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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Javier Munoz Sotoca, Madrid, ES;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An electronic safety actuator () for an elevator safety brake, includes a first solenoid (), a magnet (), movable by the first solenoid () between a first position proximate to the first solenoid () and a second position distal from the first solenoid () a second solenoid () and a detector (). The detector () is arranged to apply an electrical signal to one of the first solenoid () and the second solenoid (), and to detect an electrical signal induced in the other of the first solenoid () and the second solenoid () as a result of the applied electrical signal. There is also provided a method of detecting a condition or state of the first solenoid () or the magnet ().