Elevator system suspension member termination

US11718505B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Richard N. Fargo · Plainville, US
• Mark R. Gurvich · Middletown, US
• Richard J. Ericson · Southington, US
• Douglas E. Logan · Burlington, US
• John P. Wesson · Vernon, US
• David Wayne Mckee · Somers, US
• Wenping Zhao · Glastonbury, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B19/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A suspension member for suspending and/or driving an elevator car of an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members extending along a length of the suspension member including a plurality of fibers extending along the length of the suspension member bonded into a polymer matrix. A jacket substantially retains the plurality of tension members. The suspension member is configured to be deformed at a suspension member end to allow for installation of the suspension member end into a termination assembly of the elevator system. A method of installing a suspension member of an elevator system into a termination assembly includes deforming a suspension member end and reforming it to a selected shape, inserting the suspension member end into the termination assembly and curing and/or hardening it, and applying a load thereto or to the socket or the wedge to secure the suspension member end in the termination assembly.