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Alf Axerud, Huskvarna SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100003642EVALUATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOOTING TRAINING - An evaluation system for shooting training. The evaluation system is arranged to determine from which shooter fired ammunition detected by a target system originates. The evaluation system includes a receiver unit arranged to receive shooter messages from a plurality of weapon systems and to receive a target message from the target system. Each shooter message includes time marked firing information and first pairing information related to a weapon of the weapon system. Each target message includes time marked hit/miss information and second pairing information related to a target of the target system. The evaluation system further includes a processing unit arranged to pair the target with one associated weapon based on the target message and each respective shooter message. Also, a method for determining from where ammunition detected at a target was fired.01-07-2010
20100261145A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION - A system for transmission of information between at least two players in a training area comprises means on a first (10-14-2010

Alf Bjorseth, Oslo NO

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090280061ESTERS OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AS PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS IN PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY - The present invention relates to compounds being esters of 11-12-2009

Patent applications by Alf Bjorseth, Oslo NO

Alf Bjørseth, Oslo NO

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110086915Esters of 5-aminolevulinic acid as photosensitizing agents in photochemotherapy - The present invention relates to compounds being esters of 5-aminolevulinic acids or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, including compounds of formula (I) R04-14-2011

Alf HÅberg, Kristiansand NO

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110192254INDUCTION FURNACE FOR MELTING OF METALS, LINING FOR AN INDUCTION FURNACE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH LINING. - The present invention relates to an induction furnace for melting of metals that do not connect inductively in solid state. The induction furnace has a lining comprising a mixture of graphite and silicon carbide and has an electric conductivity higher than the electrical conductivity of the metal to be melted when metal is in solid state, but lower than the electrical conductivity of the metal to be melted when the metal is in molten state. The invention further relates to a lining for induction furnace and to a method for producing such lining.08-11-2011

Alf Hákansson, Torslanda SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100230211EVACUATION LADDER - A vehicle includes at least one driver seat and optionally at least one passenger seat, and an evacuation ladder for optional passengers and a driver, wherein the evacuation ladder makes it possible to exit the vehicle through a window or a door situated on an upper portion of the vehicle in a rolled-over position.09-16-2010

Alf Hákansson, Torslanda SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100230211EVACUATION LADDER - A vehicle includes at least one driver seat and optionally at least one passenger seat, and an evacuation ladder for optional passengers and a driver, wherein the evacuation ladder makes it possible to exit the vehicle through a window or a door situated on an upper portion of the vehicle in a rolled-over position.09-16-2010

Alf Heidermark, Saltsjöbaden SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100182998Access Domain Selection In A Communications Network - A method and apparatus for managing access domain selection for a user device accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. A Call Session Control Function (CSCF) in the IMS network stores an access domain indicator associated with a user s contact address. The access domain indicator is associated with the user s contact address when the user registers with the IMS network. The CSCF sends the access domain indicator to an Access Domain Selection (ADS) function in the IMS network, the access domain indicator to be used by the ADS function in selecting an access domain. This allows the ADS function to select the correct access domain to use when sending messages to the user device.07-22-2010

Alf Heidermark, Nacka SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090213838MESSAGE HANDLING IN AN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - A Session Initiation Protocol Application Server of an IP Multimedia Subsystem having processing means for handling a message received from a Serving Call/State Control Function, the means being arranged to handle the message based upon a header of the message containing the URI of the served user, this header having been introduced by the Serving Call/State Control Function and being other than the P-Asserted Identity and the R-URI.08-27-2009

Alf Johansson, Huskvarna SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100212693LOCKING SYSTEM FOR A DISHWASHER - The present invention relates to a locking system for a drawer of a drawer dishwasher and a method for unlocking a drawer of a drawer dishwasher. The locking system includes a locking device for locking a drawer of the drawer dishwasher to a chassis or frame of the dishwasher; an opening attempt sensor for detecting an opening attempt of the drawer; and a control unit connected to the opening attempt sensor and the locking device. The control unit is arranged to trigger stop of a dishwasher pump of the dishwasher based on a detected opening attempt, and wherein the control unit is further arranged to trigger the locking device to unlock after the dishwasher pump has been stopped. Thereby, there is provided a reliable and safe way of opening the drawer during a washing program without the risk of hot water splashing out onto the user or onto the floor.08-26-2010

Alf Larsson, Karlskoga SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090202868FUEL CELL UNIT OF DMFC TYPE AND ITS OPERATION - A DMFC fuel cell, in which liquid methanol is oxidised to carbon dioxide and water, the methanol is exposed to an anodic reaction using a catalyst, the reaction products are led to a second step, where an anodic reaction is performed using a catalyst, and the reaction products from the second step are led to a third step, where an anodic reaction is performed using an optimal catalyst. The three reaction steps are connected flow-wise in series in a fuel cell unit, and the supply of oxidant is controlled such that the reactions on the anodic and the cathodic sides are in stoichiometric balance with each other in every step. Hydrogen peroxide is preferably used as an oxidant. Liquid ethanol can be used as fuel. The ethanol is oxidised to carbon dioxide, and methanol and in the second unit the methanol is oxidised to carbon dioxide and water.08-13-2009
20090246572METHOD AND A REACTOR FOR MAKING METHANOL - Methanol is produced from carbon dioxide and water in a reactor comprising a cathode side with a cathode and catalyst for the cathode reaction, an anode side with an anode and catalyst for the anode reaction, and an intermediate membrane separating the cathode side from the anode side. The reactor is divided into a plurality of cells that are flow connected in series for carrying out a multi-step cathode reaction. A voltage is connected between the cathode and the anode where the carbon dioxide is exposed to a cathode reaction, and is reduced to formic acid, in a second step the formic acid is reduced to formaldehyde and water, and in a third step the formaldehyde is reduced to methanol. Reduction of the amount of carbon dioxide to be deposited may be achieved. Water is oxidized to hydrogen peroxide, which may be used as oxidant in DMFC fuel cells.10-01-2009
20090280380PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANE FOR A FUEL CELL OR A REACTOR BASED ON FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY - A proton conducting membrane for a fuel cell or a reactor based on fuel cell technology, consisting of a thin glass plate that allows for migration of protons from one side of the membrane to the other. Such a membrane is not affected by reactants that are common in DMFC cells, and is not permeable to ions other than protons/hydroxonium ions, and it does not conduct electrons. The glass may be ordinary soda lime glass and may be doped with silver chloride. Furthermore, a catalyst that is essential for conducting one of an anodic reaction and a cathodic reaction in the fuel cell or the reactor can be fused in the glass surface on one side of the membrane, and the catalyst that is essential for conducting the other reaction can be fused in the glass surface on the other side of the membrane.11-12-2009

Alf Ljosland, Lyngdal NO

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226865Panel, Method of Fabricating a Panel, and a Maching For Fabricating Panels - The invention relates to a panel (09-18-2008
20080280108Fabrication Of Decorative Laminates And Panels - The invention relates to a Matrix (11-13-2008

Alf Mauritzon, Scottsdale, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100018398ASSEMBLY AND HOUSING FOR DUCT SYSTEM - An assembly for use in a fully or partially-enclosed structures (such as an HVAC duct) includes a housing, a tube mounting member and a tube for generating ions. The housing has a cavity that can be accessed by removing a cover, and the tube may be removed from the tube mounting member without unscrewing or removing any components attached to the structure.01-28-2010
20100031488REPLACING TUBES IN AIR TREATMENT SYSTEMS - A method for removing and/or replacing tubes for generating ions in air flowing through an enclosed or partially enclosed structure. The method enables the tube to be removed and replaced without having to remove the device mounted to the structure that retains the tube.02-11-2010

Alf Nasvall, Sundbyberg SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080266164RADAR REFLECTOR - A radar reflector which can be deployed from an aircraft and is intended to fly freely after deployment, and which includes multiple reflector surfaces that are essentially plane in an operative state and which issue in pairs in opposite directions from an essentially plane base plane. The radar reflector before deployment can be stored compactly, packed up into the minimum possible volume. This facility for packing the radar reflector up has been achieved in that its reflecting main surfaces have each been divided up by means of specially aligned buckled folds into a plurality of parts which can be folded in towards one another when the reflector is to be folded up.10-30-2008

Alf Püttmer, Karlsruhe DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100192677Diagnostic System and Diagnostic Method for a Valve, Particularly a Closing Valve or a Control Valve - A diagnostic system and a diagnostic method for a valve, particularly a closing valve or a control valve, which is actuatable by a drive and is installed in a pipeline. Using a sensor, the pressures in the inlet side of the pipeline are detected and compared with a first reference value in an evaluation device while the valve is closed. The solid-borne sound level is measured using a sensor, and compared with a second reference value in the evaluation device. A signal for displaying leakage exceeding the allowable amount is output if the sound level exceeds the second reference value and if the pressure in the inlet side is smaller than or equal to the first reference value. A characteristic curve field is used to determine the first reference value of the pressure, the parameters thereof being the Kv value and the leakage class of the valve.08-05-2010

Alf Püttmer, Karlsruhe DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090090185Method and system for diagnosing mechanical, electromechanical or fluidic components - There is described a diagnosis method and system comprising a sensor for structure-borne noise which emits a measuring signal in a bandwidth-filtered manner due to its mechanical resonant frequency, its capacity and an inductance. The system also comprises an evaluation device in which the measuring signal is subsampled measuring signal exceeds a defined threshold value. The system requires only a small number of electronic components and only little power supply capacity, thereby allowing diagnosis to be carried out without complication in existing devices, especially in field devices of process instrumentation for which only a limited amount of operating power is available. The method and system are especially advantageous for the recognition of valve leakage with an electropneumatic position controller.04-09-2009
20090090186Method and system for diagnosing mechanical, electromechanical or fluidic components - There is described a diagnosis method and a system comprising a structure-born noise sensor which transmits, in a bandpass filtered manner, a measuring signal based on the mechanical resonance frequency and capacity thereof and on an inductance and an evaluating device in which the frequency, at which the measuring signal level exceeds a predetermined threshold value, is defined and which is used for producing an error signal, when the frequency exceeds a second predetermined threshold value. As far as the diagnosis performance requires a small number of electronic components and a low power supply, the diagnostic can be integrated into existing devices, in particular into process instrumentation field devised for which a restricted quantity of operating power is available. The method and the system can be used for identifying a valve leakage with the aid of an electro-pneumatic positional regulator.04-09-2009
20090093977Method and device for acoustic measurement of the specific density of a gaseous or liquid medium - There is described a method and device for measurement of the specific density of a gaseous or liquid medium, whereby a pulsed acoustic signal is injected into the measured medium by means of a transmitting transducer, the signal is detected by a receiver transducer, after passing over a measured path, whereupon the acoustic impedance Z is automatically determined in an analytical device by comparison of a curve for the currently measured received signal with reference curves, predetermined for various values of the acoustic impedances stored for each value of the acoustic impedance, whereby the propagation speed c of the acoustic signal in the medium is determined and the density p of the medium is calculated as the quotient from the acoustic impedance Z and the propagation speed c. The method is preferably of application to an ultrasound mass flow measurement device and hence has the advantage that no additional density sensor is required, nevertheless permitting a robust and precise measurement of density.04-09-2009
20100192677Diagnostic System and Diagnostic Method for a Valve, Particularly a Closing Valve or a Control Valve - A diagnostic system and a diagnostic method for a valve, particularly a closing valve or a control valve, which is actuatable by a drive and is installed in a pipeline. Using a sensor, the pressures in the inlet side of the pipeline are detected and compared with a first reference value in an evaluation device while the valve is closed. The solid-borne sound level is measured using a sensor, and compared with a second reference value in the evaluation device. A signal for displaying leakage exceeding the allowable amount is output if the sound level exceeds the second reference value and if the pressure in the inlet side is smaller than or equal to the first reference value. A characteristic curve field is used to determine the first reference value of the pressure, the parameters thereof being the Kv value and the leakage class of the valve.08-05-2010

Patent applications by Alf Püttmer, Karlsruhe DE

Alf Schulz, Wedemark DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110110844Method for preparing manganese tetrafluoride - Manganese tetrafluoride is prepared by a reaction between manganese difluoride or manganese trifluoride particles and elemental fluorine. During the reaction, surfaces of the particles are rendered fresh, e.g. by mechanical impact on the particles. Thereby, also agglomeration, sintering or vitrification of the particles is prevented. The impact is not so intensive that the particles would be crushed.05-12-2011

Alf Siebke, Westlake, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110233013Thermal Protection for Disc Brake Components - A disc brake for a motor vehicle is provided. The disc brake includes a brake disc, a brake caliper configured to straddle the brake disc, a tappet carried by the brake caliper and arranged to push a brake pad against the brake disc, and a bellows provided between the brake caliper and the tappet to seal a gap between the brake caliper and the tappet. A layer of flexible thermal insulation material may be provided between the bellows and the tappet. The layer of flexible thermal insulation material is configured to protect an outer surface of the bellows facing the brake pad from exposure to heat. Alternatively, the bellows may include a layer of flexible thermal insulation material on which an elastomer layer is formed. The layer of flexible thermal insulation material is configured to face the brake pad.09-29-2011

Alf Siebke, Schondorf Am Ammersee DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080257657Wrong Wheel Warning Sensor - A warning system is adapted to indicate disc brake and wheel component incompatibility. The system includes an element having a section that is disposed so as to extend between a non-rotating disc brake component and a rotating contour of the wheel component at a location of minimum clearance between the non-rotating disc brake component and the wheel component. Optionally, the warning system defines part of a brake pad wear indication device.10-23-2008
20090000882Shrink Fitted Caliper Guidance Pins - A guide pin for a sliding disc brake caliper and a carrier for the caliper are attached together by generating a difference in temperatures between a section of the guide pin and a section of the carrier. The section of the guide pin is then inserted into an aperture defined in the section of the carrier. Upon achieving or restoring thermal equilibrium between the guide pin and carrier sections, contact pressure between the section of the guide pin and a surface of the aperture is produced so as to secure the guide pin to the carrier and resist separation of the guide pin from the carrier.01-01-2009

Alf Wabner, Mittweida DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090213517SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AT LEAST ONE CURRENT - The invention relates to a device for switching at least one current includes a switching mechanism located in a switching chamber. The switching mechanism interrupts and connects a current path in an orderly fashion. Switching devices frequently have a protective function, e.g. relative to a power grid, and it is therefore desirable for supporting the protective function to identify faults and/or wear within the switching device. To this end, the switching device includes at least one temperature measuring unit that aids in detecting faults and wear within the switching device.08-27-2009

Alf Wabner, Amberg DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100002350PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A protective device is disclosed for combination with an electrical switching device including a main current line or for integration in such a switching device. In at least one embodiment, the protective device includes a switching element and a switching apparatus, which is provided for the actuation of the switching element and is influenced by a current flow through the main current line. In at least one embodiment, in order to influence the switching apparatus, a current transformer is integrated in the main current line and an electrical resistance of a secondary winding surrounded by the current transformer can be measured. A method for operating a protective device is also disclosed wherein the switching apparatus is triggered so as to actuate the switching element if the measured resistance reaches or exceeds a predetermined or predeterminable threshold value.01-07-2010

Patent applications by Alf Wabner, Amberg DE

Alf Zugenmaier, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110111731MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SWITCHING CENTER - In a procedure for a mobile station (UE) to perform handover from a cell under the control of a radio base station (NB) of an UTRAN scheme to a cell under the control of a radio base station (eNB) of an E-UTRA scheme, a switching center (MME) of the E-UTRA scheme receives, from and the radio base station (eNB) of the E-UTRA scheme, a handover request acknowledge message including a transparent container including a security algorithm of an AS used in a communication between the mobile station (UE) and the radio base station (eNB) of the E-UTRA scheme; and the switching center (MME) of the E-UTRA scheme transmits, to a switching center (SGSN) of the UTRA scheme, a NAS PDU including the transparent container, a security algorithm of a NAS and a security processing parameter of the NAS.05-12-2011

Alf Zugenmaier, Munich DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090055556External storage medium adapter - An external storage medium adapter for establishing a connection between a computer and an external storage medium, said external storage medium adapter comprising:02-26-2009
20110092236MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION AND RADIO BASE STATION - The mobile communication method has a step wherein a mobile station (UE) generates first verification information using a fast key, a first parameter, and an algorithm for ‘Integrity Protection,’ a step wherein the mobile station (UE) generates second verification information by excising a specific bit in the first verification information, and a step wherein, when a wireless link obstruction is detected in an RRC connection, the mobile station (UE) performs cell selection processing and transmits an RRC-PDU for an RRC reconnection request, wherein the second verification information is set, over a shared control channel to the wireless base state that manages the selected cell.04-21-2011
20110105078PAGING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION FOR THE SAME - A paging signal transmitting method includes a step of allowing each of mobile stations (UE) to receive security data from a network node (05-05-2011
20110105124MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION - The present invention relates to a mobile communication method in which a mobile station performs a handover from a handover source radio base station to a handover target radio base station. The mobile communication method includes the steps of: (A) acquiring, at the handover target radio base station, from the handover source radio base station or a switching center, a key for calculating a first key for generating a certain key used in a communication between the handover target radio base station and the mobile station; and (B) acquiring, at the handover target radio base station, from the switching center, a second key for calculating a first key for generating a certain key used in a communication between a next handover target radio base station and the mobile station.05-05-2011
20110105156NOTIFICATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION FOR THE SAME - A method for transmitting a notification signal comprises a step in which each of a plurality of mobile stations (UE) compares first security information which each of the mobile stations manages with second security information included in a received first notification signal to thereby verify the validity of the first notification signal and a step in which each of the mobile stations (UE) performs the output corresponding to the first notification signal in the case of successfully verifying the validity of the first notification signal.05-05-2011
20110111787METHOD FOR REPORTING MULTI-ADDRESS INFORMATION, MOBILE STATION AND AUTHENTICATION ORGANIZATION SYSTEM - A method for reporting multi-address information comprises a step wherein each of mobile stations (UE) obtains the positional information relating to the mobile stations (UE) and manages information relating to the obtained positional information, a step for reporting multi-address information provided with an electronic signature to each of the mobile stations (UE), a step wherein each of the mobile stations (UE) verifies the multi-address information by use of the electronic signature provided to the received multi-address information, a step wherein each of the mobile stations (UE), when the verifying is successful, compares positional information contained in the multi-address information with the positional information being managed, and a step wherein each of the mobile stations (UE) performs processing in response to the multi-address information on the basis of the result of comparing.05-12-2011
20110122843MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, from a handover source radio base station to a switching center, a handover request including an NCC, a PCI and a K05-26-2011
20110124358MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication method according to the present invention communicates between a mobile station (UE) and a radio base station (eNB) by using a certain key. The method includes the step of: (A) acquiring, at a radio base station managing a re-establishment target cell for the mobile station (UE), a first key (K05-26-2011
20110128937MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes steps of: generating, at a HO-source radio base station, an intermediate key (K06-02-2011
20110159873MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, from a handover source radio base station to a switching center, a handover request including an NCC, a PCI and a K06-30-2011
20110195738BROADCAST INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND NETWORK NODE - A broadcast information notification method according to the present invention includes: starting to repeatedly transmit, at a network node, a broadcast message irrespective of transmission timing of a paging message, when the network node is instructed to notify a mobile station of the broadcast information; receiving, at the mobile station, a broadcast message reception parameter by using a parameter specified by the paging message transmitted by the network node at a predetermined timing; receiving, at the mobile station, a receivable broadcast message by using the received broadcast message reception parameter; and performing, at the mobile station, processing corresponding to the broadcast information.08-11-2011

Patent applications by Alf Zugenmaier, Munich DE