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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2022
Dynatect Manufacturing, Inc., New Berlin, WI (US);
Bradley J. Poikonen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Steven B. Piacsek, Waukesha, WI (US);
Dynatect Manufacturing, Inc., New Berlin, WI (US);
Abstract
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 drive cog secured to the drive tube, wherein the drive cog is engageable with a door to provide translation of the door. The door operator further including a locking gear secured to the drive shaft, a locking plate slidingly coupled to the first side plate, including a gear engagement portion, and a locking lever secured to the locking plate and operational to selectively disengage the gear engagement portion of the locking plate, allowing the locking gear to be rotatable with the motor housing.