US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on May 26 for "Twist resistant elevator suspension member" (Connecticut, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,326, issued on May 26, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Twist resistant elevator suspension member" was invented by David R. Torlai (Torrington, Conn.), Ralle A. Rookey (Suffield, Conn.), Alexander Serkh (Troy, Mich.) and Bardia Guilani (Woodstock Valley, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and assembly includes pre-tensioning an elevator suspension member to adjust low load elongation of tension members within the elevator suspension member prior to placing the elevator suspension member in operation for an elevator."

The patent was filed on May 7, 2024, under Application No. 18/657,077.

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