US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on Nov. 3 for "Elevator brake assembly having asymmetrical brake" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,623, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Elevator brake assembly having asymmetrical brake" was invented by Amir Lotfi (South Windsor, Conn.) and Michael C. Lang (Southbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator brake assembly including an asymmetrical brake comprising at least three brake segments, a brake activating device operably coupled to the asymmetrical brake, the brake activating device comprising a first activation element and a second activation element, wherein the first activation element is configured to activate one of the at least three brake segments, and the second act...