Patents by Inventor Mark Steven Thompson
Mark Steven Thompson 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).
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Patent number: 11383955Abstract: An illustrative example elevator control system includes a plurality of sway sensors situated within a hoistway of the building. The sway sensors respectively include a contact surface situated to be contacted by a vertically extending elongated member of an elevator when the elongated member moves laterally in the hoistway. The sway sensors respectively provide an indication of contact between the contact surface and the elongated member. A controller receives an indication of building movement and the indications from the sway sensors. The controller determines whether at least one condition exists in the hoistway based on the indications and implements an adjustment to elevator movement control when the at least one condition exists.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Mark Steven Thompson
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Patent number: 11040856Abstract: A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Wenping Zhao, John P. Wesson, Daniel A. Mosher, Scott Alan Eastman, Michael Paul Humbert, Mark Steven Thompson, Eric Jay Amis
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Patent number: 11006277Abstract: A method and apparatus that ensures that an aircraft system network controls access by multiple users (403a, 403b, 403c) of electronic devices (402a, 402b, 402c) equipped with a related hardware device (404a, 404b, 404c), by a combination of authentication, integrity, and encryption, using hardware security such as HSE/HSM or equivalent to establish the credentials for each component that is allowed on the network.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: THOMPSON AEROSPACE, INC.Inventors: Mark Steven Thompson, Trevor Coolidge, Curtis Michael Rihn, Lars Elof Rosenblad
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Publication number: 20200299103Abstract: A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Wenping Zhao, John P. Wesson, Daniel A. Mosher, Scott Alan Eastman, Michael Paul Humbert, Mark Steven Thompson, Eric Jay Amis
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Publication number: 20200239274Abstract: An illustrative example elevator control system includes a plurality of sway sensors situated within a hoistway of the building. The sway sensors respectively include a contact surface situated to be contacted by a vertically extending elongated member of an elevator when the elongated member moves laterally in the hoistway. The sway sensors respectively provide an indication of contact between the contact surface and the elongated member. A controller receives an indication of building movement and the indications from the sway sensors. The controller determines whether at least one condition exists in the hoistway based on the indications and implements an adjustment to elevator movement control when the at least one condition exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Mark Steven Thompson
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Patent number: 10710842Abstract: A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Wenping Zhao, John P. Wesson, Daniel A. Mosher, Scott Alan Eastman, Michael Paul Humbert, Mark Steven Thompson, Eric Jay Amis
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Publication number: 20190011007Abstract: An elevator safety brake for stopping an elevator car, the brake including a brake shoe including a base, and a brake pad disposed on the base, wherein the brake pad includes a rail contacting friction surface for contacting an elevator guide rail surface, wherein the brake pad is fuse bonded to the base, wherein the brake pad is chosen from a group consisting of: molybdenum and molybdenum alloys.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Aaron T. Nardi, Robert A. Barth, Xiaodong Luo, Mark Steven Thompson, Michael A. Klecka
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Publication number: 20180283613Abstract: A confinement article for containing a fluid includes a wall and a nano-aligned barrier. The wall is constructed and arranged to contain the fluid. The nano-aligned barrier co-extends with the wall, and is constructed and arranged to restrict permeation of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Scott Alan Eastman, Xiaomei Fang, Mark Steven Thompson, Wenping Zhao
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Patent number: 9862571Abstract: A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes interconnecting a plurality of cords of the belt or rope, the cords including a plurality of wires, to form a bridge circuit. A fault detection bridge circuit is subjected to a voltage excitation and outputs a voltage which is indicative of the belt or rope damage but remaining insensitive to other environmental noises.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Fanping Sun, Xiaodong Luo, Daniel A. Mosher, Huan Zhang, John P. Wesson, Yan Chen, Mark Steven Thompson, Raja Kountanya, Richard N. Fargo
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Publication number: 20170366360Abstract: A method and apparatus that ensures that an aircraft system network controls access by multiple users (403a, 403b, 403c) of electronic devices (402a, 402b, 402c) equipped with a related hardware device (404a, 404b, 404c), by a combination of authentication, integrity, and encryption, using hardware security such as HSE/HSM or equivalent to establish the credentials for each component that is allowed on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Mark Steven Thompson, Trevor Coolidge, Curtis Michael Rihn, Lars Elof Rosenblad
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Patent number: 9809421Abstract: A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes interconnecting a plurality of cords of the belt or rope, the cords including a plurality of wires, to form a bridge circuit. A fault detection bridge circuit is subjected to a voltage excitation and outputs a voltage which is indicative of the belt or rope damage but remaining insensitive to other environmental noises.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Fanping Sun, Xiaodong Luo, Daniel A. Mosher, Huan Zhang, John P. Wesson, Yan Chen, Mark Steven Thompson, Raja Kountanya, Richard N. Fargo
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Patent number: 9731941Abstract: A device for inhibiting the closing of a door that controls entry of an enclosure includes a first magnet disposed on a driven portion of the device and a second magnet disposed on a fixed portion of the enclosure. The first magnet and the second magnet are configured to be in register with each other as the door moves toward a closed position such that if the first magnet and the second magnet are in register with each other, a pole of the first magnet is in close proximity of a pole of the second magnet such that the first magnet and the second magnet react to each other to inhibit motion of the door towards the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Otis Elevator CompanyInventors: Jinkoo Lee, Jung Sam Kim, Byeong Sam Yoo, Hansoo Shim, Guohong Hu, Mark Steven Thompson
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Patent number: 9731939Abstract: A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes connecting a fault detection unit to at least a portion of a belt or rope including a plurality of wires arranged in a plurality of strands and/or cords. At least the portion of the belt or rope is subjected to an AC voltage of high frequency range and an electrical impedance of the portion of the belt or rope is measured via the fault detection unit. Using at least the measured electrical impedance of the portion of the belt or rope, a fault condition of the belt or rope is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Fanping Sun, John P. Wesson, Xiaodong Luo, Huan Zhang, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Daniel A. Mosher, Yan Chen, Mark Steven Thompson
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Publication number: 20170187539Abstract: A method and apparatus that ensures that an aircraft system network controls access by multiple users (403a, 403b, 403c) of electronic devices (402a, 402b, 402c) equipped with a related hardware device (404a, 404b, 404c), by a combination of authentication, integrity, and encryption, using hardware security such as HSE/HSM or equivalent to establish the credentials for each component that is allowed on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Mark Steven Thompson, Trevor Coolidge, Curtis Michael Rihn, Lars Elof Rosenblad
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Patent number: 9663328Abstract: A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes a plurality of wires arranged into a plurality of cords. The plurality of cords includes one or more inner cords located at an innermost portion of the belt relative to a lateral end of the belt and one or more outer cords located laterally outboard of the one or more inner cords. The one or more outer cords have a construction distinct from the one or more inner cords. A jacket substantially retains the plurality of cords.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Brad Guilani, Mark Steven Thompson, Kyle B. Martin, Hong Yang, Peter Keyo, David Wayne Mckee, Russell Bruce Gottlieb
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Publication number: 20170066629Abstract: A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Wenping Zhao, John P. Wesson, Daniel A. Mosher, Scott Alan Eastman, Michael Paul Humbert, Mark Steven Thompson, Eric Jay Amis
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Patent number: 9561936Abstract: An exemplary elevator door frame includes a sill member and a header member. A plurality of jamb members are generally perpendicular to the sill member and the header member. A plurality of guide rail brackets are supported on at least one of the sill member, the header member or one of the jamb members. The guide rail brackets are configured to receive a portion of a guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Otis Elevator CompanyInventors: Robin Mihekun Miller, Leandre Adifon, Mark Steven Thompson, Harold Terry, Richard J. Ericson, Stephen R. Nichols, Daryl J. Marvin
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Publication number: 20160304312Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an apparatus comprising: at least one processor, and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: receive a request for elevator service, and cause at least one resource associated with a service unrelated to the use of the elevator itself to be assigned responsive to receiving the request for elevator service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Mark Steven Thompson
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Publication number: 20160002006Abstract: A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes interconnecting a plurality of cords of the belt or rope, the cords including a plurality of wires, to form a bridge circuit. A fault detection bridge circuit is subjected to a voltage excitation and outputs a voltage which is indicative of the belt or rope damage but remaining insensitive to other environmental noises.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Fanping Sun, Xiaodong Luo, Daniel A. Mosher, Huan Zhang, John P. Wesson, Yan Chen, Mark Steven Thompson, Raja Kountanya, Richard N. Fargo
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Publication number: 20150375963Abstract: A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes connecting a fault detection unit to at least a portion of a belt or rope including a plurality of wires arranged in a plurality of strands and/or cords. At least the portion of the belt or rope is subjected to an AC voltage of high frequency range and an electrical impedance of the portion of the belt or rope is measured via the fault detection unit. Using at least the measured electrical impedance of the portion of the belt or rope, a fault condition of the belt or rope is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Fanping Sun, John P. Wesson, Xiaodong Luo, Huan Zhang, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Daniel A. Mosher, Yan Chen, Mark Steven Thompson