Patents Assigned to Volvo Construction Equiptment AB
  • Patent number: 10479336
    Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle brake system including a brake assembly providing a service brake and a parking brake having a brake disc assembly in common, a service brake circuit, a parking brake circuit, and a brake control arrangement adapted to control the service brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between a pressurising arrangement and the service brake via the service brake circuit, the brake control arrangement further being adapted to control the parking brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between the pressurising arrangement and the parking brake via the parking brake circuit, and by selectively draining the parking brake circuit, wherein the vehicle brake system includes a draining circuit adapted to drain the service brake circuit to avoid overload of the brake disc assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equiptment AB
    Inventor: Johan Abrahamsson
  • Patent number: 10347153
    Abstract: A method for providing an operator of a vehicle with operating information includes providing at least one predetermined demonstration of the operating information, deciding if one of the at least one predetermined demonstration is desired to be presented to the operator and, if desired, automatically presenting the demonstration to the operator in an operator compartment of the vehicle when the operator is in an operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equiptment AB
    Inventors: Maria Eklund, Jonny Lindblom