Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elevator system suspension member termination
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Application No.: US15806012Application Date: 2017-11-07
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Publication No.: US10850944B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Richard N. Fargo , Mark R. Gurvich , Richard J. Ericson , Douglas E. Logan , John P. Wesson , David Wayne Mckee , Wenping Zhao
- Applicant: Otis Elevator Company
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B66B7/08
- IPC: B66B7/08 ; B66B7/06 ; B66B9/00 ; B66B19/02

Abstract:
A suspension member for suspending and/or driving an elevator car of an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members extending along a length of the suspension member including a plurality of fibers extending along the length of the suspension member bonded into a polymer matrix. A jacket substantially retains the plurality of tension members. The suspension member is configured to be deformed at a suspension member end to allow for installation of the suspension member end into a termination assembly of the elevator system. A method of installing a suspension member of an elevator system into a termination assembly includes deforming a suspension member end and reforming it to a selected shape, inserting the suspension member end into the termination assembly and curing and/or hardening it, and applying a load thereto or to the socket or the wedge to secure the suspension member end in the termination assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180127241A1 ELEVATOR SYSTEM SUSPENSION MEMBER TERMINATION Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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