Patents by Inventor Marc Bouix

Marc Bouix 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).

  • Electrical actuator having a direct current motor
    Patent number: 7081724
    Abstract: An electrical mains-powered actuator designed to operate a closing, darkening or solar protection element, having in a common enclosure, a direct current motor, a board controlling the motor power supply and an AC/DC voltage converter, the control board including a radio-wave receiver, such that the voltage converter enables lowering of the voltage and includes at least one switch controlled at a frequency (F1) such that it is at most equal to twice the mains sector frequency or such that its ratio to the radio-wave receiver frequency (F0) ranges between 2.2 10?5 to 2.2 10?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Marc Bouix, Serge Bruno
  • Electrical actuator having a direct current motor
    Publication number: 20060012319
    Abstract: An electrical mains-powered actuator designed to operate a closing, darkening or solar protection element, having in a common enclosure, a direct current motor, a board controlling the motor power supply and an AC/DC voltage converter, the control board including a radio-wave receiver, such that the voltage converter enables lowering of the voltage and includes at least one switch controlled at a frequency (F1) such that it is at most equal to twice the mains sector frequency or such that its ratio to the radio-wave receiver frequency (F0) ranges between 2.2 10?5 to 2.2 10?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Marc Bouix, Serge Bruno