ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,694, issued on July 14, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Mobile control unit and method for remotely controlling an elevator installation" was invented by Reto Duss (Ebikon, Switzerland), Steve Ineichen (Buchrain, Switzerland), Roman Ott (Goldau, Switzerland), Andreas Weier (Alpnach Dorf, Switzerland) and David Zumsteg (Buochs, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile control unit and a method remotely control an elevator installation in an inspection mode, wherein the elevator installation includes an elevator car, an elevator controller and a safety circuit. The elevator controller automatically con...