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John T. Pitts — 19 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 19 patents #67 of 1,840Top 4%
CGContitech Antriebssysteme Gmbh: 1 patents #31 of 73Top 45%
Avon, CT: #35 of 385 inventorsTop 10%
Connecticut: #2,159 of 34,797 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
John T. Pitts has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in August 2017. John T. Pitts ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list John T. Pitts in Avon, CT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2002.peak 41991: 1 patents19911994: 2 patents1998: 1 patents19982002: 4 patents2004: 1 patents20042010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112013: 3 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2017: 2 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9725281 Elevator roller guide Richard N. Fargo, James L. Hubbard 2017-08-08
9546447 Elevator load bearing assembly having a jacket with multiple polymer compositions John P. Wesson, Mark S. Thompson, James R. Irish, William A. Veronesi, William C. Perron +5 more 2017-01-17
9010495 Sheave for use in an elevator system Dilip Prasad, Brice N. Cassenti, Pedro S. Baranda, William A. Veronesi, William C. Perron +4 more 2015-04-21
8734203 Elevator load bearing member having a jacket with at least one rough exterior surface Ary O. Mello, Hugh J. O'Donnell, John P. Wesson, William A. Veronesi, Douglas E. Logan +3 more 2014-05-27
8505173 Elevator load bearing termination assembly Boris G. Traktovenko, Kotur Srinivasan Raghavan, Vijal Mohan Veeramalla, Laxmipathi Chilaveni, Kandi Puroshotham Pavan Kumar +2 more 2013-08-13
8449349 Elevator load bearing member having a jacket with at least one rough exterior surface Mark S. Thompson, William A. Veronesi, Ary O. Mello, Hugh J. O'Donnell, John P. Wesson +6 more 2013-05-28
8444515 Elevator belt assembly with noise and vibration reducing grooveless jacket arrangement Pedro S. Baranda, Richard L. Hollowell, Hugh J. O'Donnell 2013-05-21
7971687 Elevator belt assembly with noise reducing groove arrangement Goldino Alves, Ary O. Mello, Xiaodong Luo, Bill Perron, Hugh J. O'Donnell +5 more 2011-07-05
7883634 Elevator load bearing member having a jacket with at least one traction-enhancing exterior surface Mark S. Thompson, John P. Wesson, William A. Veronesi, Hugh J. O'Donnell, William C. Perron +2 more 2011-02-08
7670240 Elevator belt assembly with noise reducing groove arrangement Bruce P. Swaybill, Patricia Derwinski, Hugh J. O'Donnell 2010-03-02 $66,195,000
6742769 Elevator sheave for use with flat ropes Pedro S. Baranda, Richard L. Hollowell, John P. Wesson, Douglas E. Logan, Zlatko Strbuncelj +1 more 2004-06-01 $41,844,000
6488123 Directional uniformity of flat tension members for elevators Hugh J. O'Donnell, Hubert Göser 2002-12-03 $63,908,000
6419208 Elevator sheave for use with flat ropes Pedro S. Baranda, Richard L. Hollowell, John P. Wesson, Douglas E. Logan 2002-07-16 $54,390,000
6405833 Flexible flat rope sheave assembly with separate shoulder and flange surfaces having varying friction properties Pedro S. Baranda, Richard J. Ericson 2002-06-18 $142,940,000
6364062 Linear tracking mechanism for elevator rope Richard J. Ericson, John P. Wesson 2002-04-02 $37,684,000
5782333 Escalator having handrail/drive-wheel self-adjusting traction mechanism 1998-07-21 $13,115,000
5355990 Balustrade handrail entry safety device Ary O. Mello, Gerald E. Johnson 1994-10-18 $9,068,000
D348756 Escalator handrail entry housing Dale R. Barrett, Gerald E. Johnson, Ronald Laliberte, Frank Sansevero, Willy Adrian +2 more 1994-07-12
5076146 Method and apparatus for protecting a cylinder of an hydraulic elevator Louis Bialy, Berry M. Grant, Sib S. Ray 1991-12-31 $4,502,000