The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2016
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
David Ginsberg, Granby, CT (US);
Dang V. Nguyen, South Windsor, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A self-propelled elevator system includes a hoistway () including a plurality of drives (), wherein each of the plurality of drives includes a stationary portion () of a propulsion system and a controller () configured to operate the stationary portion of the propulsion system. The propelled elevator system also includes an elevator car ((),) comprising a processor () and a transceiver (), wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with the controllers of one or more of the plurality of drives that are adjacent to the elevator car and one or more sensors () disposed on the elevator car, wherein the processor is configured to receive signals from the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to control a movement of the elevator car within the hoistway.