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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Michael Garfinkel, West Hartford, CT (US);

Ronnie E. Thebeau, Haddam, CT (US);

Leslie C. Watterson, Unionville, CT (US);

Sucheol Lee, Masan/KyoungNam, KR;

Kensaku Yamane, Narita, JP;

Inventors:

Michael Garfinkel, West Hartford, CT (US);

Ronnie E. Thebeau, Haddam, CT (US);

Leslie C. Watterson, Unionville, CT (US);

SuCheol Lee, Masan/KyoungNam, KR;

Kensaku Yamane, Narita, JP;

Assignee:

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3492 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for monitoring elevator car travel includes a plurality of bi-stable sensors () traveling with an elevator car (); a plurality of sense elements () positioned along a path of the sensors (); the sense elements () causing the sensors () to assume one of a first state and a second state; wherein states of the sensors () define a zone code () identifying a zone corresponding to the elevator car () position, the zone code () being a gray code.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Garfinkel, Michael. (2016). Determining elevator car position using bi-stable sensors (U.S. Patent No. 9296591). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9296591

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