Inventor
PURANEN MIKKO
FI28 patents
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KONE CORP
21 patentsUS8807286B2Aug 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 patentsUS7440813B2Oct 21, 2008
System and methods for automatic generation of component data
VALOR COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS LTD7 citations68
US7447560B2Nov 4, 2008
System and methods for automatic generation of component data
VALOR COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS LTD3 citations57
US7599757B2Oct 6, 2009
System and methods for automatic generation of component data
VALOR COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS LTD0 citations46