Patents by Inventor Seppo NYMAN

Seppo NYMAN 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).

  • BEARING HOUSING AND A METHOD OF REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM A BEARING HOUSING
    Publication number: 20220042546
    Abstract: A bearing housing includes a hollow shell with opposite ends having coaxial openings for at least one bearing element at each end thereof. The shell between the openings has, when assembled in position for use, a bottom with a bottom surface, the bottom having an oil outlet and the bottom surface having an oil outlet opening. The cavity for impurities is arranged below the bottom surface of the shell, and the cavity is arranged in flow communication with the oil outlet and the oil outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seppo NYMAN, Janne RIPATTILA
  • Probe for monitoring the surface level of a fluid in a vessel and a method of installing the probe in the vessel
    Patent number: 9752916
    Abstract: A method of installing a probe for monitoring a surface level of a fluid in a vessel inside the vessel from outside the vessel, the method includes providing a vessel side wall with a first opening, providing the vessel side wall with a second opening, passing the second end of the probe, a second device for fastening the probe and a detection unit of the probe through the first opening and inside the vessel, orienting the second end of the probe towards the second opening, attaching the second end of the probe to the side wall of the vessel at the second opening, and fastening the first end of the probe to the side wall of the vessel at the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Jussi Heinonen, Pasi Kvick, Anssi Lehtonen, Seppo Nyman, Reijo Vesala, Vesa Vikman
  • A PROBE FOR MONITORING THE SURFACE LEVEL OF A FLUID IN A VESSEL AND A METHOD OF INSTALLING THE PROBE IN THE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20160202103
    Abstract: A method of installing a probe for monitoring a surface level of a fluid in a vessel inside the vessel from outside the vessel, the method includes providing a vessel side wall with a first opening, providing the vessel side wall with a second opening, passing the second end of the probe, a second device for fastening the probe and a detection unit of the probe through the first opening and inside the vessel, orienting the second end of the probe towards the second opening, attaching the second end of the probe to the side wall of the vessel at the second opening, and fastening the first end of the probe to the side wall of the vessel at the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jussi HEINONEN, Pasi KVICK, Anssi LEHTONEN, Seppo NYMAN, Reijo VESALA, Vesa VIKMAN