Fang W Lin

US Patent:

20200378180, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

May 28, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/423879

Inventors:

- Rockleigh NJ, US
Fang Lin - Staten Island NY, US

Assignee:

Crestron Electronics, Inc. - Rockleigh NJ

International Classification:

E06B 9/42
E06B 9/72
E06B 9/58

Abstract:

A roller shade adapted to adjustably cover a structural opening comprising a pair of longitudinal side panel assemblies each comprising a tensioning assembly and adapted to be attached at opposite sides of the structural opening and a roller tube assembly adapted to be attached to and between the pair of longitudinal side panel assemblies. The roller tube assembly comprises a roller tube comprising at least one channel and a shade material attached to the roller tube and adapted to unroll from the roller tube from an opened position to a closed position. The roller tube assembly further comprises at least one cable cone secured to an end of the roller tube and comprising a lateral wall comprising a plurality of index slots disposed at radial intervals along the lateral wall. The roller shade also comprises at least one cable adapted to be wound about the cable cone, be tensioned by the tensioning assembly, and be attached to a free end of the shade material. The cable cone is adapted to be aligned with respect to the roller tube to an aligned position at which one of the index slots is substantially aligned with the at least one channel in the roller tube. An index insert is adapted to be inserted through the substantially aligned index slot and into the channel in the roller tube to lock the alignment between the roller tube and the cable cone.

US Patent:

20200378181, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

May 28, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/423900

Inventors:

- Rockleigh NJ, US
Fang Lin - Staten Island NY, US

Assignee:

Crestron Electronics, Inc. - Rockleigh NJ

International Classification:

E06B 9/42
E04D 13/03
E06B 9/72
E06B 9/58

Abstract:

A roller shade adapted to adjustably cover a structural opening comprising a roller tube assembly having a roller tube and a shade material attached to the roller tube, a pair of longitudinal side panel assemblies adapted to be attached at opposite sides of the structural opening and retain the roller tube assembly therebetween, at least one lateral panel comprising a side wall having an alignment channel recessed in its outer surface, and at least two corner brackets. Each side panel assembly comprises a tensioning assembly adapted to tension the shade material. Each corner bracket comprises a first portion and a second portion orthogonal to the first portion. The first portion is adapted to be attached to one of the longitudinal side panel assemblies. The second portion comprises a substantially flat wall with an alignment tab linearly extending from its terminal end. The alignment tab is sized to fit within the alignment channel of the lateral panel. The lateral panel is installed to the structural opening between the pair of longitudinal side panel assemblies by aligning and inserting the alignment tabs of the corner brackets into the alignment channel of the lateral panel and attaching the lateral panel at a head or base of the structural opening.

US Patent:

20190226555, Jul 25, 2019

Filed:

Jan 25, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/880037

Inventors:

- Rockleigh NJ, US
Fang Lin - Staten Island NY, US

Assignee:

Crestron Electronics, Inc. - Rockleigh NJ

International Classification:

F16G 11/10
E06B 9/34
E06B 9/58
F16G 11/12

Abstract:

A hem bar of a cable guided shade adapted to be removably attached to a pair of cables secured along opposite sides of a structural opening. The hem bar comprises a pair of cable engaging portions disposed at two opposite ends of the hem bar. Each cable engaging portion comprises a tubular body with a longitudinal channel extending therein and a slot traversing the tubular body from the top end to the bottom end of the tubular body. The hem bar may removably and slidably engage the pair of cables by twisting the hem bar in a first direction to align each slot in the cable engaging portions with a length of the respective cable, inserting the cables through the slots into the channels in the cable engaging portions of the hem bar, and twisting the hem bar in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to capture the cables within the channels in the cable engaging portions.