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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Pella Corporation, Pella, IA (US);
Inventors:
Evan R. Vande Haar, Pella, IA (US);
Todd A. Bernhagen, Pella, IA (US);
Assignee:
Pella Corporation, Pella, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 63/14 (2006.01); E05B 65/08 (2006.01); E05C 3/00 (2006.01); E05C 3/12 (2006.01); E05C 3/24 (2006.01); F16H 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); E05B 63/14 (2013.01); E05B 65/0858 (2013.01); E05C 3/008 (2013.01); E05C 3/12 (2013.01); E05C 3/24 (2013.01); F16H 19/04 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0016 (2013.01); E05B 2047/002 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0067 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0068 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0081 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
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 drive bracket member position and an unlocked drive bracket member position.