Disclosed is a brake assembly for an elevator system, having: a housing defining a housing cavity, a housing forward end with a forward end opening into the housing cavity, and a housing aft end; a first magnet disposed in the housing cavity, near the forward end opening; a second magnet disposed in the housing cavity, between the first magnet and the housing aft end, and wherein the second magnet is configured to: reduce attraction between itself and the first magnet, whereby the first magnet moves at least partially through the forward end opening to engage a guide rail that is metallic, thereby preventing vertical movement of the first magnet of the brake assembly, when magnetically connected to the rail, relative to the housing; and attract the first magnet to draw the first magnet into the housing cavity.
ELEVATOR BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNET ASSEMBLY AND PERMANENT MAGNET ASSEMBLY THAT ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER
19.08.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B66B Aufzüge , ELEVATORS |
Europäisches Patentamt | 2022
|ELEVATOR BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNET AND PERMANENT MAGNET THAT ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
|ELEVATOR BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNET AND PERMANENT MAGNET THAT ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
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