Patents by Inventor Jerker Hellström

Jerker Hellström 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: 11497142
    Abstract: An assembly (110) for dissipating heat generated by a heat generating electrical component (16) which is surface mounted on a circuit board (11) in a surface mounting process. The assembly comprises a heat buffer (120) made of a thermally and electrically conducing material, and being surface mounted on the circuit board (11) so as to be soldered to a thermal flag (18) of the heat generating electrical component (16). The assembly further comprises a heat sink (12) in thermal contact with the heat buffer, and a galvanic separation (13) between the heat buffer and heat sink. The heat capacitance of the heat buffer can absorb short term increases in heat dissipation from the electrical component, before the heat is further dissipated to the galvanically separated heat sink. This may drastically improve performance of the surface mounted component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AROS ELECTRONICS AB
    Inventor: Jerker Hellström
  • Publication number: 20210378133
    Abstract: An assembly (110) for dissipating heat generated by a heat generating electrical component (16) which is surface mounted on a circuit board (11) in a surface mounting process. The assembly comprises a heat buffer (120) made of a thermally and electrically conducing material, and being surface mounted on the circuit board (11) so as to be soldered to a thermal flag (18) of the heat generating electrical component (16). The assembly further comprises a heat sink (12) in thermal contact with the heat buffer, and a galvanic separation (13) between the heat buffer and heat sink. The heat capacitance of the heat buffer can absorb short term increases in heat dissipation from the electrical component, before the heat is further dissipated to the galvanically separated heat sink. This may drastically improve performance of the surface mounted component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Jerker HELLSTRÖM
  • Patent number: 10348233
    Abstract: An electrical motor system and a method for operating the electrical motor system are disclosed. The electrical motor system comprises a direct current (DC) source, a filter connected in parallel with the DC source and an electric motor with at least two sets of windings. A voltage signal is provided from the DC source to the inverter circuit where the signal is modulated. The modulated signal is then supplied from the inverter circuit to each set of windings with a respective time offset between each set of windings respectively, providing a very efficient DC bus ripple reduction. Hereby, it is e.g. possible to use small filter capacitors/capacitor banks in electrical motor systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: AROS ELECTRONICS AB
    Inventor: Jerker Hellström
  • Patent number: 10341026
    Abstract: An optical bus system (1) having a start-up state and at least one operating state is disclosed. The optical bus system (1) includes a mechanical support structure (21) arranged to receive and hold a master module (2) having a downstream optical interface (3) and a set of slave modules (6) each having an upstream optical interface (7) and a downstream optical interface (8). The modules are attached to the mechanical support structure (21) such that optical interfaces of adjacent modules are aligned and in close proximity to each other in order to enable optical communication (24, 25) between adjacent modules. Each slave module (6) is further provided with circuitry to form one or two shunting signal paths (30, 31) depending on operating state after an addressing procedure is completed in the start-up state. Hereby, it is e.g. possible to realize a robust and cost-efficient optical bus system with high bandwidth capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: AROS ELECTRONICS AB
    Inventors: Jerker Hellström, Per Lundberg, Magnus Wide
  • Publication number: 20190123828
    Abstract: An optical bus system (1) having a start-up state and at least one operating state is disclosed. The optical bus system (1) includes a mechanical support structure (21) arranged to receive and hold a master module (2) having a downstream optical interface (3) and a set of slave modules (6) each having an upstream optical interface (7) and a downstream optical interface (8). The modules are attached to the mechanical support structure (21) such that optical interfaces of adjacent modules are aligned and in close proximity to each other in order to enable optical communication (24, 25) between adjacent modules. Each slave module (6) is further provided with circuitry to form one or two shunting signal paths (30, 31) depending on operating state after an addressing procedure is completed in the start-up state. Hereby, it is e.g. possible to realize a robust and cost-efficient optical bus system with high bandwidth capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jerker HELLSTRÖM, Per LUNDBERG, Magnus WIDE
  • Publication number: 20180175770
    Abstract: An electrical motor system and a method for operating the electrical motor system are disclosed. The electrical motor system comprises a direct current (DC) source, a filter connected in parallel with the DC source and an electric motor with at least two sets of windings. A voltage signal is provided from the DC source to the inverter circuit where the signal is modulated. The modulated signal is then supplied from the inverter circuit to each set of windings with a respective time offset between each set of windings respectively, providing a very efficient DC bus ripple reduction. Hereby, it is e.g. possible to use small filter capacitors/capacitor banks in electrical motor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: JERKER HELLSTRÖM
  • Patent number: 8924017
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses an apparatus for recyclable absorption of electric retardation energy from a multiple axis industrial robotics system, including a robot control unit and at least one drive unit, which generates the electrical retardation energy at retardation. By an apparatus according to the present invention, the electric retardation energy, which occurs when a drive unit is retarded and is transferred into generator mode, may be recycled by the brake unit of the apparatus, which accelerates a mechanical device connected to the brake unit. The electric retardation energy is thus transferred into kinetic energy that may be stored in mechanical devices. An embodiment of the present invention also refers to a corresponding method for recyclable absorption of electric retardation energy from a multiple axis industrial robotics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Aros Electronics AB
    Inventors: Jerker Hellström, Magnus Wide
  • Patent number: 6513554
    Abstract: A yarn processing system includes a yarn consuming textile machine and at least one yard feeding device, each having electric drive means and electronic control and/or monitoring means. The yarn processing system includes data transmission paths for mutual transmissions between the control and/or monitoring means wherein each of the control and/or monitoring means contains one communication microprocessor for serial or serial and digital transmission of data representing information types in the form of a communication protocol. The information types differ in ranking with real-time transmission priority of at least the information type of the highest ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Iropa AG
    Inventors: Jerker Hellström, Tomas Rundberg, Lars Helge Gottfrid Tholander