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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel Powder, Nesconset, NY (US);
John Piechowiak, Franklin Sq, NY (US);
James H. St. Pierre, Commack, NY (US);
Peter Wolfe, Totowa, NJ (US);
Donald Pastor, Northport, NY (US);
Erick L. Dobis, Woodhaven, NY (US);
Assignee:
Telephonics Corporation, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 5/00 ; H02H 7/08 ; H02P 1/00 ; H02P 3/00 ; H02P 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 5/00 ; H02H 7/08 ; H02P 1/00 ; H02P 3/00 ; H02P 7/00 ;
Abstract
An improved garage door opener is disclosed. The garage door opener has a motor drive unit for opening and closing a garage door. The motor drive unit has a microcontroller. Connected to the motor drive unit is a wall console that resides inside the garage. The wall console also has a microcontroller. The microcontroller of the motor drive unit is connected to the microcontroller of the wall console by means of a digital data bus.