Patents by Inventor Kari Kirjavainen

Kari Kirjavainen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110006624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for generating a force and/or a movement. The force and/or the movement are generated or the energy of the force and/or the movement is stored by utilizing a magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated with a charge current circuit (4) including a charge part and a structure generating the magnetic field without a separate winding. The charge current circuit (4) is used either to generate the magnetic field producing the force and/or the movement, or the force and/or the movement generates a variable magnetic field, the current induced by which is conducted to the charge part of the charge current circuit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Publication number: 20090169668
    Abstract: A transverse stretching device comprises two stretching wheels and endless bands arranged against them and revolving around band guide rolls so that a plastic film to be stretched is arranged at its both edges between a stretching wheel and a band. The stretching wheels and the bands are arranged in such a way that in the direction of travel of the plastic film they are further apart from each other at the end than in the beginning, whereby the transverse stretching device stretches the plastic film in the transverse direction. The stretching wheels are rims open in the center and the device includes heating means arranged through the rims at least at some angle between the stretching wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: CONENOR OY
    Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Teuvo Arpiainen
  • Publication number: 20090032990
    Abstract: An extrusion apparatus is used for extruding material through a nozzle (10) for forming a product In the nozzle (10), the material is pressed around rods (9) so that tubular cavities (13) are formed in the wall of the product. The rods (9) are hollow and the apparatus comprises channels (14) connected to the hollow rods (9) to enable flow in the tubular cavities (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Maillefer S.A.
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Publication number: 20090028977
    Abstract: Material is extruded with a device comprising at least two stators (1,2) one within the other and, between them, a rotor (3) in the shape of a convergent cone, the material being extruded from the device by rotating the rotor (3). The rotor (3) comprises openings (9), through which the material is led. The stators (1,2) comprise continuous grooves (8) for conveying the material out of the device. The stator grooves (8) alternately become lower and deeper, said grooves (8) being arranged such that when the groove of the inner stator (1) is low, the point of the groove of the outer stator (2) on the other side of the rotor (3) at a corresponding point is deep and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: MAILLEFER S.A.
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Publication number: 20090008812
    Abstract: Plastic material and nucleating agent are fed into an extruder, and the plastic material is subjected to cell forming. The substances in question are extruded into a plastic film preform, simultaneously cooling the material to prevent foaming. The film preform is stretched in such a way that cavitation bubbles are generated in the film. The cell forming takes place in connection with stretching and relaxation. In other words, in the solution the cell forming is caused to take place when the plastic is not in a molten state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: CONENOR OY
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Publication number: 20080224346
    Abstract: A film (5) is extruded from plastic material by means of an extruder. Material is mixed into the plastic (5a) of the plastic film (5) before the extrusion so that cavitation bubbles are formed in the material particles mixed into the plastic (5a) when the plastic film is stretched. The film (5) is orientated by stretching. After the extrusion the plastic film (5) is cooled slowly below the crystallization point of the plastic material before the orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: CONENOR OY
    Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Teuvo Arpiainen, Markku Vilkki, Hannu Lehtola
  • Patent number: 7407132
    Abstract: An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are achieved by using the same functionally inter-connected elements. The circulation is achieved by fan elements that allow adjusting the blow direction and the blowing force of the flow. A stagnation point (SP) associated with the circulation is also formed if necessary below the housing and the aircraft can be steered by controlling the circulation and the position of the stagnation point (SP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Lightway
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 7381454
    Abstract: A tubular product has a tubular base layer, a tubular innermost layer made of plastic by continuous extrusion, and a tubular tie layer of foamed plastic between and adhered to the base layer and the innermost layer. The tie layer is made of melt processable adhesion plastic, is extruded simultaneously with the innermost layer against the base layer, and has better adhesions to the base and innermost layers than the base and innermost layers have to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Uponor B.V.
    Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Jyri Järvenkylä
  • Patent number: 7376239
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer comprising at least one transducer element which has a multilayer structure comprising at least two layers such that the transducer element is capable of changing its thickness. The transducer element allows air to flow inside the transducer element in the direction of thickness thereof and inside and out of the transducer element through at least one surface of the transducer element in the direction of thickness of the transducer element. The transducer element can be used e.g. for transforming energy from mechanical energy into electric energy and/or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Panphonics Oy
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 7124970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a an apparatus for processing various materials, the apparatus including at least two annular feed gaps placed one within the other. The beginning of each feed gap is provided with a grinding section (5), which is followed in the apparatus by a mixing section (10). The materials are processed in the grinding section (5), whereafter they are mixed in the mixing section (10), and the mixture is extruded into a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Conenor OY
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 7090797
    Abstract: An extrusion method and an extrusion device, whereby at least two different flows of material are supplied from the extrusion device to a nozzle. The nozzle comprises at least two nozzle chambers such that the material flowing through the first nozzle chamber forms an outer part of a product, and the material flowing through the second nozzle part forms an inner part of the product. The capacity of the nozzle chambers is changed, whereby the relative proportion of the different parts of the product can be varied. When the capacity of the nozzle chamber is decreased, the amount of material flowing therethrough increases at the outlet of the nozzle, and when the capacity of the nozzle chamber is increased, the amount of material flowing out there-through decreases at the outlet of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Conenor Oy
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Publication number: 20060175467
    Abstract: An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are achieved by using the same functionally interconnected elements. The circulation is achieved by fan elements that allow adjusting the blow direction and the blowing force of the flow. A stagnation point (SP) associated with the circulation is also formed if necessary below the housing and the aircraft can be steered by controlling the circulation and the position of the stagnation point (SP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 7077164
    Abstract: A pipe has an innermost layer, outside of which there is an inner electrode layer, outside of which there is an insulating layer, outside of which there is an outer electrode layer. The innermost layer is made of plastic by continuous extrusion and the insulating layer is made of foamed plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Jyri Jarvenkyla
  • Patent number: 7056456
    Abstract: In an extrusion method and an extruder, an annular material flow is created by extruding material into an annular extrusion channel (6). The extruder has a tubular filtering unit (7) arranged to the annular extrusion channel (6), whereby the annular material flow flows through the tubular surface of the filtering unit (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Conenor Oy
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Publication number: 20050082711
    Abstract: Natural fiber material and binding agent is fed to a materials treating apparatus, and a composite product is formed of these with the apparatus. Also material reacting with water is fed to the apparatus. The natural fiber material is fed in such a form that its moisture percentage is more than 1%, whereby the material reacting with water reacts with the water present in and/or released from the natural fiber material. Thus, the composite product comprises natural fiber material, binding agent and material having reacted with the water in the natural fiber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Markku Vilkki, Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 6852402
    Abstract: Film of dielectric material, which film contains gas bubbles preferably of a flat shape. To achieve improved electrical properties, the film is given a large internal unipolar charge, which is created by charging the film by means of an electric field intensive enough to produce partial discharges in the gas bubbles and to cause the charges to move into the dielectric material of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Emfitech Oy
    Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Keijo Korhonen, Jyrki Kroger, Lasse Raisanen
  • Patent number: 6847722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an equipment for attenuating sound in a duct. Sound propagating in a duct is detected by means of a detector (2) and attenuated by using two successive monopole elements (3, 4) in such a way that both elements function as a dipole approximation and the elements are also used to approximatively produce the monopole radiation needed. A dipole control signal is fed to both elements (3, 4) at a phase shift which is 180° between the two elements. In addition, a monopole control signal is fed to the same elements (3, 4), only this time cophasally. Total volume velocities produced by the two elements (3, 4) are combinations of the portions obtained from the monopole and dipole sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: VTT
    Inventors: Seppo Uosukainen, Vesa Välimäki, Kari Kirjavainen, Jukka Lekkala, Hannu Nykänen
  • Patent number: 6837457
    Abstract: An aircraft rotor and an aircraft which aircraft has a body and a rotor arranged to it, the rotor having at least two blades. The rotor is arranged to rotate around a substantially vertical axis. The blades are arranged in such a manner that, when rotating, they form a conical surface, whereby to provide ascending force, the ascending force coefficients of the blades are adjusted to be positive and to provide propulsive force, the ascending force coefficients of the blades on the forward side and on the rear side are adjusted to have opposite signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Natural Colour Kari Kirjavainen Oy
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 6805544
    Abstract: An extruder includes a material feeding device feeding into a radial pump unit. The radial pump unit includes conical screws which are adjacently positioned and rotate in the same direction. The radial pump unit transfers an annular flow of the material into the extruder's nozzle. Additional material can be supplied into the product through the radial pump unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Natural Colour Kari Kirjavainen Oy
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
  • Patent number: 6793854
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for making a plastic film, and to a plastic film wherein the method includes extruding a film from plastic material by an extruder and orientating the film after extrusion. Material is mixed into the plastic so that when the plastic film is stretched, cavitation bubbles are formed in the material particles mixed into the plastic. After orientation, gas is arranged to act on the plastic film under high pressure so that the gas diffuses in the cavitation bubbles and causes overpressure in them. Thus it is possible to make a thin foamed film with a foaming degree of over 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Conenor Oy
    Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen