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Richard C. McCarthy — 28 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 28 patents #38 of 1,840Top 3%
Simsbury, CT: #12 of 374 inventorsTop 4%
Connecticut: #1,250 of 34,797 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Richard C. McCarthy has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in April 2015. Richard C. McCarthy ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Richard C. McCarthy in Simsbury, CT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 1998.peak 101986: 1 patents19861993: 1 patents19931994: 3 patents19941997: 6 patents19971998: 10 patents19981999: 3 patents19992002: 2 patents20022012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9010499 Multi-car elevator hoistway separation assurance Richard E. Peruggi, Randall Keith Roberts, Greg A. Schienda, Harold Terry, Gilbert W. Wierschke 2015-04-21
8292038 Control device for operating two elevator cars in a single hoistway Greg A. Schienda, Harold Terry 2012-10-23
6435314 Elevator platform stabilization coupler Joseph Bledsoe, Thomas He, Chris Singarella 2002-08-20 $35,711,000
6431325 Acceleration control system utilizing elevator platform stabilization coupler Joseph Bledsoe, Thomas He, Chris Singarella 2002-08-13 $229,978,000
5924524 Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle Frederick H. Barker, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1999-07-20 $49,081,000
5862886 Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction Paul Bennett, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, Anthony Cooney, Joseph Bittar +3 more 1999-01-26 $17,469,000
5861586 Horizontal and vertical passenger transport Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1999-01-19 $21,841,000
5829553 Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings Samuel C. Wan, Bruce A. Powell, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1998-11-03 $22,084,000
5823299 Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators Gilbert W. Wierschke, Frederick H. Barker, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1998-10-20 $12,465,000
5785153 Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building Bruce A. Powell, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1998-07-28 $9,410,000
5771995 Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab Anthony Cooney, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +1 more 1998-06-30 $20,094,000
5773772 Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1998-06-30 $20,094,000
5758748 Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs Frederick H. Barker, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Joseph Bittar, Bruce A. Powell +2 more 1998-06-02 $14,106,000
5752585 Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals Joseph Bittar, Anthony Cooney, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1998-05-19 $50,287,000
5749441 Extra deck elevator shuttle Joseph Bittar, Paul Bennett, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Samuel C. Wan, Bruce A. Powell +2 more 1998-05-12 $15,813,000
5732795 Power and communication for elevator car without traveling cable Joseph Bittar 1998-03-31 $17,285,000
5712456 Flywheel energy storage for operating elevators Joseph Bittar 1998-01-27 $31,754,000
5695024 Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab Samuel C. Wan, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Paul Bennett +2 more 1997-12-09 $10,348,000
5663539 Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system Bruce A. Powell, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1997-09-02 $86,542,000
5660249 Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators Bruce A. Powell, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +1 more 1997-08-26 $16,768,000
5655625 Emergency elevator cab commandeering shuttle Frederick H. Barker, LucyMary Salmon, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1997-08-12 $21,449,000
5651426 Synchronous elevator shuttle system Joseph Bittar, Anthony Cooney, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1997-07-29 $12,363,000
5601156 Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1997-02-11 $17,478,000
5360085 Elevator cab position sensing with reduced operating noise Young S. Yoo 1994-11-01 $8,499,000
5343003 Recalibration of hitch load weighing using dynamic tare Eric K. Jamieson, Young S. Yoo 1994-08-30 $7,592,000