Patents by Inventor Steffen Thon

Steffen Thon 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: 20220024719
    Abstract: A device for creating a temporary protective space for an elevator system is installed in an elevator shaft and includes a fastening element that can be fixed in the elevator shaft and a supporting element connected to the fastening element. In a maintenance position of the device, the supporting element is arranged such that a movement path of a travel body of the elevator system is limited to form the temporary protective space. An impact element is connected to the supporting element and, in the maintenance position of the device, provides direct mechanical contact with the travel body. The impact element is pivotably mounted on the supporting element such that in an operating position of the device the movement path of the travel body is maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Michael WEIGEL, Steffen THON
  • Patent number: 11180346
    Abstract: A car for an elevator in an elevator shaft is suspended substantially in the center of gravity thereof at least in a ratio of 2:1 by a carrying apparatus guided via pulleys and is guided through car guides. The car has a car base, a car roof and car walls that define a passenger space. For using the car in a machine room-free elevator, to provide a shaft cross-section as large as possible and to reduce the required shaft pit depth and/or the required shaft head height, at least a first part of one of the pulleys is located between the car base and the car roof and a second part of the pulley is located in the car base or at the same height as the car base or in the car roof or at the same height as the car roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Heiko Thomas, Falk Burkhardt, Michael Weigel, Steffen Thon
  • Publication number: 20190071283
    Abstract: A car for an elevator in an elevator shaft is suspended substantially in the center of gravity thereof at least in a ratio of 2:1 by a carrying apparatus guided via pulleys and is guided through car guides. The car has a car base, a car roof and car walls that define a passenger space. For using the car in a machine room-free elevator, to provide a shaft cross-section as large as possible and to reduce the required shaft pit depth and/or the required shaft head height, at least a first part of one of the pulleys is located between the car base and the car roof and a second part of the pulley is located in the car base or at the same height as the car base or in the car roof or at the same height as the car roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Thomas, Falk Burkhardt, Michael Weigel, Steffen Thon