US 12,404,719 B2
Antenna for a motorized window treatment
Marissa Diehl, Breinigsville, PA (US); David A. Kirby, Zionsville, PA (US); Sheng Qu, Allentown, PA (US); and John M. Steinmetz, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,671.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/227,252, filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,433, filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381085 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. E06B 9/72 (2006.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/72 (2013.01) [E06B 2009/6809 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motorized window treatment comprising:
a roller tube configured to windingly receive a flexible material and to be rotated to raise and lower the flexible material;
a motor drive unit received within a cavity of the roller tube, the motor drive unit comprising:
a motor configured to rotate the roller tube;
a housing configured to house the motor, the housing comprising at least one channel formed in a surface of the housing; and
an antenna comprising an electrical conductor;
at least one mounting bracket configured to support the roller tube such that the roller tube can rotate with respect to the at least one mounting bracket; and
a bearing assembly coupled to the roller tube and located between the roller tube and the mounting bracket,
wherein a gap is defined between the roller tube and the mounting bracket, and wherein the electrical conductor of the antenna is wrapped around the housing of the motor drive unit adjacent to the gap between the roller tube and the mounting bracket and within an area defined by a rotatable portion of the bearing assembly, wherein the electrical conductor of the antenna is configured to be received within the at least one channel when wrapped around the housing.