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Walter Thomas Schmidt — 33 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 31 patents #31 of 1,840Top 2%
Hamilton Sundstrand: 1 patents #1,184 of 2,079Top 60%
Marlborough, CT: #6 of 114 inventorsTop 6%
Connecticut: #972 of 34,797 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
Walter Thomas Schmidt has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in April 2025. Walter Thomas Schmidt ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list Walter Thomas Schmidt in Marlborough, CT, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12264041 Elevator system with LIDAR and/or RADAR sensor Joseph V. Mantese, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes, Ziyou Xiong 2025-04-01
11760605 Elevator door monitoring system, elevator system and elevator door monitoring method Hui Fang, Zhen Jia 2023-09-19
11745983 Elevator system with LIDAR and/or RADAR sensor Joseph V. Mantese, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes, Ziyou Xiong 2023-09-05
11691853 Escalator with distributed state sensors Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes 2023-07-04
11685635 Elevator door with sensor for determining whether to reopen door Joseph C. Rampone 2023-06-27
11618651 Double deck elevator with linear actuator adjustment mechanism Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Enrico Manes 2023-04-04
11597629 Elevator system operation adjustment based on component monitoring Soumalya Sarkar, Paul R. Braunwart 2023-03-07
11572251 Elevator door sensor fusion, fault detection, and service notification Abdelilah Sakti, Michael J. Tracey 2023-02-07
11492151 Atmospheric suit with integrated fiber optic sensing network Joseph C. Rampone 2022-11-08 $30,915,000
11377326 Elevator door control system, elevator system, and elevator door control method Hui Fang, Zhen Jia 2022-07-05
11332345 Elevator system with optimized door response Ziyou Xiong 2022-05-17
11242226 Elevator door safety control Fanping Sun, Joseph V. Mantese 2022-02-08
11148908 Elevator door with sensor for determining whether to reopen door Joseph C. Rampone 2021-10-19
11148907 Elevator entryway with magnetic guidance for controlling door panel motion James Chmiel 2021-10-19
11124390 Pressure sensitive mat Fanping Sun, Joseph V. Mantese, Enrico Manes, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart +1 more 2021-09-21
11117786 Double deck elevator with linear actuator adjustment mechanism Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Enrico Manes 2021-09-14
11111105 Compliant shear layer for elevator termination Joseph C. Rampone, Daniel A. Mosher 2021-09-07
11078046 Elevator system suspension member termination with containment Daniel A. Mosher, Joseph C. Rampone 2021-08-03
11066276 Enhanced door detection Goran Djuknic, Norbert Antony Murray Hootsmans 2021-07-20
11014782 Elevator system rails Richard N. Fargo 2021-05-25
10988348 Escalator steps with strain sensors Charles C. Coffin, Shihemn Chen, Enrico Manes, Paul R. Braunwart, Anais Espinal +2 more 2021-04-27
10941021 Sheave for belt with profile tracking features Wenping Zhao, Daniel A. Mosher 2021-03-09
10899580 Elevator cab suspension assembly for a double deck elevator Enrico Manes, Shihemn Chen, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Xiaodong Luo, Luke A. Mishler +4 more 2021-01-26
10837215 Zone object detection system for elevator system Enrico Manes, Michael J. Tracey, Norbert Antony Murray Hootsmans 2020-11-17
10532908 Thrust and moment control system for controlling linear motor alignment in an elevator system Randall Keith Roberts, David Ginsberg, Konda Reddy Chevva 2020-01-14