US Patent Issued on Sept. 15 for "Door operator sensor and logic for vertically stacking panel door systems" (Arizona, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,934, issued on Sept. 15.

"Door operator sensor and logic for vertically stacking panel door systems" was invented by Zhizhuo Wu (Tempe, Ariz.), James Janick (Shavertown, Pa.) and Brandon Carl Smith (Wapwallopen, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In example implementations, a vertically stacking panel door system is provided. The vertically stacking panel door system includes a horizontal door guide, a panel interface zone, a vertical door guide, a plurality of panels to move from a horizontally stacked position in the horizontal door guide to a vertically stacked position in the vertical door guide, a counterbalance system comprisi...