# US 10,501,975 B2 · Door, in particular sectional door, and door drive > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,975 B2 - Document ID: US10501975B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/374,934 - Filed: 2016-12-09 - Published: 2017-06-15 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-11 - Applicants: Michael Hoermann - Inventors: Michael Hoermann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501975B2 ## CPC - E05D 15/246: {with additional guide rail for producing an additional movement} - E05D 15/16: for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane - E05D 15/18: consisting of two or more independent parts, movable each in its own guides - E05F 15/668: for overhead wings - E06B 3/48: Wings connected at their edges, e.g. foldable wings - E05Y 2900/106: for garages - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a door, in particular a sectional door, comprising a door leaf which includes several interconnected panels, pairs of track rollers which are connected with one of the several panels and which are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, wherein the door comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers and at least one middle pair of track rollers, and the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, and wherein the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a trough-like shape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A door, comprising: a door leaf which includes several interconnected panels, and pairs of track rollers which are connected to the several panels, wherein the pairs of track rollers are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, wherein the pairs of track rollers comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers, and at least one middle pair of track rollers, the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers, and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion is curvilinear and trough shaped and contains no kink or kink point; wherein the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers is located between the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers; and wherein the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers run separately and disconnected from each other and the course of the uppermost guide rail at the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the course of the guide rails provided for the uppermost pair of track rollers is formed by two linear guide rail elements in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The door according to claim 2, wherein the guide rails for at least one of the uppermost pair of track rollers and the bottommost pair of track rollers substantially consist of a plurality of interconnected linear guide rail elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The door according to claim 3, wherein the two linear guide rail elements provided for the uppermost pair of track rollers forming the curvilinear and trough shaped portion are connected with further guide rail elements which are arranged on a common straight line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the course of the guide rails provided for the uppermost pair of track rollers is arc-shaped in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the uppermost pair of track rollers is located in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the respective guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers, and, when the bottommost pair of track rollers has reached an end position of the respective guide rails of the bottommost pair of track rollers, the door is in a completely closed position and the uppermost pair of track rollers has gone through the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the respective guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a convex side of the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers is oriented downwards and the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers substantially are oriented horizontally. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers have a substantially linear part which transitions into the curvilinear and trough shaped portion, and wherein the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers are arranged such that in a closed state of the door an end of each guide rail of the uppermost pair of track rollers closer to the curvilinear trough shaped portion is positioned closer to the panels than an end of each guide rail of the uppermost pair of track rollers which is farther away from the curvilinear and trough shaped portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the course of the respective guide rails with the curvilinear and trough shaped portion declines in a bend from a linear portion, thereby forming a first edge, with a further bend producing a bottom, and with a last upward bend producing a second edge. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein, during opening or closing of the door, the uppermost pair of track rollers is running in respective separate guide rails along the uppermost pair of track rollers' entire path of movement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails for the at least one middle pair of track rollers comprise a substantially vertical portion and a substantially horizontal portion, which each are connected with each other by an arc-shaped guide rail portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers, and the at least one middle pair of track rollers at least partly consist of sheet-metal sections. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers consist of a molded plastic part in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the guide rails of the course for the uppermost pair of track rollers. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the door leaf consists of three or four panels. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the door leaf is transferred from a completely open position into a closed position by a door drive. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the door leaf is manually transferred from a completely open position into a closed position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the door is a sectional door. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The door of claim 1, wherein the guide rail for at least one of the middle pair of track rollers is shorter than the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers. ### Claim 19 A door drive for a door for moving a door leaf from a completely open position into a closed position and vice versa, wherein the door comprises several interconnected panels of the door leaf, pairs of track rollers are connected with the several panels, and wherein the pairs of track rollers are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, the pairs of track rollers comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers, and at least one middle pair of track rollers, the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers, and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a curvilinear and trough shape containing no kink or kink point, wherein the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers is located between the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers; and wherein the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers run separately and disconnected from each other and the course of the uppermost guide rail at the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers; and the door drive comprises a drive motor, a guiding device, and a carrier, wherein the carrier is connected with the door leaf, and a controller, wherein, on opening of the door from the closed position, the door is initially moved to at least one ventilation position by the controller such that an uppermost panel of the several interconnected panels is tilted and the upper most pair of the track rollers is located in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the respective guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The door drive according to claim 19, wherein different ventilation positions of the door are adjustable by tilting the uppermost panel by different tilt angles.