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: 20190232548
    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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190226624
    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: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190162352
    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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10302238
    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. The end piece has a spring-loaded flange mounting, wherein bias of springs pushes the flange mounting towards the tubular body and a closed position of the flange mounting, and air pressure inside the lining drum pushes the flange mounting away from the tubular body and towards an open position of the flange mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Innotia Eesti Oü
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190118270
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10259187
    Abstract: The method is for manufacturing a tube in which a stretching film is fastened for a length of over one turn on both sides of a tube mesh that is only expandable on a circumference thereof. Each film is also fastened to itself. An expandable tube is formed which is expandable to a circumference allowed by the tube mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10245624
    Abstract: The device is for opening up a branch point of a pipe assembly. The device has a tip part arranged to be rotated, in connection with which there is at least one blade, and spring-loaded discs and protrusions which are separate from the tip part and arranged to remain essentially non-rotating as the tip part is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190054496
    Abstract: The coating device that 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 (12b) are flexible and plate-like strips that twist around the axis of their longest side so that the cross-sectional area of the protrusion, in the direction of the rotation axle of the spindle, is at its smallest at the outermost end. The protrusions have limiters that limit the coating substance to be spread to the desired layer thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Mika LOKKINEN
  • Patent number: 10207335
    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: July 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20190022768
    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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20180292041
    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. The end piece has a spring-loaded flange mounting, wherein bias of springs pushes the flange mounting towards the tubular body and a closed position of the flange mounting, and air pressure inside the lining drum pushes the flange mounting away from the tubular body and towards an open position of the flange mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10085535
    Abstract: The elastic strap has, at each end, one or more formations, for instance protrusions and notches, which are shaped so as to lock with the formations of the opposite end such that detachment of the ends from one another requires the ends of the strap to be pulled in the longitudinal direction of the strap in mutually opposite directions while stretching the strap. The formations at the ends of the strap, after having been inserted into one another, lock the ends of the strap such that they do not move with respect to one another in directions perpendicular to the unfastening direction or in a direction opposite to the unfastening direction. The strap may be used for ensuring that a suitcase stays closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Innotia Eesti Oü
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20180236506
    Abstract: The device is for opening up a branch point of a pipe assembly. The device has a tip part arranged to be rotated, in connection with which there is at least one blade, and spring-loaded discs and protrusions which are separate from the tip part and arranged to remain essentially non-rotating as the tip part is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10036504
    Abstract: The branch piece is for renovating a pipeline and has a main line pipe and at least one branch pipe connected with the main line pipe. The branch piece is elastic and has an inner sheathing, an outer sheathing and, at least on a part of the branch piece, a flexible reinforcement layer disposed between the inner sheathing and the outer sheathing. The branch piece regains its shape after compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: PICOTE OY LTD.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10005168
    Abstract: The device is for grinding a pipe from an inside. The device has a spindle arranged to be rotated. The device further has protrusions fastened to the spindle. The protrusions have a strip causing an elastic force when being bent. The protrusions are arranged to position the device or a part of the device inside the pipe. The protrusions have blades arranged to grind the inner surface of the pipe, while the spindle is being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 9975153
    Abstract: The device is for opening up a branch point of a pipe assembly. The device has a tip part arranged to be rotated, in connection with which there is at least one blade, and spring-loaded discs and protrusions which are separate from the tip part and arranged to remain essentially non-rotating as the tip part is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20180126430
    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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Publication number: 20180104727
    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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: D824609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: D824610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: PICOTE SOLUTIONS OY LTD.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen