US Patent Issued to SOMFY ACTIVITES on April 29 for "Electromechanical actuator for blackout or sun-shading device and blackout or sun-shading installation comprising such an actuator" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,836, issued on April 29, was assigned to SOMFY ACTIVITES SA (Cluses, France).

"Electromechanical actuator for blackout or sun-shading device and blackout or sun-shading installation comprising such an actuator" was invented by Eric Lagarde (Cluses, France), Norbert Dupielet (Cluses, France) and Thierry Tollance (Cluses, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical actuator is integrated into a blackout or sun-shading device that includes a screen, top and bottom bars, and top and bottom winding shafts. The screen is between the bars. The top bar is connected to the top winding shaft by first cords. The bottom bar is conn...