US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Overhead door system and door operator thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,459, issued on Sept. 1.

"Overhead door system and door operator thereof" was invented by Chung-Hsien Hsieh (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead door system includes a door operator, which includes a motor assembly, an actuation assembly, a ratchet retaining device, and a controller. The motor assembly has a rotating shaft operably connected to a shaft rod. The actuation assembly includes a ratchet wheel and a gear train. The gear train is operably connected to the rotating shaft, and the ratchet wheel is operably connected to the gear train. The ratchet wheel correspondingly transmits a torque in respon...