Patent ID: 7010993
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A universal power operator for shifting a left-hinged or right-hinged operating movable barrier between open and closed positions thereof, the power operator comprising: an actuator arm for being connected to the movable barrier to push and pull the movable barrier between the open and closed positions thereof; a housing assembly in which the arm is shiftably received along a housing axis to be axially retracted into the housing and axially extended out from the housing for shifting of the movable barrier; a gear assembly operable to shift the arm between the retracted and the extended positions thereof; a modular drive motor including an output shaft for driving the gear assembly; and portions of the housing assembly generally symmetrically arranged on either side of the housing axis to form symmetrical spaces in which the output shaft of the modular drive motor can be received for driving of the gear assembly to allow the motor to be repositioned in one of two positions relative to the housing assembly based on whether the movable barrier is a left-hinged or right-hinged operating moveable barrier.