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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Sandeep Sudi, Unionville, CT (US);
Daniel M. Tripp, Sr., Deerfield, NH (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/0025 (2013.01); B66B 5/0031 (2013.01); B66B 5/0087 (2013.01); B66B 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Elevator systems and methods of operating elevator systems having an elevator car within an elevator shaft, a counterweight within the elevator shaft and operably connected to the elevator car, an indicator element located in a pit of the elevator shaft, and an inspection system including a detector located on the elevator car and arranged to detect a location of the counterweight in an inspection region within the pit based a relative position between the counterweight and the indicator element.