ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,446, issued on May 20, was assigned to Dynatect Manufacturing Inc. (New Berlin, Wis.).
"Powered door system" was invented by Bradley J. Poikonen (Waukesha, Wis.) and Steven B. Piacsek (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door operator including a drive motor having a motor housing and a drive shaft selectively rotatable via electric power, a drive tube for receiving therein the drive motor, wherein the motor housing is secured to the drive tube to prevent rotation therebetween. The door operator further including a first side plate and second side plate with the drive tube rotatably supported therebetween, at least one dr...