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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2004
Pierre-emmanuel Cavarec, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy Morrison, Oceanside, CA (US);
Eric W. Hauck, San Diego, CA (US);
Pierre-Emmanuel Cavarec, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy Morrison, Oceanside, CA (US);
Eric W. Hauck, San Diego, CA (US);
Somfy SAS, Cluses, FR;
Abstract
A metal or plastic tube is formed with slots to establish a noise dampening coupling to isolate the head rail of a window covering from vibrations from a motor in the head rail. The noise dampening coupling can be coupled to the output gear of the motor and to an actuator in the head rail to couple the motor to the actuator while isolating the head rail from vibrations. Also, a non-rotatable noise dampening coupling can be interposed between the motor and head rail to further isolate the head rail from vibrations.