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James M. Draper — 13 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 13 patents #115 of 1,840Top 7%
Woodstock, CT: #10 of 74 inventorsTop 15%
Connecticut: #3,503 of 34,797 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
James M. Draper has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in September 2023. James M. Draper ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list James M. Draper in Woodstock, CT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2014.peak 21992: 1 patents19921996: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992001: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022014: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152017: 2 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11745981 Mounting apparatus for safety brake Javier Munoz Sotoca, Tanjil Mustafa 2023-09-05
11124386 Safety brake configuration for elevator application Richard N. Fargo, Duan Liang, Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Xiaodong Luo, Joe J. Liou 2021-09-21
10407278 Safety device for elevators Lifeng Zhang, Byeongsam Yoo, Min Wang 2019-09-10
9821983 Elevator braking device Justin Billard, Anthony Cooney 2017-11-21
9663327 Elevator braking system Harold Terry, Leandre Adifon, Richard N. Fargo, David J. Lanesey, Anthony Cooney +3 more 2017-05-30
8939262 Elevator over-acceleration and over-speed protection system Greg A. Schienda, Daryl J. Marvin, Harold Terry, Anthony Cooney, Jose M. Carballo 2015-01-27
8827044 Over-acceleration and over-speed detection and processing system Daryl J. Marvin, Greg A. Schienda, Harold Terry, Anthony Cooney, Jose M. Carballo 2014-09-09
8631909 Electromagnetic safety trigger Greg A. Schienda, Harold Terry, Daryl J. Marvin, Anthony Cooney, Jose M. Carballo 2014-01-21
6457569 Rotary actuated overspeed safety device Richard E. Kulak 2002-10-01 $39,989,000
6296080 Variable traction mechanism for rotary actuated overspeed safety device Richard E. Kulak 2001-10-02 $58,185,000
6000503 Sliding two speed door mechanism for an elevator car James A. Rivera 1999-12-14 $99,757,000
5495919 Safety brake apparatus for an elevator car or counterweight Richard J. Ericson 1996-03-05 $8,675,000
5156239 Disc brake/load weighing assembly for elevator drive sheave Richard J. Ericson 1992-10-20 $2,471,000