Inventor

MCCARTHY RICHARD C

US28 patents

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MCCARTHY RICHARD C

OTIS ELEVATOR CO

Flywheel energy storage for operating elevators

&#34;Smart&#34; position transducer system for elevators

Power and communication for elevator car without traveling cable

Positive terminal overspeed protection by rail grabbing

Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle

Horizontal and vertical passenger transport

Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators

Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building

Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab

Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways

Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs

Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals

Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators

Synchronous elevator shuttle system

Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab

Recalibration of hitch load weighing using dynamic tare

Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction

Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system

Elevator cab position sensing with reduced operating noise

Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings

Extra deck elevator shuttle

Emergency elevator cab commandeering shuttle

Elevator control

Elevator platform stabilization coupler

Acceleration control system utilizing elevator platform stabilization coupler

Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab

MCCARTHY RICHARD C

Control device for operating two elevator cars in a single hoistway

Multi-car elevator hoistway separation assurance

"Smart" position transducer system for elevators