IP Library Granted Patent US 12679697
Granted Patent B2
US 12679697 · App. 17/267,498 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Elevator door control device

Inventor: Tohru Harada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
B66B13/146B66B5/021
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12679697
App. No.
17/267,498
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an elevator door control device capable of safely closing a door of an elevator when a power failure occurs and preventing an extra burden from being placed on a rescue worker. The elevator door control device according to the present invention includes a door dynamic braking control circuit ( 15 ) that performs, when a power failure occurs in a condition in which the door of the elevator is in an intermediate position, dynamic braking control of a door motor ( 2 ) until full close of the door is detected and deactivates the dynamic braking control when the full close of the door is detected.

Claims (10)

1 . An elevator door control device, comprising a door dynamic braking control circuit configured to:

perform, when a power failure occurs in a condition in which a door of an elevator is in an intermediate position, dynamic braking control of a door motor by at least operating a shorting circuit to cause a phase-to-phase short-circuit of the door motor until full close of the door is detected;

deactivate the dynamic braking control when the full close of the door is detected; and

a door control circuit configured to

stop an inverter circuit that supplies AC power to the door motor when the power failure occurs, and

suspend restarting the inverter circuit until the dynamic braking control is deactivated when the power failure recovers during a period from when the dynamic braking control is started to when the door full close is detected.

2 . The elevator door control device according to claim 1 , wherein the door dynamic braking control circuit is provided in an existing emergency control circuit.

3 . The elevator door control device according to claim 2 , wherein the door dynamic braking control circuit does not perform the dynamic braking control when an operation mode change-over switch is in a condition of a maintenance mode.

4 . The elevator door control device according to claim 1 , wherein the door dynamic braking control circuit does not perform the dynamic braking control when an operation mode change-over switch is in a condition of a maintenance mode.

5 . The elevator door control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a power failure detection circuit configured to detect the power failure.