US Patent Issued to Hunter Douglas on Aug. 11 for "Architectural structure covering with magnet-based braking system" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,507, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Inc. (New York).

"Architectural structure covering with magnet-based braking system" was invented by William F. Goelz (Pearl River, N.Y.), Joshua A. Johnson (Pearl River, N.Y.), Robert E. Fisher (Pearl River, N.Y.) and Daniel A Huber (Pearl River, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the present disclosure relate to various aspects of architectural structure coverings. A particular aspect relates to using controlling a motorized architectural covering that includes a motor and a magnetic brake. In an example, a shaft of the motor is controlled to enter a rest position,...