Patents by Inventor Kyosti Nevalainen

Kyosti Nevalainen 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: 5490405
    Abstract: A disc cylinder lock mechanism comprises a cylinder housing, an inner cylinder turnable inside the cylinder housing, and a stack of discs inside the inner cylinder. The discs define respective key openings which form a key channel for receiving a key. The stack of discs includes several locking discs, and the lock mechanism is in a releasing condition when each locking disc is in a predetermined releasing angular position. Each locking disc has a protrusion that extends toward the central part of the key opening and has first and second adjacent and substantially perpendicular edges. A guiding element extends longitudinally over the stack of discs in the key channel. The key has a combination surface for each locking disc and is formed to engage the guiding element when the key is inserted in the key channel for turning the guiding element continuously with the key when the key is turned in the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Abloy Security Ltd Oy
    Inventors: Seija Ramo, Kyosti Nevalainen, Pekka Vehvilainen
  • Patent number: 5205143
    Abstract: A cylinder lock comprising a lock body (1) and inside it a rotatable lock cylinder (2) enclosing a number of locking discs (4;6) turnable by the key (3) of the lock and provided with a peripheral notch (8) determining the combination of the lock, and a locking bar (7), which in the locking position prevents turning of the lock cylinder (2) with regard to the lock body (1). The locking discs (4) are also provided with a set of second peripheral notches (10) arranged in cooperation with an auxiliary bar (11) so as to prevent turning of the locking discs (4;6) relatively to each other at the end phase of the turning movement for opening the lock before the locking bar (7) moves into its position for releasing the lock. The second peripheral notches (10) are located outside of the cutting range for said combination peripheral notches (8) and are arranged side by side on the peripheral edge of each of the locking discs (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Abloy Security Ltd Oy
    Inventors: Reijo Hakkarainen, Seija Ramo, Kaarlo Martikainen, Kyosti Nevalainen
  • Patent number: 4686843
    Abstract: The invention relates to disc cylinder lock-key-combination, including a cylinder housing (1), and inside thereof, a turnable inner cylinder (2), which encloses a set of discs comprising a number of locking discs (3,4) provided with peripheral notches (8) and separated from one another by means of intermediate discs (5), and a locking bar (10), which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in a groove in the cylinder housing and partly in a slot (9) in the inner cylinder thereby preventing the inner cylinder to be turned with regard to the cylinder housing. The locking discs (3,4) are turnable by means of the key (12) of the lock into a position, in which the peripheral notches (8) form a uniform channel at the position of said slot (9) of the inner cylinder, into which channel the locking bar (10) can enter from the groove of the cylinder housing thereby releasing the inner cylinder to turn with regard to the cylinder housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Oy Wartsila Ab
    Inventors: Kaarlo Martikainen, Kyosti Nevalainen
  • Patent number: 4637240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder lock including a number of locking discs (4) turnable by means of the key (8) of the lock and separated from each other by intermediate discs (5) and provided with a key opening (6) and with a peripheral notch (7), and a locking bar (3) which, when the lock is in the locking position, prevents turning of the set of discs and force transmission from the key (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Oy Wartsila Ab
    Inventors: Kyosti Nevalainen, Kaarlo Martikainen
  • Patent number: 4445299
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for obtaining an uninterrupted connection of an electric cable or the like between two elements pivotally hinged to each other, in particular, between a door frame element and a door connected thereto. The arrangement comprises, at the position of the connection, a member arranged around the cable in the form of a separate, turnable and longitudinally flexible protecting element. This element is arranged basically in the longitudinal direction of the door frame element and one end of the element is connected to the door frame element and the other end to an adjacent edge part of the door. There is, for said protecting element, in the door frame and/or in said door edge part, at least one recess. This recess is so arranged that, when the door is closed, the protecting element and said cable are received in this recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Oy Wartsila Ab
    Inventors: Keijo Lehikoinen, Kyosti Nevalainen