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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 13/14 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 11/02 (2006.01); B66B 13/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 13/146 (2013.01); B66B 9/00 (2013.01); B66B 11/024 (2013.01); B66B 13/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator system, having: an elevator car, the elevator car including: a front end that includes a front doorway; an aft end that includes an aft doorway; and a cabin extending from the front end to the aft end; and a divider system operationally coupled to the elevator car within the cabin, intermediate the front and aft ends, that is operational to transition between: a retracted state, where the cabin is undivided; and a deployed state where the divider system divides the cabin into a front zone that is accessible by the front doorway and an aft zone that is accessible by the aft doorway.