Patents by Inventor Kenneth Ask

Kenneth Ask 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: 20140174384
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an internal combustion engine piston is provided. The piston includes an oil cooling channel integrated in the piston. The oil cooling channel has a bottom surface facing towards a top surface of the piston and a top surface facing away from the top surface of the piston. The oil cooling channel is provided with an oil inlet and an oil outlet which are laterally separated from each other. The bottom surface and/or the top surface of the oil cooling channel is slanted relative to a central axis of a wrist pin opening provided in said piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Kenneth ASK, Anders HANSSON, Lars LUNDIN
  • Publication number: 20110265743
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an internal combustion engine piston is provided. The piston includes an oil cooling channel integrated in the piston. The oil cooling channel has a bottom surface facing towards a top surface of the piston and a top surface facing away from the top surface of the piston. The oil cooling channel is provided with an oil inlet and an oil outlet which are laterally separated from each other. The bottom surface and/or the top surface of the oil cooling channel is slanted relative to a central axis of a wrist pin opening provided in said piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Ask, Anders Hansson, Lars Lundin
  • Patent number: 7152570
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing a lubrication system for an internal combustion engine with at least one piston reciprocating in an engine cylinder. The lubrication system includes an oil pump (11) with adjustable feed pressure which is controlled via a pressure-sensing means (18) which is acted on by the working pressure of the oil. The pressure-sensing means (18) is acted on via a pressure outlet (21) which is hydraulically connected to one of the bearings of the internal combustion engine which are lubricated by the lubrication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Lagerlof, Kenneth Ask
  • Patent number: 7086302
    Abstract: Apparatus for reducing backlash in a gear wheel that includes at least two interacting gear rims that rotate in relation to one another. An adjusting mechanism is located between the gear rims for adjusting the relative angle of rotation of the gear rims about a common axis of rotation. Each adjusting mechanism includes an hydraulic cylinder connected to a pressure medium source and which is arranged to act between the two gear rims in such a manner that a force arises that tends to displace one gear rim in relation to the other about the axis of rotation. Each of the hydraulic cylinders extends at an angle to a disk plane and is supported on a part-spherical foot portion in a bowl-shaped seat in one gear rim and a corresponding part-spherical head portion in a bowl-shaped seat in the other gear rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Ask, Elise Nielsen Höjkrogh, Nils-Olof Håkansson
  • Publication number: 20050241607
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing a lubrication system for an internal combustion engine with at least one piston reciprocating in an engine cylinder. The lubrication system includes an oil pump (11) with adjustable feed pressure which is controlled via a pressure-sensing means (18) which is acted on by the working pressure of the oil. The pressure-sensing means (18) is acted on via a pressure outlet (21) which is hydraulically connected to one of the bearings of the internal combustion engine which are lubricated by the lubrication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Fredrik LAGERLOF, Kenneth ASK
  • Publication number: 20040103737
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for reducing backlash in a gear wheel (10) including at least two interacting gear rims (11, 12) that can rotate in relation to one another. At least one adjusting means (15) is located between the gear rims for adjusting the relative angle of rotation of the gear rims about a common axis of rotation. The adjusting means (15) includes an hydraulic cylinder which is connected to a pressure medium source and is arranged so as to act between two gear rims (11, 12). In this connection, a force arises, which tends to displace one gear rim in relation to the other about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Kenneth ASK, Elise Nielsen Hojkrogh, Nils-Olof Hakansson