Patents by Inventor Bill Perron

Bill Perron 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).

  • Elevator load bearing member having a jacket with at least one rough exterior surface
    Patent number: 8734203
    Abstract: An illustrative method of making a load bearing member for use in an elevator system includes mechanically roughening at least one surface on an exterior of a jacket of the load bearing member to establish a friction characteristic that facilitates engagement between an elevator system sheave and the roughened surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: John T. Pitts, Ary O. Mello, Hugh J. O'Donnell, John P. Wesson, William A. Veronesi, Douglas E. Logan, Mark Steven Thompson, Kathryn Rauss Sherrick, Bill Perron
  • ELEVATOR LOAD BEARING MEMBER HAVING A JACKET WITH AT LEAST ONE ROUGH EXTERIOR SURFACE
    Publication number: 20130277879
    Abstract: An illustrative method of making a load bearing member for use in an elevator system includes mechanically roughening at least one surface on an exterior of a jacket of the load bearing member to establish a friction characteristic that facilitates engagement between an elevator system sheave and the roughened surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: John T. Pitts, Ary O. Mello, Hugh J. O'Donnell, John P. Wesson, William A. Veronesi, Douglas E. Logan, Mark Steven Thompson, Kathryn Rauss Sherrick, Bill Perron
  • Elevator belt assembly with noise reducing groove arrangement
    Patent number: 7971687
    Abstract: An elevator load bearing assembly (20) includes a plurality of cords (22) within a jacket (24). The jacket has a plurality of grooves (32, 34, 36, 38 40) spaced along the length of the belt assembly. Each groove has a plurality of portions (50, 52, 54, 56) aligned at an oblique angle (A, B) relative to a longitudinal axis (48) of the belt (20). In one example, the grooves are separated such that there is no longitudinal overlap between adjacent grooves. In another example, transitions (60, 64) between the obliquely aligned portions are at different longitudinal positions on the belt. Another example includes a combination of the different longitudinal positions and the non-overlapping groove placement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Otis Elevator Company, ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Goldino Alves, Ary Mello, Xiaodong Luo, Bill Perron, Hugh O'Donnell, Paul von Hardenberg, Mark Marler, John Pitts, Randy Roberts, Hubert E. Goeser, Christoph Bederna
  • Elevator belt assembly with noise reducing groove arrangement
    Publication number: 20060175137
    Abstract: An elevator load bearing assembly (20) includes a plurality of cords (22) within a jacket (24). The jacket has a plurality of grooves (32, 34, 36, 38 40) spaced along the length of the belt assembly. Each groove has a plurality of portions (50, 52, 54, 56) aligned at an oblique angle (A, B) relative to a longitudinal axis (48) of the belt (20). In one example, the grooves are separated such that there is no longitudinal overlap between adjacent grooves. In another example, transitions (60, 64) between the obliquely aligned portions are at different longitudinal positions on the belt. Another example includes a combination of the different longitudinal positions and the non-overlapping groove placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Goldino Alves, Ary Mello, Xiaodong Luo, Bill Perron, Hugh O'Donnell, Paul Hardenberg, Mark Marler, John Pitts, Randy Roberts, Hubert Goeser, Christoph Bederna