ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,425, issued on May 6, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Apparatus for elevator drive assembly" was invented by Gianluca Foschini (Milan), Andres Monzon (Madrid), Javier Garcia Casla (Madrid) and Santiago Gil (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10) for connecting a drive assembly (4) to a bedplate (2) of an elevator system. The apparatus (10) includes a first support (14) for mounting a motor (6) of the drive assembly (4) to the bedplate (2). The apparatus (10) further includes a second support (16) for mounting a brake unit (8) of the drive assembly (4) to the bedplate (2). The first support (14...