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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2021
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Daniel A. Mosher, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Brad Guilani, Woodstock Valley, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car movable along the hoistway, and one or more belts operably connected to the elevator car to propel the elevator car along the hoistway. A belt of the one or more belts includes one or more tension elements extending along a belt length, and a jacket at least partially encapsulating the one or more tension elements. The jacket includes a jacket base formed from a first material and one or more insert layers embedded in the jacket base material. The one or more insert layers have a corrugated shape along the belt length, and are formed from a second material different from the first material.