US Patent Issued to Masonite on Dec. 9 for "Door system with wire harness routed inside of door and outer door frame for connection with electric devices" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,591, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Masonite Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Door system with wire harness routed inside of door and outer door frame for connection with electric devices" was invented by Alex Bodurka (Portage, Mich.), Steven B. Swartzmiller (Batavia, Ill.) and Cory J. Sorice (La Grange, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exterior, residential door system comprises an outer door frame adapted to be mounted within an exterior opening of a residence, an exterior residential door pivotally attached to the outer door frame, at least one electric device installed on the door, a main controller mounted to the door, an electric ...