Patents by Inventor Loic Duchamp

Loic Duchamp 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).

  • Publication number: 20180065830
    Abstract: Elevator door lock safety devices including a base, a first expanding extension member extending from the base, the first expanding extension member having a first exterior surface and a first interior surface, a second expanding extension member extending from the base and opposing the first expanding extension member, the second expanding extension member having a second exterior surface and a second interior surface, wherein a separation distance is defined between the first and second interior surfaces, an actuator aperture formed within the first expanding extension member and extending through the first expanding extension member from the first exterior surface to the first interior surface, and an actuation device passing through the actuator aperture, wherein actuation of the actuation device actuates the elevator door lock safety device from a first state to a second state, wherein the separation distance is greater in the second state than in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Loic Duchamp, Sebastien Fougeron, Arnaud Blanchard
  • Patent number: 7523810
    Abstract: The invention relates to an Elevator car (3) guiding device for an elevator without a machine room and with a drive motor (5) mounted on a top side wall of the shaft, wherein the elevator car (3) is guided by means of opposed top and bottom guide elements (9) integral therewith and sliding or rolling on car guide rails (11), characterized in that at least the top car guide element (9) standing in the vertical projection of the drive motor (5) or of the bracket thereof is attached to the car (3) at a lower height than the opposite guide element (9), so as to enable the translation of the car (3) in the shaft (7) at a higher height where the upper part (29) of the car can stand opposite the drive motor (5) or the bracket thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Jean-Noël Cloux, Thomas Coquerelle, Pascal Rebillard, Frédéric Beauchaud, Michel Beeuwsaert, Loïc Duchamp
  • Publication number: 20080029350
    Abstract: The invention relates to an Elevator car 93) guiding device for an elevator without a machine room and with a drive motor (5) mounted on a top side wall of the shaft, wherein the elevator car (3) is guided by means of opposed top and bottom guide elements (9) integral therewith and sliding or rolling on car guide rails (11), characterized in that at least the top car guide element (9) standing in the vertical projection of the drive motor (5) or of the bracket thereof is attached to the car (3) at a lower height than the opposite guide element (9), so as to enable the translation of the car (3) in the shaft (7) at a higher height where the upper part (29) of the car can stand opposite the drive motor (5) or the bracket thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jean-Noel Cloux, Thomas Coquerelle, Pascal Rebillard, Frederic Beauchaud, Michel Beauwsaert, Loic Duchamp