The invention is an elevator car, with a door system, for with a bottom-driven elevator, where it does not play a structural role in lifting, but provides aesthetics and safety to the passengers. The elevator car comprises lightweight materials. The car comprises a frame and a door system. The door system comprises at least one elevator door and at least one pulley system. The pulley system is attached to the frame and the elevator door is attached to the pulley system, such that the elevator door rotates horizontally around the frame when the pulley system is engaged. The elevator door comprises a pliable material, such as ballistic nylon. The elevator car can have one, two, three, or four door openings, including two adjacent door openings. Finally, the system may also include at least one light curtain that transmits signals to an elevator control system.

The disclosure is related to systems and methods regarding transit and movement of people. The Articulated Funiculator is a continuous and connected system of trains that moves people in mass. The trains lie horizontal at specific floor levels (designated as stations) in tall buildings or underground levels (designated as stations) in mining operations and underground subway stations. The Articulated Funiculator transitions from horizontal alignments at the stations to vertical, slanted or curved alignments between the stations, albeit the passengers remain horizontal in a standing position. The Articulated Funiculator captures the energy from the braking, dynamic braking of the trains and stores it. The stored energy is then used to accelerate the Articulated Funiculator. This re-use of energy makes the Articulated Funiculator sustainable.

An elevator car includes a bottom, a roof and a cage with walls therebetween. The support structure in at least one wall is formed of a grid structure including at least one grid module. The grid module includes vertical support rods and horizontal support rods forming a grid and extending between respective frame elements in a frame.

The accessory fastening element is used to fasten accessories to a car wall comprising a grid structure with vertical and horizontal support rods. The accessory fastening element comprises a longitudinal frame extending over at least two adjacent horizontal support rods. The frame comprises at least two recesses for detachably coupling the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. A locking device is connected to the frame for locking and unlocking the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. An attachment member is connected to the frame, whereby an accessory may be attached with fastening means to the attachment member.

A modular cabin assembly 100 for an elevator 200 is provided. The assembly includes a housing 102 which includes a roof assembly 104, and a floor assembly 118. The roof assembly includes a plurality of first connectors 106 connected with a plurality of perforated brackets 108 and coupled with a plurality of vertical posts 110 and is coupled with each other by means of a plurality of joints 114. Each of the plurality of joints includes a projection 116 at the top face of each joint. The floor assembly includes a plurality of protruding portions 120, and a covering structure 122. A first pillar 128a, a second pillar 128b, and a fourth pillar 128d of at least four pillars 128 coupled with the roof assembly and the floor assembly. A third pillar 128c at least four pillars comprise a second vertical post guide rail, coupled with the roof assembly.

A transportation system for a building includes a horizontal travel lane, a vertical travel lane, and a transportation cab configured for travel along the horizontal travel lane and vertical travel lane, a cab floor of the transportation cab orientable such that the cab floor is non perpendicular to a gravitational force acting on the transportation cab. A method of operating a transportation system for a building includes locating a transportation cab at a travel lane positioned at a building, accelerating the transportation cab in a non-vertical direction along the travel lane and orienting a cab floor of the transportation cab to be non-perpendicular to a gravitational force acting on the transportation cab during non-vertical acceleration of the transportation cab.

An elevator system may include a car that is movable in an elevator shaft. The car may include a frame and a cabin. The elevator system may also comprise a first linear motor with a first primary part and a first secondary part. The first primary part of the first linear motor may be arranged on a first rail that is disposed in the elevator shaft. The frame may also include a first drive beam on which the first secondary part is disposed. The frame may further include a first lower beam for supporting the cabin and a first connecting segment that connects the first lower beam to the first drive beam.

A structural member (220) for an elevator cabin (100) is provided. The structural member (220) includes a body having a first portion (234) configured to be disposed on an interior side of an elevator cabin (100) wall, a second portion (236) configured to be disposed on an exterior side of the elevator cabin (100) wall, and an intermediate portion (238) connecting the first portion (234) to the second portion (236). At least one support channel is formed between the first portion (234) and the second portion (236) and defined by a surface of the first portion (234), a surface of the second portion (236), and a surface of the intermediate portion (238). The body is configured to provide structural rigidity to the elevator cabin (100) wall.

Support structure (10) for supporting a carriage (14) on a track (12) of an elevator system, where the support structure (10) comprises a track coupling arrangement (16) for movement along the track (12), a carriage support member (30) configured to rotatably support the carriage (14) for rotation about a pitch axis (32), and a linkage mechanism (24) connected between the carriage support member (30) and the track coupling arrangement (16), wherein the linkage mechanism (24) is configured such that the support structure (10) can be moved between an expanded state and a collapsed state, where the pitch axis (32) is closer to the track (12) in the collapsed state than in the expanded state.

A service access assembly for an elevator car includes an elevator car 10 having an interior region 18. Also included is at least one upright structure 26 operatively coupled to the elevator car proximate one of a plurality of side walls 16 of the elevator car, the upright structure extending in a longitudinal direction from the car floor 14 to the car roof 12. Further included is an access opening defined by the upright structure, the access opening accessible to the interior region of the elevator car for service activity by a user located in the interior region. Yet further included is at least one piece of equipment (22, 24) operatively coupled to the upright structure and partially protruding through the access opening.