Patents by Inventor Erkki J. Niskanen

Erkki J. Niskanen 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: 4429709
    Abstract: A method and devices for applying the generally known principle of cascade flow in control of self-adjusting fluid handling systems, which devices are capable of maintaining predetermined flow rate/pressure difference ratios, over a wide range of variations.The capability of maintaining predetermined flow rate/pressure difference ratios is based on a capability of maintaining predetermined displacement/pressure difference ratios of axially displaceable means of control in application of the principle of cascade flow.One embodiment is a draught control device, which is capable of maintaining substantially constant draught, e.g., in central heating boilers of solid fuel, over a wide range of variations in flue pressure.Another embodiment is a constant flow valve, capable of maintaining constant rate of volume flows in house ventilation.A third embodiment of the present invention is a constant pressure valve, capable of maintaining constant pressure of fluid upstream the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Inventor: Erkki J. Niskanen