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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Randall S. Dube, Glastonbury, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An overspeed assembly for use with a governor assembly for limiting of an elevator system, the overspeed assembly includes a rod movable relative to the governor assembly in response to a speed of an elevator car and a pin coupled to the rod. The pin is movable between a first position and a second position based on a direction of travel of the elevator car. The pin is configured to engage a first component to indicate a first overspeed condition when the elevator car is travelling in a first direction and the pin is configured to engage a second component to indicate a second overspeed condition when the elevator car is travelling in a second, opposite direction.