Patents by Inventor Lennart Andersson

Lennart Andersson 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: 20180363526
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a compressor arranged to compress air, at least one combustor, at least one of the at least one combustor being arranged to receive the compressed air, and an exhaust treatment device arranged to process exhaust gases produced by at least one of the at least one combustor, a heat exchanger arranged to receive the compressed air from the compressor before it reaches the at least one of the at least one combustor, and wherein the heat exchanger is arranged to transfer heat from the compressed air to the exhaust treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Bengt JOHANSSON, Nhut LAM, Staffan LUNDGREN
  • Publication number: 20180347456
    Abstract: A method of controlling a high pressure gas injection internal combustion engine includes injecting, in a first combustion mode, by a first as injection system, a first gaseous fuel into a cylinder of the engine, and accumulating in a container of a second gas injection system excess gaseous fuel from the first fuel system, shifting, in the cylinder, from the first combustion mode to a second combustion mode including determining a value of an air flow related parameter indicative of an air mass flow into the cylinder, determining, based on the determined air flow related parameter value, a value of a fuel flow related parameter indicative of a mass flow of the excess gaseous fuel, and supplying from the container, in accordance with the determined fuel flow related parameter value, the excess gaseous fuel to provide a premix of air and the excess gaseous fuel to the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ingemar MAGNUSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Lennart ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20180320610
    Abstract: A method of controlling an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders includes injecting a first gaseous fuel, at a first pressure, into at least a first cylinder of the cylinders, in a first combustion mode, and simultaneously providing a second gaseous fuel, at a second pressure which is different than the first pressure, for at least a second cylinder of the cylinders, in a second combustion mode which is dissimilar to the first combustion mode, wherein the second cylinder is not the first cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ingemar MAGNUSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Lennart ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20180320607
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a high pressure gas injection internal combustion engine including at least one cylinder, the method including supplying a first gaseous fuel from a first gas injection system and injecting the first gaseous fuel in at least one of the at least one cylinder. The method includes converting waste gas from the first gas injection system to a second fuel, and injecting the second fuel obtained by the conversion into at least one of said at least one cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ingemar MAGNUSSON, Lennart ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20170152766
    Abstract: A device for recovery of waste heat generated during operation of an internal combustion engine includes a thermodynamic engine, which includes a working fluid circulation circuit and is configured for recovery of the waste heat a first arrangement for providing a first coolant from a first source for heat exchange with the working fluid in the working fluid circulation circuit, and at least one further arrangement for providing a further coolant from a further source for heat exchange with the working fluid in the working fluid circulation circuit, wherein the further source is at different heat level than the first source during operation of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20170138221
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an arrangement for conveying an exhaust gas stream and a thermodynamic engine connected to the exhaust gas stream conveying arrangement for recovery of heat from the exhaust gas stream. The thermodynamic engine includes a working fluid circulation circuit. The exhaust gas system includes at least one working fluid release arrangement which is connected between the working fluid circulation circuit and the exhaust, gas conveying arrangement for releasing the working fluid from the working fluid circulation circuit to the exhaust: gas conveying arrangement. The exhaust gas stream conveying arrangement includes at least one exhaust gas treatment unit. Further, the working fluid release arrangement is connected upstream of or directly to the exhaust gas treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Peter MÅRDBERG
  • Publication number: 20170138242
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system for treatment of a flow of exhaust gases in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of a vehicle. The heat exchanger system includes a nitrogen monoxide (NO) oxidation site for oxidising nitrogenmonoxide to nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The NO oxidation site is positioned such that the flow of exhaust gases at a downstream end (40) of the NO oxidation site in use of the heat exchanger system is arranged to proceed at a temperature within a predetermined temperature interval corresponding to a desired NO to NO2(NO:NO2) ratio interval in the flow of exhaust gases. An exhaust gas aftertreatment system and a vehicle including such a heat exchanger system, and a method for using such a heat exchanger system, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Martin LUNDEN
  • Publication number: 20170130633
    Abstract: An exhaust gas arrangement includes an exhaust gas system for conveying an exhaust gas stream. The exhaust gas system includes a turbine and an exhaust gas treatment system. The exhaust gas arrangement further includes a working fluid circulation circuit connected to the exhaust gas system for recovery of energy from the exhaust gas stream. The working fluid circulation circuit includes a first heat exchanger which is arranged at a waste heat source for heat exchange between the waste heat source and a working fluid in the working fluid circulation circuit, and a second heat exchanger positioned in the exhaust gas system for heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the working fluid. The second heat exchanger is positioned downstream of the turbine and upstream of a particle filter in the exhaust gas treatment system. An internal combustion engine system and a vehicle including such an exhaust gas arrangement are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20170130612
    Abstract: A system is provided for heat energy recovery in a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, and a corresponding method is provided for operating such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Peter MÅRDBERG
  • Publication number: 20170122199
    Abstract: A two-stroke opposed piston internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder being provided with a first piston and a second piston adapted to perform opposed motions in the cylinder, each cylinder being provided with at least one intake port, a communication between an air intake arrangement and the cylinder via the intake port being dependent on the position of the first piston, each cylinder further being provided with at least one exhaust port, a communication between an exhaust guiding arrangement and the cylinder via the exhaust port being dependent on the position of the second piston, at least one of the cylinders being provided with an additional port and an additional port valve, a communication between the cylinder and an additional conduit externally of the cylinder, via the additional port, being controllable with the additional port valve, the air intake arrangement including at least one intake valve for selectively reducing or inhibiting air admittance to at least o
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON
  • Publication number: 20170122131
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system with heat recovery includes an internal combustion engine with a waste heat passage, an electric motor, a heat recovery assembly including a working fluid circulation circuit with a working fluid, a first heat source which is adapted to be heated by the waste heat passage and adapted to heat the working fluid, and an expander engine, which is operated by the heated working fluid, and a splitting device, which is connected to the electric motor and is adapted to be connected to a drivetrain of a vehicle and which splitting device is further connected to the expander engine, so that the expander engine is enabled to drive the drivetrain and/or the electric motor. The internal combustion engine system further includes at least a second heat source for providing heat to the heat recovery assembly. A vehicle including such an internal combustion engine system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lennart ANDERSSON, Arne ANDERSSON, Peter MÅRDBERG
  • Patent number: 9618085
    Abstract: A dual-clutch seven speed transmission arrangement and method for use with a transverse engine arrangement in a hybrid vehicle are provided. The dual-clutch seven speed transmission arrangement includes a dual-clutch gearbox comprising an input shaft for odd drive gears and an input shaft for even drive gears, respectively arranged in connection to a first clutch and a second clutch. The input shaft for even drive gears is a hollow shaft enclosing the input shaft for odd drive gears and the input shaft for odd drive gears is arranged to host four odd drive gears. The input shaft for even drive gears is arranged to host three even drive gears and a reverse drive gear. An electric motor is connected to the input shaft for even drive gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmet Christian Dzafic, Lennart Andersson
  • Patent number: 9276279
    Abstract: An auxiliary power unit (APU), a method of operating an APU and a vehicle comprising the APU are provided. The APU includes a fuel processor and a fuel cell, the fuel processor being provided with steam, air and dimethyl ether (DME). In order to avoid decreased functionality of the fuel cell caused by lubricants in the DME, a heat exchanger is provided for separating lubricant from the DME.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Peter Jozsa
  • Patent number: 9209937
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting a control channel message transmitted on one of a plurality of shared control channels and targeted to a wireless receiver. In an exemplary method, messages transmitted over a plurality of shared control channels are decoded, and at least one likelihood metric is determined for each of the decoded messages. A best candidate is selected from the decoded messages, based on the likelihood metrics, and the at least one likelihood metric for the best candidate is compared to corresponding likelihood metrics for the messages other than the best candidate to determine whether the best candidate is a valid message. Wireless communication receivers configured correspondingly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Andres Reial
  • Publication number: 20150159735
    Abstract: A dual-clutch seven speed transmission arrangement and method for use with a transverse engine arrangement in a hybrid vehicle are provided. The dual-clutch seven speed transmission arrangement includes a dual-clutch gearbox comprising an input shaft for odd drive gears and an input shaft for even drive gears, respectively arranged in connection to a first clutch and a second clutch. The input shaft for even drive gears is a hollow shaft enclosing the input shaft for odd drive gears and the input shaft for odd drive gears is arranged to host four odd drive gears. The input shaft for even drive gears is arranged to host three even drive gears and a reverse drive gear. An electric motor is connected to the input shaft for even drive gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Ahmet Christian DZAFIC, Lennart ANDERSSON
  • Patent number: 8943807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for achieving reduced emissions at cold start of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas after treatment system comprising at least one Diesel Oxygen Catalyst (DOC), at least one Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit, comprising the steps of: heating the DOC prior to cold starting said internal combustion engine, starting and controlling the internal combustion engine towards low NOx emission when said DOC has reached a predetermined temperature, optimizing the fuel consumption at a given total emission level when said DPF and SCR has reached a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Bert-Inge Bertilsson
  • Patent number: 8904767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for achieving reduced emissions at cold start of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas after treatment system comprising at least one Diesel Oxygen Catalyst (DOC), at least one Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit, comprising the steps of: heating the DOC prior to cold starting said internal combustion engine, starting and controlling the internal combustion engine towards low NOx emission when said DOC has reached a predetermined temperature, optimizing the fuel consumption at a given total emission level when said DPF and SCR has reached a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Bert-Inge Bertilsson
  • Patent number: 8761144
    Abstract: The number of blind decoding operations in a wireless communication receiver is reduced. In one embodiment, a candidate set of transport formats is formed by eliminating one or more allowed transport formats, thus reducing the number of decode operations to be performed. In another embodiment, a received data transmission is partially decoded according to each of a plurality of transport formats, and decode quality metrics associated with each transport format are inspected. Only the transport formats yielding sufficiently high quality metrics are utilized to fully decode the transmission. In other embodiments, upon failure to successfully decode a received transmission, it is assumed to be a retransmission with a missed control transmission, and one or more transport formats specifying the position of a previous transmission in a buffer are added to the candidate set of transport formats. The received retransmission and previously received transmission are then HARQ combined and decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andres Reial, Lennart Andersson
  • Patent number: 8712464
    Abstract: A wireless communication device or system generates transmit power control feedback for a received power control channel by determining a command error rate (CER), or by identifying a target signal quality for the power control channel according to a defined signal-quality-to-CER mapping function. Generally, the power control channel does not include error-coded data to use for CER estimation. However, in one embodiment, the channel does include known reference bits that are evaluated for CER estimation, with the estimated CER used to set the signal quality target for inner loop power control. In other embodiments, a computed reception error probability is used to identify a CER estimate according to a defined probability-to-CER mapping function. By way of non-limiting example, these embodiments may be used to provide power control feedback for power control commands transmitted on a Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel in WCDMA systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Gregory E. Bottomley
  • Patent number: 8640443
    Abstract: An exhaust gas after treatment system includes a diesel particulate filter unit arranged downstream of a diesel engine, a NO2 reduction catalyst arranged downstream of said diesel particulate filter, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) arrangement arranged downstream of said NO2 reduction catalyst, a first injector for feeding reducing agent into the exhaust gas arranged downstream said particulate filter and upstream said NO2 reduction catalyst, a second injector for feeding reducing agent into the exhaust gas arranged downstream said NO2 reduction catalyst and upstream said selective catalytic reduction (SCR) arrangement. An exhaust gas after treatment method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Lucas Megas, Jonas Edvardsson, Carl-Johan Karlsson, Anders Tuomivaara, Jonas Jansson