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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120006628 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM An elevator system in which a controller monitors whether or not a speed of an ascending/descending body reaches a preset overspeed. At a time of maintenance work, a stopper is interposed between a buffer and the ascending/descending body to limit a lowered position of ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110048861 | HOIST POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD A hoist positioning system includes an accelerometer attached to a hoist, a control unit for processing signals from the accelerometer and comparing the processed signals with reference data to determine a position of the hoist, a drive system for moving the hoist up an... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100300815 | MOVEMENT CONTROL OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM A determination of the loading state of an elevator system and also a method for determining the loading state of an elevator system is described. The elevator system includes an elevator car and also a motor drive for moving the elevator car. The loading state of the e... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100219022 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE The invention relates to a switch arrangement of an electric motor drive (1). The electric motor drive comprises safety switches (3) determined by the safety of the drive, a controlled mechanical brake (4), a power supply circuit (5) of the b... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100072001 | THERMOELECTRIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL WITH CONVECTIVE AIR FLOW FOR COOLING ELEVATOR COMPONENTS Components of an elevator system are cooled using natural convective airflow in conjunction with thermoelectric heating and cooling. Rising air within the hoistway is funneled into a cold air duct (20) and a warm air duct (22). As air flows vertically upwa... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20090255763 | Detection Platforms Platforms for detecting, identifying and/or designating objects. Platforms according to one embodiment of the invention include an extendable mast connected to a skid via a linkage that allows pivoting of the mast with respect to the skid, and preferably does not permit... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090101449 | Elevator Drive Disclosed are an elevator drive, a clamping arrangement for an elevator machine, a braking mechanism for an elevator system, and a rotor fixture for an elevator machine. The inventive elevator drive is subdivided into a number of segments, to each of which a converter i... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090000877 | Managing an Encoder Malfunction in an Elevator Drive System An encoder failure in an elevator drive system is detected and managed. A velocity of the elevator drive system is provided by an encoder signal (60) and compared with a minimum velocity threshold (62). An encoder fault timer is incremented when the veloci... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080185232 | LIFT AND METHOD OF MONITORING A LIFT A lift drive unit has at least one monitoring device for monitoring unallowed raising of a lift cage. The drive unit has a motor unit and a deflecting unit. If a counterweight supported by the deflecting unit, for example rests on a shaft pit buffer, the deflecting unit... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20070295563 | Elevator Operation Control Device An elevator operation control device has a component temperature detecting portion for detecting a temperature of a drive device, and a component-protective operation control portion for restraining an elevator from operating in accordance with the temperature detected ... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070227827 | Emergency Device For The Raising Or Lowering Of Elevators Trapped Between Floors The invention relates to an emergency device for the raising or lowering of elevators trapped between floors comprising a first geared motor (1) transmitting a rotational movement to the output shaft of the traction machine (3) of the car of the elevator i... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070199770 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH A LINEAR DRIVE SYSTEM AND LINEAR DRIVE SYSTEM FOR SUCH AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION An elevator installation has an elevator car and a permanent magnet linear drive system with a stationary part and a movable part, which moves along the stationary part when the permanent magnet linear drive system is controlled in a drive mode. The elevator car is arra... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070131485 | Control structure of ball screw type elevator The rolling friction force of ball screw is much small than the sliding friction force of it. Using ball screw as the transmission mechanism for elevator, so as to find the differences of friction forces between rolling motion and sliding motion. Besides, the current of... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070056804 | Lifting device especially a lift or a lifting platform The invention relates to a lifting device, especially a lift or a lifting platform, comprising a displacement unit (1, 6, 7, 8) for at least partially displacing a load in a vertical manner. The displacement device (1, 6, 7, 8) comprises at least one first... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070039783 | Tapered coupler for coupling a motor to a hoist machine There is disclosed a coupling arrangement for coupling a motor to a hoist machine. The coupling arrangement comprises a first drum flange comprising an outer body having a first end and a second end, and an inner wall surface defining a cavity of substantially circular ... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060249333 | Elevator system An elevator system (20) including: an elevator car assembly (2); and a cable (7) interconnecting the assembly (2) with a counterweight (8), wherein the cable (7) is coupled to the assembly (2) at a lower region (23... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20050269162 | Elevator device An elevator comprises a car (3) placed in a elevator shaft (15) so as to move vertically along a pair of car guide rails (2a, 2b), and a counterweight (10) placed in the elevator shaft (15) so as to move vertically... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050241883 | System and method for detecting motor run condition A motor control system for detecting motor run condition comprises power switches for connection to an AC line for controlling application of AC power to the motor. An input receives a motor start command. A controller is connected to the input and controls operation of... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050230191 | Safety monitoring device for a lift car The invention relates to a safety monitoring device for a lift car which can be moved in a lift shaft by means of a traction drive via a lift control system and whose instantaneous position can be registered by means of a position registering device which supplies two p... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050224296 | Energy efficient variable speed drive for elevator systems An improved system of variable speed drives that enhances the energy efficiency of an elevator system by enabling power transfer between the variable speed drives of two or more elevators via a common DC bus. Any combination of regenerative and non-regenerative variable... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050217945 | Elevator control device An elevator control device for controllably driving multiple traction units includes position sensors and current supplies. Each of the current supplies includes a position controller for generating a speed command for the corresponding traction unit based on input diff... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050217946 | Elevator group control method The invention concerns a method for controlling the elevators in an elevator group when destination floor call input is used and the traffic within the elevator group is to be optimized. According to the inventive concept of the method, based on traffic intensity, a cos... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050189179 | Boom lift vehicle and method of controlling lifting functions A boom lift vehicle includes a tower boom pivotally coupled at one end to a vehicle base for tower lift function and rotatable relative to the vehicle base for swing function. A main boom is pivotally coupled to an opposite end of the tower boom for main lift function. ... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050173197 | Method for energy storage for DC motor powered load hoisting machinery A method for energy storage and recovery for load hoisting equipment driven by a diode controlled DC motor and having an inverter controlling an induction motor which drives a flywheel whereby, utilizing rest power such as reverse power from the DC motor when lowering a... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050173198 | Energy storage method for load hoisting machinery A method for energy storage and recovery for load hoisting equipment powered by an induction hoist motor controlled by a first inverter and having a dual inverter controlling a capacitor utilizing rest power such as reverse power generated from the motor when lowering a... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050087400 | Electric motor, elevator with a car movable by an electric motor, and elevator with a car and with an electric motor for movement of a guide element relative to the car An electric motor includes a primary part for producing a traveling magnetic field and a secondary part for providing a static magnetic field, wherein the secondary part and the primary part are movable relative to one another under an effect of the travelling magnetic ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050045429 | Coordinated lift system with user selectable RF channels A coordinated lift system with user selectable RF channels coordinates the raising and lowering of a vehicle relative to a surface by using wireless communications. The lift system includes at least two lift mechanisms each having support frame, including a post, a carr... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050000754 | System of enhancing air quality used for buildings A system of enhancing air quality for buildings is proposed. The system includes a multi level building having a hoistway vertically extending through at least two levels of the building, for receiving a car vertically moving therein.. The system further includes at lea... | 01/06/2005 |
