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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Scott Alan Eastman, Glastonbury, CT (US);
John P. Wesson, West Hartford, CT (US);
Daniel A. Mosher, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Michael Paul Humbert, Meriden, CT (US);
William Eaton Holden, III, Berlin, CT (US);
Brad Guilani, Woodstock Valley, CT (US);
Gopal R. Krishnan, Wethersfield, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes a plurality of tension elements extending longitudinally along a length of the belt and a plurality of fibers interlaced with the plurality of tension elements forming a composite belt structure. A coating at least partially encapsulates the composite belt structure to improve two or more operational characteristics of the belt. A method of forming a belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes forming a plurality of tension elements and arraying the plurality of tension elements longitudinally along a belt. A plurality of fibers are interlaced with the plurality of tension elements to form a composite belt structure. A coating is applied to at least partially encapsulate the composite belt structure to improve at least two operational characteristics of the belt.