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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/00 (2006.01); G01B 7/31 (2006.01); B66B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/006 (2013.01); B66B 25/00 (2013.01); G01B 7/31 (2013.01); B66B 23/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passenger conveyance system () is provided which includes a first component () arranged to rotate about a first rotation axis Aand a second component () arranged to rotate about a second rotation axis A; at least one magnet (); and at least one sensor (). Either the at least one sensor () or the at least one magnet () is fixed to the first component (). The sensor () is arranged to measure a displacement to the at least one magnet (), and the system () is arranged to use the measured displacement to determine information indicative of the alignment of the first and second components ().