Patents by Inventor Thomas Söderström

Thomas Söderström 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: 11826680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element comprising an oil filter port adapted to be in fluid communication with an oil port of an engine the oil filter port includes threads for attaching the filter element in the oil port of the engine. Thus, the inventors realized that by providing the oil port with threads, the oil port of the filter element may be tightened in the oil port of the engine to in this way ensure axial locking of the filter element in the engine. The present invention also relation to a corresponding filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Söderström, Jonatan Ekstrand
  • Publication number: 20220203275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element comprising an oil filter port adapted to be in fluid communication with an oil port of an engine the oil filter port includes threads for attaching the filter element in the oil port of the engine. Thus, the inventors realized that by providing the oil port with threads, the oil port of the filter element may be tightened in the oil port of the engine to in this way ensure axial locking of the filter element in the engine. The present invention also relation to a corresponding filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas SÖDERSTRÖM, Jonatan EKSTRAND
  • Patent number: 11305218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element comprising an oil filter port adapted to be in fluid communication with an oil port of an engine the oil filter port includes threads for attaching the filter element in the oil port of the engine. Thus, the inventors realized that by providing the oil port with threads, the oil port of the filter element may be tightened in the oil port of the engine to in this way ensure axial locking of the filter element in the engine. The present invention also relation to a corresponding filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Söderström, Jonatan Ekstrand
  • Patent number: 11273395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element for an oil filter, configured to be releasably lockable in a filter housing comprising a circumferential locking mechanism. The invention further relates to a corresponding filter housing for accommodating the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Söderström, Jonatan Ekstrand
  • Patent number: 10872992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer conductor sheets comprising zones featuring different degrees of polymerization and/or crosslinking within the same polymer sheet, wherein the zones differ, for example, in mechanical stability, ductility and/or (thermo)adhesiveness. The present invention also teaches devices comprising these zoned polymer conductor sheets such as solar cell strings, matrices and modules, uses thereof and methods for producing these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MEYER BURGER (SWITZERLAND) AG
    Inventors: Maria Gragert, Thomas Soderstrom, Rainer Grischke, Yu Yao, Hengyu Li
  • Publication number: 20200122065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element for an oil filter, configured to be releasably lockable in a filter housing comprising a circumferential locking mechanism. The invention further relates to a corresponding filter housing for accommodating the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas SÖDERSTRÖM, Jonatan EKSTRAND
  • Publication number: 20200122064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element comprising an oil filter port adapted to be in fluid communication with an oil port of an engine the oil filter port includes threads for attaching the filter element in the oil port of the engine. Thus, the inventors realized that by providing the oil port with threads, the oil port of the filter element may be tightened in the oil port of the engine to in this way ensure axial locking of the filter element in the engine. The present invention also relation to a corresponding filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas SÖDERSTRÖM, Jonatan EKSTRAND
  • Publication number: 20180315875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer conductor sheets comprising zones featuring different degrees of polymerization and/or crosslinking within the same polymer sheet, wherein the zones differ, for example, in mechanical stability, ductility and/or (thermo)adhesiveness. The present invention also teaches devices comprising these zoned polymer conductor sheets such as solar cell strings, matrices and modules, uses thereof and methods for producing these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Maria Gragert, Thomas Soderstrom, Rainer Grischke, Yu Yao, Hengyu Li
  • Patent number: 8704084
    Abstract: A multiple-junction photoelectric device includes a substrate on which a first conducting layer is deposited, at least two elementary photoelectric devices of n-i-p or n-p configuration, on which a second conducting layer is deposited, and at least one intermediate layer between two adjacent elementary photoelectric devices. The intermediate layer has, on the incoming light side, top and bottom faces, the latter having a peak-valley roughness >150 nm, the top and bottom faces having respectively a surface morphology including inclined elementary surfaces so ?90bottom<?90top by at least 3; where ?90top is the angle for which 90% of the elementary surfaces of the top face of the intermediate layer have an inclination ?this angle, and ?90bottom is the angle for which 90% of the elementary surfaces of the surface of the bottom face of the intermediate layer have an inclination ?this angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Universite de Neuchatel
    Inventors: Thomas Soderstrom, Franz-Joseph Haug, Xavier Niquille
  • Publication number: 20120186642
    Abstract: A solar cell includes a support (6), a back electrode layer (5), at least a hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon photoelectric device (9), and a top electrode layer (11). The back electrode layer (5) has a rough surface. The solar cell includes, between the back electrode layer (5) and the hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon photoelectric device (9), an asymmetric intermediate layer (8), the intermediate layer (8) being adjacent to the hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon photoelectric device (9) and having a surface, on the side of the back electrode layer (5), having a roughness greater than the roughness of the surface of the intermediate layer (8) on the side of the hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon device (9). Such solar cells allow obtaining optimum Voc and FF parameters, while maintaining high current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Christophe Ballif, Franz-Joseph Haug, Sean Sweetnam, Thomas Söderström
  • Publication number: 20110226319
    Abstract: A multiple-junction photoelectric device includes a substrate on which a first conducting layer is deposited, at least two elementary photoelectric devices of n-i-p or n-p configuration, on which a second conducting layer is deposited, and at least one intermediate layer between two adjacent elementary photoelectric devices. The intermediate layer has, on the incoming light side, top and bottom faces, the latter having a peak-valley roughness >150 nm, the top and bottom faces having respectively a surface morphology including inclined elementary surfaces so ?90bottom<?90top by at least 3; where ?90top is the angle for which 90% of the elementary surfaces of the top face of the intermediate layer have an inclination ?this angle, and ?90bottom is the angle for which 90% of the elementary surfaces of the surface of the bottom face of the intermediate layer have an inclination ?this angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL
    Inventors: Thomas Soderstrom, Franz-Joseph Haug, Xavier Niquille