Patents by Inventor Kari Lohtander

Kari Lohtander 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: 6614405
    Abstract: The invention relates to frame structures, particularly to mobile stations and other small-sized portable devices operating at high frequencies. The frame structure according to the invention is formed by extrusion, whereby the fixing means required for fastening components are formed into it during the extrusion. Such fixing means are preferably pin-like projections which can be compressed to a rivet fixing the component. Such fixing means can also be strip-like fixing edges which are bent over the component edges. With such fixing means it is possible to form at the same time both a mechanical fixing and a good electrical contact between the component and the frame structure. During the extrusion it is also possible to fasten to the frame structure parts made of other materials, such as fixing means of other types or other components, such as antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Filtronic LK OY
    Inventors: Esa Mikkonen, Kalevi Pesonen, Kari Lohtander
  • Patent number: 6320482
    Abstract: A resonator or a filter consisting of resonators comprises an inner conductor or conductors and an outer conductor enclosing the inner conductor or conductors. It comprises a first part (201, 301, 401, 604, 701) and a second part (202, 302, 420, 501, 605, 702), of which the first part comprises at least a part of the inner conductor or conductors (203, 303, 402, 404, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707) and a part of the outer conductor (204, 205, 304, 305, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409), which is integral with the inner conductor parts and made of the same material, and of which the second part comprises such a part of the outer conductor (206, 207, 304, 305, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425) which, when connected to the first part, forms a continuous outer conductor enclosing the inner conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: LK-Product Oy
    Inventors: Jouni Ala-Kojola, Kari Lohtander, Esa Mikkonen, Juha Korpela
  • Patent number: 5604471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupling element (21) by which the coupling of a resonator (24) is adjusted in a radio frequency filter. The coupling element of the invention is a strip made of flexible conductor material being shaped symmetrical relative to the normal, that is, the symmetry axis of the longitudinal axis extending via the centrepoint of the strip in the longitudinal direction. The strip (21) is fixed at least at two points of an edge in the longitudinal direction to the circuit board (25) either by surface mounting on pads (33, 35, 36) or by soldering into holes borred in the circuit board to be at appropriate space from the resonator coil (34) and from the surface of the circuit board (25). One (33) of the fixing points is grounded and another (36) is connected to the signal conductor in the filter. The coupling can easily be adjusted by bending the board relative to the symmetry axis either one-sidedly or on both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: LK Products OY
    Inventors: Tapio Rattila, Pertti Puurunen, Seppo Salmela, Jarmo Valtonen, Kari Lohtander