# US 10,483,740 B1 · Floor board junction box > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,483,740 B1 - Document ID: US10483740B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/159,314 - Filed: 2018-10-12 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-12 - Assignees: Kone Corporation - Applicants: Kone Corporation - Inventors: Arvind Kinjarapu; Håkan Bärneman; Areli Borrego; Martti Juurioksa; Rodolfo Jasso - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483740B1 ## CPC - H02G 3/0616: {Joints for connecting tubing to casing} - H02G 3/123: {in thin walls} - B66B 11/001: {Arrangement of controller, e.g. location} - B66B 19/00: Mining-hoist operation - H02G 3/081: {Bases, casings or covers} - H02B 1/42: Mounting of devices therein - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) - H02B: BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER ## Abstract A method for installing at least one junction box in an elevator hoistway of an elevator includes providing at least one junction box, the junction box including a plurality of knock-out portions, knocking out at least one of the plurality of knock-out portions of the at least one junction box to form a respective aperture, and affixing at least one PCB board to the respective aperture. An elevator includes at least one junction box, including at least one PCB board affixed to an aperture of at least one junction box via holders and an integrated multi-conductor coil wired to each PCB board; a duct connector connected to the at least one junction box; and a plurality of wiring ducts connected to the duct connector. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for installing at least one junction box in an elevator hoistway of an elevator, the method comprising: providing at least one junction box, each junction box including a plurality of knock-out portions and integrated box flaps; knocking out at least one of the plurality of knock-out portions of the at least one junction box to form a respective aperture; and affixing at least one PCB board to the respective aperture via a respective holder, wherein the elevator includes a plurality of landings and at least one of a seismic device, a door lock switch, a door sensor and a stop switch, wherein the method further comprises: fixing the at least one junction box to a duct connection using the integrated box flaps, electrically connecting the at least one junction box to a controller via a serial data bus through the duct connection; electrically connecting the at least one of the seismic device, door lock switch, door sensor and stop switch to the at least one junction box through the duct connection; and electrically connecting hall call buttons to the at least one junction box from each of the plurality of landings, and wherein the elevator further comprises a wire duct and landing fixtures connected to the at least one junction box. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one PCB board includes a plurality of PCB boards and an integrated multi-conductor coil wired to each of the PCB boards. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one junction box is fixed at an upper portion of the elevator hoistway or at a portion near a middle of travel of an elevator car. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of PCB boards includes at least one of a hoistway access control (“HAC”), a floor control board (“FBC”) and a floor option board (“FOB”). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the seismic device, the door lock switch, the door sensor and the stop switch are wired to the at least one junction box. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the serial data bus is a local operating network (“LON”) bus or a controlled area network (“CAN”) bus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one junction box includes a plurality of junction boxes, wherein the elevator includes more than four floors, and wherein one of the plurality of junction boxes is fixed to the elevator hoistway every four floors. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The elevator according to claim 1, wherein each holder extends through the respective aperture and includes a portion extending perpendicular to an axis of the respective aperture to fix the respective holder to the junction box, and wherein the at least one PCB board is affixed to the respective holder via a fastening member. ### Claim 9 A method for installing at least one junction box in an elevator hoistway of an elevator, the method comprising: providing at least one junction box, wherein each junction box includes: an integrated multi-conductor coil; a plurality of knock-out portions; and integrated box flaps; knocking out at least one of the plurality of knock-out portions of the at least one junction box to form a respective aperture; affixing a PCB board to the respective aperture via a respective holder; and wiring the integrated multi-conductor coil to the PCB board, wherein the elevator includes a plurality of landings a wire duct and landing fixtures, wherein the wire duct and the landing fixtures are connected to the at least one junction box, and wherein the method further comprises: fixing the at least one junction box to a duct connection using the integrated box flaps; electrically connecting the at least one junction box to an elevator control unit via a serial data bust through the duct connection; electrically connecting a lay-in duct cable via the duct connection to a connector strip of the at least one junction box; and electrically connecting hall call buttons into the at least one junction box from each of the plurality of landings. ### Claim 10 An elevator, comprising: a plurality of landings; a controller; landing fixtures; at least one junction box including: at least one PCB board, wherein each PCB board is affixed to an aperture of the at least one junction box via holders; integrated box flaps; and an integrated multi-conductor coil wired to each PCB board; a duct connector connected to the at least one junction box; and a plurality of wiring ducts connected to the duct connector, wherein the at least one junction box is fixed to the duct connector using the integrated box flaps, wherein the at least one junction box is electrically connected to the controller via a serial data bus through the duct connection, wherein the lay-in duct cable is electrically connected through the duct connector to a connector strop of the at least one junction box, wherein hall call buttons are electrically connected into the at least one junction box from each of the plurality of landings, and wherein the wire ducts and the landing fixtures are connected to the at least one junction box. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The elevator according to claim 10, wherein the at least one PCB board includes a plurality of PCB boards, and wherein the plurality of PCB boards includes at least one of a hoistway access control (“HAC”), a floor control board (“FBC”) and a floor option board (“FOB”). ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The elevator according to claim 10, wherein each of a seismic device, a door lock switch, a door sensor and a stop switch are wired to the at least one junction box.