公开(公告)号：US20210140233A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17259068

申请日：2019-07-10

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Alexandre CHAT

IPC: E06B9/60 ,  E06B9/42 ,  E06B9/72

Abstract: Disclosed is a drive system for driving a screen, that includes an actuator designed to drive in rotation a winding shaft associated with the screen, and a compensation spring. The compensation spring includes a first series of tums having a first spacing; and at least one second series of turns having a second spacing, with a value that is greater than the value of the first spacing.

公开(公告)号：US10938268B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US16754271

申请日：2018-10-09

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Emilie Meynet ,  Claude Desbiolles ,  Jérôme Besombes ,  Pierre-André Gardic

IPC: H02K5/22 ,  H02K11/26 ,  H02K11/30 ,  H02K7/116 ,  E06B9/17 ,  E06B9/42 ,  E06B9/72 ,  E06B9/68

Abstract: A tubular electromechanical actuator includes an electronic control unit including a housing and an electronic board. A first electrical connection device includes first electrical connection elements configured to electrically connect the board to electrical connection elements of an electric motor and second electrical connection elements configured to electrically link the board to electrical connection elements of an additional electronic board of the motor. The first device is configured to plug into an edge of a printed circuit wafer of the board and to cooperate with the electric tracks of the board. In addition the first and second electrical connection elements are electrical connection elements that are configured to directly cooperate with the respective electrical connection elements of the motor and of the additional board.

公开(公告)号：US20210051591A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US16965844

申请日：2019-01-29

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Serge ROBIN

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H02J50/20

Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method for a wirelessly communicating electronic device, including the following steps: a) acquisition of a radio-frequency frame representative of at least one data item intended to be transmitted by the radio-frequency transmitter in a radio-frequency message; b) determination of the amount of power available in the power storage; c) determination, by the control circuit, of the length of the radio-frequency message to be transmitted; d) determination of transmission parameters of the radio-frequency transmitter, according to the values determined for the length of the message and the amount of power available in the power storage; e) and transmission of the message by the transmitter, using the determined transmission parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20210006427A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US16643992

申请日：2018-09-03

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Sylvain FARGIER

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: This method for configuring a home-automation system for a building includes a plurality of communicating elements so as to perform a plurality of home-automation functions and a communication network to which the communicating elements are connected, each communicating element including a network interface possessing a network address and implementing one or more software objects modelling this communicating element in the form of resources of at least three types: input, output and logic unit. The method includes steps of:—discovering the various communicating elements of the communication network,—mapping, in the communication network, the resources that each communicating element discovered offers,—programming the home-automation functions of the home-automation system while taking account of the mapping of the resources in the communication network.

公开(公告)号：US20200378182A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16603608

申请日：2018-04-13

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Stéphane HEREDIA ,  Florian BODET ,  Eric LAGARDE ,  Antoine RODRIGUEZ

IPC: E06B9/72 ,  E06B9/42

Abstract: A method relates to the manufacture of a drum for a spring brake for an electromechanical actuator, the drum including a housing configured to house at least one helical spring, an input member and an output member. The housing has an internal friction surface configured to cooperate with at least one coil of the helical spring. The method includes at least one step of mechanical surface treatment of the inner surface of the housing of the drum, the mechanical surface treatment of the inner surface of the housing of the drum being a step of creating grooves on the inner surface of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20200180009A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16092925

申请日：2017-04-14

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Eric LAGARDE

IPC: B21F11/00 ,  G01B11/08 ,  F16F1/04

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a spring for a spring brake, including a shaping and cutting step f) including the following sub-steps: —f1) shaping a raw wire into a coil with a plurality of raw turns, the raw wire having: raw portions that extend from the end of the raw wire over at least one raw turn, and an intermediate portion between the raw portions, —f2) separating the first raw portion and the second raw portion of the raw wire by cutting, after implementing sub-step f1), and —f3) shaping a first tab (5), at a first end of the intermediate portion, after sub-step f1), and —f4) shaping a second tab (7), at a second end of the intermediate portion opposite the first end, after sub-step f1).

公开(公告)号：US10227822B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US15744292

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Eric Lagarde ,  Norbert Dupielet

IPC: E06B9/68 ,  E06B9/72 ,  E06B9/32 ,  H01M10/44 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A home-automation equipment includes a concealing device including a screen, a holding device of the screen, a first motorized drive device and an autonomous electrical energy supply device. The first device includes an electromechanical actuator which makes it possible to raise and lower the screen. The supply device includes a battery arranged on the holding device of the screen, a power supply cable and an electrical connection element that is electrically connected to the battery by the cable, the element being designed to be connected to an external electrical supply source, in order to recharge the battery. The concealing device includes a second motorized drive device including an electromechanical actuator making it possible to wind and unwind the cable on a winding spool.

公开(公告)号：US20180202221A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15744427

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Florent MICHEL ,  Didier MENETRIER

IPC: E06B9/322 ,  E06B9/70 ,  E06B9/323

CPC classification number: E06B9/322 ,  E06B9/32 ,  E06B9/323 ,  E06B9/68 ,  E06B9/70 ,  E06B2009/6809

Abstract: A home-automation equipment includes a concealing device including a screen, a holding device of the screen, a load bar, a motorized drive device and an autonomous electrical energy supply device. The motorized drive device includes an electromechanical actuator making it possible to raise and lower the screen. The supply device includes a battery positioned at the holding device, a first electrical connection element positioned at the load bar and configured to be connected to an external electrical supply source, so as to recharge the battery, and a second electrical connection element positioned at the holding device. The second element cooperates with the first element only when the screen is in a recharging position of the battery, so as to establish an electrical connection between the first element and the battery.

公开(公告)号：US20180171711A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15571121

申请日：2016-05-03

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Benjamin DESFOSSEZ

IPC: E06B9/72 ,  E06B9/40

CPC classification number: E06B9/72 ,  E05F15/41 ,  E06B9/40 ,  E06B9/68 ,  E06B2009/6854

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for configuring a motorized drive device for a closure or solar protection unit, the method including: a step in which a low end-of-travel position of a screen is determined automatically; a step in which the magnitude of an electric current passing through an electric motor is measured by a measurement device; a step in which a variation in the value magnitude is determined; and a step in which an obstacle-detection threshold value is determined during the movement of the screen towards its unwound position, according to the variation in the measured magnitude.

公开(公告)号：US20180137992A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15559213

申请日：2016-02-29

Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA

Inventor： Pierre ESCURIER ,  Alizé LE GOUEFF ,  Frédéric STRUBI ,  Philippe BAJARD ,  Thomas DESAGRE

IPC: H01H9/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02

CPC classification number: H01H9/025 ,  H01H2231/032 ,  H01H2300/03 ,  H05K5/0086 ,  H05K5/0204 ,  H05K5/023 ,  Y02B90/224 ,  Y04S20/14

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).