ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,898, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to APEX INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Motorized door assembly with safety features for heated cabinet" was invented by Craig Whitaker (Fairfield, Ohio), Edward Leonard Weaver II (Milford, Ohio), Scott A. Zieker (Cincinnati), Charles Eldon Warner (Cincinnati) and Ronald G. Knollman (Mt. Healthy, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heated cabinet including door assembly having a door positioned between opposing jambs of a door frame, wherein the door is pivotable, about a pivot axis, between an open position and a closed position. The door assembly includes a motor assembly operabl...