US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on April 7 for "Method and apparatus for adjusting the opening speed and torque of a door with a door operator" (North Carolina, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,700, issued on April 7, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Method and apparatus for adjusting the opening speed and torque of a door with a door operator" was invented by John A. Wolfe (Cicero, Ind.) and Jake E. Meckley (Kannapolis, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door is coupled to a door operator assembly that includes a motor operable in a first mode of operation to open the door at a pre-defined speed. The first mode of operation is overridden in response to an output of the motor reaching a minimum threshold due to a force applied to the door. In the second mode of operation, the output of the motor is a...