SUSPENSION MEMBER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELEVATOR AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING A SUSPENSION MEMBER

• Main Authors: Dold, Florian, Henneau, Philippe, Berner, Oliver
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.11.2019
• Subjects: CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC; ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS; HAULING; HOISTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIFTING; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROPES; ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL; TESTING; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING

A suspension member arrangement for an elevator includes a suspension member having a plurality of electrically conductive load-bearing cords commonly embedded in an electrically isolating matrix material, a first connector and a second connector each attached to the suspension member and electrically contacting the cords within the suspension member in a contacted end region thereof. The first connector electrically contacts and electrically interconnects in parallel a first group of the cords being a first plurality of directly neighboring ones of the cords. The second connector electrically contacts and electrically interconnects in parallel a second group of the cords being a second plurality of directly neighboring ones of the cords. The suspension member arrangement facilitates electrically contacting the cords of the suspension member using a simple type of connector whereby deteriorations in characteristics of the suspension member can be electrically detected with high accuracy.