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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Walter Thomas Schmidt, Marlborough, CT (US);
Paul R. Braunwart, Hebron, CT (US);
Enrico Manes, Feeding Hills, MA (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/00 (2006.01); B66B 23/12 (2006.01); B66B 21/02 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/003 (2013.01); B66B 21/02 (2013.01); B66B 23/12 (2013.01); B66B 25/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an escalator system having: escalator steps; and a plurality of state sensors including a master sensor and slave sensors, wherein the slave sensors are secured to different ones of the escalator steps, wherein the master sensor is configured to: receive slave sensor data from the slave sensors; and transmit data to an escalator call center upon detecting an occurrence of a fault condition from the slave sensor data.