US 11,939,816 B2
Detecting window shade pocket heat gain
Stephen P. Hebeisen, Amawalk, NY (US); Xi Ming Liarno, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Eugene Miroshnichenko, Oceanside, NY (US)
Assigned to MECHOSHADE SYSTEMS, LLC, Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Mechoshade Systems, LLC, Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,921.
Application 17/860,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/796,490, filed on Feb. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,414,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,022, filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341260 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. E06B 9/72 (2006.01); E06B 9/322 (2006.01); E06B 9/34 (2006.01); E06B 9/326 (2006.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/72 (2013.01) [E06B 9/322 (2013.01); E06B 9/34 (2013.01); E06B 2009/3265 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6818 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6872 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motorized shade system comprising:
a tube in a pocket;
a shade attached to the tube;
a motor inside the pocket and configured to rotate the tube to cause the shade to at least partially cover a window;
a first temperature sensor located inside the motor that is inside the pocket, wherein the first temperature sensor measures a first temperature associated with the motor that is inside the pocket;
a second temperature sensor located inside the pocket and outside the motor, wherein the second temperature sensor measures a second temperature associated with the pocket based on heat gain from solar radiation that enters a space between the shade and the window, wherein the heat gain rises from the space between the shade and the window, and then into the pocket;
and
a controller that signals the motor to adjust the shade, in response to a difference between the first temperature associated with the motor and the second temperature associated with the pocket exceeding a threshold.