Patents by Inventor Mika Lokkinen

Mika Lokkinen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230249393
    Abstract: A method of lining a branch area in a pipeline using an inflatable bladder. The method includes steps of preparing a branch liner with resin and positioning the branch liner in a pipeline, inflating the bladder and running a flow of air and steam through the bladder while monitoring its temperature. After curing of the resin, temperature of the liner is monitored and the bladder is removed only after proper cooling of the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20220373018
    Abstract: A flexible shaft which has a plurality of metal sleeves having a smaller end portion and a larger end portion at opposite ends of the metal sleeve. One of the end portions has a plurality of protrusions whereas the other one has a plurality of apertures capable of accommodating a part of each of the plurality of protrusions. The smaller end portion of is partially inside the larger end portion of the next metal sleeve in the flexible shaft. Each metal sleeve is movably connected to the next metal sleeve using the protrusions and apertures. The apertures are notably larger than the protrusions in lengthwise direction of the flexible shaft which allows two adjacent metal sleeves to be in position where their rotation axes are not parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20220203121
    Abstract: A treatment system has a base unit and a portable unit. The base unit has a pliable top layer and one or more ultrasonic transducers configured to produce ultrasound waves into the pliable top layer. The portable unit has a pliable pad and an ultrasonic transducer producing ultrasound waves into the pliable pad. The portable unit also has a source of ionizing electromagnetic radiation configured to emit in ionizing electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Mika Lokkinen, Jukka Jokinen
  • Publication number: 20220023914
    Abstract: The device is for curing a coating substance inside a pipe. The device has a flexible shaft inside a duct, an air inlet channel within the duct, a body configured to be attached to the duct, a heat sink in connection with the body and defining a plurality of cooling channels which are in fluid connection with the air inlet channel. The device further has a plurality of light emitting devices configured to be cooled by the heat sink. The device further has an air outlet channel in fluid connection with the cooling channels of the heat sink. The air outlet channel exits the body from the same side of the body as the air inlet channel enters the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 11040382
    Abstract: The cleaning device is for cleaning the inner surface of pipes. The cleaning device has two sleeves on a flexible shaft and chains extending between the sleeves. A forward end sleeve is not attached to the shaft and is biased by a spring on the shaft. The cleaning device can be adapted to different pipe sizes by altering rotation speed of the cleaning device. High rotation speed compresses the spring and moves the chains further away from the shaft to enable cleaning of larger diameter pipes with the cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PICOTE SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20210094082
    Abstract: The cleaning device is for cleaning the inner surface of pipes. The cleaning device has two sleeves on a flexible shaft and chains extending between the sleeves. A forward end sleeve is not attached to the shaft and is biased by a spring on the shaft. The cleaning device can be adapted to different pipe sizes by altering rotation speed of the cleaning device. High rotation speed compresses the spring and moves the chains further away from the shaft to enable cleaning of larger diameter pipes with the cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20210060847
    Abstract: A device for preparing a liner to be installed in a pipe. the device comprising a top part having rollers extending between top sides and having a top belt arranged on rollers. The device further comprises a bottom part having rollers extending between bottom sides and having a bottom belt arranged on the bottom rollers. One of the bottom rollers is a pulley roller driving the bottom belt when rotated. At least one roller of the top rollers is movably attached to the top sides, and at least one roller of the bottom rollers is movably attached to the bottom sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10907760
    Abstract: An installation device for installing a branch liner in a branch point of a pipeline is disclosed. The device has a body with an inlet defined therein for fluids and a turning knob is rotatable relative to the body. The turning knob is attached to a first shaft and the opposite end of the first shaft is attached to a first barrel. The device further comprises a second barrel and a second shaft attached between said barrels. The device further comprises a duct extending between the body and the first barrel forming a passage for fluids from the inlet of the body to an area between said first barrel and said second barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10828661
    Abstract: The coating device has a rotatable spindle which has fastening mechanisms for fastening a rotation axle to the spindle. Protrusions are radially protruding from the spindle for spreading the coating substance on the inner surface of a pipe. The protrusions have limiters that limit the coating substance to be spread to the desired layer thickness. The method comprises the steps of bringing, to the pipe to be treated, the coating device fastened to a rotation axle with the pipe, a feeding hose of the coating substance and a camera. The coating substance is fed along the feeding hose to a vicinity of the coating device. The coating substance is spread to an inner surface of the pipe by rotating the coating device and by moving the coating device in a longitudinal direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PICOTE SOLUTIONS OY LTD.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10646904
    Abstract: The cleaning device is for cleaning the inner surface of pipes. The method is for manufacturing the cleaning device and the use is of a vehicle anti-skid chain for cleaning the inner surface of a pipe. The cleaning device has a sleeve, to which are attached studded chains composed of steel links and surface hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10647051
    Abstract: A lining drum which has a tubular body having open ends, an inlet for compressed air and an outlet for liner is disclosed. The lining drum has end pieces removably attached to the tubular body for closing the open ends of the tubular body, a rotatable shaft inside the tubular body and a crank for rotating the shaft. An elastic fastener has a first end in operative engagement with the tubular body and a second end in operative engagement with the end piece. The second end is opposite the first end. The end piece is movable between a closed position and an open position by extending the elastic fastener against an elastic biasing force of the elastic fastener. The end piece and the tubular body has a gap defined therebetween when the end piece is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10648606
    Abstract: A method of reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed. The pipe system is filled with a composition that includes metal powder and xylenes, and a pressure is applied to the filled pipe system and the pipe system is drained of said composition. Also, the use of a composition for reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20200132241
    Abstract: The device is for preparing a liner to be installed in a pipe. The device has a frame, which is rotationally symmetrical in relation to its rotational axis. The frame has two ends, in the middle of both of which ends is arranged an opening. The device further has two rings in connection with the frame, which are equally large in their outer diameter. The outer diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the frame in the section between the rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20200018359
    Abstract: The protective clutch has a core inside the shell and the transmission of the rotational movement between these occurs by the sleeves which are held in the openings of the shell and the grooves of the core by an elastic spring element. When the protective clutch experiences high torque, the spring element deforms and allows the sleeves to rise from the grooves preventing transmission of the rotational movement from the core into the shell. The magnitude of deformation of the spring elements is limited by the casing which simultaneously prevents the sleeves from escaping from the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190329303
    Abstract: The device is for cleaning the inner surface of a pipe. The device has a spindle arranged to be rotated and having a front end and a rear end between which a plurality of elastic metal blades are attached both in the rotation direction of the spindle and in the direction perpendicular to the rotation direction to clean the inner surface of the pipe. The blades have a shape that is curved at at least two points such that they curve at least once towards the circumferential direction of the spindle and at least once outwards from the circumferential direction of the spindle to prevent the device from getting stuck in uneven pipe systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190323644
    Abstract: An installation device for installing a branch liner in a branch point of a pipeline is disclosed. The device has a body with an inlet defined therein for fluids and a turning knob is rotatable relative to the body. The turning knob is attached to a first shaft and the opposite end of the first shaft is attached to a first barrel. The device further comprises a second barrel and a second shaft attached between said barrels. The device further comprises a duct extending between the body and the first barrel forming a passage for fluids from the inlet of the body to an area between said first barrel and said second barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10427223
    Abstract: A device for opening a connection to a lined pipe is disclosed. The device has a body that includes a front end and a rear end and being rotatable about a rotation axis. The device also has a drill head that has multiple cutters for puncturing and enlarging a hole in a liner, and multiple side cutters have at least one cutting edge parallel to the rotation axis. A safety ring is disposed on the body between the drill head and the side cutters. The safety ring has a circular periphery extending beyond the drill head and the side cutters in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10384241
    Abstract: The device is for cleaning the inner surface of a pipe. The device has a spindle arranged to be rotated and having a front end and a rear end between which a plurality of elastic metal blades are attached both in the rotation direction of the spindle and in the direction perpendicular to the rotation direction to clean the inner surface of the pipe. The blades has a shape that is curved at at least two points such that they curve at least once towards the circumferential direction of the spindle and at least once outwards from the circumferential direction of the spindle to prevent the device from getting stuck in uneven pipe systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10386008
    Abstract: An installation device for installing a branch liner in a branch point of a pipeline is disclosed. The device has a body with an inlet defined therein for fluids and a turning knob is rotatable relative to the body. The turning knob is attached to a first shaft and the opposite end of the first shaft is attached to a first barrel. The device further comprises a second barrel and a second shaft attached between said barrels. The device further comprises a duct extending between the body and the first barrel forming a passage for fluids from the inlet of the body to an area between said first barrel and said second barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190234451
    Abstract: The method concerns accessing an interior of a pipeline that has a P-trap. A tool attached to an end of a flexible metal shaft is provided that is at least partially inside a convoluted tube made of a fluoropolymer material. The tool is pushed into the pipeline through the P-trap by gripping the tube and pushing the tube into the pipeline. The system includes the shaft, the tube and a power transmission device that has a motor for rotating the shaft inside the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen