Motorized shade and wand assembly
AssigneeSprings Window Fashions LP
InventorsMichael Allen Graybar, Russell Monroe Jungers, Eric Nathan Krantz-Lilienthal
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Abstract
A motorized shade assembly includes a motor assembly operably connected to adjust a position of a covering relative to an architectural opening, a bracket assembly for supporting the motor assembly relative to the architectural opening, and a control wand assembly coupled to the motor assembly by a ball and socket connection, wherein one of a ball joint or a socket is coupled to a portion of the motor assembly, and the other of the socket or the ball joint is coupled to the control wand assembly, the socket receives the ball joint to selectively connect the control wand assembly to the motor assembly.
Claims18
A motorized shade assembly comprising:
- a motor assembly operably connected to adjust a position of a covering relative to an architectural opening, wherein the motor assembly includes a motor housing and a mounting housing, wherein the motor housing houses a motor;
- a bracket assembly for supporting the motor assembly relative to the architectural opening;
- a control wand assembly coupled to the motor assembly by a ball and socket connection, wherein one of a ball joint or a socket is coupled to a portion of the motor assembly, and the other of the socket or the ball joint is coupled to the control wand assembly, the socket receives the ball joint to selectively connect the control wand assembly to the motor assembly;
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- a communication wire harness extending from the mounting housing, the communication wire harness removably engages the control wand assembly to operably connect the control wand assembly to the motor.
A motorized shade assembly comprising:
- a motor assembly operably connected to adjust a position of a covering relative to an architectural opening, the motor assembly includes a motor housing and a mounting housing, the motor housing houses a motor and the mounting housing defines a pair of parallel hooks;
- a bracket assembly for supporting the motor assembly relative to the architectural opening, the bracket assembly includes a first bracket member and a second bracket member, the first bracket member includes a pair of parallel slots, wherein each of the hooks is configured to be received by one of the parallel slots in the first bracket member;
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- a control wand assembly coupled to the motor assembly by a ball and socket connection, wherein one of a ball joint or a socket is coupled to a portion of the motor assembly, and the other of the socket or the ball joint is coupled to the control wand assembly, the socket receives the ball joint to selectively connect the control wand assembly to the motor assembly,
- wherein the motor assembly is received by a roller tube, the roller tube engages a crown member at a first end, the crown member is configured to rotate relative to the mounting housing, and
- wherein the crown member defines an internal aperture and a plurality of arms that extend radially away from the internal aperture, the plurality of arms being oriented at an oblique angle to the internal aperture.
A motorized shade assembly comprising:
- a motor assembly operably connected to adjust a position of a covering relative to an architectural opening, the motor assembly includes a motor housing and a mounting housing;
- a bracket assembly for supporting the motor assembly relative to the architectural opening;
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- a control wand assembly coupled to the motor assembly by a ball and socket connection, wherein one of a ball joint or a socket is coupled to a portion of the motor assembly, and the other of the socket or the ball joint is coupled to the control wand assembly, the socket receives the ball joint to selectively connect the control wand assembly to the motor assembly,
- wherein the motor assembly is received by a roller tube, the roller tube engages a crown member at a first end, the crown member is configured to rotate relative to the mounting housing,
- wherein the roller tube receives an idler member at a second end, the idler member includes:
- a housing defining a channel;
- a pin member;
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- a biasing member positioned between the housing and the pin member, the pin member configured to slide within the channel along an axis defined by the pin member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.