US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on Jan. 20 for "Autonomous elevator car mover configured for self-learning lateral clearance control" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,667, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Autonomous elevator car mover configured for self-learning lateral clearance control" was invented by Randy Roberts (Hebron, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A car mover for autonomously moving an elevator car along a lane in a hoistway, including: first and second wheels of the car mover, configured to apply a pinch force against a track therebetween and to rotationally drive along the track, by respective first and second wheel motors of the car mover; and a controller configured to execute: a lateral clearance control self-learning module, wherein ...