Patents by Inventor Bill Ostman
Bill Ostman 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).
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Publication number: 20240136647Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a contactor box for an electrical energy storage system of an at least partly electrical vehicle. The contactor box comprises a first ingoing high voltage connection adapted to be connected to a second ingoing high voltage connection of a battery. The contactor box comprises a first outgoing high voltage connection adapted to be connected to a second outgoing high voltage connection of the battery. The first ingoing and the first outgoing high voltage connections are adapted to be disengaged from the battery when the contactor box is removed from the vehicle, and adapted to be engaged with the battery when the contactor box is inserted into the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Bill Östman
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Patent number: 11888174Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a contactor box (201) for an electrical energy storage system (200) of an at least partly electrical vehicle (100). The contactor box (201) comprises a first ingoing high voltage connection (203a) adapted to be connected to a second ingoing high voltage connection (203b) of a battery (210). The contactor box (201) comprises a first outgoing high voltage connection (205a) adapted to be connected to a second outgoing high voltage connection (205b) of the battery (210). The first ingoing and the first outgoing high voltage connections (203a, 205a) are adapted to be disengaged from the battery (210) when the contactor box (201) is removed from the vehicle (100), and adapted to be engaged with the battery (210) when the contactor box (201) is inserted into the vehicle (100).Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Bill Östman
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Patent number: 11788457Abstract: A method for exchanging coolant in a cooling system, which cooling system comprises at least one pump, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit. The inlet conduit is connected to at least one external coolant source. The method comprises controlling said at least one pump to flow coolant in the cooling system from the at least one coolant source via the inlet conduit, through the cooling system, to the outlet conduit until the coolant in the cooling system has been at least partly exchanged. The disclosure also relates to a control unit configured to control exchange of coolant according to the method, a cooling system comprising the control unit and a vehicle or vessel comprising the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Bill Östman, Johan Öjergren
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Publication number: 20230184157Abstract: A method for exchanging coolant in a cooling system, which cooling system comprises at least one pump, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit. The inlet conduit is connected to at least one external coolant source. The method comprises controlling said at least one pump to flow coolant in the cooling system from the at least one coolant source via the inlet conduit, through the cooling system, to the outlet conduit until the coolant in the cooling system has been at least partly exchanged. The disclosure also relates to a control unit configured to control exchange of coolant according to the method, a cooling system comprising the control unit and a vehicle or vessel comprising the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Bill ÖSTMAN, Johan Ojergren
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Publication number: 20220006154Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a contactor box (201) for an electrical energy storage system (200) of an at least partly electrical vehicle (100). The contactor box (201) comprises a first ingoing high voltage connection (203a) adapted to be connected to a second ingoing high voltage connection (203b) of a battery (210). The contactor box (201) comprises a first outgoing high voltage connection (205a) adapted to be connected to a second outgoing high voltage connection (205b) of the battery (210). The first ingoing and the first outgoing high voltage connections (203a, 205a) are adapted to be disengaged from the battery (210) when the contactor box (201) is removed from the vehicle (100), and adapted to be engaged with the battery (210) when the contactor box (201) is inserted into the vehicle (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Bill Östman
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Patent number: 10739321Abstract: A method of multiplexing the operation of a sample preparation and analysis system is disclosed. The system includes a sample preparation system capable of preparing a first sample in accordance with a first assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays and preparing a second sample in accordance with a second, different assay. The method includes separately transporting the first and second prepared samples to an analysis station having first and second separation channels and an analyzer comprising a mass spectrometer. The method further includes simultaneously analyzing the first prepared sample with the analyzer in accordance with the first selected assay and separating the second prepared sample with the second separation channel in accordance with the second selected assay.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OYInventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, III, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney
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Patent number: 10557835Abstract: A sample preparation and analysis system. The system includes a sample preparation system and a sample analysis system. The sample preparation system prepares samples in accordance with an assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays. The sample analysis system includes an analyzer that is dynamically reconfigurable based on the selected assay so as to analyze the prepared sample in accordance with that selected assay. A data communication link communicates data from the sample preparation system to the sample analysis system to reconfigure the analyzer in accordance with the selected assay.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OYInventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, III, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney
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Publication number: 20180372697Abstract: A method of multiplexing the operation of a sample preparation and analysis system is disclosed. The system includes a sample preparation system capable of preparing a first sample in accordance with a first assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays and preparing a second sample in accordance with a second, different assay. The method includes separately transporting the first and second prepared samples to an analysis station having first and second separation channels and an analyzer comprising a mass spectrometer. The method further includes simultaneously analyzing the first prepared sample with the analyzer in accordance with the first selected assay and separating the second prepared sample with the second separation channel in accordance with the second selected assay.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney
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Patent number: 10088460Abstract: A sample preparation and analysis system. The system 10 includes a sample preparation system 12 and a sample analysis system 14. The sample preparation system 12 prepares samples in accordance with an assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays. The sample analysis system 14 includes an analyzer 110 that is dynamically reconfigurable based on the selected assay so as to analyze the prepared sample in accordance with that selected assay. A data communication link 27 communicates data from the sample preparation system 12 to the sample analysis system 14 to reconfigure the analyzer 110 in accordance with the selected assay.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OYInventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, III, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney
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Publication number: 20170082585Abstract: A sample preparation and analysis system. The system 10 includes a sample preparation system 12 and a sample analysis system 14. The sample preparation system 12 prepares samples in accordance with an assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays. The sample analysis system 14 includes an analyzer 110 that is dynamically reconfigurable based on the selected assay so as to analyze the prepared sample in accordance with that selected assay. A data communication link 27 communicates data from the sample preparation system 12 to the sample analysis system 14 to reconfigure the analyzer 110 in accordance with the selected assay.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, III, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney
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Publication number: 20150301002Abstract: A sample preparation and analysis system. The system includes a sample preparation system and a sample analysis system. The sample preparation system prepares samples in accordance with an assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays. The sample analysis system includes an analyzer that is dynamically reconfigurable based on the selected assay so as to analyze the prepared sample in accordance with that selected assay. A data communication link communicates data from the sample preparation system to the sample analysis system to reconfigure the analyzer in accordance with the selected assay.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, III, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney
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Publication number: 20130295597Abstract: A sample preparation and analysis system. The system 10 includes a sample preparation system 12 and a sample analysis system 14. The sample preparation system 12 prepares samples in accordance with an assay that is selected from a database containing a plurality of unique assays. The sample analysis system 14 includes an analyzer 110 that is dynamically reconfigurable based on the selected assay so as to analyze the prepared sample in accordance with that selected assay. A data communication link 115a communicates data from the sample preparation system 12 to the sample analysis system 14 to reconfigure the analyzer 110 in accordance with the selected assay.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Thermo Fisher Scientific OyInventors: Robert DeWitte, Juhani Siidorov, Vesa Nuotio, Raimo Salminen, Jarmo Vehkomaki, Jukka Saukkonen, Bill Ostman, Joseph M. Senteno, John Edward Brann, III, Joseph L. Herman, Jeffrey A. Zonderman, Terry N. Olney