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US 2021/0279982 A1Published application
Method for operating a door and components related to the same
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorsAdam Kendall, Tomasz Jaskiewicz
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Abstract
A method of operating a door system includes receiving a signal from a pressure sensor disposed in a sill or a frame of the door system, authenticating the user after receiving the signal, shifting the lock from a locked configured to an unlocked configuration in response to receiving the signal after authenticating the user, and moving the door panel from a closed position to an ajar position in response to receiving the signal.
Claims20
A method of operating a door system, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal from a pressure sensor disposed in a sill or a frame of the door system;
- authenticating the user after receiving the signal;
- shifting the lock from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration in response to receiving the signal after authenticating the user;
- and
- moving the door panel from a closed position to an ajar position in response to receiving the signal.
2 more elements
A method of operating a door system, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal or sensing a user with a lock disposed within a door panel;
- shifting the lock from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration in response to receiving the signal or sensing the user;
- and
- moving the door panel from a closed position to an ajar position in response to receiving the signal or sensing the user.
1 more element
A door system comprising:
- a door panel configured to pivot between a closed position, an open position, and an ajar position, the ajar position being between the open position and the closed position;
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- a lock installed within the door panel, the lock configured move from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration in response to receiving a signal or sensing a user, the door panel configured to pivot from the closed position to the ajar position when the lock shifts from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.