US Patent Issued to THE EASTERN on March 24 for "Apparatus for controlling bus doors" (Ohio, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,342, issued on March 24, was assigned to THE EASTERN COMPANY (Strongsville, Ohio).

"Apparatus for controlling bus doors" was invented by Lee S Weinerman (Medina, Ohio), Marinel Rosu (Strongsville, Ohio), Reese Bernot (Strongsville, Ohio), Keith Braun (Strongsville, Ohio), James Paxitzis (Strongsville, Ohio) and Robert Pliml (Wheeling, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling bus doors (14, 16) that are arranged as a pair of doors that move in coordinated relation between door open positions and door closed positions, enables passengers to access an interior area (12) of a bus (10). The apparatus includes an a...