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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
James L. Hubbard, Kensington, CT (US);
Stephen R. Nichols, Unionville, CT (US);
Bruce W. Horne, Cromwell, CT (US);
Zbigniew Piech, Cheshire, CT (US);
Arthur Blanc, Glastonbury, CT (US);
James L. Hubbard, Kensington, CT (US);
Stephen R. Nichols, Unionville, CT (US);
Bruce W. Horne, Cromwell, CT (US);
Zbigniew Piech, Cheshire, CT (US);
Arthur Blanc, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An exemplary elevator machine frame includes a plurality of support surfaces configured to support at least one of a motor or a brake. A plurality of arms between the support surfaces maintain a desired alignment of support surfaces. At least one of the arms has a first cross section taken transverse to a longitudinal direction along a length of the arm at a first longitudinal location on the arm. That same arm has a second, different cross section at a second, different longitudinal location on the arm.