Patents by Inventor Jan Kuoppa

Jan Kuoppa 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).

  • Load carrying arrangement for a vehicle
    Patent number: 6641206
    Abstract: A loadbearing structure for heavy vehicles, e.g. a freight vehicle, incorporates a box-shaped hollow unit (10) extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Wall elements (12, 14, 16, 18) of thin wall thickness are connected to one another to form the box-shaped unit (10). The invention provides a loadbearing structure (2) for heavy vehicles which is many times more rigid than conventional structures but is nevertheless of relatively low weight and is relatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture. The present invention also relates to a process for manufacturing a loadbearing structure for heavy vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Åke Bergstrom, Michael Linden, Anders Gustavsson, Fredrik Modahl, Jan Kuoppa