Patents by Inventor Beat Brugger

Beat Brugger 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).

  • Patent number: 9617116
    Abstract: An elevator installation includes an elevator cage with a support construction carrying the elevator cage, wherein the support construction has two beams. Mounted on each beam is a positioning arrangement on which a sensor is positioned, which is part of a load measuring device, wherein the positioning arrangements have material structures. The sensors detect a change in spacing of the material structures from one another, wherein this change in spacing is caused by a change in loading of the elevator cage. Signals of the sensors are processed in an evaluating unit and a signal representing the loading is used in an elevator control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Beat Brugger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, Thomas Wuest, Urs Schaffhauser, Rene' Strebel
  • Patent number: 9340394
    Abstract: A connecting element connects a first wall panel with a second wall panel. A first spring element is supported on the upper part of the connecting element and on one side of a first bend. A second spring element is supported on the upper part and on one side of a second bend. The other side of the second bend presses on one side of the first bend. The connecting element is introduced without a tool into a first slot of the first bend and the second bend is placed at a second slot over the connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, René Strebel, Thomas Wuest, Urs Schaffhauser
  • Patent number: 9248996
    Abstract: An elevator cage is movable in an elevator shaft, wherein a ventilating device is fastened to a cage outer surface, wherein this ventilating device forms at least one ventilation channel, wherein the at least one ventilation channel has at least one primary ventilation opening enabling an air exchange between the ventilation channel and the elevator shaft, wherein at least one of the cage outer surfaces has at least one secondary ventilation opening enabling an air exchange between a cage interior space and the at least one ventilation channel, with at least one element of insulating material, and wherein the at least one element substantially determines a path of the at least one ventilation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wüest, René Strebel, Lukas Zeder, Urs Schaffhauser, Christoph Schuler, Beat Brügger
  • Patent number: 9187292
    Abstract: A support frame has at one or more lower cage corners a respective support, at which at least one damping element is arranged. The support has a U-shaped cross-section and can be inserted into a beam with C-shaped cross-section. The elevator cage is mounted on the damping elements, which can keep oscillations and vibrations away from the elevator cage. Near the inserted support, a device can be provided for raising the elevator cage if the support or at least one damping element has to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, Thomas Wuest, Urs Schaffhauser, René Strebel
  • Publication number: 20150266701
    Abstract: An elevator installation includes an elevator cage with a support construction carrying the elevator cage, wherein the support construction has two beams. Mounted on each beam is a positioning arrangement on which a sensor is positioned, which is part of a load measuring device, wherein the positioning arrangements have material structures. The sensors detect a change in spacing of the material structures from one another, wherein this change in spacing is caused by a change in loading of the elevator cage. Signals of the sensors are processed in an evaluating unit and a signal representing the loading is used in an elevator control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Beat Brugger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, Thomas Wuest, Urs Schaffhauser, Rene' Strebel
  • Patent number: 9102503
    Abstract: An elevator cage floor has a composite-structure or sandwich mode of construction, including at least one base plate, at least one top plate and at least one composite-structure core disposed therebetween and having at least two chambers, wherein the composite-structure core is connected with the base plate and the top plate. At least one of the at least two chambers of the composite-structure core is at least partly filled with a defined amount of a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Christoph Schuler, Beat Brügger, Lukas Zeder, René Strebel, Thomas Wüest, Urs Schaffhauser
  • Patent number: 9090434
    Abstract: A floor for an elevator cage has a base plate, a top plate and a support structure arranged therebetween. The support structure comprises a grating arrangement including a plurality of intersecting profile members standing on edge. For local reinforcement, the support structure additionally includes a second grating arrangement superimposed on the first arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wüest, René Strebel, Urs Schaffhauser, Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder
  • Patent number: 9056747
    Abstract: An elevator installation includes an elevator cage with a support construction carrying the elevator cage, wherein the support construction has two beams. Mounted on each beam is a positioning arrangement on which, for example, a sensor is positioned, which is part of a load measuring device, wherein the positioning arrangements have material structures or sensor carriers. The sensors detect a change in spacing of the material structures or of the sensor carriers from one another, wherein this change in spacing is caused by a change in loading of the elevator cage. Signals of the sensors are processed in an evaluating unit and a signal representing the loading is used in an elevator control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, Thomas Wüest, Urs Schaffhauser, René Strebel
  • Publication number: 20120255811
    Abstract: A floor for an elevator cage has a base plate, a top plate and a support structure arranged therebetween. The support structure comprises a grating arrangement including a plurality of intersecting profile members standing on edge. For local reinforcement, the support structure additionally includes a second grating arrangement superimposed on the first arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Wüest, René Strebel, Urs Schaffhauser, Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder
  • Publication number: 20120205199
    Abstract: A connecting element connects a first wall panel with a second wall panel. A first spring element is supported on the upper part of the connecting element and on one side of a first bend. A second spring element is supported on the upper part and on one side of a second bend. The other side of the second bend presses on one side of the first bend. The connecting element is introduced without a tool into a first slot of the first bend and the second bend is placed at a second slot over the connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, René Strebel, Thomas Wuest, Urs Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20120164928
    Abstract: An elevator cage is movable in an elevator shaft, wherein a ventilating device is fastened to a cage outer surface, wherein this ventilating device forms at least one ventilation channel, wherein the at least one ventilation channel has at least one primary ventilation opening enabling an air exchange between the ventilation channel and the elevator shaft, wherein at least one of the cage outer surfaces has at least one secondary ventilation opening enabling an air exchange between a cage interior space and the at least one ventilation channel, with at least one element of insulating material, and wherein the at least one element substantially determines a path of the at least one ventilation channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Wüest, René Strebel, Lukas Zeder, Urs Schaffhauser, Christoph Schuler, Beat Brügger
  • Publication number: 20120160614
    Abstract: An elevator cage floor has a composite-structure or sandwich mode of construction, including at least one base plate, at least one top plate and at least one composite-structure core disposed therebetween and having at least two chambers, wherein the composite-structure core is connected with the base plate and the top plate. At least one of the at least two chambers of the composite-structure core is at least partly filled with a defined amount of a filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Christoph Schuler, Beat Brügger, Lukas Zeder, René Strebel, Thomas Wüest, Urs Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20120061190
    Abstract: An elevator installation includes an elevator cage with a support construction carrying the elevator cage, wherein the support construction has two beams. Mounted on each beam is a positioning arrangement on which, for example, a sensor is positioned, which is part of a load measuring device, wherein the positioning arrangements have material structures or sensor carriers. The sensors detect a change in spacing of the material structures or of the sensor carriers from one another, wherein this change in spacing is caused by a change in loading of the elevator cage. Signals of the sensors are processed in an evaluating unit and a signal representing the loading is used in an elevator control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Beat Brügger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, Thomas Wüest, Urs Schaffhauser, René Strebel
  • Publication number: 20120048658
    Abstract: A support frame has at one or more lower cage corners a respective support, at which at least one damping element is arranged. The support has a U-shaped cross-section and can be inserted into a beam with C-shaped cross-section. The elevator cage is mounted on the damping elements, which can keep oscillations and vibrations away from the elevator cage. Near the inserted support, a device can be provided for raising the elevator cage if the support or at least one damping element has to be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Beat Brugger, Christoph Schuler, Lukas Zeder, Thomas Wuest, Urs Schaffhauser, Rene' Strebel