US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on Sept. 15 for "Time-based system and method for determining suspension member elongation" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,296, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Time-based system and method for determining suspension member elongation" was invented by Arthur Hsu (South Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for determining elongation of suspension members in an elevator system that includes an elevator car that is supported for movement within a hoistway by at least one suspension member and a counterweight that is coupled to the elevator car with the at least one suspension member. A first time is determined when the first interactive element detects a presence of the elevator ca...