E06B 9/322
Details of operating devices
Official title: Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives ({operating devices E06B9/68} ; devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H75/34)
E06B9/322 (Details of operating devices) appears on 903 US grants and 1,182 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Operating device for a window covering29 Sep 2026US 12,747,629 B2Vako B.V.
- Preventative maintenance system and method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,356 B2Mechoshade Systems, LLC
- Intelligent automated motorized window treatment with increased energy efficiency and method of using same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,941 B2Mdc Interior Solutions, LLC
- Motor assembly for an architectural opening covering system11 Aug 2026US 12,704,021 B2Hunter Douglas Industries BV
- Architectural structure covering with magnet-based braking system11 Aug 2026US 12,706,507 B2Hunter Douglas Inc.
- Remote control for a solar protection installation and solar protection installation as such17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275806 A1Somfy Activites SA
- Motorized window covering arrangement10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266131 A1Dendo Systems Pty Ltd
- Blind coil spring structure and blind27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251013 A1Changshu High-Tech Energy-Saving Dorwin Co., Ltd
- Device for controlling opening and closing of window blinds27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251014 A1Idea Oven Labs Inc.
- Roman shade13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234991 A1Leafy Windoware Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated shade control method and system234US 7,417,397 B2Mechoshade Systems, LLC · 2008
- Motorized window treatment219US 8,950,461 B2Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 2015
- Automated shade control in connection with electrochromic glass140US 8,723,467 B2Mechoshade Systems, LLC · 2014
- Automated shade control method and system129US 7,977,904 B2Mechoshade Systems, LLC · 2011
- Method of automatically controlling a motorized window treatment while minimizing occupant distractions105US 8,288,981 B2Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 2012