Patents by Inventor Tapio Parkas

Tapio Parkas 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).

  • Patent number: 5787341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile station which can be attached to a target, removed from it and re-attached to it by use of an attachment device which comprises: a support stud (2) attached to a mobile station with a fitting piece (3); and a carrying device (1) in the target, having elements for the detachable grip on the support stud. The fitting piece is formed of a U-shaped plate (4) having a first branch (5a) on the outer surface of which said support stud is located and a second branch (5b) which in the operating state is located in an attachment cavity (6) of the rear cover (22) of the mobile station. The first branch of the U-plate rests against the outer surface (21) of the rear cover of the mobile station (20) and the second branch rests against the inner surface (23) of the rear cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventors: Tapio Parkas, Mika Kontkanen
  • Patent number: 5779115
    Abstract: A carrying device which is used together with a mobile station and with which the mobile station can be attached to a target and detached from the place of attachment and re-attached to it. The attachment device comprises a support stud (2) attached to a mobile station (10) and a carrying device (1) attached to a target by way of an attachment element (5), including gripping elements for a detachable grip on the support stud. The gripping elements of the carrying device comprise guide grooves (8) for the reception of the support stud (2) and a tongue (7) moving transversely (6) against the plane (4) of the guide grooves and held by a spring (13) in a locking position (L) extending across the plane of the guide grooves. The carrying device has a hand-operated slide (27) which includes an element (12) to force the tongue against a spring force (F) off the position extending across the plane of the guide grooves, thereby moving it into a release position (R) which releases the support stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tapio Parkas, Jukka Solla, Aki Leppanen