Patents by Inventor Juhani KEROVUORI

Juhani KEROVUORI 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: 11208305
    Abstract: A device in connection with a hoisting rope of a hoisting device includes a main suspension element to suspend a sheave or wedge socket supporting the hoisting rope to a fastening structure of a body of the hoisting device and a detector for detecting an external vertical force acting on the hoisting rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juhani Kerovuori, Atte Lähteenmäki
  • Publication number: 20210087027
    Abstract: A device in connection with a hoisting rope of a hoisting device includes a main suspension element to suspend a sheave or wedge socket supporting the hoisting rope to a fastening structure of a body of the hoisting device and a detector for detecting an external vertical force acting on the hoisting rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Juhani KEROVUORI, Atte LÄHTEENMÄKI
  • Patent number: 10634484
    Abstract: There is provided a fast and a reliable way to inspect a condition of a chain by an arrangement comprising a camera and guide for positioning a chain in front of the camera such that holes of consecutive chain links are visible to the camera. In a method for inspecting a chain connected movable to a hoisting device, the chain is positioned in front of the camera by the guide and the chain is driven past the camera by the hoisting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack Hoover, Lasse Eriksson, Teemu Puustinen, Risto Vilppo, Kimmo Rantala, Juhani Kerovuori, Stefan Hecht
  • Patent number: 10393622
    Abstract: A method with respect to a system that includes an electrical motor and a speed output unit, and the electrical motor is followed by a gear, wherein the following acts are performed by a processor of a controller of a motor drive: monitoring a first set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in a known good operating condition; storing the first set of monitored frequencies or derivatives thereof as reference data in a long-term storage system, monitoring a second set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in an unknown operating condition, comparing the second set of monitored frequencies with the first set of monitored frequencies in a frequency domain and in the frequency domain, detecting changes between corresponding frequencies resulting from the second set of monitored frequencies and the first set of monitored frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heikki Mesiä, Juhani Kerovuori, Ilkka Harra, Aapo Jantunen, Janne Salomäki
  • Publication number: 20180195854
    Abstract: There is provided a fast and a reliable way to inspect a condition of a chain by an arrangement comprising a camera and guide for positioning a chain in front of the camera such that holes of consecutive chain links are visible to the camera. In a method for inspecting a chain connected movable to a hoisting device, the chain is positioned in front of the camera by the guide and the chain is driven past the camera by the hoisting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack HOOVER, Lasse ERIKSSON, Teemu PUUSTINEN, Risto VILPPO, Kimmo RANTALA, Juhani KEROVUORI, Stefan HECHT
  • Publication number: 20180088003
    Abstract: A method comprising performing the following steps with respect to a system that comprises an electrical motor and a speed output unit, and the electrical motor is followed by a gear, wherein the following acts are performed by a processor operationally coupled to the system: monitoring a first set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in a known good operating condition; storing the first set of monitored frequencies or derivatives thereof as reference data in a long-term storage system, monitoring a second set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in an unknown operating condition, comparing the second set of monitored frequencies with the first set of monitored frequencies in a frequency domain and in the frequency domain, detecting changes between corresponding frequencies resulting from the second set of monitored frequencies and the first set of monitored frequencies, wherein the electrical motor is driven by a motor drive, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heikki Mesiä, Juhani Kerovuori, Ilkka Harra, Aapo Jantunen, Janne Salomäki
  • Patent number: 9863845
    Abstract: Method/apparatus for performing the following acts on a system that includes an electrical motor followed by a gear, and a speed output unit: monitoring a first set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in a known good operating condition; storing the first set of monitored frequencies or derivatives thereof as reference data in a long-term storage system; monitoring a second set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in an unknown operating condition; comparing the second set of monitored frequencies with the first set of monitored frequencies in a frequency domain; in the frequency domain, detecting changes between corresponding frequencies resulting from the second set of monitored frequencies and the first set of monitored frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heikki Mesiä, Juhani Kerovuori, Ilkka Harra, Aapo Jantunen, Janne Salomäki
  • Publication number: 20160091394
    Abstract: Method/apparatus for performing the following acts on a system that includes an electrical motor followed by a gear, and a speed output unit: monitoring a first set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in a known good operating condition; storing the first set of monitored frequencies or derivatives thereof as reference data in a long-term storage system; monitoring a second set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in an unknown operating condition; comparing the second set of monitored frequencies with the first set of monitored frequencies in a frequency domain; in the frequency domain, detecting changes between corresponding frequencies resulting from the second set of monitored frequencies and the first set of monitored frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heikki MESIÄ, Juhani KEROVUORI, Ilkka HARRA, Aapo JANTUNEN, Janne SALOMÄKI