US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems on June 23 for "Interchangeable rail to jackshaft conversion" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,866, issued on June 23, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, Sweden).

"Interchangeable rail to jackshaft conversion" was invented by Davide Braggion (Cassano d'Adda, Italy), Edoardo Umberto Penato (Cislago, Italy), Vickie Lents (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and David P. Bresson (Pfafftown, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A GDO conversion assembly for transitioning between a ceiling mounted and a jackshaft configuration includes a motorhead having a motor output shaft extending from a motorhead casing that includes a mounting interface disposed proximate to the motor output shaft, a track assembly including an input...