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Granted Patent B2
US 10,704,325 · App. 15/744,175 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Versatile gear motor for roller blinds and non-roller blinds

Inventors: Ronan Georgeault (Cluses, FR); Stephane Thumerel (La Roche sur Foron, FR); Frederic Volle (Ville-la-Grand, FR)
Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
E06B9/70E06B9/32E06B9/322E06B9/72E06B2009/725
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Patent No.
US 10,704,325
App. No.
15/744,175
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a motor assembly for a motor unit for driving a shaft for rolling a blind, the assembly including a rotary motor and an output shaft connected to the rotary motor in order to transmit the torque supplied by the rotary motor to the rolling shaft, the output shaft including a first socket for receiving a drive member of the rolling shaft of a roller blind. The output shaft also includes a second socket, separate from the first socket, for securing a non-roller blind to the rolling shaft.

Claims (32)

1. A motor assembly for a motor unit for rolling a blind, the assembly comprising:

a rotary electric motor; and

an output shaft connected to said rotary electric motor for transmitting a torque supplied by the rotary electric motor,

the output shaft comprising a first connector for securing to a rolling shaft of a roller blind, the first connector being configured to engage with a driving wheel of the rolling shaft of the roller blind,

wherein the output shaft further includes a second connector, separate from the first connector, configured to engage with a rolling shaft of a non-roller blind.

2. The motor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second connector is arranged at an end of the output shaft, opposite to the rotary electric motor.

3. The motor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second connector comprises a cavity for receiving an end of the rolling shaft of the non-roller blind.

4. The motor assembly according to claim 3 , wherein an axis of the cavity is superimposed on a rotation axis of the output shaft.

5. The motor assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the cavity is a first segment of a hole, the hole comprising, from an outside of the cavity toward an inside of the cavity, said first segment followed by a second segment, the second segment being narrower than the first segment.

6. The motor assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the second segment is frustoconical.

7. The motor assembly of claim 3 , wherein the cavity has a polygonal section.

8. The motor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the cavity has a rectangular section.

9. The motor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first connector comprises plural axial edges on which the driving wheel can be supported and immobilized in an axial direction.

10. The motor assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transmission, configured to react and adapt the torque supplied by the rotary electric motor, said transmission being connected at a first end to said rotary electric motor and at an opposite second end to said output shaft.

11. The motor assembly according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a mechanical connector that couples the rotary electric motor to the transmission a manner that ensures a take-up torque between the rotary electric motor and the transmission.

12. The motor assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the mechanical connector includes at least one indentation that receives a positioning element for a casing that accommodates the motor assembly.

13. The motor assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the mechanical connector includes a first ring on a motor side of the mechanical connector and a second ring on a transmission side of the mechanical connector that are axially offset relative to one another.

14. The motor assembly according to claim 13 ,

wherein the mechanical connector includes at least one indentation that receives a positioning element for a casing that accommodates the motor assembly, and

wherein the first and second rings delimit the at least one indentation between them.

15. The motor assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the second ring is provided with at least one stud for fastening the mechanical connector to the transmission.

16. The motor assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the first connector comprises four axial edges.

17. The motor assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the first ring and the second ring are connected to one another by two bridges.

18. The motor assembly according to claim 17 ,

wherein the mechanical connector includes at least one indentation able to receive a positioning element for a casing that accommodates the motor assembly, and

wherein the two rings delimit the at least one indentation therebetween.

19. The motor assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the transmission is a reduction gear.

20. The motor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first connector comprises plural axial edges configured to support and immobilize the driving wheel in an axial direction by snapping.

21. A motor unit comprising a casing including the motor assembly in accordance with claim 1 and a control unit for the motor assembly.

22. The motor unit according to claim 21 , wherein the motor unit is a tubular actuator for the roller blind or an actuator for the non-roller blind.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2018
From: GEORGEAULT, RONAN; THUMEREL, STÉPHANE; VOLLE, FRÉDÉRIC
To: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
Reel/Frame 046084/0496 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 15 57098 · Jul 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180202226A1 · Jul 19, 2018