ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,925, issued on March 18, was assigned to Electronic Controls Inc. (Cape Canaveral, Fla.).
"Sliding door drive system" was invented by Walter Heidt Barnes (Merritt Island, Fla.) and Benjamin Downey (Rockledge, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding door drive system may include a drive axle and at least one idler axle spaced a part and parallel to each other. The sliding door drive system may further include a first pair of gears having a first radius, each of which is coupled to a different one of the drive axle and the at least one idler axle. The sliding door drive system may further include a second pair of gears having a ...