Linear motor elevator
 A linear motor elevator includes a linear motor that is permitted motion within the hoistway. The linear motor is mounted in a manner permitting motion of the entire linear motor, including stator, through the hoistway. As a result, the length of the hoistway and the run of the elevator may extend beyond the length of the stator. In a particular embodiment, the linear motor is connected to a car in a configuration permitting the car to travel at approximately twice the speed of the linear motor within the hoistway. The moving element of the linear motor is connected to the car to permit the car and moving element to travel at the same speed relative to the hoistway. As a result, the moving element moves relative to the stator at half the speed of the car speed and the height of the hoistway may be approximately double the height of the stator. 
Otis Elevator Company
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Hideki Makoto
Ito Yoshihara