Kim PÖNKÄ 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).
Abstract: An elevator includes a hoistway; an elevator car vertically movable in the hoistway, the passage to and/or from the elevator car being provided in depth direction of the hoistway; a counterweight vertically movable in the hoistway beside the elevator car in width direction of the hoistway; one or more ropes interconnecting the elevator car and the counterweight and hanging from these; a rope wheel arrangement in the bottom end of the hoistway for guiding the one or more ropes; and a vertically oriented guide rail for guiding the elevator car extending between the elevator car and counterweight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 8, 2018
Assignee:
KONE CORPORATION
Inventors:
Veli-Matti Virta, Markus Salmi, Kim Pönkä
Abstract: An elevator includes a hoistway; an elevator car vertically movable in the hoistway, the passage to and/or from the elevator car being provided in depth direction of the hoistway; a counterweight vertically movable in the hoistway beside the elevator car in width direction of the hoistway; one or more ropes interconnecting the elevator car and the counterweight and hanging from these; a rope wheel arrangement in the bottom end of the hoistway for guiding the one or more ropes; and a vertically oriented guide rail for guiding the elevator car extending between the elevator car and counterweight.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 5, 2017
Publication date:
January 4, 2018
Applicant:
KONE Corporation
Inventors:
Veli-Matti VIRTA, Markus SALMI, Kim PÖNKÄ
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