Patents by Inventor Takero Kobari

Takero Kobari 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).

  • Mechanical hoistway access control device
    Patent number: 10889465
    Abstract: A mechanical hoistway access control device for an elevator landing door includes a first and a second base plates mounted on the hoistway side of a landing door panel and arranged in parallel with one another, a slider slidably arranged between the first and second base plates and configured to move in conjunction with a car door and configured to protrude out from a door closing side end of the landing door by a first elastic member to take an extended position when the landing door is opened with no elevator car at the landing, and a latch attached to the landing door and configured to engage with the slider to keep the slider in the extended position once the slider protrudes out from the door closing side end of the landing door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Daisuke Meguro, Hiromitsu Miyajima, Takako Fukuyama, Takero Kobari
  • MECHANICAL HOISTWAY ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190031468
    Abstract: A mechanical hoistway access control device for an elevator landing door includes a first and a second base plates mounted on the hoistway side of a landing door panel and arranged in parallel with one another, a slider slidably arranged between the first and second base plates and configured to move in conjunction with a car door and configured to protrude out from a door closing side end of the landing door by a first elastic member to take an extended position when the landing door is opened with no elevator car at the landing, and a latch attached to the landing door and configured to engage with the slider to keep the slider in the extended position once the slider protrudes out from the door closing side end of the landing door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke Meguro, Hiromitsu Miyajima, Takako Fukuyama, Takero Kobari