Patents by Inventor Yunzhu Shen

Yunzhu Shen 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: 20230202802
    Abstract: An elevator car frame, an elevator car and an elevator system. The elevator car frame includes a top, a bottom and uprights extending between the top and the bottom and deviating from a longitudinal middle portion of the elevator car frame, and at least one of the uprights is provided with car guide shoes arranged to enable the elevator car frame, after being installed in an elevator hoistway, to move along a car guide rail disposed in the elevator hoistway through the car guide shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yunzhu Shen, Weifeng Peng, Zhangli Gu, Lan Wang, Lili Zhao
  • Patent number: 10150648
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a compensating sheave. The compensating sheave is provided with a housing. The tensioning device comprises: a first snap-fit member; a second snap-fit member; and a trigger mechanism comprising a resilient assembly and a limiting assembly, wherein the limiting assembly is provided with a limiting member, wherein the tensioning device has a first state in which the limiting member abuts against a second end of the first snap-fit member so that a certain clearance is kept between a first end of the first snap-fit member and the second snap-fit member and a second state in which the limiting assembly is moved downward so that the first end of the first snap-fit member is rotated downward until the first end is snap-fitted with the second snap-fit member. A compensating sheave is provided with the above-described tensioning device and an elevator is configured with the above-described compensating sheave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Yunzhu Shen
  • Publication number: 20180339883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tractor assembly and an elevator. The tractor assembly includes: a rack; multiple tractors; and multiple traction parts connected to an elevator car and an elevator counterweight respectively via the tractors; wherein the multiple tractors are mounted on the rack respectively, and are staggered along a horizontal direction; the vertical direction extends along an elevator hoistway, and the horizontal direction transects the elevator hoistway to extend. With such arrangement, on the one hand, arrangement of two tractors is implemented without making too many changes to an existing structure space; on the other hand, compared with a unit that uses a heavy load tractor, the product cost can be reduced significantly while achieving basically the same technical effect. In addition, the use of two tractors of a relatively small size also implements machine room-free or small machine room arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yunzhu Shen, Chuanyong Zhou, Benjamin Watson
  • Publication number: 20180050884
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a compensating sheave. The compensating sheave is provided with a housing. The tensioning device comprises: a first snap-fit member; a second snap-fit member; and a trigger mechanism comprising a resilient assembly and a limiting assembly, wherein the limiting assembly is provided with a limiting member, wherein the tensioning device has a first state in which the limiting member abuts against a second end of the first snap-fit member so that a certain clearance is kept between a first end of the first snap-fit member and the second snap-fit member and a second state in which the limiting assembly is moved downward so that the first end of the first snap-fit member is rotated downward until the first end is snap-fitted with the second snap-fit member. A compensating sheave is provided with the above-described tensioning device and an elevator is configured with the above-described compensating sheave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventor: Yunzhu Shen