Patents by Inventor Simo Jokela

Simo Jokela 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).

  • Elevator system with one or more cars moving independently in a same shaft
    Patent number: 6871727
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator system in tall buildings, the system having at least one first elevator shaft, which houses an elevator arranged to stop at floors called transfer levels, and at least one second elevator shaft, which houses elevators whose elevator cars are disposed one above the other in the elevator shaft, which elevator cars are designed to stop during their travel at any floor to which or from which a call has been issued. The second elevator shaft is divided vertically into local shafts situated one above the other, the number of which is at least one for each zone between transfer levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Simo Jokela, Riitta Partanen-Jokela, Johannes De Jong
  • Elevator system
    Publication number: 20040173417
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator system in tall buildings, said system comprising at least one first elevator shaft (13), which houses an elevator arranged to stop at floors called transfer levels (8, 8a), and at least one second elevator shaft (14), which houses elevators whose elevator cars (22) are disposed one above the other in the elevator shaft, which elevator cars are designed to stop during their travel at any floor to which or from which a call has been issued. The second elevator shaft (14) is divided vertically into local shafts (17, 18, 19) situated one above the other, the number of which is at least one for each zone between transfer levels (8, 8a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Simo Jokela, Riitta Partanen-Jokela, Johannes De Jong
  • People mover and drive apparatus
    Patent number: 6161674
    Abstract: A people mover such as an escalator or moving sidewalk is driven by a motor having a relatively small axial dimension and is configured to fit in available space, avoiding the need for a machine room for these components, thereby simplifying the incorporation of the people mover into a new or existing building design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Kone Oy
    Inventors: Esko Aulanko, Tauno Pajala, Simo Jokela
  • People mover and drive apparatus
    Patent number: 5950797
    Abstract: A people mover such as an escalator or moving sidewalk is driven by a motor having a relatively small axial dimension and is configured to fit in available space, avoiding the need for a machine room for these components, thereby simplifying the incorporation of the people mover into a new or existing building design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: KONE Oy
    Inventors: Esko Aulanko, Tauno Pajala, Simo Jokela