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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8444515 | Elevator belt assembly with noise and vibration reducing grooveless jacket arrangement An elevator load bearing assembly includes a plurality of cords within a jacket. The cords are spaced from an exterior surface on the jacket such that the spacing remains generally constant along the length of the belt. The jacket has a smooth, uninterrupted exterio... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8443574 | Intumescent thermal barrier from hub to tire A door assembly has a door header mounted on a frame defining a doorway, a door movably supported on the frame, and a track including at least one supporting surface along at least one side of the track. The track is secured to the door header. The assembly has at l... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8434599 | Multiple car hoistway including car separation control A separation distance is maintained between a leading elevator car (14) and a trailing elevator car (12) traveling in the same direction in an elevator hoistway (16). A shortest stopping distance (dssl) of the leading elevator car ( | 05/07/2013 |
| 8430211 | Elevator system with guide axis aligned with traction member An elevator car assembly includes a car frame, a car connected to the car frame and having a first guide axis between a first side and a second side of the car frame, a plurality of traction members, a first plurality of sheaves rotatably connected to the car frame ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8424653 | Electrical signal application strategies for monitoring a condition of an elevator load bearing member An elevator load bearing member (30) monitoring device includes a controller (42) that applies a selected electrical signal to tension members (32) of the load bearing member (30). In one example, connectors (40) are associated wit... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424652 | Electromagnet and elevator door coupler An electromagnetic coupling device includes a vane member and an electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a core having a plurality of poles comprising at least four poles. An electrically conductive winding has a first portion surrounding a first one of the poles ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8418815 | Remotely observable analysis for an elevator system An exemplary system for monitoring an elevator arrangement includes a detector arranged to detect conditions or events in, on or near an associated elevator car. A monitoring device monitors a status of the associated elevator car. The monitoring device communicates... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8396588 | Conveyor safety control A conveyor system has a plurality of sensors coupled to a computer system, the computer system being programmed to check a number of safety functions greater than the number of sensors. A method of controlling the safety function of the conveyor comprises providing ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8387780 | Cord and polymer jacket assembly having an adhesion enhancer in the polymer jacket material An exemplary assembly includes at least one elongated tension member (32). A jacket covers at least some of the tension member (32). The jacket comprises a polymer material (68,64) including an adhesion enhancer (62) that facilitates adhe... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8387757 | Elevator car assignment control strategy with passenger group separation and future serviceability features An exemplary method of assigning calls to elevator cars includes ensuring that a passenger separation requirement is satisfied. The passenger separation requirement is satisfied when a passenger belonging to one service group is not carried in the same elevator car ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8381895 | Device to reduce noise transmission through the gap between escalator steps A device (40, 50) for reducing noise levels in passenger conveyor systems (10) at least partially obstructs spacing (36) at the interface between two steps (24, 30) to allow for relative movement between one step and the next. A sound tra... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8365870 | Foldable handrail and safety switch arrangement on top of an elevator car An elevator car includes a foldable handrail mounted on top of the car. Safety switches are associated with the foldable handrail including a first safety switch and a second safety switch. The first safety switch is closed only when the handrail is folded in a full... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8360234 | Cord and polymer jacket assembly having an adhesion enhancer in the polymer jacket material An exemplary assembly includes at least one elongated tension member (32). A jacket covers at least some of the tension member (32). The jacket comprises a polymer material (68,64) including an adhesion enhancer (62) that facilitates adhe... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8360209 | Dynamic compensation during elevator car re-leveling An exemplary method of controlling elevator car position includes determining that an elevator car required re-leveling. Elevator car dynamics information associated with a current position of the elevator car is determined. A gain for controlling operation of a mot... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8356698 | Wireless elevator hall fixtures integral with hall door frame Fixtures (22, 27) at a doorway (13) of a landing (14) are formed integrally with a door frame (17, 17a). The fixtures include electronic modules (42, 46, 54) and energy storage devices (43, 47, 55). Power may be suppl... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8356697 | Elevator safety system and method An elevator safety system (10) includes a limit switch (32) coupled to a first elevator car (14) and an actuator plate (30) coupled to a governor rope (24) of a second elevator car (16). The actuator plate trips (30) ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8333265 | Elevator system with regulated input power A device (22) manages power source variations in an elevator system. The device includes a transformer (60) having a primary (62) and a secondary (64). An input of the elevator system is connected to the secondary (64). Tap switche... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8333035 | Door assembly including a sensor for controlling automated door movement An assembly (20) for controlling movement of an automatically moveable door panel (22) includes sensors (30, 50) such as microswitches positioned on at least one of a door panel (22) or a door frame member (26). The sensors provide... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8307952 | Elevator system with multiple cars in a hoistway An elevator system (20) includes multiple elevator cars (22, 32) within a hoistway (26). Counterweights (24, 34) are associated with the respective elevator cars (22, 32) by load bearing members (40, 50). In some examples, d... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8302740 | Integrated support for elevator machine, sheaves and terminations A single support device (30) is adapted to support and secure a machine (34) at least one sheave (38) and a plurality of termination members (44, 46). The single support device (30) is conveniently installed within a hoistway (2... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8302236 | Boarding bridge with air conditioner facility A mobile boarding bridge (101) is equipped with climate control facilities. The mobile boarding bridge is furnished with multiple collapsible tunnels (110, 120). A heating/cooling device (160) comprising a climate controller (161) generat... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8297412 | Elevator dispatching control for sway mitigation An elevator system (20) includes an elongated member (30, 32, 34) that may sway under certain conditions. An exemplary method of controlling the elevator system (20) includes selectively controlling an elevator car dispatching schedule when a co... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8297409 | Coordination of multiple elevator cars in a hoistway The movement of a plurality of elevator cars (12, 14) in an elevator hoistway (16) is coordinated for situations in which the regions of the hoistway that are serviceable by the cars (12, 14) at any given time are configured to overlap. A car st... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8292057 | Step band guard for a passenger conveyor A step band guard for use of a passenger conveyor includes a first panel comprising a first piece of material. A second panel comprises a second piece of material that is distinct and separate from the first piece of material. A securing connection allows for select... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8292038 | Control device for operating two elevator cars in a single hoistway The device for controlling movement of a plurality of elevator cars in a single hoistway includes a door monitor module (46) that facilitates controlling movement of elevator cars (22, 24). The door monitor module (46) is configured to determine... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8284071 | Door assembly including a touch sensitive portion for controlling automated door movement An assembly (20) for controlling movement of an automatically moveable door panel (22) includes a sensor (30, 32, 34) positioned on at least one of a door panel (22) or a door frame member (24, 26). The sensitive portion provides a... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8272481 | Guide assembly for at least one elevator door An elevator door guide (16) includes at least one elevator door guide member (30, 32) having a first channel (18) and a second channel (64) each for at least partially establishing a direction of door movement. The first channel (18 | 09/25/2012 |
| 8264538 | Optically monitoring comb-line of escalators and moving walks Method for monitoring at least part of a comb-line (18) of a comb plate (14) having a plurality of teeth (16), of a people conveyor (2) having a movable transportation band (4) and the comb plate (14) located at the transiti... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8261394 | Apparatus for moving tunnel part of boarding bridge An exemplary apparatus is for moving a tunnel part of a boarding bridge equipped with a tunnel (100) that consists of a first tunnel part (110), a second tunnel part (120), and a third tunnel part (130) in sequence from one side and can b... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8260042 | Anonymous passenger indexing system for security tracking in destination entry dispatching operations An elevator control system (18) provides elevator dispatch and door control based on passenger data received from a video processing device (12). The video processing device (12) includes a video processor (14) connected to receive video ... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8259474 | Pulse width modulation control of a matrix converter A matrix converter includes a plurality of switching elements and is adapted to receive a multi-phase alternating current (AC) input signal having an input frequency and to generate a multi-phase AC output signal having an output frequency. The phases of the input s... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8256582 | Methods and devices for surveying elevator hoistways A device for surveying an enclosed structure (10) includes a platform (24) configured to longitudinally traverse the structure (10), at least one first distance) sensor (48) connected to the platform (24) and configured to measure ... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8253548 | Elevator system with wireless hall call buttons An elevator system (10) includes a wireless batteryless hall call switch module (22) that transmits a unique wireless code when a person presses a hall call button (32, 34) requesting elevator service. A hall indicator module (24) include... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8252411 | Joint configuration for a load bearing assembly A load bearing assembly (20) includes a plurality of tension members (22). A joint in the load bearing assembly (20) has a staggered pattern of discontinuities (30) in the tension members (22). A stress relieving feature is associa... | 08/28/2012 |
| D665687 | Elevator indicator | 08/21/2012 |
| D665686 | Elevator passenger interface | 08/21/2012 |
| 8230978 | Elevator regenerative drive with automatic rescue operation A system (10) continuously drives an elevator hoist motor (14) during normal and power failure operating conditions. A regenerative drive (30, 34, 36) delivers power to the hoist motor (14) from a main power supply (17) during the ... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8220591 | Group elevator scheduling with advance traffic information A near-optimal scheduling method for a group of elevators uses advance traffic information. More particularly, advance traffic information is used to define a snapshot problem (24) in which the objective is to improve performance for customers. To solve the s... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8220590 | Thermoelectric thermal management system for the energy storage system in a regenerative elevator A regenerative elevator system operates in three modes: motoring, idle and regeneration. During the regeneration mode, the elevator motor operates as a generator, and electrical energy is stored in an energy storage system for later use. The energy storage system ma... | 07/17/2012 |
| D663638 | Elevator passenger interface | 07/17/2012 |
