Patents by Inventor Jari Kourunen

Jari Kourunen 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).

  • Publication number: 20220097082
    Abstract: A hydrocyclone for separating feed into overflow and underflow comprises a feed inlet, an overflow outlet, an apex for discharging underflow, an upper section connected to the feed inlet and the overflow outlet, a conical section between the upper section and the apex and a plurality of electrodes for measuring electrical conductivity inside the hydrocyclone to detect the formation of a roping state in the hydrocyclone. The plurality of electrodes are is positioned circumferentially in the conical section on an axial distance from the apex (dmeas); wherein dmeas is at least 5 percent of the axial distance be-tween the apex and the upper section, and dmeas is at most 50 percent of the axial distance between the apex and the upper section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Metso Outotec Finland Oy
    Inventors: Matti Sakaranaho, Teemu Soini, Jari Kourunen, Jani Kaartinen, Janne Loimi, Kari Heiskanen
  • Patent number: 10400307
    Abstract: A method and to an arrangement for recovery of precious metal. The method includes calculating a first electrical property of a slurry downstream of a retention screen in a first flow direction A either (i) based on a first difference between the first supplied current and the first received voltage, or (ii) based on a first difference between the first supplied voltage and the first received current, calculating a second electrical property of the slurry upstream of the retention screen either (i) based on a second difference between the second supplied current and the second received voltage, or (ii) based on a second difference between the second supplied voltage and the second received current, and calculating the adsorption particle content of the slurry upstream of the retention screen based on a difference between the first and the second electrical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Marko Latva-Kokko, Jari Kourunen
  • Publication number: 20190071751
    Abstract: A method and to an arrangement for recovery of precious metal. The method includes calculating a first electrical property of a slurry downstream of a retention screen in a first flow direction A either (i) based on a first difference between the first supplied current and the first received voltage, or (ii) based on a first difference between the first supplied voltage and the first received current, calculating a second electrical property of the slurry upstream of the retention screen either (i) based on a second difference between the second supplied current and the second received voltage, or (ii) based on a second difference between the second supplied voltage and the second received current, and calculating the adsorption particle content of the slurry upstream of the retention screen based on a difference between the first and the second electrical property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Marko Latva-Kokko, Jari Kourunen