Patents by Inventor Gilles Trottman

Gilles Trottman 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).

  • SUSPENSION DEVICE AND USE THEREOF IN AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20240059523
    Abstract: A suspension device has at least one brake for braking an elevator car relative to a stationary component of an elevator system, a brake holding assembly holding the brake on the elevator car, and a support means holding assembly holding a support means on the elevator car. The support means connects the elevator car to a counterweight of the elevator system. The brake holding assembly holds the brake against the elevator car such that the brake moves relative to the elevator car in a force direction produced by the brake. The support means holding assembly holds the support means against the elevator car such that the support means moves relative to the elevator car substantially in a force direction produced by the support means. A load measuring device measures an exerted force produced by relative movement of the support means and/or the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Romeo Lo Jacono, Gilles Trottman, Valerio Villa, Eric Wang
  • Elevator with maintenance opening in the car floor
    Patent number: 10001861
    Abstract: An elevator includes a drive unit and an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft to a plurality of floors between a shaft ceiling and a shaft floor by the drive unit. The elevator car has a car floor which can be opened at least partially by at least one floor element to expose an opening. The elevator further includes a locking unit, with which the at least one floor element can be locked. The elevator also has an unlocking unit, by which the locking unit can be unlocked or released for unlocking only if the elevator car has reached an end position in the region of the lowermost floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventor: Gilles Trottman
  • ELEVATOR WITH MAINTENANCE OPENING IN THE CAR FLOOR
    Publication number: 20150314991
    Abstract: An elevator includes a drive unit and an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft to a plurality of floors between a shaft ceiling and a shaft floor by the drive unit. The elevator car has a car floor which can be opened at least partially by at least one floor element to expose an opening. The elevator further includes a locking unit, with which the at least one floor element can be locked. The elevator also has an unlocking unit, by which the locking unit can be unlocked or released for unlocking only if the elevator car has reached an end position in the region of the lowermost floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Gilles Trottman