Patents by Inventor Simo Mäenpää

Simo Mäenpää 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: 7465256
    Abstract: A treadmill arrangement, which comprises a treadmill and also a transmitter (31) that is arranged to be connectable to a treadmill user and to transmit an electromagnetic signal (30), at least one receiver (32) that is arranged in connection with the treadmill to receive the signal transmitted by the transmitter (31), apparatus for processing (33) the signal, and apparatus for generating (34) information that is arranged to receive the information arriving from the signal processing apparatus (33) and to generate therefrom the user's position data (39) and/or control information (38). To provide accurate operation, the transmitter (31) transmitting the electromagnetic signal (30) is a transmitter part of a heart rate monitor or a heart rate measuring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Tunturi Oy, Ltd.
    Inventor: Simo Mäenpää