B66B 1/2491
For elevator systems with lateral transfers of cars or cabins between hoistways
Official title: {For elevator systems with lateral transfers of cars or cabins between hoistways}
B66B1/2491 (For elevator systems with lateral transfers of cars or cabins between hoistways) appears on 34 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 34
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 11
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Control of an elevator system16 Jun 2026US 12,654,983 B2Kone Corporation
- Method, a multicar elevator system, and an operational entity for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system27 Aug 2024US 12,071,322 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator system accommodating elevator cars having different sizes11 Oct 2022US 11,465,877 B2Kone Corporation
- Managing the number of active elevator cars in a multi-car elevator shaft system16 Aug 2022US 11,414,296 B2Kone Corporation
- Adjustable multicar elevator system22 Mar 2022US 11,279,591 B2Kone Corporation
- System and method for controlling multidirectional operation of an elevator26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425322 A1
- Method Of Operating An Elevator System By The Specification Of A Predetermined Travel Route, an Elevator System, and an Elevator Controller For Carrying Out Such A Method3 Jun 2021US 2021/0163257 A1TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH
- Multicar elevator system and a method thereto6 May 2021US 2021/0130132 A1Kone Corporation
- Elevator system, control unit for an elevator system, and method of operating an elevator system1 Apr 2021US 2021/0094798 A1
- Elevator system4 Mar 2021US 2021/0061612 A1Kone Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elevator group management control apparatus and elevator group management control method46US 5,865,274 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1999
- Elevator installation comprising a number of individually propelled cars in at least three adjacent hoistways27US 6,955,245 B2Inventio AG · 2005
- Synchronous elevator shuttle system21US 5,651,426 AOtis Elevator Company · 1997
- Elevator installation with individually movable elevator cars and method for operating such an elevator installation21US 7,537,089 B2Inventio AG · 2009
- Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle18US 5,924,524 AOtis Elevator Company · 1999