Patents by Inventor Jacobus Benjamin Legez

Jacobus Benjamin Legez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sheave assembly and suspension system for an MRL elevator
    Patent number: 9434578
    Abstract: An elevator system includes guide rail mounted machine and a sheave assembly that accommodates a guide rail within a hoistway. The inventive sheave assembly includes individual sheave portions rotatable along a common axis. At least two of the sheave portions are spaced apart along the shaft and a portion of the guide rail extends toward the axis beyond a plane formed tangent to the outer diameter of the sheave portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Franck Det, Davy Depee, Jean-Noël Cloux, Michel Beeuwsaert, Raphaël Picard, Pascal Rebillard, Fernando Rico, David Pillin, Hugues Fanielle, Jacobus Benjamin Legez
  • Passenger guiding system for a passenger transportation system
    Patent number: 7712586
    Abstract: Passenger transportation system (4) including a hallway (2) providing access to at least one transport car (6, 8, 10, 12) and a control for controlling the movement of the cars, characterized by a passenger trajectory tracking device (16) including a data processing means for monitoring the access areas to the cars (6, 8, 10, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventor: Jacobus Benjamin Legez
  • Sheave assembly for an elevator system
    Patent number: 7377366
    Abstract: An elevator system includes guide rail mounted machine (16) and a sheave assembly (32) that accommodates a guide rail (38) within a hoistway. The inventive sheave assembly includes individual sheave portions (54) rotatable along a common axis. At least two of the sheave portions are spaced apart along a shaft (50) and a portion of the guide rail extends toward the axis beyond a plane formed tangent to the outside diameter of the sheave portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Franck Det, Davy Depee, Jean-Noël Cloux, Michel Beeuwsaert, Raphaël Picard, Pascal Rebillard, Fernando Rico, David Pillin, Hugues Fanielle, Jacobus Benjamin Legez
  • Elevator door operator and interlock arrangement
    Publication number: 20080011556
    Abstract: An elevator door moving arrangement includes a door mover (40) and an interlock device (42) supported near a lower edge (44) of cabin doors (26). The strategic position of the door mover (40) and the interlock device (42) minimizes the distance between the sill member (34, 78) and the operative components for moving the doors. In one example, the entire door mover assembly and the interlock are located beneath a sill member (34), which is beneath the bottom edge of the doors (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy P. Galante, Richard Kulak, Harold Terry, Jacobus Benjamin Legez
  • Integrated elevator installation hoist tool
    Patent number: 6446763
    Abstract: A hoist tool for lifting a machine assembly in an elevator to an installation position is mounted to a machine beam which also supports the machine assembly. The hoist tool is thus mounted in a location where it does not require any additional axial space. Preferably, the hoist tool is mounted to one lateral side of the machine assembly, and within an axial extension of the machine assembly downwardly from the machine beam into the hoistway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Tom E. Glassey, Michael Lang, Jacobus Benjamin Legez, Bruce St. Pierre, Bruce Swaybill