Patents by Inventor Nico Dekker

Nico Dekker 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: 9903157
    Abstract: A rail, such as a head rail, for an architectural covering. The rail includes a housing having elongate walls extending along a length of the housing and defining therebetween a width of the housing. A drive shaft is rotatable about a drive axis extending along the length of the housing and is configured to wind and unwind lift cords or blind material of the architectural covering. A spring assist module, e.g. a spring motor has an output shaft rotatable about an output axis with rotation of the drive shaft. The spring assist module is mounted in the housing with the output axis parallel to the drive axis. The spring assist module extends outwardly in a width direction beyond the width of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas (a/k/a Nico) Dekker, Ralph Steenbergen
  • Publication number: 20170009521
    Abstract: A tilt assembly for a blind including a first tilt ring and a second tilt ring, both rotatable about a drive axis for supporting a pair of tilt ladders, an input connector rotatable about the drive axis and configured to receive a drive shaft for rotating a lift spool and the input connector, a secondary input mechanism rotatable about the drive axis and configured to receive the drive shaft for rotating the secondary input mechanism with the input connector, a main clutch mechanism for releasably connecting the first tilt ring to the input connector and configured to release connection at each of two opposite rotational orientations of the first tilt ring, and a secondary clutch mechanism for releasably connecting the second tilt ring to the secondary input mechanism and configured to release connection at each of two opposite rotational orientations of the second tilt ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ralph Steenbergen, Nicolaas (a/k/a Nico) Dekker, Wilfred Slobbe
  • Publication number: 20160237742
    Abstract: A rail, such as a head rail, for an architectural covering. The rail includes a housing having elongate walls extending along a length of the housing and defining therebetween a width of the housing. A drive shaft is rotatable about a drive axis extending along the length of the housing and is configured to wind and unwind lift cords or blind material of the architectural covering. A spring assist module, e.g. a spring motor has an output shaft rotatable about an output axis with rotation of the drive shaft. The spring assist module is mounted in the housing with the output axis parallel to the drive axis. The spring assist module extends outwardly in a width direction beyond the width of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolaas (a/k/a Nico) DEKKER, Ralph STEENBERGEN
  • Publication number: 20160230455
    Abstract: A rail, such as a head rail, for an architectural covering. The rail includes a housing having elongate walls extending along a length of the housing and defining therebetween a width of the housing. A drive shaft is rotatable about a drive axis extending along the length of the housing and is configured to wind and unwind lift cords of the architectural covering. A spring assist module, e.g. a spring motor has an output shaft rotatable about an output axis with rotation of the drive shaft. The spring motor is mounted in the housing with the output axis parallel to the drive axis, but offset from the drive axis with respect to the width of the housing and the output shaft is connected directly to the drive shaft for rotation therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas (a/k/a Nico) Dekker, Ralph Steenbergen
  • Publication number: 20150033910
    Abstract: A tilt assembly for a blind including a first tilt ring and a second tilt ring, both rotatable about a drive axis for supporting a pair of tilt ladders, an input connector rotatable about the drive axis and configured to receive a drive shaft for rotating a lift spool and the input connector, a secondary input mechanism rotatable about the drive axis and configured to receive the drive shaft for rotating the secondary input mechanism with the input connector, a main clutch mechanism for releasably connecting the first tilt ring to the input connector and configured to release connection at each of two opposite rotational orientations of the first tilt ring, and a secondary clutch mechanism for releasably connecting the second tilt ring to the secondary input mechanism and configured to release connection at each of two opposite rotational orientations of the second tilt ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Ralph Steenbergen, Nicolaas (a/k/a Nico) Dekker, Wilfred Slobbe
  • Patent number: 6161607
    Abstract: A light control covering device for an architectural opening comprises control hardware and a flexible sheet, the control hardware enabling different translucency positions of the flexible sheet, wherein the flexible sheet is of a stretchable nature. The control hardware is adapted to arrange for at least a first position of the flexible sheet, in which position the flexible sheet is mainly unstretched, and a second position of the flexible sheet, in which position the flexible sheet is substantially stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas International N.V.
    Inventors: Jan F. A. de Kimpe, Nico Dekker, Andre A. J. van Dijk