ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,831, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Motorized blind and manual switching clutch structure thereof" was invented by Chao-Hung Nien (Taichung, Taiwan), Chin-Chu Chiu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Hui-Ping Cheng (Yunlin County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized blind and a manual switching clutch structure thereof are disclosed. The motorized blind includes a blind assembly, a spring power module, an electric motor module and the manual switching clutch structure. The blind assembly includes a bottom rail which can be driven by the spring power module to move. The man...