Patents by Inventor Aapo Saari

Aapo Saari 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: 11572257
    Abstract: An escalator includes a truss formed of a support structure that bridges a lower landing and an upper landing of the escalator. The truss includes two rising side sections extending upwards from a bottom plane of the truss, the side sections extending along a length of the truss and being joined together with cross braces. The escalator includes a subframe attached to an outer side of at least one side section of the truss, the subframe being arranged to receive an outer cladding of the escalator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Tero Salin, Aapo Saari, Pirkka Haimi, Pekka Hokkanen, Visa Rauta
  • Publication number: 20220089413
    Abstract: An escalator includes a truss formed of a support structure that bridges a lower landing and an upper landing of the escalator. The truss includes two rising side sections extending upwards from a bottom plane of the truss, the side sections extending along a length of the truss and being joined together with cross braces. The escalator includes a subframe attached to an outer side of at least one side section of the truss, the subframe being arranged to receive an outer cladding of the escalator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Tero Salin, Aapo Saari, Pirkka Haimi, Pekka Hokkanen, Visa Rauta
  • Patent number: 10053336
    Abstract: An emergency button for an escalator or a moving sidewalk, wherein the emergency button comprises a button main body and a stripe plate; the button main body is mounted in a stripe plate hole of the stripe plate; the stripe plate is embedded between two adjacent supporting side plates of the escalator or the moving sidewalk; the stripe plate and the button main body have a color different from that of the supporting side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi Min Shi, Aapo Saari, Visa Rauta
  • Patent number: 9862567
    Abstract: A method and system for generating automatic destination calls for an elevator system, in which system is a revolving door. A passenger approaching the revolving door or in a door sector of the revolving door is identified, a destination call to the home floor of the passenger is generated and the elevator serving the passenger is announced at the revolving door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aapo Saari, Jussi Laurila
  • Publication number: 20170341911
    Abstract: An emergency button for an escalator or a moving sidewalk, wherein the emergency button comprises a button main body and a stripe plate; the button main body is mounted in a stripe plate hole of the stripe plate; the stripe plate is embedded between two adjacent supporting side plates of the escalator or the moving sidewalk; the stripe plate and the button main body have a color different from that of the supporting side plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Min SHI, Aapo SAARI, Visa RAUTA
  • Publication number: 20150314983
    Abstract: Method and system for generating automatic destination calls for an elevator system, in which system is a revolving door. A passenger approaching the revolving door or in a door sector of the revolving door is identified, a destination call to the home floor of the passenger is generated and the elevator serving the passenger is announced with the information means that are in connection with the revolving door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aapo SAARI, Jussi LAURILA
  • Patent number: 8348022
    Abstract: An arrangement for the call apparatus and display apparatus of an elevator has a body part which includes at least call buttons and other actuators, such as apertures for the display elements. The body part is essentially universal such that the number, size, shape and placement location of the apertures of the body part are arranged to be suited for the use of as many display variations and/or call button variations as possible, and in that an essentially thin light-attenuating film-like layer is disposed in front of the body part, which layer is fitted to allow light produced by the display elements through, but covers the apertures and other features in the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari
  • Publication number: 20110024240
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an arrangement for the call apparatus and display apparatus of an elevator. The arrangement (1, 17) comprises a body part (5, 18), which comprises at least call buttons (8) and other actuators (3), such as apertures (6, 7, 19) for the display elements (16). The body part (5, 18) is essentially universal such that the number, size, shape and placement location of the apertures (6, 7, 19) of the body part (5, 18) are arranged to be suited for the use of as many display variations and/or call button variations as possible, and in that an essentially thin light-attenuating film-like layer (9, 20) is disposed in front of the body part (5, 18), which layer is fitted to allow light produced by the display elements through, but covers the apertures (6, 7, 19) and other features in the body part (5, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari
  • Patent number: D615896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari, Anne Stenros
  • Patent number: D760611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Aapo Saari, Tomi Kapiainen, Kim Heikkinen, Jussi Laurila, Niklas Löfberg, Visa Rauta, Klaus Mäkelä, Jussi Hitunen, Tommi Salonen, Kim Bergman, Jarmo Parkkinen
  • Patent number: D801842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi Min Shi, Aapo Saari, Visa Rauta
  • Patent number: D814466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Aapo Saari, Heidi Ollikainen, Visa Rauta, Tomi Kapiainen, Kim Heikkinen
  • Patent number: D840854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Min Shi, Aapo Saari, Visa Rauta
  • Patent number: D853676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomi Kapiainen, Kim Heikkinen, Visa Rauta, Jouni Salojärvi, Aapo Saari
  • Patent number: D989347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Visa Rauta, Aapo Saari, Mika Hautamäki