Patents by Inventor Mikael KAIHOLA

Mikael KAIHOLA 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).

  • Method and apparatus for installing an elevator without machine room during construction of a building, and use of a hoisting machine
    Patent number: 8485319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for installing an elevator with-out machine room during the construction of a building, said elevator comprising at least a hoisting machine (4) provided with a traction sheave (30) and an elevator car (3) suspended by a set of hoisting ropes (28) and fitted to move along guide rails (2), and in which method at least a temporary machine room (6) movable in the elevator shaft (1) is utilized. At the final stage of installation, the machine room (6) of the elevator provided with a temporary machine room (6) is dismounted and the elevator is converted into an elevator without machine room by placing the hoisting machine (4) that was used in the temporary machine room (6), together with the hoisting ropes (28) on the traction sheave (30), into its final position in the elevator shaft (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Peacock, Mikael Kaihola, Gert Van Der Meijden, Jos Van Den Heuvel
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING AN ELEVATOR WITHOUT MACHINE ROOM DURING CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING, AND USE OF A HOISTING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20090223751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for installing an elevator with-out machine room during the construction of a building, said elevator comprising at least a hoisting machine (4) provided with a traction sheave (30) and an elevator car (3) suspended by a set of hoisting ropes (28) and fitted to move along guide rails (2), and in which method at least a temporary machine room (6) movable in the elevator shaft (1) is utilized. At the final stage of installation, the machine room (6) of the elevator provided with a temporary machine room (6) is dismounted and the elevator is converted into an elevator without machine room by placing the hoisting machine (4) that was used in the temporary machine room (6), together with the hoisting ropes (28) on the traction sheave (30), into its final position in the elevator shaft (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Mark PEACOCK, Mikael KAIHOLA, Gert VAN DER MEIJDEN, Jos VAN DEN HEUVEL