Patents by Inventor Hans Erik Olsen

Hans Erik Olsen 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: 20250026178
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to determining condition data indicative of a blockage of a thermal unit of a heat pump system of a vehicle. The heat pump system can further comprise an air supply unit. A corresponding method can comprise receiving, by a controller comprising a processor, model data indicative of an air flow through the thermal unit and the air supply unit, wherein the model data is based on a model of the heat pump system, receiving, by the controller, measured data indicative of the air flow through the thermal unit and the air supply unit, wherein the measured data is measured via an airflow meter of the air supply unit, and determining, by the controller, the condition data based at least on the model data and the measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Viktor Grape, Hans Erik Olsen, Brian Fechner
  • Publication number: 20240401516
    Abstract: The invention is to utilize one radiator instead of two to cool two separate vehicle cooling systems. The main embodiment is a single radiator cooling system that partitions the physical radiator into two separate surface areas that are dedicated for each of the two respective circuits. A processor can control an actuator that drives a screw and plunger mechanism to push and pull a plunger. The plunger separates the two surface areas so as the plunger is moved, a corresponding surface area is increased or decreased for a cooling circuit. An increase in the surface area can provide more cooling for that circuit as the fluid has more core area to travel through. Temperature sensors can provide data to a processor that can adjust the actuator to provide cooling relief to the circuit where its most required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Hans Erik Olsen
  • Publication number: 20240399928
    Abstract: A cooling system to improve cooling in a BEV battery pack colling air around an exterior side of a cooling plate and flowing it into the battery pack cell and electronics section. An air circulation system collects air surrounding the set of electronics, moves the collected air over a top side of the cooling plate to cool the air, and recirculates the cooled air over the set of electronics. The air over the cooling plate will be driven by employing a fan placed strategically to provide optimum air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Hans Erik Olsen
  • Patent number: 12017673
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a monitoring system, a method for monitoring such a vehicle and a computer program element for monitoring such a vehicle. The monitoring system comprises a display unit, an adjustment tool and a control unit. The control unit is configured to generate an energy flow map showing an energy flow from an energy storage system to at least one sub-system of the vehicle. The display unit is configured to display the energy flow map, to graphically emphasize the at least one sub-system and to display a current energy consumption of the sub-system. The control unit is further configured to adjust the energy consumption of the sub-system based on a user's input to the adjustment tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hans Erik Olsen, Tobias Bergenblock
  • Publication number: 20220396283
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a monitoring system, a method for monitoring such a vehicle and a computer program element for monitoring such a vehicle. The monitoring system comprises a display unit, an adjustment tool and a control unit. The control unit is configured to generate an energy flow map showing an energy flow from an energy storage system to at least one sub-system of the vehicle. The display unit is configured to display the energy flow map, to graphically emphasize the at least one sub-system and to display a current energy consumption of the sub-system. The control unit is further configured to adjust the energy consumption of the sub-system based on a user's input to the adjustment tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hans Erik Olsen, Tobias Bergenblock
  • Patent number: 10508580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combined heat exchanger and exhaust silencer for a vehicle, comprising a bypass valve configured to: in a first state, allow a flow path for exhaust gas to be open from an inlet to an outlet via an at least partly perforated bypass pipe, and in a second state, close said flow path, whereby at least a main portion of said exhaust gas is forced through a second flow channel comprising a heat exchanger pipe. The second flow channel is formed by an annular space between an at least partly perforated second pipe and an at least partly perforated third pipe. A sound absorbing material surrounds the bypass pipe and the third pipe, and is further arranged inside the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Fredrik Ekstrom, Hans Erik Olsen, Mattias Svensson
  • Publication number: 20180073412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combined heat exchanger and exhaust silencer for a vehicle, comprising a bypass valve configured to: in a first state, allow a flow path for exhaust gas to be open from an inlet to an outlet via an at least partly perforated bypass pipe, and in a second state, close said flow path, whereby at least a main portion of said exhaust gas is forced through a second flow channel comprising a heat exchanger pipe. The second flow channel is formed by an annular space between an at least partly perforated second pipe and an at least partly perforated third pipe. A sound absorbing material surrounds the bypass pipe and the third pipe, and is further arranged inside the second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Fredrik Ekstrom, Hans Erik Olsen, Mattias Svensson