Inventor
BITTAR JOSEPH
US48 patents
Patents
48 patentsUS5712456AJan 27, 1998
Flywheel energy storage for operating elevators
OTIS ELEVATOR CO73 citations96
US5732795AMar 31, 1998
Power and communication for elevator car without traveling cable
OTIS ELEVATOR CO38 citations93
US5480005AJan 2, 1996
Elevator swing car assignment to plural groups
OTIS ELEVATOR CO22 citations93
US5300739AApr 5, 1994
Cyclically varying an elevator car's assigned group in a system where each group has a separate lobby corridor
OTIS ELEVATOR CO50 citations93
US4815568AMar 28, 1989
Weighted relative system response elevator car assignment system with variable bonuses and penalties
OTIS ELEVATOR CO25 citations93
US4363381ADec 14, 1982
Relative system response elevator call assignments
OTIS ELEVATOR CO57 citations93
US4323142AApr 6, 1982
Dynamically reevaluated elevator call assignments
OTIS ELEVATOR CO33 citations93
US5924524AJul 20, 1999
Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle
OTIS ELEVATOR CO33 citations92
US5861586AJan 19, 1999
Horizontal and vertical passenger transport
OTIS ELEVATOR CO27 citations92
US5823299AOct 20, 1998
Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators
OTIS ELEVATOR CO30 citations92
US5785153AJul 28, 1998
Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building
OTIS ELEVATOR CO27 citations92
US5773772AJun 30, 1998
Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways
OTIS ELEVATOR CO26 citations92
US5771995AJun 30, 1998
Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab
OTIS ELEVATOR CO20 citations92
US5758748AJun 2, 1998
Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs
OTIS ELEVATOR CO29 citations92
US5752585AMay 19, 1998
Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals
OTIS ELEVATOR CO22 citations92
US5660249AAug 26, 1997
Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators
OTIS ELEVATOR CO22 citations92
US5651426AJul 29, 1997
Synchronous elevator shuttle system
OTIS ELEVATOR CO44 citations92
US5601156AFeb 11, 1997
Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab
OTIS ELEVATOR CO29 citations92
US5271484ADec 21, 1993
Selectable notification time indicating elevator car arrival
OTIS ELEVATOR CO51 citations92
US5168133ADec 1, 1992
Automated selection of high traffic intensity algorithms for up-peak period
OTIS ELEVATOR CO26 citations92
US4305479ADec 15, 1981
Variable elevator up peak dispatching interval
OTIS ELEVATOR CO33 citations91
US5454448AOct 3, 1995
Elevator call buttons having plural illuminated indications of availability and use
OTIS ELEVATOR CO24 citations89
US6152265ANov 28, 2000
Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling
OTIS ELEVATOR CO24 citations87
US5266757ANov 30, 1993
Elevator motion profile selection
OTIS ELEVATOR CO37 citations87
US5969304AOct 19, 1999
Elevator system having high rise elevator without express zone
OTIS ELEVATOR CO17 citations84
US4792019ADec 20, 1988
Contiguous floor channeling with up hall call elevator dispatching
OTIS ELEVATOR CO21 citations82
US5862886AJan 26, 1999
Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction
OTIS ELEVATOR CO9 citations74
US5663539ASep 2, 1997
Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system
OTIS ELEVATOR CO7 citations74
US5460245AOct 24, 1995
Elevator swing car service of interrise hall calls
OTIS ELEVATOR CO14 citations74
US5286930AFeb 15, 1994
Variable elevator door dwell time based upon time of notification of assigned car
OTIS ELEVATOR CO12 citations74
US4804069AFeb 14, 1989
Contiguous floor channeling elevator dispatching
OTIS ELEVATOR CO16 citations74
US4401190AAug 30, 1983
Cars/floors and calls/cars elevator assignments
OTIS ELEVATOR CO14 citations74
US5829553ANov 3, 1998
Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings
OTIS ELEVATOR CO10 citations73
US5749441AMay 12, 1998
Extra deck elevator shuttle
OTIS ELEVATOR CO8 citations73
US5655625AAug 12, 1997
Emergency elevator cab commandeering shuttle
OTIS ELEVATOR CO12 citations73
US4352410AOct 5, 1982
Operational control of elevator car calls
OTIS ELEVATOR CO9 citations73
US4352412AOct 5, 1982
Elevator express priority service
OTIS ELEVATOR CO12 citations73
US4349087ASep 14, 1982
Elevator motor/generator run protocol
OTIS ELEVATOR CO7 citations73
USD325355SApr 14, 1992
Elevator hall traffic sensor housing
OTIS ELEVATOR CO11 citations72
US4299309ANov 10, 1981
Empty elevator car determination
OTIS ELEVATOR CO15 citations72
US6038980AMar 21, 2000
Transferring freight or passenger cabs between moving bogies
OTIS ELEVATOR CO10 citations70
US5564550AOct 15, 1996
Adapting escalator speed to traffic using fuzzy logic
OTIS ELEVATOR CO8 citations70
US4124102ANov 7, 1978
Elevator control system
OTIS ELEVATOR CO9 citations66
US5657835AAug 19, 1997
Elevator shuttle employing horizontally transferred cab
OTIS ELEVATOR CO5 citations63
US4365694ADec 28, 1982
Preventing elevator car calls behind car
OTIS ELEVATOR CO6 citations63
US5695024ADec 9, 1997
Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab
OTIS ELEVATOR CO6 citations62
US4352411AOct 5, 1982
Elevator floor cutoff
OTIS ELEVATOR CO4 citations62
US4350226ASep 21, 1982
Elevator floor stop look-ahead
OTIS ELEVATOR CO4 citations54