DE69914577C5 - DISC DRIVING SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE FLAT ROPE AND PERMANENT MAGNETIC DRIVE - Google Patents

DISC DRIVING SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE FLAT ROPE AND PERMANENT MAGNETIC DRIVE Download PDF

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DE69914577C5
DE69914577C5 DE69914577.5T DE69914577T DE69914577C5 DE 69914577 C5 DE69914577 C5 DE 69914577C5 DE 69914577 T DE69914577 T DE 69914577T DE 69914577 C5 DE69914577 C5 DE 69914577C5
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Leandre Adifon
Pedro. S. BARANDA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B11/00—Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
    • B66B11/04—Driving gear ; Details thereof, e.g. seals
    • B66B11/043—Driving gear ; Details thereof, e.g. seals actuated by rotating motor; Details, e.g. ventilation
    • B66B11/0438—Driving gear ; Details thereof, e.g. seals actuated by rotating motor; Details, e.g. ventilation with a gearless driving, e.g. integrated sheave, drum or winch in the stator or rotor of the cage motor

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An elevator system (10) having a car (12) and a counterweight (16) disposed within a hoistway (23) defined by hoistway walls (30), the elevator system including: a rope (20) engaged with the car (12) and the counterweight (16) so as to suspend the car and the counterweight in a 2:1 roping arrangement with underslung car, the rope including a plurality of load-carrying members (53) arranged side by side, wherein the loadcarrying members (52) are formed from steel wires, the steel wires having a diameter of 0.25 mm or less, a sheath (54), wherein the sheath (54) is formed from a non-metallic material, and a single machine (22) including a traction sheave (36) and a motor (32), the machine (22) being arranged within the hoistway (23) in such a way that the axial dimension of the motor (32) including the traction sheave (36) extends horizontally and alongside the hoistway wall (30) adjacent to the counterweight (16), the motor having a rotor (44) and a stator (42) wherein the rotor (44) is spaced radially inward of the stator (42) and wherein the motor includes a radial air gap (50) between the rotor (44) and the stator (42), the traction sheave (36) being directly connected with the rotor (44) for concurrent rotation, the traction sheave (36) being engaged with the rope (20) to drive the rope through traction between the rope and the traction sheave, and thereby drive the car (12) through the hoistway (23), wherein the rotor (44) is formed in part from permanent magnets (48), and wherein the rope (20) has a width w, a thickness t measured in the bending direction, and an aspect ratio, defined as the ratio of width w relative to thickness t, greater than one, such that the rope (20) is thinner and the traction sheave (36) is smaller in diameter compared to the situation where a round rope having the same cross section as the rope (20) engages a traction sheave.An elevator system (10) having a car (12) and a counterweight (16) disposed within a hoistway (23) defined by hoistway walls (30), the elevator system including: a rope (20) engaged with the car (12) and the counterweight (16) so as to suspend the car and the counterweight in a 2: 1 roping arrangement with underslung car, the rope including a plurality of load-carrying members (53) arranged side by side, wherein the loadcarrying members (52 ) are formed from steel wires, the steel wires having a diameter of 0.25 mm or less, a sheath (54), wherein the sheath (54) is formed from a non-metallic material, and a single machine (22) including a traction sheave (36) and a motor (32), the machine (22) being arranged within the hoistway (23) in such a way that the axial dimension of the motor (32) including the traction sheave (36) extends horizontally and alongside the hoistway wall (30) adjacent to the counterweight (16), the motor having a rotor (44) and a stator (42) wherein the rotor (44) is spaced radially inward of the stator (42) and wherein the motor includes a radial air gap (50) between the rotor (44) and the stator (42), the traction sheave (36) being directly connected with the rotor (44) for concurrent rotation, the traction sheave (36) being engaged with the rope (20) to drive the rope through traction between the rope and the traction sheave, and thereby drive the car (12) through the hoistway (23), wherein the rotor ( 44) is formed in part from permanent magnets (48), and wherein the rope (20) has a width w, a thickness t measured in the bending direction, and an aspect ratio, defined as the ratio of width w relative to thickness t , greater than one, such that the rope (20) is thinner and the traction sheave (36) is smaller in diameter compared to the situation where a round rope having the same cross section as the rope (20) engages a traction sheave.

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Der X. Zivilsenat des Bundesgerichtshofs hat auf die mündliche Verhandlung vom 10. April 2014 für Recht erkannt:
Auf die Berufung der Beklagten wird das am 1. Februar 2011 verkündete Urteil des 1. Senats (Nichtigkeitssenats) des Bundespatentgerichts teilweise abgeändert und wie folgt neu gefasst:
Das europäische Patent 1 023 236 wird mit Wirkung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland dadurch teilweise für nichtig erklärt, dass Patentanspruch 1 die nachfolgende Fassung erhält, auf die sich die übrigen Patentansprüche rückbeziehen:
Im Übrigen wird die Klage abgewiesen.The X. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice has recognized at the hearing of 10 April 2014:
In response to the defendant's appeal, the judgment of the First Senate (Nullity Senate) of the Federal Patent Court, promulgated on February 1, 2011, is partially amended and reworded as follows:
The European Patent 1,023,236 is partially annulled, with effect for the Federal Republic of Germany, by the fact that Claim 1 is replaced by the following, to which the remainder of the claims relate:
Moreover, the application is dismissed.

Claims (1)

An elevator system (10) having a car (12) and a counterweight (16) disposed within a hoistway (23) defined by hoistway walls (30), the elevator system including: a rope (20) engaged with the car (12) and the counterweight (16) so as to suspend the car and the counterweight in a 2:1 roping arrangement with underslung car, the rope including a plurality of load-carrying members (53) arranged side by side, wherein the loadcarrying members (52) are formed from steel wires, the steel wires having a diameter of 0.25 mm or less, a sheath (54), wherein the sheath (54) is formed from a non-metallic material, and a single machine (22) including a traction sheave (36) and a motor (32), the machine (22) being arranged within the hoistway (23) in such a way that the axial dimension of the motor (32) including the traction sheave (36) extends horizontally and alongside the hoistway wall (30) adjacent to the counterweight (16), the motor having a rotor (44) and a stator (42) wherein the rotor (44) is spaced radially inward of the stator (42) and wherein the motor includes a radial air gap (50) between the rotor (44) and the stator (42), the traction sheave (36) being directly connected with the rotor (44) for concurrent rotation, the traction sheave (36) being engaged with the rope (20) to drive the rope through traction between the rope and the traction sheave, and thereby drive the car (12) through the hoistway (23), wherein the rotor (44) is formed in part from permanent magnets (48), and wherein the rope (20) has a width w, a thickness t measured in the bending direction, and an aspect ratio, defined as the ratio of width w relative to thickness t, greater than one, such that the rope (20) is thinner and the traction sheave (36) is smaller in diameter compared to the situation where a round rope having the same cross section as the rope (20) engages a traction sheave.An elevator system ( 10 having a car 12 ) and a counterweight ( 16 ) within a hoistway 23 ) defined by hoistway walls ( 30 ), the elevator system including: a rope ( 20 ) engaged with the car ( 12 ) and the counterweight ( 16 ) so as to suspend the car and the counterweight in a 2: 1 roping arrangement 53 ) arranged side by side, by the loadcarrying members ( 52 ) are made of steel wires, steel wires having a diameter of 0.25 mm or less, a sheath ( 54 ), the the sheath ( 54 ) is formed from a non-metallic material, and a single machine ( 22 ) including a traction sheave ( 36 ) and a motor ( 32 ), the machine ( 22 ) being arranged within the hoistway 23 ) in such a way that the axial dimension of the motor ( 32 ) including the traction sheave ( 36 ) extends horizontally and alongside the hoistway wall ( 30 ) adjacent to the counterweight ( 16 ), the motor having a rotor ( 44 ) and a stator 42 ) the rotor ( 44 ) is spaced inward of the stator ( 42 ) and the motor includes a radial air gap ( 50 ) between the rotor ( 44 ) and the stator ( 42 ), the traction sheave ( 36 ) being directly connected to the rotor ( 44 ) for concurrent rotation, the traction sheave ( 36 ) being engaged with the rope ( 20 ) to drive the rope through traction between the rope and the traction sheave 12 ) through the hoistway ( 23 ), the rotor ( 44 ) is formed in part from permanent magnets ( 48 ), and the rope ( 20 ) has a width w, a thickness t measured in the bending direction, and an aspect ratio, defined as the ratio of width to relative to thickness, 20 ) is thinner and the traction sheave ( 36 ) the smaller cross-section as the rope 20 ) engages a traction sheave.
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US09/031,108 US6401871B2 (en) 1998-02-26 1998-02-26 Tension member for an elevator
US31108 1998-02-26
US09/169,415 US6397974B1 (en) 1998-10-09 1998-10-09 Traction elevator system using flexible, flat rope and a permanent magnet machine
US218990 1998-12-22
US09/218,990 US6739433B1 (en) 1998-02-26 1998-12-22 Tension member for an elevator
PCT/US1999/003643 WO1999043590A1 (en) 1998-02-26 1999-02-19 Traction elevator system using a flexible, flat rope and a permanent magnet machine
US169415 1999-12-07

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