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Motorized Gearbox Assembly having a Direct-Drive Position Encoder
An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a motor and a gearbox coupled to the motor and comprising an output shaft configured to actuate a window covering. A position encoder, directly driven by the output shaft, is configured to measure at least one of an angular position and a number of rotations of the output shaft. The angular position and number of rotations may be used to calculate an angular position of slats of a window blind and/or an amount a window covering is opened or closed. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.
Motorized Gearbox Assembly having a Direct-Drive Position Encoder
An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a motor and a gearbox coupled to the motor and comprising an output shaft configured to actuate a window covering. A position encoder, directly driven by the output shaft, is configured to measure at least one of an angular position and a number of rotations of the output shaft. The angular position and number of rotations may be used to calculate an angular position of slats of a window blind and/or an amount a window covering is opened or closed. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.
Motorized Gearbox Assembly having a Direct-Drive Position Encoder
HALL DAVID R (author) / CARLSON AUSTIN BENJAMIN (author) / REES KEVIN DEAN (author) / MILES JEROME LEE (author) / BRIMHALL EMILY (author)
2015-10-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
Motorized gearbox assembly having a direct-drive position encoder
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