Patents by Inventor Tero Kaatrasalo

Tero Kaatrasalo 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: 11365526
    Abstract: A rotation device arrangement includes a structure and a suspension part for suspending the rotation device from a boom. The structure includes a first inner body part and first conduits for leading a pressure medium through the first inner body part. A second outer body part is arranged at least partly around the first inner body part completely rotatably. First connections are fitted for leading the pressure medium through the second outer body part. Second conduits are fitted to at least one of an outer surface belonging to the first inner body part and an inner surface belonging to the second outer body part for leading the pressure medium from the first conduit to the first connections. A bearing is arranged to permit the second outer body part to rotate and to carry loads axially and radially. Second connections attach a direct-drive pressure-medium operated turning device to the structure coaxially to transmit torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: PONSSE OYJ
    Inventor: Tero Kaatrasalo
  • Publication number: 20220025924
    Abstract: A joint element provided with a swing dampener element and comprising a first joint part, a second joint part, and a swing dampener brake. The second joint part comprises a second end part which is detachably fixed to a first end part of the second joint part by a joint part coupling which is adapted to allow the second end part to be moved in an axial direction to a detached position in relation to the first end part, the detached position allowing replacement of active components of the swing dampener brake while the first end part remains bearing-mounted to the first joint part, the active components of the swing dampener brake comprising at least one first brake disc member and at least one second brake disc member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Tero KAATRASALO
  • Publication number: 20190119885
    Abstract: A rotation device arrangement includes a structure and a suspension part for suspending the rotation device from a boom. The structure includes a first inner body part and first conduits for leading a pressure medium through the first inner body part. A second outer body part is arranged at least partly around the first inner body part completely rotatably. First connections are fitted for leading the pressure medium through the second outer body part. Second conduits are fitted to at least one of an outer surface belonging to the first inner body part and an inner surface belonging to the second outer body part for leading the pressure medium from the first conduit to the first connections. A bearing is arranged to permit the second outer body part to rotate and to carry loads axially and radially. Second connections attach a direct-drive pressure-medium operated turning device to the structure coaxially to transmit torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: PONSSE OYJ
    Inventor: Tero KAATRASALO
  • Publication number: 20180290329
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chain saw of a wood handling device and to controlling the guide bar in it. The guide bar is attached to a turning frame rotatably arranged to a frame of the chain saw through a fastening arrangement. The fastening arrangement of the guide bar and the turning frame are joined by at least one guide for controlling the guide bar during movement along its longitudinal axis. The guide includes opposite slide guides with opposite sliding and mating surfaces that form a form-locking joint joining the fastening arrangement and turning frame together. This type of separate slide guide arranged in the chain saw is movable in at least one direction differing from the direction of travel allowed by the guide, which makes it possible to modify clearance between the sliding surface and mating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Ponsse Oyj
    Inventors: Markku HUTTUNEN, Toni KOHIO, Tero KAATRASALO, Martin GARCIA
  • Patent number: 9854753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stripping blade for a forestry machine, which includes an attachment part for pivoting the stripping blade to the forestry machine, and an at least partly curved blade part attached to the said attachment part for stripping the branches of a tree, which blade part includes a blade surface that at least partly conforms to the trunk of the tree and a support structure conforming to the blade surface connecting to the outer surface of the blade surface relative to the tree, which said stripping blade is manufactured mainly by casting. The support structure is hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ponsse Oyj
    Inventors: Toni Kohio, Tero Kaatrasalo
  • Patent number: 9403474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling work lights in a forestry machine, which system includes a harvester head (16), attached to the set of booms (14) of the forestry machine (10), for felling and processing trees, at least one work light (20) attached to the harvester head (16) for illuminating the harvester head (16) and its surroundings, and control means (15) for controlling the operation of the work light (20). The control means (15) are the valve control unit (25) belonging to the harvester head (16) for controlling the valves of the harvester head (16), which control unit (25) is arranged to feed power and/or control the power feed to the said work light (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Ponsse Oyj
    Inventors: Tero Kaatrasalo, Eero Hotti
  • Publication number: 20160121784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling work lights in a forestry machine, which system includes a harvester head (16), attached to the set of booms (14) of the forestry machine (10), for felling and processing trees, at least one work light (20) attached to the harvester head (16) for illuminating the harvester head (16) and its surroundings, and control means (15) for controlling the operation of the work light (20). The control means (15) are the valve control unit (25) belonging to the harvester head (16) for controlling the valves of the harvester head (16), which control unit (25) is arranged to feed power and/or control the power feed to the said work light (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Ponsse Oyj
    Inventors: Tero KAATRASALO, Eero HOTTI
  • Publication number: 20150195999
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stripping blade for a forestry machine, which includes an attachment part for pivoting the stripping blade to the forestry machine, and an at least partly curved blade part attached to the said attachment part for stripping the branches of a tree, which blade part includes a blade surface that at least partly conforms to the trunk of the tree and a support structure conforming to the blade surface connecting to the outer surface of the blade surface relative to the tree, which said stripping blade is manufactured mainly by casting. The support structure is hollow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ponsse Oyj
    Inventors: Toni Kohio, Tero Kaatrasalo