Patents by Inventor Timo LAMMINMAKI

Timo LAMMINMAKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20230140046
    Abstract: A tension member tension monitoring arrangement and method for measuring tension member tension of elevator tension members of a bundle of tension members, the elevator comprising an elevator car suspended by the tension members, such as ropes or belts, of the bundle of tension members, a termination at one end of a tension member and a mounting plate for attaching the termination relative to the hoistway, counterweight and/or the elevator. The tension member tension monitoring arrangement comprises at least one capacitive pressure sensor arranged in connection with a tension member termination. The arrangement further comprises a control unit connected to the at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Petteri VALJUS, Tapani TALONEN, Timo LAMMINMAKI
  • Publication number: 20220250874
    Abstract: An arrangement for monitoring an elevator, including at least one elevator rope and an entity along which the at least one elevator rope is arranged to travel at least in part, includes at least one inductive sensor positioned so that a magnetic field generable by the at least one inductive sensor extends at least in part over the at least one elevator rope; and a control device for obtaining measurement data from the inductive sensor. A method for monitoring the elevator, a computer program product and an elevator system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Petteri Valjus, Henri Wenlin, Timo Lamminmäki
  • Patent number: 10850943
    Abstract: A roller guide assembly for an elevator device, the roller guide assembly comprising a base member having a mounting means for mounting to the elevator device, the base member comprising a shaft support member; a roller wheel for engaging a guide rail to be rolled on the guide rail; a shaft on which the roller wheel is bearing-mounted, the shaft being straight and non-rotatably supported by the shaft support member, and a vibration dampening element, the vibration dampening element comprising an elastomer body arranged between the shaft and the shaft support member for dampening vibration of the roller wheel and for isolating the vibration from the base member. The shaft is attached to the shaft support member by the vibration dampening element forming a single attachment point for the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni Hawkins, Timo Lamminmaki, Tapio Siironen, Jani Uskali, Sami Janhunen
  • Publication number: 20180093863
    Abstract: A roller guide assembly for an elevator device, the roller guide assembly comprising a base member having a mounting means for mounting to the elevator device, the base member comprising a shaft support member; a roller wheel for engaging a guide rail to be rolled on the guide rail; a shaft on which the roller wheel is bearing-mounted, the shaft being straight and non-rotatably supported by the shaft support member, and a vibration dampening element, the vibration dampening element comprising an elastomer body arranged between the shaft and the shaft support member for dampening vibration of the roller wheel and for isolating the vibration from the base member. The shaft is attached to the shaft support member by the vibration dampening element forming a single attachment point for the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni HAWKINS, Timo LAMMINMAKI, Tapio SllRONEN, Jani USKALI, Sami JANHUNEN