Patent ID: 11873193
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. An elevator system comprising:
an elevator car configured to travel along an elevator shaft, the elevator car having a car door and a car sill;
a landing arranged along the elevator shaft, the landing having a landing door and a landing sill; and
an elevator coupling comprising a car door coupling operably coupled to the car door and a landing door coupling operably coupled to the landing door, wherein the car door coupling and the landing door coupling are selectively operable to drive operation of the car door and the landing door simultaneously,
wherein the car sill and the landing sill define a sill region, and the elevator coupling is arranged outside of the sill region, and
wherein the elevator coupling is arranged in a space defined between a sidewall of the elevator car and a shaft wall of the elevator shaft, wherein the shaft wall is a wall of the elevator shaft that is perpendicular to a shaft wall having the landing door.