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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2019
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Michael Paul Humbert, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Scott Alan Eastman, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Daniel A. Mosher, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator load bearing member includes a plurality of load bearing cords and a woven fabric including a plurality of warp yarns along a length of the load bearing member and a plurality of weft yarns transverse to the length of the load bearing member. The woven fabric includes a central portion and lateral edge portions extending along the length of the load bearing member. The central portion includes the load bearing cords interlaced with the woven fabric. The lateral edge portions each include terminal ends of the weft yarns. The central portion has a first plurality of warp yarns situated between laterally outermost ones of the cords. The lateral edge portions have a second plurality of warp yarns between the laterally outermost ones of the cords and the terminal ends of the weft yarns.