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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Kiron Bhaskar, Farmington, CT (US);
Sam Thieu Wong, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Brad Guilani, Woodstock Valley, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a ropeless elevator system having: a car mover operationally connected to an elevator car, the car mover configured to move along a car mover track in a hoistway lane, thereby moving the elevator car along the hoistway lane, wherein the car mover has a first tire of a first wheel that is configured to engage the car mover track when the car mover moves along the car mover track, wherein one or more of the first tire and the car mover track has an engagement feature for increasing traction between the first tire and the car mover track.