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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Ag, Essen, DE;

Inventors:

Markus Jetter, Filderstadt, DE;

Stefan Gerstenmeyer, Filderstadt, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 3/00 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/2408 (2013.01); B66B 1/2416 (2013.01); B66B 1/2433 (2013.01); B66B 1/2458 (2013.01); B66B 1/2466 (2013.01); B66B 1/2491 (2013.01); B66B 3/002 (2013.01); B66B 9/00 (2013.01); B66B 9/003 (2013.01); B66B 2201/103 (2013.01); B66B 2201/30 (2013.01); B66B 2201/301 (2013.01); B66B 2201/304 (2013.01); B66B 2201/305 (2013.01);
Abstract

Lift systems may include a first shaft unit and a second shaft unit, each of which may include a number of lift shafts. One or more single-car systems and/or multi-car systems may be disposed in the first shaft unit, whereas one or more shaft-changing multi-car systems may be disposed in the second shaft unit. A transporting operation may be carried out from an initial floor to a destination floor wherein a control unit determines whether to utilize one or more cars from the single car systems, the multi-car systems, the shaft-changing multi-car systems, or some combination thereof depending on factors such as the destination floors of the passengers, traffic density, energy demand, and/or availability of cars.


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