Patents by Inventor Kalle TITINEN

Kalle TITINEN 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).

  • Centrifugal pump for pumping a multiphase suspension and a gas removal device for use in a centrifugal pump
    Patent number: 11953013
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump includes a pump housing having a suspension inlet and a suspension outlet and a flow channel between the inlet and the outlet, a shaft mounted by bearings for rotation about a center axis, an impeller which is rotatable by the shaft, in alignment with the inlet and arranged to be rotated about the axis in the flow channel, and gas collecting openings for gas removal arranged in the flow channel. The inlet end of the flow channel includes a number of static vanes comprising gas collecting openings, the vanes extend radially from an inner wall of the flow channel toward the center of the flow channel and are upstream of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Kalle Titinen, Janne Ripattila
  • CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FOR PUMPING A MULTIPHASE SUSPENSION AND A GAS REMOVAL DEVICE FOR USE IN A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
    Publication number: 20240026884
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump includes a pump housing having a suspension inlet and a suspension outlet and a flow channel between the inlet and the outlet, a shaft mounted by bearings for rotation about a center axis, an impeller which is rotatable by the shaft, in alignment with the inlet and arranged to be rotated about the axis in the flow channel, and gas collecting openings for gas removal arranged in the flow channel. The inlet end of the flow channel includes a number of static vanes comprising gas collecting openings, the vanes extend radially from an inner wall of the flow channel toward the center of the flow channel and are upstream of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kalle TITINEN, Janne RIPATTILA