ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,554, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Elevator system" was invented by Tatsuya Jinno (Wako, Japan) and Takumi Shiiyama (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator system provided in an existing apartment building, includes a motor that is a drive source for a lifting mechanism of an elevator car, a power storage device configured to store power supplied to the motor, and a charger configured to charge the power storage device with power supplied from a power grid. A traveling motor, an in-vehicle power storage device, and an in-vehicle charger of a used vehicle are diverted to the motor, t...