Elevator system suspension member

An elevator system, comprising:

• a hoistway;
• a drive machine having a traction sheave coupled thereto;
• an elevator car movable within the hoistway;
• and
• a belt operably connected to the elevator car and interactive with the traction sheave to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway, the belt including:
• two or more metallic cord tension elements extending along a length of the belt, each metallic cord tension element including a plurality of steel wires arranged into a cord;
• two or more non-metallic tension elements extending along a length of the belt, each non-metallic tension element formed from a non-metallic material;
• and
• a jacket, wherein the two or more metallic cord tension elements and the two or more non-metallic tension elements are at least partially encased in the jacket;
• wherein the two or more metallic cord tension elements and the two or more non-metallic tension elements are arrayed laterally across a lateral width of the belt;
• wherein the two or more non-metallic tension elements include a plurality of fibers extending along a length of the non-metallic tension element bonded to a polymer matrix;
• wherein the two or more metallic cord tension elements and the two or more non-metallic tension elements are arranged in two or more groups arranged laterally across a width of the belt, each group including:
• two metallic cord tension elements of the two or more metallic cord tension elements;
• and
• one non-metallic tension element of the two or more non-metallic tension elements disposed between the two metallic cord tension elements;
• wherein a portion of the jacket is disposed between laterally adjacent groups of the two or more groups;
• wherein a first metallic cord tension element of a first group of the two or more groups is laterally adjacent at a first side to the non-metallic tension element of the first group and laterally adjacent at a second side to a second metallic cord tension element of a second group of the two or more groups.