US Patent Issued to Kone on May 20 for "Method and an elevator system for performing a synchronization run of an elevator car" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,775, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kone Corp. (Helsinki).

"Method and an elevator system for performing a synchronization run of an elevator car" was invented by Ari Jussila (Helsinki), Toni Hirvonen (Helsinki), Ari Kattainen (Helsinki) and Antti Hovi (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing a synchronization run for an elevator car stopped between floors-upon initiating the synchronization run, driving the elevator car at a low speed in order to detect a first magnet of the elevator shaft, detecting the first magnet of the elevator shaft, comparing the identification code of the detected first magnet to s...