US Patent Issued to GMI Holdings on Sept. 15 for "Cable drum cable tensioner and methods in a movable barrier system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,932, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GMI Holdings Inc. (Mt. Hope, Ohio).

"Cable drum cable tensioner and methods in a movable barrier system" was invented by Robert E. Thomas Jr. (Flower Mound, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movable barrier system for operating a movable barrier may include a torsion tube configured to rotate and a cable drum comprising a cable connectable to the movable barrier. The cable drum may be configured to rotate relative to the torsion tube. The movable barrier system may further include a sensor configured to detect the angular displacement or a force between the torsion tube and the cabled dr...