Patents by Inventor Timo Kukko

Timo Kukko 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: 7520963
    Abstract: Equipment for moving a roll in a paper machine has a movable cradle (13) for attachment to a roll (10). Two pairs of masses (16, 17) are supported rotatably on the cradle (13), in each of which there is an own drive shaft (18) for rotating the pairs of masses (16, 17). Drive devices (19) include a motor (21) and drive-train means (22). The drive-train means (22) include a pair of gears (23), which are arranged in connection with the drive shafts (18), for rotating the drive shafts (18) using a single motor (21). The drive-train means (22) also includes an adjustment element (33) for creating and adjusting the phase difference of the drive shafts (18). The adjustment element (33) is arranged between a gear (25) and the corresponding drive shaft (18), to change their position and thus to create and adjust a phase difference between the drive shafts (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Tapani Honkanen, Tuomo Juvakka, Timo Kukko
  • Publication number: 20070101817
    Abstract: Equipment for moving a roll in a paper machine has a movable cradle (13) for attachment to a roll (10). Two pairs of masses (16, 17) are supported rotatably on the cradle (13), in each of which there is an own drive shaft (18) for rotating the pairs of masses (16, 17). Drive devices (19) include a motor (21) and drive-train means (22). The drive-train means (22) include a pair of gears (23), which are arranged in connection with the drive shafts (18), for rotating the drive shafts (18) using a single motor (21). The drive-train means (22) also includes an adjustment element (33) for creating and adjusting the phase difference of the drive shafts (18). The adjustment element (33) is arranged between a gear (25) and the corresponding drive shaft (18), to change their position and thus to create and adjust a phase difference between the drive shafts (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Tapani Honkanen, Tuomo Juvakka, Timo Kukko
  • Patent number: 6705978
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connecting structure (10) between a driving transmission (11) and a roll (100) driven through it. The driving transmission (11) includes an input shaft (12) in the drive, whereby through the input shaft (12) the drive is transferred to toothed gears and further to the roll jacket (100a) of the driven roll (100) to rotate it. The roll (100) includes a central static shaft (100b) and a bearing (G) to support it. In order to allow axial and radial motions of the roll's (100) roll jacket when the driving transmission (11) is in the fixed position, a seal (25) including a sliding ring (30) is fitted in between the driving transmission (11) and the roll (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Drives Oy
    Inventors: Jaana Pienmäki, Timo Kukko, Asko Majori
  • Publication number: 20020183179
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connecting structure (10) between a driving transmission (11) and a roll (100) driven through it. The driving transmission (11) includes an input shaft (12) in the drive, whereby through the input shaft (12) the drive is transferred to toothed gears and further to the roll jacket (100a) of the driven roll (100) to rotate it. The roll (100) includes a central static shaft (100b) and a bearing (G) to support it. In order to allow axial and radial motions of the roll's (100) roll jacket when the driving transmission (11) is in the fixed position, a seal (25) including a sliding ring (30) is fitted in between the driving transmission (11) and the roll (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: METSO DRIVES OY
    Inventors: Jaana Pienmaki, Timo Kukko, Asko Majori