Patents by Inventor Tommi Lassila

Tommi Lassila 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: 6641327
    Abstract: A water turbine arrangement employs a generator enclosed in a cylindrical casing. A turbine is arranged directly on the generator shaft outside the casing. The casing is arranged to a flow conduit by a support structure which has a tubular support shaft arranged to carry the cylindrical casing in the flow conduit. The cylindrical casing and the tubular support shaft and the turbine are removable from the flow conduit as a single structure through an installation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Tommi Lassila, Risto Pakaste
  • Patent number: 5923113
    Abstract: An arrangement for the transfer of electric current, a liquid medium and a gaseous medium between fixed and rotatable sections. A protective casing surrounds sliding brushes pressing against sliding surfaces. A passage for each medium is parallel with rotation and arranged at a boundary surface between the fixed and rotating sections. Passage transfer pipes in both sections communicate with the passages. A collector chamber arranged in the fixed section and an outlet pipe lead the gaseous medium out of the tubular rotating section. The arrangement for the transfer of a liquid medium is coaxially arranged inside the arrangement for the transfer of electric current. The protective casing provides a collector chamber for the gaseous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: ABB Azipod Oy
    Inventors: Tommi Lassila, Timo Leppanen