Patents by Inventor Jan Christian Holmström

Jan Christian Holmström 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: 6981929
    Abstract: Vehicle differential with a differential housing (5) consisting of two pressed sheet metal halves (6). Each sheet metal half is made with radial, gutter-shaped depressions, which are limited at their outer ends by wall portions (14). A differential pinion shaft (15) is received in the depressions between the sheet metal halves. The wall portions (14) limit the axial movement of the differential pinion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: Grzegorz Janiszewski, Jan Christian Holmström
  • Patent number: 6550431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for degassing a cooling system for an internal combustion engine (1), in which a coolant is brought to circulate on the one hand in a cooling circuit between the engine and a radiator unit (2) and on the other between the engine and a bypass circuit, past the radiator unit. The coolant is hereby controlled, in dependence of the temperature, to flow through the cooling circuit and/or the bypass circuit, and the degassing is performed through draining off a limited coolant flow. The degassing is achieved by draining off of a limited portion of that coolant flow which is brought to flow through the bypass circuit, and is thus performed in dependence of the coolant temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventor: Jan Christian Holmström
  • Patent number: 6289854
    Abstract: A circulation pump for pumping a fluid, for example for heat interchange, by way of a rotating impeller is included in a circulation system that includes a first feeder liner from a heat source to a cooling device, a return line from the cooling device to the pump and a valve for shunting the outflow from the heat source via a bypass line back to the pump. The bypass line is connected to the pump in such a way that a flow essentially from this line produces and/or increases a pre-rotation of the inflow to the impeller, which pre-rotation results in a reduction of the power required by the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Jan Christian Holmström, Sassan Etemad, Arne Andersson