Patents by Inventor Roger Thunholm

Roger Thunholm 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: 11840040
    Abstract: A pressing arrangement (100) is disclosed. The pressing arrangement (100) comprises a pressure vessel (2) comprising a pressure cylinder (1), a top end closure (3) and a bottom end closure (9), a furnace chamber (18) for heating a pressure medium, a plurality of guiding passages (10, 11, 13), a load compartment (19) configured for holding at least one article to be treated, and at least one flow generator (30, 32) for circulating pressure medium within the pressure vessel. The pressing arrangement further comprises a heat exchanging element (170) arranged in the top end closure or in the bottom end closure. The heat exchanging element comprises at least one passage for allowing a flow of pressure medium through the heat exchanging element, and at least one circuit for allowing a circulation of cooling medium within the at least one circuit for a cooling of the pressure medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Quintus Technologies AB
    Inventors: Per Burstrom, Oscar Olovsson, Stefan Gustafsson, Roger Thunholm
  • Patent number: 11648746
    Abstract: There is provided an arrangement and method for handling a load for isostatic pressure treatment in a high-pressure arrangement. The arrangement comprises a transportation unit arranged in a first space, wherein the transportation unit is configured for horizontal transportation of a pressure vessel comprising the load into the high-pressure arrangement before pressure treatment of the load, and out of the high-pressure arrangement after pressure treatment of the load, respectively. The arrangement further comprises an elevator unit vertically operable between the first space and a second space provided below the first space, wherein the elevator unit is configured to lift the load from the second space into the pressure vessel before pressure treatment of the load, and to lower the load from the pressure vessel to the second space after pressure treatment of the load, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Quintus Technologies AB
    Inventor: Roger Thunholm
  • Patent number: 11135798
    Abstract: A method for processing at least one article in a pressing arrangement is provided. The method comprises the steps of: increasing the temperature in the load compartment by the at least one heating element in the furnace chamber; maintaining the increased temperature at a predetermined temperature level, T1, for a selected period of time, t1; and during the steps of increasing the temperature and maintaining the increased temperature, circulating the pressure medium within the pressure vessel by the at least one flow generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Quintus Technologies AB
    Inventors: Per Burström, Roger Thunholm
  • Publication number: 20210146645
    Abstract: A pressing arrangement (100) is disclosed. The pressing arrangement (100) comprises a pressure vessel (2) comprising a pressure cylinder (1). a top end closure (3) and a bottom end closure (9), a furnace chamber (18) for heating a pressure medium, a plurality of guiding passages (10, 11, 13), a load compartment (19) configured for holding at least one article to be treated, and at least one flow generator (30, 32) for circulating pressure medium within the pressure vessel. The pressing arrangement further comprises a heat exchanging element (170) arranged in the top end closure or in the bottom end closure. The heat exchanging element comprises at least one passage for allowing a flow of pressure medium through the heat exchanging element, and at least one circuit for allowing a circulation of cooling medium within the at least one circuit for a cooling of the pressure medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Quintus Technologies AB
    Inventors: Per BURSTROM, Oscar OLOVSSON, Stefan GUSTAFSSON, Roger THUNHOLM
  • Publication number: 20200376791
    Abstract: A method for processing at least one article in a pressing arrangement is provided. The method comprises the steps of: increasing the temperature in the load compartment by the at least one heating element in the furnace chamber; maintaining the increased temperature at a predetermined temperature level, T1, for a selected period of time, t1; and during the steps of increasing the temperature and maintaining the increased temperature, circulating the pressure medium within the pressure vessel by the at least one flow generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Quintus Technologies AB
    Inventors: Per BURSTRĂ–M, Roger THUNHOLM
  • Publication number: 20190291373
    Abstract: There is provided an arrangement and method for handling a load for isostatic pressure treatment in a high-pressure arrangement. The arrangement comprises a transportation unit arranged in a first space, wherein the transportation unit is configured for horizontal transportation of a pressure vessel comprising the load into the high-pressure arrangement before pressure treatment of the load, and out of the high-pressure arrangement after pressure treatment of the load, respectively. The arrangement further comprises an elevator unit vertically operable between the first space and a second space provided below the first space, wherein the elevator unit is configured to lift the load from the second space into the pressure vessel before pressure treatment of the load, and to lower the load from the pressure vessel to the second space after pressure treatment of the load, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Quintus Technologies AB
    Inventor: Roger THUNHOLM
  • Patent number: 10022931
    Abstract: There is provided an arrangement and a method for handling a load for isostatic pressure treatment in a high-pressure arrangement. The arrangement includes a transportation unit including at least one track for transporting the load into a treatment position for isostatic pressure treatment of the load from a working space outside the high-pressure arrangement. Furthermore, the transportation unit is further arranged for transporting the load from the treatment position to the working space after pressure treatment of the load. The arrangement further includes a partition plane arranged at least partially above the high-pressure arrangement, wherein the working space is provided above the partition plane. The partition plane is arranged to shield the working space from the high-pressure arrangement in the event of a gas leakage of the high-pressure arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AVURE TECHNOLOGIES AB
    Inventors: Roger Thunholm, Asa Eriksson, Anders Eklund
  • Publication number: 20150266253
    Abstract: There is provided an arrangement and a method for handling a load for isostatic pressure treatment in a high-pressure arrangement. The arrangement includes a transportation unit including at least one track for transporting the load into a treatment position for isostatic pressure treatment of the load from a working space outside the high-pressure arrangement. Furthermore, the transportation unit is further arranged for transporting the load from the treatment position to the working space after pressure treatment of the load. The arrangement further includes a partition plane arranged at least partially above the high-pressure arrangement, wherein the working space is provided above the partition plane. The partition plane is arranged to shield the working space from the high-pressure arrangement in the event of a gas leakage of the high-pressure arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Roger Thunholm, Asa Eriksson, Anders Eklund
  • Patent number: 8764432
    Abstract: A high-pressure press is disclosed which includes a high-pressure vessel enclosing a high-pressure chamber and a high-pressure medium; a housing, separating a volume from the high-pressure press chamber, arranged for holding a fluid; a fan arranged in the high-pressure press chamber outside the housing for circulating the high pressure medium in the high-pressure press chamber; a motor, arranged in the housing and operatively connected to the fan for driving the fan; a cooling device for cooling a portion of the housing wall; and a pumping device arranged for circulating the fluid, the fluid providing a transfer of cold from the portion of the housing wall to the motor, the cooled circulation of the fluid being separated from the high-pressure press chamber by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Avure Technologies AB
    Inventor: Roger Thunholm
  • Publication number: 20130336813
    Abstract: A high-pressure piston compressor (1) for compressing gas, comprising a vessel (4) having a vessel chamber (8, 23) wherein a piston (3) is guided reciprocally, for compressing a gas in the vessel chamber during operation of the piston compressor, an inlet valve housing (17, 29) comprising an inlet valve (18, 30), and an outlet valve housing (15, 31) comprising an outlet valve (16, 32), wherein the inlet valve housing and the outlet valve housing are mounted within a portion of the vessel chamber wall (14, 28), and wherein the portion of the vessel chamber wall encloses the inlet valve housing and the outlet valve housing, such that the portion of the vessel chamber wall generates an isostatic counter-pressure on the inlet valve housing and the outlet valve housing in response to the pressure on the inlet valve housing and the outlet valve housing from the gas in the vessel chamber during operation of the piston compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Avure Technologies AB
    Inventor: Roger Thunholm
  • Publication number: 20120269920
    Abstract: A high-pressure press is disclosed which includes a high-pressure vessel enclosing a high-pressure chamber and a high-pressure medium; a housing, separating a volume from the high-pressure press chamber, arranged for holding a fluid; a fan arranged in the high-pressure press chamber outside the housing for circulating the high pressure medium in the high-pressure press chamber; a motor, arranged in the housing and operatively connected to the fan for driving the fan; a cooling device for cooling a portion of the housing wall; and a pumping device arranged for circulating the fluid, the fluid providing a transfer of cold from the portion of the housing wall to the motor, the cooled circulation of the fluid being separated from the high-pressure press chamber by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: AVURE TECHNOLOGIES AB
    Inventor: Roger Thunholm