Patents by Inventor Johan BOLMSTAM

Johan BOLMSTAM 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).

  • Publication number: 20220274532
    Abstract: A roof rack foot for securing a cross bar to a roof of a vehicle. The roof rack foot includes a clamping portion and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism includes an actuation element with an actuation device, and an engagement element. The actuation element is movably engaged with the engagement element in an engagement zone. The roof rack foot is configured to be secured to the roof or the cross bar by the clamping portion by operating the adjustment mechanism with the actuation device. The actuation device and the engagement zone are at least partially provided on opposite sides of the clamping portion in at least one operating condition of the roof rack foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hannes OLAISON, Markus NORDANGÅRD, Joakim ANDERSSON, Joakim PERSSON, Peter WIKSTRÖM, Johan BOLMSTAM, Victor MILLBERG
  • Patent number: 11345284
    Abstract: A roof rack foot for securing a cross bar to a roof of a vehicle, the cross bar having a bottom wall with a slot and a cavity for forming an abutment surface, the slot having a centerline, the roof rack foot having a supporting surface for supporting the bottom wall of the cross bar, a first and a second clamping portion for clamping the roof rack foot to the roof, the second clamping portion having an anchoring arm and configured to extend through the slot into the cavity and lock the cross bar to the supporting surface by engagement of the anchoring arm with the abutment surface. When the cross bar is locked to the roof rack foot, the anchoring arm stands upright on the abutment surface and at least partially extends away from the centerline of the cross bar at an extension angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Hannes Olaison, Markus Nordangård, Joakim Andersson, Joakim Persson, Peter Wikström, Johan Bolmstam, Victor Millberg
  • Publication number: 20210268968
    Abstract: A roof rack foot for securing a cross bar to a roof of a vehicle, the cross bar having a bottom wall with a slot and a cavity for forming an abutment surface, the slot having a centerline, the roof rack foot having a supporting surface for supporting the bottom wall of the cross bar, a first and a second clamping portion for clamping the roof rack foot to the roof, the second clamping portion having an anchoring arm and configured to extend through the slot into the cavity and lock the cross bar to the supporting surface by engagement of the anchoring arm with the abutment surface. When the cross bar is locked to the roof rack foot, the anchoring arm stands upright on the abutment surface and at least partially extends away from the centerline of the cross bar at an extension angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hannes OLAISON, Markus NORDANGÅRD, Joakim ANDERSSON, Joakim PERSSON, Peter WIKSTRÖM, Johan BOLMSTAM, Victor MILLBERG