Patents by Inventor Timo Makkonen

Timo Makkonen 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: 9582657
    Abstract: A system and a method to prevent the use of pirate products in an elevator control are provided. The system includes at least one elevator control, an updating mechanism and a connection between the elevator control and said updating mechanism. The elevator control includes essential electronic components provided with their own ID. An authorization section, which is configured to read the IDs of the essential electronic components, includes a reference list with allowed IDs, a comparator and a switching logic configured to issue an authorization signal for the elevator control to start or prevent operation of the elevator control depending on the comparison result of the comparator. The connection between the elevator control and the updating mechanism is configured to initiate the elevator control to update the IDs of the essential electronic components in the elevator control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ferenc Staengler, Jukka Korpela, Timo Makkonen
  • Publication number: 20140284143
    Abstract: A system and a method to prevent the use of pirate products in an elevator control are provided. The system includes at least one elevator control, an updating mechanism and a connection between the elevator control and said updating mechanism. The elevator control includes essential electronic components provided with their own ID. An authorization section, which is configured to read the IDs of the essential electronic components, includes a reference list with allowed IDs, a comparator and a switching logic configured to issue an authorization signal for the elevator control to start or prevent operation of the elevator control depending on the comparison result of the comparator. The connection between the elevator control and the updating mechanism is configured to initiate the elevator control to update the IDs of the essential electronic components in the elevator control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Ferenc STAENGLER, Jukka KORPELA, Timo MAKKONEN
  • Patent number: 5358606
    Abstract: A procedure and apparatus for locating faults in the machine elements of a paper machine and in their functioning, wherein variations in the paper characteristics are continuously observed, the periodicity of the variations is recorded and the periodicity of the variations in the paper characteristics is compared with the periodicity in the functioning of the paper machine's machine elements. The apparatus comprises observation members (1-11) for observing the variations occurring in the paper characteristics; synchronizing pick-ups (43-53) disposed on machine elements (13-22) of the paper machine for observing the periodicity of the functioning of said machine elements; a recording means (40) for recording the periodicity of the variations in paper characteristics and the periodicity in the functioning of the machine elements; and a data processing unit (41) for comparing the periodicity of the variations in paper characteristics and that in the functioning of the machine elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Inventor: Timo Makkonen