Patents by Inventor Tapio Viitamaki

Tapio Viitamaki 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: 9057266
    Abstract: A rotary engine and a hydraulic motor including non-rotary outer and inner casings; a power shaft with an eccentric part; a driving eccentric ring between the outer and inner casings and mounted on the eccentric part; a combustion or pressure chamber between the eccentric ring and the inner casing such that the eccentric ring drives the power shaft by substantially non-rotating eccentric movement; dividers for dividing the combustion chamber into at least two parts, the dividers extend through the inner casing and are in contact with an inner surface of the driving eccentric ring; and an eccentric device (or control) for driving the dividers back and forth with respect to the inner casing. The eccentricity of the eccentric device corresponds with the eccentricity of the eccentric part of the power shaft. The eccentric device has a guide groove which implements an eccentric path and to which the dividers are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Greittek OY
    Inventors: Tapio Viitamäki, Markus Viitamäki
  • Publication number: 20110017169
    Abstract: A rotary engine and a hydraulic motor including non-rotary outer and inner casings; a power shaft with an eccentric part; a driving eccentric ring between the outer and inner casings and mounted on the eccentric part; a combustion or pressure chamber between the eccentric ring and the inner casing such that the eccentric ring drives the power shaft by substantially non-rotating eccentric movement; dividers for dividing the combustion chamber into at least two parts, the dividers extend through the inner casing and are in contact with an inner surface of the driving eccentric ring; and an eccentric device (or control) for driving the dividers back and forth with respect to the inner casing. The eccentricity of the eccentric device corresponds with the eccentricity of the eccentric part of the power shaft. The eccentric device has a guide groove which implements an eccentric path and to which the dividers are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: GREITTEK OY
    Inventors: Tapio Viitamaki, Markus Viitamaki
  • Patent number: 7367569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roll sliding device comprising a frame, wheels mounted thereon and a shoe or the like for the user's foot, whereby the shoe or the like is pivotably mounted on the frame in relation to a pivoting axle placed in parallel with the axles of the wheels, and a driving arrangement is provided between the shoe and at least one wheel that is arranged to rotate said wheel with the user's forward turning foot movement around the pivoting axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventor: Tapio Viitamaki
  • Publication number: 20070262541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roll sliding device comprising a frame, wheels mounted thereon and a shoe or the like for the user's foot, whereby the shoe or the like is pivotably mounted on the frame in relation to a pivoting axle placed in parallel with the axles of the wheels, and a driving arrangement is provided between the shoe and at least one wheel that is arranged to rotate said wheel with the user's forward turning foot movement around the pivoting axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventor: Tapio Viitamaki
  • Patent number: 7192264
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic motor having an outer casing and eccentric means for rotating a power shaft by means of fluid through a pressure chamber arrangement. The eccentric means comprise an eccentric part formed in the power shaft, a first eccentric ring between the outer casing and an inner casing, and a second eccentric ring mounted with bearings around the eccentric part and connected fixedly and concentrically to the first eccentric ring, whereby the pressure chamber arrangement is located between the first eccentric ring and the inner casing so that the first eccentric ring drives the power shaft through the second eccentric ring, and the eccentric rings form a substantially non-rotating entity that only performs an eccentric movement and by means of this eccentric movement rotates the power shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventor: Tapio Viitamäki
  • Publication number: 20050232801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic motor having an outer casing (1) and eccentric means (11, 12, 8) for rotating a power shaft (5) by means of fluid through a pressure chamber arrangement (14 to 17). The eccentric means comprise an eccentric part (8) formed in the power shaft (5), a first eccentric ring (11) between the outer casing (I) and an inner casing (3), and a second eccentric ring (12) mounted with bearings around the eccentric part and connected fixedly and concentrically to the first eccentric ring, whereby the pressure chamber arrangement is located between the first eccentric ring and the inner casing so that the first eccentric ring drives the power shaft through the second eccentric ring (12), and the eccentric rings (11, 12) form a substantially non-rotating entity that only performs an eccentric movement and by means of this eccentric movement rotates the power shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventor: Tapio Viitamaki
  • Patent number: 6883488
    Abstract: A rotary combustion engine includes a driving eccentric ring arranged between a non-rotary outer casing and a non-rotary inner casing for rotating a power shaft situated inside the inner casing. In order to drive the eccentric ring, a combustion chamber arrangement is provided between the inner and the outer non-rotary casings for burning a mixture of fuel and air supplied thereto, the power shaft being provided with an eccentric element. In order to minimize the number of rotating components, a second eccentric ring is mounted by a bearing around the power shaft inside the aforementioned non-rotary inner casing, this second ring being coaxial with and fixed to the driving eccentric ring, and the eccentric ring arrangement being a substantially non-rotary unit that only performs an eccentric motion, which makes the power shaft rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Tapio Viitamäki
  • Publication number: 20040094101
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary combustion engine comprising a driving eccentric ring (11) arranged between a non-rotary outer casing (1) and a non-rotary inner casing (3) for rotating a power shaft (5) situated inside the inner casing. In order to drive the eccentric ring, a combustion chamber arrangement (14, 15) is provided between the inner and the outer casing for burning a mixture of fuel and air supplied thereto, the power shaft (5) being provided with an eccentric element (8). In order to minimize the number of rotating components, a second eccentric ring (12) is mounted by means of a bearing (9) around the power shaft (5) inside the aforementioned inner casing (3), this second ring being coaxial with and fixed to the driving eccentric ring (11), and the eccentric ring arrangement (11, 12) being a substantially non-rotary unit that only performs an eccentric motion, which makes the power shaft (5) rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Tapio Viitamaki