Patents by Inventor Sami Kauppinen

Sami Kauppinen 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).

  • Apparatus and method for coating glass substrate
    Patent number: 9032905
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coating a substrate using one or more liquid raw materials, includes: at least one atomizer for atomizing the one or more liquid raw materials into droplets, charging means for electrically charging the droplets during or after the atomization and a deposition chamber in which the droplets are deposited on the substrate, the deposition chamber being provided with one or more electric fields for guiding the electrically charged droplets on the substrate. According to the invention there is a charging chamber arranged upstream of the deposition chamber and provided with charging means for electrically charging the droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Sami Kauppinen, Markku Rajala
  • Method and apparatus for coating glass substrate
    Patent number: 8642120
    Abstract: A coating process for coating a surface of a glass substrate in normal air pressure, in which coating process at least one liquid starting material is atomized into droplets and the formed droplets are guided towards the surface to be coated. The formed droplets are vaporized substantially close to the surface to be coated before the droplets contact the surface to be coated by bringing to the coating process the thermal energy needed for vaporizing the droplets with the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Beneq Oy
    Inventors: Markku Rajala, Sami Kauppinen
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING GLASS SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20130164452
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a substrate using one or more liquid starting materials. The substrate is coated by atomizing one or more liquid starting materials into droplets and vaporizing the droplets in a deposition chamber for before the starting materials react on the surface of the substrate. The droplets are guided towards the substrate with electrical forces before the droplets are vaporized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Markku Rajala, Kauko Janka, Sami Kauppinen, Anssi Hovinen
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING GLASS SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20130078387
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coating a substrate using one or more liquid raw materials, includes: at least one atomizer for atomizing the one or more liquid raw materials into droplets, charging means for electrically charging the droplets during or after the atomization and a deposition chamber in which the droplets are deposited on the substrate, the deposition chamber being provided with one or more electric fields for guiding the electrically charged droplets on the substrate. According to the invention there is a charging chamber arranged upstream of the deposition chamber and provided with charging means for electrically charging the droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Sami Kauppinen, Markku Rajala
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20130078388
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for electrically charging nanoparticles. The invention including atomizing one or more liquid starting materials into droplets, electrically charging the droplets during or after the atomization and vaporizing the one or more liquid materials of the droplets for generating the nanoparticles from the liquid droplets such that the electrical charge of the droplets is transferred into the nanoparticles for producing electrically charged nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Markku Rajala, Kauko Janka, Sami Kauppinen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COATING GLASS SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20120070579
    Abstract: A coating process for coating a surface of a glass substrate in normal air pressure, in which coating process at least one liquid starting material is atomized into droplets and the formed droplets are guided towards the surface to be coated. The formed droplets are vaporized substantially close to the surface to be coated before the droplets contact the surface to be coated by bringing to the coating process the thermal energy needed for vaporizing the droplets with the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Markku Rajala, Sami Kauppinen
  • Set of balustrade end parts of a passenger conveyor
    Patent number: D647681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Heikki Naulapää, Mika Moilanen, Sami Lehtovaara, Touko Palviainen, Timo Tiainen, Sami Kauppinen