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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Harold Terry, Avon, CT (US);
Leandre Adifon, Farmington, CT (US);
Richard N. Fargo, Plainville, CT (US);
David J. Lanesey, Harwinton, CT (US);
Anthony Cooney, Unionville, CT (US);
James M. Draper, East Hartford, CT (US);
Jamie A. Rivera, Bristol, CT (US);
Justin Billard, Amston, CT (US);
Zbigniew Piech, Cheshire, CT (US);
Harold Terry, Avon, CT (US);
Leandre Adifon, Farmington, CT (US);
Richard N. Fargo, Plainville, CT (US);
David J. Lanesey, Harwinton, CT (US);
Anthony Cooney, Unionville, CT (US);
James M. Draper, East Hartford, CT (US);
Jamie A. Rivera, Bristol, CT (US);
Justin Billard, Amston, CT (US);
Zbigniew Piech, Cheshire, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An elevator system includes one or more rails fixed in a hoistway and an elevator car configured to move through the hoistway along the one or more rails. The system includes one or more braking systems having one more braking surfaces secured to the elevator car and frictionally engageable with one or more rails of the elevator system. One or more actuators are operably connected to the one or more braking surfaces configured to urge engagement and/or disengagement of the one or more braking surfaces with the rail to stop and/or hold the elevator car during operation of the elevator system.