Patents by Inventor Ake Bergstrom

Ake Bergstrom 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).

  • Rear axle arrangement for a heavy vehicle
    Patent number: 6820900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rear axle arrangement for a heavy vehicle, e.g. a freight vehicle. The vehicle incorporates a number of wheels which bear the vehicle and an elongate chassis element which extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The rear axle arrangement incorporates at least one separate rear axle unit which includes a loadbearing frame structure and two of said wheels. The frame structure extends between a first end region and a second end region in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and the first end region of the frame structure is designed to be connected to the elongate chassis element. In addition, the two wheels are suspended on the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ake Bergstrom, Pär Wallin, Michael Linden, Fredrik Modahl, Anders Gustavsson, Geoffrey Davidson
  • Front axle arrangement for a heavy vehicle
    Patent number: 6736232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a front axle arrangement for a heavy vehicle, e.g. a freight vehicle. The vehicle incorporates a number of wheels (42, 43) which bear the vehicle, and an engine unit (20) for the vehicle's propulsion and a longitudinal chassis element (6) which extends along the vehicle's longitudinal axis in the normal direction of forward movement of the vehicle. The front axle arrangement forms a separate front axle unit (11) incorporating a frame structure (12-15) which is intended to be connected to the longitudinal chassis element, and two of said wheels which are suspended in the frame structure. The front axle unit (11) is intended to bear the engine unit (20) in such a way that the latter extends in through a central aperture of the frame structure (12-15) and can at least partially be extracted from the front axle unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (Publ)
    Inventors: Ake Bergstrom, Pär Wallin, Michael Linden, Fredrik Modahl, Anders Gustavsson, Geoffrey Davidson
  • Arrangement and method for fastening a flat component at a vehicle
    Patent number: 6523883
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for fastening panel-like elements to a vehicle. The arrangement incorporates a first part of a velcro® fastening the latter consisting of a hook part and a felt part which is attached to the panel element, and a second part of the velcro fastening which is attached to the part of the vehicle which is intended to support the panel element. The portion of the surface of the panel element where the first part of the velcro® fastening is arranged is situated centrally to, but at a predetermined distance from, the portion of the surface of the vehicle part where the second part of the velcro® fastening is arranged. In fastening a panel element, e.g. a wearing layer, to a vehicle, at least a first part of the velcro® fastening is attached to the panel element before the latter is placed in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (Publ)
    Inventors: Ake Bergstrom, Per-Arne Eriksson