ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,521, issued on April 1, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Door hanger system and method" was invented by Eric Rochefort (Saint-Laurent, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door hanger system includes a housing and a bearing assembly that includes a cage and plural bearings within the cage. A slider is coupled with the bearing assembly and includes a bearing interface portion disposed within the bearing assembly and a door interface portion that is coupled with a door panel. The slider and the bearing assembly move in a first direction to move the door panel toward a closed position, or in a second ...