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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:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2003
Applicant:
David J. Sirag, Jr., Ellington, CT (US);
Inventor:
David J. Sirag, Jr., Ellington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elevator traffic flow control strategy utilizes the advantages of sector assignment channeling and destination entry systems. A controller () monitors a handling capacity () of the system to determine when it is advisable to override the sector assignments () to provide improved passenger service.