Patents Represented by Attorney Novak Druve + Quigg, LLP
  • Patent number: 8225679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a load carrier foot (1) and a torque indicator device (25, 34, 44, 532, 74) for use with various sports equipment accessory devices, preferably a load carrier foot, the torque indicator providing a signal alerting an operator that a desired torque has been reached, thereby avoiding over-tightening or under-tightening of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Joseph R. Flaherty, William E. Fortune, Jr., Keith Prescott, Joakim Persson, Eric Anders Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 7331172
    Abstract: A system and method for the regeneration of a particle filter (13) arranged downstream from a catalyzer unit (14) in an exhaust canal (10) arranged to an internal combustion engine (2), where the internal combustion engine (2) is arranged to assume a first operational mode (60) in which a driving torque is emitted and a second operational mode (80) constituting engine braking where the internal combustion engine (2) supplies compression work to a gas mixture which flows through the exhaust canal (10) without a corresponding expansion work having been emitted from the gas mixture, and a vehicle where the method is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventor: Per Persson