Patents by Inventor RENE VLAD

RENE VLAD 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).

  • People mover
    Patent number: 9399563
    Abstract: A people mover including steps or pallets supported via wheels on support rails, which steps or pallets are connected to at least one drive element which is driven by a drive machine, whereby the steps or pallets are running in an upper conveyor track of the people mover in a conveying direction and in a lower return track in the opposite return direction. In the people mover, a support structure is provided in a short distance below the steps or pallets running in the conveyor track, whereby in connection with the support structure at least one sensor is provided which is configured to output a load signal dependent on a load applied to the support structure. This people mover offers an improved safety to passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rene Vlad
  • PEOPLE MOVER
    Publication number: 20150274490
    Abstract: A people mover including steps or pallets supported via wheels on support rails, which steps or pallets are connected to at least one drive element which is driven by a drive machine, whereby the steps or pallets are running in an upper conveyor track of the people mover in a conveying direction and in a lower return track in the opposite return direction. In the people mover, a support structure is provided in a short distance below the steps or pallets running in the conveyor track, whereby in connection with the support structure at least one sensor is provided which is configured to output a load signal dependent on a load applied to the support structure. This people mover offers an improved safety to passengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rene VLAD
  • Device and method for accommodating and transporting steps of an escalator or pallets of a moving walkway
    Patent number: 8186928
    Abstract: An accommodating and transport device for prefabricated steps of an escalator which are reduced in terms of their overall height or prefabricated pallets of a moving walkway includes a frame body separate and independent of the escalator or moving walkway. The frame body includes lateral guide tracks to receive rollers connected to the steps or pallets. The steps or pallets are stackable inside the frame body for transport purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventor: René Vlad
  • ACCOMMODATING AND TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR STEPS OF AN ESCALATOR
    Publication number: 20080302278
    Abstract: An accommodating and transport device for prefabricated steps of an escalator which are reduced in terms of their overall height or prefabricated pallets of a moving walkway includes a frame body separate and independent of the escalator or moving walkway. The frame body includes lateral guide tracks to receive rollers connected to the steps or pallets. The steps or pallets are stackable inside the frame body for transport purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: RENE VLAD