ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,944, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Determination of the state of a suspension means" was invented by Florian Dold (Cham, Switzerland) and Volker Zapf (Kriens-Obernau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus monitor the physical state of a suspension means that is connected to an elevator car and can move the same. The support means has markings along its length that divide the support means into segments. The strain difference of the suspension means is monitored segment by segment using a first strain at a first load and a second strain at a second load being det...