Patents by Inventor Gunnar Löwestrand

Gunnar Löwestrand 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).

  • System and a method of controlling the tilting of a loadcarrying implement of a movable work machine, and a movable work machine
    Patent number: 8793054
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling the tilting of a load-carrying implement of a movable work machine that includes a frame and the implement, pivotally connected to the frame, and a tilting arrangement for tilting the implement in relation to the frame. The system includes a control for controlling the tilting of the implement based upon a sensor-registered movement of the movable work machine, and for controlling the tilting of the implement such that the implement counteracts the inertia of a load carried by the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Joakim Sjögren, Bo Vigholm, Gunnar Löwestrand
  • Device and method for controlling a machine
    Patent number: 7856301
    Abstract: Method and device for controlling a machine which is intended to be operated in several different operating states, the machine being intended to utilize different types of equipment in at least two of these operating states for different activities. The device includes a means (1) which is intended to be actuated and which can be set in a number of different positions (2-6), and each of these positions corresponds to one of the operating states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Joakim Sjögren, Bo Vigholm, Nils-Erik Bånkestad, Sven-Alie Carlsson, Gunnar Löwestrand
  • Control
    Patent number: D487727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: VCE Holding Sweden AB
    Inventors: Joakim Sjögren, Gunnar Löwestrand, Olle Bobjer, Pelle Reinius