ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,493, issued on July 15, was assigned to Rite-Hite Holding Corp. (Milwaukee).

"Methods and apparatus to monitor and/or adjust operations of doors" was invented by Ryan Beggs (Dubuque, Iowa), Derek Lewan (Hazel Green, Wis.), Quinn Mast (Burlington, Wis.), James Pelegrin III (Dubuque, Iowa) and Michael Sivill (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to monitor and/or adjust operations of doors are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to: monitor a position of a door panel associated with a door system; detect when a beam from a photo-eye sensor associated with the door s...