B66B 1/2408
Where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of
Official title: {where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of importance, i.e. by means of a supervisory or group controller}
B66B1/2408 (Where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of) appears on 642 US grants and 610 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 642
- Published applications
- 610
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
- 895
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 11 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | 12 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 14 | 20 |
| 2012 | 17 | 28 |
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| 2015 | 22 | 29 |
| 2016 | 18 | 33 |
| 2017 | 21 | 38 |
| 2018 | 34 | 51 |
| 2019 | 35 | 58 |
| 2020 | 33 | 63 |
| 2021 | 19 | 48 |
| 2022 | 26 | 35 |
| 2023 | 32 | 29 |
| 2024 | 30 | 19 |
| 2025 | 43 | 24 |
| 2026 | 18 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B66B 1/2458For elevator systems with multiple shafts and a single car per shaft339
- B66B 1/2466For elevator systems with multiple shafts and multiple cars per shaft68
- B66B 1/2491For elevator systems with lateral transfers of cars or cabins between hoistways34
- B66B 1/2433For elevator systems with a single shaft and multiple cars33
- B66B 1/2416For single car elevator systems21
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling an elevator car8 Sep 2026US 12,729,094 B2Hyundai Motor Company
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- Solution for overspeed monitoring of an elevator car28 Jul 2026US 12,692,121 B2Kone Corporation
- Remote elevator destination dispatch and authorization system and method with secured ble beacons and security fall-back14 Jul 2026US 12,679,693 B2braXos Security Software LLC
- Elevator communication system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257886 A1Kone Corporation
- Method and a system for determining a fill level of an elevator car20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242177 A1Kone Corporation
- Mobile body introduction assistance system, and mobile body introduction assistance method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184535 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Controlling an elevator using a mobile device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167454 A1Inventio AG
- Biometric pre-identification28 May 2026US 2026/0148234 A1Secure Identity, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Processing and registering automatic elevator cell destinations140US 6,202,799 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2001
- Automatic elevator destination call processing127US 6,397,976 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2002
- Remote elevator call requests with descriptor tags103US 5,984,051 AOtis Elevator Company · 1999
- Method for transmitting messages in an elevator communications system95US 5,551,532 AOtis Elevator Company · 1996
- Apparatus for the load dependent control of an elevator83US 4,708,224 AInventio AG · 1987