US Patent Issued to Masonite on Dec. 16 for "Door assembly having rechargeable battery, methods and system for charging the battery" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,445, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Masonite Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Door assembly having rechargeable battery, methods and system for charging the battery" was invented by Alex Bodurka (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to exterior or interior doors for residential or commercial buildings, such as for a home, apartment, condominium, hotel room or business, and, more particularly, to a door provided with a rechargeable battery as a source of electrical power that may be used to operate electric devices mounted to the door. The door has electric devices attached thereto. The electric devices...