Patents by Inventor Scott A. Slavik

Scott A. Slavik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Motorized operator for doors
    Patent number: 6401792
    Abstract: An operating system for controllably moving in upward and downward directions a sectional door (D) in relation to a door frame (12) having a pair of jambs (13, 14) and an interconnecting header (15), including a counterbalancing system (30) having a drive tube (31) interconnected with the sectional door proximate the ends thereof, a resonible motorized operator (10) mounted adjacent to the drive tube and between the ends of the sectional door, and a drive train (70) interconnecting the drive tube and the motorized operator for selectively driving the sectional door in upward and downward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Wayne-Dalton Corp.
    Inventors: Willis J. Mullet, Yan Rodriguez, Scott A. Slavik
  • Screw-type potentiometer drive with a travel reset
    Patent number: 6078249
    Abstract: An assembly (24) for monitoring the travel of a device includes a potentiometer (26) having a slide bar (32). The potentiometer generates a resistance value according to a position of the slide bar which is coupled to the door through a rotatable member (40) carried by a bracket (34). A slide rack (36) is carried by the bracket and is coupled to both the slide bar and the rotatable member. The slide rack operatively engages the rotatable member between predetermined first and second positions and operatively disengages from the rotatable member when at the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Wayne-Dalton Corp.
    Inventors: Scott A. Slavik, Yan Rodriguez
  • Motorized operator for doors
    Patent number: 5931212
    Abstract: An operating system for controllably moving in upward and downward directions a sectional door (D) in relation to a door frame (12) having a pair of jambs (13, 14) and an interconnecting header (15), including a counterbalancing system (30) having a drive tube (31) interconnected with the sectional door proximate the ends thereof, a motorized operator (10) mounted adjacent to the drive tube and between the ends of the sectional door, and a drive train (70) interconnecting the drive tube and the motorized operator for selectively driving the sectional door in upward and downward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Wayne-Dalton Corp.
    Inventors: Willis J. Mullet, Yan Rodriguez, Scott A. Slavik