Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Cathala

Jean-Pierre Cathala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7515338
    Abstract: The method applies to a motorized screen device comprising a screen windable on a winding tube, and at least one means for latching the free end of the screen defining a position termed latched in the direction of winding, the latching being activated in this direction if the free end of the screen previously reaches at least one position of reversal, to which corresponds for the unwinding a value of angular position of the winding tube termed the position of reversal of rotation, situated beyond the latched position in the direction of unwinding of the screen. According to the method, in a mode of configuration of the latching of the screen, the installer proceeds merely to record the value of a chosen angular position, termed the recorded rotation reversal position, this position being situated at the level of or beyond the position of reversal of rotation, in the direction of unwinding of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Sylvain Canon, Celine Noir, Jean-Pierre Cathala, Eric Guillemot
  • Patent number: 6867565
    Abstract: The process contains the following steps: entering a teaching mode, defining and recording zero, one or two limit of travel positions, exiting the teaching mode, determining the number and the type of the limits of travel produced by end stops, if there exists at least one limit of travel produced by virtue of an end stop, detecting and recording the position of the end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Somfy
    Inventors: Valérie Maistre, Jean-Pierre Cathala
  • Publication number: 20030210008
    Abstract: The process contains the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Valerie Maistre, Jean-Pierre Cathala