B66B 5/0018
Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system
Official title: {Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system}
B66B5/0018 (Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system) appears on 773 US grants and 1,081 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 773
- Published applications
- 1,081
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 1,507
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 59 | 59 |
| 2025 | 66 | 71 |
| 2026 | 60 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Elevating body derailment detection device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,043 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Multi-stage detection trigger for human sensing6 Oct 2026US 12,753,044 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Autonomous elevator car mover configured with guide wheels6 Oct 2026US 12,753,046 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator system configured to perform a self diagnosis and method of operating the elevator system29 Sep 2026US 12,747,134 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Method for controlling an elevator1 Sep 2026US 12,722,936 B2Kone Corporation
- 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 communication system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257886 A1Kone Corporation
- Split magnetic wheel encoder for elevators27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251478 A1
- Evaluation of a condition of an automatic door drive belt13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233969 A1Kone Corporation
- Management system for elevators13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233970 A1Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for system fault diagnosis and control310US 4,649,515 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1987
- Remote elevator monitoring system122US 4,568,909 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1986
- Electronic safety system for elevators having a dual redundant safety bus96US 6,173,814 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2001
- Lift collision avoidance system93US 7,194,358 B2The Boeing Company · 2007
- Safety equipment for multimobile elevator groups72US 5,877,462 AInventio AG · 1999