US Patent Issued to TK ESCALATOR NORTE on June 16 for "Bounce damper for an elevator system" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,991, issued on June 16, was assigned to TK ESCALATOR NORTE S.A. (Mieres, Spain).

"Bounce damper for an elevator system" was invented by Eduardo Moran Garcia (Gijon, Spain) and Luis Moran Bernardo (Oviedo, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a bounce damper for an elevator car being moveable by a tension member, including a first element configured to be fastened to the elevator car, a second element configured to be fastened to or to be in mechanic connection to an elevator shaft, wherein the first element and the second element are located adjacent to each other, wherein one out...