Otis Elevator Company

Michael Peters

Hans-Kilian Josef Spielbauer

Prasanna Nagarajan

Emmanuel Convard

Antoine Adrian Blanchard

Donald F Cominelli

Michael Wilke

Camilo Cardona

Gregor Stricker

An illustrative elevator system includes an elevator car, a machine including a motor that provides a motive force for moving the elevator car along a travel path and a brake that resists movement of the elevator car, and a brake controller. The brake controller is configured to determine when the elevator car is within a selected range of at least one end of the travel path. The brake controller inhibits a delay in application of the brake when the elevator car is within the selected range and permits a delay in application of the brake when the elevator car is outside of the selected range.

Elevator machine brake delay control

Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a demand entering device configured to receive an elevator destination command, a request for at least one of: statistical data regarding use of at least one elevator, and field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with the at least one elevator, and obtaining, by the demand entering device, at least one of the statistical data and the field data in response to the request.

Elevator demand entering device

A constant bias velocity is dictated from a profile generator, while a torque value sent to an elevator drive is increased linearly until motion is detected. Then, the torque value is frozen. A normal velocity profile is started and coupled without discontinuity to the prior bias velocity dictation. In response to activation of an elevator loadweighing switch, an initial torque value is provided without boundary values stored in a table. Such static friction keeps an elevator car motionless when an elevator brake is lifted.

Elevator start jerk removal

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Berlin, Germany

Michael Peters