Patents by Inventor Lennart Swiden

Lennart Swiden 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: 4740689
    Abstract: Arrangement for an optical speed indicator intended to form part of the system for the anti-lock braking of a vehicle wheel. The speed indicator has a rotationally symmetrical device (1) operatively connected with the wheel, said device being executed with equidistant openings (4) or the like, a light source (2) positioned on one side of said device (1) and so arranged as to illuminate said openings (4), and a detector (3) positioned on the other side of said device (1) and so arranged as to generate a signal pulse each time it is struck via an opening (4) by light from the light source (2). A characteristic feature of the invention is that the arrangement includes a nozzle (8) communicating with the brake cylinder (7) of the vehicle wheel in such a way that the quantity of air discharged from the cylinder (7) via the nozzle (8) during braking produces a jet of air so arranged as to prevent the speed indicator from becoming contaminated with dirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Bygg-Vesta AB
    Inventor: Lennart Swiden