Patents by Inventor Juha Mielonen

Juha Mielonen 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: 9511978
    Abstract: An elevator includes an elevator hoistway with an elevator car arranged to move therein. The elevator car includes an interior bounded by at least the elevator care roof. A frame structure includes two parallel, horizontal, elongated roof beams that are at a horizontal distance from each other. Between the roof beams is a trough that has an upward-facing base surface, and a standing platform in connection with the roof of the elevator car that includes a standing surface, immediately above which is a space free of the parts of the elevator car and free of the ropes of the elevator, for enabling standing on top of the standing surface at least when the elevator car is situated at a distance from the top end of the elevator hoistway. The standing surface forms at least a part of the base surface of the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juha Mielonen, Matti Räsänen, Nithil Karimpanackal Natarajan, Osmo Björni, Paula Bello, Razvan Albu, Timo Manner, Tuuli Somma
  • Patent number: 9457993
    Abstract: An elevator includes a hoisting machine, hoisting roping, an elevator hoistway, and an elevator car arranged to move in the elevator hoistway, and possibly a counterweight. The elevator car includes an interior, which is bounded by at least a roof of the elevator car, and a frame structure, which includes one or more parallel, horizontal, elongated roof beams in connection with the roof of the elevator car, preferably two parallel, horizontal, elongated roof beams, and which elevator includes one or more luminaires for lighting the interior of the elevator car. The structure of each of the one or more luminaires, preferably at least the light source and/or reflective surface of each of the one or more luminaires, is mainly by the side of the one or more roof beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tuuli Somma, Andrea Fasoli, Timo Manner, Matti Räsänen, Osmo Björni, Paula Bello, Juha Mielonen, Razvan Albu, Natarajan Nithil Karimpanackal
  • Publication number: 20130327599
    Abstract: An elevator includes a hoisting machine, hoisting roping, an elevator hoistway, and an elevator car arranged to move in the elevator hoistway, and possibly a counterweight. The elevator car includes an interior, which is bounded by at least a roof of the elevator car, and a frame structure, which includes one or more parallel, horizontal, elongated roof beams in connection with the roof of the elevator car, preferably two parallel, horizontal, elongated roof beams, and which elevator includes one or more luminaires for lighting the interior of the elevator car. The structure of each of the one or more luminaires, preferably at least the light source and/or reflective surface of each of the one or more luminaires, is mainly by the side of the one or more roof beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tuuli Somma, Andrea Fasoli, Timo Manner, Matti Räsänen, Osmo Björni, Paula Bello, Juha Mielonen, Razvan Albu, Natarajan Nithil Karimpanackal