Patents by Inventor Thomas Persson

Thomas Persson 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: 12616925
    Abstract: An oil purification filter for purifying a contaminated oil includes a filter body having a first portion and a second portion, where at least the first portion is impregnated with a separation aid. The separation aid is substantially insoluble in the contaminated oil because of its polar properties, and the separation aid is configured to adsorb/absorb contaminating solids or dissolved impurities in the contaminated oil by chemical interactions. The filter body may comprise one or more sheets of cellulose fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: SKF RECONDOIL AB
    Inventors: Tomas Oestberg, Karl Enquist, Thomas Persson
  • Patent number: 12377367
    Abstract: A solvent extraction system includes an elongated solvent extraction chamber having first and second ends, at least one first port for providing a continuous phase into the solvent extraction chamber and at least one second port for removing content from the solvent extraction chamber, a dispersed phase inlet in fluid communication with the first end of the solvent extraction chamber and a membrane having pores. Diameters of the pores are from 1 to 100 ?m and do not differ by more than 20%, and center-to-center distances between the pores are from 10 to 1000 ?m and do not differ more than 20%. The membrane is positioned at the first end of the solvent extraction chamber relative to the dispersed phase inlet such that a liquid provided into the solvent extraction chamber through the dispersed phase inlet must pass through the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SKF RECONDOIL AB
    Inventors: Karl Enquist, Thomas Persson, Tomas Östberg
  • Patent number: 12370477
    Abstract: A liquid composition for use in purifying an oil contains a polar polymer, a surface active hydrotrope/solubilizer, and a co-tenside. The polar polymer may be a polyalkylene glycol, such as polyethylene glycol. The hydrotrope/solubilizer may be an anionic sulfonic acid, a phosphate ester-based substance or a non-ionic surfactant from the poly-glycoside family. The co-tenside may be at least one amphoteric co-surfactant, such as sodium caprylimino dipropionate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SKF RECONDOIL AB
    Inventors: Thomas Persson, Tomas Östberg, Fred Sundström
  • Patent number: 12167823
    Abstract: A household appliance comprising: a support for goods arranged inside the household appliance; and an arrangement for extracting and retracting the goods support out from and into the household appliance, wherein the arrangement comprises: first and second rail units extending substantially along and in parallel with each other, wherein the first and second rail units are moveable in a longitudinal direction in relation to each other; and first and second sets of roller elements distributed longitudinally between the first and second rail units along first and second opposite outer surfaces of the first rail unit so as to facilitate said relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Gorenje d.o.o.
    Inventors: Thomas Persson, Martin Lindqvist
  • Patent number: 12097453
    Abstract: In a method for reconditioning an industrial oil and in an oil recovery system therefor, a used industrial oil is reconditioned by adding a liquid separation booster to the used industrial oil, and then the separation booster with attracted impurities is separated from the used industrial oil while leaving at least one specific additive in the oil. The separation booster is designed to attract impurities in the used oil while not attracting at least one specific additive in the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SKF RECONDOIL AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Tomas Östberg, Thomas Persson
  • Publication number: 20240286067
    Abstract: A method and a system for purification of contaminated oil, said method comprising at least two phases: —a filter preparation phase which comprises the steps of: ? providing a depth filter by building at least a part of the depth filter from a filter material; and ? impregnating at least a part of said depth filter with a separation aid, and —an oil filtering phase comprising the step of filtering contaminated oil through said depth filter which has been prepared during the filter preparation phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas PERSSON
  • Publication number: 20240252963
    Abstract: A liquid composition for use in purifying an oil contains a polar polymer, a surface active hydrotrope/solubilizer, and a co-tenside. The polar polymer may be a polyalkylene glycol, such as polyethylene glycol. The hydrotrope/solubilizer may be an anionic sulfonic acid, a phosphate ester-based substance or a non-ionic surfactant from the poly-glycoside family. The co-tenside may be at least one amphoteric co-surfactant, such as sodium caprylimino dipropionate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas PERSSON, Tomas ÖSTBERG, Fred SUNDSTRÖM
  • Patent number: 12023604
    Abstract: A method and a system for purification of oil, wherein the method comprises the steps of:—adding to a contaminated oil provided in a preparation tank a chemical booster for boosting capturing of impurities and/or a separation of phases in the contaminated oil; —waiting for allowing different phases to be separated; —pumping content out from the preparation tank through a fluid connection; sensing at least one property of the content in the fluid connection; —controlling a valve provided in the fluid connection to transfer the content to a next step in the purification process or to another destination in dependence of the sensed at least one property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SKF MFR Technology AB
    Inventor: Thomas Persson
  • Patent number: 11958004
    Abstract: In a method and a system for purification of contaminated oil, the contaminated oil and a liquid separation aid are provided in a mixing tank and then mixed into a mixture. Thereafter, the mixture is filtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SKF RECONDOIL AB
    Inventors: Thomas Persson, Tomas Östberg, Fred Sundström
  • Patent number: 11752452
    Abstract: A method and a system for purification of oil, said method comprising the steps of: -providing separation aid and oil to be purified to at least one sedimentation tank; -waiting for allowing a sludge phase to sediment to a bottom part of the sedimentation tank, said sludge phase comprising the separation aid together with impurities from the oil; -removing an oil phase not comprising said sludge phase from the at least one sedimentation tank; and -filtering said oil phase through a depth filter for removing any possible remaining separation aid and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Recondoil Sweden AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Thomas Persson
  • Publication number: 20230248207
    Abstract: A household appliance comprising: a support for goods arranged inside the household appliance; and an arrangement for extracting and retracting the goods support out from and into the household appliance, wherein the arrangement comprises: first and second rail units extending substantially along and in parallel with each other, wherein the first and second rail units are moveable in a longitudinal direction in relation to each other; and first and second sets of roller elements distributed longitudinally between the first and second rail units along first and second opposite outer surfaces of the first rail unit so as to facilitate said relative movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Persson, Martin Lindqvist
  • Publication number: 20230182050
    Abstract: An oil purification filter for purifying a contaminated oil includes a filter body having a first portion and a second portion, where at least the first portion is impregnated with a separation aid. The separation aid is substantially insoluble in the contaminated oil because of its polar properties, and the separation aid is configured to adsorb/absorb contaminating solids or dissolved impurities in the contaminated oil by chemical interactions. The filter body may comprise one or more sheets of cellulose fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Tomas OESTBERG, Karl ENQUIST, Thomas PERSSON
  • Publication number: 20230143845
    Abstract: A solvent extraction system includes an elongated solvent extraction chamber having first and second ends, at least one first port for providing a continuous phase into the solvent extraction chamber and at least one second port for removing content from the solvent extraction chamber, a dispersed phase inlet in fluid communication with the first end of the solvent extraction chamber and a membrane having pores. Diameters of the pores are from 1 to 100 ?m and do not differ by more than 20%, and center-to-center distances between the pores are from 10 to 1000 ?m and do not differ more than 20%. The membrane is positioned at the first end of the solvent extraction chamber relative to the dispersed phase inlet such that a liquid provided into the solvent extraction chamber through the dispersed phase inlet must pass through the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Karl ENQUIST, Thomas PERSSON, Tomas ÖSTBERG
  • Publication number: 20220410038
    Abstract: A method and a system for purification of oil, said method comprising the steps of: -providing separation aid and oil to be purified to at least one sedimentation tank; -waiting for allowing a sludge phase to sediment to a bottom part of the sedimentation tank, said sludge phase comprising the separation aid together with impurities from the oil; -removing an oil phase not comprising said sludge phase from the at least one sedimentation tank; and -filtering said oil phase through a depth filter for removing any possible remaining separation aid and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Fred SUNDSTRÖM, Thomas Persson
  • Patent number: 11458420
    Abstract: A method and a system for purification of oil, said method comprising the steps of: —providing separation aid and oil to be purified to at least one sedimentation tank; —waiting for allowing a sludge phase to sediment to a bottom part of the sedimentation tank, said sludge phase comprising the separation aid together with impurities from the oil; —removing an oil phase not comprising said sludge phase from the at least one sedimentation tank; and —filtering said oil phase through a depth filter for removing any possible remaining separation aid and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Recondoil Sweden AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Thomas Persson
  • Publication number: 20220111317
    Abstract: In a method for reconditioning an industrial oil and in an oil recovery system therefor, a used industrial oil is reconditioned by adding a liquid separation booster to the used industrial oil, and then the separation booster with attracted impurities is separated from the used industrial oil while leaving at least one specific additive in the oil. The separation booster is designed to attract impurities in the used oil while not attracting at least one specific additive in the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Fred SUNDSTRÖM, Tomas ÖSTBERG, Thomas PERSSON
  • Patent number: 11247147
    Abstract: A system (1; 101) and a method for purification of oil, said system comprising:—at least one feed tank (3) comprising oil to be purified;—a separation aid dosing device(13);—at least one basic sedimentation tank (21a, 21b) comprising at least one inlet (23a, 23b) connected to the feed tank (3) and to the separation aid dosing device (13) for receiving oil to be purified and separation aid, said at least one basic sedimentation tank (21a, 21b) further comprising at least one sludge phase outlet (41a, 41b) provided in a bottom part (37a, 37b) of the basic sedimentation tank and at least one oil phase outlet (39a, 39b);—at least one advanced sedimentation tank (121) comprising at least one sludge phase inlet (122) connected to the at least one sludge phase outlet (41a, 41b) of the at least one basic sedimentation tank (21a, 21b), said advanced sedimentation tank (121) further comprising at least one sludge phase outlet (141; 141a, 141b) connected to a sludge tank (143) and at least one oil phase outlet (139a, 13
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: RECONDOIL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Thomas Persson
  • Publication number: 20220016554
    Abstract: In a method and a system for purification of contaminated oil, the contaminated oil and a liquid separation aid are provided in a mixing tank and then mixed into a mixture. Thereafter, the mixture is filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas PERSSON, Tomas ÖSTBERG, Fred SUNDSTRÖM
  • Patent number: 11130075
    Abstract: A purification system and a method for purification of slop oil and industrial emulsions, wherein the purification system can handle two processes in parallel, a slop oil purification process and an industrial emulsion purification process, said system comprising: —at least one slop oil centrifugal separator (5) into which slop oil is provided for separation of water and oil; —at least one emulsion centrifugal separator (25) into which an industrial emulsion is provided for separation of oil and water; —a first redirecting fluid connection (37, 37?) arranged for transferring oil separated from the industrial emulsion in the emulsion centrifugal separator (25) to the slop oil centrifugal separator (5) possibly via a slop oil tank (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: ROCCO Slop AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Thomas Persson, Fredrik Ajnefors
  • Patent number: 10994225
    Abstract: Tank for holding contents which can separate into different phases, said tank comprising at least two outlet pipes each provided through a bottom of the tank with a first end of the outlet pipes provided outside the tank and a second end provided inside the tank, the second ends of the at least two outlet pipes being provided at different heights within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Rocco Slop AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Mikael Jönsson, Thomas Persson