US Patent Issued to Crestron Electronics on March 18 for "Shade motor with power supplied through brackets" (New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,935, issued on March 18, was assigned to Crestron Electronics Inc. (Rockleigh, N.J.).

"Shade motor with power supplied through brackets" was invented by Victor M. Menendez (Carrollton, Texas), Michael Campagna (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) and Charles R. Derk Jr. (Park Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-operated motorized roller shade that can be charged through an installation bracket. The roller shade comprises a roller tube, a motor and at least one battery disposed within the roller tube, and a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube having a motor head interface. The installation bracket comprises an...