Static mitigation end cap for a covering for an architectural opening
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsRonald Holt, Stephen T. Wisecup
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Abstract
A static mitigation end cap for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a head rail having an end cap. The end cap may include a housing extending along a longitudinal length of the head rail and defining a chamber. The end cap may include a printed circuit board received within the chamber and configured to control a motor assembly operatively connected to the at least one end cap. The end cap may include an actuation member slidably coupled with the end cap for selective engagement with the printed circuit board.
Claims25
An end cap for a covering for an architectural opening, said end cap comprising:
- a sidewall;
- a housing extending from said sidewall, said housing defining a chamber;
- and
- a printed circuit board received within said chamber and configured to control a motor assembly, wherein a control cable in communication with said printed circuit board and the motor assembly is at least partially routed through an aperture defined in said sidewall, and wherein a portion of said control cable is received within a groove defined in said sidewall.
An end cap for a covering for an architectural opening, said end cap comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber;
- a printed circuit board received within said chamber and configured to control a motor assembly;
- a cable restraint bracket disposed adjacent said chamber;
- and
- a power cable having a first end operatively connected to and extending from said printed circuit board, a second end of said power cable routed through at least a portion of said cable restraint bracket.
An end cap for a covering for an architectural opening, said end cap comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber;
- a printed circuit board received within said chamber and configured to control a motor assembly, wherein said housing isolates said printed circuit board from static electricity;
- a cable restraint bracket;
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- a power cable assembly operatively connected to said printed circuit board, wherein a first portion of said power cable assembly is routed through at least a portion of said cable restraint bracket, and wherein a second portion of said power cable assembly is routed through an opening defined within said end cap.
A motorized covering for an architectural opening, said motorized covering comprising:
- a shade;
- a motor assembly to extend or retract said shade;
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- an end cap, said end cap including:
- a sidewall;
- an actuation member having a length and defining opposing first and second ends, said actuation member being slidably mounted in a channel in said sidewall with said first end adjacent a printed circuit board that controls said motor assembly;
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- wherein translation of said actuation member within said channel, via user engagement with said second end, causes said first end to engage the printed circuit board.
An end cap for a covering for an architectural opening, said end cap comprising:
- a sidewall having a first side and a second side, an aperture formed in said sidewall between said first and second sides, a largest dimension of said sidewall extending along a plane;
- a housing extending transverse to said plane, said housing defining a chamber;
- and
- a printed circuit board received within said chamber and configured to control a motor assembly;
- wherein a control cable in communication with said printed circuit board and the motor assembly extends through said aperture in said sidewall.
A method of assembling a covering for an architectural opening, said method comprising:
- positioning a motor within a head rail of said covering, said head rail including an end cap, said end cap having an outer face facing away from said covering and an inner face facing toward said covering;
- moving a printed circuit board through said outer face of said end cap and into a chamber defined by said end cap, said chamber defined at least in part by a wall disposed between said printed circuit board and a shade driven by said motor to isolate said printed circuit board from static electricity during extension or retraction of the shade;
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- electrically connecting said motor with said printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.