B66B 1/00
Control systems of elevators in general
Official title: Control systems of elevators in general (safety devices B66B5/00; controlling door or gate operation B66B13/00; systems of general application G05)
B66B1/00 (Control systems of elevators in general) appears on 3,186 US grants and 3,081 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 3,186
- Published applications
- 3,081
- Assignees
- 453
- Inventors
- 4,029
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 44 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 22 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 42 | 0 |
| 1983 | 23 | 0 |
| 1984 | 39 | 0 |
| 1985 | 41 | 0 |
| 1986 | 33 | 0 |
| 1987 | 60 | 0 |
| 1988 | 51 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 57 | 0 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | 49 | 0 |
| 1994 | 53 | 0 |
| 1995 | 44 | 0 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 |
| 1997 | 35 | 0 |
| 1998 | 48 | 0 |
| 1999 | 57 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 38 | 24 |
| 2002 | 64 | 31 |
| 2003 | 33 | 35 |
| 2004 | 20 | 43 |
| 2005 | 27 | 40 |
| 2006 | 41 | 60 |
| 2007 | 23 | 60 |
| 2008 | 49 | 67 |
| 2009 | 52 | 58 |
| 2010 | 48 | 58 |
| 2011 | 61 | 83 |
| 2012 | 69 | 109 |
| 2013 | 64 | 76 |
| 2014 | 72 | 73 |
| 2015 | 58 | 132 |
| 2016 | 77 | 130 |
| 2017 | 103 | 206 |
| 2018 | 129 | 231 |
| 2019 | 161 | 279 |
| 2020 | 150 | 294 |
| 2021 | 119 | 237 |
| 2022 | 162 | 213 |
| 2023 | 141 | 171 |
| 2024 | 149 | 139 |
| 2025 | 165 | 138 |
| 2026 | 157 | 94 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Conveyance system with regenerative drive6 Oct 2026US 12,753,042 B2Otis Elevator Company
- System and a method for controlling sway angle of an elevator cabin6 Oct 2026US 12,753,045 B2
- Autonomous elevator car mover configured with guide wheels6 Oct 2026US 12,753,046 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator button panel controller for providing contactless access to elevator button panel and method thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,747,132 B2Inventio AG
- Detecting a probe request in method and system for controlling an elevator car29 Sep 2026US 12,747,133 B2Otis GmbH & Co. OHG
- System and methods for reutilization of elevator's traveling cable on modernizations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307937 A1Kone Corporation
- Gateway for controlling elevator connectivity8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307938 A1Kone Corporation
- A method and an absolute position measuring system for determining an absolute position of an elevator car of an elevator system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307939 A1Inventio AG
- A method for error detection on an image sensor and an absolute position measuring system for a passenger transportation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307940 A1Inventio AG
- Elevator control system and elevator control method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296831 A1Hyundai Elevator Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- “Smart” elevator system and method425US 6,615,175 B12003
- Computerized information presentation apparatus421US 8,290,778 B22012
- Computerized information presentation apparatus419US 8,285,553 B22012
- Computerized information presentation apparatus419US 8,296,146 B22012
- Computerized information presentation apparatus416US 8,290,781 B22012