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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Joseph C. Rampone, Colchester, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A termination device for a suspension member of an elevator system includes a housing, and a wedge assembly positioned in the housing. The wedge assembly is interactive with the suspension member to apply a clamping force to the suspension member in response to an axial load acting on the suspension member. The wedge assembly includes a compressible cushion configured to increase uniformity of the clamping force applied to the suspension member by the wedge assembly. An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car located in the hoistway, a suspension member operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway, and a termination device located in the hoistway and operably connected to a suspension member end of the suspension member.