Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elevator entryway with magnetic guidance for controlling door panel motion
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Application No.: US16275837Application Date: 2019-02-14
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Publication No.: US11148907B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: Walter Thomas Schmidt , James Chmiel
- 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: B66B13/08
- IPC: B66B13/08 ; B66B13/30

Abstract:
Disclosed is an elevator system having: a door panel configured for moving along a first axis for opening and closing of the door panel at an entryway, the door panel having a door magnet, the entryway including a sill, the sill having a sill magnet, wherein the door magnet and the sill magnet are configured for forming a first magnetic pairing, and wherein the first magnetic pairing guides the door panel to move along the first axis and prevents the door panel from moving in a lateral direction with respect to the first axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200262682A1 ELEVATOR ENTRYWAY WITH MAGNETIC GUIDANCE FOR CONTROLLING DOOR PANEL MOTION Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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