Patents by Inventor Timo HALME

Timo HALME 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).

  • Wireless electronic initiation device, an initiation arrangement and method for initiation
    Patent number: 12018925
    Abstract: A wireless electronic initiation device for a detonator via a shock tube comprises an initiation member for initiation the shock tube and an energy storage for providing initiation energy to said initiation member. The initiation device comprises also a wireless communication device with a receiver for receiving an initiation command in a wireless way from an initiation arrangement. The initiation device comprises also a controller, which is configured to determine said received initiation command and based on said received initiation command configured to activate said initiation member to ignite the detonator initiator (108) by the energy fed from the energy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Normet Oy, Oy Forcit AB
    Inventors: Arto Ylisaukko-Oja, Antti Tanskanen, Esko Strommer, Timo Halme, Tommi Halonen, Anssi Mykkanen, Janne Lehto, Jouko Tenhunen
  • A WIRELESS ELECTRONIC INITIATION DEVICE, AN INITIATION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR INITIATION
    Publication number: 20230194228
    Abstract: A wireless electronic initiation device for a detonator via a shock tube comprises an initiation member for initiation the shock tube and an energy storage for providing initiation energy to said initiation member. The initiation device comprises also a wireless communication device with a receiver for receiving an initiation command in a wireless way from an initiation arrangement. The initiation device comprises also a controller, which is configured to determine said received initiation command and based on said received initiation command configured to activate said initiation member to ignite the detonator initiator (108) by the energy fed from the energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Arto YLISAUKKO-OJA, Antti TANSKANEN, Esko STROMMER, Timo HALME, Tommi HALONEN, Anssi MYKKANEN, Janne LEHTO, Jouko TENHUNEN