Otis Elevator Company

Mikhail Zabran

James Chmiel

A coupler device of a door coupler engageable with a vane member includes a housing, a shaft rotatable about an axis, and at least one rotary magnet arranged within an interior of the housing. The at least one rotary magnet is coupled to the shaft. The coupler device is transformable between an off configuration and an on configuration and the coupler device is magnetically couplable with the vane member when in the on configuration.

Magnetic door coupler

A frictionless safety brake actuator (), a braking system, and an elevator system. The frictionless safety brake actuator () for use in an elevator system, includes: a fixed component (); a movable component (), configured to be moveable between a first position in which a safety brake is actuated and a second position in which the safety brake is not actuated; a biasing element () arranged between the fixed component () and the movable component () to apply a biasing force to the movable component () to bias the movable component () away from the fixed component () towards the first position; an actuating element () connected to the movable component (); a holding arrangement () comprising a latch () and a first actuator (), wherein the first actuator () is configured to be selectively operable to move the latch () between a holding position and a release position.

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Farmington, CT, United States of America

Mikhail Zabran