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US 2025/0172026 A1Published application
Powered hinge for door, systems and methods
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsNavid ANDALIBI-ABADAN, Alex BODURKA
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Abstract
A modular powered hinge and related system and method, are described that is configured to provide power to a modular door system.
Claims20
A modular door hinge, comprising:
- a jamb connector coupled to a door jamb;
- a power plate coupled to the jamb connector, the power plate comprises an array of protruded pins;
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- a powered hinge coupled between the power plate and a door slab, the powered hinge comprises an array of pads, wherein,
- each pin of the array of protruded pins is configured to couple with each pad of the array of protruded pads.
2 more elements
A powered door hinge, comprising:
- at least two hinge leaves having interlocking knuckles, wherein at least one of knuckles for each leaf have a slotted opening to the jamb and door sides, respectively;
- a ribbon cable provided through the slotted openings and into an open area of the knuckles, providing an electrical pathway from the back side of the jamb side leaf, through the open slot on the jamb side leaf knuckle, from within the open space in the jamb side leaf knuckle to the open space in the door side leaf knuckle and to the back side of the door side leaf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.