Patents by Inventor Tuomas Himanka

Tuomas Himanka 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).

  • Blade element
    Patent number: 11732587
    Abstract: A blade element (4, 8) for a comminution device (1) to comminute fiber material has at least one comminution section (22) with comminution parts (20, 24, 25, 26) and free spaces (21) therebetween, and at least one feed section (23) extending at least partly in a longitudinal direction (X) of the blade element (4, 8), each feed section (23) intended to feed fiber material to the respective comminution section (22). The comminution parts have a first dimension (d20a, d20b, d20c, d24a, d24b, d24c) extending in a circumferential direction (C) of the blade element and a second dimension (e20a, e20b, e20c, e24a, e25a, e26a) extending in the longitudinal direction (X) of the blade element. At the same longitudinal (X) position in the blade element (4, 8) the first dimension of the comminution parts is arranged to increase in the circumferential direction (C) of the blade element toward the feed section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Håkan Sjöström, Tuomas Himanka
  • Blade Element
    Publication number: 20220349309
    Abstract: A blade element (4, 8) for a comminution device (1) to comminute fiber material has at least one comminution section (22) with comminution parts (20, 24, 25, 26) and free spaces (21) therebetween, and at least one feed section (23) extending at least partly in a longitudinal direction (X) of the blade element (4, 8), each feed section (23) intended to feed fiber material to the respective comminution section (22). The comminution parts have a first dimension (d20a, d20b, d20c, d24a, d24b, d24c) extending in a circumferential direction (C) of the blade element and a second dimension (e20a, e20b, e20c, e24a, e25a, e26a) extending in the longitudinal direction (X) of the blade element. At the same longitudinal (X) position in the blade element (4, 8) the first dimension of the comminution parts is arranged to increase in the circumferential direction (C) of the blade element toward the feed section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Håkan Sjöström, Tuomas Himanka