Patents Assigned to Consensum AS
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Patent number: 9302752Abstract: This invention relates to a breathing sensing device for detecting a pressure drop due to breathing. The device includes a diaphragm (100) having a first pressure chamber (120) on one side and a second pressure chamber (121) on a second side within an actuator housing. The first and second pressure chambers (120,121) are connected to a system pressure (L1) by flow passages (143, 153) having different cross sectional passage area (Ar, Af) arranged to facilitate detection of a pressure drop due to breathing.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: CONSENSUM ASInventor: Ola Patriksson
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Publication number: 20140069422Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety method in connection with SCUBA diving to control a diver's buoyancy, in which method the diver (11) is equipped with diving equipment comprising at least one air pressure tank (1), a valve device (2) connected to the pressure tank (1) and arranged to supply air from said pressure tank via first supply means (5) to a breathing regulator (4) and via second supply means (7, 9, 12) to an inflatable diving jacket (6) in order to control the diver's buoyancy, an actuator (8) being able to automatically initiate inflation of the diving jacket (6) when the diver has not affected the air flow through the breathing regulator (4) for a certain time period, said actuator (8) being controlled by an actuation mechanism (20) that automatically sets the actuator in active mode when the diver is within an actuation zone (A), wherein in order additionally to improve the diver's buoyancy the actuator (8) is also arranged to automatically initiate dumping of a weight (11) carried by theType: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: CONSENSUM ASInventors: Jan Stood, Ola Patriksson
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Patent number: 8568062Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety method in connection with SCUBA diving to control a diver's buoyancy, in which method the diver (11) is equipped with diving equipment comprising at least one air pressure tank (1), a valve device (2) connected to the pressure tank (1) and arranged to supply air from said pressure tank via first supply means (5) to a breathing regulator (4) and via second supply means (7, 9, 12) to an inflatable diving jacket (6) in order to control the diver's buoyancy, an actuator (8) being able to automatically initiate inflation of the diving jacket (6) when the diver has not affected the air flow through the breathing regulator (4) for a certain time period, said actuator (8) being controlled by an actuation mechanism (20) that automatically sets the actuator in active mode when the diver is within an actuation zone (A), wherein in order additionally to improve the diver's buoyancy the actuator (8) is also arranged to automatically initiate dumping of a weight (11) carried by theType: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Consensum ASInventors: Jan Stööd, Ola Patriksson
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Publication number: 20130066227Abstract: This invention relates to a breathing sensing device, comprising a diaphragm (100) having a first pressure chamber (120) on one side and a second pressure chamber (121) on a second side, wherein said first and second pressure chambers (120, 121) are connected to a system pressure (L1) by means of flow passages (143, 153) having different cross sectional passage area (Ar, Af) arranged to facilitate detection of a pressure drop due to breathing, wherein the relation of cross sectional passage area between the cross sectional passage area (Ar) providing a restricted flow passages (143) to and/or from the second pressure chamber (121) is in the range of 1/50- 1/200 in relation to the cross sectional passage area (A f) providing a flow passage to and/or from the first pressure chamber (120).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: CONSENSUM ASInventor: Ola Patriksson
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Patent number: 8033755Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in connection with SCUBA diving to control a diver's buoyancy, in which method the diver (11) is equipped with diving equipment comprising at least one air pressure tank (1), a valve device (2) connected to the pressure tank (1) and arranged to supply air from said pressure tank via first supply means (5) to a breathing regulator (4) and via second supply means (7) to an inflatable diving jacket (6) in order to control the diver's buoyancy, inflation of the diving jacket being initiated when the diver has not affected the air flow through the breathing regulator (4) for a certain time period. The invention also relates to a safety device and diving equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Consensum ASInventors: Jan Stööd, Ola Patriksson, Christian van Oostrum, Thomas Erdtman
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Publication number: 20090217927Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in connection with SCUBA diving to control a diver's buoyancy, in which method the diver (11) is equipped with diving equipment comprising at least one air pressure tank (1), a valve device (2) connected to the pressure tank (1) and arranged to supply air from said pressure tank via first supply means (5) to a breathing regulator (4) and via second supply means (7) to an inflatable diving jacket (6) in order to control the diver's buoyancy, inflation of the diving jacket being initiated when the diver has not affected the air flow through the breathing regulator (4) for a certain time period. The invention also relates to a safety device and diving equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: CONSENSUM ASInventors: Jan Stood, Ola Patriksson, Christian van Oostrum, Thomas Erdtman