US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Window blinds mechanism" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,684, issued on June 16.

"Window blinds mechanism" was invented by Shih-Min Hung (Dacun Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Window blinds include a blinds member, a rope reel, and at least two dampers. The rope reel has a bottom casing, a first rolling wheel, a second rolling wheel, a plurality of planetary gears, a top casing, a driving wheel, and an upper cover. The driving gear of the first rolling wheel is engaged with the driving wheel through the planetary gears. Because of the high reduction ratio of the planetary gears, the spring rate of the scroll spring can be reduced, which reduces the length and volume of the ...