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PURANEN MIKKO

FI28 patents
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KONE CORP

21 patents
US8807286B2Aug 19, 2014

Method and an arrangement in rope condition monitoring of an elevator

KONE CORP33 citations93
US9944494B2Apr 17, 2018

Travelling cable of an elevator, and an elevator

KONE CORP9 citations83
US10329119B2Jun 25, 2019

Elevator with code pattern to determine car position

KONE CORP3 citations72
US10011459B2Jul 3, 2018

Safety circuit and elevator system with optical cable

KONE CORP3 citations72
US9517919B2Dec 13, 2016

Elevator with adjustable buffer length

KONE CORP3 citations71
US9045312B2Jun 2, 2015

Arrangement for damping lateral sways of a rope fixed to an elevator unit and an elevator

KONE CORP4 citations68
US10377605B2Aug 13, 2019

Rope and rope groove monitoring

KONE CORP1 citations62
US12545550B2Feb 10, 2026

Elevator parking brake, a method for operating an elevator system and an elevator system

KONE CORP0 citations58
US12351429B2Jul 8, 2025

Elevator call allocation in an elevator system

KONE CORP1 citations57
US11618649B2Apr 4, 2023

Elevator apparatus

KONE CORP0 citations52
US11505430B2Nov 22, 2022

Method and arrangement for condition monitoring of a rope of a hoisting apparatus

KONE CORP1 citations51
US10823704B2Nov 3, 2020

Inspecting condition of load bearing member

KONE CORP0 citations51
US12497264B2Dec 16, 2025

Method for operating an elevator and elevator

KONE CORP0 citations49
US11673771B2Jun 13, 2023

Elevator car parking brake

KONE CORP0 citations47
US12509327B2Dec 30, 2025

Energy storage system for an elevator car, and a method and an apparatus for monitoring the energy storage system

KONE CORP0 citations44
US11618647B2Apr 4, 2023

Elevator car parking brake

KONE CORP0 citations44
US11554932B2Jan 17, 2023

Method and elevator

KONE CORP0 citations44
US11921071B2Mar 5, 2024

Method for checking the integrity of composite load bearing member

KONE CORP0 citations43
US12466694B2Nov 11, 2025

Method for operating an elevator

KONE CORP0 citations42
US11780705B2Oct 10, 2023

Method for operating an elevator

KONE CORP0 citations42
US10773923B2Sep 15, 2020

Method for avoiding unwanted safety gear tripping in an elevator system, controller adapted to perform such a method, governor brake and elevator system each having such a controller

KONE CORP0 citations36

VALOR COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS LTD

3 patents

LEHTINEN HANNU

2 patents

ROPPONEN TUOMO

1 patent

ELHANAN BINI

1 patent