ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,753, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pella Corp. (Pella, Iowa).
"Fenestration automation systems and methods" was invented by Evan R. Vande Haar (Pella, Iowa) and Todd A. Bernhagen (Pella, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fenestration assembly including a panel, a lock assembly coupled to the panel, and an actuation system coupled to the lock assembly. The lock assembly includes a motor, a transmission driven by the motor, a sensing assembly, and a slide assembly that includes a rack member operatively coupled to the motor by the transmission and a drive bracket member that is slidable by the rack member between a locked driv...