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Rory Smith — 30 Patents

TCThyssen Elevator Capital: 12 patents #1 of 26Top 4%
TCThyssenkrupp Elevator Capital: 11 patents #1 of 17Top 6%
TEThyssenkrupp Elevator: 7 patents #2 of 136Top 2%
El Cajon, CA: #11 of 572 inventorsTop 2%
California: #17,345 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Rory Smith has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Thyssen Elevator Capital. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in June 2018. Rory Smith ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Rory Smith in El Cajon, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10005641 Elevator dampener and energy harvesting device and method 2018-06-26
9896306 Apparatus and method for dampening oscillations of an elevator car Fernando Boschin, Joao Paulo Da Costa Brusque, Marcelo De Fraga Carvalho, Leoci Rudi Galle 2018-02-20
9868614 Elevator system Stefan Kaczmarczyk 2018-01-16
9114954 Active guiding and balance system for an elevator Fernando Boschin, Joao Paulo Da Costa Brusque, Marcelo De Fraga Carvalho, Leoci Rudi Galle 2015-08-25
8733507 Multicar zoned elevator system Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Bruce A. Powell, Gerhard Thumm 2014-05-27
8617325 Actively damped tension member Stefan Kaczmarczyk 2013-12-31
8534426 Control for limiting elevator passenger tympanic pressure and method for the same Richard D. Peters 2013-09-17
8397873 Zoned elevator system Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Bruce A. Powell, Gerhard Thumm 2013-03-19
8276715 Method and apparatus for assigning elevator hall calls based on time metrics Richard D. Peters 2012-10-02
8162110 Rope tension equalizer and load monitor Alan M. Parker, Chi Phan 2012-04-24
8123002 Elevator rope positioning apparatus Stefan Kaczmarczyk, Jim Nickerson, Patrick Bass 2012-02-28
8110050 Actively damped tension member Stefan Kazmarczyk 2012-02-07
8104585 Method of assigning hall calls based on time thresholds Richard D. Peters 2012-01-31
8100230 Elevator system with virtual landing Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Bruce A. Powell, Gerhard Thumm 2012-01-24
8096024 Rope termination device Chi Phan, Alan M. Parker 2012-01-17
7975808 Saturation control for destination dispatch systems Richard D. Peters 2011-07-12
7967113 Elevator system to minimize entrapment of passengers during a power failure Richard D. Peters, Lutfi Al-Sharif 2011-06-28
7841450 Twin elevator systems Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Bruce A. Powell, Gerhard Thumm 2010-11-30
7540356 Method and apparatus to prevent or minimize the entrapment of passengers in elevators during a power failure Richard D. Peters, Lutfi Al-Sharif 2009-06-02
7374020 Energy efficient elevator system Richard D. Peters, Lutfi Al-Sharif 2008-05-20
7334665 Interlock wiring communication system for elevators San Soemardjan, James Nickerson, Randolph W. Huff 2008-02-26
7246686 Power supply for elevator systems having variable speed drives Hien T. Nguyen 2007-07-24
7032371 Synthetic fiber rope for an elevator John Fite, Harry Simpkins, Roy Walker, Alan Koralek, A. Simeon Whitehill +2 more 2006-04-25
7032715 Methods and apparatus for assigning elevator hall calls to minimize energy use Richard D. Peters 2006-04-25
7011184 Increasing traffic handling performance of an elevator system based upon load Richard D. Peters 2006-03-14