Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for adjusting the counterbalance of an overhead door
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Application No.: US16805729Application Date: 2020-02-29
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Publication No.: US11441345B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: David R Hall , Michael Hall , Jerome Miles , David Groesbeck
- Applicant: Hall Labs LLC
- Applicant Address: US UT Provo
- Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
- Current Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Provo
- Main IPC: G01L5/00
- IPC: G01L5/00 ; E05D13/00

Abstract:
A counterbalance system for an overhead door is disclosed. The system includes a torsion adjustment comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first and second portions being rotatable relative to one another in a first direction and not in a second direction opposite the first direction. The system also includes an anchor fixed to the first portion, a collar fixed to the second portion, the collar being selectively fixable to a shaft of the overhead door, and a spring coupled between the collar and the anchor. The spring supports at least a portion of the weight of the overhead door as the overhead door is raised and lowered. Rotating the first portion of the torsion calibration collar relative to the second portion of the torsion calibration collar increases torsion in the spring and therefore calibrates the spring to support a desired amount of the weight of the overhead door.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210270067A1 SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING THE COUNTERBALANCE OF AN OVERHEAD DOOR Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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