Elevator car mover providing intelligent control based on battery state of charge
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorRandy Roberts
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Abstract
Disclosed is a car mover, configured to move an elevator car in lane of a hoistway, having: a power supply configured to power one or more motors to drive a respective one or more wheels; a car mover controller operationally connected to the power supply and a supervisory controller operationally connected to the car mover controller, wherein the car mover controller and the supervisory controller are configured to execute health monitor protocols to thereby: monitor a state of charge (SOC) of the power supply; and control the car mover in response to determining that the power supply is in a low SOC.
Claims20
A car mover, configured to move an elevator car in lane of a hoistway, comprising:
- a power supply configured to power one or more motors to drive a respective one or more wheels;
- a car mover controller operationally connected to the power supply and a supervisory controller operationally connected to the car mover controller,
- wherein the car mover controller and the supervisory controller are configured to execute health monitor protocols to thereby:
- monitor a state of charge (SOC) of the power supply;
- and
- control the car mover in response to determining that the power supply is in a low SOC.
A method of operating a car mover, configured to move an elevator car in lane of a hoistway, comprising:
- powering, with a power supply, one or more motors, to drive a respective one or more wheels of the car mover,
- wherein a car mover controller is operationally connected to the power supply and a supervisory controller operationally connected to the car mover controller;
- executing health monitor protocols by the car mover controller and the supervisory controller, including:
- monitoring a state of charge (SOC) of the power supply;
- and
- controlling the car mover in response to determining that the power supply is in a low SOC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.