Patents by Inventor Kari Kirjavainen
Kari Kirjavainen 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).
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Publication number: 20110006624Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for generating a force and/or a movement. The force and/or the movement are generated or the energy of the force and/or the movement is stored by utilizing a magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated with a charge current circuit (4) including a charge part and a structure generating the magnetic field without a separate winding. The charge current circuit (4) is used either to generate the magnetic field producing the force and/or the movement, or the force and/or the movement generates a variable magnetic field, the current induced by which is conducted to the charge part of the charge current circuit (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Publication number: 20090169668Abstract: A transverse stretching device comprises two stretching wheels and endless bands arranged against them and revolving around band guide rolls so that a plastic film to be stretched is arranged at its both edges between a stretching wheel and a band. The stretching wheels and the bands are arranged in such a way that in the direction of travel of the plastic film they are further apart from each other at the end than in the beginning, whereby the transverse stretching device stretches the plastic film in the transverse direction. The stretching wheels are rims open in the center and the device includes heating means arranged through the rims at least at some angle between the stretching wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: CONENOR OYInventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Teuvo Arpiainen
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Publication number: 20090032990Abstract: An extrusion apparatus is used for extruding material through a nozzle (10) for forming a product In the nozzle (10), the material is pressed around rods (9) so that tubular cavities (13) are formed in the wall of the product. The rods (9) are hollow and the apparatus comprises channels (14) connected to the hollow rods (9) to enable flow in the tubular cavities (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Maillefer S.A.Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Publication number: 20090028977Abstract: Material is extruded with a device comprising at least two stators (1,2) one within the other and, between them, a rotor (3) in the shape of a convergent cone, the material being extruded from the device by rotating the rotor (3). The rotor (3) comprises openings (9), through which the material is led. The stators (1,2) comprise continuous grooves (8) for conveying the material out of the device. The stator grooves (8) alternately become lower and deeper, said grooves (8) being arranged such that when the groove of the inner stator (1) is low, the point of the groove of the outer stator (2) on the other side of the rotor (3) at a corresponding point is deep and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: MAILLEFER S.A.Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Publication number: 20090008812Abstract: Plastic material and nucleating agent are fed into an extruder, and the plastic material is subjected to cell forming. The substances in question are extruded into a plastic film preform, simultaneously cooling the material to prevent foaming. The film preform is stretched in such a way that cavitation bubbles are generated in the film. The cell forming takes place in connection with stretching and relaxation. In other words, in the solution the cell forming is caused to take place when the plastic is not in a molten state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: CONENOR OYInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Publication number: 20080224346Abstract: A film (5) is extruded from plastic material by means of an extruder. Material is mixed into the plastic (5a) of the plastic film (5) before the extrusion so that cavitation bubbles are formed in the material particles mixed into the plastic (5a) when the plastic film is stretched. The film (5) is orientated by stretching. After the extrusion the plastic film (5) is cooled slowly below the crystallization point of the plastic material before the orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2006Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: CONENOR OYInventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Teuvo Arpiainen, Markku Vilkki, Hannu Lehtola
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Patent number: 7407132Abstract: An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are achieved by using the same functionally inter-connected elements. The circulation is achieved by fan elements that allow adjusting the blow direction and the blowing force of the flow. A stagnation point (SP) associated with the circulation is also formed if necessary below the housing and the aircraft can be steered by controlling the circulation and the position of the stagnation point (SP).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2004Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: LightwayInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 7381454Abstract: A tubular product has a tubular base layer, a tubular innermost layer made of plastic by continuous extrusion, and a tubular tie layer of foamed plastic between and adhered to the base layer and the innermost layer. The tie layer is made of melt processable adhesion plastic, is extruded simultaneously with the innermost layer against the base layer, and has better adhesions to the base and innermost layers than the base and innermost layers have to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1997Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Uponor B.V.Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Jyri Järvenkylä
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Patent number: 7376239Abstract: An electromechanical transducer comprising at least one transducer element which has a multilayer structure comprising at least two layers such that the transducer element is capable of changing its thickness. The transducer element allows air to flow inside the transducer element in the direction of thickness thereof and inside and out of the transducer element through at least one surface of the transducer element in the direction of thickness of the transducer element. The transducer element can be used e.g. for transforming energy from mechanical energy into electric energy and/or vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Panphonics OyInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 7124970Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a an apparatus for processing various materials, the apparatus including at least two annular feed gaps placed one within the other. The beginning of each feed gap is provided with a grinding section (5), which is followed in the apparatus by a mixing section (10). The materials are processed in the grinding section (5), whereafter they are mixed in the mixing section (10), and the mixture is extruded into a product.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2002Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Conenor OYInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 7090797Abstract: An extrusion method and an extrusion device, whereby at least two different flows of material are supplied from the extrusion device to a nozzle. The nozzle comprises at least two nozzle chambers such that the material flowing through the first nozzle chamber forms an outer part of a product, and the material flowing through the second nozzle part forms an inner part of the product. The capacity of the nozzle chambers is changed, whereby the relative proportion of the different parts of the product can be varied. When the capacity of the nozzle chamber is decreased, the amount of material flowing therethrough increases at the outlet of the nozzle, and when the capacity of the nozzle chamber is increased, the amount of material flowing out there-through decreases at the outlet of the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Conenor OyInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Publication number: 20060175467Abstract: An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are achieved by using the same functionally interconnected elements. The circulation is achieved by fan elements that allow adjusting the blow direction and the blowing force of the flow. A stagnation point (SP) associated with the circulation is also formed if necessary below the housing and the aircraft can be steered by controlling the circulation and the position of the stagnation point (SP).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2004Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 7077164Abstract: A pipe has an innermost layer, outside of which there is an inner electrode layer, outside of which there is an insulating layer, outside of which there is an outer electrode layer. The innermost layer is made of plastic by continuous extrusion and the insulating layer is made of foamed plastic.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Uponor Innovation ABInventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Jyri Jarvenkyla
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Patent number: 7056456Abstract: In an extrusion method and an extruder, an annular material flow is created by extruding material into an annular extrusion channel (6). The extruder has a tubular filtering unit (7) arranged to the annular extrusion channel (6), whereby the annular material flow flows through the tubular surface of the filtering unit (7).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Conenor OyInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Publication number: 20050082711Abstract: Natural fiber material and binding agent is fed to a materials treating apparatus, and a composite product is formed of these with the apparatus. Also material reacting with water is fed to the apparatus. The natural fiber material is fed in such a form that its moisture percentage is more than 1%, whereby the material reacting with water reacts with the water present in and/or released from the natural fiber material. Thus, the composite product comprises natural fiber material, binding agent and material having reacted with the water in the natural fiber material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Markku Vilkki, Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 6852402Abstract: Film of dielectric material, which film contains gas bubbles preferably of a flat shape. To achieve improved electrical properties, the film is given a large internal unipolar charge, which is created by charging the film by means of an electric field intensive enough to produce partial discharges in the gas bubbles and to cause the charges to move into the dielectric material of the film.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2001Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Emfitech OyInventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Keijo Korhonen, Jyrki Kroger, Lasse Raisanen
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Patent number: 6847722Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an equipment for attenuating sound in a duct. Sound propagating in a duct is detected by means of a detector (2) and attenuated by using two successive monopole elements (3, 4) in such a way that both elements function as a dipole approximation and the elements are also used to approximatively produce the monopole radiation needed. A dipole control signal is fed to both elements (3, 4) at a phase shift which is 180° between the two elements. In addition, a monopole control signal is fed to the same elements (3, 4), only this time cophasally. Total volume velocities produced by the two elements (3, 4) are combinations of the portions obtained from the monopole and dipole sources.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1998Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: VTTInventors: Seppo Uosukainen, Vesa Välimäki, Kari Kirjavainen, Jukka Lekkala, Hannu Nykänen
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Patent number: 6837457Abstract: An aircraft rotor and an aircraft which aircraft has a body and a rotor arranged to it, the rotor having at least two blades. The rotor is arranged to rotate around a substantially vertical axis. The blades are arranged in such a manner that, when rotating, they form a conical surface, whereby to provide ascending force, the ascending force coefficients of the blades are adjusted to be positive and to provide propulsive force, the ascending force coefficients of the blades on the forward side and on the rear side are adjusted to have opposite signs.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Natural Colour Kari Kirjavainen OyInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 6805544Abstract: An extruder includes a material feeding device feeding into a radial pump unit. The radial pump unit includes conical screws which are adjacently positioned and rotate in the same direction. The radial pump unit transfers an annular flow of the material into the extruder's nozzle. Additional material can be supplied into the product through the radial pump unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Natural Colour Kari Kirjavainen OyInventor: Kari Kirjavainen
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Patent number: 6793854Abstract: A method and an apparatus for making a plastic film, and to a plastic film wherein the method includes extruding a film from plastic material by an extruder and orientating the film after extrusion. Material is mixed into the plastic so that when the plastic film is stretched, cavitation bubbles are formed in the material particles mixed into the plastic. After orientation, gas is arranged to act on the plastic film under high pressure so that the gas diffuses in the cavitation bubbles and causes overpressure in them. Thus it is possible to make a thin foamed film with a foaming degree of over 70%.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Conenor OyInventor: Kari Kirjavainen