Patents by Inventor Jukka Linja

Jukka Linja 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).

  • Gas tanker
    Patent number: 5697312
    Abstract: A large ship comprises a hull and several cargo tanks. Each cargo tank has substantially semi-spherical bottom and top portions; the bottom portions of the tanks and the top portions of tanks all being of substantially equal radius of curvature. At least one tank has a substantially cylindrical intermediate portion that interconnects the bottom and top portions of the tank and is of substantially equal radius of curvature to the bottom and top portions of the tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Kvaerner Masa-Yards Oy
    Inventors: Jukka Gustafsson, Jukka Linja, Jarmo Makinen
  • Spherical lng-tank and a production method for such a tank
    Patent number: 5529239
    Abstract: A large spherical vessel is produced by welding commercially available large plane metal plates together to form a composite plane plate, cutting the composite plane plate to a form adaptable to a spherical surface, and thereafter forming the resulting composite plate blank to spherical form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Kvaerner Masa-Yards Oy
    Inventors: Jari Anttila, Jukka Gustafsson, Matti Heinakari, Jukka Linja, Matti Vaihinen
  • Spherical LNG-tank and a production method for such a tank
    Patent number: 5484098
    Abstract: A large spherical vessel is produced by welding commercially available large plane metal plates together to form a composite plane plate, cutting the composite plane plate to a form adaptable to a spherical surface, and thereafter forming the resulting composite plate blank to spherical form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Kvaerner Masa-Yards Oy
    Inventors: Jari Anttila, Jukka Gustafsson, Matti Heinakari, Jukka Linja, Matti Vaihinen