US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on Aug. 4 for "Resetting a safety actuator in an elevator system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,185, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Resetting a safety actuator in an elevator system" was invented by Jan Ruhnke (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of resetting a safety actuator (52) in an elevator system. An elevator controller receives a signal to reset the safety actuator (52) and moves the elevator car upwards relative to the guide rail (106a) so as to release the safety brake (48). A safety board controller is instructed to operate an electromagnet (62) in the safety actuator (52) to pull a magnetic actuator pad (54') laterally away from the guide rail (106a) to a reset po...