Patents Assigned to Valinge Innovation AB
  • Publication number: 20250243673
    Abstract: Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet including at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer including at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet include a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: John M. WHISPELL, Hao A. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250243674
    Abstract: Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet including at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer including at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet include a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: John M. WHISPELL, Hao A. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250243675
    Abstract: Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet including at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer including at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet include a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: John M. WHISPELL, Hao A. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250237065
    Abstract: A set of rectangular building panels have a frontside and a backside and a mechanical locking device at opposite first and second edge portion configured for plane locking of similar panels in an assembled position by displacement of a plane with a second edge portion of a second panel in an engagement direction towards a first edge portion of an adjacent first panel. The first edge portion includes a first locking element configured to cooperate for plane locking with a first locking groove at the second edge portion. The first edge portion has a first front edge portion adjacent the frontside of the first panel and a first sub edge portion between the first front edge portion and a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the insertion groove being arranged between the backside of the first panel and the first sub edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Lucas LARSSON, Caroline LANDGÅRD
  • Publication number: 20250223810
    Abstract: A set of panels including a locking device for locking a first edge portion of a first panel to a second edge portion of a second panel. The locking device includes a horizontal locking device and a vertical locking device. The vertical locking device includes a separate tongue arranged in an insertion groove of the first edge portion and a tongue groove provided in the second edge portion. In a vertically locked state of the first and second edge portions, an abutment member provided at a longitudinal end portion of the separate tongue cooperates with a stop surface of the second edge portion, and a locking portion of the separate tongue cooperates with the tongue groove at a locking surface arranged in a wood-based body layer including wood fibres mainly oriented along a first fibre direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Fredrik BOO, Anders NILSSON
  • Publication number: 20250223815
    Abstract: A method to produce a board element, including extruding a substrate including one or more substrate layers through a die, laminating a thermoplastic film to a first surface of the substrate after the substrate has passed the die, printing by a digital printing device a décor on a surface of the thermoplastic film when the thermoplastic film has been laminated to the substrate, and applying a coating directly on the printed thermoplastic film after printing. Also, a panel, such as a building panel, including a mechanical locking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Per NYGREN, Per JOSEFSSON
  • Publication number: 20250223813
    Abstract: A set of building panels including similar or essentially identical building panels. Each building panel includes a first mechanical locking device configured to horizontally and vertically lock a first edge of a building panel to a second edge of an adjacent building panel. The first mechanical locking device includes, at the second edge, a locking tongue configured to be received in a tongue groove arranged in the first edge. The locking tongue has, in an upper portion, an impact surface extending at an acute angle in relation to the horizontal plane and the tongue groove has, in an upper portion, an impact surface extending in an acute angle in relation to the horizontal plane, configured to cooperate with the impact surface of the locking tongue in an assembled position, when a force, acting, at least partially, in a vertical direction, is applied to at least one of the building panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Christian BOO
  • Publication number: 20250215703
    Abstract: Building panels, such as a floor or wall panels. The panels include a first mechanical locking system include a first locking strip at one of the third edge or fourth edge configured to cooperate for horizontal locking with a first locking groove at the other of the third or fourth edge of an adjacent building panel, preferably by means of a folding motion, and a second locking system including a second locking strip at one of the first edge or second edge, configured to cooperate for horizontal locking with a second locking groove at the other of the first or second edge of an adjacent building panel. The thickness of the second locking strip, in a thickness-direction of the building panel, exceeds the thickness of the first locking strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Roger YLIKANGAS, Anders NILSSON, Karl QUIST
  • Publication number: 20250207411
    Abstract: Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet including at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer including at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet include a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: John M. WHISPELL, Hao A. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250180052
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for connecting two objects to one another. The mounting bracket includes an elongate protruding tongue element configured to be inserted in a cylindrical recess in one of the objects. The tongue element has one recess contacting side. A cross section of the tongue element on the recess contacting side is a circle sector, the other side of the tongue element being adapted to engage with a locking device. The locking device includes a cylinder and a lever connected to the cylinder. The cylinder is configured to be arranged in the recess. The cylinder is configured to act as a cam when the cylinder is turned about its axis in the recess using the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Oscar RYDSJÖ, Marko SOSTAR, Patrik CARLSSON
  • Publication number: 20250179811
    Abstract: A set of panels including a locking device for locking a first edge portion of a first panel to a second edge portion of a second panel. The locking device includes a horizontal locking device and a vertical locking device. The vertical locking device includes a separate tongue arranged in an insertion groove of the first edge portion, wherein the separate tongue includes flexible members, and a tongue groove provided in the second edge portion. In a vertically locked state of the first and second edge portions, an abutment member provided at a longitudinal end portion of the separate tongue cooperates with a stop surface of the second edge portion, and a locking portion of the separate tongue cooperates with the tongue groove. The stop surface is arranged closer than the locking portion to an inner portion of the insertion groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Anders NILSSON, Fredrik BOO
  • Publication number: 20250129606
    Abstract: A building panel having a thickness after pressing, the building panel including a substrate, a first sub-layer including a binder arranged on a first side of the substrate and a surface layer including a first wood veneer, arranged on the first sub-layer, wherein the building panel has a thickness distribution of about ±7.5% or less, the thickness distribution defined by the formula: ((Dmax?Dmin)/(Dmax+Dmin))×100 and a method for producing a building panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Rickard RITTINGE, Sofia NILSSON
  • Publication number: 20250122732
    Abstract: A set of building panels such as floor panels, including similar or essentially identical building panels. Each building panel having a first mechanical locking device configured to horizontally and vertically lock a first edge of a building panel to a second edge of an adjacent building panel, where the first edge and the second edge preferably are the long edges of the building panels, and a second mechanical locking device configured to horizontally and vertically lock a third edge of a building panel to a fourth edge of an adjacent building panel, where the third edge and the fourth edge preferably are the short edges of the building panels. Each mechanical locking device includes a locking strip including a locking element configured to cooperate with a locking groove. Each locking element has an impact surface and each locking groove comprises an impact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Anders NILSSON
  • Publication number: 20250122731
    Abstract: A set of building panels such as floor panels, including similar or essentially identical building panels. Each building panel having a first mechanical locking device configured to horizontally and vertically lock a first edge of a building panel to a second edge of an adjacent building panel, and a second mechanical locking device configured to horizontally and vertically lock a third edge of a building panel to a fourth edge of an adjacent building panel, wherein the first mechanical locking device and/or the second mechanical locking device includes, at one of the first edge or second edge, and/or at one of the third edge or fourth edge, a locking strip extending from a respective edge in a direction away from the respective edge, wherein the locking strip includes a locking element having an impact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Anders NILSSON
  • Publication number: 20250092688
    Abstract: Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. The floor panels may have a first and a second connector at the long edges that are configured to obtain a minimum of friction facilitating a displacement, by a spring back force from the bending of a short edge locking strip, of a new panel in a horizontal direction along the long edge during the vertical snap folding action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Marcus STÅHL
  • Publication number: 20250075512
    Abstract: A set of panels each including a main surface, a first edge, an opposite second edge, a third edge which is adjacent to the first edge and a fourth edge which is opposite to the third edge. The set includes a mechanical locking device which is configured to lock the first edge to the second edge. The locking device includes a flexible tongue. The flexible tongue includes a central part configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for locking. A first edge part and the tongue groove are configured such that when in the locked position a force P? is applied adjacent the first edge and the third edge of the first panel and another force P is applied adjacent the second edge and the third edge of the second panel, the first edge part is pushed towards a bottom surface of an insertion groove which allows a disassembling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Fredrik BOO, Anders NILSSON, Karl QUIST
  • Publication number: 20250064206
    Abstract: A mechanical connection arrangement for panels, including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes at least one rod-shaped element at said surface of the first panel and at least one corresponding insertion recess at said surface of the second panel. The rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the insertion recess. The lateral surface of the rod-shaped element extends at a first angle from the surface of the first panel and the lateral side of the insertion recess extends into the second panel at a second angle from the surface of the second panel. The rod-shaped element is configured to bend when inserted in the insertion recess, such that the first angle in the locked position is different from the first angle in an unlocked position of the panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Johan SVENSSON, Peter DERELÖV
  • Publication number: 20250034868
    Abstract: A method to produce a building panel, including providing a core, applying a first paper layer on a first surface of the core, wherein the first paper layer includes a resin impregnated paper, applying refined lignocellulosic fibres on the first paper layer, applying a wood veneer layer above the refined lignocellulosic fibres, applying pressure to the core, the first paper layer, the refined lignocellulosic fibres, and the wood veneer layer to form a building panel. The disclosure further relates to such building panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Göran ZIEGLER
  • Publication number: 20250012309
    Abstract: A locking device for a joinery product is provided, the locking device including a locking pin, and a rotatable plug element. The plug element has at least one engagement means configured to interact with the locking pin such that in a first rotation state of the plug element, the locking pin is positionable in a first position, and in a second rotation state of the plug element, the locking pin is positionable in a second position, different from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Thomas MEIJER
  • Patent number: D1085847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Johan Svensson