Patents by Inventor Anders Hallén

Anders Hallén 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).

  • Device for indicating multiple conditions
    Patent number: 6518890
    Abstract: A device for indicating a multi-position state and having one or more sensors, one or more bi-stable, magnetic switches, and a control unit. The switches are provided with an electromagnet arranged in connection with each individual switch thereby enabling the switches to be switched between two or more indicating positions by sending an electric pulse through the electromagnet. The sensors are connected to the control unit, which is in turn connected to the switches. The sensors are arranged to sense which of the two or more positions is the current state of a measured object, and transmit a signal corresponding to the position of the measured object to the control unit. The control unit is arranged to transmit a signal to the electromagnet of the corresponding switch in order to update the indicated state of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Volvo Personvagner AB
    Inventors: Anders Hallén, Mohammad Moradnia
  • Device for indicating multiple conditions
    Publication number: 20020014970
    Abstract: A device for indicating a multi-position state and having one or more sensors, one or more bi-stable, magnetic switches, and a control unit. The switches are provided with an electromagnet arranged in connection with each individual switch thereby enabling the switches to be switched between two or more indicating positions by sending an electric pulse through the electromagnet. The sensors are connected to the control unit, which is in turn connected to the switches. The sensors are arranged to sense which of the two or more positions is the current state of a measured object, and transmit a signal corresponding to the position of the measured object to the control unit. The control unit is arranged to transmit a signal to the electromagnet of the corresponding switch in order to update the indicated state of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Anders Hallen, Mohammad Moradnia
  • Method and device for minimizing initial surface reflections in a display screen
    Patent number: 5448406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for minimizing initial surface reflections which can be reflected from the surroundings via the reflecting surface of an electronic display screen in the direction towards a given observation position, whereby the display screen is arranged on a base, preferably mounted on a dashboard of a vehicle, whereby at least a certain region of, or adjoining, the base to which the display screen is intended to be attached, is treated in such manner that a low reflecting surface is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: Jan Billig, Anders Hallen