Patents by Inventor Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM

Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM 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: 20240075376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a part of a binding system for skiing, comprising a housing (3; 8) with, on the inside, a fully or partially through-going axial barrel (13) with an inner diameter (14), wherein two pins (1) moveable in each direction with at least one intermediate spring element (2) are arranged, and wherein the pins (1) are adapted to slide in the barrel (13) between a protruding and a retracted position. According to an aspect of the invention, the part of the pins (1) that is exposed when the pins (1) are in the protruding position, has a reduced outer diameter (15) compared with the inner diameter (14) of the barrel (13). The invention also relates to a method for lubricating the pins (1) with a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Magnus ANDERSSEN, Øyvar SVENDSEN, Jørn Frode DANIELSEN, David Klovning FLEM, Edward JONES
  • Publication number: 20240050834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a release mechanism for a ski binding system, wherein the system comprises a ski shoe (20) wherein pins (11) moveable in each direction are arranged and at least one intermediate spring element (12), wherein the pins (11) are adapted to slide in a barrel (13) between a protruding and a retracted position. The system comprises a frame (2) with two vertical parts (3, 4) arranged on a ski, wherein each vertical part has an opening (5) each for receiving a pin (11) protruding sideways out of the ski shoe (20), two bails (7) with claws (8) at one end and brought together in a manipulator (9) at the other end, wherein the claws (8) and the manipulator (9) are adapted so that they can move synchronously into the openings in the opposite direction of the pins (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Magnus ANDERSSEN, Øyvar SVENDSEN, Jørn Frode DANIELSEN, David Klovning FLEM, Edward JONES
  • Patent number: 11219817
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism for a locking element to be fastened to a mounting plate on a cross-country ski. The ski comprises the mounting plate on a top surface of the ski. The mounting plate comprises side edges having an undercut profile for placement and attachment of a binding or binding component via a complementary profile thereon, and a channel that accommodates a slide member. The slide member top side comprises at least one locking element. The underside of the binding or binding component comprises at least one complementary locking element. The locking element comprises a plate. The plate underside includes downward projecting legs. The legs are spaced apart at a distance substantially corresponding to a width of the channel. The mounting plate on each side of the channel comprises openings adapted to receive the legs. The mounting plate and the legs comprise holes adapted to receive one or more bayonets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Oyvar Svendsen, Thomas Goverud-Holm, Jorn Frode Danielsen
  • Publication number: 20220001264
    Abstract: A locking device for locking a ski binding on a mounting plate, arranged to be mounted on a ski, in which the locking device is arranged to be in a locked position, in which the ski binding is locked relative to the mounting plate in a longitudinal direction, and in an open position, in which the ski binding can be moved relative to the mounting plate in the longitudinal direction, wherein corresponding locking elements of the locking device and of the mounting plate engage with each other in the locked position. The locking device comprises a force-transmitting element with opposite ends, arranged to be attached in corresponding attachments in the ski binding, when the locking device is in locked position. The locking element is located between the force-transmitting element's opposite ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Jorn Frode DANIELSEN, Magnus ANDERSSEN, Oyvar SVENDSEN
  • Patent number: 11090548
    Abstract: A ski binding moving mechanism (1) comprising:—a ski binding (2a) configured to be fastened in the vertical and lateral direction on a ski, and further configured to be movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the ski; —a rod (5) with two or more pushing elements (51a, 51b, . . . ), the rod (5) being fastened to the ski binding (2a); and—a rotatable element (32), configured to be fastened fixedly relative to the ski in the longitudinal direction of the ski, the rotatable element (32) being rotatable relative to the ski (6), wherein the rotatable element (32) comprises:—a first and a second rotating pin (321, 322) configured to rotate with the rotatable element (32), and cooperate with the pushing elements (51a, 51b, . . . ), wherein—the rotatable element (32) is configured to be rotated at least one revolution and move the rod (5) and the binding (2a) in the same longitudinal direction throughout the revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Thomas Goverud-Holm, Oyvar Svendsen, Jorn Frode Danielsen, Magnus Anderssen
  • Patent number: 11033798
    Abstract: A mounting system for a binding or a binding component on a cross-country ski includes a mounting plate that is arranged on the top surface of the cross-country ski. The mounting plate comprises longitudinal side edges having a profile with undercuts for longitudinal positioning and attachment of the binding or binding component with the aid of a complementary profile on the binding or binding component. The mounting plate comprises a longitudinal channel that houses a longitudinal rail. The upper side of the longitudinal rail comprises at least one locking device. The underside of the binding or binding component comprises at least one complementary locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Oyvar Svendsen, Steinar Holos, Jorn Frode Danielsen, Thomas Goverud-Holm
  • Publication number: 20210154561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment mechanism for a locking means to be fastened to a mounting plate on a cross-country ski, where the cross-country ski comprises a mounting plate (6) arranged on a top surface of the ski, where the mounting plate (6) comprises longitudinal side edges having an undercut profile (33) for longitudinal placement and attachment of a binding or binding component (2; 4) by means of a complementary profile (34) on the binding or binding component (2; 4), where the mounting plate (6) comprises a longitudinal channel (21) that accommodates a longitudinal slide member (5), where the top side of the slide member (5) comprises at least one locking means (20; 23), where the underside of the binding or binding component (2; 4) comprises at least one complementary locking means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Oyvar SVENDSEN, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Jorn Frode DANIELSEN
  • Publication number: 20210154562
    Abstract: A ski binding attachment (3) comprising:—an attachment plate (60) designed to be mounted on a ski,—an exchangeable fastening element (30) designed to be detachably mounted on a forward part of the attachment plate (60), where the attachment plate (60) and the fastening element (30) comprise respectively one or more first locking elements (301a, 302a) and one or more second locking elements (311a, 312a), the first locking elements (301a, 302a) and the second locking elements (311a, 312a) engaging with one another and locking the fastening element (30) in the longitudinal and lateral direction of the attachment plate (60) when the fastening element (30) is arranged from above and down onto the attachment plate (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Jorn Frode DANIELSEN, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Oyvar SVENDSEN, Magnus ANDERSSEN
  • Patent number: 10933297
    Abstract: A mounting plate and mounting plate system for a ski comprising: a bottom surface configured to be placed against a ski; an upward directed left and right side edge along the outer sides of the mounting plate, where the edges have laterally opposed undercuts that are configured to hold a ski binding with complementary cuts fastened to the mounting plate in the vertical direction; a longitudinal groove, configured to hold a first interchangeable rail fixed in the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction, and a second interchangeable rail which can be interchanged with the first rail, fixed in a lateral direction but movable in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Rottefella AS
    Inventors: Magnus Anderssen, Jorn Frode Danielsen, Thomas Goverud-Holm, Oyvar Svendsen
  • Publication number: 20200179790
    Abstract: A ski binding moving mechanism (1) comprising:—a ski binding (2a) configured to be fastened in the vertical and lateral direction on a ski, and further configured to be movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the ski;—a rod (5) with two or more pushing elements (51a, 51b, . . . ), the rod (5) being fastened to the ski binding (2a); and—a rotatable element (32), configured to be fastened fixedly relative to the ski in the longitudinal direction of the ski, the rotatable element (32) being rotatable relative to the ski (6), wherein the rotatable element (32) comprises:—a first and a second rotating pin (321, 322) configured to rotate with the rotatable element (32), and cooperate with the pushing elements (51a, 51b, . . . ), wherein—the rotatable element (32) is configured to be rotated at least one revolution and move the rod (5) and the binding (2a) in the same longitudinal direction throughout the revolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Oyvar SVENDSEN, Jom Frode DANIELSEN, Magnus ANDERSSEN
  • Publication number: 20200114248
    Abstract: A mounting plate and mounting plate system for a ski comprising: a bottom surface configured to be placed against a ski; an upward directed left and right side edge along the outer sides of the mounting plate, where the edges have laterally opposed undercuts that are configured to hold a ski binding with complementary cuts fastened to the mounting plate in the vertical direction; a longitudinal groove, configured to hold a first interchangeable rail fixed in the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction, and a second interchangeable rail which can be interchanged with the first rail, fixed in a lateral direction but movable in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ROTTEFELL AS
    Inventors: Magnus ANDERSSEN, Jorn Frode DANIELSEN, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Oyvar SVENDSEN
  • Publication number: 20200094126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting system for a binding, or a binding component (2; 4) on a cross-country ski, where a mounting plate (6) is arranged on the top surface of the ski and where the mounting plate (6) comprises longitudinal side edges having a profile (33) with undercuts for longitudinal positioning and attachment of the binding or binding component (2; 4) with the aid of a complementary profile (34) on the binding or binding component (2; 4). According to the invention, the mounting plate (6) comprises a longitudinal channel (21) that houses a longitudinal rail (5), where the upper side of the rail (5) comprises at least one locking device (20; 23), and where the underside of the binding or binding component (2; 4) comprises at least one complementary locking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Oyvar SVENDSEN, Steinar HOLOS, Jorn Frode DANIELSEN, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM
  • Publication number: 20190240560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment mechanism for a shoe, the attachment mechanism comprising at least two pins (1), one on each side of the shoe, where the pins (1) are arranged in their respective guides (3), the pins (1) being designed to cooperate with a complementary retaining means (12). The attachment mechanism is, inter alia, characterised in that the attachment mechanism further comprises forcing means that are designed to force the pins (1) outwards into engagement with the complementary retaining means (12), and inwards out of engagement with the complementary retaining means (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA
    Inventors: Øyvar SVENDSEN, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Steinar HOLØS, Jørn Frode DANIELSEN
  • Patent number: 10322331
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for optional dynamic positioning of a ski binding (2) or parts of this, on or in a ski during use. The invention is characterized in that the system comprises an electrical actuator (6), an energy source (7) in order to run the electrical actuator, in addition to a control system (8) adapted to control the electrical actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Rottefella AS
    Inventors: Øyvind Aanes, Thomas Goverud-Holm, Øyvar Svendsen, Håkon Johan Seiness, Øivind Grønli, Odd Øystein Ra, Even Wøllo
  • Publication number: 20180345120
    Abstract: A system for optional dynamic positioning of a ski binding or parts thereof on or in a ski during use, the system comprising a motor, an energy source for driving the motor, a control system arranged to control the motor and a track that transmits power from the motor to the ski binding or parts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: ROTTEFELLA AS
    Inventors: Øyvar SVENDSEN, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Jørn Frode DANIELSEN, Steinar HOLØS, Even WØLLO, Øyvind AANES
  • Publication number: 20180264349
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for optional dynamic positioning of a ski binding (2) or parts of this, on or in a ski during use. The invention is characterized in that the system comprises an electrical actuator (6), an energy source (7) in order to run the electrical actuator, in addition to a control system (8) adapted to control the electrical actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Øyvind AANES, Thomas GOVERUD-HOLM, Øyvar SVENDSEN, Håkon Johan SEINESS, Øivind GRØNLI, Odd Øystein RA, Even WØLLO