Otis Elevator Company

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James Leo Hubbard

Bruce P Swaybill

Patricia Derwinski

Martin J Hardesty

Jesse R Richter

Daniel B Davis, Iii

Christopher H Koenig

Robert K Williams

Gary P Mendrala

John Eschenbrenner

Gregory M O'Seep

Richard N Fargo

Zlatko Strbuncelj

Robin Mihekun Miller

Boris G Traktovenko

Stephen R Nichols

John T Pitts

David R Torlai

Peter Keyo

FengKun Zhu

Hongliang Wu

John P Wesson

Daryl J Marvin

Ismail Agirman

Zbigniew Piech

Brad Guilani

Peter L Herkel

Amir Lotfi

Harold Terry

Pascal Rebillard

Randy Roberts

Gerard Sirigu

Pedro S Baranda

Richard L Hollowell

Nicolas Fonteneau

Kyle B Martin

Michael Garfinkel

Michael Mann

Arthur Blanc

Wei Wei

Sam Wong

Marco Venturini

Douglas E Logan

Juan Antonio Illan

Guillaume Georges Bonatre

Robert B Leach

GuoSong Li

Fabrice Boniface

Adrian D West

Stephane Gourjeande

Gregor Stricker

Davide Tenti

Bruce W Horne

Edward Piedra

Takashi Onodera

Robert D Shepherd

Armando Servia-Reymundo

Jürgen Gewinner

Gianfranco Giannini

Sam Thieu Wong

Daniel B Davis Iii

Robert Bryan Leach

Guillaume Bonatre

Fengkun Zhu

Iii Daniel B Davis

Rodolfo Robledo Barrio

Muhammad Jehanzeb Noor

An elevator system including: an elevator car configured to travel through an elevator shaft; a first guide beam extending vertically through the elevator shaft, the first guide beam including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a beam climber system configured to move the elevator car through the elevator shaft, the beam climber system including: a first wheel in contact with the first surface; and a first electric motor configured to rotate the first wheel; a first motor brake mechanically connected to the first electric motor, the first motor brake configured to slow the elevator car; and a brake condition based monitoring system configured to detect when the first motor brake is dragging.

Beam climber active brake health monitoring system

A turning device includes a hand disc coupled to an input shaft; a reduction gear set accommodated in a housing and connected to the input shaft and an output shaft; and a shaft connector for connecting the output shaft and a motor spindle.

Brake disc releasing device, turning device, elevator rescue kit and method

Elevator systems include an elevator car and a roller guide associated therewith. A roller is supported on a frame of the roller guide and configured to rotate along a guide rail and limit movement of the elevator car in a first direction. A motion state sensing assembly is mounted to the roller guide and configured to measure a motion state of the elevator car. The motion state sensing assembly includes an optical target located on the roller and an optical encoder device and associated a processor arranged to direct optical energy toward the optical target and detect a response thereof. A sensor housing is mounted to the roller guide with the optical encoder device arranged within the housing. A communication assembly is in communication with the processor and an elevator controller for communication therebetween.

Roller guide mounted elevator monitoring systems

An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator sheave wear monitoring device includes at least one detector situated to detect a position of elevator roping that is indicative of a condition of a sheave that the roping at least partially wraps around, the at least one detector providing an output corresponding to the detected position of the elevator roping and indicating an amount of wear of the sheave that exceeds at least one threshold.

Elevator sheave wear detection

A brake disc release device, a turning device, and an elevator rescue package and method. The brake disc release device comprises: an actuating mechanism; a gear connected to a first end of the actuating mechanism; a first slider capable of sliding along a first guide piece and comprising a rack portion for engagement with the gear and a first wedge portion; a second slider capable of sliding along a second guide piece and comprising a second wedge portion for engagement with the first wedge portion of the first slider; and a pulling cable having a first end connected to the second slider and a second end connected to the brake disc.

An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator sheave liner includes a liner body having a first surface configured to engage an elevator load bearing member and an oppositely facing second surface. The liner body includes a plurality of blind holes in the second surface including at least a first blind hole and a second blind hole. The first blind hole has a first depth and the second blind hole has a second, different depth. A material of the liner body has a first thickness between the first blind hole and the first surface and a second, different thickness between the second blind hole and the first surface.

Sheave liner including wear indicators

A method is disclosed of retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking, the machine being disposed on a machine support frame in an elevator machine room, and engaging one or more ropes for providing selective movement of an elevator car disposed in an elevator shaft, the machine having a drive sheave including a cylindrical brake drum, and brake components including dual brake arms; the method including: removing the brake components; affixing flanged disc segments about the drum and interlocking the flanged disc segments to form a brake rotor; and mounting respective brake calipers to frame mounts for providing primary and secondary braking to the elevator machine.

Retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking

Disclosed is a method for retrofitting an elevator machine with a thrust bearing, including removing, from a bearing stand, a first cover plate, providing access to an end portion of a motor shaft, securing an extension shaft against the end portion of the motor shaft, securing a thrust bearing housing against or axially offset from the bearing stand, positioning a thrust bearing in the bearing housing, wherein an inner race of the thrust bearing is securely positioned against, and axially fixed to, the extension shaft, and an outer race of the thrust bearing is securely positioned against the bearing housing, and securing a second cover plate to the bearing housing.

Method and kit for retrofitting elevator machines with thrust bearing, and retrofitted elevator machine

Disclosed is a liner for a traction sheave including a top surface and a bottom surface mutually spaced on a height-wise axis (H), a front surface and a back surface mutually spaced on lengthwise axis (L), and a plurality of side surfaces including a first side surface and a second side surface mutually spaced in a widthwise axis (W), wherein in a first cross sectional profile of the plurality of side surfaces forms convergent-divergent profile.

Friction liner and traction sheave

A brake for an elevator car includes a multiple of sequentially operated brake segments to control a timing and a rate of brake torque for deceleration of the elevator car.

Electromagnetic brake system for elevator application

An elevator load weighing system () includes a brake assembly () configured to apply a braking force that inhibits vertical movement of an elevator car (), and rotate in response to realizing a torque applied thereto. A position monitoring mechanism () is coupled to the brake assembly () and is configured to output a position signal in response to a rotation of the brake assembly (). An electronic elevator control module () is configured to determine a zero-torque position of the brake assembly () prior to engaging the brake assembly (). The electronic elevator control module () is further configured to detect at least one rotational brake displacement of the brake assembly () based on the position signal.

Elevator load weighing system

An elevator brake disk assembly is provided. The elevator brake disk assembly includes a brake disk which is keyed to and rotatable with a shaft of an elevator machine, a machine frame and dampers. The dampers are respectively anchored to the machine frame and biased to symmetrically hold the brake disk during rotations thereof.

Disk damping device

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Kensington, CT, United States of America

James Leo Hubbard