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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Samuel F. Chambers, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Matthew R. Hontz, Allentown, PA (US);
David A. Kirby, Zionsville, PA (US);
Daniel W. Mistarz, Allentown, PA (US);
Peter W. Ogden, Jr., Breinigsville, PA (US);
James J. Wilson, Nazareth, PA (US);
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A motor drive unit assembly for a motorized drapery system having a drapery fabric can include a motor having a drive shaft, an output member rotatable about a drive axis, such that rotation of the output member about the drive axis causes the drapery fabric to move, and a clutch member operatively coupled between the drive shaft of the motor and the output member. The clutch member is configured to automatically couple the output member to the drive shaft such that rotation of the motor drive shaft causes the output member to rotate about the drive axis when the motor drives the drive shaft. The clutch member is further configured to automatically decouple the output member from the motor drive shaft so that the output member rotates about the drive axis relative to the motor drive shaft when the output member is manually driven.