Patents by Inventor Sören Bystedt

Sören Bystedt 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 and arrangement for measuring and estimating a brake factor in a vehicle brake system
    Patent number: 8108117
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring and estimating a brake factor in a vehicle brake system, said vehicle including a towing vehicle and a trailer having a plurality of wheel axles, wherein said method includes: initiating a controlled braking manoeuvre involving at least a first wheel axle and a second wheel axle; and obtaining values representing said brake factor for said wheel first wheel axle and said second wheel axle by a control unit which is provided with a brake adaptation function to obtain a brake balance between said towing vehicle and said trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Peter Lingman, Jan-Inge Svensson, Sören Bystedt
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING AND ESTIMATING A BRAKE FACTOR IN A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100211279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring and estimating a brake factor in a vehicle brake system, said vehicle including a towing vehicle and a trailer having a plurality of wheel axles, wherein said method includes: initiating a controlled braking manoeuvre involving at least a first wheel axle and a second wheel axle; and obtaining values representing said brake factor for said wheel first wheel axle and said second wheel axle by a control unit which is provided with a brake adaptation function to obtain a brake balance between said towing vehicle and said trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Peter Lingman, Jan-Inge Svensson, Sören Bystedt
  • System for supply of compressed air and vehicle including a system for supply of compressed air
    Patent number: 7059279
    Abstract: A compressed air supply system including a compressor (12), a compressed air line (4) that connects an outlet (3) from the said compressor to an inlet (5) to a first active component (6), and an adjustable fan (13) which is controlled by a control unit and is arranged to generate an air flow intended to cool the said compressed air line (4), and a vehicle comprising such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Sören Bystedt, Mats Sabelström