Patents by Inventor Jan Stood

Jan Stood 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: 20140069422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety method in connection with SCUBA diving to control a diver's buoyancy, in which method the diver (11) is equipped with diving equipment comprising at least one air pressure tank (1), a valve device (2) connected to the pressure tank (1) and arranged to supply air from said pressure tank via first supply means (5) to a breathing regulator (4) and via second supply means (7, 9, 12) to an inflatable diving jacket (6) in order to control the diver's buoyancy, an actuator (8) being able to automatically initiate inflation of the diving jacket (6) when the diver has not affected the air flow through the breathing regulator (4) for a certain time period, said actuator (8) being controlled by an actuation mechanism (20) that automatically sets the actuator in active mode when the diver is within an actuation zone (A), wherein in order additionally to improve the diver's buoyancy the actuator (8) is also arranged to automatically initiate dumping of a weight (11) carried by the
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CONSENSUM AS
    Inventors: Jan Stood, Ola Patriksson
  • Publication number: 20090217927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in connection with SCUBA diving to control a diver's buoyancy, in which method the diver (11) is equipped with diving equipment comprising at least one air pressure tank (1), a valve device (2) connected to the pressure tank (1) and arranged to supply air from said pressure tank via first supply means (5) to a breathing regulator (4) and via second supply means (7) to an inflatable diving jacket (6) in order to control the diver's buoyancy, inflation of the diving jacket being initiated when the diver has not affected the air flow through the breathing regulator (4) for a certain time period. The invention also relates to a safety device and diving equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: CONSENSUM AS
    Inventors: Jan Stood, Ola Patriksson, Christian van Oostrum, Thomas Erdtman
  • Publication number: 20090222362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for handling of a plurality of bank notes comprising the following steps: a) collecting said plurality of bank notes (1) at a location of commerce (2), b) safe-keeping said bank notes (1), wherein the method also comprises c) registering each one of said bank notes (1) by use of an identity code (3) of each bank note (1), in connection with, or subsequent to, collecting said bank notes (1), d) registering and designating said banknotes (1) as being invalid, to minimise the risk of theft of said bank notes (1). The invention also comprises a system for handling of a plurality of bank notes according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Stood, Ola Patriksson, Christian van Oostrum, Thomas Erdtman