| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 187411000 | HAVING SPECIFIC FORCE TRANSMITTING CONNECTION FOR COUNTERWEIGHT OR LOAD SUPPORT | 17 |
| 20110297489 | ELEVATOR LOAD BEARING MEMBER VIBRATION CONTROL - An exemplary device that is useful for controlling vibrations of an elevator load bearing member includes a guide. A mass is moveable relative to the guide responsive to vibration of the load bearing member to introduce a force to counter the vibration. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20080289912 | Sheave for Use in an Elevator System - An elevator system ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20110226563 | TRACTION DEVICE, TRACTION SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAID TRACTION DEVICE AND AN ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT INCORPORATING SAID TRACTION SYSTEM - A traction device includes tension members ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110139551 | SUSPENSION-MEANS END-FASTENER WITH FIXING ELEMENT - An end-fastener for fastening a suspension device of an elevator system has a housing which contains two side walls. The end-fastener has at least two essentially cylindrical wrap-round elements for fastening the suspension device, wherein the wrap-round elements each extend between the two side walls. The second wrap-round element is embodied as a movable bolt which can be inserted into the housing. The end-fastener includes a fixing element which can be mounted on the housing for fixing the second wrap-round element in its position in the housing. The fixing element is embodied in such manner that it engages in at least one groove of the second wrap-round element that comes to lie between the side walls of the housing. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110226562 | Traction System and an Elevator Arrangement Incorporating Said Traction System - A traction system includes a composite rope ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110108372 | TENSION MEMBER AND POLYMER JACKET ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A GEOMETRY STABILIZER IN THE JACKET - An exemplary assembly includes at least one elongated tension member ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110259677 | ELEVATOR SUSPENSION AND TRANSMISSION STRIP - A suspension and transmission device for use with an elevator system comprises one or more strips that provide load carrying, transmission or traction, and load carrying redundancy or safety functions for the elevator system. In one version a single strip comprised of polymer and composite materials provides these functions. In another version multiple strips comprised of polymer and composite materials provide these functions. In another version, a strip comprises a hollow interior portion. In another version one or more strips incorporate materials that can be detected when using the strip to monitor the condition of the one or more strips. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120160615 | SUSPENSION AND TRACTION MEDIA INTERFACE FOR ELEVATORS - A system for coupling a suspension medium to a load carrying structure of an elevator installation includes a frame and a hitch plate. The frame has two spaced apart side walls, wherein the side walls are positionable to receive a part of the load carrying structure between the side walls. Each side wall has a receptacle having a longitudinal shape. The hitch plate has at least one fixture configured to couple to a sheave arrangement for the suspension medium. Each receptacle is sized to movably receive a section of the hitch plate so that the hitch plate extends between the side walls and is rotatable about a vertical axis. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120132487 | SUSPENSION ANCHORING IN AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system has at least one elevator car and at least one counterweight connected by a suspension device, both of which can be counter-directionally displaced at at least one guide rail in an elevator shaft via a traction sheave of a drive. At least one pivotable suspension anchoring is adaptable to displacements of the suspension device according to a displacement angle wherein a rolling body moves on a holding plate. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20090127032 | BELT END CONNECTION FOR FASTENING A BELT END IN AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION, AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND CHECKING A BELT END CONNECTION IN AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - A belt end connection for fastening a support belt end in an elevator installation and a method for protecting and checking a belt end connection in an elevator installation includes a twisting prevention device that prevents twisting of the belt end connection about the longitudinal axis thereof. A wedge retains the support belt end in a wedge pocket and is secured by a loss prevention device against slipping out of the wedge pocket. The twisting prevention device and/or the loss prevention enable efficient protection of the support belt and/or of the belt end connection against damage and make possible efficient checking and control of the belt end connection. | 05-21-2009 |
| 187412000 | Equalizes tension in, or length of, plural linking cables | 7 |
| 20130112508 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EQUALIZING TENSIONS IN ELEVATOR WIRE ROPES - Disclosed is an apparatus for automatically equalizing tensions of elevator wire ropes by which an unbalance of tensions of elevator wire ropes can be immediately solved to automatically equalize the tensions in real time when lengths of the wire ropes become different, improving safety, durability, and reliability. The apparatus according to the present invention includes a body ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20090114487 | ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for installing the hoisting roping of an elevator, which elevator comprises at least an elevator car ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090084636 | END-CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR FASTENING A FLAT-BELT TYPE SUSPENSION MEANS OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An end-connector for fastening a flat-belt type suspension device of an elevator system comprises a housing with two side walls and a first and a second wrapping element each of which extends between the two side walls and is wrappable by the flat-belt type suspension device in a specified arrangement so as to hold the suspension means fast in the end-connector by frictional engagement. Marked on at least one of the two side walls on the outside that faces away from the wrapping elements is the specified arrangement of the suspension device. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20080236957 | CABLE FIXING POINT FOR FASTENING AT LEAST ONE CABLE AND ELEVATOR WITH AT LEAST ONE CABLE FIXING POINT FOR AT LEAST ONE CABLE - A cable fixing point for fastening at least one cable includes a cable end fastening for the cable end and a rotary mounting for the cable end fastening, wherein the rotary mounting enables rotation of the cable end fastening about an axis and the axis can be aligned by a tension force acting on the cable. In an elevator for transporting at least one load carrier by at least one cable movable in its longitudinal direction wherein the respective cable at the cable end is disposed under a tension force, the direction of which is variable in dependence on a position of the load carrier, this cable fixing point permits rotation of the cable at the cable fixing point about an axis which is aligned in the respective direction of the tension force and/or in the respective longitudinal direction of a cable segment adjoining the cable fixing point. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080202864 | Elevator Load Bearing Assembly Including Different Sized Load Bearing Members - An elevator system ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20110162915 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FIXING THE COMPENSATING ROPES OF AN ELEVATOR - A method and an arrangement are provided for fixing the compensating ropes of an elevator to an elevator car or to a counterweight, which elevator includes at least a hoisting machine and hoisting roping, suspended by which the elevator car as well as the counterweight are arranged to travel, and between which elevator car and counterweight compensating ropes are fixed such that the first ends of the compensating ropes are fixed to the counterweight, from where the compensating ropes are led downwards to pass below a compensating pulley, after which upwards to the elevator car, where the second ends of the compensating ropes are fixed by wedge housings in connection with the elevator car. When fixing the ends of the compensating ropes in connection with the elevator car or the counterweight, the wedge housings are turned into an inclined attitude before disposing the ends of the compensating ropes in the wedge housings. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120055743 | APPARATUS FOR EQUALIZING THE TENSIONS AMONG ELEVATOR WIRE ROPES - Disclosed is an apparatus for equalizing tensions among elevator wire ropes, which immediately eliminates imbalance and equalizes the tensions among elevator wire ropes in the event of differences in the lengths of elevator wire ropes, thereby improving safety, durability and reliability. The apparatus automatically corrects imbalance caused by changes in the lengths of a plurality of elevator wire ropes ( | 03-08-2012 |
