ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,595, issued on July 21, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).
"Elevator device" was invented by Ryoutarou Torii (Tokyo), Atushi Daikokuya (Tokyo), So Fukasawa (Tokyo) and Noriyuki Katou (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator device that can suppress slippage caused between a rail clip and a fixing member by a rotation moment acting on the fixing member in an elevator car fixing device. The elevator car fixing device of the present invention includes a fixing member 22 provided with a through hole 221 through which a stopper pin is to be inserted, a first holding member (rail...