B66B 2201/24
Control of empty elevator cars
B66B2201/24 (Control of empty elevator cars) appears on 6 US grants and 10 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 6
- Published applications
- 10
- Assignees
- 7
- Inventors
- 29
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
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Recent patents
- Method for testing a brake of a hoisting machine and system10 Feb 2026US 12,545,553 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator system and method for operating same23 Dec 2025US 12,503,334 B2
- Method for intelligent control of an elevator and device using the same3 Oct 2023US 11,772,931 B2Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Method for controlling a passenger transport system based on one or more system control parameters24 Nov 2020US 10,843,895 B2Kone Corporation
- Method for operating an elevator with multiple shafts and cars7 Jan 2020US 10,526,166 B2thyssenkrupp AG
- Elevator system and elevator car assignment method24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128910 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Elevator control11 Jan 2024US 2024/0010461 A1Kone Corporation
- Method for testing a brake of a hoisting machine and system12 Jan 2023US 2023/0007842 A1Kone Corporation
- Anti-pinch device, space computing device and hovering control device22 Jul 2021US 2021/0221648 A1Pixart Imaging Inc.
- Elevator system and method for operating same15 Jul 2021US 2021/0214182 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motion profile for empty elevator cars and occupied elevator cars1US 10,081,513 B2Otis Elevator Company · 2018
- Method for operating an elevator with multiple shafts and cars1US 10,526,166 B2thyssenkrupp AG · 2020
- Method for controlling a passenger transport system based on one or more system control parameters1US 10,843,895 B2Kone Corporation · 2020