Patent ID: 9057408
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: E05F,E05Y,E06B,F16D

Abstract:
1. A coupling device for drivingly coupling an output shaft of an electric motor and an input shaft of a reducing gear of an actuator for driving a screen or a leaf which are parts of home automation equipment for opening and closing, solar protection or projection, the output shaft and the input shaft being respectively centered on longitudinal axes which are in theory parallel and aligned with each other, the coupling device comprising: a first member which is adapted to be rotatably secured to the output shaft, and which is provided with at least one longitudinal outer groove, and a second member which is adapted to be rotatably secured, to the input shaft, and which is provided with at least one longitudinal outer groove, and wherein the coupling device also includes a coupling element for coupling the first and second members together in rotation, which has, on at least one surface thereof, at least two series of lugs projecting from the at least one surface, wherein the lugs are inserted into the at least one longitudinal outer groove of the first member and the at least one longitudinal outer groove of the second member, respectively, and wherein each lug includes a spherical section head projecting from the at least one surface of the coupling element.