Patents by Inventor Marcus Fasth

Marcus Fasth 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).

  • METHOD FOR IN-MOTION FRICTION ESTIMATION BASED ON STEERING PULSES, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240383529
    Abstract: A method performed in a control unit of a heavy-duty vehicle for estimating road friction, the method comprising, while the vehicle is in motion, generating a steering pulse having a limited time duration and a limited magnitude, measuring a response by the vehicle to the steering pulse, and estimating a road friction value based on the measured response by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcus FASTH, Umur ERDINC
  • Vehicle comprising a load handling arrangement to support loading and unloading via the front of the vehicle
    Patent number: 11981243
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle (100) comprising at least a towing vehicle (102), the towing vehicle comprising steerable wheels and is arranged to convey the vehicle in at least a major longitudinal forward direction (104) of the vehicle (100), wherein the vehicle further comprises a load handling arrangement (200) arranged to support transportation of material to or from the vehicle (100), the load handling arrangement (200) being configured to assume a material handling mode in which the load handling arrangement (200) is arranged to support transportation of the material between the vehicle (100) and a stationary ground portion (106) in the vicinity of the vehicle (100), wherein the load handling arrangement (200) extends substantially in the major longitudinal forward direction (104) of the vehicle over at least a portion of the towing vehicle (102) when assuming the material handling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Christina Hernvall, Lars Johansson, Mikael Lennartsson, Marcus Fasth, Bo Larsson
  • VEHICLE COMPRISING A LOAD HANDLING ARRANGEMENT TO SUPPORT LOADING AND UNLOADING VIA THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220185163
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle (100) comprising at least a towing vehicle (102), the towing vehicle comprising steerable wheels and is arranged to convey the vehicle in at least a major longitudinal forward direction (104) of the vehicle (100), wherein the vehicle further comprises a load handling arrangement (200) arranged to support transportation of material to or from the vehicle (100), the load handling arrangement (200) being configured to assume a material handling mode in which the load handling arrangement (200) is arranged to support transportation of the material between the vehicle (100) and a stationary ground portion (106) in the vicinity of the vehicle (100), wherein the load handling arrangement (200) extends substantially in the major longitudinal forward direction (104) of the vehicle over at least a portion of the towing vehicle (102) when assuming the material handling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christina Hernvall, Lars Johansson, Mikael Lennartsson, Marcus Fasth, Bo Larsson