ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,757, issued on July 15, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Wear detection for elevator system belt" was invented by Brad Guilani (Woodstock Valley, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt for an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and extending longitudinally along a length of the belt, each tension member including a plurality of fibers. A metallized coating layer is applied to at least a portion of an outer surface of at least one tension member of the plurality of tension members. The metallized coating has a coating electrical conductivity greater than a ten...