Patents by Inventor Timo Päivinen

Timo Päivinen 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: 11959551
    Abstract: A method of operating a sealing monitoring system for a seal of a rotatable shaft including a flushing liquid system, the seal disposed between the rotatable shaft and a stationary housing. The sealing monitoring system includes a liquid detector to detect a presence of a flushing liquid in the flushing liquid system. The method includes detecting the flushing liquid presence status in the flushing liquid system with the liquid detector, and when the flushing liquid presence status is affirmative, transmitting the flushing liquid presence status for processing using a wireless data communication system with a first data transmission interval between the transmissions, and when the flushing liquid presence status is negative, transmitting the flushing liquid presence status for processing using the wireless data communication system with a second data transmission interval being shorter than the first transmission interval between the transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Timo Päivinen, Janne Ripattila, Juha Hienonen
  • Patent number: 11781900
    Abstract: A vibration detection instrument assembly includes a vibration detection instrument and a deformable base part. The vibration detection instrument has a body part, including a support surface and an attachment screw extending from the support surface. The attachment screw enables the vibration detection instrument to be assemblable to a device to be monitored. The vibration detection instrument includes a vibration sensor to detect vibration at least in a direction deviating from a longitudinal axis of the attachment screw. The deformable base part is arranged at least partly against the support surface of the body part. The vibration detection instrument assembly includes a direction indicator arranged to indicate the direction of the vibration sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Timo Päivinen, Anssi Lehtonen, Sami Virtanen, Juho Aalto
  • Publication number: 20220260159
    Abstract: A method of operating a sealing monitoring system for a seal of a rotatable shaft including a flushing liquid system, the seal disposed between the rotatable shaft and a stationary housing. The sealing monitoring system includes a liquid detector to detect a presence of a flushing liquid in the flushing liquid system. The method includes detecting the flushing liquid presence status in the flushing liquid system with the liquid detector, and when the flushing liquid presence status is affirmative, transmitting the flushing liquid presence status for processing using a wireless data communication system with a first data transmission interval between the transmissions, and when the flushing liquid presence status is negative, transmitting the flushing liquid presence status for processing using the wireless data communication system with a second data transmission interval being shorter than the first transmission interval between the transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Timo PÄIVINEN, Janne RIPATTILA, Juha HIENONEN
  • Publication number: 20210063237
    Abstract: A vibration detection instrument assembly includes a vibration detection instrument and a deformable base part. The vibration detection instrument has a body part, including a support surface and an attachment screw extending from the support surface. The attachment screw enables the vibration detection instrument to be assemblable to a device to be monitored. The vibration detection instrument includes a vibration sensor to detect vibration at least in a direction deviating from a longitudinal axis of the attachment screw. The deformable base part is arranged at least partly against the support surface of the body part. The vibration detection instrument assembly includes a direction indicator arranged to indicate the direction of the vibration sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Timo PÄIVINEN, Anssi LEHTONEN, Sami VIRTANEN, Juho AALTO
  • Patent number: 8766468
    Abstract: A rotor for a permanent magnet electrical machine includes a ferromagnetic core structure having cavities which divide the ferromagnetic core structure into pole regions (103), a yoke region (104), and bridges (105, 106) between them. The rotor includes permanent magnets (107, 108) located in the cavities and arranged to produce magnetic fluxes penetrating the pole regions so as to form magnetic poles of the rotor. The cavities have portions which extend towards the quadrature-axis (Q) and are free from the permanent magnets. Thus, non-ferromagnetic regions for reducing leakage fluxes of the permanent magnets are being formed. Furthermore, the portions of the cavities have a shape curving towards the geometrical rotation axis of the rotor. As the portions of the cavities have the shape curving towards the rotation axis, the cavities can be made longer and the routes of the leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Visedo Oy
    Inventors: Marko Rilla, Timo Päivinen