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US 12,297,078 B2Granted
Magnetic door coupler
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsMikhail Zabran, James Chmiel
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Abstract
A coupler device of a door coupler engageable with a vane member includes a housing, a shaft rotatable about an axis, and at least one rotary magnet arranged within an interior of the housing. The at least one rotary magnet is coupled to the shaft. The coupler device is transformable between an off configuration and an on configuration and the coupler device is magnetically couplable with the vane member when in the on configuration.
Claims18
A coupler device of a door coupler engageable with a vane member, the coupler device comprising:
- a housing;
- a shaft rotatable about an axis;
- and
- at least one rotary magnet arranged within an interior of the housing, the at least one rotary magnet being coupled to the shaft;
- wherein the coupler device is transformable between an off configuration and an on configuration in response to rotation of the shaft about the axis and the coupler device is magnetically couplable with the vane member when in the on configuration.
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A method of operating a door coupler comprising:
- operating a door mover;
- moving a coupler device operably coupled to the door mover laterally into engagement with a landing vane;
- and
- transforming the coupler device from an off configuration to an on configuration, the coupler device being magnetically coupled to the landing vane in the on configuration, wherein the coupler device includes at least one rotary mounted affixed to a shaft and transforming the coupler device from the off configuration to the on configuration includes rotating the shaft about an axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.