Patents by Inventor Pentti Alasentie
Pentti Alasentie 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).
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Patent number: 11542117Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method for managing elevator cars in a multi-car elevator shaft system. The method comprises determining, by an elevator control entity, the optimum number of elevator cars for a given time of a day in the multi-car elevator shaft system; and commanding, by the elevator control entity, at least one elevator car into at least one elevator car storage or back to service from the at least one elevator car storage based on the determination, wherein elevator cars in the at least one elevator car storage act as standby elevator cars for the multi-car elevator shaft system.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Janne Sorsa, Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 10479650Abstract: An arrangement for reducing the displacement of an elevator car caused by a change in loading includes at least an elevator car configured to move up and down in an elevator hoistway and one or more counterweights, and also at least one rope element above the elevator car and at least one rope element below the elevator car and at least one pretensioner of the rope elements. The elevator car and counterweight are configured to be supported and moved via the rope elements and the pretensioner and rope pulleys, of which rope pulleys the first part are diverting pulleys, and the second part are traction sheaves. The arrangement additionally includes at least two hoisting machines. In the arrangement is a mechanism configured to lock at least two rope pulleys to be non-rotating at least during loading of the elevator car.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Pentti Alasentie, Hannu Lehtinen, Pekka Rantanen
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Patent number: 10377605Abstract: Modern elevators involve a plurality of ropes and wheels for ropes in a variety of different functions related to the operation and security of an elevator. The wearing of a rope and a wheel may be inspected by scanning a profile of a wheel or ropes on a wheel. When a rope or a wheel is worn the profile will be lower than in the normal situation. Depending on the difference to the normal situation an appropriate action may be taken.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Mikko Puranen, Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 10329119Abstract: An elevator including a hoistway, an elevator car vertically movable in the hoistway, a rope connected to the elevator car movably together with the elevator car, a guide for guiding the rope along a path and a device that determines a position of the elevator car. The device includes an elongated code mark pattern provided on the rope, one or more sensors mounted beside the rope for sensing code marks of the code mark pattern, and an analyzer connected with the a plurality of sensors. The one or more sensors sense code marks of the code mark pattern passing by them when the rope moves along its path, and the analyzer determines the current position of the elevator car based on code marks sensed by the one or more sensors during movement of the rope.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Mikko Puranen, Pentti Alasentie
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Publication number: 20190168991Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method for managing elevator cars in a multi-car elevator shaft system. The method comprises determining, by an elevator control entity, the optimum number of elevator cars for a given time of a day in the multi-car elevator shaft system; and commanding, by the elevator control entity, at least one elevator car into at least one elevator car storage or back to service from the at least one elevator car storage based on the determination, wherein elevator cars in the at least one elevator car storage act as standby elevator cars for the multi-car elevator shaft system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Marja-Liisa SIIKONEN, Janne SORSA, Pentti ALASENTIE
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Patent number: 10227212Abstract: An elevator arrangement, includes an elevator hoistway, an elevator car, which is arranged to travel in the elevator hoistway, a counterweight, a movable supporting platform above the elevator car, suspension roping, which is connected to the elevator car and to the counterweight, and supports them while suspended from the supporting platform, and a hoisting machine, which includes a device configured to move the roping. The elevator arrangement also includes a hoisting machine and traction roping that are separate from the supporting platform, which hoisting machine is in power transmission connection via the traction roping with the elevator car and with the counterweight.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventor: Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 10118800Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for closing doors of an elevator that comprises at least an elevator shaft, a car running along guide rails, in the shaft and equipped with a car door, landing doors at each landing floor, a hoisting machinery, a necessary roping system and shaft equipment, and a control system for controlling the activities of the elevator. According to traffic situations controlled by the control system of the elevator the door open time of the car doors and landing doors is reduced by speeding up the closure of the doors, and at the same time the passengers are informed about the speed-up.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Janne Sorsa, Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 10059565Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an elevator. The elevator may include a car of the elevator and a counterweight that are to be moved reciprocally, at least one roping or belting traveling via a top pulley assembly for connecting the car of the elevator and the counterweight to each other via the top pulley assembly, and at least one roping or belting traveling via a bottom pulley assembly for connecting the car of the elevator and the counterweight to each other via the bottom pulley assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Pentti Alasentie, Esko Aulanko, Matti Räsänen
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Patent number: 10040665Abstract: The tensioning system for the traction belt of an elevator is installed or can be installed in connection with the car and/or the counterweight of the elevator for pretensioning at least one traction belt running between these and comprises means for storing energy. In addition to this, the tensioning system is configured to use the energy stored in the means intended for storing energy for pulling in the traction belt in question for returning tension when the tension of the traction belt falls. The patent application also contains an independent claim for an elevator.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Matti Räsänen, Janne Mikkonen, Esko Aulanko, Ilpo Suominen, Pentti Alasentie, Markku Haapaniemi
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Patent number: 10029889Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling and modernizing ropes in an elevator, which elevator comprises at least an elevator car arranged to run in an elevator shaft along the guide rails, a counterweight connected to the elevator car with hoisting ropes from above, a hoisting machinery with a traction sheave above the elevator car, and compensating ropes connected between the elevator car and the counterweight through a compensating mechanism at a lower part of the elevator shaft. The old hoisting ropes and compensating ropes are dismantled when the elevator car has been run to the upper part of the elevator shaft without a risk of losing the friction on the traction sheave.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Pentti Alasentie, Jarmo Reijonen, Sakari Korvenranta
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Patent number: 9957135Abstract: An elevator includes an elevator car, a counterweight and suspension roping, which connects the elevator car and counterweight to each other, and which suspension roping includes one or more ropes, which include a load-bearing composite part, which includes reinforcing fibers in a polymer matrix. The elevator car and the counterweight are arranged to be moved by exerting a vertical force on at least the elevator car or on the counterweight. The elevator includes a device separate from the suspension roping for exerting the force on at least the elevator car or on the counterweight.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Pentti Alasentie, Johannes De Jong
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Patent number: 9950901Abstract: An elevator arrangement includes a plurality of elevators in a building, which plurality includes a plurality of zoned elevators moving in an elevator hoistway, which have different ranges of movement of the elevator car in the building to each other, and which zoned elevators each have a top limit and a bottom limit of the range of movement of the elevator car, to above the top limit and to below the bottom limit of which range of movement travel of the elevator car of the zoned elevator in question is prevented. The vertical location, in relation to the building, of the top limit and/or bottom limit of the range of movement of the elevator car of each aforementioned zoned elevator can be changed.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Osmo Björni, Ari Hänninen, Johannes De Jong, Pentti Alasentie, Matti Räsänen, Timo Mertanen, Santeri Suoranta, Antti Plathin, Antti Kallioniemi
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Patent number: 9944494Abstract: A travelling cable of an elevator, more particularly of a passenger transport elevator and/or freight transport elevator, includes a protective envelope, conductors for transmitting electrical energy and data between the elevator car and the elevator hoistway, and one or more load-bearing bearer parts of essentially the length of the travelling cable for fixing the travelling cable at its first end to the elevator car and at its second end to the elevator hoistway, and which bearer part includes glass-fiber reinforcements and/or aramid-fiber reinforcements and/or carbon-fiber reinforcements and/or polybenzoxazole-fiber reinforcements and/or polyethylene-fiber reinforcements and/or nylon-fiber reinforcements in a polymer matrix material. An elevator includes the travelling cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Pentti Alasentie, Petri Kere, Mikko Puranen
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Patent number: 9845226Abstract: The apparatus comprises a frame, a first pair of actuators and a second pair of actuators being positioned on opposite sides of the frame, each actuator comprising a support arm being movable in a second direction, each actuator being supported on the frame with a support mechanism being movable in a third direction perpendicular to the second direction, first gripping means being supported on a first side of the frame and second gripping means being supported on a second opposite side of the frame, measuring means being attached to opposite sides of the frame in the vicinity of the first gripping means and the second gripping means, said measuring means being used to determine the position of the apparatus in the elevator shaft, whereby opposite car guide rails can be adjusted in relation to each other and in relation to the elevator shaft with the alignment apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Richard Baker, Jari Hakkila, Raimo Pelto-Huikko, Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 9790054Abstract: Elevator, which includes at least an elevator car and a device for moving the elevator car, preferably along guide rails, and a counterweight, and one or more ropes, which rope connects the elevator car and the counterweight and is separate from the supporting function and passes around a diverting pulley mounted on the bottom end of the elevator hoistway. The rope comprises a power transmission part or a plurality of power transmission parts, for transmitting power in the longitudinal direction of the rope, which power transmission part is essentially fully of non-metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventor: Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 9758346Abstract: The object of the invention is a tensioning arrangement for a traction means of an elevator, which arrangement comprises at least an elevator car configured to move up and down in an elevator hoistway and at least one or more compensating weights, which are for their part connected to support the elevator car by the aid of their own support means, such as by the aid of ropes or belts and also of diverting pulleys, and a hoisting machine provided with at least one traction sheave or corresponding, and also at least one traction means (7) such as a belt, rope or chain, which is configured to transmit the rotational movement of the traction sheave into movement of the elevator car and of the compensating weights. The traction means (7) is fixed from at least one of its ends to a fixing means (1) providing an essentially constant tensioning force.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Esko Aulanko, Matti Räsänen, Janne Mikkonen, Pentti Alasentie
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Patent number: 9643817Abstract: The object of the invention is an elevator arrangement, which comprises at least an elevator car configured to move up and down in an elevator hoistway and at least two compensating weights, which are for their part connected to support the elevator car by the aid of their own support means, such as by the aid of ropes or belts and also e.g. diverting pulleys, and a hoisting machine provided with at least one traction sheave or corresponding, and at least one traction means such as a rope or belt, which is configured to transmit the rotational movement of the traction sheave into movement of the elevator car and of the compensating weights. Each compensating weight is connected by the aid of a traction means to the same hoisting machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Matti Räsänen, Pentti Alasentie, Markku Haapaniemi, Osmo Björni, Markku Häivälä, Aki Metsänen
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Publication number: 20170043977Abstract: Modern elevators involve a plurality of ropes and wheels for ropes in a variety of different functions related to the operation and security of an elevator. The wearing of a rope and a wheel may be inspected by scanning a profile of a wheel or ropes on a wheel. When a rope or a wheel is worn the profile will be lower than in the normal situation. Depending on the difference to the normal situation an appropriate action may be taken.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: KONE CorporationInventors: Mikko Puranen, Pentti Alasentie
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Publication number: 20160325968Abstract: The apparatus comprises a frame, a first pair of actuators and a second pair of actuators being positioned on opposite sides of the frame, each actuator comprising a support arm being movable in a second direction, each actuator being supported on the frame with a support mechanism being movable in a third direction perpendicular to the second direction, first gripping means being supported on a first side of the frame and second gripping means being supported on a second opposite side of the frame, measuring means being attached to opposite sides of the frame in the vicinity of the first gripping means and the second gripping means, said measuring means being used to determine the position of the apparatus in the elevator shaft, whereby opposite car guide rails can be adjusted in relation to each other and in relation to the elevator shaft with the alignment apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Kone CorporationInventors: Richard BAKER, Jari HAKKILA, Raimo PELTO-HUIKKO, Pentti ALASENTIE
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Publication number: 20160318738Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling and modernizing ropes in an elevator, which elevator comprises at least an elevator car arranged to run in an elevator shaft along the guide rails, a counterweight connected to the elevator car with hoisting ropes from above, a hoisting machinery with a traction sheave above the elevator car, and compensating ropes connected between the elevator car and the counterweight through a compensating mechanism at a lower part of the elevator shaft. The old hoisting ropes and compensating ropes are dismantled when the elevator car has been run to the upper part of the elevator shaft without a risk of losing the friction on the traction sheave.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Kone CorporationInventors: Pentti Alasentie, Jarmo Reijonen, Sakari Korvenranta