Patents by Inventor Paul R. Braunwart
Paul R. Braunwart 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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Publication number: 20230356980Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including: a first door, which is an elevator door, a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator, wherein when the first door is closing: the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Joseph V. Mantese, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes, Ziyou Xiong
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Publication number: 20230286639Abstract: An additively manufactured noise attenuation panel for a structure within an aircraft structure includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a central body interconnected via a plurality of tubes extending from the central body. The noise attenuation panel may include an increasing wall thickness in a desired direction. A layers of unit cells may be manufactured in a twisted orientation with respect to an immediately adjacent layer of unit cells. Layers of unit cells may be manufactured in a rounded or bent orientation with respect to a central axis. The noise attenuation panel may further comprise a disk and a blended transition located at the interface between the disk and an interior surface of a unit cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: ROHR, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY M. MENDOZA, JULIAN WINKLER, CRAIG A. REIMANN, KENJI HOMMA, PAUL R. BRAUNWART, LAWRENCE A. BINEK, DANIELLE L. GROLMAN
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Patent number: 11745983Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including: a first door, which is an elevator door, a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator, wherein when the first door is closing: the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Joseph V. Mantese, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes, Ziyou Xiong
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Patent number: 11691853Abstract: Disclosed is an escalator system having: escalator steps; and a plurality of state sensors including a master sensor and slave sensors, wherein the slave sensors are secured to different ones of the escalator steps, wherein the master sensor is configured to: receive slave sensor data from the slave sensors; and transmit data to an escalator call center upon detecting an occurrence of a fault condition from the slave sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes
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Publication number: 20230202797Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system includes a plurality of components respectively configured for at least one function during operation of the elevator system. A plurality of sensors are each associated with at least one of the components. Each sensor senses at least one characteristic of an actual performance of an associated one of the components. A processor is configured to receive respective indications from the sensors regarding the actual performance of the associated components, determine a difference between the actual performance and a desired performance of any of the components based on the respective indications, and determine an adjustment to the operation of the elevator system based upon the determined difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Soumalya Sarkar, Paul R. Braunwart
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Patent number: 11643301Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for monitoring a sheave bearing condition, and in particular relates to passenger conveyer systems, such as elevator systems, employing the system and method. An example passenger conveyer system includes a suspension member, and a sheave configured to rotate on a bearing. The suspension member is wrapped around at least a portion of the sheave. Further, the system includes a sensor mounted adjacent an end of the suspension member, and a controller configured to determine a condition of the bearing based on an output of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Yan Chen, David R. Polak, Paul R. Braunwart, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Charles C. Coffin
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Patent number: 11597629Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system includes a plurality of components respectively configured for at least one function during operation of the elevator system. A plurality of sensors are each associated with at least one of the components. Each sensor senses at least one characteristic of an actual performance of an associated one of the components. A processor is configured to receive respective indications from the sensors regarding the actual performance of the associated components, determine a difference between the actual performance and a desired performance of any of the components based on the respective indications, and determine an adjustment to the operation of the elevator system based upon the determined difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Soumalya Sarkar, Paul R. Braunwart
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Patent number: 11565496Abstract: A structural panel includes a first skin, a second skin and a core. The core is connected to the first skin and the second skin. The core includes a corrugated sheet of wire mesh that includes a plurality of corrugations. Each of the corrugations extends vertically between and engages the first skin and the second skin.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: John A. Sharon, Kenji Homma, Justin R. Hawkes, Paul R. Braunwart, Ellen Y. Sun
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Publication number: 20220366886Abstract: An acoustic supercell may comprise a facesheet having a plurality of perforations, a backplate parallel to the facesheet, a cell wall contacting the facesheet and the back plate, and a periodic structure. The supercell may be custom-tailored to meet specific acoustic wavelength absorption targets. The custom-tailored supercell may be arranged with a plurality of other custom-tailored supercells into an acoustic panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INCInventors: JULIAN WINKLER, KENJI HOMMA, CRAIG A. REIMANN, JEFFREY M. MENDOZA, PAUL R. BRAUNWART
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Patent number: 11286133Abstract: An elevator system includes a component adapted to perform a function, a sensor, and a control configuration. The sensor is configured to detect an operating parameter associated with the function. The control configuration is configured to receive a parameter signal from the sensor, and extract a predesignated feature from data associated with the parameter signal. The predesignated feature is then aggregated by the control configuration and machine learning is applied to determine a degradation level of the function associated with the predesignated feature.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Nikola Trcka, Teems E. Lovett, Sandeep Sudi, Paul R. Braunwart, Sudarshan N. Koushik, Peter Liaskas
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Publication number: 20210371248Abstract: Disclosed is an escalator system having: escalator steps; and a plurality of state sensors including a master sensor and slave sensors, wherein the slave sensors are secured to different ones of the escalator steps, wherein the master sensor is configured to: receive slave sensor data from the slave sensors; and transmit data to an escalator call center upon detecting an occurrence of a fault condition from the slave sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes
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Patent number: 11124390Abstract: A pressure sensitive mat is provided. The pressure sensitive mat includes a nanocomposite film, a first conductive foil, an oxide layer interposed between a first side of the nanocomposite film and the first conductive foil, a second conductive foil and a nanotube film interposed between a second side of the nanocomposite film, which is opposite the first side, and the second conductive foil.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Fanping Sun, Joseph V. Mantese, Walter Thomas Schmidt, Enrico Manes, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart, Wayde R. Schmidt
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Patent number: 11014780Abstract: According to an aspect, an elevator sensor calibration system includes one or more sensors operable to monitor an elevator system, an elevator sensor calibration device, and a computing system. The computing system includes a memory and a processor that collects a plurality of baseline sensor data from the one or more sensors during movement of an elevator component, collects a plurality of disturbance data from the one or more sensors while the elevator component is displaced responsive to contact with the elevator sensor calibration device during movement of the elevator component, and performs analytics model calibration to calibrate a trained model based on one or more response changes between the baseline sensor data and the disturbance data.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Sudarshan N. Koushik, Paul R. Braunwart, Charles C. Coffin, Teems E. Lovett
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Publication number: 20210122608Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for monitoring a sheave bearing condition, and in particular relates to passenger conveyer systems, such as elevator systems, employing the system and method. An example passenger conveyer system includes a suspension member, and a sheave configured to rotate on a bearing. The suspension member is wrapped around at least a portion of the sheave. Further, the system includes a sensor mounted adjacent an end of the suspension member, and a controller configured to determine a condition of the bearing based on an output of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Yan Chen, David R. Polak, Paul R. Braunwart, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Charles C. Coffin
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Patent number: 10988348Abstract: Disclosed is an escalator system that has: an escalator step; and load sensors secured to the escalator step, wherein the load sensors are configured to: sense an escalator loading; and transfer, to an escalator controller, sensor data indicative of the escalator loading.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Charles C. Coffin, Shihemn Chen, Enrico Manes, Paul R. Braunwart, Anais Espinal, Kishore K. Reddy, Soumalya Sarkar
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Publication number: 20210023810Abstract: A structural panel includes a first skin, a second skin and a core. The core is connected to the first skin and the second skin. The core includes a corrugated sheet of wire mesh that includes a plurality of corrugations. Each of the corrugations extends vertically between and engages the first skin and the second skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: John A. Sharon, Kenji Homma, Justin R. Hawkes, Paul R. Braunwart, Ellen Y. Sun
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Patent number: 10829344Abstract: According to an aspect, a method of elevator sensor system calibration includes collecting, by a computing system, a plurality of data from one or more sensors of an elevator sensor system while a calibration device applies a known excitation. The computing system compares an actual response to an expected response to the known excitation using a trained model. The computing system performs analytics model calibration to calibrate the trained model based on one or more response changes between the actual response and the expected response.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Sudarshan N. Koushik, Paul R. Braunwart, Soumalya Sarkar, Teems E. Lovett, George S. Ekladious
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Patent number: 10800134Abstract: A structural panel includes a first skin, a second skin and a core. The core is connected to the first skin and the second skin. The core includes a corrugated sheet of wire mesh that includes a plurality of corrugations. Each of the corrugations extends vertically between and engages the first skin and the second skin.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: John A. Sharon, Kenji Homma, Justin R. Hawkes, Paul R. Braunwart, Ellen Y. Sun
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Publication number: 20200207573Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system includes a plurality of components respectively configured for at least one function during operation of the elevator system. A plurality of sensors are each associated with at least one of the components. Each sensor senses at least one characteristic of an actual performance of an associated one of the components. A processor is configured to receive respective indications from the sensors regarding the actual performance of the associated components, determine a difference between the actual performance and a desired performance of any of the components based on the respective indications, and determine an adjustment to the operation of the elevator system based upon the determined difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Walter Thomas Schmidt, Soumalya Sarkar, Paul R. Braunwart
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Patent number: 10636272Abstract: A method of examining an electrical safety chain of an elevator system including: emitting an electric pulse from a time-domain reflectometer into an electrical safety chain of an elevator system; detecting a reflected electric pulse reflected within the electrical safety chain using the time-domain reflectometer; comparing the reflected electric pulse to a baseline reflected electric pulse; and determining a degradation level in response to the reflected electric pulse and the baseline reflected electric pulse.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Joseph Zacchio, Teems E. Lovett, Paul R. Braunwart