Patents by Inventor Falk Burkhardt

Falk Burkhardt 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: 11180346
    Abstract: A car for an elevator in an elevator shaft is suspended substantially in the center of gravity thereof at least in a ratio of 2:1 by a carrying apparatus guided via pulleys and is guided through car guides. The car has a car base, a car roof and car walls that define a passenger space. For using the car in a machine room-free elevator, to provide a shaft cross-section as large as possible and to reduce the required shaft pit depth and/or the required shaft head height, at least a first part of one of the pulleys is located between the car base and the car roof and a second part of the pulley is located in the car base or at the same height as the car base or in the car roof or at the same height as the car roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Heiko Thomas, Falk Burkhardt, Michael Weigel, Steffen Thon
  • Publication number: 20190071283
    Abstract: A car for an elevator in an elevator shaft is suspended substantially in the center of gravity thereof at least in a ratio of 2:1 by a carrying apparatus guided via pulleys and is guided through car guides. The car has a car base, a car roof and car walls that define a passenger space. For using the car in a machine room-free elevator, to provide a shaft cross-section as large as possible and to reduce the required shaft pit depth and/or the required shaft head height, at least a first part of one of the pulleys is located between the car base and the car roof and a second part of the pulley is located in the car base or at the same height as the car base or in the car roof or at the same height as the car roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Thomas, Falk Burkhardt, Michael Weigel, Steffen Thon