Back to results
US 2020/0002123 A1Published application
Data transmission via elevator system tension member
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsAjit Rajagopalan, Joseph V. Mantese, Brian L. McCabe, Daniel A. Mosher, Brad Guilani
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A tension member for an elevator system includes one or more tension elements extending along a length of the tension member, and one or more a wave guide regions secured to at least one surface of the tension member or integral to the tension member and extending along the length of the tension member. The one or more wave guide regions are configured for transmission of a radio frequency (RF) data signal along the one or more wave guide regions.
Claims20
A tension member for an elevator system, comprising:
- one or more tension elements extending along a length of the tension member;
- and
- one or more a wave guide regions secured to at least one surface of the tension member or integral to the tension member and extending along the length of the tension member, the one or more wave guide regions configured for transmission of a radio frequency (RF) data signal along the one or more wave guide regions.
An elevator system, comprising:
- a hoistway;
- an elevator car movable along the hoistway;
- a tension member operably connected to the elevator car to move the elevator car along the hoistway, the tension member including:
- one or more tension elements extending along a length of the tension member;
- and
- one or more wave guide regions secured to at least one surface of the tension member or integral to the tension member and extending along the length of the tension member, the one or more wave guide regions configured for transmission of a radio frequency (RF) data signal along the one or more wave guide regions.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.