Patents by Inventor Mikko P. Heinonen

Mikko P. Heinonen 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).

  • Paper machine reel-up with reel nip loading measurement
    Patent number: 6913223
    Abstract: A reel-up having pivoting first members mounted on carriages where the first members engage the bearing housings of a reel spool. The first members are mounted between stops which limit their maximum deflection. A load cell is positioned on each carriage, the pivoting first members being between the load cell and the reel spool bearing housings. The load cells and the flexibility of the pivoting first members are selected so that each first member bottoms out on a stop before the load cell is subjected to more than its design load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikko P. Heinonen