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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Yisug Kwon, Farmington, CT (US);
Randy Roberts, Hebron, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 7/06 (2006.01); B66B 1/04 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 7/04 (2006.01); B66B 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 7/068 (2013.01); B66B 1/04 (2013.01); B66B 1/3492 (2013.01); B66B 5/0025 (2013.01); B66B 7/048 (2013.01); B66B 7/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator compensation assembly includes a tie down mechanism and at least one compensation sheave that has an outer surface configured to engage at least one compensation rope member. At least one damper is associated with the tie down mechanism for resisting movement of the tie down mechanism in at least one direction. At least one detector detects movement of the tie down mechanism along the direction and provides an output indicating at least one characteristic of the detected movement.