Patents by Inventor Erik UDD

Erik UDD 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: 12225858
    Abstract: A method and arrangement are for managing a tree handling system for a forest machine. The method includes obtaining sensor data that represent a current loading on the tree handling system and determining a key indicator that describes a measured value that is representative of the risk of partial damage based on the current loading. A current partial damage value can be compared with a normative partial damage value for a normative operating state to determine a change that would cause the current partial damage value to return to or approach a level corresponding to the normative partial damage value. The change can be executed by an actuator, which is coupled to a control unit, that limits hydraulic flow to at least one execution means to limit the loading of the tree handling system to a pre-determined maximum loading value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Komatsu Forest AB
    Inventor: Erik Udd
  • Publication number: 20220338428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for managing and controlling the lifetime of a tree handling system of a forest machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Erik UDD
  • Patent number: 11167958
    Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement for the guidance of flexible lines that run from a crane arm (3) through its end section (2) to a tool (4), that is suspended at the crane arm through a link arrangement (5) and a frame that is a component of a rotator (6) for rotation around a vertical first axis (A) and in a cardan manner around second (B) and third (C) horizontal axes, For the discrete and protected passage of hoses, it comprises a first holder (35) in an opening (3A) of the end section (2), a second holder (38) in a central region of the rotator (6), a first hose package (1A-1D) that extends between the said first (35) and second holders (38), a penetration (26) in a central region of the rotator (6) and permitting hydraulic fluid to pass through the rotator (6) and onwards to a lower part (18) of the same at least one of the said second (B) and third (C) horizontal axes comprises an “open joint”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Komatsu Forest AB
    Inventor: Erik Udd
  • Publication number: 20190193997
    Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement for the guidance of flexible lines that run from a crane arm (3) through its end section (2) to a tool (4), that is suspended at the crane arm through a link arrangement (5) and a frame that is a component of a rotator (6) for rotation around a vertical first axis (A) and in a cardan manner around second (B) and third (C) horizontal axes, For the discrete and protected passage of hoses, it comprises a first holder (35) in an opening (3A) of the end section (2), a second holder (38) in a central region of the rotator (6), a first hose package (1A-1D) that extends between the said first (35) and second holders (38), a penetration (26) in a central region of the rotator (6) and permitting hydraulic fluid to pass through the rotator (6) and onwards to a lower part (18) of the same at least one of the said second (B) and third (C) horizontal axes comprises an “open joint”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Erik UDD