Patents by Inventor Mats Vigren

Mats Vigren 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: 8708431
    Abstract: Arrangement for controlling a track tension wheel of a tracked vehicle, comprising a guide arm system (12), which is swivel-mounted in a part fixed to the vehicle and which carries a wheel axle journal (29) for rotatably supporting the track tension wheel, in such a way that this can be swiveled by means of a first drive element (34) between a raised position and a lowered position, and a second drive element (36) for varying the center-to-center distance between the center axis of the track tension wheel and the swivel axis of the guide arm system in the part fixed to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Mats Vigren
  • Publication number: 20110309673
    Abstract: Arrangement for controlling a track tension wheel of a tracked vehicle, comprising a guide arm system (12), which is swivel-mounted in a part fixed to the vehicle and which carries a wheel axle journal (29) for rotatably supporting the track tension wheel, in such a way that this can be swivelled by means of a first drive element (34) between a raised position and a lowered position, and a second drive element (36) for varying the centre-to-centre distance between the centre axis of the track tension wheel and the swivel axis of the guide arm system in the part fixed to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS HAGGLUND AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Mats Vigren
  • Patent number: 7597411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for operating a track tension wheel on a tracked vehicle. The device comprises two operating cylinders, a pivoting cylinder (38, 48) for pivoting a tension wheel arm (10) that carries a tension wheel, and a tensioning cylinder (28, 30) for changing the distance between the center (25) of the tension wheel and the center of rotation (12) of the tension wheel arm. The tensioning cylinder (28, 30) is pivotally connected to a pivoting link arm (36), which link arm is arranged to be stationary in a first phase of a pivoting upward movement of the tension wheel arm (10) from a lowered position and to pivot around its connection to the link arm (36). In a second phase of the upward pivoting movement, a lug (50) on the tension wheel arm (10) is arranged to engage with the link arm (36) to cause the tensioning cylinder (28, 30) to be pivoted around the connection of the link arm (36) to the attachment (18) during a continued upward pivoting movement of the tension wheel arm (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Anders Bodin, Mats Vigren
  • Publication number: 20070182246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for operating a track tension wheel on a tracked vehicle. The device comprises two operating cylinders, a pivoting cylinder (38, 48) for pivoting a tension wheel arm (10) that carries a tension wheel, and a tensioning cylinder (28, 30) for changing the distance between the center (25) of the tension wheel and the center of rotation (12) of the tension wheel arm. The tensioning cylinder (28, 30) is pivotally connected to a pivoting link arm (36), which link arm is arranged to be stationary in a first phase of a pivoting upward movement of the tension wheel arm (10) from a lowered position and to pivot around its connection to the link arm (36). In a second phase of the upward pivoting movement, a lug (50) on the tension wheel arm (10) is arranged to engage with the link arm (36) to cause the tensioning cylinder (28, 30) to be pivoted around the connection of the link arm (36) to the attachment (18) during a continued upward pivoting movement of the tension wheel arm (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Anders Bodin, Mats Vigren
  • Patent number: 6581718
    Abstract: An arrangement for the steering and coupling together of two associated tracked units to form an articulated tracked vehicle set, includes a first upright for releasable coupling to a fixture on one of the tracked units, a second upright for coupling to a fixture on the other tracked unit, a first steering link which is connected in an articulated manner to the first upright about a first horizontal axis and a second steering link which is connected in an articulated manner to the second upright about a second horizontal axis, parallel with the first horizontal axis. The first and second steering links are mutually joined to a steering link unit about a steering pivot with a vertical axis of articulation. Hydraulic ram cylinder units are arranged so as to control relative turning movements between the first upright and the steering link unit, between the second upright and the steering link unit, and between the first and second steering links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Alvis Hagglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Mats Vigren, Max Thoren