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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Gmi Holdings, Inc., Mount Hope, OH (US);

Inventor:

Bradley J. Lee, Arlington, TX (US);

Assignee:

GMI Holdings, Inc., Mount Hope, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/72 (2015.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/72 (2015.01); G01N 33/004 (2013.01); G08B 21/14 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/416 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/42 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01);
Abstract

A door operator includes: a controller; a sensor operatively connected to the controller, the sensor configured to detect an undesirable condition and communicate a signal to the controller when the undesirable condition is detected; and a door operatively connected to the controller, the controller is configured to cause the door to move from a closed position to a non-closed position when the controller receives the signal. In another aspect, the disclosure describes a method of operating a door. The method includes: detecting an undesirable condition with a sensor; communicating with a controller when the undesirable condition is detected by the sensor; and moving the door from a closed position to a non-closed position when the controller receives the signal.


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