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).
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Patent number: 11572257Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Tero Salin, Aapo Saari, Pirkka Haimi, Pekka Hokkanen, Visa Rauta
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Publication number: 20220089413Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: KONE CorporationInventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Tero Salin, Aapo Saari, Pirkka Haimi, Pekka Hokkanen, Visa Rauta
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Patent number: 10053336Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yi Min Shi, Aapo Saari, Visa Rauta
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Patent number: 9862567Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Aapo Saari, Jussi Laurila
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Publication number: 20170341911Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: KONE CorporationInventors: Yi Min SHI, Aapo SAARI, Visa RAUTA
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Publication number: 20150314983Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Aapo SAARI, Jussi LAURILA
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Patent number: 8348022Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari
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Publication number: 20110024240Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari
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Patent number: D615896Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari, Anne Stenros
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Patent number: D760611Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Aapo Saari, Tomi Kapiainen, Kim Heikkinen, Jussi Laurila, Niklas Löfberg, Visa Rauta, Klaus Mäkelä, Jussi Hitunen, Tommi Salonen, Kim Bergman, Jarmo Parkkinen
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Patent number: D801842Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yi Min Shi, Aapo Saari, Visa Rauta
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Patent number: D814466Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: KONE CorporationInventors: Aapo Saari, Heidi Ollikainen, Visa Rauta, Tomi Kapiainen, Kim Heikkinen
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Patent number: D840854Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: KONE CorporationInventors: Yi Min Shi, Aapo Saari, Visa Rauta
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Patent number: D853676Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomi Kapiainen, Kim Heikkinen, Visa Rauta, Jouni Salojärvi, Aapo Saari
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Patent number: D989347Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Visa Rauta, Aapo Saari, Mika Hautamäki