| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 187394000 | Load support position | 32 |
| 20080283343 | Method for Detecting the State of an Elevator Cage and Elevator System Wherein the Method is Used - The invention relates to a lift system ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090114485 | Lift truck fork aligning system with operator indicators - A sensor system for substantially simultaneously measuring and detecting the verticality or perpendicularity of the forklift vehicle mast and the vertical height displacement of the forks. The sensor system then alerting the operator of the satisfactory assessment of the precondition alignment of the forks so that, without the need for visual checking of the vertical positioning of the forks, the operator can insert the forks under the pallet load support surface and lift the load without causing damage to either the pallet or the load. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090120729 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN ELEVATOR - A control apparatus for an elevator has a support device mounted on a car, a detection device for detecting the position of the car, and a control unit for controlling operation of the elevator based on information from the detection device. The support device has a rail holding member, which is displaceable with respect to the car and is guided by a guide rail located in a hoistway in which the car moves. The detection device is located on the rail holding member. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090166134 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The present invention discloses and elevator system and a method for determining the position information of an elevator car. The elevator system according to the invention comprises at least one elevator car ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090194371 | MULTI-CAR ELEVATOR HOISTWAY SEPARATION ASSURANCE - A pair of elevator cars ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100175953 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A LIFT SYSTEM - A display device for a lift system with at least one lift shaft, in which several lift cabins travel. The device comprises an allocation manager that allocates an identifier to a lift cabin carrying out a transport job and a display at a boarding location that outputs an identifier of a lift cabin. The display can simultaneously display the identifier for several lift cabins. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100320036 | ELEVATOR CAR POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A POSITION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT - Elevator cabin position detection system comprising an activation device mounted on an elevator car, a sensor stripe mounted on a sidewall of an elevator shaft and control electronics. The activation device, preferably a light emitting device, activates a portion of the sensor stripe which comprises a feed line, a resistor line and sensors positioned between these. The sensors, preferably optical sensors, when activated by the activation device, conduct electricity to create electrical connection between the feed line and resistor line and thus modify the resulting resistance between an end (A) of the resistor line and an end (B) of the feed line. The control electronics determines the exact position of the elevator cabin based on the resulting resistance between the end (A) of the resistor line and the end (B) of the feed line. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110031071 | DESTINATION FLOOR INDICATION DEVICE OF ELEVATOR - Provided is a destination floor indication device of an elevator which is excellent in the viewability of destination floor indications and can rapidly indicate destination floors. For this purpose, the destination floor indication device of an elevator includes an indication device provided in at least either a hall or a car of an elevator; an indication information storage device which stores the maximum number of indications of destination floors which are caused to be indicated simultaneously on one screen of the indication device, the maximum number of indications being larger than 1; and an indication controller which causes destination floors to be indicated simultaneously on the indication device when the number of destination floors caused to be indicated on the indication device is smaller than the maximum number of indications, and which divides destination floors into a number smaller than the maximum number of indications and causes the destination floors to be indicated on the indication device in a switching manner when the number of destination floors caused to be indicated on the indication device is larger than the maximum number of indications. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110114425 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR - An arrangement and a method are provided for determining the position of an elevator car in the elevator hoistway. The arrangement includes a measuring apparatus fitted in connection with the elevator car. The measuring apparatus is arranged to form an electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal, for determining the position of the elevator car. The arrangement also includes a position identifier fitted in a selected location in relation to the elevator hoistway. The position identifier is arranged to connect inductively to the electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal, and also after it has connected to send a determined pulse pattern using the electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110147136 | ELEVATOR MONITORING SYSTEM - Provided is an elevator monitoring system capable of preventing the indication of car positions from becoming discontinuous on a monitoring screen in the event of an accident. For this purpose, the elevator monitoring system is provided with a car-position information search device which detects a car-position floor of an elevator, an indication device which indicates a symbol indicative of the car-position floor and a symbol indicative of the car so as to correspond to each other, a speed calculating device which calculates the speed of the car on the basis of a distance corresponding to a change in the car-position floor and the time required by the change, an indication unit determining device which increases the number of stories as a unit in the indication unit of the symbol indicative of the car-position floor in the case of an increase in the speed of the car, and an indication controller which causes the indication device to indicate the symbol indicative of the car-position floor by an indication unit determined by the indication unit determining device. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120024637 | OPERATING STATE MONITORING OF SUPPORT APPARATUS OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system includes at least one elevator car and at least one counterweight, which can be moved in opposite directions from each other on at least one guide track in an elevator shaft by a support apparatus guided over a traction sheave of a drive. At least one monitoring device detects a slackening of the support apparatus, wherein the monitoring device is disposed at a deflection roller for the support apparatus. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120031710 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR - An arrangement and a method are provided for determining the position of an elevator car in the elevator hoistway. The arrangement includes a measuring apparatus fitted in connection with the elevator car. The measuring apparatus is arranged to form an electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal, for determining the position of the elevator car. The arrangement also includes a position identifier fitted in a selected location in relation to the elevator hoistway. The position identifier is arranged to connect inductively to the electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal, and also after it has connected to send a determined pulse pattern using the electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120118678 | CODE STRIP FOR AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - A code strip has per meter a specific number of grid positions, which are provided in alternating sequence with openings and webs. A sensor can detect, for example, the travel direction of an elevator cage from the alternating sequence of the openings and webs. The code strip can be produced at, for example, the factory with alternating openings and webs per meter and adapted on site to the specific requirements of an elevator installation by breaking off the webs. Through breaking off the webs over a length a door zone, for example, is represented on the code strip. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120181119 | MEASURING ARRANGEMENT, ELECTRIC DRIVE, HOISTING MACHINE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A measuring arrangement, an electric drive and an elevator system are provided for determining the position and/or movement of the rotor of an electric machine. The measuring arrangement includes a magnetic band whose magnetic property is so implemented that it varies in the longitudinal direction of the band. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120279809 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system has an elevator car suspended on at least one synchronous belt, a drive driving the belt with a drive pulley in a non-slip manner, a distance measurement device measuring a travel distance of the belt at the drive pulley for determining an elevator car position, a controller actuating the drive based on stop location position values stored in the controller and a determined elevator car position to stop the elevator car at two or more stop locations, at least one position sensor disposed from the drive pulley and signaling the controller when the elevator car passes a reference position, and a compensation device making a correction of the stored stop location position values with a correction factor based on the difference between the elevator car position determined by the distance measurement device and the reference position as the car passes the reference position. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120312639 | FLOOR POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A floor position detection device of an elevator system includes a first sensor unit having a first Hall sensor and which is provided to detect at least one floor position characteristic, and an evaluation unit which is provided to evaluate the floor position characteristic for generating a floor signal. The sensor unit includes a second Hall sensor and the evaluation unit evaluates at least two floor position characteristics for generating the floor signal. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130001023 | ELEVATOR DEVICE, BUILDING AND POSITION DETERMINING DEVICE - An elevator device for transporting persons and/or objects within an elevator shaft of a three-dimensional formation including at least two levels, in particular a building or the like. The elevator device includes an elevator car, in which the persons and/or objects to be transported can be accommodated, a running framework for mounting and guiding the elevator car, a position determining device for determining the position of the elevator car within the elevator shaft and/or with respect to the running framework. The position determining device includes a marking unit for marking the position, a detection unit for detecting and/or reading out the marking unit and also an evaluation unit for evaluating the measured values of the detection unit. The marking unit is formed as a carrier of a barcode, in particular a 2-D code, and the detection unit is formed as an image sensor, in particular as a camera. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130015022 | DETERMINING SHAFT INFORMATIONAANM Sonnenmoser; AstridAACI EbikonAACO CHAAGP Sonnenmoser; Astrid Ebikon CHAANM Studer; ChristianAACI LuzernAACO CHAAGP Studer; Christian Luzern CH - Information equipment arranged in an elevator shaft generates shaft information with respect to movement of an elevator cage in the elevator shaft, wherein a code arranged at a hanging cable and readable by means of a reader provides information for generation of the shaft information. The hanging cable conducts energy and signals to the elevator cage and signals from the elevator cage to an elevator control and at the same time serves as a carrier for the code for generation of the information. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130025977 | HOISTING MACHINE INCLUDING A MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME - A measuring arrangement for the measurement of the position and/or movement of a rotor of an electricmachine, an electric drive including the measuring arrangement, and an elevator system including the electric drive are provided. The measuring arrangement includes a magnetic band whose magnetic property is so implemented that it varies in the longitudinal direction of the band. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130081909 | Method And System For Determining Elevator Car Position - A system for monitoring elevator car travel includes a plurality of bi-stable sensors ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130228400 | Speed and Position Detection System - An elevator associated within a hoistway and having a speed and position detection system is disclosed. The elevator may include an elevator component associated within the hoistway, an optical sensor associated within the hoistway, an object associated within the hoistway in such a manner to be aligned in a path of the optical sensor, and a processor operatively coupled to the optical sensor. The optical sensor may be capable of emitting a signal and receiving a reflected signal of the emitted signal. The object may have surface features that may reflect the signal. The processor may be capable of processing the reflected signal to provide an output indicative of a speed and position of the elevator component. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130284544 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MARKING DEVICE AND GUIDE ELEMENT - An elevator installation with an elevator cab in an elevator shaft and a measurement tape for determining the position of the elevator cab within the elevator shaft, which measurement tape is arranged vertically in the elevator shaft and has a code along the measurement tape, and at least one marking element which is attached in the elevator shaft and has a reference marking, and a sensor apparatus which is attached to the elevator cab and comprises an illumination source and a sensor, which form a detection field for detecting the measurement tape and with an evaluation apparatus. The reference marking is arranged such that it can be captured by the detection field and the sensor apparatus is also provided for detecting the reference marking and the evaluation apparatus aligns the position determined by the measurement tape with the reference marking. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140182978 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE MONITORING UTILIZING A DOOR ACCELERATION SENSOR - An elevator installation includes at least one car door or floor door and at least one acceleration sensor mounted on the door. The sensor generates measurements that are transmitted wirelessly to a communications module for determining maintenance data. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140299422 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING THE OPERATING CONDITION OF A TRANSPORT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and arrangement for monitoring the operating condition of a transport system. In the method a reader device is fitted to the transport system, which reader device is configured to read an identifier that is separate from the reader device and is provided with a readable marking when the identifier is situated within range of the reading signal of the reader device, measuring means are fitted in connection with the reader device for measuring the operation of the reader device, the operation of the reader device is measured in connection with a reading procedure being performed, and also a functional nonconformance of the reader device is determined on the basis of the measurement of the operation of the reader device. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150008076 | DEVICE FOR THE POSITION DETECTION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR - A device for detecting the position of an elevator car ( | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150060213 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT TAPES IN ELEVATOR DEVICES - In order to be able to increase safety in elevator systems, a connecting device for connecting a transmission device for transmitting information is provided, wherein the transmission device is attached to a measurement tape for determining the position of a cab in an elevator shaft and wherein the connecting device is designed as a guide bracket for guiding and/or supporting the measurement tape, so that the guide bracket at least partially surrounds the measurement tape, and wherein the guide bracket has at least one opening for reading out the marking unit, and wherein the connecting device has two connection contacts for connecting to one of the communication lines and/or supply lines and an interruption device for interrupting one of the communication lines and/or supply lines, wherein the interruption device is situated in such a way that the interruption occurs between the two connection contacts. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150096844 | Elevator Positioning System and Method - An elevator positioning system includes an optical tape, optical tape clips, and a sensor. The optical tape clips are mountable to various structures within the hoistway. A crossbar of the optical tape clips is located between a sensor and optical tape such that the sensor detects an interruption in the optical tape and signals the detection to an elevator controller. The elevator car can then be controlled to align evenly with the landings associated with the hoistway. Another elevator positioning system includes a sensor and a reflector clip assembly. The reflector clip assemblies are mountable to various structures within the hoistway. A reflector target of the reflector clip assemblies faces the sensor such that the sensor detects the reflector target and signals the detection to an elevator controller. The elevator car can then be controlled to align evenly with the landings associated with the hoistway. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150291389 | ELEVATOR DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is an elevator display control device capable of informing users whether or not an elevator car which has arrived at a hall will arrive at a destination floor. The elevator display control device is provided with an analysis part analyzing service floors of a plurality of cars arranged in one shaft, and a display control part causing a display part provided in a hall to display, on a basis of analysis results of the analysis part, information indicating the order of cars arriving at the hall in question by correlating the information with information indicating service floors of cars arriving in the order in question. This configuration makes it possible to guide users to an optimum car. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150314985 | POSITION RECOVERY VIA DUMMY LANDING PATTERNS - An elevator system ( | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150321879 | INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT ASSISTED ELEVATOR POSITION CALIBRATION - Embodiments are directed to reducing at least one dynamically generated error in terms of an actual position of an elevator car, comprising: triggering an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to compute a position of an elevator car of an elevator system, obtaining a position of a correcting vane in a hoist-way of the elevator system, obtaining a position of the elevator car as determined by an encoder of the elevator system, and estimating the position of the elevator car based on the computation of the position by the IMU, the position of the correcting vane, and the position of the elevator car as determined by the encoder. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150336768 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS - In an elevator apparatus, a plurality of storage media are arranged in a hoistway so as to be spaced from one another in a hoisting direction of a car. In the car, reading device that reads information stored in the storage media is mounted. The storage media are arranged in the hoisting direction at intervals different from one another. A safety monitor is configured to: execute an operation for detecting two storage media; measure an interval between the detected storage media based on a signal from movement detector; compare the measured interval between the storage media with stored intervals of the storage media: and to grasp the position of the car by using a result of the comparison and the information of the storage media, when a position of the car cannot be grasped. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150365103 | ENCODER RESOLUTION REDUCTION - One or more embodiments are directed to an encoder configured to output a signal, and a computing device configured to receive the signal from the encoder and generate a reduced resolution version of the signal, the computing device is configured to transmit the reduced resolution version of the signal to a recipient. | 12-17-2015 |
