Patents by Inventor Gunnar LEDFELT

Gunnar LEDFELT 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: 20240069114
    Abstract: A method for determining the association of a sensor device with a battery unit. A first circuit includes a first battery unit. A second circuit includes a second battery unit. An electric current limiting device connects the circuits to one another. A first sensor device detects a voltage or a current associated with one of the first and second battery units while a second sensor device detects a voltage or a current associated with the other one of the first and second battery units. The method includes activating an electrical energy consumer or an electrical energy producer of the first circuit, and upon detection of a voltage change or a current change by one of the first and second sensor devices, determining that the one of the first and second sensor devices which detects a voltage change or a current change is associated with the first battery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Scania CV AB, MAN Truck & Bus SE
    Inventors: Gunnar LEDFELT, Per NORDVALL, Mathias EGGELING
  • Patent number: 11820235
    Abstract: An arrangement for preventing access to live parts in charging contact sockets of a hybrid or electrified vehicle having a plurality of such sockets each connectable to an external source of electric energy through a switch in an electric vehicle supply equipment station by inserting an electric plug in a socket for providing electric energy to batteries comprises blind plugs insertable into the sockets and the sockets are connected to each other and the batteries. A device is configured to sense presence of either an electric plug or a blind plug in each socket and the switch will be closed under the condition that either an electric plug or a blind plug is sensed by the device for all sockets and at least one of these plugs is an electric plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Robert Jadeborg, Gunnar Ledfelt
  • Publication number: 20220048395
    Abstract: An arrangement for preventing access to live parts in charging contact sockets of a hybrid or electrified vehicle having a plurality of such sockets each connectable to an external source of electric energy through a switch in an electric vehicle supply equipment station by inserting an electric plug in a socket for providing electric energy to batteries comprises blind plugs insertable into the sockets and the sockets are connected to each other and the batteries. A device is configured to sense presence of either an electric plug or a blind plug in each socket and the switch will be closed under the condition that either an electric plug or a blind plug is sensed by the device for all sockets and at least one of these plugs is an electric plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Robert JADEBORG, Gunnar LEDFELT
  • Patent number: 11233409
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling a disconnector arranged between power batteries and a consumer side of an electric system of a motor vehicle comprises a maneuver switch to be manually operated and configured to connect a control unit for the control of the disconnector to a conducting line on the battery side of the disconnector. The maneuver switch is configured to in a first position by movable contact members thereof connect each of two fixed output contacts to a different of two fixed input contacts than in a second position. A parameter is sensed on at least one input line from the maneuver switch to the control unit for determining which of the first and second position is assumed by the maneuver switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Börje Nilsson, Gunnar Ledfelt, Thomas Lagerlund, Jean-Baptiste Billot
  • Publication number: 20200313447
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling a disconnector arranged between power batteries and a consumer side of an electric system of a motor vehicle comprises a maneuver switch to be manually operated and configured to connect a control unit for the control of the disconnector to a conducting line on the battery side of the disconnector. The maneuver switch is configured to in a first position by movable contact members thereof connect each of two fixed output contacts to a different of two fixed input contacts than in a second position. A parameter is sensed on at least one input line from the maneuver switch to the control unit for determining which of the first and second position is assumed by the maneuver switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Börje NILSSON, Gunnar LEDFELT, Thomas LAGERLUND, Jean-Baptiste BILLOT