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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Lindsay Wos, Florence, SC (US);
Nikola Trcka, West Hartford, CT (US);
Sally Day Mahoney, New Hartford, CT (US);
Leslie Lamontagne, Prospect, CT (US);
Sandeep Sudi, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/0025 (2013.01); B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 3/02 (2013.01); B66B 5/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator system includes an elevator car configured to travel in a hoistway, the elevator car including an elevator car door; a controller configured to control motion of the elevator car; at least one sensor configured to sense an operating condition of the elevator system; and a sensor interface configured to detect a shutdown state of the elevator system in response to the operating condition.