US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on June 17 for "Wireless communication in an elevator system using a plurality of radio channels" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,908, issued on June 17, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Wireless communication in an elevator system using a plurality of radio channels" was invented by Derk Pahlke (Berlin), Mario Pink (Berlin) and Goran Djuknic (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator system (2) comprises an elevator car (6) configured for traveling along a hoistway (4); a sensor (19) configured for determining the current position of the elevator car (6) within the hoistway (4); at least one stationary wireless communication module (20) arranged within or close to the hoistway (4); and a mobile wireless communication module (22...