Patents by Inventor Lauri Ketonen

Lauri Ketonen 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: 11785902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding apparatus for a harvester, which includes opposing arms, with operating devices, pivoted to a frame, for creating transverse compression, two opposing feed rollers installed in the arms as the only feed rollers for feeding a tree through the throat, and hydraulic motors driving the feed rollers, and at least two pressure-medium lines operating them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Patent number: 11606918
    Abstract: A multi-process machine suspension device is equipped with two hydraulic cylinders for rotating the machine relative to an arm supporting it. One cylinder is pivoted to another arm and the other cylinder to the machine frame. Both cylinders are pivoted by one end to a freely rotating intermediate arm pivoted to the same frame joint as the arm supporting it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20210368698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding apparatus for a harvester, which includes opposing arms, with operating devices, pivoted to a frame, for creating transverse compression, two opposing feed rollers installed in the arms as the only feed rollers for feeding a tree through the throat, and hydraulic motors driving the feed rollers, and at least two pressure-medium lines operating them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Patent number: 11134623
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes opposing arms pivoted to a frame, two opposing feed rollers installed in the arms as the only feed rollers for feeding a tree through the throat, hydraulic motors driving the feed rollers and at least two pressure-medium lines operating the hydraulic motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20210195855
    Abstract: A multi-process machine including a base machine, a boom assembly and a felling head for felling and further processing trees is provided with at least one pressure accumulator for increasing the instantaneous output with a motor and the system includes a separate auxiliary supply line led to the pressure accumulator from a pump and control valves for the auxiliary supply line, and an auxiliary control line led from the pressure accumulator directly to a selected side of the hydraulic motor and valves for the auxiliary control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20210007296
    Abstract: Fully rotating rotary actuator of a multi-purpose machine in which an axle supports the frame of a felling head by a bearing mount, there being a rotary mechanism driven by a rotary motor between the axle and the frame, and in which the connection of the axle includes rotatable joints, the axle includes conduits for electrical cables and a processing fluid line, and in which an additive fluid line tube is arranged in the conduit in the axle and connected to its lower end is a rotatable connector, which is connected to a second tube fastened in the frame for the application of the additive fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20200260662
    Abstract: A multi-process machine suspension device is equipped with two hydraulic cylinders for rotating the machine relative to an arm supporting it. One cylinder is pivoted to another arm and the other cylinder to the machine frame. Both cylinders are pivoted by one end to a freely rotating intermediate arm pivoted to the same frame joint as the arm supporting it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20190239453
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes opposing arms pivoted to a frame, two opposing feed rollers installed in the arms as the only feed rollers for feeding a tree through the throat, hydraulic motors driving the feed rollers and at least two pressure-medium lines operating the hydraulic motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20190210242
    Abstract: A saw chain for a cutting device of a tree-handling device, which saw chain comprises links connected to each other by connector elements, in such a way that the saw chain is an endless loop, which can be arranged to circulate in a groove arranged in a guide bar. The links, include tooth links and drive links. The tooth links comprise a cutting tooth which has a cutting edge. In front of the cutting tooth is an empty space up to the next tooth link. The invention also relates to a tree-handling device, a saw-chain blank, and a method for arranging the cutting operation of a tree-handling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Lauri KETONEN
  • Patent number: 9669562
    Abstract: A hydraulic arrangement and method in connection with a cutting device includes a hydraulic input line, a hydraulic motor, a return line from the hydraulic motor, a hydraulic cylinder for pressing the cutting device, a feed line for the hydraulic cylinder, connected in parallel with the hydraulic motor to the input line, and a directional control valve and a pressing line and a lifting line. The hydraulic arrangement further includes a throttle for throttling the flow exiting from the hydraulic motor in the return line, and a pressure valve located between the said pressing line and the pressure side of the throttle, for controlling the hydraulic cylinder on the basis of the speed of rotation of the hydraulic motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20170066155
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a generally planar guide bar having a peripheral groove. An endless saw chain is disposed around the guide bar and includes links and connector elements joining the links to each other to form an endless chain loop. The links include drive links and consecutive tooth links connected to a same one of the drive links. Each tooth link includes a cutting tooth protruding from one side of the saw chain. Consecutive cutting teeth of the tooth links are arranged to alternate to right and left sides relative to a plane defined by the guide bar. The saw chain is operably circulated around the guide bar groove for cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Patent number: 9215846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-process machine for the felling and further processing of trees, which is arranged to be suspended on the boom of a loader device with the aid of a pivot. The suspension device of the multi-process machine includes a rotator attached to the arm of the suspension device as well as a transverse frame pivot in its lower part, for supporting the frame of the operating unit, and an operating device. The suspension device further includes a wide-angle mechanism between the operating device and the said frame, for enlarging the rotation created by the length of stroke of the operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20140027019
    Abstract: A hydraulic arrangement and method in connection with a cutting device includes a hydraulic input line, a hydraulic motor, a return line from the hydraulic motor, a hydraulic cylinder for pressing the cutting device, a feed line for the hydraulic cylinder, connected in parallel with the hydraulic motor to the input line, and a directional control valve and a pressing line and a lifting line. The hydraulic arrangement further includes a throttle for throttling the flow exiting from the hydraulic motor in the return line, and a pressure valve located between the said pressing line and the pressure side of the throttle, for controlling the hydraulic cylinder on the basis of the speed of rotation of the hydraulic motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20110197997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-process machine for the felling and further processing of trees, which is arranged to be suspended on the boom of a loader device with the aid of a pivot. The suspension device of the multi-process machine includes a rotator attached to the arm of the suspension device as well as a transverse frame pivot in its lower part, for supporting the frame of the operating unit, and an operating device. The suspension device further includes a wide-angle mechanism between the operating device and the said frame, for enlarging the rotation created by the length of stroke of the operating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: Lauri KETONEN
  • Patent number: 7185686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeder device in a timber harvester, which includes a frame, a 3-row roller chain arranged to be rotated around a drive sprocket, a turnover member and roll guides, which roll guides extend for a great length of a gripping side of the feeder device, between the drive sprocket and the turnover member, and in which roller chain there are rows of links staggered relative to each other by transverse pins, comprising a middle row of links with smaller rollers and outer rows of links with larger rollers, each row of links corresponding to its own roll guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Publication number: 20060086414
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeder device in a timber harvester, which includes a frame, a 3-row roller chain arranged to be rotated around a drive sprocket, a turnover member and rolling guides, which rolling guides extend for a great length on the adhesion side, between the drive sprocket and the turnover member, and in which roller chain there are rows of links staggered relative to each other by transverse pins, comprising a middle row of links with smaller rollers and outer rows of links with larger rollers, each row of links corresponding to its own rolling guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen
  • Patent number: 4735049
    Abstract: A tree-harvester operating system for controlling in particular the tree-feeder motors (5), the crosscut saw (6) and the cylinder (18) operating the function of the feeder and the limbing blades, especially in grapple processors. A simple operating system has been achieved by taking advantage of a two-direction feeding of pressurized oil by means of two delivery lines (2) and (3). By preventing the rotation of the tree-feeder motors (5) and by allowing at this time only one flow direction of pressurized oil to the crosscut saw, it has thus been possible to utilized the pressurized oil drive opposite to this flow direction of the saw (6) separately for the cylinder (18) which operates the function of the feeder and the limbing blades, the direction of movement of the cylinder (18) depending on the position of valve (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Inventor: Lauri Ketonen