US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on July 15 for "Elevator load bearing suspension member including a corrosion inhibitor in the jacket" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,203, issued on July 15, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Elevator load bearing suspension member including a corrosion inhibitor in the jacket" was invented by Brad Guilani (Woodstock Valley, Conn.) and David R. Torlai (Torrington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load-bearing elevator suspension member includes a plurality of tension members and a compressible jacket at least partially encasing the plurality of tension members. The jacket includes a jacket base material mixed with a corrosion inhibitor that establishes a corrosion-inhibiting coating on the tension members. A method of making such a load-...