Patents by Inventor Pekka Leppäaho

Pekka Leppäaho 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: 9902595
    Abstract: A rope clamp for clamping one or more ropes includes a first clamping member having a first clamping face for being set against one or more ropes to be clamped and a second clamping member having a second clamping face for being set against one or more ropes to be clamped. The clamping faces defining a gap (between them) for receiving one or more ropes. The clamping members are relatively movable towards each other such that the gap is narrowed. The first clamping member and/or the second clamping member includes a metallic face part forming the clamping face of the clamping member, a metallic body part on the back side of the face part, and an elastic intermediate part made of elastic material between the body part and the face part for elastically transmitting force between the body part and the face part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku Lampinen, Hannu Lehtinen, Pekka Leppäaho, Antti Ikonen, Jarmo Reijonen, Lasse Nyman
  • Publication number: 20150232302
    Abstract: A rope clamp for clamping one or more ropes includes a first clamping member having a first clamping face for being set against one or more ropes to be clamped and a second clamping member having a second clamping face for being set against one or more ropes to be clamped. The clamping faces defining a gap (between them) for receiving one or more ropes. The clamping members are relatively movable towards each other such that the gap is narrowed. The first clamping member and/or the second clamping member includes a metallic face part forming the clamping face of the clamping member, a metallic body part on the back side of the face part, and an elastic intermediate part made of elastic material between the body part and the face part for elastically transmitting force between the body part and the face part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku Lampinen, Hannu Lehtinen, Pekka Leppäaho, Antti Ikonen, Jarmo Reijonen, Lasse Nyman