Patents by Inventor Juhani Välisalo

Juhani Välisalo 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: 20220282443
    Abstract: A method for forming a drilled pile wall in ground using a drilling device having a reamer and flushing with a medium to remove drilling waste during drilling, and non-rotating pipe piles equipped with interlocks. A vertical 1 hole is drilled while simultaneously placing a pipe pile in the drill hole. At least one subsequent vertical hole is drilled hole in the ground side by side with the drill hole while simultaneously placing a subsequent pipe pile in the subsequent drill hole while the interlocks of the subsequent pipe pile interlock with interlocks of the pipe pile to guide the subsequent pipe pile into the drill hole. Reinforcements are installed in the drill holes, concrete is cast into each pipe pile to form a concrete pile, and at least some of the pipe piles are lifted at least partly out of the drill hole after the concrete has been cast, but before the concrete has bonded rigid to form a unified watertight pile wall. The invention also relates to a pile wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Pirkan Laatupalvelu Oy
    Inventors: Juhani VÄLISALO, Risto VÄLISALO
  • Patent number: 11371287
    Abstract: A fluid operated drilling device for drilling a hole includes a hammer connected to a drill rod, and a rotation device to rotate the drill rod and the hammer. The hammer includes a tubular main body, a back head, a cylindrical piston housing, a reciprocating piston and a space between the piston. The piston housing is divided by an annular pressurizing portion into first and second space portions for elevating and striking the piston. First communication channels from a hollow portion of the piston into a second space between the piston and the main body discharge fluid between the piston and the main body. A method for drilling a hole using the fluid operated drilling device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PIRKAN LAATUPALVELU OY
    Inventor: Juhani Välisalo
  • Patent number: 11306538
    Abstract: A fluid operated drilling device for drilling a hole said device having a hammer, a rotation device and a drill rod. The hammer includes a tubular main body, a back head, a cylindrical piston housing, a reciprocating piston, a space, a valve unit and a fluid pressure supply unit. A hollow portion of the piston is open to lead pressurized operating fluid directly to the hollow portion from the fluid pressure supply passage. The hammer includes an axial exhaust passage formed between the main body and the piston housing. The valve unit includes a valve exhaust passage and the piston has a lower part and an upper part detachably connected to each other. The invention also relates to a method for drilling a hole using the fluid operated drilling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PIRKAN LAATUPALVELU OY
    Inventor: Juhani Välisalo
  • Publication number: 20200347678
    Abstract: A fluid operated drilling device for drilling a hole said device having a hammer, a rotation device and a drill rod. The hammer includes a tubular main body, a back head, a cylindrical piston housing, a reciprocating piston, a space, a valve unit and a fluid pressure supply unit. A hollow portion of the piston is open to lead pressurized operating fluid directly to the hollow portion from the fluid pressure supply passage. The hammer includes an axial exhaust passage formed between the main body and the piston housing. The valve unit includes a valve exhaust passage and the piston has a lower part and an upper part detachably connected to each other. The invention also relates to a method for drilling a hole using the fluid operated drilling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: PIRKAN LAATUPALVELU OY
    Inventor: Juhani VÄLISALO
  • Publication number: 20200270949
    Abstract: A fluid operated drilling device for drilling a hole includes a hammer connected to a drill rod, and a rotation device to rotate the drill rod and the hammer. The hammer includes a tubular main body, a back head, a cylindrical piston housing, a reciprocating piston and a space between the piston. The piston housing is divided by an annular pressurizing portion into first and second space portions for elevating and striking the piston. First communication channels from a hollow portion of the piston into a second space between the piston and the main body discharge fluid between the piston and the main body. A method for drilling a hole using the fluid operated drilling device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: PIRKAN LAATUPALVELU OY
    Inventor: Juhani VÄLISALO
  • Publication number: 20120227985
    Abstract: A method for connecting a casing tube to a drill bit. An annular groove is formed around an outer track of the bit. A drill shoe is utilized to connect the casing tube to the bit at a front edge of the bit. The connection ring is attached to the groove and the casing tube. If the connection ring is attached to the casing tube, at a first stage of the installation a chopped ring element is at least partially installed into the groove. At a second stage of the installation, the connection ring is pushed such that the ring element becomes strained simultaneously with moving into the groove, in which case when the connection ring is moved, the ring element moves in the groove and slides into the groove such that movement of the ring element to a deepest point of the groove is prohibited by a stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: OY ATLAS COPCO ROTEX AB
    Inventor: Juhani Välisalo