Patents by Inventor Timo Heino

Timo Heino 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: 7831345
    Abstract: A method of driving mine vehicles in a mine, and a transport system. A plurality of mine vehicles is arranged in succession and driven in convoy between working areas. A master vehicle in the convoy is driven manually, and slave vehicles follow the master, provided with no mechanical connection. In the working areas, the convoy is disassembled, since single vehicles are each driven separately. When assigned tasks in the working areas have been completed, the vehicles are reassembled into a convoy so as to be driven to a next working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
    Inventors: Timo Heino, Pekka Vauramo
  • Patent number: 7794670
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of producing polymers in a gas phase polymerization reactor, which has an elongated reactor body, and an essentially vertically disposed central axis. The reactor comprises an upper part and a lower part, which are separated by a distribution plate, which promotes distribution into the fluidized bed of monomers flowing from the lower part into the upper part. According to the invention, at least a part of the gas stream fed into the lower part of the reactor is conducted along the inside of the reactor walls past the distribution plate to prevent the formation of stagnant zones in the fluidized bed at the reactor walls in the vicinity of the distribution plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Timo Heino, Sami Karvinen
  • Publication number: 20090118889
    Abstract: A method of driving mine vehicles in a mine, and a transport system. A plurality of mine vehicles is arranged in succession and driven in convoy between working areas. A master vehicle in the convoy is driven manually, and slave vehicles follow the master, provided with no mechanical connection. In the working areas, the convoy is disassembled, since single vehicles are each driven separately. When assigned tasks in the working areas have been completed, the vehicles are reassembled into a convoy so as to be driven to a next working area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Timo Heino, Pekka Vauramo
  • Publication number: 20070217966
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of producing polymers in a gas phase polymerization reactor, which has an elongated reactor body, and an essentially vertically disposed central axis. The reactor comprises an upper part and a lower part, which are separated by a distribution plate, which promotes distribution into the fluidized bed of monomers flowing from the lower part into the upper part. According to the invention, at least a part of the gas stream fed into the lower part of the reactor is conducted along the inside of the reactor walls past the distribution plate to prevent the formation of stagnant zones in the fluidized bed at the reactor walls in the vicinity of the distribution plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Timo Heino, Sami Karvinen