Patents by Inventor T. Thomas Suchodolski

T. Thomas Suchodolski 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).

  • Elevator car frame and platform assembly
    Patent number: 5564529
    Abstract: An elevator car includes a car frame and a platform assembly having a composite platform and a support frame. The composite platform includes upper and lower metallic sheets with a oriented strand wood layer therebetween and bonded to the sheets. The support frame includes a perimeter structure and a pair of centrally located stringers. The composite platform is rigidly attached about its outer edges to the perimeter structure and extends unsupported between the centrally located stringers and the perimeter structure. In a particular embodiment, the elevator car includes a door frame extending from the car frame and platform assembly and which is isolated from the cab of the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Ericson, T. Thomas Suchodolski, Minglun Qiu
  • Method and apparatus for installing and balancing an elevator car
    Patent number: 5492201
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for installing and balancing an elevator car is disclosed. The method for installing and balancing an elevator car situated in a hoistway where cables attach to the car, is characterized by the following steps: providing an adjustable connector attached to the elevator car having two degrees of adjustable motion; positioning the connector to a desired location underneath the car, connecting the cables to the adjustable connector, and balancing the elevator car with an adjustable weight which is also attached to the underside of the elevator car. The apparatus for installing and balancing an elevator car having cables attached to its underside includes: (1) an adjustable connector attached to the elevator car having two degrees of adjustable motion; and, (2) an adjustable weight which attaches to the underside of the elevator car and is used to balance the car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Ericson, T. Thomas Suchodolski, Minglun Qiu
  • Elevator platform isolation
    Patent number: 5325937
    Abstract: The vibrations of an elevator are attenuated between the elevator and a cab by providing an elevator frame disposed in a first plane and a platform in a second plane, the platform being suspended from the frame by a plurality of side braces extending therefrom. A vibration attenuator is disposed directly between each side brace and the platform to attenuate vibrations that may pass between the frame and the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: T. Thomas Suchodolski, Minglun Qiu