Patents by Inventor Richard E. Peruggi

Richard E. Peruggi 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).

  • Patent number: 7575099
    Abstract: A brake mechanism (10) for an elevator (2) is activated in response to an electronic control signal to prevent movement of an elevator car (16) under predetermined conditions. The brake mechanism is preferably a safety mechanism (10) and does not require a governor sheave, a governor rope, or a tension sheave. The safety mechanism in one disclosed example utilizes a solenoid actuator (22b) and an electric motor (40) and gear box assembly (42) to move safety wedges (18) into engagement with a guide rail (20) to stop the elevator car (16). The safety wedges (18) are held in a non-deployed position during normal elevator operation. If there is a power loss or if elevator car speed exceeds a predetermined threshold, an electronic control signal activates the safety mechanism (10) causing the solenoid to release, which causes the safety wedges (18) move in a direction opposite to that of a safety housing (12) mounted for movement with the elevator car (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Jae-Hyuk Oh, Robin Mihekun Miller, Richard E. Peruggi, Samuel Wan, Anthony Cooney, Adriana Bacellar, Pei-Yuan Peng
  • Patent number: 6981575
    Abstract: A safety device to arrest movement of an elevator car guided by non-metallic guide rails employs a friction surface mounted on a wedge. The wedge is located in proximity to an angular horizontal locator when in the unengaged position. Upon activation of the wedge during an overspeed condition the horizontal locator urges the friction surface of the wedge into contact with the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Frederick H. Barker, Richard E. Peruggi
  • Patent number: 6578673
    Abstract: An integrally poured concrete rail guidance system enables the elimination of traditional metal rails by pouring the concrete rail at the same time as the hoistway is poured. Time and expense is avoided in the construction and the concrete rails are durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Frederick H. Barker, Richard E. Peruggi, Gilbert W. Wierschke
  • Publication number: 20020074192
    Abstract: An integrally poured concrete rail guidance system enables the elimination of traditional metal rails by pouring the concrete rail at the same time as the hoistway is poured. Time and expense is avoided in the construction and the concrete rails are durable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: FREDERICK H. BARKER, RICHARD E. PERUGGI, GILBERT W. WIERSCHKE
  • Publication number: 20010047910
    Abstract: A safety device to arrest movement of an elevator car guided by non-metallic guide rails employs a friction surface mounted on a wedge. The wedge is located in proximity to an angular horizontal locator when in the unengaged position. Upon activation of the wedge during an overspeed condition the horizontal locator urges the friction surface of the wedge into contact with the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: Otis Elevator
    Inventors: FREDERICK H. BARKER, RICHARD E. PERUGGI
  • Patent number: 6038980
    Abstract: Cabs, such as passenger and freight cabs, are transferred from one horizontal transport bogie that is moving along a track to another horizontal transport bogie moving at the same speed on an adjacent track. The cab may be transferred from one train or shuttle of moving bogies to another train of moving bogies, or may be transferred from a train of moving bogies to an auxiliary shuttle or bogie on a siding so as to permit the cab to be brought to a stop, either to allow transfer of passengers, to be moved into the car frame of an adjacent elevator for vertical transport within the building, or to simply await the coming of another train, traveling in either the same or in opposite direction, to which the cab may then be transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Otis Elevator
    Inventors: Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Anthony Cooney, David I. Perl, Richard E. Peruggi, Michael D. Silverberg
  • Patent number: 5880414
    Abstract: When an elevator is running, the car door 27 is locked in the closed position by a brake shoe 12 which engages the edge of the door hanger 24 in response to a push-type solenoid 19 overcoming the force of a spring. When the door is not closed, a friction brake pad 11 contacts the door hanger surface to hold the door open for passenger boarding or to stop the door in case of failure of door operator power while the door is in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Frank Guliuzza, Jr., Edward E. Ahigian, Richard E. Kulak, Thomas M. McHugh, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5857545
    Abstract: An elevator system has a plurality of elevator cars traveling upwardly in one hoistway and downwardly in an adjacent hoistway, the cars being propelled in a series of overlapping segments, each segment including a pair of couplers roped to counterweights and driven by elevator traction machines. A variant uses a closed loop rope with a pair of couplers to transfer elevator cars from a counterweighted coupler of one segment to a counterweighted coupler of an adjacent segment. An upper passenger landing moves cars on overhead trolleys and a lower passenger landing moves cars on dollies to take them from a hoistway through unloading and loading stations and back to another hoistway. The elevator car roller guides are releasable to permit lateral movement of cars to and from landings. A latched spring buffer and/or a LEM decelerate and accelerate unbalanced counterweights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: David W. Barrett, John F. Cassidy, Jr., George A. L. David, Ernest P. Gagnon, Richard E. Peruggi
  • Patent number: 5816368
    Abstract: Each of a pair of vertically and horizontally adjacent hoistways has an elevator car coupler roped through a traction machine to a counterweight so as to be able to raise and lower the elevator car within the related hoistway. A transition section joins the upper end of the lower hoistway with the lower end of the upper hoistway. A pair of guide rails are disposed on each side of the elevator system, including the upper hoistway, the transition section and the lower hoistway. Elevator cars are guided from the top of the upper hoistway to the bottom of the lower hoistway and/or vice versa by one of the pairs of rails. Power in the transition section is provided by a pair of LEMs, one on each side of the hoistways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: David W. Barrett, John F. Cassidy, Jr., George A. L. David, Ernest P. Gagnon, Andrew F. Peruggi, Richard E. Peruggi
  • Patent number: 5808246
    Abstract: An electronic motor drive produces a required motion profile for an elevator door operator actuated by a three-phase, line-powered linear induction motor (LIM) by means of an array of TRIAC switches producing selected forces from the LIM. The TRIAC drive is capable of producing acceleration, deceleration or free coast in either the open or close direction of door operation. When controlled by an algorithm such as a "time-optimal switch point" or "bang-bang" control, the TRIAC drive produces the required motions from the linear induction motor for elevator door operation. The motor windings may be switchable between delta and wye hookups to provide two distinct thrust levels. Phase angle modulation may be used to provide finer control of thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. McHugh, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak, David W. Barrett, Zbigniew Piech
  • Patent number: 5736693
    Abstract: A linear induction motor utilizes a double-sided primary and a dual secondary to directly drive an elevator car door open and closed. The invention has the advantage of being compact: all magnetic-attractive loads are confined to a primary mount bracket, and all thrust loads are carried directly by the car header, not transferred to the cab. Also, high thrusts can be developed from a small space, i.e., short net working coil area, due to the double-sided primary winding and dual secondary arrangement. The configuration is basically simple, with a low moving mass and easy-to-fabricate parts, the primary core being particularly easily wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Zbigniew Piech, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Edward E. Ahigian, Richard E. Kulak, Thomas M. McHugh, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5732796
    Abstract: An elevator door evacuation deterrent device in combination with a moving vane elevator door coupler having a pair of coupler vanes pivotally connected by links to form a parallelogram movable between a compressed position, an expanded interlock position and a third expanded overtravel locking position when the elevator car is outside a landing zone. A top end from one of the vanes projects upwardly and abuts a locking plate on the elevator car to limit movement of the car door in the overtravel locking position when the car is outside of a landing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Edward E. Ahigian, David W. Barrett, Thomas M. McHugh, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak
  • Patent number: 5682023
    Abstract: A linear motor for operating an elevator door is energized using a bang-bang control strategy (10) wherein three-phase AC utility mains (16) are connected (29) directly to the linear motor primary (14) by means of a motor control (12) in response to control signals (26) provided under the direction of a control strategy (10), which may be microprocessor-based. Commands (24) from an elevator controller to open/close the elevator door cause the system to operate the doors and a sensor (22) provides feedback (28) by means of which the control (10) is able to determine switch points for switching the AC mains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Thomas M. McHugh, Richard E. Peruggi, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5669465
    Abstract: An elevator hoistway door lock assembly comprises first and second lock subassemblies. Each lock subassembly has a rotatable latch mounted on a respective door hanger, a first and second catches are mounted on the hoistway for engagement with each respective latch, a first and second cam followers are fastened to the respective latches and movable between a first position in which each latch engages the respective catch in a locked position and a second position in which each latch is disengaged from the respective catch in an unlocked position so that the hoistway doors may be moved to an open position and each pair of electrical contacts for indicating a locked condition of the respective door when the contacts are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Kulak, Thomas M. McHugh, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5668355
    Abstract: The door or doors on an elevator cab are driven during their opening and closing cycles by a linear induction motor drive system. The primary of the linear motor is fixed to the cab assembly, and the secondary is mounted on the door hanger panel and moves with the door. In order for the secondary to maintain a proper spacing relative to the primary, a flexible connection is provided between the secondary and the remainder of the door. In this way, shifting of the door during its opening and closing movements will not cause misalignment of the secondary with respect to the primary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Edward E. Ahigian, Thomas M. McHugh, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Richard E. Kulak, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5651428
    Abstract: A coupling for causing an elevator car door to engage an elevator hoistway door includes a pair of vanes, each end of each vane pivoted on a link connecting it with the other vane, the links being disposed for rotation between said two vanes on an elevator car door thereby forming a parallelogram. The vanes extend vertically between four rollers which rotate about horizontal axles disposed at the top of the hoistway door, and which provide rotationally stiff coupling. A solenoid actuator can move one vane up to cause the parallelogram to shrink, into an uncoupled position. When the actuator is disenergized, a spring causes the parallelogram to spread so that the vanes are wedged between the rollers and the two doors are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Edward E. Ahigian, David W. Barrett, Thomas M. McHugh, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak
  • Patent number: 5651427
    Abstract: An elevator door hold-close device in combination with a moving vane elevator door coupler having first and second vanes pivotally connected by links to form a parallelogram pivotally movable between a first compressed uncoupled position and an expanded coupled position. A structural member is fixed to the elevator car and has a friction pad configured for retentive engagement with a friction pad on the vane assembly to hold the car door closed against manual operation when the elevator car is in flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Kulak, Edward E. Ahigian, Thomas M. McHugh, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5612518
    Abstract: The door or doors of an elevator are driven through their opening and closing cycles by one or more linear induction motor (LIM) assemblies in which the primary winding component of the LIM assembly is secured to the elevator cab structure and the LIM secondary component is secured to the cab door. If the cab has two oppositely moving doors, there will preferably be two separate motor drives, one for each door. In one embodiment, the motor components are arranged so as to create a normal force which is horizontal; and in another embodiment, the normal force created is vertical. A primary motor mount bracket is used which secures the primary winding component to the overhead component of the cab structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Jerome F. Jaminet, Zbigniew Piech, Frank Guliuzza, Jr., Thomas M. McHugh, Edward E. Ahigian, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5538106
    Abstract: A coupling for causing an elevator car door to engage an elevator hoistway door includes a pair of vanes, each end of each vane pivoted on a link connecting it with the other vane, the links being disposed for rotation between said two vanes on an elevator car door thereby forming a parallelogram. The vanes extend vertically between four rollers which rotate about horizontal axles disposed at the top of the hoistway door, and which provide rotationally stiff coupling. A solenoid actuator can move one vane up to cause the parallelogram to shrink, into an uncoupled position. When the actuator is disenergized, a spring causes the parallelogram to spread so that the vanes are wedged between the rollers and the two doors are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Thomas M. McHugh, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak, Thomas He, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Richard E. Peruggi, David W. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5509504
    Abstract: An elevator car door is moved by a variable voltage, variable frequency linear induction motor which is driven open current loop to achieve a desired velocity profile indicated by an incremental linear encoder, with washed out proportional and integral gain. A magnetizing current insufficient to overcome the weight of the door is added in quadrature with the linear force current, and frequency is determined open loop in a predetermined fashion. Pulse width modulation voltage control signals are utilized to apply fixed voltages of correct polarity through a low pass three phase filter to the windings of the motor for correct intervals of time so as to synthesize desired sinusoidal winding currents. A boost of current is provided following each zero crossing of the sinusoidal winding currents to overcome lags therein. A ramp down of voltage avoids dropping the door at the end of door opening and door closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Thomas M. McHugh, David W. Barrett, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak