Otis Elevator Company

Andres Monzon

Fernando Del Rio

Juan Jose Fernandez

Jose Miguel Aguado

Jose Caballero

Peter L Herkel

Pascal Rebillard

Jose Sevilleja

Nicolas Fonteneau

Dirk Heinrich Tegtmeier

Frédéric Beauchaud

Juan Martin

Antonio De Miguel Urquijo

Gérard Sirigu

Thomas Coquerelle

Michel Beeuwsaert

Jean-Noel Cloux

David Pillin

Olivier Stanislas Dukacz

Dominique Goulet

Alain Simonot

Antonio Sanchez

Francisco Luis Sanz

Santiago Gil

Florence Picard

Leandre Adifon

Gianluca Foschini

Fernando Del Rio Sanz

Agustin Jimenez-Gonzalez

Jean-Noël Cloux

Luis Martí

Luis Martí Sánchez

Julián Cabañas Falcón

Julian Cabanas

Javier García Casla

Francisco Manuel Cervera Morales

Elviro Lorenzo

Jose Canales

Jose Luis Vergara

Jose Godino

Francisco Cervera

Juan Manual Oronoz

Ariana Marco

Juan-Antonio Illan

Luis Mena Rosell

Jose-Miguel Aguado-Martin

Jesus Canizares

Javier Narrillos

Juan Manuel Oronoz

Antonio De Miguel

Julian Cabanas Falcon

José Canales Martinez

José Juan Caballero Garcia

Francisco Sanz

An apparatus () for connecting a drive assembly () to a bedplate () of an elevator system. The apparatus () includes a first support () for mounting a motor () of the drive assembly () to the bedplate (). The apparatus () further includes a second support () for mounting a brake unit () of the drive assembly () to the bedplate (). The first support () and the second support () are separate parts.

Apparatus for elevator drive assembly

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Elevator car with electronic safety actuator

An elevator system () comprises a hoistway () extending between a plurality of landings (); an elevator car () configured for moving along the hoistway () between the plurality of landings (); a load/weight sensor () configured for detecting the load of the elevator car (); a speed detector () configured for detecting the speed of the elevator car (); and an elevator safety system. The elevator safety system comprises a safety gear () configured for stopping, upon activation, any movement of the elevator car (); and an electronic safety controller () configured for activating the safety gear () when the detected speed of the elevator car () exceeds a set speed limit. The electronic safety controller () is configured for setting the speed limit as a function of the load detected by the load/weight sensor ().

Enhancing the transport capacity of an elevator system

A combined guide rail for an elevator system includes a car guide rail portion to guide an elevator car along an elevator car travel path and a counterweight guide rail portion to guide a counterweight of the elevator system along a counterweight travel path. A connecting portion extends from the car guide rail portion to the counterweight guide rail portion. The car guide rail portion, the counterweight guide rail portion and the connecting portion are formed together as a single unitary structure from a single piece of material.

Combined guide rail for an elevator system

A governor includes a housing, a pulley, a belt, a first flyweight, and second flyweight. The housing defines a housing cavity. The pulley is disposed at least partially within the housing cavity. The belt is in contact with the pulley. The belt is operable to rotate the pulley at a rotational speed. The first and second flyweights are pivotably connected to the pulley, and are biased towards one another. At least a portion of the first and second flyweights are operable to move away from the pulley when the rotational speed of the pulley is increasing toward a predetermined threshold rotational speed. The first and second flyweights are operable to contact the housing, and thereby transmit rotational energy to the housing, when the rotational speed of the pulley is equal to at least the predetermined threshold rotational speed.

Governor for controlling the speed of a hoisted object relative to a guide member

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 fully retracted position. The second safety switch is closed when the handrail is unfolded in a fully deployed position. A safety chain is associated with the first and second safety switches for supplying power to an elevator drive system in a normal operation or an inspection operation depending on the state of the first and second safety switches.

Foldable handrail and safety switch arrangement on top of an elevator car

The elevator has a car movable vertically within a shaft between lower and upper end positions and a drive system coupled to a traction system for controlling movement of the car. A limit switch which is open when the car is in a selected distance range from one of the end positions. The limit switch forms part of a power line supplying power to the drive system for controlling movement of the car in a direction towards that end position in an inspection operation. Thus movement of the car is prevented only in that direction when the car is in the selected distance range in an inspection operation.

Elevator having a limit switch for controlling power to the drive system as an elevator car approaches a shallow pit or a low overhead

An elevator machine () includes a machine shaft () and a sheave () that rotates with the machine shaft (). A motor () selectively rotates the machine shaft (). A brake () having at least one brake armature () selectively moves a brake rotor () coupled for rotation with the shaft () between a braking position and a released position. The brake rotor () selectively contacts a braking surface () formed directly on a housing () to resist rotation of the machine shaft ().

Elevator machine with integrated brake surface

An elevator brake () rotor for use in an elevator machine () includes a non-metallic elevator brake hub () and a metal flange (), both of which have an opening with a splined portion for guiding axial movement of the rotor along a rotable shaft (). This arrangement reduces metal-to-metal contact between the rotor and shaft and reduces noise.

Elevator brake with composite brake hub

An elevator system includes a safety device strategically positioned within a hoistway to provide overhead or under car clearance during an inspection procedure, for example. An example safety device includes a triggering member that is selectively moved into a stopping position to engage a safety brake for preventing movement of an elevator car beyond a selected vertical position. The triggering member is selectively moveable in an automated manner between a retracted position and a stopping position. When the triggering member is in a retracted position, it has no effect on normal elevator system operation. When the triggering member is in the stopping position, it provides for maintaining adequate clearance between an elevator car assembly and another surface or structure within an elevator hoistway.

Safety device for use in an elevator system including a triggering member for activating a safety brake

A drive arrangement for an elevator car and a machine roomless elevator incorporates a machine () having a drive sheave () extending along an axis parallel to the axes of the deflection sheaves () associated with both the counter-weight () and the elevator car (). In this manner, the twisting which has occurred in the prior art is reduced or eliminated. The machine is mounted on a bedplate () between the guide rails. The elevator car is preferably cantilever mounted, and mounted on laterally outer surfaces of said guide rails. In this manner, the elevator car can travel vertically upwardly beyond the machine.

Low overhead machine roomless elevator configuration

An elevator car includes a cross-head portion and a balustrade mounted to the cross-head portion. The balustrade is moveable from a retracted position for normal operation of the car to a deployed position for inspection operation of the car. The car further includes a second retractable safety device also mounted to the cross-head for preventing or limiting movement of the car. The balustrade includes at least one control for operating the elevator car during the inspection operation, the control being arranged so that the control cannot be operated when the balustrade is in the retracted position.

Elevator inspection safety devices

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