Patents by Inventor Petri Heikkinen

Petri Heikkinen 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).

  • Publication number: 20210164180
    Abstract: A mobile collection device including a vehicle assisted working device for cleaning surfaces, and an autonomously self-driving robot vehicle. The working device includes a brush for detachment of extraneous material from the surface, a blower configured to provide an underpressure for a suction of the detached material into the air flow from the surface, and a cyclone configured to separate material from the air flow. The blower is configured to provide an overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface. The brush is configured to rotate counter-wise to a forward movement direction of the working device. The working device is configured such that the spot is treated in the following order: the blower provides the underpressure for the suction of the detached materials, the counter-rotating brush brushes the spot, and the blower provides the overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface via an air-knife.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Jaakko HAPPONEN, Petri HEIKKINEN
  • Patent number: 10920385
    Abstract: A vehicle assisted working device for cleaning streets and similar surfaces includes at least one brush for detachment of the extraneous material from the surface, element for providing an underpressure for a suction of the detached material into the air flow from the surface, units for separating the detached material from the air flow and for providing an overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface. At least one brush is arranged to rotate counter-wise to the intended direction of movement of the working device, so that the element are ordered in such a way that when the working device is intended to move over a spot to be cleaned, it treats the spot in the following order: suction of the extraneous materials, at least one brush and mechanism for return of the separated air to the surface. Also disclosed are a system and method for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SNOWEK OY
    Inventors: Jaakko Happonen, Petri Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 10851504
    Abstract: A vehicle assisted working device for cleaning streets and similar surfaces includes at least one brush for detachment of the extraneous material from the surface, element for providing an underpressure for a suction of the detached material into the air flow from the surface, units for separating the detached material from the air flow and for providing an overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface. At least one brush is arranged to rotate counter-wise to the intended direction of movement of the working device, so that the element are ordered in such a way that when the working device is intended to move over a spot to be cleaned, it treats the spot in the following order: suction of the extraneous materials, at least one brush and mechanism for return of the separated air to the surface. Also disclosed are a system and method for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SNOWEK OY
    Inventors: Jaakko Happonen, Petri Heikkinen
  • Publication number: 20200018026
    Abstract: A vehicle assisted working device for cleaning streets and similar surfaces includes at least one brush for detachment of the extraneous material from the surface, element for providing an underpressure for a suction of the detached material into the air flow from the surface, units for separating the detached material from the air flow and for providing an overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface. At least one brush is arranged to rotate counter-wise to the intended direction of movement of the working device, so that the element are ordered in such a way that when the working device is intended to move over a spot to be cleaned, it treats the spot in the following order: suction of the extraneous materials, at least one brush and mechanism for return of the separated air to the surface. Also disclosed are a system and method for cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jaakko HAPPONEN, Petri HEIKKINEN
  • Publication number: 20180320329
    Abstract: A vehicle assisted working device for cleaning streets and similar surfaces includes at least one brush for detachment of the extraneous material from the surface, element for providing an underpressure for a suction of the detached material into the air flow from the surface, units for separating the detached material from the air flow and for providing an overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface. At least one brush is arranged to rotate counter-wise to the intended direction of movement of the working device, so that the element are ordered in such a way that when the working device is intended to move over a spot to be cleaned, it treats the spot in the following order: suction of the extraneous materials, at least one brush and mechanism for return of the separated air to the surface. Also disclosed are a system and method for cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jaakko HAPPONEN, Petri HEIKKINEN
  • Publication number: 20160201278
    Abstract: A vehicle assisted working device for cleaning streets and similar surfaces includes at least one brush for detachment of the extraneous material from the surface, element for providing an underpressure for a suction of the detached material into the air flow from the surface, units for separating the detached material from the air flow and for providing an overpressure and return of the separated air to the surface. At least one brush is arranged to rotate counter-wise to the intended direction of movement of the working device, so that the element are ordered in such a way that when the working device is intended to move over a spot to be cleaned, it treats the spot in the following order: suction of the extraneous materials, at least one brush and mechanism for return of the separated air to the surface. Also disclosed are a system and method for cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jaakko HAPPONEN, Petri HEIKKINEN
  • Patent number: 8141436
    Abstract: A flow meter to be used in a hole drilled in the bedrock for measuring stream flows in bedrock fractures which are transversal to the hole. The flow meter comprises an elongated body having a cross section which is substantially smaller than the diameter of the hole; separating members placed at a distance from each other in the longitudinal direction of the body for separating the examined section from the other parts of the hole in a substantially pressure-tight manner; dividing members for dividing the examined section into two sectors in the longitudinal direction of the hole; and a flow channel extending through the body and equipped with a flow sensor for measuring the direction and rate of the flow between the sectors. In accordance with the invention, the dividing members are formed of thin and elastic sealing strips, which have been fixed to the body and, being substantially perpendicular to the surface of the body, arranged to surround and delimit the sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Posiva Oy
    Inventors: Jari Pöllänen, Petri Heikkinen, Pekka Rouhiainen
  • Publication number: 20110197667
    Abstract: A flow meter to be used in a hole drilled in the bedrock for measuring stream flows in bedrock fractures which are transversal to the hole. The flow meter comprises an elongated body having a cross section which is substantially smaller than the diameter of the hole; separating members placed at a distance from each other in the longitudinal direction of the body for separating the examined section from the other parts of the hole in a substantially pressure-tight manner; dividing members for dividing the examined section into two sectors in the longitudinal direction of the hole; and a flow channel extending through the body and equipped with a flow sensor for measuring the direction and rate of the flow between the sectors. In accordance with the invention, the dividing members are formed of thin and elastic sealing strips, which have been fixed to the body and, being substantially perpendicular to the surface of the body, arranged to surround and delimit the sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Posiva Oy
    Inventors: Jari Pöllänen, Petri Heikkinen, Pekka Rouhiainen