US Patent Issued to TK Elevator Innovation and Operations on Sept. 16 for "Electrical monitoring connector for an elevator hoisting member" (Georgia, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,706, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Electrical monitoring connector for an elevator hoisting member" was invented by Michael Palazzola (Horn Lake, Miss.) and Jordan Strother (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical monitoring connector for electrically monitoring the health of electrically conductive tension members in an elevator hoisting member includes a housing for insertion therein of a terminal end of an elevator hoisting member, and an elastomeric connector block inside the housing having a plurality of alternating electrically conduct...