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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187134 ; 187136 ; 367117 ; 367127 ;
Abstract
Two ultrasonic transducers are provided, one upon the ceiling of an elevator hoistway and the other one the top of an elevator car for measuring the time for an ultrasonic signal to travel from one transducer to another and return for treasuring elevator position.