B66B 1/2466
For elevator systems with multiple shafts and multiple cars per shaft
Official title: {For elevator systems with multiple shafts and multiple cars per shaft}
B66B1/2466 (For elevator systems with multiple shafts and multiple cars per shaft) appears on 68 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 139
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 13 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 9 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Elevator communication system2 Jun 2026US 12,643,767 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator communication system26 May 2026US 12,637,322 B2Kone Corporation
- Systems and methods for dispatching elevators23 Dec 2025US 12,503,333 B2Appana Industries LLC
- Communication solution for an elevator system25 Nov 2025US 12,479,697 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator communication system16 Sep 2025US 12,415,705 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator communication system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257886 A1Kone Corporation
- Control of elevator system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0062255 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
- Method and system for intelligent transport system (its)2 Oct 2025US 2025/0304408 A1Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Systems and methods for adjusting elevator load settings2 Oct 2025US 2025/0304409 A1Appana Industries LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elevator control system68US 5,663,538 A1997
- Elevator group management control apparatus and elevator group management control method46US 5,865,274 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1999
- Elevator system, including control method for controlling, multiple cars in a single shaft33US 6,360,849 B1Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Elevator system controller and method of controlling elevator system with two elevator cars in single shaft32US 6,364,065 B1Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Elevator group control apparatus for multiple elevators in a single elevator shaft30US 6,273,217 B1Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001