Patents by Inventor Kari A. Lindholm

Kari A. Lindholm 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).

  • Mining machine and charging station comprising refrigeration circuits
    Patent number: 10259333
    Abstract: A mining machine and a charging station have batteries that may be cooled down by different refrigerant circuits and include a battery for storing electrical energy, a refrigerant circuit for circulating a refrigerant via the battery, and a connection for connecting the refrigerant circuit to a refrigerant circuit of a charging station via a fluid-fluid heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY
    Inventors: Kari Lindholm, Ville Vare, Mikko Kouvo
  • COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160156075
    Abstract: A battery cooling system of an electric mining machine includes lines arranged to communicate with a battery to be cooled for transferring heat energy from the battery to coolant within the fluid lines, a coolant cartridge receiver, and a coolant cartridge having a capacity for receiving and storing heat energy. The coolant cartridge is removably arrangeable in the coolant cartridge receiver and the fluid lines are connected to the coolant cartridge receiver for transferring heat energy from the coolant within the fluid lines to the coolant cartridge arranged in the coolant cartridge receiver. The disclosure also relates to an electric mining machine, a refrigeration arrangement of an electric mining machine, and a method for cooling a battery of an electric mining machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Kari LINDHOLM
  • MINING MACHINE AND CHARGING STATION COMPRISING REFRIGERATION CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20160134001
    Abstract: A mining machine and a charging station have batteries that may be cooled down by different refrigerant circuits and include a battery for storing electrical energy, a refrigerant circuit for circulating a refrigerant via the battery, and a connection for connecting the refrigerant circuit to a refrigerant circuit of a charging station via a fluid-fluid heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Kari LINDHOLM, Ville VARE, Mikko KOUVO
  • Vehicle closure latch and pop-up device
    Patent number: 4961601
    Abstract: A compact vehicle hood latch and pop-up device can be pressembled as a unit and mounted to a vehicle and cooperate with a single striker on the hood to effect latching, pop-up and unlatching of the hood. It includes a pivotal primary latch, a detent lever cooperable with the primary latch, a pop-up lever extending across the path of the striker to effect movement of the latter to a pop-up position when the primary latch is released and a secondary latch to release the striker from its pop-up position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kari A. Lindholm, James Bolsworth