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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Arthur Hsu, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
David Ginsberg, Granby, CT (US);
Jose Miguel Pasini, Avon, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 11/04 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 11/0407 (2013.01); B66B 1/2466 (2013.01); B66B 1/2491 (2013.01); B66B 5/0031 (2013.01); B66B 5/024 (2013.01); B66B 9/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method of operating an elevator system having at least one lane is provided. The method comprising: detecting a failure in the elevator system; detecting a location of the failure within the elevator system; determining a traffic pattern of the elevator car in response to the location of the failure, the traffic pattern operable to direct the elevator car to avoid the location of the failure; and moving the elevator car in accordance with the traffic pattern selected.