Remote-control device comprising a portable remote control and a wall mounting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10658131-B2
Application number	US-201615559213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 29, 2016
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a remote-control device ( 14 ) which comprises a portable remote control ( 10 ) and a wall mounting ( 12 ), the portable remote control ( 10 ) comprising a housing ( 16 ) having a rear surface ( 40 ) and a front surface ( 42 ), located on either side of and at a distance from a median plane (M) of the housing ( 16 ), the housing ( 16 ) including a recess ( 48 ) open at least on the rear surface ( 40 ), the wall mounting ( 12 ) having a surface ( 28 ) for bearing against a wall along a bearing plane (P) and a head ( 24 ) projecting from the bearing plane (P), the head ( 24 ) penetrating into the recess ( 48 ) in an anchoring position of the portable remote control ( 10 ) so as to pass through the median plane (M) of the housing ( 16 ). The recess ( 48 ) is shaped so as to match the shape of the head ( 24 ). The head ( 24 ) projects in an upward oblique direction (D) relative to the bearing plane (P), and has at least one first oblique surface ( 34, 36 ) which, in anchoring position, is in surface contact with at least one first oblique wall ( 48.1, 48.2 ) of the recess ( 48 ). The recess ( 48 ) is preferably open on the front surface ( 42 ) of the housing ( 16 ) and forms a passage between the rear surface ( 40 ) and the front surface ( 42 ) of the housing ( 16 ), which thus forms an eyelet ( 46 ) defining the recess ( 48 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A remote-control device comprising a portable remote control and a wall mounting, the portable remote control comprising a housing having a rear surface and a front surface, located on either side of and at a distance from a median plane (M) of the housing, the housing including a recess open at least on the rear surface, the wall mounting having a surface for bearing against a wall along a bearing plane (P) and a head projecting from the bearing plane (P), the head penetrating into the recess in an anchoring position of the portable remote control so as to pass through the median plane (M) of the housing, characterized in that the recess is shaped so as to match the shape of the head, in that the head projects in an upward oblique direction (D) relative to the bearing plane (P), and has at least one first oblique surface, which, in the anchoring position, is in surface contact with at least one first oblique wall of the recess.

2. The remote control device according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least part of the first oblique wall situated on one side of the median plane (M) opposite the rear surface is situated in an upper half of the housing.

3. The device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head has a second oblique surface, which, in the anchoring position, is in surface contact with at least one second oblique wall of the recess.

4. The remote control device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the first and second oblique surfaces approach one another when one moves away from the rear surface of the housing of the remote control.

5. The remote control device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first oblique surface of the head of the wall mounting and the first oblique wall of the recess are at least partially curved.

6. The remote control device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the recess is open on the front surface of the housing and forms a passage between the rear surface and the front surface of the housing.

7. The remote control device according to claim 6 , characterized in that the head has an apical facet which, in the anchoring position, is flush with the front surface, in shape continuity with the front surface of the portable remote control.

8. The remote control device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the wall mounting includes a body having a planar rear bearing surface embodying the bearing plane (P) and constituting the bearing surface, the body of the wall mounting having a front surface opposite the planar bearing surface, the rear surface of the housing of the portable remote control matching the shape of the front surface of the body of the wall mounting so as to be in surface contact with the front surface of the body of the wall mounting in the anchoring position.

9. The remote control device according to claim 8 , characterized in that the front surface of the body of the wall mounting is complettley covered by the portable remote control in the anchoring position.

10. The remote control device according to claim 8 , characterized in that the housing of the remote control comprises side rims that frame the side surfaces of the body of the wall mounting in the anchoring position.

11. The remote control device according to claim 8 , characterized in that the rear surface of the housing of the remote control includes a lower end portion, which, in the anchoring position, is tangential to the bearing plane (P) or less than one millimeter away from the bearing plane (P).

12. The remote control device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head has a maximum width, measured perpendicular to a reference plane (R) containing the oblique insertion direction (D) and perpendicular to the bearing plane (P), which is greater than or equal to half of a maximum width of the portable remote control, measured in the anchoring position perpendicular to the reference plane (R).

13. The remote control device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the front surface of the housing of the portable remote control is equipped with a grasping interface.

Assignees

• Somfy Activites Sa

Inventors

• Escurier Pierre
• Le Goueff Alizé
• Strubi Frédéric
• Bajard Philippe
• Desagre Thomas

Classifications

• H01H2300/03

  Application domotique, e.g. for house automation, bus connected switches, sensors, loads or intelligent wiring · CPC title

• H01H9/025 Primary

  Stands or organisers to facilitate location or operation · CPC title

• H01H2231/032

  Remote control · CPC title

• H05K5/0204

  Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings · CPC title

• Y04S20/14

  Protecting elements, switches, relays or circuit breakers · CPC title