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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Mikhail Zabran, Farmington, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A frictionless safety brake actuator (), a braking system, and an elevator system. The frictionless safety brake actuator () for use in an elevator system, includes: a fixed component (); a movable component (), configured to be moveable between a first position in which a safety brake is actuated and a second position in which the safety brake is not actuated; a biasing element () arranged between the fixed component () and the movable component () to apply a biasing force to the movable component () to bias the movable component () away from the fixed component () towards the first position; an actuating element () connected to the movable component (); a holding arrangement () comprising a latch () and a first actuator (), wherein the first actuator () is configured to be selectively operable to move the latch () between a holding position and a release position.