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US 2026/0225852 A1Published application
Elevator suspension member monitoring system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsYingxin Gao, ZhenXing Peng, Kyle B. Martin, Bardia Guilani
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Abstract
A system includes at least one suspension member that facilitates movement of an elevator car within a hoistway and at least one connector that couples the at least one suspension member to a monitoring device. A chip is associated with at least one of the suspension member and the connector and includes identifier information associated with the at least one suspension member. The chip is configured to track and communicate a number of cycles of the at least one suspension member to the monitoring device.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- at least one suspension member that facilitates movement of an elevator car within a hoistway;
- at least one connector that couples the at least one suspension member to a monitoring device;
- and
- a chip that is associated with at least one of the suspension member and the connector, wherein the chip includes identifier information associated with the at least one suspension member and is configured to track and communicate a number of cycles of the at least one suspension member to the monitoring device.
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A system comprising:
- an elevator car;
- at least one belt that facilitates movement of the elevator car within a hoistway;
- at least one connector that couples the at least one belt to a monitoring device;
- and
- a chip that is associated with at least one of the belt and the connector, wherein the chip includes identifier information associated with the at least one belt and is configured to track and communicate a number of cycles of the at least one belt to the monitoring device.
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A method comprising:
- connecting at least one suspension member to a monitoring device with at least one connector;
- associating a chip with at least one of the suspension member and the connector, wherein the chip includes identifier information associated with the at least one suspension member;
- and
- tracking and communicating a number of cycles of the at least one suspension member to the monitoring device via the chip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.