Patents by Inventor Jan Eriksson
Jan Eriksson 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).
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Publication number: 20220234629Abstract: A railway wagon comprising a load carrier, and front and rear bogies, wherein each bogie comprises a platform, which is rotatably mounted. The load carrier is releasably connected to, and laterally displaceable in relation to, the platforms. The load carrier has a front end and a rear end and is provided, at each end, with a connection portion, and two support devices, which are laterally spaced, and which support the load carrier in a position where it is laterally displaced in relation to the platform. The support devices are vertically operable between an idle position and a support position, in which the support devices abut against the ground. Further, the railway wagon comprises a displacement device for laterally displacing the load carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: Jan ERIKSSON
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Patent number: 11208122Abstract: The invention relates to a railway wagon comprising a load carrier (7) and front and rear bogies (8), each of the bogies being provided with railway track wheels and being electrically, hydraulically and/or pneumatically connected to the load carrier by means of one or more electric cables, hydraulic and/or pneumatic tubings (5). The load carrier is releasably connected to the respective bogies, and in a released state laterally displaceable in relation to the respective bogies by means of a displacement device. The load carrier has a front and a rear end and is at each end provided with a support device and a ramp (13), wherein the support device is adapted to support the load carrier on the ground in a position where it is displaced in relation to the bogie, whereas the ramp is along an inner edge pivotally connected to the end of the load carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventor: Jan Eriksson
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Publication number: 20200255038Abstract: The invention relates to a railway wagon comprising a load carrier (7) and front and rear bogies (8), each of the bogies being provided with railway track wheels and being electrically, hydraulically and/or pneumatically connected to the load carrier by means of one or more electric cables, hydraulic and/or pneumatic tubings (5). The load carrier is releasably connected to the respective bogies, and in a released state laterally displaceable in relation to the respective bogies by means of a displacement device. The load carrier has a front and a rear end and is at each end provided with a support device and a ramp (13), wherein the support device is adapted to support the load carrier on the ground in a position where it is displaced in relation to the bogie, whereas the ramp is along an inner edge pivotally connected to the end of the load carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Flexiwaggon ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 9795110Abstract: A camera cleaning system and method for a milking system which includes a rotating platform, plural milking stalls thereon, a robot for performing an animal related operation with respect to the animals in the milking stalls passing by the robot, and a camera in response to signals from which the robot moves, the camera cleaning system includes usage identifying arrangement to identify a future usage demand of the camera; a processing device to analyze the future usage demand of the camera to find at least one time slot when the camera is not to be used and which also occurs during certain conditions; and a cleaning arrangement arranged to clean the lens arrangement of the camera during the determined time slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventors: Thomas Axelsson, Jan Eriksson, Mats Nilsson
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Patent number: 9675043Abstract: A rotary parlor arranged to house animals to be milked includes an annular rotary platform (1), at least one milking stall (3) defined by at least one side wall element (2) and a storing device (8) adapted to hold teat cups (9) in a parking position, and a restricting element (8a, 13a, 16a) adapted to restrict the mobility of the animal (4) in the milking stall in a manner such that a free space (12) is created between the animal (4) and a side wall element (2) in a part of the milking stall (3), where the free space (12) is used by a robot arm (10) when fetching a teat cup in the storing device to attach to a teat of the animal (4) in the milking stall (3).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 9675041Abstract: A leg spreading device for an animal in a milking stall includes a first and second elongated elements forming a first raised surface provided with a left side edge and a second raised surface provided with a right side edge. The elongated elements are oriented in a manner such that a transverse distance (w) between the left side edge of the first raised surface and the right side edge of the second raised surface increases continuously in a longitudinal direction of the elongated elements from a first transverse distance in the first longitudinal position to a second transverse distance in a second longitudinal position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventors: Jan Eriksson, Henrik Olander
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Publication number: 20150296742Abstract: A leg spreading device for an animal in a milking stall includes a first and second elongated elements forming a first raised surface provided with a left side edge and a second raised surface provided with a right side edge. The elongated elements are oriented in a manner such that a transverse distance (w) between the left side edge of the first raised surface and the right side edge of the second raised surface increases continuously in a longitudinal direction of the elongated elements from a first transverse distance in the first longitudinal position to a second transverse distance in a second longitudinal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Jan ERIKSSON, Henrik OLANDER
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Patent number: 9139208Abstract: A support device for a laterally displaceable railway wagon includes a track device including an endless track, a body carrying the endless track, and a track device holder, which is pivotally connected with the body via a connection shaft extending transversally through the body. The track device holder includes opposite first and second side portions extending along the length of the track device, a first end portion connected with the first and second side portions at one end thereof, a second end portion connected with the side portions at the other end thereof, a first suspension portion included in said first end portion, and a second suspension portion included in said second end portion. The track device at least partly extends below the track device holder.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Flexiwaggon ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8978583Abstract: An animal treating arrangement includes a carrying device beside a milking platform rotating with a velocity and having animal places housing animals. The carrying device includes a fundament, a first bearing device (12) provided on the fundament, an arm (13) connected to the first bearing device permitting the arm to rotate in relation to the fundament around a first axis, a support platform (15) connected to the arm (13). A drive arrangement moves the support platform and includes a first drive member (31) rotating the arm around the first axis. A sensor (37) communicates with a control unit (36) and senses an instantaneous value of the velocity. The control unit controls the first drive member to move the support platform to follow the milking platform from a start position to an end position during a part of the rotation of the milking platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Delaval Holding ABInventors: Uzi Birk, Mats Nilsson, Gert Danneker, Thomas Axelsson, Jan Eriksson
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Publication number: 20140331934Abstract: A rotary parlour arranged to house animals to be milked includes an annular rotary platform (1), at least one milking stall (3) defined by at least one side wall element (2) and a storing device (8) adapted to hold teat cups (9) in a parking position, and a restricting element (8a, 13a, 16a) adapted to restrict the mobility of the animal (4) in the milking stall in a manner such that a free space (12) is created between the animal (4) and a side wall element (2) in a part of the milking stall (3), where the free space (12) is used by a robot arm (10) when fetching a teat cup in the storing device to attach to a teat of the animal (4) in the milking stall (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8881678Abstract: The invention relates to a scraping device (14) for removing objects from a floor surface (1c) of a rotary milking platform (1). The scraping device (14) includes a scraper (18) configured to come into contact with and move an object on the floor surface (1c) of the rotary milking platform (1) during rotation, and a suspension device selectively supporting the scraper (18). The suspension device selectively supports the scraper (18) in each of i) a first position adjacent to the floor surface (1c) of the rotary milking platform (1) and ii) a second position in which the scraper (18) is pressed against the floor surface (1c) with a first force. The suspension device is configured to move the scraper (18) from the first position to the second position when the object on the floor surface (1c) hits the scraper (18) during rotation of the rotary milking platform (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: DeLaval Holding ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Publication number: 20140318581Abstract: A camera cleaning system and method for a milking system which includes a rotating platform, plural milking stalls thereon, a robot for performing an animal related operation with respect to the animals in the milking stalls passing by the robot, and a camera in response to signals from which the robot moves, the camera cleaning system includes usage identifying arrangement to identify a future usage demand of the camera; a processing device to analyze the future usage demand of the camera to find at least one time slot when the camera is not to be used and which also occurs during certain conditions; and a cleaning arrangement arranged to clean the lens arrangement of the camera during the determined time slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Thomas Axelsson, Jan Eriksson, Mats Nilsson
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Publication number: 20140116289Abstract: A support device for a laterally displaceable railway wagon includes a track device including an endless track, a body carrying the endless track, and a track device holder, which is pivotally connected with the body via a connection shaft extending transversally through the body. The track device holder includes opposite first and second side portions extending along the length of the track device, a first end portion connected with the first and second side portions at one end thereof, a second end portion connected with the side portions at the other end thereof, a first suspension portion included in said first end portion, and a second suspension portion included in said second end portion. The track device at least partly extends below the track device holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: FLEXIWAGGON ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8646412Abstract: An arrangement for automatically cleaning teat cups of a rotary milking platform includes i) a cleaning device at the side of the platform, the cleaning device having a movable part provided with an outlet opening through which a cleaning fluid is supplied to the teat cups; and ii) a positioning unit arranged to provide positioning of the cleaning device to a cleaning position in which the cleaning device is able to supply the cleaning medium from the outlet opening to the teat cups, the positioning unit adapted to provide a positioning of the movable part of the cleaning device in relation to the teat cups from an inactive position on the side of the platform to an active position in which the movable part extends in over the platform towards the teat cups to the cleaning position.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: DeLaval Holding ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8616155Abstract: A milking arrangement for animals includes rotary platform (2), a driving mechanism (12) adapted to provide a rotary motion of the platform (2), milking stalls (3) adapted to house the animals (1) to be milked on the platform (2), a blocking system (11, 20, 25) for blocking selected milking stalls (3) on the platform (1) temporarily such that the animals (1) do not have access to the blocked milking stalls (3) during a period of time and the remaining non-blocked milking stalls will be used more frequently.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: DeLaval Holding ABInventors: Kerstin Vollmer, Jan Eriksson
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Publication number: 20130097791Abstract: The invention relates to a scraping device (14) for removing objects from a floor surface (1c) of a rotary milking platform (1). The scraping device (14) includes a scraper (18) configured to come into contact with and move an object on the floor surface (1c) of the rotary milking platform (1) during rotation, and a suspension device selectively supporting the scraper (18). The suspension device selectively supports the scraper (18) in each of i) a first position adjacent to the floor surface (1c) of the rotary milking platform (1) and ii) a second position in which the scraper (18) is pressed against the floor surface (1c) with a first force. The suspension device is configured to move the scraper (18) from the first position to the second position when the object on the floor surface (1c) hits the scraper (18) during rotation of the rotary milking platform (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventor: Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8387565Abstract: An apparatus for milking an animal and provides a milking parlor (1) including first and second robotic manipulation devices (100, 200) and a plurality of milking stalls (5) provided on a platform (3) moveable relative to the robotic manipulation devices (100, 200) wherein the robotic manipulation devices (100, 200) are positioned so as to be capable of simultaneously servicing neighboring milking stalls (5) on the platform (3).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: DeLaval Holding ABInventors: Thomas Axelsson, Gert Danneker, Jan Eriksson
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Publication number: 20120298043Abstract: An animal treating arrangement includes a carrying device beside a milking platform rotating with a velocity and having animal places housing animals. The carrying device includes a fundament, a first bearing device (12) provided on the fundament, an arm (13) connected to the first bearing device permitting the arm to rotate in relation to the fundament around a first axis, a support platform (15) connected to the arm (13). A drive arrangement moves the support platform and includes a first drive member (31) rotating the arm around the first axis. A sensor (37) communicates with a control unit (36) and senses an instantaneous value of the velocity. The control unit controls the first drive member to move the support platform to follow the milking platform from a start position to an end position during a part of the rotation of the milking platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventors: Uzi Birk, Mats Nilsson, Gert Danneker, Thomas Axelsson, Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8291860Abstract: An apparatus and method for locating a teat cup for use in a milking parlor. The apparatus includes a milking stall (7) provided on a rotatable platform (9) and a system (19, 245, 23, 25) for controlling movement of a teat cup magazine (20) relative to the stall (7). The movement control system permits movement of the magazine (20) between first and second predefined positions relative to the milking stall (7).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: DeLaval Holding ABInventors: Gert Danneker, Thomas Axelsson, Jan Eriksson
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Patent number: 8205573Abstract: A rotary parlour for milking of animals includes an annular rotary platform (20) adapted to form a support surface (18) for the animals (22), positioning elements (19, 23) for arranging the animals (1) in milking positions on the platform (20), a drive mechanism (30) adapted to supply a rotational motion to the platform (20), and teat cup storing devices (11) for holding parked teat cups (2, 2?) in predetermined storing positions. The teat cup storing devices (11) are mounted in positions such that the teat cups (2, 2?) are located vertically above the platform (20) in their storing positions.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: DeLaval Holding ABInventors: Jan Eriksson, Gert Danneker