Patents by Inventor Sven Bossuyt

Sven Bossuyt 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).

  • Method for checking the integrity of composite load bearing member
    Patent number: 11921071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inspecting quality and/or condition of an elongated composite member, which is a load bearing member of a rope of a hoisting apparatus, such as an elevator, or a precursor of such a load bearing member, the method comprising providing an elongated composite member; and changing the temperature of said elongated composite member by heating or cooling said elongated composite member via a flank thereof; and scanning said elongated composite member from a lateral side thereof with a thermal imaging device after said changing of the temperature; and creating thermographic images of said elongated composite member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Antin, Sven Bossuyt, Antti Hassinen, Juha Helenius, Juha Honkanen, Mika Juntunen, Petri Kere, Mikko Lassila, Hannu Lehtinen, Aleksi Nareikko, Mikko Puranen, Kai Ruotsalainen, Petteri Valjus
  • METHOD FOR CHECKING THE INTEGRITY OF COMPOSITE LOAD BEARING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190219530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inspecting quality and/or condition of an elongated composite member, which is a load bearing member of a rope of a hoisting apparatus, such as an elevator, or a precursor of such a load bearing member, the method comprising providing an elongated composite member; and changing the temperature of said elongated composite member by heating or cooling said elongated composite member via a flank thereof; and scanning said elongated composite member from a lateral side thereof with a thermal imaging device after said changing of the temperature; and creating thermographic images of said elongated composite member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Kim ANTIN, Sven BOSSUYT, Antti HASSINEN, Juha HELENIUS, Juha HONKANEN, Mika JUNTUNEN, Petri KERE, Mikko LASSILA, Hannu LEHTINEN, Aleksi NAREIKKO, Mikko PURANEN, Kai RUOTSALAINEN, Petteri VALJUS
  • Arc melting and tilt casting apparatus
    Patent number: 9555472
    Abstract: An arc melting and tilt casting apparatus having a casing provided with a vacuum chamber for housing a hearth having a melting trough and pouring means, arc-melting electrode means passing through the casing in the chamber, a mold having a melt receiving orifice, vacuum generating means, sealing means for maintaining the vacuum in the chamber and tilting means for tilting the apparatus to cause the melt to flow from the melting trough via the pouring means in the mold through the mold orifice. The hearth and mold are connected together and moveable as a single unit in the vacuum chamber and out from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Aalto University Foundation
    Inventors: Erno Soinila, Tuomas Pihlajamaki, Sven Bossuyt, Hannu Hanninen
  • ARC MELTING AND TILT CASTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140209267
    Abstract: An arc melting and tilt casting apparatus having a casing provided with a vacuum chamber for housing a hearth having a melting trough and pouring means, arc-melting electrode means passing through the casing in the chamber, a mold having a melt receiving orifice, vacuum generating means, sealing means for maintaining the vacuum in the chamber and tilting means for tilting the apparatus to cause the melt to flow from the melting trough via the pouring means in the mold through the mold orifice. The hearth and mold are connected together and moveable as a single unit in the vacuum chamber and out from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Erno Soinila, Tuomas Pihlajamaki, Sven Bossuyt, Hannu Hanninen