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).

  • Publication number: 20240136647
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bill Östman
  • Patent number: 11888174
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bill Östman
  • Patent number: 11788457
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bill Östman, Johan Öjergren
  • Publication number: 20230184157
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bill ÖSTMAN, Johan Ojergren
  • Publication number: 20220006154
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bill Östman
  • Patent number: 10739321
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OY
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 10557835
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OY
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20180372697
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 10088460
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OY
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20170082585
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20150301002
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20130295597
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy
    Inventors: 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