Patents by Inventor Andreas Urben

Andreas Urben 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: 20230113785
    Abstract: A positioning aid positions a nut on a guide rail of an elevator system, the guide rail being formed as a hollow rail, the hollow rail having a plurality of elongated holes arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the hollow rail in order to be fastened to a guide rail holder. The positioning aid includes an elongate fastening portion to which at least one nut is fastened and which is dimensioned such that it can be passed through one of the elongated holes together with the at least one nut and moved within the hollow rail. The positioning aid also includes a holding portion for holding the fastening portion, the holding portion being fastened to one end of the fastening portion and being configured to be wider than the elongated hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: ALESSANDRO D'APICE, ROMEO LO JACONO, PETER MÖRI, ANDREAS URBEN
  • Patent number: 9169105
    Abstract: An elevator system includes a multi-deck vehicle having at least two cars for transporting persons and/or goods, wherein the elevator system is arranged so as to be movable along a track and is coupled to a drive using at least one support device. The at least two cars of the multi-deck vehicle are coupled to each other, the track includes at least one guide rail, and each of the cars of the multi-deck vehicle has at least one guide element that is guided on or in one of the at least one guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Andreas Urben, Marcel Nicole, Marco Schupfer, Matthias Sager, Urs Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20130098713
    Abstract: An elevator car has an aerodynamic cladding which in an upward travel direction of the elevator car is disposed above an upper side of the elevator car and which is connected with the elevator car. An attachment structure serves as a cladding, which is of self-supporting construction. The elevator car has an opening mechanism which is designed for transferring a movable superstructure of the attachment structure from a closed state to an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Andreas Urben, Marcel Nicole, Matthias Sager, Stefan Buntschu, Daniel Risi, Marco Schupfer, Tobias Hanni, Muhamed Sabanovic
  • Publication number: 20120037462
    Abstract: An elevator system includes a multi-deck vehicle having at least two cars for transporting persons and/or goods, wherein the elevator system is arranged so as to be movable along a track and is coupled to a drive using at least one support device. The at least two cars of the multi-deck vehicle are coupled to each other, the track includes at least one guide rail, and each of the cars of the multi-deck vehicle has at least one guide element that is guided on or in one of the at least one guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Urben, Marcel Nicole, Marco Schupfer, Matthias Sager, Urs Schaffhauser