Patents by Inventor Tero SALIN

Tero SALIN 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: 11572257
    Abstract: An escalator includes a truss formed of a support structure that bridges a lower landing and an upper landing of the escalator. The truss includes two rising side sections extending upwards from a bottom plane of the truss, the side sections extending along a length of the truss and being joined together with cross braces. The escalator includes a subframe attached to an outer side of at least one side section of the truss, the subframe being arranged to receive an outer cladding of the escalator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Tero Salin, Aapo Saari, Pirkka Haimi, Pekka Hokkanen, Visa Rauta
  • Publication number: 20220089413
    Abstract: An escalator includes a truss formed of a support structure that bridges a lower landing and an upper landing of the escalator. The truss includes two rising side sections extending upwards from a bottom plane of the truss, the side sections extending along a length of the truss and being joined together with cross braces. The escalator includes a subframe attached to an outer side of at least one side section of the truss, the subframe being arranged to receive an outer cladding of the escalator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Jouni Salojärvi, Tero Salin, Aapo Saari, Pirkka Haimi, Pekka Hokkanen, Visa Rauta
  • Patent number: 10981754
    Abstract: An elevator car wall includes a support construction formed of a grid structure with vertical and horizontal support rods and a surface construction formed of panels attached with panel fastening elements to the grid structure. A vertical seam profile with a U-shaped bottom portion and an I-shaped middle portion is positioned between panel rows and attached with seam profile fastening elements to the grid structure. The middle portion extends between the vertical edges of the panel rows. A portion of the panel fastening element extends into contact with an inside surface of a respective branch of the U-shaped bottom portion in order to secure the vertical side edge of the panel against the middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tero Salin, Mika Hautamäki
  • Patent number: 10899581
    Abstract: An accessory fastening element is used to fasten an accessory to a car wall that includes a grid structure of vertical and horizontal support rods. The accessory fastening element includes a longitudinal frame extending over at least two adjacent horizontal support rods. The frame includes at least two recesses configured to receive a separate horizontal support rod to detachably couple the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. A locking device is connected to the frame for locking and unlocking the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. An attachment member is connected to the frame, where the attachment member may be configured to attach to the accessory via one or more fastening members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventor: Tero Salin
  • Publication number: 20190031472
    Abstract: In a roof arrangement for an elevator car in an elevator, the elevator car including an untreated roof, walls and a ceiling hinged to the untreated roof, the ceiling is hinged to the untreated roof of the elevator car with a hinge mechanism including an articulation mechanism that is arranged to pull the first end of the ceiling away from the wall of the elevator car at the same time as the second end of the ceiling is turned downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventor: Tero Salin
  • Publication number: 20180370767
    Abstract: The accessory fastening element is used to fasten accessories to a car wall comprising a grid structure with vertical and horizontal support rods. The accessory fastening element comprises a longitudinal frame extending over at least two adjacent horizontal support rods. The frame comprises at least two recesses for detachably coupling the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. A locking device is connected to the frame for locking and unlocking the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. An attachment member is connected to the frame, whereby an accessory may be attached with fastening means to the attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventor: Tero SALIN
  • Publication number: 20180370768
    Abstract: An elevator car wall includes a support construction formed of a grid structure with vertical and horizontal support rods and a surface construction formed of panels attached with panel fastening elements to the grid structure. A vertical seam profile with a U-shaped bottom portion and an I-shaped middle portion is positioned between panel rows and attached with seam profile fastening elements to the grid structure. The middle portion extends between the vertical edges of the panel rows. A portion of the panel fastening element extends into contact with an inside surface of a respective branch of the U-shaped bottom portion in order to secure the vertical side edge of the panel against the middle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Tero SALIN, Mika HAUTAMÄKI
  • Publication number: 20180370769
    Abstract: An elevator car includes a bottom, a roof and a cage with walls therebetween. The support structure in at least one wall is formed of a grid structure including at least one grid module. The grid module includes vertical support rods and horizontal support rods forming a grid and extending between respective frame elements in a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Markku HÄIVÄLÄ, Timo TIAINEN, Timo MANNER, Tero SALIN, Visa RAUTA, Pauli IMMONEN, Petri KOLI, Jussi SALMINEN, Mika HAUTAMÄKI