Patents by Inventor Timo Rintamaki

Timo Rintamaki 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: 6522229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transformer tank generally shaped like a rectangular prism and filled with insulating liquid and assembled mainly by welding. The tank comprises a detachably fastened transformer cover plate and a transformer core placed in the transformer tank while the cover plate is detached. In accordance with the invention, at least one of the substantially vertical walls of the transformer tank comprises a detachable wall portion whose detachment allows the transformer core to be removed from the transformer tank through an opening formed by the detachment of the wall portion. In this way the transformer can be repaired on site without having to lift the transformer core from the transformer tank in the conventional manner, which would require free space above the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Sakari Laine, Kari Seppänen, Timo Rintamäki
  • Publication number: 20020057157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transformer tank generally shaped like a rectangular prism and filled with insulating liquid and assembled mainly by welding. The tank comprises a detachably fastened transformer cover plate and a transformer core placed in the transformer tank while the cover plate is detached. In accordance with the invention, at least one of the substantially vertical walls of the transformer tank comprises a detachable wall portion whose detachment allows the transformer core to be removed from the transformer tank through an opening formed by the detachment of the wall portion. In this way the transformer can be repaired on site without having to lift the transformer core from the transformer tank in the conventional manner, which would require free space above the transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Sakari Laine, Kari Seppanen, Timo Rintamaki