Patents by Inventor Aki Kauhanen

Aki Kauhanen 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: 10132051
    Abstract: The invention pertains to energy production by capturing simultaneously water potential (surface height differences due to waves) and kinetic (flow of water due to e.g. waves, tide or streams) energy. The plant can have tidal compensation (2, 3, 22, 23) to avoid energy flux streaming over the plant in high tide, and directional stabilizing arrangement to turn it automatically parallel to wave crests. Surfaces capturing energy from flow have optimized movements to follow speed of water in different depths. Also energy conservation to filter output ripple can be arranged with twin-phase fluid accumulators (51, 55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUBSEA-ENERGY OY
    Inventors: Timo Siltala, Aki Kauhanen
  • Publication number: 20160083920
    Abstract: The invention pertains to energy production by capturing simultaneously water potential (surface height differences due to waves) and kinetic (flow of water due to e.g. waves, tide or streams) energy. The plant can have tidal compensation (2, 3, 22, 23) to avoid energy flux streaming over the plant in high tide, and directional stabilizing arrangement to turn it automatically parallel to wave crests. Surfaces capturing energy from flow have optimized movements to follow speed of water in different depths. Also energy conservation to filter output ripple can be arranged with twin-phase fluid accumulators (51, 55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Timo SILTALA, Aki KAUHANEN
  • Patent number: 5123358
    Abstract: A bogie for a railway vehicle comprising of at least two articulated, pivotable and rotatable wheel body parts (2, 3) including wheels or a set of wheels (4, 5) mounted in bearings and the supporting body (6) of the bogie being connected to the parts by a suspension (9a, 9b) of the railway vehicle. In the bogie, two wheel body parts (2, 3) have been resiliently interconnected from their side constructions by two stabilizer constructions (16) both of which have been articulated to the supporting body (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Rautaruukki Oy
    Inventors: Markku Kemppainen, Ossi Kahra, Aki Kauhanen