Patents by Inventor Tapani Huhdanmäki

Tapani Huhdanmäki 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: 6615932
    Abstract: Arrangement for replacing a drilling component in a rock drilling apparatus, which arrangement comprises a component magazine for storing replaceable components required in drilling and means for driving the drilling unit to a predefined position and location relative to the component magazine. The arrangement further comprises a changing unit for moving the components between the component magazine and the drilling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sandvik Tamrock Oy
    Inventors: Tapani Huhdanmäki, Leo Häkkinen
  • Patent number: 6253860
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for controlling rock drilling on the basis of a pressure acting in a pressure conduit of a rotation motor of a drill rod. In the method, the pressure acting in the pressure fluid conduit of the rotation motor is measured during the rotation when the drill bit does not touch the rock to be drilled, and the control is carried out thereafter on the basis of the difference between the pressure value measured during the drilling and the idle pressure value. In the arrangement, the rock drilling machine comprises a control unit that measures the pressure acting in the pressure fluid conduit of the rotation motor when the drill rod is rotated so that it does not touch the rock to be drilled and stores it in the memory and controls the rock drilling machine during the drilling on the basis of the difference between the pressure value measured during the drilling and the idle pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Sandvik Tamrock Oy
    Inventors: Tapani Pöysti, Tapani Huhdanmäki
  • Patent number: 6213223
    Abstract: An arrangement in a rock drilling apparatus comprising supports (5) directed toward the rear part of the feed, the supports being moveable by means of support cylinders (6) to support the feed during the drilling operation. The arrangement comprises a pressure detector (9), which is arranged to detect the pressure of the pressure fluid in the support cylinders (6) and to make the control unit supply more pressure fluid to the support cylinders (6) when the pressure drops below a pre-set threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Sandvick Tamrock Oy
    Inventor: Tapani Huhdanmäki