Patents by Inventor Jouni RATIA

Jouni RATIA 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: 20180111798
    Abstract: The invention refers to an electric linear motor comprising at least one linear stator designed to be located in a fixed correlation to an environment, particularly building, and at least one mover designed for connection with an element to be moved and co-acting with the stator, which motor comprises a stator beam supporting said at least one stator, which stator beam has at least one side face carrying ferromagnetic poles of said stator spaced apart by a pitch, and which mover comprises at least one counter-face facing said side face(s) of the stator beam, in which counter-face electro-magnetic components of the mover are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Ilya PETROV, Tero PUROSTO, Tero HAKALA, Jouni RATIA
  • Publication number: 20180105396
    Abstract: An elevator includes at least one elevator shaft and at least one elevator car traveling in the elevator shaft. The elevator has at least one elevator motor including at least one linear stator located vertically along the elevator shaft and at least one mover located in connection with the elevator car and co-acting with the stator. The elevator includes a vertical stator beam supporting at least one stator, which stator beam has at least one side face carrying ferromagnetic poles of said stator spaced apart by a pitch. The mover includes at least one counter-face facing the side face(s) of the stator beam, in which electro-magnetic components of the mover are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Tero Purosto, Tero Hakala, Jouni Ratia, Ilya Petrov
  • Publication number: 20170267490
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator arrangement with multiple elevator cars in the same elevator shaft, the arrangement at least an uppermost elevator with its operating system, hoisting machinery and elevator car, and a lowermost elevator with its operating system, hoisting machinery and elevator car, which elevator cars are arranged to run in the same elevator shaft along the same guide rails. The types of the two elevators in the same elevator shaft are mutually different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Markku HAAPANIEMI, Matti Rasanen, Markku Haivala, Jouni Ratia
  • Publication number: 20170166419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for installing an elevator, which comprises an elevator car arranged to run in an elevator shaft along the guide rails, a balancing weight connected to the elevator car with suspension ropes and with a traction member, the elevator comprising further a hoisting machinery with a driving wheel in the lower part of the elevator shaft below the elevator car, the installing comprising one or more jumps to make the elevator serve higher floors. During the jump phase extensions needed for the suspension ropes are taken from first supply reels and extensions needed for the traction member are taken from second supply reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: MATTI RASANEN, Markku Haivala, Markku Haapaniemi, Jouni Ratia, Janne Mikkonen, Esko Aulanko
  • Publication number: 20170158466
    Abstract: An elevator car arrangement includes an elevator car body and an elevator car sling. The elevator car arrangement further includes a hanging damper arranged to connect the elevator car body and the elevator car sling together for dampening vibrations coming from guide rails through the elevator car sling to the elevator car body. The hanging damper includes a first part connected to a bottom part of the elevator car body; a second part connected to the elevator car sling; and a damping element arranged to dampen vibrations coming from the second part to the first part. A method for dampening vibrations coming from guide rails through the elevator car sling to the elevator car body is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes DE JONG, Gabriela ROIVAINEN, Jussi PERÄLÄ, Jouni RATIA
  • Patent number: 9415974
    Abstract: Method for moving a heavy load, in which method the heavy load is lifted or lowered with an elevator including an elevator car and a hoisting machine, which hoisting machine is arranged to move the elevator car from one level to another in the normal operation of the elevator, in which method the heavy load is moved to be supported by the elevator car and the elevator car is moved until the load is at the desired height, and the load is removed from the support of the elevator car. In the method a hoist that does not belong to the hoisting machine is temporarily connected to the elevator car for the purpose of moving the load, and the elevator car, which supports the load, is moved by the hoist until the load is at the desired height, and the load is removed from the support of the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jussi Perälä, Jouni Ratia
  • Publication number: 20150034425
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator arrangement, which comprises one or more elevator units to be moved in an elevator hoistway, said unit(s) including at least an elevator car, and possibly also a counterweight, roping connected to an elevator unit, which roping comprises a plurality of ropes, and a moveable supporting structure in the elevator hoistway for supporting the aforementioned one or more elevator units below it via the aforementioned roping, and a rope pulley or rope pulley stack of the supporting structure in connection with the supporting structure, around which rope pulley or rope pulley stack the aforementioned roping travels, and from which the roping travels down to an elevator unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Jouni RATIA, Jussi PERÄLÄ
  • Publication number: 20120201638
    Abstract: Method for moving a heavy load, in which method the heavy load is lifted or lowered with an elevator including an elevator car and a hoisting machine, which hoisting machine is arranged to move the elevator car from one level to another in the normal operation of the elevator, in which method the heavy load is moved to be supported by the elevator car and the elevator car is moved until the load is at the desired height, and the load is removed from the support of the elevator car. In the method a hoist that does not belong to the hoisting machine is temporarily connected to the elevator car for the purpose of moving the load, and the elevator car, which supports the load, is moved by the hoist until the load is at the desired height, and the load is removed from the support of the elevator car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jussi PERÄLÄ, Jouni RATIA