B66B 1/3492
Position or motion detectors or driving means for the detector
Official title: {Position or motion detectors or driving means for the detector (B66B1/40, B66B1/50 take precedence; length measuring G01B; speed measuring G01P)}
B66B1/3492 (Position or motion detectors or driving means for the detector) appears on 379 US grants and 433 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 379
- Published applications
- 433
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 817
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 10 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2014 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 20 |
| 2016 | 10 | 12 |
| 2017 | 13 | 18 |
| 2018 | 10 | 33 |
| 2019 | 16 | 40 |
| 2020 | 20 | 55 |
| 2021 | 18 | 34 |
| 2022 | 28 | 44 |
| 2023 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024 | 32 | 17 |
| 2025 | 26 | 39 |
| 2026 | 27 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and a method for controlling sway angle of an elevator cabin6 Oct 2026US 12,753,045 B2
- Time-based system and method for determining suspension member elongation15 Sep 2026US 12,735,296 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator positioning system and method of using the same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,733 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Elevator safety monitoring system, elevator system, elevator drive unit, and method for operating an elevator18 Aug 2026US 12,709,518 B2Kone Corporation
- Systems and method for detecting a location of a person in a hoistway28 Jul 2026US 12,692,125 B2Otis Elevator Company
- 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 Traction Media Monitoring1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296833 A1Inventio AG
- Reading device for a shaft information system of an elevator system, shaft information system, and elevator system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257888 A1Inventio AG
- Elevator system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257889 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Absolute position reference system for an elevator68US 6,435,315 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2002
- "Smart" position transducer system for elevators53US 5,274,203 AOtis Elevator Company · 1993
- Electronic control indicator for cable hoist equipment34US 4,334,217 ARig Electronics Ltd. · 1982
- Method and apparatus for encoderless operation of a permanent magnet synchronous motor in an elevator33US 6,492,788 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2002
- Elevator position sensing system using coded vertical tape32US 5,135,081 AUnited States Elevator Corp. · 1992