MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517067522 A) filed by Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, on July 15, for 'elevator apparatus.'

Inventor(s) include Kubo Yosuke; Zama Hidetaka; and Ito Yasushi.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed is an elevator apparatus comprising an emergency stop apparatus that is activated by an electric operation device that operates with high reliability. This elevator apparatus comprises a car, an emergency stop apparatus provided on the car, and an electric operation device provided on the car and which activates the emergency stop apparatus....