Patents by Inventor Carl Stalhammar

Carl Stalhammar 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).

  • Patent number: 8602483
    Abstract: A vehicle door is provided with a reinforcing structure which improves handling of impact energy in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by transferring impact energy received by the A-pillar to the door through the door hinges and the reinforcing structure to the B-pillar of the vehicle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Jonas Svedberg, Andreas Wikman, Errol Michaud, Carl Stalhammar, Svante Borged
  • Publication number: 20130168996
    Abstract: A vehicle door is provided with a reinforcing structure which improves handling of impact energy in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by transferring impact energy received by the A-pillar to the door through the door hinges and the reinforcing structure to the B-pillar of the vehicle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Jonas Svedberg, Andreas Wikman, Errol Michaud, Carl Stalhammar, Svante Borged
  • Patent number: 7938472
    Abstract: A door module for forming a vehicle door, the door module including a frame and, arranged on the frame, a mechanism for closing and opening a vehicle door formed by the door module. The closing and opening mechanism exhibits an operating device that is so arranged as to be capable of displacement between two positions for the adjustment of the closed and open condition respectively. The operating device is provided with the first of two interacting snap-in connection parts, both of which snap-in connection parts together form a snap-in connection for the automatic, connection of the operating device and a handle provided with the second snap-in connection part that is intended respectively for closing and opening a vehicle door formed by the door module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventor: Carl Stålhammar
  • Publication number: 20090140551
    Abstract: A pillar for suspension of a hinged vehicle door includes an inner panel and an outer panel. The inner and outer panels are spaced apart from each other. A spacing sleeve is arranged between the inner and outer panels. The spacing sleeve has at least one through hole for receiving a screw extending between the inner panel and the outer panel for attachment of a hinge flange to the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventor: Carl Stalhammar
  • Publication number: 20080271286
    Abstract: A door braking device for the door of a vehicle, in particular a truck, includes a bar movable between an extended position in which the door is fully opened, and a retracted position in which the door is closed, and a brake surface being biased towards the movable bar by a spring member providing a recoil force being proportional to a recoil length of the spring member, such that the brake surface exerts a brake force on the movable bar for braking a movement of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventor: Carl Stalhammar
  • Publication number: 20080258494
    Abstract: A door module for forming a vehicle door, the door module including a frame and, arranged on the frame, a mechanism for closing and opening a vehicle door formed by the door module. The closing and opening mechanism exhibits an operating device that is so arranged as to be capable of displacement between two positions for the adjustment of the closed and open condition respectively. The operating device is provided with the first of two interacting snap-in connection parts, both of which snap-in connection parts together form a snap-in connection for the automatic, connection of the operating device and a handle provided with the second snap-in connection part that is intended respectively for closing and opening a vehicle door formed by the door module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventor: Carl Stalhammar