Patents by Inventor Pekka Kilpelainen

Pekka Kilpelainen 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: 10408608
    Abstract: An arrangement for aligning guide rails of an elevator, comprising a carrier moving upwards and downwards in an elevator shaft along guide rails, at least one plumb line being provided in the vicinity of each guide rail. A laser scanner is attached fixedly or movably to the carrier or to the guide rail or to an apparatus, which is supported on walls of the elevator shaft and/or on the carrier. The horizontal position of the guide rail in relation to the plumb line is determined with the laser scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Pekka Kilpelainen, Mikael Haag
  • Patent number: 10315887
    Abstract: An arrangement for aligning guide rails includes an installation platform arranged to be movable in the first direction upwards and downwards in an elevator shaft, said installation platform being provided with an apparatus for aligning guide rails. At least two laser transmitters are arranged at predetermined positions in the shaft below the installation platform, each of said at least two laser transmitters transmitting an upwards directed laser beam that forms a plumb line in the elevator shaft. At least two first position sensitive detectors are attached to the installation platform and/or to the apparatus for aligning guide rails and/or to the guide rails, each of said at least two first position sensitive detectors receiving a respective laser beam, whereby the position of the guide rails in relation to the shaft can be determined indirectly or directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pekka Kilpeläinen
  • Patent number: 10209066
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an installation platform arranged to be movable upwards and downwards in a first direction in the elevator shaft, and two laser transmitters arranged at a bottom of the elevator shaft. Each of the two laser transmitters produce a vertical upwards directed laser plane in the elevator shaft, the laser planes being perpendicular to each other. At least four primary light sensitive detectors are attached to the installation platform so that they are visible to the laser transmitters, each of the primary light sensitive detectors being positioned on a respective side of a rectangle. The position of the installation platform in relation to the elevator shaft can be measured from the hitting points of the laser planes on the primary light sensitive detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pekka Kilpeläinen
  • Publication number: 20180172439
    Abstract: An arrangement for aligning guide rails of an elevator, comprising a carrier moving upwards and downwards in an elevator shaft along guide rails, at least one plumb line being provided in the vicinity of each guide rail. A laser scanner is attached fixedly or movably to the carrier or to the guide rail or to an apparatus, which is supported on walls of the elevator shaft and/or on the carrier. The horizontal position of the guide rail in relation to the plumb line is determined with the laser scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Pekka KILPELAINEN, Mikael HAAG
  • Patent number: 9957136
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator guide rail straightness measuring system, for measuring the straightness of elevator guide rails, which measuring system comprises at least one plumb line mounted vertically in the runway adjacent to the guide rail and at least one sensor arrangement to be mounted on a carrier to travel vertically along the guide rail, which sensor arrangement comprises a frame, at least one guide shoe connected to the frame for sliding/rolling along a guide surface of the guide rail, a bias means for placing and biasing the frame against the guide surface, and at least one sensor means for sensing the position of the plumb line with respect to the frame, such elevator system allows easy and exact measurement of the guide rail straightness. The invention also relates to an elevator having such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni Hawkins, Pekka Kilpeläinen
  • Patent number: 9828212
    Abstract: The arrangement comprises an installation platform movable upwards and downwards in the elevator shaft, at least one light source arranged at a predetermined position in the elevator shaft below the installation platform and producing a vertically upwards directed collimated light beam, at least one primary digital imaging device positioned on the installation platform and being arranged to take electronic images of the light beam hitting the photosensitive sensor of the at least one primary digital imaging device or of a pattern created by the light beam on a reflective or transparent screen positioned at a distance in front of the photosensitive sensor of the at least one primary digital imaging device, whereby the horizontal position of the installation platform in relation to the elevator shaft can be measured from the electronic images taken by the at least one primary digital imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Tapio Vaarala, Pekka Kilpelainen
  • Patent number: 9790057
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a stationary part being attachable to an elevator guide rail element at a predetermined height above a joint between two consecutive end-on-end mounted elevator guide rail elements. An elongated measuring frame having an upper end and a lower end is supported from the upper end with an articulated joint at the stationary part. A number of inductive sensors are positioned on the measuring frame, whereby at least a part of the inductive sensors are directed in a first direction being the direction between the guide rails towards a tip of the guide rail elements, said part being further divided into two sub parts so that a first sub part of the inductive sensors is directed towards the upper elevator guide rail element and the rest are directed towards the lower elevator guide rail element. The apparatus further includes a connection board for the inductive sensors, a visualization device, electronics, and a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alejandro Revuelta Fernandez, Mikael Haag, Pekka Kilpeläinen, Leif Køll
  • Publication number: 20170038204
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an installation platform arranged to be movable upwards and downwards in a first direction in the elevator shaft, and two laser transmitters arranged at a bottom of the elevator shaft. Each of the two laser transmitters produce a vertical upwards directed laser plane in the elevator shaft, the laser planes being perpendicular to each other. At least four primary light sensitive detectors are attached to the installation platform so that they are visible to the laser transmitters, each of the primary light sensitive detectors being positioned on a respective side of a rectangle. The position of the installation platform in relation to the elevator shaft can be measured from the hitting points of the laser planes on the primary light sensitive detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventor: Pekka KILPELÄINEN
  • Patent number: 9561938
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for automatic elevator installation includes marking each door opening in the elevator shaft with door reflectors, and creating a reference coordinate system of the elevator shaft with a robotic total station positioned at a bottom of the elevator shaft, measuring the position of the door reflectors with the robotic total station, fitting straight door lines to the measurements in order to form virtual plumb lines for the doors in the elevator shaft, marking predetermined guide rail positions on the bottom of the elevator shaft and installing lowermost guide rails manually to the shaft based on the guide rail positions, forming vertical guide rail lines, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pekka Kilpeläinen
  • Publication number: 20160311648
    Abstract: The arrangement comprises an installation platform movable upwards and downwards in the elevator shaft, at least one light source arranged at a predetermined position in the elevator shaft below the installation platform and producing a vertically upwards directed collimated light beam, at least one primary digital imaging device positioned on the installation platform and being arranged to take electronic images of the light beam hitting the photosensitive sensor of the at least one primary digital imaging device or of a pattern created by the light beam on a reflective or transparent screen positioned at a distance in front of the photosensitive sensor of the at least one primary digital imaging device, whereby the horizontal position of the installation platform in relation to the elevator shaft can be measured from the electronic images taken by the at least one primary digital imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tapio VAARALA, Pekka KILPELAINEN
  • Publication number: 20160311658
    Abstract: An arrangement for aligning guide rails includes an installation platform arranged to be movable in the first direction upwards and downwards in an elevator shaft, said installation platform being provided with an apparatus for aligning guide rails. At least two laser transmitters are arranged at predetermined positions in the shaft below the installation platform, each of said at least two laser transmitters transmitting an upwards directed laser beam that forms a plumb line in the elevator shaft. At least two first position sensitive detectors are attached to the installation platform and/or to the apparatus for aligning guide rails and/or to the guide rails, each of said at least two first position sensitive detectors receiving a respective laser beam, whereby the position of the guide rails in relation to the shaft can be determined indirectly or directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventor: Pekka KILPELÄINEN
  • Publication number: 20160311657
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for automatic elevator installation includes marking each door opening in the elevator shaft with door reflectors, and creating a reference coordinate system of the elevator shaft with a robotic total station positioned at a bottom of the elevator shaft, measuring the position of the door reflectors with the robotic total station, fitting straight door lines to the measurements in order to form virtual plumb lines for the doors in the elevator shaft, marking predetermined guide rail positions on the bottom of the elevator shaft and installing lowermost guide rails manually to the shaft based on the guide rail positions, forming vertical guide rail lines, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventor: Pekka KILPELÄINEN
  • Patent number: 9233201
    Abstract: A device for collecting liquid and, in particular, a device for collecting liquid or liquid-like substances used and/or generated in the course of medical procedures, the device including a bag-like product that is removable attachable to the site being treated, such as the ear or the nose, and including at least one opening for transporting the flushing liquid or other liquid-like substance from the site being treated into the bag. In accordance with the invention, the bag includes a collection section to be placed at the site being treated and a connecting support section that extends at least over the patient's one shoulder, the bag being designed to be supported on at least one shoulder when being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Muovisola Oy
    Inventor: Pekka Kilpeläinen
  • Publication number: 20150360913
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a stationary part being attachable to an elevator guide rail element at a predetermined height above a joint between two consecutive end-on-end mounted elevator guide rail elements. An elongated measuring frame having an upper end and a lower end is supported from the upper end with an articulated joint at the stationary part. A number of inductive sensors are positioned on the measuring frame, whereby at least a part of the inductive sensors are directed in a first direction being the direction between the guide rails towards a tip of the guide rail elements, said part being further divided into two sub parts so that a first sub part of the inductive sensors is directed towards the upper elevator guide rail element and the rest are directed towards the lower elevator guide rail element. The apparatus further includes a connection board for the inductive sensors, a visualization device, electronics, and a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Alejandro Revuelta FERNANDEZ, Mikael HAAG, Pekka KILPELÄINEN, Leif KÅLL
  • Publication number: 20150217972
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator guide rail straightness measuring system, for measuring the straightness of elevator guide rails, which measuring system comprises at least one plumb line mounted vertically in the runway adjacent to the guide rail and at least one sensor arrangement to be mounted on a carrier to travel vertically along the guide rail, which sensor arrangement comprises a frame, at least one guide shoe connected to the frame for sliding/rolling along a guide surface of the guide rail, a bias means for placing and biasing the frame against the guide surface, and at least one sensor means for sensing the position of the plumb line with respect to the frame, such elevator system allows easy and exact measurement of the guide rail straightness. The invention also relates to an elevator having such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni HAWKINS, Pekka KILPELÄINEN
  • Publication number: 20080228156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for collecting liquid and, in particular, a device for collecting liquid or liquid-like substances used and/or generated in the course of medical procedures, said device consisting of a bag-like product that is removable attachable to the site being treated, such as the ear or the nose, and including at least one opening for transporting the flushing liquid or other liquid-like substance from the site being treated into the bag. In accordance with the invention, the bag includes a collection section to be placed at the site being treated and a connecting support section that extends at least over the patient's one shoulder, the bag being designed to be supported on at least one shoulder when being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Pekka Kilpelainen