Patents by Inventor Raphaël Picard

Raphaël Picard 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).

  • Sheave assembly and suspension system for an MRL elevator
    Patent number: 9434578
    Abstract: An elevator system includes guide rail mounted machine and a sheave assembly that accommodates a guide rail within a hoistway. The inventive sheave assembly includes individual sheave portions rotatable along a common axis. At least two of the sheave portions are spaced apart along the shaft and a portion of the guide rail extends toward the axis beyond a plane formed tangent to the outer diameter of the sheave portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Franck Det, Davy Depee, Jean-Noël Cloux, Michel Beeuwsaert, Raphaël Picard, Pascal Rebillard, Fernando Rico, David Pillin, Hugues Fanielle, Jacobus Benjamin Legez
  • Elevator installation with reduced hoistway dimensions
    Patent number: 9150384
    Abstract: An elevator system comprises a hoistway (4), an elevator car (2) arranged to move vertically within the hoistway and a drive machine (10) arranged in the hoistway outside the travel path of the car (2) or vertical projection thereof. The car (2) is coupled to the machine (10) by a rope (18) which is guided by a pair of idler sheaves (26, 28) so as to pass under the car (2). The idler sheaves (26, 28) have a diameter of less than 120 mm. The disclosed arrangement allows both overhead space and pit depth to be minimised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Thomas Coquerelle, Frédéric Beauchaud, Pascal Rebillard, Raphaël Picard, Jean-Noël Cloux, Fabrice Hamon, Aurélien Tissier, Franck Dominguez, Stephane Gourjeande, Michel Beeuwsaert, Loï Duchamp, Gérard Sirigu, Hugues Fanielle
  • ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH REDUCED HOISTWAY DIMENSIONS
    Publication number: 20100155181
    Abstract: An elevator system comprises a hoistway (4), an elevator car (2) arranged to move vertically within the hoistway and a drive machine (10) arranged in the hoistway outside the travel path of the car (2) or vertical projection thereof. The car (2) is coupled to the machine (10) by a rope (18) which is guided by a pair of idler sheaves (26, 28) so as to pass under the car (2). The idler sheaves (26, 28) have a diameter of less than 120 mm. The disclosed arrangement allows both overhead space and pit depth to be minimised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Coquerelle, Frédéric Beauchaud, Pascal Rebillard, Raphaël Picard, Fabrice Hamon, Aurélien Tissier, Franck Dominguez, Stephane Gourjeande, Michel Beeuwsaert, Loï Duchamp, Gèrard Sirigu, Hugues Fanielle
  • Sheave assembly for an elevator system
    Patent number: 7377366
    Abstract: An elevator system includes guide rail mounted machine (16) and a sheave assembly (32) that accommodates a guide rail (38) within a hoistway. The inventive sheave assembly includes individual sheave portions (54) rotatable along a common axis. At least two of the sheave portions are spaced apart along a shaft (50) and a portion of the guide rail extends toward the axis beyond a plane formed tangent to the outside diameter of the sheave portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Franck Det, Davy Depee, Jean-Noël Cloux, Michel Beeuwsaert, Raphaël Picard, Pascal Rebillard, Fernando Rico, David Pillin, Hugues Fanielle, Jacobus Benjamin Legez