US Patent Issued to SOMFY ACTIVITES on July 29 for "Electromechanical actuator and shading device comprising such an electromechanical actuator" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,944, issued on July 29, was assigned to SOMFY ACTIVITES SA (Cluses, France).

"Electromechanical actuator and shading device comprising such an electromechanical actuator" was invented by Diane Marchal (Cluses, France), Adrien Brondex (Cluses, France), Margaux Foissard (Cluses, France) and Remi Sourain (Cluses, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical actuator comprises a casing, an electric motor, a gearbox, a spring-applied brake (25), and a centring shaft (71). The brake (25) comprises a coil spring (48), a drum (49), an input member (50) and an output member (51). The output member (51) comprises a first bore (73...