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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Richard N. Fargo, Plainville, CT (US);
Mark R. Gurvich, Middletown, CT (US);
Richard J. Ericson, Southington, CT (US);
Douglas E. Logan, Burlington, CT (US);
John P. Wesson, West Hartford, CT (US);
David Wayne Mckee, Somers, CT (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A suspension member for suspending and/or driving an elevator car of an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members extending along a length of the suspension member including a plurality of fibers extending along the length of the suspension member bonded into a polymer matrix. A jacket substantially retains the plurality of tension members. The suspension member is configured to be deformed at a suspension member end to allow for installation of the suspension member end into a termination assembly of the elevator system. A method of installing a suspension member of an elevator system into a termination assembly includes deforming a suspension member end and reforming it to a selected shape, inserting the suspension member end into the termination assembly and curing and/or hardening it, and applying a load thereto or to the socket or the wedge to secure the suspension member end in the termination assembly.