Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for directionally controlling a movable partition
- Patent Title (中): 用于定向控制可动隔板的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11857203Application Date: 2007-09-18
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Publication No.: US07513293B2Publication Date: 2009-04-07
- Inventor: E. Carl Goodman , Kevin D. Banta , D. George Field , William Michael Coleman
- Applicant: E. Carl Goodman , Kevin D. Banta , D. George Field , William Michael Coleman
- Applicant Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Assignee: Won-Door Corporation
- Current Assignee: Won-Door Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: E05F15/00
- IPC: E05F15/00

Abstract:
An apparatus and method of directionally controlling a movable partition includes providing at least one roller assembly and a steering actuator, coupled therewith, to a portion of the partition. A controller may be used to control the steering actuator and thereby select, or change, the orientation of the roller assembly with respect to the partition. In one embodiment, one or more sensors may be used to determine the vertical orientation of the partition including whether the partition, or a section thereof, is substantially plumb. If the partition is substantially out of plumb, for example, if a lower edge of the partition is laterally displaced relative to an upper edge of the partition, the controller and steering actuator may cause the at least one roller assembly to direct the partition, or section thereof, in a particular direction until the partition, or section thereof, becomes substantially plumb.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080023152A1 Method, Apparatus and System for Directionally Controlling a Movable Partition Public/Granted day:2008-01-31
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