US Patent Issued to KONE on Dec. 23 for "Apparatus for actuating a safety gear associated with an elevator car" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,337, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to KONE Corp. (Helsinki).

"Apparatus for actuating a safety gear associated with an elevator car" was invented by Antti Koskinen (Helsinki), Petri Hartikainen (Helsinki), Pekka Hallikainen (Helsinki) and Antti I Maki (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for actuating a safety gear of an elevator includes a first stage actuation mechanism; and a second stage actuation mechanism. The second stage actuation mechanism includes a wedge arrangement configured to grip a guiderail associated with the elevator when the first stage actuation mechanism is triggered; a casing including the we...