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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 1/3423 (2013.01); B66B 1/3453 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator system includes an elevator car () disposed in and constructed and arranged to move along a hoistway () generally defined by a stationary structure. A short-range communication system of the elevator system is configured to provide communication between the elevator car and the stationary structure, and may include a transceiver () carried by the elevator car and a plurality of transceivers () spaced along the hoistway. A network coordinator () of the communication system is operatively coupled to the plurality of hoistway transceivers to provide uninterrupted communication.