US Patent Issued to JELD-WEN on Aug. 26 for "Fenestration unit having integrated power interface for peripheral devices" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,181, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to JELD-WEN Inc..

"Fenestration unit having integrated power interface for peripheral devices" was invented by Yuxuan Gong (Lewis Center, Ohio), Qingzheng Cheng (Charlotte, N.C.), Paul Hemingfield (Charlotte, N.C.) and Neal Hambleton (Huntersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fenestration unit for a dwelling is disclosed. The fenestration unit, in the form of a window unit or a door unit includes a frame supporting a movable panel. A power supply module includes a battery pack disposed in one of the frame and the moveable panel. A power outlet module is also mounted in one of the frame a...