B66B 1/20
And for varying the manner of operation to suit particular traffic conditions
Official title: and for varying the manner of operation to suit particular traffic conditions, e.g. "one-way rush-hour traffic" {(B66B1/2466 takes precedence)}
B66B1/20 (And for varying the manner of operation to suit particular traffic conditions) appears on 62 US grants and 32 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 62
- Published applications
- 32
- Assignees
- 11
- Inventors
- 106
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
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| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Control device for passenger traffic system14 Oct 2025US 12,441,581 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator floor bypass15 Aug 2023US 11,724,907 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator operation management system and elevator operation management method24 Jan 2023US 11,560,288 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Peak traffic detection according to passenger traffic intensity4 Jan 2022US 11,214,463 B2Kone Corporation
- Allocation of calls in a lift installation31 Jan 2017US 9,556,001 B2Inventio AG
- Control device for passenger traffic system15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015201 A1Kone Corporation
- System and method of operating an elevator system to select an elevator car of a bank of elevator cars from an elevator health and usage state and a travel time to respond to a service request23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326606 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Solution for controlling passenger flow23 Mar 2023US 2023/0088242 A1Kone Corporation
- Control device for passenger traffic system19 Aug 2021US 2021/0253394 A1Kone Corporation
- Elevator Operation Management System and Elevator Operation Management Method24 Sep 2020US 2020/0299099 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elevator management system time based security93US 5,159,163 AOtis Elevator Company · 1992
- Apparatus and methods for detecting number of people waiting in an elevator hall using plural image processing means with overlapping fields of view69US 5,298,697 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1994
- Passenger guiding system for a passenger transportation system33US 7,712,586 B2Otis Elevator Company · 2010
- Genetic procedure for multi-deck elevator call allocation30US 6,293,368 B1Kone Corporation · 2001
- Group control for elevators containing an apparatus for controlling the down-peak traffic26US 4,492,288 AInventio AG · 1985