US 11,718,505 B2
Elevator system suspension member termination
Richard N. Fargo, Plainville, CT (US); Mark R. Gurvich, Middletown, CT (US); Richard J. Ericson, Southington, CT (US); Douglas E. Logan, Burlington, CT (US); John P. Wesson, West Hartford, CT (US); David Wayne Mckee, Somers, CT (US); and Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/931,032.
Application 16/931,032 is a division of application No. 15/806,012, filed on Nov. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,850,944.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/418,344, filed on Nov. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0346896 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. B66B 7/08 (2006.01); B66B 7/06 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 7/085 (2013.01) [B66B 7/062 (2013.01); B66B 9/00 (2013.01); B66B 19/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension member for suspending and/or driving an elevator car of an elevator system comprising:
a plurality of tension members extending along a length of the suspension member including a plurality of fibers extending along the length of the suspension member bonded into a polymer matrix;
a jacket substantially retaining the plurality of tension members; and
wherein the suspension member is deformed at a suspension member end when the suspension member end is installed into a termination assembly of the elevator system;
wherein the suspension member is deformed by application of one or more of heat or a solvent material to a selected portion of the suspension member; and
wherein the suspension member is cured to secure the suspension member to the termination after deformation at the termination;
wherein the termination includes an insert disposed at a suspension member outlet of the termination configured to reduce stresses on the suspension member;
wherein the insert is recessed into a termination pocket of the termination.