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.
Claims20
A door system comprising:
- a door frame adapted to be mounted within an opening;
- a door pivotally attached to the door frame;
- the door comprising:
- an inner door frame,
- an exterior door skin and an interior door skin secured to opposite sides of the inner door frame;
- a slot in the door;
- and
- a pre-wired receptacle disposed in the slot, the pre-wired receptacle comprising:
- an insulated housing having a continuous side wall and a bottom wall defining an open cavity,
- a standardized electrical connector comprising one of a plug connector and a socket connector and electrically connected to an AC/DC converter configured to be electrically connected to an AC power unit operably associated with the door, and
- a DC electric device removably disposed in the pre-wired receptacle and electrically connected to the AC/DC converter through the standardized electrical connector of the pre-wired receptacle.
A door system comprising:
- a door frame adapted to be mounted within an opening;
- a door pivotally attached to the door frame, the door comprising:
- an inner door frame,
- an exterior door skin and an interior door skin secured to opposite sides of the inner door frame;
- and
- 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 an 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 and such that the specific DC electric device can removably slide into the open cavity while mating with that mounted electrical connector, and
- wherein the specific DC electric device is removably disposed in the open cavity of the pre-wired receptacle and is electrically connected to an AC/DC converter configured to be electrically connected to an AC power unit operably associated with the door, located in a first jamb member of a door frame through the mounted electrical connector of the pre-wired receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.