Patents by Inventor Henri Wenlin

Henri Wenlin 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: 11679958
    Abstract: A safety gear arrangement for an elevator system, comprising a safety gear mechanism comprising at least one wedge portion of the safety gear arrangement, wherein, in a normal position, the at least one wedge portion is retracted and, in an operated position, extended by a first spring element for acting on a guide rail of the elevator system, and a triggering device comprising an electromagnet, a second spring element, an actuating member, and an excitation power input, wherein the electromagnet is arranged, while being supplied with excitation power, to maintain the actuating member in an untriggered position against the second spring element, and the actuating member is arranged to operate the safety gear mechanism in response to moving of the member from the untriggered to a triggered position due to the second spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Janne Laine, Veijo Manninen, Tuukka Korhonen, Matti Rasanen, Jorma Mustalahti, Ville Myyrylainen, Tarvo Viita-Aho, Henri Wenlin
  • Patent number: 11673771
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator car parking brake comprising brake pads and an actuator configured to move the brake pads with respect to a guide rail. The elevator car parking brake further comprises levers, each having an associated brake pad; and at least one screw associated with the actuator and rotatably fixed to at least one lever via at least one attaching member. In a braking operation, the actuator is configured to rotate the at least one screw in a first direction with respect to the at least one attaching member, thus causing the levers with the brake pads to move towards the guide rail. In a brake release operation, the actuator is configured to rotate the at least one screw in a second direction with respect to the at least one attaching member, thus causing the levers with the brake pads to move away from the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Antti Koskinen, Hilkka Hamalainen, Timo Vlasov, Mikko Puranen, Antti Saarelainen, Henri Wenlin
  • Patent number: 11618647
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator car parking brake comprising a brake carrier having a first plate and a second plate, the plates being spaced from each other and positioned to enable a guide rail to travel within the space between the plates, a caliper movably connected to the brake carrier, brake pads, and an actuator configured to move the brake pads against a guide rail in a braking operation. The elevator car parking brake further comprises at least one first compression spring arranged between the first plate of the brake carrier and a brake pad directly associated with the actuator; and at least one second compression spring arranged between the second plate of the brake carrier and the caliper, the first and second compression springs being configured to keep the brake pads substantially centered with respect to the brake carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Antti Koskinen, Antti I Maki, Jukka Turpeinen, Hilkka Hamalainen, Antti Saarelainen, Henri Wenlin, Mikko Puranen, Timo Vlasov, Jukka Penttila, Jorma Sarkkinen
  • Patent number: 11597633
    Abstract: An elevator safety brake unit, an elevator including at least two of the safety brake units, and a method for testing the safety brake units are disclosed. Each safety brake unit includes a frame part, a movable composition movably supported on the frame part, a compression spring assembly associated with the movable composition, and adapted to activate a braking by pushing the movable composition forward, and a coil assembly of an electromagnet disposed in the frame part and adapted to deactivate the braking by pulling the movable composition backwards. Each movable composition includes at least two movable elements, one compression spring for each movable element, and at least one coil assembly adapted to deactivate the braking by pulling the at least two movable elements backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joni Lappalainen, Henri Wenlin, Antti Saarelainen, Petri Alkula, Lasse Hurri, Andrej Burakov, Leena Ranta
  • Patent number: 11518654
    Abstract: An element includes a vibration isolation pad with two opposite substantially planar surfaces, an elastic material layer being permanently attached to a first of the two substantially planar surfaces of the vibration isolation pad, a load sensor arrangement integrated into the combined elevator vibration isolation and load measurement element. A load acting on the combined elevator vibration isolation and load measurement element can be measured with the load sensor arrangement as a function of the compression of the elastic material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tapani Talonen, Tapio Siironen, Henri Wenlin, Ville Myyryläinen
  • Patent number: 11440776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor system comprising: a drive machine, a conveyor control unit configured to control operation of a conveyor device, a sensor array comprising at least one sensor mounted to the drive machine and adapted to measure one or more properties of the drive machine, a processing unit associated with the drive machine, wherein the processing unit is connected to the sensor array and configured to obtain and process measurement data from the sensor array to generate in-formation about an operation of the drive machine, and a communication channel between the conveyor control unit and the processing unit. The conveyor system may be an elevator system, an escalator system or a moving walk system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Henri Wenlin, Antti Saarelainen, Janne Rossi, Asmo Tenhunen
  • Publication number: 20220250874
    Abstract: An arrangement for monitoring an elevator, including at least one elevator rope and an entity along which the at least one elevator rope is arranged to travel at least in part, includes at least one inductive sensor positioned so that a magnetic field generable by the at least one inductive sensor extends at least in part over the at least one elevator rope; and a control device for obtaining measurement data from the inductive sensor. A method for monitoring the elevator, a computer program product and an elevator system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Petteri Valjus, Henri Wenlin, Timo Lamminmäki
  • Publication number: 20220119222
    Abstract: The measurement arrangement for measuring the rotation speed of a component of an elevator, escalator, moving walkway or moving ramp comprises an inductive sensor that is arranged stationary in respect of a rotation axis of the component and adjacent to the component or a measurement part that is attached to the component in a rotationally fixed manner, and the component or the measurement part is configured as rotationally unsymmetrical about the rotation axis so that different angular positions of the component about the rotation axis generate different output signals in the inductive sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Tapani TALONEN, Jyrki JOKINEN, Henri WENLIN, Matti RASANEN, Mikko VILJANEN
  • Publication number: 20220033214
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator system comprising at least two elevator cars adapted to travel in respective separate hoistways of the same building. The at least two elevator cars have at least two different rated speeds comprising lowest rated speed and a rated speed higher than the lowest rated speed. At least each said elevator car with the rated speed higher than the lowest rated speed is provided with an electronic overspeed monitoring equipment configured to stop the movement of the elevator car, if the speed of the elevator car meets an overspeed threshold. The overspeed threshold is decreasing towards at least one end terminal of the hoistway. Each of said separate hoistway of the building has a bottom end terminal space with a substantially equal height and/or a top end terminal space with a substantially equal height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko Viljanen, Henri Wenlin, Asmo Tenhunen, Antti Kallioniemi, Mikko Parviainen
  • Publication number: 20220002115
    Abstract: A safety gear arrangement for an elevator system, comprising a safety gear mechanism comprising at least one wedge portion of the safety gear arrangement, wherein, in a normal position, the at least one wedge portion is retracted and, in an operated position, extended by a first spring element for acting on a guide rail of the elevator system, and a triggering device comprising an electromagnet, a second spring element, an actuating member, and an excitation power input, wherein the electromagnet is arranged, while being supplied with excitation power, to maintain the actuating member in an untriggered position against the second spring element, and the actuating member is arranged to operate the safety gear mechanism in response to moving of the member from the untriggered to a triggered position due to the second spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Janne LAINE, Veijo MANNINEN, Tuukka KORHONEN, Matti RASANEN, Jorma MUSTALAHTI, Ville MYYRYLAINEN, Tarvo VIITA-AHO, Henri WENLIN
  • Publication number: 20210387832
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method, system and computer program for monitoring the run of a roping interconnecting a car and a counterweight of an elevator and for detecting an abnormal operation condition during the drive of a traction sheave intending therewith the car and the counterweight to be moved via said roping. Said roping is running on its way from the car to the traction sheave via at least one pulley and on its way from the counterweight to the traction sheave via at least one pulley, wherein the rotation of said at least two pulleys is monitored by sensing their rotation. These rotation data are then analysed in view of a mutual correlation indicating therewith a synchronized run of the roping on either side of the traction sheave, and detecting therewith an abnormal situation when detecting an absence of such correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko Viljanen, Tarvo Viita-aho, Tapani Talonen, Matti Räsänen, Juha-Matti Aitamurto, Tapio Siironen, Ville Myyryläinen, Henri Wenlin
  • Publication number: 20210309487
    Abstract: A safety system of an elevator provided herein may comprise a safety controller, a sensor unit configured to generate a first sensor signal indicating a travelling parameter and to provide the first sensor signal to an elevator drive unit of the elevator, and a signal converter connected to the sensor unit and configured to convert the first sensor signal into a second signal in a second format compatible with the safety controller and to provide the second signal in the second format to the safety controller. The safety controller may be configured to receive the second signal in the second format and to determine, based on the second signal, if there is an emergency condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Tuukka KAUPPINEN, Henri WENLIN, Mikko PAAKKINEN
  • Publication number: 20210229953
    Abstract: An arrangement for detecting bearing failures in an elevator system, which elevator system includes a hoisting machinery with a traction sheave on a rotary shaft, an elevator car, a counterweight and a hoisting element connected between the car and the counterweight and arranged to be moved by the a rotation of the traction sheave, and which arrangement includes at least a motion sensor for measuring rotation of the hoisting motor. The arrangement includes a signal processing unit connected to the motion sensor and arranged to process vibration signals originated in the bearings of the elevator system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Antti Saarelainen, Henri Wenlin, Pasi Lehtimäki, Janne Rossi
  • Publication number: 20210214188
    Abstract: A rope pulley of an elevator system is a free rotating pulley around which a hoisting rope of the elevator system can be guided. The free pulley is to be mounted to a car sling of an elevator car. The pulley includes an encoder for measuring the rotation movement of the pulley. The movement data are transmitted to a controller that converts the movement data into position data of the car in the hoistway, while further position data are gathered from identification markers that are installed in the hoistway. At least, the movement data of the rope pulley(s) are calibrated based on the position data from the identification markers. Thereby, the position of the car in the hoistway can be determined accurately and costly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Henri Wenlin, Juha Panula, Oskari Perälä, Niko Forsström, Sami Janhunen, Juha-Matti Aitamurto, Tarvo Viita-aho
  • Publication number: 20210155450
    Abstract: An elevator disc brake assembly includes at least two separate operating disc brake units mounted substantially sequentially on the periphery of the brake disc of an elevator driving machinery where the brake disc and a traction sheave are rotated by a drive motor of the driving machinery. At least one of the disc brake units includes two or more separate brake plates to be pressed against the brake disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Henri Wenlin, Antti Saarelainen, Petri Alkula, Lasse Hurri, Andrej Burakov, Joni Lappalainen
  • Publication number: 20210155449
    Abstract: An elevator brake arrangement includes at least a brake unit including a body, a brake plate assembly, a spring assembly, an electromagnet arrangement and a counter element, and also a rotating brake disc. The brake plate assembly includes at least two brake plates and a state detector that is arranged to monitor the operation states of the brake plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henri WENLIN, Joni LAPPALAINEN, Petri ALKULA, Mikko JUSSILA, Andrej BURAKOV, Lasse HURRI, Tarmo TORKKELI
  • Publication number: 20210139275
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator parking brake comprising brake pads configured to provide a braking force against a guide rail in a loading and unloading situation of an elevator car; and at least one sensor. The elevator parking brake is configured to allow a predetermined amount of movement within the elevator parking brake in the loading and unloading situation of the elevator car, and the at least one sensor is configured to provide at least one indication associated with the movement within the elevator parking brake in the loading and unloading situation of the elevator car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Antti KOSKINEN, Petri HARTIKAINEN, Pekka HALLIKAINEN, Janne SALOMAKI, Antti SAARELAINEN, Henri WENLIN, Risto JOKINEN, Timo VLASOV, Mikko PURANEN, Esa PUTKINEN, Jyrki LAAKSONHEIMO, Lauri STOLT, Tuukka KAUPPINEN, Jarkko SALORANTA, Hilkka HAMALAINEN, Sami SAARELA
  • Publication number: 20210061614
    Abstract: A method for determining a degraded guide rail condition in an elevator system, a computer program product, and an elevator system are disclosed. The method includes obtaining first data including information about movement of an elevator component relative to a guide rail, and obtaining second data including information about movement of an elevator component. The method further includes comparing the first data and the second data to each other, and detecting, based on the comparison, a deviation fulfilling a deviation criterion. Still further, the method includes creating a signal indicating the degraded, such as misaligned, guide rail condition, such as of the first or the second guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko Viljanen, Henri Wenlin
  • Publication number: 20210016999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor system comprising: a drive machine, a conveyor control unit configured to control operation of a conveyor device, a sensor array comprising at least one sensor mounted to the drive machine and adapted to measure one or more properties of the drive machine, a processing unit associated with the drive machine, wherein the processing unit is connected to the sensor array and configured to obtain and process measurement data from the sensor array to generate in-formation about an operation of the drive machine, and a communication channel between the conveyor control unit and the processing unit. The conveyor system may be an elevator system, an escalator system or a moving walk system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Henri WENLIN, Antti SAARELAINEN, Janne ROSSI, Asmo TENHUNEN
  • Publication number: 20200339381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an elevator system. The method comprises receiving a request to drive an elevator car to a destination and generating an elevator car motion profile to serve the received request. The elevator car motion profile comprises at least the following motion parameters of the elevator car: acceleration, maximum speed, and deceleration. At least one of the maximum speed of the elevator car and the deceleration of the elevator car in the generated elevator car motion profile is defined on the basis of the destination. The invention relates also to a processing unit and an elevator system configured to perform the method at least partly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko VILJANEN, Henri WENLIN, Asmo TENHUNEN, Antti KALLIONIEMI, Mikko PARVIAINEN