Otis Elevator Company

Carrier Corporation

Goodrich Corporation

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Rtx Corporation

Scott Alan Eastman

Daniel A Mosher

Wenping Zhao

Joseph V Mantese

John P Wesson

Brad Guilani

Parmesh Verma

Georgios S Zafiris

Sergei F Burlatsky

Zhongfen Ding

Paul Papas

Wayde R Schmidt

Abbas A Alahyari

Thomas D Radcliff

Michael L Perry

Mark R Gurvich

Andrzej Ernest Kuczek

Charles E Lents

Jack Leon Esformes

Rony Giovanni Ganis

Ying She

Aaron T Nardi

Zissis A Dardas

Brian St Rock

Changsheng Guo

Jonathan Rheaume

Ram Ranjan

Mark Steven Thompson

Sameh Dardona

Ulf J Jonsson

Wei Xie

Michael Paul Humbert

Subramanyaravi Annapragada

Steven W Gronda

Craig R Walker

Gopal R Krishnan

Christopher L Chapman

Eric Jay Amis

Farzana Hussain

William Eaton Holden, Iii

Vladimir Blasko

Michael A Klecka

Suman Dwari

Catherine Thibaud

Peter J Walsh

Randall S Dube

Slade R Culp

Chen Qian Zhao

Huan Zhang

Alexander I Norman

Xiaomei Fang

Treese Hugener-Campbell

Aritra Sur

Sonia Tulyani

Vadim V Atrazhev

Danielle L Grolman

William A Rioux

Jodi Ann Vecchiarelli

Vadim I Sultanov

Jacquelynn K M Garofano

Caitlyn McIntyre Thorpe

Iii William Holden

Jodi A Vecchiarelli

Caitlyn Mcintyre Thorpe

Iii William Eaton Holden

Micheal Paul Humbert

A flow battery includes an electrochemical cell that has a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and a separator layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The separator layer is formed of a polymer that has a polymer backbone with cyclic groups that are free of unsaturated nitrogen and one or more polar groups bonded between the cyclic groups.

Separator layer for flow battery

An electrocaloric fiber includes an electrocaloric material surrounding a centrally located electrode. The electrocaloric fiber may further include an outer electrode surrounding the electrocaloric material. The electrocaloric fiber may be used to form an electrocaloric fabric.

Electrocaloric fiber, fabric and system comprising same

A method of making an electrocaloric article is disclosed. The method includes mounting a supported electrocaloric film to a frame. The supported electrocaloric film includes an electrocaloric film and a first support film disposed on a first side of the electrocaloric film. An active area of the electrocaloric film is provided, which is not covered by the first support film on the first side of the electrocaloric film. Electrical connections are provided to electrodes disposed on opposing sides of the electrocaloric film in the active area.

Electrocaloric heat transfer system

A tension member for a lifting and/or hoisting system includes a core including a plurality of load carrying fibers arranged in a matrix material, and an outer layer secured to the core including a plurality of outer fibers arranged around a perimeter of the core. The outer layer includes one or more outer fibers arranged off-axis relative to the load carrying fibers of the core. A method of forming a tension member for an elevator system includes arranging a plurality of load carrying fibers along a length of the tension member, retaining the plurality of load carrying fibers in a matrix material to define a core, and enclosing the core in an outer layer including a plurality of outer fibers arranged around a perimeter of the core. The outer layer includes one or more outer fibers arranged off-axis relative to the load carrying fibers of the core.

Overbraided non-metallic tension members

An illustrative example assembly for making an elevator load bearing member includes a fabric having a plurality of fibers arranged with some of the fibers transverse to others of the fibers. A plurality of cords are configured to support a load associated with an elevator car. The cords are included in the fabric and have respective coatings. The coatings include a first coating material and a second coating material, or include different coating thicknesses such that some of the coatings have a different coating thickness than others of the coatings, or the coatings include the first coating material and the second coating material and some of the coatings have a different coating thickness than others of the coatings.

Elevator load bearing member having a fabric structure

A method of making a heat exchanger with a net shape moldable highly thermally conductive polymer composite includes mixing a polymer and a thermally conductive filler material and molding the polymer composite into heat exchanger components. The heat exchanger can be tailored to varying heating and cooling needs with moldable geometries.

Net shape moldable thermally conductive materials

An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator load bearing member includes a plurality of load bearing cords and a woven fabric including a plurality of warp yarns along a length of the load bearing member and a plurality of weft yarns transverse to the length of the load bearing member. The woven fabric includes a central portion and lateral edge portions extending along the length of the load bearing member. The central portion includes the load bearing cords interlaced with the woven fabric. The lateral edge portions each include terminal ends of the weft yarns. The central portion has a first plurality of warp yarns situated between laterally outermost ones of the cords. The lateral edge portions have a second plurality of warp yarns between the laterally outermost ones of the cords and the terminal ends of the weft yarns.

An electrocaloric element for a heat transfer system includes an electrocaloric material of a copolymer of (i) vinylidene fluoride, and (ii) an addition polymerization monomer that is larger than vinylidene fluoride and includes a substituent more electronegative than chlorine. Electrodes are disposed on opposite surfaces of the electrocaloric material, and an electric power source is configured to provide voltage to the electrodes. The system also includes a first thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat sink, and a second thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat source.

Electrocaloric heat transfer system comprising copolymers

A belt includes one or more tension members extending along a length of the belt, and a jacket at least partially enclosing the plurality of tension members. The jacket includes an elastomeric material and a plurality of reinforcing elements located in the elastomeric material to improve fatigue cracking performance of the belt. An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car located in the hoistway, and an elevator belt operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway. The elevator belt includes one or more tension members extending along a length of the belt and a jacket at least partially enclosing the plurality of tension members. The jacket includes an elastomeric material and a plurality of reinforcing elements located in the elastomeric material to improve fatigue cracking performance of the belt.

Reinforced jacket for belt

A method of realizing a ferroic response is provided. The method includes applying a positive or negative conjugate field, which is of a first polarity, to a ferroic material to obtain a substantially minimized entropy of the ferroic material () and applying a slightly negative or a slightly positive conjugate field, which is of a second polarity opposite the first polarity, to the ferroic material to obtain a substantially maximized entropy of the ferroic material ().

Ferroic response through application of conjugate field

A belt for an elevator system is provided having a core and an elastomeric sheath positioned over the core. An elastomer and phosphonate blended bonding agent adheres the core to the sheath.

Load bearing member for an elevator system having an elastomer and phosphonate blended bonding agent

A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes a plurality of tension elements extending along a length of the belt and a plurality of belt fibers transverse to the plurality of tension elements and interlaced therewith. The belt fibers define at least one traction surface of the belt. An edge fiber is located at a lateral end of the belt transverse to and secured to the plurality of belt fibers to secure the belt fibers in a selected position.

Elevator belt and method of manufacture

Disclosed is a heat transfer system with a module that includes a peripheral frame () and an electrocaloric element () disposed in an opening in the peripheral frame. The electrocaloric element includes an electrocaloric film (), a first electrode () on a first side of the electrocaloric film, and a second electrode () on a second side of the electrocaloric film. First and second electrically conductive elements () are disposed adjacent to first and second surfaces of the peripheral frame, and provide an electrical connection to the first and second electrodes.

A belt () for suspending and/or driving an elevator car () includes a plurality of tension elements () extending longitudinally along a length of the belt, at least one tension element of the plurality of tension elements having one or more tension element coating layers () applied thereto. A plurality of fibers are interlaced with the plurality of tension elements forming a composite belt structure. A belt coating () at least partially encapsulates the composite belt structure.

Reinforced fabric elevator belt with improved internal wear resistance

A heat transfer system is disclosed in which, an electrocaloric material includes a copolymer of a monomer mixture including (i) vinylidene fluoride, (ii) an addition polymerization monomer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene, or a monomer smaller than trifluoroethylene, and (iii) a halogenated addition polymerization monomer different than (ii) that is larger than vinylidene fluoride. The electrocaloric material also includes an additive selected from a nucleating agent having a polar surface charge, electrocalorically active solid particles, or a combination thereof. Electrodes are disposed on opposite surfaces of the electrocaloric material, and an electric power source is configured to provide voltage to the electrodes. The system also includes a first thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat sink, and a second thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat source.

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Glastonbury, CT, United States of America

Scott Alan Eastman