Patents by Inventor Zhenyan Tong

Zhenyan Tong 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067499
    Abstract: An elevator safety clamp control device, an elevator safety apparatus and an elevator system. The elevator safety clamp control device includes an operating portion arranged on a running device running along an elevator guide rail and connected to an elevator safety clamp, the operating portion release kinetic energy when controlled to enter a second state from a first state of energy storage, for actuating the elevator safety clamp to engage with the elevator guide rail to stop the running device; a control portion configured to control the operating portion to be in the first state, and to control the operating portion to enter the second state from the first state to release kinetic energy when an operating parameter of the running device exceeds a threshold; and a power portion arranged on the running device and connected to the operating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuhang Ou, Zhenyan Tong
  • Patent number: 11884515
    Abstract: A clamping device and an elevator system. The clamping device includes: a base having a limiting space and an opening communicating with the limiting space; and a clamping arm assembly, which is arranged at the opening of the base and forms a gap with the opening in a stationary state, the gap being smaller than a size of a clamped part; in which the clamp arm assembly has a first damping force that allows the clamped part to enter the limiting space via the opening, and has a second damping force that allows the clamped part to exit the limiting space via the opening; and the second damping force is greater than the first damping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Qirui Wang, Zhenyan Tong, Ruili Zhang
  • Patent number: 11702317
    Abstract: A force application assembly, an elevator and a method of elevator rescue. The force application assembly is provided for applying a force to an elevator car when the elevator car and a counterweight are in a balanced state, and the force application assembly includes: a first attachment portion, which is configured to be removably attached to an elevator hoistway; a second attachment portion, one end of which is removably fixed relative to the elevator car or the counterweight, and which is configured to be at least partially elastic; an actuation portion connected between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, wherein the first attachment portion is configured to be fixed relative to the actuation portion, and the second attachment portion is configured to be movable relative to the actuation portion; and an operation portion, which is associated with the actuation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Yunkang Shi, Zhenyan Tong, Wei Wang, Min Wang
  • Publication number: 20220332543
    Abstract: An elevator system includes guide rails located in an elevator hoistway and a running device adapted to reciprocate along the guide rails, and the guide rails are tensioned guide ropes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Zhenyan Tong
  • Publication number: 20220324677
    Abstract: A clamping device and an elevator system. The clamping device includes: a base having a limiting space and an opening communicating with the limiting space; and a clamping arm assembly, which is arranged at the opening of the base and forms a gap with the opening in a stationary state, the gap being smaller than a size of a clamped part; in which the clamp arm assembly has a first damping force that allows the clamped part to enter the limiting space via the opening, and has a second damping force that allows the clamped part to exit the limiting space via the opening; and the second damping force is greater than the first damping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Qirui Wang, Zhenyan Tong, Ruili Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220185624
    Abstract: A pit leveling device for elevators, a leveling method and an elevator system. The pit leveling device includes a base having supporting portions and a plurality of supporting feet, wherein the plurality of supporting feet are detachably disposed below the supporting portions; a plurality of lifting devices disposed below the supporting portions for pushing the supporting portions away from at least a part of the supporting feet during an upward movement; and height compensators detachably disposed in gaps where the supporting portions are pushed away from at least a part of the supporting feet by the lifting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenyan Tong, Qirui Wang, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20220169481
    Abstract: A force application assembly, an elevator and a method of elevator rescue. The force application assembly is provided for applying a force to an elevator car when the elevator car and a counterweight are in a balanced state, and the force application assembly includes: a first attachment portion, which is configured to be removably attached to an elevator hoistway; a second attachment portion, one end of which is removably fixed relative to the elevator car or the counterweight, and which is configured to be at least partially elastic; an actuation portion connected between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, wherein the first attachment portion is configured to be fixed relative to the actuation portion, and the second attachment portion is configured to be movable relative to the actuation portion; and an operation portion, which is associated with the actuation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yunkang Shi, Zhenyan Tong, Wei Wang, Min Wang