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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2008
Applicant:
Thomas Jason Jankovsky, Elgin, IL (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Jason Jankovsky, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Chamberlain Group, Inc., Elmhurst, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); E05D 15/38 (2006.01); E05F 11/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A movable barrier that is at least partially counterbalanced by a spring is moved from a first position to a second position while substantially simultaneously monitoring at least one characteristic associated with moving the movable barrier to provide at least one monitored characteristic. The at least one monitored characteristic is compared to a predetermined criterion. When the at least one monitored characteristic does not meet the predetermined criterion, an alarm condition is set to indicate a failure of the spring.