Shade motor with power supplied by brackets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11268322-B2
Application number	US-201916245464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2019
Priority date	Oct 21, 2016
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A shade assembly comprising a roller tube, a shade material connected at its one end to the roller tube, and a motor disposed inside the roller tube and adapted to rotate the roller tube to roll and unroll the shade material onto and from the roller tube while the motor remains stationary. The shade assembly further comprises a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube, the motor head comprises a substantially disc shaped motor head locking member having at least one locking tab extending from a side surface thereof and at least one contact pin extending from a terminal end thereof. The shade assembly further comprises a first installation bracket adapted to be secured to an architectural structure and comprising a substantially disc shaped installation bracket locking member comprising at least one locking arm and at least one contact pad. The motor head locking member is adapted to removably attach to the installation bracket locking member by aligning the locking tab of the motor head locking member adjacent to the locking arm of the installation bracket locking member and rotating the roller tube until the locking tab is locked by the at least one locking arm and the contact pin comes into electrical contact with the at least one contact pad.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shade assembly comprising:
a roller tube;
a shade material connected at its one end to the roller tube;
a motor disposed inside the roller tube and adapted to rotate the roller tube to roll and unroll the shade material onto and from the roller tube while the motor remains stationary;
a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube, the motor head comprises a substantially disc shaped motor head locking member having at least one locking tab extending from a side surface thereof and at least one contact pin extending from a terminal end thereof;
a first installation bracket adapted to be secured to an architectural structure and comprising a substantially disc shaped installation bracket locking member comprising at least one locking arm and at least one guiding channel, wherein the at least one guiding channel comprises at least one contact pad disposed therein;
wherein the motor head locking member is adapted to removably attach to the installation bracket locking member by aligning the at least one locking tab of the motor head locking member adjacent to the at least one locking arm of the installation bracket locking member, and thereby aligning the at least one contact pin with the at least one guiding channel, and rotating the roller tube until the at least one locking tab is locked by the at least one locking arm and the at least one contact pin comes into electrical contact with the at least one contact pad via the at least one guiding channel.

2. The shade assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one contact pad is adapted to be connected to at least one of a power wire and a data signal wire.

3. The shade assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first installation bracket comprises a housing having a side wall and peripheral wall inwardly extending about the side wall, wherein the housing comprises a rear portion adapted to be secured to the architectural structure and a front portion adapted to substantially retain the installation bracket locking member therein.

4. The shade assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first installation bracket comprises an installation bracket module disposed within the housing and behind the installation bracket locking member, wherein the installation bracket module comprises the at least one contact pad disposed thereon.

5. The shade assembly of claim 4 , wherein the rear portion of the housing is adapted to retain a user interface connected to the at least one contact pad to transmit data signals from the user interface to the motor via the at least one contact pad in electrical connection with the at least one contact pin.

6. The shade assembly of claim 4 , wherein the rear portion of the housing comprises at least one termination block connected to the at least one contact pad, wherein the termination block is adapted to be connected to an external power or communication network.

7. The shade assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one locking arm comprises a pair of symmetrical locking arms facing each other and adjacently disposed to form a locking tab receiving area therebetween, wherein during installation the at least one locking tab of the motor head locking member is adapted to be inserted in the locking tab receiving area, wherein the roller tube is rotated in either direction to lock the at least one locking tab with one of the pair of symmetrical locking arms.

8. The shade assembly of claim 7 , wherein during installation the roller tube is rotated toward a direction from which the shade material hangs from the roller tube to further lock the motor head locking member with the installation bracket locking member.

9. The shade assembly of claim 7 , wherein the installation bracket locking member is disposed about an interface axis, wherein one of the pair of symmetrical locking arms is aligned with a first radius of the installation bracket locking member, and wherein another one of the pair of symmetrical locking arms is aligned with a second radius of the installation bracket locking member, wherein the at least one guiding channel comprises a plurality of guiding channels each disposed at a different distance with respect to the interface axis, wherein each of the plurality of guiding channels extends from the first radius to the second radius of the installation bracket locking member, wherein the at least one contact pad comprises a pair of contact pads disposed within each of the plurality of guiding channels, each of the pair of contact pads being aligned with the first radius or the second radius, wherein the at least one contact pin comprises a plurality of contact pins each adapted to be received by at least one of the plurality of guiding channels and come into contact with at least one of the pair of contact pads.

10. The shade assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first installation bracket or the motor head comprises a concealing ring adapted to conceal the motor head locking member and the installation bracket locking member when they are removably attached.

11. A shade assembly comprising:
a roller tube;
a shade material connected at its one end to the roller tube;
a motor disposed inside the roller tube and adapted to rotate the roller tube to roll and unroll the shade material onto and from the roller tube while the motor remains stationary;
a first installation bracket adapted to be secured to an architectural structure and comprising a substantially disc shaped installation bracket locking member, the installation bracket locking member comprises a pair of symmetrical locking arms transversely extending out of the installation bracket locking member in proximity to its periphery forming a locking tab receiving area therebetween, wherein one of the locking arms is aligned with a first radius and the other one of the locking arms is aligned with a second radius, the installation bracket locking member further comprising at least one guiding channel in proximity of the pair of locking arms and extending from the first radius to the second radius, wherein the at least one guiding channel comprises a first contact pad disposed therein along the first radius and a second contact pad disposed therein along the second radius;
a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube, the motor head comprises a substantially disc shaped motor head locking member having at least one locking tab extending from a side surface thereof, wherein the motor head locking member further comprises at least one contact pin extending from a terminal end thereof and linearly arranged with the at least one locking tab;
wherein the motor head locking member is adapted to removably attach to the installation bracket locking member by aligning the at least one locking tab of the motor head locking member with the locking tab receiving area of the installation bracket locking member, and thereby aligning the at least one contact pin with the at least one guiding channel, and rotating the roller tube until the at least one locking tab is locked by one of the locking arms and the at least one contact pin comes into electrical contact with one of the first and second contact pads via the at least one guiding channel.

12. A shade assembly comprising:
a roller tube;
a shade material connected at its one end to the roller tube;
a motor disposed inside the roller tube and adapted to rotate the roller tube to roll and unroll the shade material onto and from the roller tube while the motor remains stationary;
a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube, the motor head comprises a substantially disc shaped motor head locking member having at least one locking tab extending from a side surface thereo

Assignees

• Crestron Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Campagna Michael

Classifications

• E06B9/50

  Bearings specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• A47H5/14

  Apparatus for lowering curtains or the like {(in order to remove curtain rods A47H7/02)} · CPC title

• A47H1/13

  Brackets or adjustable mountings for both roller blinds and drawable curtains · CPC title

• E06B9/44

  Rollers therefor; Fastening roller blinds to rollers · CPC title

• E06B9/72 Primary

  comprising an electric motor positioned inside the roller · CPC title