Overhead Door Corporation

"Residential garage door openers and a full line of
garage doors are sold exclusively through a network of more than 400 distributors."

In 1921 the Overhead Door Corporation invented the very first upward-lifting garage door, and followed in 1926 with first electric overhead garage door opener. C.G. Johnson, the inventor, founded the Company that remains a leader in the garage door business after more than 80 years.

Today, the Company operates 19 US and UK-based manufacturing facilities and is focused on providing integrated door and operator systems to the residential, industrial and commercial markets. Residential garage door openers and a full line of garage doors are sold exclusively through a network of more than 400 distributors.

Although it may not be widely known to consumers, the Overhead Door Corporation owns the very well-known Genie® brand, made famous by its development of the screw drive garage door opener. While the Overhead brand is sold only through professional garage door dealers, Genie sells a wide selection of openers to the do-it-yourself market, as well as offering an extensive line of professionally installed openers.

Popular Features

Some of the most popular features of the line of garage door openers are:

• DualDrive™ belt system for belt drive garage door openers
• Heavy-duty DC motors for strong, quiet lifting
• Variable speed motors for soft start and stop
• CodeDodger® rolling code technology
• Mini Remote Controller with Key Chain
• HomeLink®compatible
• OverDrive® screw drive garage door openers that open twice as fast
• Flush mount designs for direct-to-ceiling installation
• Full line of openers for every application

Garage Door Opener Models (see Side-by-Side Comparison of models)

Screw Drive Garage Door Opener Models

• OverDrive® Garage Door Opener
• Signature® Screw Drive

Chain Drive Garage Door Opener Models

• Legacy® 800 Chain Drive
• Legacy Chain Drive
• Standard Drive™ Chain
• Python 2® Chain Glide

Belt Drive Garage Door Opener Models

• Legacy® 800 Belt Drive
• Standard Drive™ Belt
• SilentMax™ XL
• Phantom® Belt Drive

Phantom® Belt Drive with 1/2 HP DC Motor from
Overhead Door Corporation

One notable feature of this brand is their integrated design and manufacturing approach to garage doors and garage door openers. By designing and making both doors and openers, the company is focused on developing products that work well together.

As an example, if they were to design a new, heavy carriage house door, or another style in their wooden garage door line, they could also pair the proper garage door opener with their new door design to work perfectly with each other. This is not to say other garage door opener manufacturers don't have the perfect match for every garage door. It simply means the integrated approach does have some advantages.

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