US 11,814,788 B2
Elevator load bearing member having a fabric structure
Scott Alan Eastman, Glastonbury, CT (US); Michael Paul Humbert, Wethersfield, CT (US); Daniel A. Mosher, Glastonbury, CT (US); Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US); Danielle L. Grolman, East Hartford, CT (US); and Brad Guilani, Woodstock Valley, CT (US)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/377,662.
Prior Publication US 2020/0318286 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. D07B 1/00 (2006.01); D07B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 7/06 (2006.01); D07B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC D07B 1/005 (2013.01) [B66B 7/062 (2013.01); D07B 5/006 (2015.07); D07B 5/045 (2021.01); D07B 2201/1012 (2013.01); D07B 2201/2009 (2013.01); D07B 2201/2012 (2013.01); D07B 2205/20 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for making an elevator load bearing member comprising:
a fabric having a plurality of fibers arranged with some of the fibers transverse to others of the fibers; and a plurality of cords configured to support a load associated with an elevator car, the plurality of cords being included in the fabric, the plurality of cords having respective coatings, and wherein some of the coatings have a different coating thickness than others of the coatings, and some of the coatings are closer to edges of the width of the fabric than others of the coatings, and the coating thickness of the some of the coatings is larger than the coating thickness of the others of the coatings.