Patents Examined by Jeffrey Donels
  • Patent number: 11508345
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating transactions of musical stems between users of an online gaming platform and mixing of the musical stems are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information regarding tracks; transmit a purchase request regarding a given stem; receive a notification of the assignment of the right to use the given stem, wherein the assignment is recorded on a blockchain; obtain the given stem, generate an arrangement based on one or more stored tracks and the given stem, and playing back the generated arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Edward McLafferty
  • Patent number: 11505431
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cleaning head for cleaning a plurality of hoisting belts and/or at least one sheave of an elevator system is provided. The at least one sheave includes a plurality of grooves for receiving each of the hoisting belts. The cleaning head comprises a base plate and a plurality of wipers fixed to an upper end of the base plate to project outwards from the base plate. The cleaning head may be used to clean the plurality of hoisting belts at once and/or the plurality of grooves of the at least one sheave at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kato, Hirotomo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11505432
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for moving people or items on the Jewish Sabbath and certain Jewish holidays in a manner that is widely acceptable within Jewish Law through powering and controlling this invention with municipal water. The invention includes applying this technology to elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, conveyors, stair lifts, porch lifts, and more. Within the invention are certain components and groups of components that are unique in their arrangement and purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Greenberg
  • Patent number: 11505434
    Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system for a multi-level architectural structure, the elevator system having an elevator controller for an elevator in a hoistway, wherein the elevator controller effects a first determination of whether passengers or goods are in the elevator and effects a power mode for the elevator based on the first determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Putla Vasudev Dayasagar, Pradeep Miriyala, Devendar Gorenkala
  • Patent number: 11498809
    Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system having a first sensor in communication with an elevator in a multi-level hoistway, wherein during an emergency the elevator instructs the first sensor to sense conditions and transmit sensor data representing the sensed conditions, and the transmitted sensor data is processed to obtain an image representing an intensity of hazard conditions on at least a subset of levels serviced by the multilevel hoistway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Rajinikanth Pusala, Sudharshan Karanam, Prasad Babu Lakshmipathy
  • Patent number: 11501745
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a digital audio filter, such as an impulse response filter, using a pickup audio signal provided to an instrument signal capture device and a microphone signal provided to a mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes capturing a first audio signal using a signal capture device, performing frequency analysis on the digitized first audio signal to generate a frequency response spectrum representation, transmitting the frequency response spectrum representation of the first audio signal from the signal capture device to a mobile device, capturing a second audio signal using a microphone on the mobile device, performing frequency analysis on the at least one digitized second audio signal using the mobile device to generate a frequency response spectrum representation, and generating a digital audio filter from the frequency response spectrum representations of the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Lloyd Baggs Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd R. Baggs, Thomas Linn
  • Patent number: 11498801
    Abstract: A pressurized fluid powered cabin-management system for an elevator system with a cabin and drive system is provided. The cabin-management system is configured to direct operation of the elevator system upon arrival of one of the cabins at a floor, and comprises a floor detector configured to detect when the cabin is located at a floor and to activate a timer. The timer is configured, when triggered, to activate a timing arrangement and to pass pressurized fluid to a control valve being in a first position. The timing arrangement is configured to direct the control valve to assume a second position after a predetermined amount of time. The cabin-management system performs, when pressurized fluid is passed to the control valve in its first position, actions for opening a door, and, after the control valve has assumed its second position, actions for travel of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Shmuel Derbarmdiger
  • Patent number: 11492230
    Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator sheave liner includes a liner body having a first surface configured to engage an elevator load bearing member and an oppositely facing second surface. The liner body includes a plurality of blind holes in the second surface including at least a first blind hole and a second blind hole. The first blind hole has a first depth and the second blind hole has a second, different depth. A material of the liner body has a first thickness between the first blind hole and the first surface and a second, different thickness between the second blind hole and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: James L. Hubbard
  • Patent number: 11479444
    Abstract: A method and device detect non-uniform and uniform deterioration states in an elevator suspension member having first and second groups of electrically conductive cords. First ends of the groups are electrically connected to an alternating voltage generator arrangement and second ends are electrically connected to each other through first and second resistors via a neutral point at which electrical resistances of the groups are the same in a non-deteriorated state of the suspension member. The method includes: applying first and second alternating voltages to the first end of the first and second groups, respectively; determining a neutral point voltage between the neutral point and an electrical reference potential; determining difference voltages between first and second difference measurement points located between the second ends of the groups and the respective resistors; and determining the deterioration state based on both the determined neutral point voltage and the determined difference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Vincent Robibero, Philippe Henneau
  • Patent number: 11479441
    Abstract: A method for determining a state of a system for transportation of passengers includes the steps of: receiving condition data of the system, the condition data being generated by a condition sensor adapted for sensing physical conditions of an equipment of the system; receiving environmental data of the system, the environmental data containing information on an influence of an environment of the system on the equipment and/or the condition sensor; weighting the condition data with the environmental data; and determining a state of the equipment based on the weighted condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Martin Kusserow, Reto Tschuppert
  • Patent number: 11472667
    Abstract: Elevator components can be equipped with an electronic information plate. The electronic information plate are associated with a particular electronic information plate that can store different properties of the associated component. The content of each electronic information plate is read manually or automatically and transmitted to a controller. The controller analyzes the received content and launches a predetermined action if the content indicates a possible mistake or a fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Antti Hovi, Ari Kattainen
  • Patent number: 11472672
    Abstract: An elevator door safety system has a motion sensor and a proximity or door sensor defined in a fire-rated elevator entrance assembly. The sensors work together to determine when to open a closing door. The invention further defines a method of controlling an elevator door providing a motion sensor and providing a door sensor, wherein signals from each sensor are sent to a control board to determine when to open elevator doors in response to detecting a person in a detection area in an elevator entrance area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Louis J. Blaiotta
  • Patent number: 11475868
    Abstract: An electric piano is provided with a movable pickup rail to globally alter the harmonic and fundamental characteristics of the piano tone by manipulating the vertical position of the pickup rail relative to an array of tone producing elements. The apparatus permits global tone adjustment that can be locked in place or adjusted on the fly in a performance setting for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Vintage Vibe LLC
    Inventor: Alfred J. Dileone, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11472669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of highly efficiently operating an elevator by analyzing an operation of the elevator, including: a base information collecting step of measuring and collecting information on a change over time in magnitudes of current values of a driving unit when the driving unit for moving the elevator upward or downward moves the elevator upward in a normal state, measuring and collecting information on a change over time in magnitudes of current values of the driving unit when moving the elevator downward, classifying the measured information into driving information of the driving unit when moving the elevator upward and driving information of the driving unit when moving the elevator downward, and storing the driving information of the driving unit when moving the elevator upward and the driving information of the driving unit when moving the elevator downward as base information of the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: ITS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youngkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11465879
    Abstract: During a maintenance inspection, an optical rope diameter measuring device is provided at a predetermined position along a path of a wire rope, rope diameter is measured at multiple measuring points while the elevator is driven in test mode, and diameter reduction at each measuring point is determined and stored as a first diameter reduction (S2_S6). During a subsequent maintenance inspection, rope diameter is similarly measured at each measuring point to determine diameter reduction constituting a second diameter reduction (S7_S11). Based on these two diameter reductions, the time at which diameter reduction will reach a predetermined threshold value is predicted for each measuring point, and the earliest time is displayed as a rope replacement time (S12_S14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: NIPPON OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kato, Hirotomo Tanaka, Takashi Takeuchi, Ryuji Onoda, Yusuke Watabe, Yoshiki Nota, Kazuaki Chida
  • Patent number: 11453570
    Abstract: Conventionally, elevator communications have been implemented using travelling cables. This is particularly the case when safety related data transmitted from an elevator car has to fulfil real-time restrictions often set by regulators so that the receiving of the information may not be delayed. Typically, this cannot be guaranteed when wireless transmission technologies are used. The reliability can be increased by using a second to supplement the wireless transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ari Kattainen, Antti Hovi
  • Patent number: 11447364
    Abstract: Methods for determining an absolute position of a moving travel unit of a stationary transport system, the travel unit movable along a travel path inside the system. The travel unit is driven by at least one linear motor along the path. The linear motor is a synchronous motor including a plurality of stator units installed along the travel path configured to provide a magnetic field traveling along the travel path. At least one rotor unit is attached to the travel unit and is configured to be driven along the travel path by the traveling magnetic field. Wherein respectively by analysis of regulating parameters of a vector regulation of the linear motor an active stator unit is determined from the plurality, which presently provides the magnetic field driving the rotor unit and a relative position of the rotor unit in relation to the active stator unit is computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Said Ahsaine
  • Patent number: 11447367
    Abstract: A stabilizing system may be utilized to reduce or eliminate sway of magnetic tape that is suspended in an elevator hoistway and provides a positional reference to an elevator cab. The stabilizing system may include a stabilizing mechanism fixed within a hoistway and a roller cam disposed on the elevator cab. The stabilizing system may include a telescoping member attached to a guide having opposing flanges that restrict movement of the tape. The telescoping member and the guide may be biased in an extended position, where the guide partially surrounds the tape. In a retracted position, the guide is horizontally spaced apart from the tape. When the elevator cab passes the stabilizing mechanism, the roller cam may force the guide and the telescoping member into the retracted position to prevent any contact between the stabilizing mechanism and components disposed on the elevator cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TK Elevator Corporation
    Inventor: Sami Mohammed
  • Patent number: 11427435
    Abstract: A method for maintenance of an elevator in Shabbat mode, the method including providing a Shabbat elevator maintenance system, where the system is in communication with the elevator, detecting a malfunction in the elevator by the maintenance system, notifying a technician about the malfunction by the maintenance system, following repair of the elevator by a repairing technician, verifying by the maintenance system that the elevator has been repaired and that Shabbat mode has been reactivated, and activating remuneration for the repairing technician by the maintenance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Sagie Harel
  • Patent number: 11420844
    Abstract: Provided is an elevator system capable of improving the operation efficiency of an elevator. An elevator system according to the present invention includes: first processing circuitry to receive destination floor information transmitted from a movable body having a movement mechanism and second processing circuitry and being capable of boarding and alighting from a car of an elevator, to assign the car, in which a plurality of onboard positions are set, to a call based on the destination floor information received, and to assign one of the plurality of onboard positions to one movable body based on a destination floor of the movable body. The first processing circuitry transmits to the movable body information indicative of the onboard position assigned to the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Kuroda