Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Damping unit for an elevator
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Application No.: US14402707Application Date: 2013-05-24
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Publication No.: US09718645B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Hans Kocher , Lorenz Etzweiler
- Applicant: Inventio AG
- Applicant Address: CH Hergiswil
- Assignee: Inventio AG
- Current Assignee: Inventio AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Hergiswil
- Agency: Shumaker Loop & Kendrick
- Agent William J. Clemens
- Priority: EP12169299 20120524
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/060791 WO 20130524
- International Announcement: WO2013/175001 WO 20131128
- Main IPC: B66B11/02
- IPC: B66B11/02 ; B66B17/34 ; B66B1/36 ; B66B5/18

Abstract:
An elevator damping unit, for reducing vertical oscillation of an elevator car during a standstill period, has brake shoe retainers provided with brake shoes. The brake shoe retainers are connected to an electric motor via a toothed gear mechanism. The damping unit also includes a spring device configured as a metallic bending spring and arranged between the car and a carrier structure for the brake shoe retainers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150151949A1 DAMPING UNIT FOR AN ELEVATOR Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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