Patents by Inventor Åke Bergqvist

Åke Bergqvist 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).

  • Motor vehicle arrangement
    Patent number: 6672421
    Abstract: A motor vehicle arrangement having a control device for controlling the vehicle. The control device is at least adjustable in the vertical direction. The control device has a parking position in which the vehicle cannot be driven and there is no operative connection for starting, accelerating or braking the vehicle etc. from the operating controls of the vehicle. The control device is releasable from the parking position to a driving position using an authorization verification element which adjusts the driving position. In the driving position, an operative connection is established between the operating control elements of the vehicle and corresponding actuating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: Göran Larsson, Anders Gunnarsson, Simon Lamarre, Karin Reikerås, Kjell Reikerås, Einar Lenartsson, Birgitta Thorsson, Åke Bergqvist