ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,124, issued on July 28, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Elevator car assembly" was invented by Aurelien Fauconnet (Isdes, France), Vincent Lopez (Gien, France), Bi Xiong (Chatillon-sur-Loire, France), Fabrice Boniface (Chatillon sur Loire, France) and Thibault Anquez (Gien, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator car assembly (100). The elevator car assembly (100) includes: an elevator car operating panel (106) including a user interface (124) on a front surface (108) and a first connector portion (112) on a rear surface (110); and an elevator cab (102) including a plurality of elevator cab walls (10...