Support assemblies for car operating panels including a first support member having a respective panel retention cavity and a respective bracket retention cavity, a second support member having a respective panel retention cavity and a respective bracket retention cavity, and a bracket extending between the first support member and the second support member and fixedly attached to the first and second support members at the respective bracket retention cavities. The respective panel retention cavities are each configured to receive a portion of a front panel of a car operation panel, and, when the front panel is installed into the assembly, the first support member, the second support member, and the bracket provide structural support to the front panel. The first and second support members can be formed of light diffusing material.

The present invention provides improved elevator door hatches. The elevator door hatches drop open into the elevator cab and slide at a desirable angle just underneath the elevator cab ceiling, without extending too far or too low into the interior cab space. The elevator door hatches are able to accommodate light fixtures and cabling installed into the elevator door hatches without disconnecting when the door hatches are slid underneath the elevator cab ceiling in the open position. The door hatch also allows for the drop ceiling to be mounted closer to the canopy, which increases the usable height of the elevator cab.

A protector (200) for an elevator car (102) includes a protective panel (202) and at least one magnet (204) mounted to the protective panel (202). The magnet (204) is configured to be attracted to an internal wall (106) of a passenger compartment (104) of an elevator car (102) so as to retain the protective panel (202) against the internal wall (106). The magnet (204) may be retained against a support (210) of the protector (200) by a retainer assembly (220). The protector (200) may further comprise an electrical device which comprises a lighting device (240) configured to emit light into the passenger compartment (104) of the elevator car (102).

An elevator car comprises a ceiling and two bars extending parallel to and spaced apart from each other along the ceiling, wherein each of the bars comprises a first opening and a second opening. The elevator car further comprises a ceiling panel with two protrusions extending from opposite sides of the ceiling panel and configured such as to be received within the first openings, thereby allowing for a pivoting motion of the ceiling panel around an axis extending between the two protrusions; and at least one locking mechanism, which is switchable between a locked state and an unlocked state. In its locked state, the at least one locking mechanism engages with one of the second openings for locking the ceiling panel to at least one of the bars when the ceiling panel is pivoted into an operating position.

An elevator car (2) comprising a passenger compartment defining an interior space (4) surrounded by sidewalls (62, 63, 64) and at least one car door; and at least one lighting arrangement (11) configured to illuminate the interior space (4). Said lighting arrangement (11) is associated with a ventilation system (18) configured to ventilate the interior space (4) even in a situation where the car door is closed.

In a cage lighting device for an elevator, a lighting cover includes a main cover, a first auxiliary cover opposing a first cage wall, and a second auxiliary cover opposing a second cage wall. Respective dimensions of the first and second auxiliary covers in a lengthwise direction of the lighting cover are smaller than a dimension of the main cover in the lengthwise direction of the lighting cover. By loosening a first auxiliary cover fastening tool, the first auxiliary cover becomes capable of sliding in the lengthwise direction relative to a lighting cover attachment member between a position adjacent to the main cover and a position contacting the first cage wall.

An elevator car (2), which is configured for moving along a hoistway in a vertical direction, comprises a passenger compartment defining an interior space (4) surrounded by sidewalls and at least one car door, said sidewalls (62, 63, 64) and/or said car door forming at least one vertically extending corner or protrusion (7). At least one vertically extending decorative element (13, 16) is assigned to the at least one vertically extending corner or protrusion (7) and comprises at least one vertically extending lighting element (10) which is configured for illuminating the interior space 4.

A protector (200) for an elevator car (102) includes a protective panel (202) and at least one magnet (204) mounted to the protective panel (202). The magnet (204) is configured to be attracted to an internal wall (106) of a passenger compartment (104) of an elevator car (102) so as to retain the protective panel (202) against the internal wall (106). The magnet (204) may be retained against a support (210) of the protector (200) by a retainer assembly (220). The protector (200) may further comprise an electrical device which comprises a lighting device (240) configured to emit light into the passenger compartment (104) of the elevator car (102).

A device for providing elevator ride information includes a plurality of prompting modules. Each prompting module includes a sensor and a light-emitting unit, the sensor is configured to sense presence of an object to be transported above the prompting module. The prompting module further includes a control unit coupled with the plurality of prompting modules and configured to perform at least one of the following operations: i) in response to an event of car door opening, for the prompting module that does not sense the presence of the object to be transported, conditionally or unconditionally causing the light-emitting unit contained in the prompting module to enter a first operating state; ii) in response to an event of the car being about to arrive or having arrived at a destination floor, causing the light-emitting unit contained in all or some of the prompting modules to enter a second operating state.

A method provides multisensory output data for an elevator user. The method includes: receiving input data representing a user related prompt from an input device system, the input data being generated by the input device system in response to an interaction with the elevator user; generating the multisensory output data based on the received in-put data by applying a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, the generated multisensory output data reflecting the user related prompt; and providing the generated multisensory output data to an elevator car output device system for outputting the generated multisensory output data for the elevator user during an elevator journey. A multisensory output data generation system, a computer program product, and a tangible non-volatile computer-readable medium are also provided.