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US 2022/0033223 A1Published application
Autonomous elevator car movers configured with coupling devices for vibration damping
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsRandy Roberts, Sam Thieu Wong, Kiron Bhaskar, Bruce Swaybill
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Abstract
Disclosed is a ropeless elevator system having a car mover operationally connected to an elevator car, the car mover configured to operate autonomously and move along a hoistway lane, thereby moving the elevator car along the hoistway lane, wherein the car mover is connected to a top or bottom of the elevator car, via a coupling device.
Claims20
A ropeless elevator system comprising:
- a car mover operationally connected to an elevator car, the car mover configured to operate autonomously and move along a hoistway lane, thereby moving the elevator car along the hoistway lane,
- wherein the car mover is connected to a top or bottom of the elevator car, via a coupling device.
A method of operating a ropeless elevator system, comprising:
- connecting a car mover to an elevator car in a hoistway lane via a coupling device,
- identifying from sensor data, via a sensor connected to the coupling device, one or more of a normal operating condition and an alert operating condition of the coupling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.