Global Patent Index - EP 1678068 A4

EP 1678068 A4 20090513 - ELEVATOR ROLLER GUIDE WITH VARIABLE STIFFNESS DAMPER

Title (en)

ELEVATOR ROLLER GUIDE WITH VARIABLE STIFFNESS DAMPER

Title (de)

ROLLENFÜHRUNG FÜR AUFZUG MIT DÄMPFER MIT VERSTELLBARER STEIFIGKEIT

Title (fr)

GUIDAGE D'ASCENSEUR A GALETS AVEC AMORTISSEUR A RIGIDITE VARIABLE

Publication

EP 1678068 A4 20090513 (EN)

Application

EP 03774685 A 20031008

Priority

US 0331927 W 20031008

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2005044710A1] An elevator system roller guide device (26) includes a plurality of rollers (32) that roll along a guide rail (28). Dampers (40) that have a selectively variable stiffness dampen lateral movements between the rollers (32) and roller guide device base (30) as the elevator car assembly (20) moves through a hoistway. In one example, the dampers include a magneto-rheological fluid. A controller (50) selectively controls a magnetic field generated by an electromagnet (52) to selectively control the viscosity of the magneto-rheological fluid and the stiffness of the dampers (40).

IPC 8 full level

B66B 7/04 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B66B 7/042 (2013.01); B66B 7/044 (2013.01); B66B 7/046 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005044710 A1 20050519; AU 2003282493 A1 20050526; CN 1839087 A 20060927; EP 1678068 A1 20060712; EP 1678068 A4 20090513; JP 2007521204 A 20070802

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0331927 W 20031008; AU 2003282493 A 20031008; CN 200380110507 A 20031008; EP 03774685 A 20031008; JP 2005510488 A 20031008