Patent ID: 9688512
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B66B,F16D

Claim:
1. A brake for an elevator system, the brake comprising: a first brake lining configured to be frictionally engageable with a rail of the elevator system; a second brake lining configured to be frictionally engageable with the rail; a first biasing member configured to urge the first brake lining to engage the rail; and a first actuator configured to move the first brake lining to disengage the rail when the first actuator is energized, wherein the brake is configured to be mounted on an elevator car of the elevator system; wherein the first actuator further comprises a backing block, a first solenoid housed in the backing block, and an armature disposed between the solenoid and the first brake lining; wherein an end of the armature is sloped toward the backing block.