Patents by Inventor Cristina Hernandez-Martin

Cristina Hernandez-Martin 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: 10836609
    Abstract: An elevator car (2) comprising a passenger compartment defining an interior space (4) surrounded by sidewalls (62, 63, 64) and at least one car door; and at least one lighting arrangement (11) configured to illuminate the interior space (4). Said lighting arrangement (11) is associated with a ventilation system (18) configured to ventilate the interior space (4) even in a situation where the car door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Juan Jose Fernandez, Cristina Hernandez-Martin
  • Publication number: 20180086603
    Abstract: An elevator car comprises a ceiling and two bars extending parallel to and spaced apart from each other along the ceiling, wherein each of the bars comprises a first opening and a second opening. The elevator car further comprises a ceiling panel with two protrusions extending from opposite sides of the ceiling panel and configured such as to be received within the first openings, thereby allowing for a pivoting motion of the ceiling panel around an axis extending between the two protrusions; and at least one locking mechanism, which is switchable between a locked state and an unlocked state. In its locked state, the at least one locking mechanism engages with one of the second openings for locking the ceiling panel to at least one of the bars when the ceiling panel is pivoted into an operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Juan Jose Fernandez, Cristina Hernandez-Martin
  • Publication number: 20180050885
    Abstract: An elevator car (2) comprising a passenger compartment defining an interior space (4) surrounded by sidewalls (62, 63, 64) and at least one car door; and at least one lighting arrangement (11) configured to illuminate the interior space (4). Said lighting arrangement (11) is associated with a ventilation system (18) configured to ventilate the interior space (4) even in a situation where the car door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Juan Jose Fernandez, Cristina Hernandez-Martin