Door system with integrated electric devices
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsCory J. Sorice, Steven B. Swartzmiller, Alex Bodurka
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Abstract
A door system comprises a door frame adapted to be mounted within an opening, a door pivotally attached to the door frame, an AC/DC converter configured to be electrically connected to an AC power unit operably associated with the door system, a slot in the door, a pre-wired receptacle disposed in the slot, and a DC electric device removably disposed in the pre-wired receptacle and electrically connected to the AC/DC converter through the electrical connector of the pre-wired receptacle. The pre-wired receptacle comprises an electrical connector electrically connected the AC/DC converter.
Claims25
A door system, comprising:
- a door frame adapted to be mounted within an opening;
- a door pivotally attached to the door frame;
- an AC/DC converter configured to be electrically connected to an AC power unit operably associated with the door system;
- a pre-wired receptacle in the door, the pre-wired receptacle comprising an electrical connector electrically mounted in an open cavity of the pre-wired receptacle and electrically connected to the AC/DC converter located in a slot formed in a first jamb member of the door frame, wherein the electrical connector and the open cavity is configured to receive a specific DC electric device out of a plurality of different DC electric devices utilizing a flange, mechanical identifier, electronic identifier or software so as to identify or designate that the specific DC electric device is approved for use with the door system and such that the specific DC electric device can removably slide into the open cavity while mating with that mounted electrical connector;
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- the specific DC electric device removably disposed in the open cavity of the pre-wired receptacle and electrically connected to the AC/DC converter located in the first jamb member of the door frame through the mounted electrical connector of the pre-wired receptacle.
An entryway, comprising:
- a door frame within an opening;
- a door pivotally attached to the door frame;
- an AC power supply operably associated with the door frame;
- an AC/DC converter located in a slot formed in a first jamb member of the door frame and electrically connected to the AC power supply;
- a DC power distribution system mounted to the door or door frame and electrically connected to the AC/DC converter;
- a plurality of DC electric devices mounted to the door or door frame and electrically connected to the DC power distribution system;
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- a pre-wired receptacle disposed in a slot, the pre-wired receptacle comprising an electrical connector mounted in an open cavity of the pre-wired receptacle and electrically connected to the DC power distribution system, wherein the electrical connector and the open cavity is configured to receive a specific DC electric device out of a plurality of different DC electric devices utilizing a flange, mechanical identifier, electronic identifier or software so as to identify or designate that the specific DC electric device is approved for use with the door system and such that the specific DC electric device can removably slide into the open cavity while mating with that mounted electrical connector;
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- at least one of a specific DC electric devices selected from the plurality of DC electric devices removably mounted in the open cavity of pre-wired receptacle and electrically connected to the AC/DC converter through the electrical connector of the pre-wired receptacle;
- wherein there are a plurality of pre-wired receptacles each comprising an electrical connector, at least one of the pre-wired receptacles opens on a facing of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.