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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Walter Thomas Schmidt, Marlborough, CT (US);
Charles C. Coffin, Vernon, CT (US);
Shihemn Chen, Bolton, CT (US);
Enrico Manes, Feeding Hills, MA (US);
Paul R. Braunwart, Hebron, CT (US);
Anais Espinal, Burlington, MA (US);
Kishore K. Reddy, Vernon, CT (US);
Soumalya Sarkar, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/00 (2006.01); B66B 21/02 (2006.01); B66B 29/00 (2006.01); B66B 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/006 (2013.01); B66B 21/02 (2013.01); B66B 23/12 (2013.01); B66B 25/003 (2013.01); B66B 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an escalator system that has: an escalator step; and load sensors secured to the escalator step, wherein the load sensors are configured to: sense an escalator loading; and transfer, to an escalator controller, sensor data indicative of the escalator loading.