in the winding tube, relative to the front face of the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator, along a rotation axis of the winding tube around the tubular electromechanical actuator, and

wherein the adjusting elements of the device are positioned between the first stop of the hollow sleeve and the stop of the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator.

2. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 1 , wherein the winding device also comprises a ring positioned inside the hollow sleeve, wherein the tubular is inserted inside the ring with the ring located radially between the tubular electromechanical actuator and the hollow sleeve.

3. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 2 , wherein the ring comprises, on its inner face, a gear cooperating with a pinion of a metering mechanism installed inside the case of the tubular electromechanical actuator.

4. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 2 , wherein the ring is smooth and forms a bearing.

5. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow sleeve comprises adjusting elements, for adjusting the axial length between the first stop and the second stop of the hollow sleeve and for adjusting the positioning of the one end of the winding tube, through which the hollow sleeve is inserted in the winding tube, relative to the front face of the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator, along a rotation axis of the winding tube around the tubular electromechanical actuator.

6. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 5 , wherein the adjusting elements of the hollow sleeve are sectile elements.

7. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 1 ,

wherein the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator is a part of revolution, and

wherein the tubular electromechanical actuator has a circular section.

8. The winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation according to claim 1 , wherein the outer diameter of a portion of the closing off element of the tubular electromechanical actuator situated outside the case of the tubular electromechanical actuator, in an assembled configuration of the tubular electromechanical actuator, is greater than or equal to the outer diameter of the case of the tubular electromechanical actuator.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: SOMFY SAS
To: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
Reel/Frame 054827/0845 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: BRONDEX, ADRIEN
To: SOMFY SAS
Reel/Frame 039717/0082 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 15 55795 · Jun 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160376842A1 · Dec 29, 2016