ROBERT C MORGAN, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Haynes St, Manchester, CT

6601679, Aug 5, 2003

Sep 5, 2001

09/946997

David Crenella - Berlin CT
Michael P. Gozzo - Groton CT
Richard R. Grzybowski - Corning NY
Jeffrey M. Izard - Bolton CT
Robert G. Morgan - Bolton CT
Chester J. Slabinski - New Hartford CT

Otis Elevator Company - Farmington CT

B66B 134

187395, 187247, 187391

Elevator system hall fixtures such as lanterns, hall call button switches and lights, gongs, and floor position indicators are connected to a controller via wireless transceivers. The controller can be a system, group, and/or car controller. A low power wireless system connects all fixtures on one hallway, with a higher power wireless system connecting each hallway with the appropriate controller.

6357554, Mar 19, 2002

Jul 11, 2000

09/613398

Mary Ann Valk - Glastonbury CT
Robert G. Morgan - Bolton CT

Otis Elevator Company - Farmington CT

B66B 144

187391, 187292

Elevator cars ( ) have floors ( ) including a matrix of elements ( ) including a weight sensing cell ( ) to determine weight distribution in the car for controlling the position of a moveable hitch ( ) on the car and for allocating calls to the cars depending upon the weight distribution. Transmitters ( ) borne by passengers ( ) transmit identification portions, and may also transmit personal preferences of the passenger with respect to the elevator ride. The system may store personal preferences in a data base indexed by personal identification numbers, limiting the required transmission to only the identification number. Correlation (FIG. ) of identification numbers with the cell indicating by weight where a passenger is located may be achieved in each element of the floor or in a controller. A group controller ( ) may allocate calls based upon weight distribution and/or preferences of passengers.

6467585, Oct 22, 2002

Jul 5, 2001

09/899400

Michael Gozzo - Groton CT
Robert G. Morgan - Bolton CT
Alberto Vecchiotti - Middletown CT

Otis Elevator Company - Farmington CT

B66B 502

187391, 187247

A wireless safety chain for an elevator system includes a base transceiver connected to a system controller. A plurality of safety chain components each includes a physical sensor such as a switch, and a wireless transceiver. The physical sensor monitors the component status. The wireless transceiver communicates among the other safety chain components and the system controller. The wireless safety chain preferably employs a token scheme, where a token is sent from the base transceiver to one component, which in turn sends the token to another component, and so on, until the token returns to the base transceiver. Failure of the token to return to the base transceiver in a predetermined amount of time signals that the elevator system is unsafe.

5984051, Nov 16, 1999

Nov 9, 1998

9/188846

Robert G. Morgan - Bolton CT
David Crenella - Berlin CT
Bruce E. Zepke - Glastonbury CT
Harold Terry - Avon CT
Eric K. Jamieson - Bettendorf IA

Otis Elevator Company - Farmington CT

B66B 120

187392

Remote control devices borne by potential passengers are alerted to initiate a request for elevator service by beacons in the building. The beacon alert message includes a tag identifying the floor on which the beacon is located and a position on the floor at which the beacon is located. The floor description tags prevent transmissions of the remote device from being recognized on floors other than the floor on which the device was alerted by a beacon, whereby transmission power of the remote devices may be quite high to assure reception anywhere on the floor, while being ignored on adjacent floors. Tags descriptive of the location on the floor (such as east, west, or lobby area) allow early assignment of a call to an elevator, without causing a car to stop for that particular passenger unless the call is verified by the passenger being sensed in the immediate vicinity of the elevator, and a car call is not entered for the destination floor unless the passenger is sensed as being within the elevator cab, due to a remote device message including a cab descriptor tag.

6109396, Aug 29, 2000

Nov 9, 1998

9/189161

David Sirag - Ellington CT
Robert G. Morgan - Bolton CT
Charles R. Winston - Glastonbury CT

Otis Elevator Company - Farmington CT

B66B 116

187381

A remote control device transmits a request for elevator service while a passenger is some distance from the elevator; the call may be assigned to an elevator car, but the car stops for that particular passenger only if the call is verified by the passenger approaching the immediate vicinity of the elevator. In one embodiment, tags identifying beacons that cause requests to be made remotely of, in proximity with, and within the elevator identify the location from where each request is made. In other embodiments, which may use key operated devices, limited-sensitivity receivers, or receivers with directional reception patterns, including overlapping patterns, may be utilized to distinguish between elevator call requests made remotely and made in the vicinity of the elevator. Other methods of verifying presence of the calling device at the elevator may be used.

5936818, Aug 10, 1999

Dec 1, 1997

8/980643

H. Winston Maue - Farmington Hills MI
Ronald K. Reich - Saline MI
Robert G. Morgan - Bolton CT
Timothy S. Roddy - Plymouth MI

UT Automotive Dearborn, Inc. - Dearborn MI

H02H 300

361 93

The preferred embodiment apparatus employs an interior trim panel and an electrical harness for use in an automotive vehicle. In one aspect of the present invention, the interior trim panel has a generally rigid substrate covered by an aesthetically pleasing covering material. In another aspect of the present invention, an electrical harness is provided with integrally created switch contacts and integrally created connector terminals.

2003008, May 15, 2003

Nov 9, 2001

10/037077

Bruce Zepke - Glastonbury CT, US
Robert Morgan - Bolton CT, US
Bukola Dademade - Tucson AZ, US
Chet Slabinski - New Hartford CT, US

Otis Elevator Company

B66B007/00

187/413000

An elevator system includes power line carrier (PLC) interfaces associated with each hallway fixture. The hallway fixtures thus do not need separate control wiring in addition to their power lines. An interface box at the system controller converts the PLC signals to a format understood by the system controller. Communications between an elevator car and the system controller can also be passed in PLC format over the car's power cables.