Patents by Inventor Raimo Tihula

Raimo Tihula 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).

  • Ballistic shelter of modular panels coupled by pivotally mounted spring-closed claws engaged in slots adjacent cylindrical edge portions
    Patent number: 7784232
    Abstract: A lightweight ballistic shelter comprising mutually connectable modular panels of two sizes only (8, 7, 6). Each panel (8, 7, 6) of the shelter structure is connectable to any other panel of the shelter system thus allowing protective structures of different sizes and shapes to be assembled therefrom. The shelter is assembled from planar panels of which at least one (6) has the shape of an equilateral triangle and at least another one (7) has a square shape. The shelter system also includes coupler means (4, 5) for connecting the modular panels (6, 7, 8) with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: FY-Composites Oy
    Inventors: Kari Nygren, Pertti Siirilä, Raimo Tihula
  • Ballistic shelter
    Publication number: 20050257479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lightweight ballistic shelter comprising mutually connectable modular panels of two sizes only (8, 7, 6). Each panel (8, 7, 6) of the shelter structure is connectable to any other panel of the shelter system thus allowing protective structures of different sizes and shapes to be assembled therefrom. The shelter is assembled from planar panels of which at least one (6) has the shape of an equilateral triangle and at least another one (7) has a square shape. The shelter system also includes coupler means (4, 5) for connecting the modular panels (6, 7, 8) with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Kari Nygren, Pertti Siirila, Raimo Tihula