ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,114, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SOM FY ACTIVITES SA (Cluses, France).

"Method for controlling an operating device comprising a master actuator and a slave actuator and associated home automation shading system" was invented by Serge Bruno (Marnaz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for controlling a maneuvering device (2) to maneuver a screen (3) of an occulting home-automation system (1) between at least a first position and a second position comprises: a first actuator (5) equipped with a first electric motor (9), a torque detection device (19) and a position management module (27), a second actuator (6) equip...