Patents by Inventor Kirsi Kervinen

Kirsi Kervinen 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).

  • Patent number: 9058554
    Abstract: The invention relates to sewable tamper detection elements for radio frequency identification devices, and to radio frequency identification devices with such tamper detection elements. The devices can be sewn into a seam of a garment so that the tamper detection element is partially inside the garment, e.g. as part of a care label. This makes removing the device difficult without breaking the tamper detection element, and thereby shoplifting attempts can be more reliably noticed. For this purpose, the tamper detection element is formed so that sewing through it does not break the element. The radio frequency identification device may be formed asymmetric so that the tamper detection element is on a different side from the antenna elements with respect to the chip. In this manner, the disturbance from the tamper detection element to the antenna can be minimized. The tamper detection element may be formed so that it contains a transparent opening on which text can be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SMARTRAC IP B.V.
    Inventors: Kirsi Kervinen, Tero Koivisto, Tuomas Koskelainen
  • Publication number: 20140263659
    Abstract: The invention relates to sewable tamper detection elements for radio frequency identification devices, and to radio frequency identification devices with such tamper detection elements. The devices can be sewn into a seam of a garment so that the tamper detection element is partially inside the garment, e.g. as part of a care label. This makes removing the device difficult without breaking the tamper detection element, and thereby shoplifting attempts can be more reliably noticed. For this purpose, the tamper detection element is formed so that sewing through it does not break the element. The radio frequency identification device may be formed asymmetric so that the tamper detection element is on a different side from the antenna elements with respect to the chip. In this manner, the disturbance from the tamper detection element to the antenna can be minimized. The tamper detection element may be formed so that it contains a transparent opening on which text can be printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SMARTRAC IP B.V.
    Inventors: Kirsi Kervinen, Tero Koivisto, Tuomas Koskelainen
  • Patent number: 7291248
    Abstract: A dewatering member for a paper or board machine has a composite body (13) and a hard surface layer (12). The composite body (13) is manufactured in a pultrusion process. An adhesion layer (11) is formed on desired outer surfaces of the composite body (13) such that reinforcements passed to the adhesion layer (11) have been passed to the pultrusion process through a separate resin bath, to which an adhesion improving agent has been added such that the hard surface layer (12) can be applied directly onto it, and reinforcements forming the inner portion of the composite body (13) have been passed to the pultrusion process through a second resin bath. The composite body (13) is coated with a hard coating layer (12) produced by thermal spraying, and the coating (12) is ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignees: Exel Oyj, Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Veli-Pekka Tarkiainen, Liisa Muilu, Kirsi Kervinen, Petri Sorsa
  • Publication number: 20030106663
    Abstract: A dewatering member for a paper or board machine has a composite body (13) and a hard surface layer (12). The composite body (13) is manufactured in a pultrusion process. An adhesion layer (11) is formed on desired outer surfaces of the composite body (13) such that reinforcements passed to the adhesion layer (11) have been passed to the pultrusion process through a separate resin bath, to which an adhesion improving agent has been added such that the hard surface layer (12) can be applied directly onto it, and reinforcements forming the inner portion of the composite body (13) have been passed to the pultrusion process through a second resin bath. The composite body (13) is coated with a hard coating layer (12) produced by thermal spraying, and the coating (12) is ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Veli-Pekka Tarkiainen, Liisa Muilu, Kirsi Kervinen, Petri Sorsa