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Granted Patent B2
US 11,279,592 · App. 16/092,616 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Elevator system

Inventor: Kazuaki Koide (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
B66B5/06B66B1/48B66B5/022B66B7/023
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Patent No.
US 11,279,592
App. No.
16/092,616
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elevator system is capable of detecting that a car has overshot a position where a limit switch operates. The elevator system includes: a limit switch; a conductive wire provided along a guide rail guiding movement of a counterweight; a contact being attached to the counterweight and moreover configured to come into contact with the conductive wire in a case where the counterweight is disconnected from the guide rail; an overshoot detection contact being attached to the conductive wire and disposed at a position that allows the overshoot detection contact to come into contact with the contact in the case where the car moves past a position where the limit switch operates; and an overshoot detection unit configured to detect that the contact is in contact with the overshoot detection contact.

Claims (18)

1. An elevator system comprising:

a limit switch provided in an upper portion or a lower portion of a hoistway, the limit switch configured to operate in a case where a car overshoots a terminal floor;

a conductive wire provided along a guide rail guiding movement of a counterweight;

a contact having conductivity and being attached to the counterweight, the contact configured to come into contact with the conductive wire in a case where the counterweight is disconnected from the guide rail;

an overshoot detection contact having conductivity and being attached to the conductive wire in the upper portion or the lower portion of the hoistway on a side opposite to the limit switch, the overshoot detection contact being disposed at a position that allows the overshoot detection contact to come into contact with the contact in a case where the car moves past a position where the limit switch operates; and

an overshoot detection unit provided in a control panel electrically connected to the conductive wire, the overshoot detection unit configured to detect that the contact is in contact with the overshoot detection contact.

2. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein

the overshoot detection contact has:

a first conductive portion in contact with the conductive wire;

a second conductive portion connected to the overshoot detection unit without being in contact with the conductive wire; and

an insulating portion separating the first conductive portion from the second conductive portion, and

the overshoot detection contact is formed into a shape that allows both of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to come into contact with the contact in the case where the car moves past the position where the limit switch operates.

3. The elevator system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a derailment detection unit provided in the control panel, the derailment detection unit configured to detect electrical conduction between the conductive wire and the contact, wherein

the control panel performs a first stop operation that stops the car on the basis of the detection of the electrical conduction between the conductive wire and the contact by the derailment detection unit, and a second stop operation that stops the car on the basis of the detection that the contact is in contact with the overshoot detection contact by the overshoot detection unit.

4. The elevator system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a derailment detection unit provided in the control panel, the derailment detection unit configured to detect electrical conduction between the conductive wire and the contact, wherein

the control panel performs a first stop operation that stops the car on the basis of the detection of the electrical conduction between the conductive wire and the contact by the derailment detection unit, and a second stop operation that stops the car on the basis of the detection that the contact is in contact with the overshoot detection contact by the overshoot detection unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2018
From: KOIDE, KAZUAKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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