Patents by Inventor Hans-Erik Kiil

Hans-Erik Kiil 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: 11563053
    Abstract: A light emitting transducer including a flexible sheet having a bottom side and a top side, the flexible sheet including a substrate that is stretchable and compressible, the substrate having a bottom substrate surface at the bottom side, and a top substrate surface facing towards the top side, the top substrate surface comprising a surface pattern of a plurality of raised and depressed micro-scale surface portions which extend in at least one direction; a light emitting diode layer above the substrate and conforming in shape to the top substrate surface, the light emitting diode layer corresponding with the surface pattern of the top substrate surface, wherein the light emitting diode layer has a bottom diode surface facing towards the bottom side, and a top diode surface facing towards the top side, a bottom electrode on the bottom diode surface, and a top electrode on the top diode surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Flexucell ApS
    Inventors: Jens William Larsen, Hans-Erik Kiil
  • Publication number: 20220153514
    Abstract: The invention relates to a profile in a container, where a profile (5, 6, 7, 8, 101) comprising a cross section where at least a part of the cross section over a length of the profile is provided with a crumple zone, which crumple zone has a critical buckling load being smaller than the critical buckling load for zones abutting the crumple zone. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a profile for a container, where one or more profiles (5, 6, 7, 8, 101) in the container (1) is provided with a crumple zone, which crumple zone has a critical buckling load being smaller than the rest of the profile (5, 6, 7, 8, 101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Lars LÜBKER, Thomas Therkel NIELSEN, Hans-Erik KIIL
  • Publication number: 20220020813
    Abstract: A light emitting transducer including a flexible sheet having a bottom side and a top side, the flexible sheet including a substrate that is stretchable and compressible, the substrate having a bottom substrate surface at the bottom side, and a top substrate surface facing towards the top side, the top substrate surface comprising a surface pattern of a plurality of raised and depressed micro-scale surface portions which extend in at least one direction; a light emitting diode layer above the substrate and conforming in shape to the top substrate surface, the light emitting diode layer corresponding with the surface pattern of the top substrate surface, wherein the light emitting diode layer has a bottom diode surface facing towards the bottom side, and a top diode surface facing towards the top side, a bottom electrode on the bottom diode surface, and a top electrode on the top diode surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Flexucell ApS
    Inventors: Jens William LARSEN, Hans-Erik KIIL
  • Publication number: 20210309451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling container e.g. a refrigerated cargo box of a truck or trailer, a railway container, an intermodal container or a shipping container comprising panels to be connected, having at least one connection between panels (10, 40) comprising a layer of overmoulding material (14), where a panel (10, 40) at least partially is covered on a first side (100) and a second side (200) by the overmoulding material (14). The invention further relates to a method of assembling a cooling container e.g. a refrigerated cargo box of a truck or trailer, a railway container, an intermodal container or a shipping container comprising panels to be connected, where at least one panel (10, 40) is provided with an overmoulding zone (11) comprising a layer of overmoulding material (14) covering at least partially a first side (100) and a second side (200) of the panel (10, 40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hans-Erik KIIL, Lars LÜBKER
  • Patent number: 11127778
    Abstract: A light emitting transducer including a flexible sheet having a bottom side and a top side, the flexible sheet including a substrate that is stretchable and compressible, the substrate having a bottom substrate surface at the bottom side, and a top substrate surface facing towards the top side, the top substrate surface comprising a surface pattern of a plurality of raised and depressed micro-scale surface portions which extend in at least one direction; a light emitting diode layer above the substrate and conforming in shape to the top substrate surface, the light emitting diode layer corresponding with the surface pattern of the top substrate surface, wherein the light emitting diode layer has a bottom diode surface facing towards the bottom side, and a top diode surface facing towards the top side, a bottom electrode on the bottom diode surface, and a top electrode on the top diode surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jens William Larsen, Hans-Erik Kiil
  • Publication number: 20200243599
    Abstract: A light emitting transducer including a flexible sheet having a bottom side and a top side, the flexible sheet including a substrate that is stretchable and compressible, the substrate having a bottom substrate surface at the bottom side, and a top substrate surface facing towards the top side, the top substrate surface comprising a surface pattern of a plurality of raised and depressed micro-scale surface portions which extend in at least one direction; a light emitting diode layer above the substrate and conforming in shape to the top substrate surface, the light emitting diode layer corresponding with the surface pattern of the top substrate surface, wherein the light emitting diode layer has a bottom diode surface facing towards the bottom side, and a top diode surface facing towards the top side, a bottom electrode on the bottom diode surface, and a top electrode on the top diode surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Flexucell ApS
    Inventors: Jens William LARSEN, Hans-Erik KIIL
  • Patent number: 9972767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dielectric transducer structure comprising a body of elastomeric material that is provided with an electrode arrangement on each of two boundary surfaces lying oppositely to one another. At least one boundary surface comprises a corrugated area that comprises heights and depths. The aim of the invention is to improve the compliance to elastic deformations of the dielectric transducer structure. To this end, the heights and depths are arranged in both perpendicular directions of the boundary surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Hans-Erik Kiil, Mohamed Benslimane
  • Publication number: 20160164435
    Abstract: The invention provides a garment having transducer capabilities and comprising an outer layer (1) of an elastically deformable and skin-friendly material, a first electrically conductive layer (3) being stretchable being attached to the outer layer, a layer of a deformable polymer film, and a second electrically conductive layer (4) attached to the polymer film. The invention provides a high strain sensing or actuating garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: LEAP TECHNOLOGY ApS
    Inventors: Hans-Erik KIIL, Mohamed BENSLIMANE, Alan POOLE
  • Publication number: 20150372220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dielectric transducer structure comprising a body of elastomeric material that is provided with an electrode arrangement on each of two boundary surfaces lying oppositely to one another. At least one boundary surface comprises a corrugated area that comprises heights and depths. The aim of the invention is to improve the compliance to elastic deformations of the dielectric transducer structure. To this end, the heights and depths are arranged in both perpendicular directions of the boundary surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Erik KIIL, Mohamed BENSLIMANE
  • Patent number: 8421316
    Abstract: The invention provides a transducer for converting between mechanical and electrical energies. The transducer comprises an EAP laminate with a layer of an elastomer material arranged between two electrode layers, each electrode layer comprising a second layer of a plastically deformable material, e.g. metal or a thermoplastic material, and a third layer of an electrically conductive material. Due to the layer of plastically deformable material, the electrode layers can be shaped into various shapes which can provide anisotropic characteristics of the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Danfoss PolyPower A/S
    Inventors: Michael Tryson, Mohamed Benslimane, Hans-Erik Kiil, Michael Allen Zumbrum
  • Publication number: 20110232744
    Abstract: A photoelectric transducer comprising in order: a substrate (1, 5), a rear side electrode (2, A), a photoelectric active (photovoltaic) layer (3), and a front side electrode (4, B). The substrate (1, 5) is constituted by a flexible, elastic web or foil, that on a front side of the substrate has a three-dimensional surface pattern of raised and depressed surface portions formed therein. The photoelectric active (photovoltaic) layer (3) is deposited onto the three-dimensional surface pattern. The front side electrode (4, B) and rear side electrode (2, A) are electrically conductive layers, which comprise electrically conductive materials, or which are electrically conductive coatings. The elasticity and flexibility are important features making possible to durably mount the solar cell of the invention on complex surfaces comprising inwardly bending (concave) as well as outwardly bending (convex) surface parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Jens William Larsen, Hans-Erik Kiil
  • Publication number: 20110198971
    Abstract: The invention provides a transducer for converting between mechanical and electrical energies. The transducer comprises an EAP laminate with a layer of an elastomer material arranged between two electrode layers, each electrode layer comprising a second layer of a plastically deformable material, e.g. metal or a thermoplastic material, and a third layer of an electrically conductive material. Due to the layer of plastically deformable material, the electrode layers can be shaped into various shapes which can provide anisotropic characteristics of the transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Tryson, Mohamed Benslimane, Hans-Erik Kiil, Mike Zumbrum
  • Patent number: 6619937
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic machine (1) with a tooth set (2), having a gear wheel (3), which is arranged to be rotating and orbiting in a toothed ring (4), the tooth set (2) being arranged between two plates (10, 11) in the axial direction. It is desired to extend the life of such a machine, also when operated with an impurified hydraulic fluid. For this purpose, at least a section (9′) of the circumferential surface of one of the two components, toothed ring (4) and gear wheel (3), is made of a material, which is substantially harder than the material of the part of the other component, gear wheel (3) and toothed ring (4), bearing on this section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Holding A/S
    Inventors: Welm Friedrichsen, Hans-Erik Kiil, Claus Tjørnly Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20020192095
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic machine (1) with a tooth set (2), having a gear wheel (3), which is arranged to be rotating and orbiting in a toothed ring (4), the tooth set (2) being arranged between two plates (10, 11) in the axial direction. It is desired to extend the life of such a machine, also when operated with an impurified hydraulic fluid. For this purpose, at least a section (9′) of the circumferential surface of one of the two components, toothed ring (4) and gear wheel (3), is made of a material, which is substantially harder than the material of the part of the other component, gear wheel (3) and toothed ring (4), bearing on this section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Welm Friedrichsen, Hans-Erik Kiil, Claus Tjornly Rasmussen