Patents by Inventor Erik Hansen

Erik Hansen 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: 20220235749
    Abstract: A pressure exchanger (1) including a housing (2), a drive shaft (3) and a cylinder drum (4) rotatably arranged in the housing (2) is described, the cylinder drum (4) including two front faces and at least one cylinder (5) between the front faces, wherein the housing (2) includes a port flange (7, 8) at each end of the cylinder drum (4) and at least at one end of the cylinder drum (4) a pressure shoe (18) is arranged between the cylinder drum (4) and the port flange of this end. Such a pressure exchanger should be operated in a cost-effective manner. To this end an adjustable stop arrangement (19) is arranged between the pressure shoe (18) and the cylinder drum (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Poul Erik Hansen, Tommi Kolb
  • Patent number: 11379805
    Abstract: A method to facilitate invoicing for transactions established utilizing a network-based transaction system includes supporting establishment of transactions between a plurality of entities in the network-based transaction system, and identifying as part of an invoice generation process, a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party. The method further includes identifying first and second transactions from the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria, and generating an invoice for at least the first and second transactions that satisfy the combinable criteria. The method can also be implemented in a system and on a machine-readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Paul Fu, Erik Hansen, George Liang, Deborah Liu, Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen, Andrew Leigh Sandler
  • Publication number: 20220152032
    Abstract: A sexual therapy formulation for treatment of a patient suffering from erectile dysfunction as well as low or reduced libido. The formulation includes an erection enhancement component comprising one or more of sildenafil citrate, vardenafil hydrochloride, tadalafil, avanafil, and/or an alternate phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor. The formulation also includes a libido stimulation component comprising one or more of dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, L-arginine, L-citrulline, Vitamin E, fenugreek, ginseng, maca, yohimbine, and/or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine including isomers and/or racemic mixtures thereof. A synergistic effect results from the erection enhancement component combined with the libido stimulation component allowing the patient to obtain and maintain an erection thus permitting the patient to engage in intimate sexual activity, as well providing the patient with the desire to engage in intimate sexual activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Bjorn Erik Hansen, Roar Adelsten, Robert Speth
  • Patent number: 11203169
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), wherein fibre material is impregnated with liquid resin in a mould cavity comprising a rigid mould part having a mould surface defining an outer surface of the object, is described. One or more pressure sensors are connected to resin inlets of the VARTM system. A control unit is used for controlling a polymer supply unit based on measured resin pressure and is adapted to adjusting a resin flow rate, if pressure measured by the pressure sensors is below a lower threshold level or above a higher threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Poul Erik Hansen, Harsha Tummala
  • Patent number: 11179035
    Abstract: A system for the real-time removal of reflections from an image including a head wearable device, a first illuminator, a second illuminator, at least one camera and a reflection removal processor. The first and the second illuminators are configured to provide light and to operate one at a time alternately. The at least one camera is configured to capture a first image of the eye of the user when the first illuminator is in an ON state and a second image when the second illuminator is in an ON state. The operation of the at least one camera is synchronized with the operation of the first illuminator and the second illuminator. The camera captures images and transfers them to the reflection removal processor that provides real-time removal of reflections by combining the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hamish MacDougall, Michael Hetner, Poul-Erik Hansen, Mohan Baro, Thomas Geertsen
  • Publication number: 20210269178
    Abstract: A medical dispensing system with dispensing and pathway components, each of which of a plurality of dispensers and pathways, respectively. The dispensing and pathway components are controlled to minimize contamination between the items being dispensed. Both the dispensing and pathway components have arcs around which the dispensers and pathways are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Niels Erik Hansen, Thomas Doherty
  • Patent number: 11067100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supplying ports to a machine section (26) of a hydraulic machine arrangement (40), the device (10) comprising a low-pressure inlet port (12), a leakage inlet (16), a low-pressure chamber (18) having a low-pressure opening (22) for establishing fluid communication with the machine section (26), a high-pressure outlet port (14), and a high-pressure chamber (20) that is in fluid communication with the high-pressure outlet port (14), the high-pressure chamber (20) having a high-pressure opening (24) for establishing fluid communication with the machine section (26), wherein the low-pressure inlet port (12) is in fluid communication with the low-pressure chamber (18), wherein a leakage path (36) extends from the high-pressure chamber (20) through the machine section (26) to the leakage inlet (16), characterized in that the device (10) further comprises a control valve member (28) connecting the leakage inlet (16) to the low-pressure chamber (18), wherein the control valve memb
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: DANFOSS A/S
    Inventors: Georg Enevoldsen, Poul Erik Hansen, Frank Holm Iversen
  • Publication number: 20210197096
    Abstract: A modular toy construction system, comprising: a plurality of interactive toy construction elements, each interactive toy construction element comprising a sensor and/or a function device, the function device operable to perform a user-perceivable function; each interactive toy construction element further comprising a first communications circuit configured to wirelessly communicate signals and to wirelessly harvest energy for operating the function device and/or the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Jesper SØDERBERG, Sam COATES, Erik HANSEN, Mark CHAMPKINS, Yufan Wei WANG, Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD, Jorge Gabriel SOTO, Radost Radoslavova KEREFEYNA
  • Publication number: 20210187389
    Abstract: An interactive play apparatus comprising: an input device configured to receive an input from a user, one or more communications interfaces, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: detect one or more electronic devices; for each detected electronic device, determine one or more capabilities of said electronic device; receive one or more inputs via the input device; determine one or more user-perceptible play actions based at least in part on the received one or more inputs; translate the determined one or more play actions into one or more instructions operable to cause one or more of the detected electronic devices to perform one or more functions that at least approximate the determined one or more play actions; wherein the translation is based at least in part on the detected one or more capabilities of the respective detected electronic devices; cause the one or more of the detected electronic devices to perform said one or more functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Erik HANSEN, Jesper SØDERBERG, Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Martin Møller JENSEN
  • Patent number: 11014695
    Abstract: A medical dispensing system with dispensing and pathway components, each of which includes a plurality of dispensers and pathways, respectively. The dispensing and pathway components are controlled to minimize contamination between the items being dispensed. Both the dispensing and pathway components have arcs around which the dispensers and pathways are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: ARxIUM, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Erik Hansen, Thomas Doherty
  • Publication number: 20200391134
    Abstract: A play system, comprising: one or more toys comprising one or more electrically conductive parts, the one or more conductive parts defining a spatial pattern, the one or more toys having a physical configuration that is modifiable by a user, the spatial pattern being dependent on the physical configuration of the one or more toys, the one or more toys including a first toy; a magnetic field generating device arranged to generate a magnetic field for inducing an eddy current in one or more of the electrically conductive parts; a sensor configured to detect the induced eddy current; and a data processor; wherein the first toy and at least one of the magnetic field generating device and the sensor are movable relative to each other; wherein the sensor is configured to detect the induced eddy current during relative movement between the first toy and at least one of the magnetic field generating device and the sensor, and wherein the data processor is configured to: receive sensor data from the sensor, the sensor
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Erik HANSEN, Jesper SØDERBERG, Thomas Alan DONALDSON
  • Publication number: 20200370570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supplying ports to a machine section (26) of a hydraulic machine arrangement (40), the device (10) comprising a low-pressure inlet port (12), a leakage inlet (16), a low-pressure chamber (18) having a low-pressure opening (22) for establishing fluid communication with the machine section (26), a high-pressure outlet port (14), and a high-pressure chamber (20) that is in fluid communication with the high-pressure outlet port (14), the high-pressure chamber (20) having a high-pressure opening (24) for establishing fluid communication with the machine section (26), wherein the low-pressure inlet port (12) is in fluid communication with the low-pressure chamber (18), wherein a leakage path (36) extends from the high-pressure chamber (20) through the machine section (26) to the leakage inlet (16), characterized in that the device (10) further comprises a control valve member (28) connecting the leakage inlet (16) to the low-pressure chamber (18), wherein the control valve memb
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Georg Enevoldsen, Poul Erik Hansen, Frank Holm Iversen
  • Patent number: 10800559
    Abstract: There is provided a system for packaging objects on a conveyor using a hose-shaped stretch foil. More specifically, the invention provides a system, wherein the hose-shaped stretch foil can be wrapped around the objects in a horizontal manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FRANK BRUHN APS
    Inventors: Niels Erik Hansen, Frank Bruhn
  • Publication number: 20200269959
    Abstract: A self-propelled offshore installation vessel (1) operates at an offshore position and has at least one water pump (27) being operable to pump water from a water inlet opening (22) to a water outlet opening (25) via water conduit pipes (24). The water system can eject water out through the water outlet opening(s), whereby the ejected water interacts with the waves to dampen waves in an affected area (35) of the sea at the self-propelled offshore installation vessel (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Hansen, Svend Erik Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200261818
    Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of function construction elements, wherein each function construction element comprises a function device adapted to perform a controllable function, and a tag construction element mechanically connectable to at least a first function construction element of the plurality of function construction elements and configured for data communication between the tag construction element and the first function construction element, wherein, responsive to data received from the tag construction element, the function device of the first function construction element is configured to perform the controllable function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard, Henrik Colfach Sørensen, Erik Hansen, Henrik Hautop Lund
  • Patent number: 10711780
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine is described having a first part (2) and a second part (3) moveable relative to said first part (3), one of said first part (2) and said second part (3) having a first land (9) resting against the other one of said second part (3) and said first part (2), having a predetermined first height (H1), and being arranged between a high pressure area (7) and a low pressure area (8). Such a machine should have a long working life. To this end a second land (10) having a predetermined second height (H2) smaller than said first height (H1) is located adjacent to said first land (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Stig Kildegaard Andersen, Poul Erik Hansen, Erik Haugaard
  • Publication number: 20200140123
    Abstract: A medical dispensing system with dispensing and pathway components, each of which includes a plurality of dispensers and pathways, respectively. The dispensing and pathway components are controlled to minimize contamination between the items being dispensed. Both the dispensing and pathway components have arcs around which the dispensers and pathways are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Niels Erik Hansen, Thomas Doherty
  • Patent number: 10625173
    Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of interactive construction elements each comprising coupling members configured for releasably interconnecting the interactive construction elements with each other, the plurality of interactive construction elements comprising a plurality of function construction elements, and one or more input construction elements, each input construction element comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting a control signal to at least a subset of the function construction elements; each function construction element comprising: a function device adapted to perform a controllable function; a wireless receiver for receiving the wireless control signal; and a control circuit connected to the wireless receiver and to the function device and adapted to control the controllable function responsive to the received control signal; wherein each interactive construction element comprises a user-operable selector allowing a user to select one of a predetermined set of group ide
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard, Henrik Colfach Sørensen, Erik Hansen, Henrik Hautop Lund
  • Publication number: 20200029808
    Abstract: A system for the real-time removal of reflections from an image including a head wearable device, a first illuminator, a second illuminator, at least one camera and a reflection removal processor. The first and the second illuminators are configured to provide light and to operate one at a time alternately. The at least one camera is configured to capture a first image of the eye of the user when the first illuminator is in an ON state and a second image when the second illuminator is in an ON state. The operation of the at least one camera is synchronized with the operation of the first illuminator and the second illuminator. The camera captures images and transfers them to the reflection removal processor that provides real-time removal of reflections by combining the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hamish MacDougall, Michael Hetner, Poul-Erik Hansen, Mohan Baro, Thomas Geertsen
  • Publication number: 20200031065
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), wherein fibre material is impregnated with liquid resin in a mould cavity comprising a rigid mould part having a mould surface defining an outer surface of the object, is described. One or more pressure sensors are connected to resin inlets of the VARTM system. A control unit is used for controlling a polymer supply unit based on measured resin pressure and is adapted to adjusting a resin flow rate, if pressure measured by the pressure sensors is below a lower threshold level or above a higher threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Poul Erik HANSEN, Harsha TUMMALA