elevator system 10 could use two or more belts 16 for suspending and or driving the elevator car 12 in addition the elevator system 10 could have various configurations such that either both sides of the one or more belts 16 engage the one or more sheaves 18 such as shown in the exemplary elevator systems in fig1 or 2 or only one side of the one or more belts 16 engages the one or more sheaves 18 fig1 illustrates an elevator system 10 in which the elevator car 12 includes a sheave 18 around which the belt 16 is routed to support the elevator car 12 similarly the counterweight 22 includes a sheave 18 around which the belt 16 is routed to support the counterweight 22 each end 24 a and 24 b of the belt 16 is terminated at a fixed location such as a support 26 or other fixed location of the elevator system 10 fig2 illustrates an embodiment of an elevator system 10 in which as in fig1 the elevator car 12 includes a sheave 18 around which the belt 16 is routed to support the elevator car 12 in this embodiment however a first end 24 a of the belt 16 is terminated at the support 26 while a second end 24 b of the belt 16 is terminated at the counterweight 22 and is movable with the counterweight 22 fig3 provides a schematic of a belt construction or design each belt 16 is constructed of a plurality of wires 28 e g twisted into one or more strands 30 and or cords 32 as shown in fig4 in a jacket 34 as seen in fig3 the belt 16 has an aspect ratio greater than one i e belt width is greater than.