Patents by Inventor Arne Andersson

Arne Andersson 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).

  • Publication number: 20210129659
    Abstract: A combined cooling and water braking system for a vehicle comprises a first water recirculation loop having a first heat exchanger configured to cool water flowing in the first water recirculation loop, the first water recirculation loop comprising a water conduit for transporting heat away from a propulsion device configured to generate a propulsion power for the vehicle. A second water recirculation loop having a second heat exchanger is configured to cool water flowing in the second water recirculation loop. A retarder is configured to be coupled to a pair of wheels of the vehicle. The second water recirculation loop may be selectively used for cooling the propulsion device and for providing water to the retarder for water braking. There is also provided a method for cooling a propulsion device of a vehicle and water braking a pair of wheels of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Arne Andersson, Staffan Lundgren
  • Publication number: 20210108559
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion cylinder housing a combustion piston, a compressor cylinder housing a compressor piston, an expander cylinder housing an expander piston, and a crankshaft connected to the combustion piston and the expander piston by a respective connecting rod. The internal combustion engine further comprises a connecting element rigidly connecting the compressor piston and the expander piston such that the compressor piston and the expander piston move in unison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Arne Andersson, Staffan Lundgren
  • Publication number: 20210079818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling lubrication of a connecting rod bearing of an internal combustion engine arrangement. The method comprises the steps of controlling an inlet valve to be maintained in the closed position during a movement of the reciprocating piston from the top dead center during an intake stroke for a predetermined number of crank angle degrees; and positioning the inlet valve in the open position when the reciprocating piston has traveled the predetermined number of crank angle degrees from the top dead center, wherein lubricating medium is provided to the connecting rod bearing within a predetermined time period before the inlet valve is arranged in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arne ANDERSSON, Bengt LASSESSON
  • Publication number: 20210054792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine arrangement (100, 00?) comprising: a combustion cylinder provided with a reciprocating piston movable between a top dead center (TDC) and a bottom dead center (BDC) within the combustion cylinder; a first outlet valve (102) connected to the combustion cylinder for controllably directing exhaust gas from the combustion cylinder to a first exhaust gas manifold of the internal combustion engine arrangement; a second outlet valve (104, 104?) connected to the combustion cylinder for controllably directing exhaust gas from the combustion cylinder to a second exhaust gas manifold of the internal combustion engine arrangement; a turbocharger arrangement (106) comprising a turbine (108) and a compressor (110), wherein the turbine (108) is arranged in fluid communication with the first exhaust gas manifold; and an exhaust emission control device (112,112?) arranged in fluid communication with the second exhaust gas manifold, wherein the exhaust emission con
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Arne ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20210040901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling an internal combustion engine arrangement, which method comprises the steps of controlling an outlet valve to be arranged in an at least partial open position during a portion of an intake stroke; and providing a reducing agent to at least a portion of the flow of combustion gas exhausted from the combustion cylinder during an exhaust stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arne ANDERSSON, Lennart ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20200386151
    Abstract: The invention provides an internal combustion engine system (1) comprising—at least one combustor (3), and—a first expander (4) arranged to receive exhaust gases from at least one of the at least one combustor (3), and to expand and extract energy from the exhaust gases, —characterized in that the system comprises a second expander (5) arranged to receive exhaust gases from the first expander (4), and to expand and extract energy from the exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Bengt JOHANSSON, Nhut LAM, Staffan LUNDGREN
  • Publication number: 20200362733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling an internal combustion engine arrangement (100). The internal combustion engine arrangement (100) comprises a combustion cylinder (102) and an inlet valve (106) arranged to be positioned in a closed position at a distance before a piston (104) reaches a bottom dead center during normal operation. The inlet valve is further controllable to be arranged in the open position until the piston reaches the bottom dead center if a required volumetric efficiency of the combustion cylinder is higher than a volumetric efficiency during normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arne ANDERSSON, David CARLSON
  • Patent number: 10837379
    Abstract: A method of controlling an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders includes injecting a first gaseous fuel, at a first pressure, into at least a first cylinder of the cylinders, in a first combustion mode, and simultaneously providing a second gaseous fuel, at a second pressure which is different than the first pressure, for at least a second cylinder of the cylinders, in a second combustion mode which is dissimilar to the first combustion mode, wherein the second cylinder is not the first cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ingemar Magnusson, Arne Andersson, Lennart Andersson
  • Patent number: 10824976
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing feedback in an electronic sourcing system. A system is configured to receive a first optimization model whose solution represents an allocation or award of items being bid upon. The first optimization model comprises a plurality of bids and one or more allocation rules representing one or more constraints on the allocation. Subsequent to determining the optimization model is not feasible, the system is configured to compare the one or more allocation rules to a reference allocation. Subsequent to determining an allocation rule of the one or more allocation rules is in conflict with the reference allocation, system is configured to relax the allocation rule in the first optimization model to create a second optimization model, and solve the second optimization model to generate an allocation compatible with the second optimization model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Coupa Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Arne Andersson, Fredrik Ygge, Mattias Willman, Ulf Ekström, Claes Ekström, Roger Björnstedt
  • Patent number: 10774734
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes at least one combustor, and a first expander arranged to receive exhaust gases from at least one of the at least one combustor, and to expand and extract energy from the exhaust gases, wherein the system includes a second expander arranged to receive exhaust gases from the first expander, and to expand and extract energy from the exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Arne Andersson, Bengt Johansson, Nhut Lam, Staffan Lundgren
  • Patent number: 10774712
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a compressor arranged to compress air, at least one combustor, at least one of the at least one combustor being arranged to receive the compressed air, and an exhaust treatment device arranged to process exhaust gases produced by at least one of the at least one combustor, a heat exchanger arranged to receive the compressed air from the compressor before it reaches the at least one of the at least one combustor, and wherein the heat exchanger is arranged to transfer heat from the compressed air to the exhaust treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Arne Andersson, Bengt Johansson, Nhut Lam, Staffan Lundgren
  • Patent number: 10753274
    Abstract: A method of controlling a high pressure gas injection internal combustion engine includes injecting, in a first combustion mode, by a first as injection system, a first gaseous fuel into a cylinder of the engine, and accumulating in a container of a second gas injection system excess gaseous fuel from the first fuel system, shifting, in the cylinder, from the first combustion mode to a second combustion mode including determining a value of an air flow related parameter indicative of an air mass flow into the cylinder, determining, based on the determined air flow related parameter value, a value of a fuel flow related parameter indicative of a mass flow of the excess gaseous fuel, and supplying from the container, in accordance with the determined fuel flow related parameter value, the excess gaseous fuel to provide a premix of air and the excess gaseous fuel to the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ingemar Magnusson, Arne Andersson, Lennart Andersson
  • Publication number: 20200232397
    Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine system, the engine system including a combustor arranged to receive air and fuel, and combust the received air and fuel, an expander arranged to expand exhaust gases from the combustion in the combustor and to extract energy from the expanded exhaust gases, and a communication valve arranged to control a communication between the combustor and the expander, including determining during operation of the engine system whether there is a pressure difference across said communication valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Bengt JOHANSSON, Staffan LUNDGREN, Nhut LAM
  • Publication number: 20200217244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine arrangement for a vehicle, said internal combustion engine arrangement comprising a combustion cylinder housing a reciprocating combustion piston, and an expansion cylinder housing a reciprocating expansion piston, said expansion cylinder being arranged in downstream fluid communication with the combustion cylinder for receiving combustion gases exhausted from the combustion cylinder, wherein the internal combustion engine arrangement further comprises a pressure tank arranged in fluid communication with the expansion cylinder, wherein the internal combustion engine arrangement is further arranged to be operated in a first operating mode in which compressed gas generated in the expansion cylinder is delivered to the pressure tank, and a second operating mode in which compressed gas contained in the pressure tank is delivered from the pressure tank to the expansion cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arne ANDERSSON, Staffan LUNDGREN
  • Patent number: 10704436
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders, a gas intake manifold for providing at least air to the cylinder block and an exhaust gas manifold for exiting the exhaust gas from the cylinder block, wherein the exhaust gas manifold includes at least a main exhaust gas outlet and a waste gate exhaust gas outlet, wherein the main exhaust gas outlet is connected to a main exhaust gas pipe for guiding the exhaust gas to a main exhaust gas after treatment system and the waste gate exhaust gas outlet is connected to a waste gate exhaust gas pipe, and wherein the waste gate exhaust gas pipe is reconnected to the main exhaust gas pipe upstream of the main exhaust gas after treatment system and includes at least one waste gate exhaust gas after treatment unit, such as an oxidation catalyst such as a diesel oxidation catalyst, for catalytically treating the exhaust gas streaming through the waste gate exhaust gas pipe, and to a method for increasing the temperature in an i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mårdberg Jozsa, Arne Andersson
  • Patent number: 10704447
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes at least one combustor, a compressor arranged to compress air, an air guide arranged to guide compressed air from the compressor to at least one of the at least one combustor, an expander arranged to expand exhaust gases from at least one of the at least one combustor and to extract energy from the expanded exhaust gases, and an exhaust guide arranged to guide exhaust gases from at least one of the at least one combustor to the expander, wherein the exhaust guide is at least partly integrated with the air guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Arne Andersson, Bengt Johansson, Nhut Lam, Staffan Lundgren
  • Patent number: 10690051
    Abstract: A two-stroke opposed piston internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder being provided with a first piston and a second piston adapted to perform opposed motions in the cylinder, each cylinder being provided with at least one intake port, a communication between an air intake arrangement and the cylinder via the intake port being dependent on the position of the first piston, each cylinder further being provided with at least one exhaust port, a communication between an exhaust guiding arrangement and the cylinder via the exhaust port being dependent on the position of the second piston, at least one of the cylinders being provided with an additional port and an additional port valve, a communication between the cylinder and an additional conduit externally of the cylinder, via the additional port, being controllable with the additional port valve, the air intake arrangement including at least one intake valve for selectively reducing or inhibiting air admittance to at least o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Arne Andersson
  • Publication number: 20200173329
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a combustor arranged to repetitively receive air and fuel, combust the received air and fuel, and expand the combusted air and fuel, an expander including a cylinder and a piston arranged to reciprocate in the cylinder, the piston being connected to a crankshaft of the engine system, and an exhaust guide arranged to guide exhaust gases from the combustor to the expander, wherein the system is arranged to provide an injection of fuel into the exhaust guide and/or arranged to provide an injection of fuel into the combustor after a combustion in the combustor and before a reception of air and fuel in the combustor for a subsequent combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Bengt JOHANSSON, Staffan LUNDGREN, Nhut LAM
  • Patent number: 10521202
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a project building interface are described herein. In an embodiment, a server computer displays, through a graphical user interface, one or more options for defining aspects of a project. The server computer receives, through selection of the one or more first options in the graphical user interface, first user input defining particular aspects of a particular project. The server computer displays through the graphical user interface, one or more second options for defining a guide. The server computer receives, through selection of the one or more second options in the graphical user interface, second user input defining a particular guide for the particular project. The server computer receives through the graphical user interface, a request to store the particular project. The server computer stores the particular aspects of the particular project and the particular guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Coupa Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Arne Andersson, Fredrik Ygge
  • Patent number: 10385751
    Abstract: An exhaust gas arrangement includes an exhaust gas system for conveying an exhaust gas stream. The exhaust gas system includes a turbine and an exhaust gas treatment system. The exhaust gas arrangement further includes a working fluid circulation circuit connected to the exhaust gas system for recovery of energy from the exhaust gas stream. The working fluid circulation circuit includes a first heat exchanger which is arranged at a waste heat source for heat exchange between the waste heat source and a working fluid in the working fluid circulation circuit, and a second heat exchanger positioned in the exhaust gas system for heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the working fluid. The second heat exchanger is positioned downstream of the turbine and upstream of a particle filter in the exhaust gas treatment system. An internal combustion engine system and a vehicle including such an exhaust gas arrangement are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Arne Andersson