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US 2016/0107863 A1Published application
Elevator motor cooling assembly
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorZlatko Strbuncelj
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Abstract
An elevator motor assembly includes a motor for driving an elevator, a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the motor and a blower configured to blow air onto the motor to cool the motor, and configured to blow air at varying speeds that vary according to a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
Claims16
An elevator motor assembly, comprising:
- a motor for driving an elevator;
- a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the motor;
- and
- a blower configured to blow air onto the motor to cool the motor, and configured to blow air at varying speeds that vary according to a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
1 more element
An elevator assembly, comprising:
- an elevator carriage;
- an elevator motor configured to drive the elevator carriage;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the elevator motor;
- and
- a blower configured to blow air onto the motor to cool the motor, and configured to blow air at varying speeds that vary according to a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
2 more elements
A method of cooling an elevator motor, comprising:
- detecting a temperature of the elevator motor;
- and
- varying a speed of a blower that blows air onto the elevator motor based on detecting varying temperatures of the elevator motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.