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Patent GB-2577473-A (GB)
Title: An attachment device
Inventor: ANTHONY JAMES CARDEN
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2018-07-26
Abstract: An attachment device 10 for a safety apparatus includes: (i) an attachment formation 12 for engaging a construction element; (ii) a holding formation 11 for receiving a part of the safety apparatus, having a mouth 17 whereby the part of the safety apparatus may be introduced into the holding formation and (iii) a release management formation 111 (optionally including at least one complete helix) spanning the mouth for hindering removal of the part of the safety apparatus from the holding formation. There is also provided an installation apparatus (35, Fig 4a and 7a) for installing the attachment device having a first and second support formation (36, 37, Fig 4a and 7a) for engaging with a first and second part of the attachment device, a kit including the attachment device and installation apparatus, and a method of installing the safety apparatus.
Patent GB-2569868-A (GB)
Title: A method and a system and apparatus for injecting and detecting tracers and conducting flow characterizing of a petroleum well
Inventor: ANTON KULYAKHTIN
IPC: E21B47/11
Filed: 2018-11-06
Abstract: The invention is a method, a system, tools for use by the system, and an interpretation method for injecting and detecting tracers and conducting flow characterizing of a petroleum well. The method describes monitoring of travel time and slip velocity between two/three different phases (oil/water and possibly gas) in the well. The travel time and slip velocity are determined using an injection tool for injection of an over pressurized injection, thus simultaneous injection to all phases, of the partitioning tracers each of which would follow certain phase. The tracers are detected by a tracer detector downstream the injector. The slip velocity is obtained from the difference of travel time of two tracers which partition to two different phases. The tracer may be a radioactive tracer. Also disclosed is a tracer injection device.
Patent GB-2580902-A (GB)
Title: Rail-free train and method for operating thereof
Inventor: WILLEM JACOBUS MARIE HOLTHUIZEN
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2019-01-24
Abstract: A rail-free train 200A comprises two or more articulately coupled units, including a first head unit 202 in the form of a first vector unit at a first end of the rail-free train, and one or more following units 204, one of which being coupled to head unit 202. A controller is provided which defines a target path for at least one following units 204 and controls at least one of a speed and a direction of head unit 202 and/or at least one following unit 204 to constrain train 200A to travel on the defined target path. A tail unit 206 in the form of a second vector unit at the opposite end of the train to head unit 202 may also be provided. The system may predict a path of the following units 204 based on an analysis of the speed and direction of the head unit 202 and may adjust speed and direction based on a deviation between the predicted and target paths. A method is also claimed.
Patent GB-2584813-A (GB)
Title: A gas detector cell
Inventor: Andrew David Witty
IPC: G01N27/64
Filed: 2019-02-20
Abstract: A gas cell for a photoionisation detector comprises an enclosure and at least one pair of cathode and anode electrodes at different potentials for measuring current between them in response to presence of a gas. The enclosure comprises a first aperture for entry of ultra-violet radiation from a PID lamp and a second aperture for ingress of a gas. The cell further comprises an electrically isolated metal first filter for diffusion-controlled ingress of a gas through the second aperture. The filter used is metal to be more durable than other known filters. The metal first filter may also block egress of UV through the second aperture. The filter may be a mesh, that may be a Dutch weave. The filter may also comprise a ceramic coating facing towards the first aperture, the ceramic coating may be formed of alumina or silica. The cell may further comprise a hydrophobic second filter on the second aperture, which may be formed of PTFE
Patent GB-2583103-A (GB)
Title: Tracing instruction execution
Inventor: IAIN ROBERTSON
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2019-04-16
Abstract: A method of tracing instruction execution on a processor of an integrated circuit chip in real time whilst the processor continues to execute instructions during clock cycles of the processor, the method comprises: monitoring the instruction execution of the processor by: counting the number of successive instructions which are retired contiguously in time to form an instruction count; and counting the number of subsequent contiguous clock cycles of the processor during which no instruction is retired to form a stall count; generating a trace message which includes the instruction count and the stall count; and outputting the trace message.
Patent GB-2583467-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous management of the tractors and trailers in a distribution network
Inventor: JOHN NODEN
IPC: G01S19/42
Filed: 2019-04-23
Abstract: System and method of determining that vehicles E are parked correctly within assigned elongate loading bays H of a loading yard. The method comprises identifying and recording geographic coordinates of respective longitudinally extending centre-lines of the loading bays. A vehicle E within the loading yard has two or more GNSS trackers D which obtain geographic coordinates at spaced apart locations along the length of the vehicle, the centre-line of the vehicle is then determined using these coordinates. Comparing the centre-line of the loading bay with the centre-line of the vehicle allows the alignment of the vehicle with the loading bay to be determined. Also disclosed is a method of identifying an asset is on a particular vehicle by receiving an indication over a data network that the asset is on the vehicle. Also disclosed is a system and method of determining unauthorised access to a vehicle by including on a GNSS tracker a passive IR detector for analysing the surrounding area.
Patent GB-2571468-A (GB)
Title: A wastewater recycling system for light industry
Inventor: JIEJIE CUI
IPC: C02F3/20
Filed: 2019-05-24
Abstract: A wastewater recycling system for light industry comprises a wastewater disposal cistern 16. A power delivering mechanism 51 is arranged in the wastewater disposal cistern, wherein the power delivering mechanism comprises a base 26 connected to a lower end wall of the wastewater disposal cistern. A cylindrical groove 11 with an upward opening is arranged in the base. A power motor 28 is arranged on a lower end wall of the cylindrical groove. Printing and dyeing wastewater can be treated in the cistern by starting the power motor to rotate power shaft 27, thus rotating driven bevel gear (33, Fig. 2). Fan blades (36, Fig. 2) may be driven to rotate to conduct air through grooves 12 and air discharge blocks 29 to aerate the wastewater in the cistern. Transmission shaft 15 is driven to rotate by the power shaft, thus driving transmission bevel gear 23 to rotate. The transmission wheels 17 and water baffles 18 may be driven to rotate through the transmission between the transmission bevel gear and large bevel gears 21 to stir the wastewater and enlarge the contact area between the wastewater and the air.
Patent GB-2585820-A (GB)
Title: Electrical heating and battery management system
Inventor: GAVIN MARSHALL
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: A system comprising a human interface controller and a fluid heater. The human interface controller calculates the amount of electrical energy the user requires, forecasts the potential energy generated from a renewable source and determines the electricity required from the grid. The system securely communicates with the grid to optimise the cost of recharging the batteries and when excess energy is exported to the grid. The system is capable of controlling the use of household electrical devices to manage electrical demands and of communicating with battery management systems and existing fossil fuel heating systems. The fluid heater comprises a self-contained fluid surrounded by a second fluid to facilitate heat transfer between the fluids. The heating elements are heated by battery supplied electricity. The fluid heater may be used in conjunction with existing fossil fuelled heaters, grid supplied heaters and/or solar heaters.
Patent GB-2585677-A (GB)
Title: Anode protection layer
Inventor: Jacob Locke
IPC: H01M10/054
Filed: 2019-07-10
Abstract: An electrochemical cell assembly comprises at least one electrochemical cell comprising a cathode comprising an electrochemically active material, and an anode comprising an alkali metal or alkali metal alloy layer and an anode protection layer containing a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises a metal and/or non-metal that alloys with an alkali metal and is formed on the alkali metal or alkali metal alloy layer, and the second layer comprises an ionically conducting layer having an electronic conductivity of less than 10-5 Scm-1 deposited on the first layer. The cell assembly further comprises an electrolyte and means of applying pressure to the electrochemical cell(s), e.g. a band, wrap or tubing around the cell(s). The alkali metal is preferably Li or Na. The first layer may comprise Al, B, Zn, Ga, In, C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Ag, Au, Na, K, Mg and/or Ca but is most preferably In or Zn. The second layer may comprise at least one of a ceramic and/or polymer material, and may comprise an oxynitride, sulphide, phosphate, oxide, oxysulfide, thiophosphate, borate, oxyborate, borohydride, silicate, aluminate and/or thioaluminate. Most preferably, the ceramic is LiPON and the polymer is polyethylene oxide.
Patent GB-2586456-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle surface
Inventor: MARK EDGAR BRAY
IPC: F41H13/00
Filed: 2019-08-16
Abstract: A vehicle surface 30 (e.g. for an aircraft) comprises a set of retroreflectors 300. The retroreflectors 300 include a first retroreflector 300A, configured to reflect, at least in part, incident hostile light towards a source.
Patent GB-2587408-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic device
Inventor: SIDNEY GRANT
IPC: B24C7/00
Filed: 2019-09-27
Abstract: A slide 100 for regulation of pneumatically delivered particulate material comprises an insert slope 110 and a divergent orifice 112 is used to receive particulate material from the outlet (521 fig. 8) of a container 520 for presentation to a vibrating shelf or platform. The slide 100 used within a pneumatic device ensures initial clumping of the particulate material is reduced as a result of pressurisation by gas of the particulate material at the exit port (521 fig. 8) of a material container 520 for the particulate material. The slide 100 may have a retention clip 106 and a button 107 to hold the slide 100 in place. The button 107 may be used to close the outlet (521 fig. 8) before use, the slide 100 being displaced to open the outlet (521 fig. 8). Different inserts 100 may be provided for use with different particulate materials, the inserts having different dimensions such as the angle of the slope 110 or the size of the orifice 112. A balance tube 540 may be provided above the container outlet (521 fig. 8) to balance pressure within the container 520. A lid 530 for the container 520 may include a drying tab to keep the particulate material dry. The pneumatic device may be used in micro-air abrasion for dentistry.
Patent GB-2587411-A (GB)
Title: Antenna mounting device and system
Inventor: TREVOR C BURDEN
IPC: H01Q3/06
Filed: 2019-09-27
Abstract: An antenna mounting device 26, method or system, comprising: a body 30 with at least part of a multiple position coupling 38 substantially at a first end region 32 of the body 30; and an antenna support receiver 36 connected to the multiple position coupling 38. The multiple position coupling 38 may comprise a plurality of mounting apertures, for receiving fasteners therein, and where at least a pair of apertures are angularly offset from one another or at least one slotted receiver. The antenna mounting device 26 may be coupled in an angularly adjustable manner to a portion of a headframe 16 and an antenna, or an antenna support, may be located in an antenna support receiver 38 which may be located at a second end region 34 of the body 30. A mounting arm adaptor 28 may also be fastened to the support device 26. The headframe 16 may be attached to a mast or pole by various mounting portions. An antenna and support arrangement may be assembled prior to mounting it onto a mast. The antenna mounting device, method or system may allow alternative antenna angular positions to be arranged which avoid interference from radio-frequency obstacles and the antenna mast.
Patent GB-2579725-A (GB)
Title: Lock
Inventor: DUNCAN JOHNSON
IPC: G07D11/125
Filed: 2019-12-10
Abstract: A lock for irreversibly locking a cover into a closed position on a receptacle for securely retaining bank notes and preventing access to the interior of the receptacle, the lock having first and second members, 17 and 15, shaped to engage and lock together which are attached to, attachable to, or integrally formed with the cover and receptacle, respectively; the first and second members each having a side wall 154, and a first major surface; with one sidewall having a male part 156 and the other having a female part to engage the male part when the first and second members are engaged, locking the first and second members together. Subsequent independent claims define a similar lock in which the male and female elements are located on the first major surfaces of their respective members, instead of the side walls; and a similar lock without male and female elements, in which a side wall of the second member extends rearwardly beyond the trailing end of its first major surface.
Patent GB-2582049-A (GB)
Title: Method for operating an electrolysis system and electrolysis system
Inventor: PETER SCHUETZBACH
IPC: C25B9/19
Filed: 2019-12-16
Abstract: A method for operating an electrolysis system having an electrolysis block 11 based on a proton exchange membrane 4 is described. The method comprises the step of flushing (figure 1, 100) an anode-side flow path 1 of the electrolysis system 10 with nitrogen and/or an inert gas up to an instant of electrochemical activation of the electrolysis block 11. The anode side flow path runs through the electrolysis block 11 and has an anode 2 and a proton exchange membrane 4 inside the block 11. The anode-side flow path 1 is also configured to circulate a volume flow of deionized water. An electrolysis system 10 is also detailed.
Patent GB-2581566-A (GB)
Title: Composition and method for temporarily reshaping keratinous fibres
Inventor: DIANE METTEN
IPC: A61Q5/06
Filed: 2019-12-17
Abstract: A cosmetic composition for temporarily reshaping keratinous fibres, containing: (a) a cationically modified guar derivative with a weight average molecular weight in the range from about 5,000 to about 200,000 and a degree of cationic substitution in the range from about 0.1 to about 2, and (b) at least one copolymer which is obtained by reacting at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit (b1) with at least one saccharidic monomer unit (b2), use thereof and method using such a composition. Preferably, the cationically modified guar derivative (a) is guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride and the copolymer (b) which is obtained by reacting at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit (b1) with at least one saccharidic monomer unit (b2) is maltodextrin/VP copolymer. The combination of cationically modified guar derivative (a) with copolymer (b) is synergistic in terms of hair curl retention in a humid environment.
Patent GB-2591298-A (GB)
Title: Outlet guide vane cooler
Inventor: DENNIS RIKEMANSON
IPC: F04D29/58
Filed: 2020-01-27
Abstract: An outlet guide vane structure for a gas turbine engine, optionally a geared turbofan engine, comprising at least one guide vane 30 having an internal cavity (Fig. 5, 37) with an inlet 35 and an outlet (Fig. 5, 36) allowing air to pass into and out of said cavity, the inlet being arranged upstream of the outlet. The inlet may be arranged in the pressure face (Fig. 5, 33) of the vane, such that the inlet is not visible when the vane is viewed along the primary fan axis. The cavity may contain at least one conduit 38 arranged to communicate a fluid through the cavity, this fluid optionally being a coolant arranged to cool a reduction gearbox or an electric motor of the turbofan engine, these conduits arranged to be cooled by the air passing through the vane acting as a heat exchanger. The vane also shields the conduits from foreign objects travelling along the primary fan axis direction FD.
Patent GB-2583174-A (GB)
Title: Optical components for imaging
Inventor: THOMAS PIERRE SCHRANS
IPC: G01S7/481
Filed: 2020-02-06
Abstract: A LiDAR transceiver for scanning an environment over a field of view (FOV) having an azimuthal angular range and a polar angular range, the LiDAR transceiver comprising a transmitter photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and a receiver PIC. The transmitter PIC comprising a light source 41, a transmitter optical switch 42 having an input and a plurality of outputs, and a light emitting component 45 having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of emitters. The light emitting component configured to selectively emit beams over a plurality of emission angles having different respective polar components within the polar angular range of the FOV. The LiDAR receiver PIC comprises a light steering component having a plurality of input waveguides and a plurality of outputs, a local oscillator LO source, providing one or more LO signals, a receiver optical switch having an input and a plurality of outputs. A plurality of coherent receivers, each having a signal input and a LO input and at least one photodetector, wherein the LO source is coupled to the input of the receiver optical switch and each of the outputs of the receiver optical switch is coupled to a respective one of the LO inputs. Each of the outputs of the light steering component are coupled to a respective one of the signal inputs.
Patent GB-2592032-A (GB)
Title: Trench planar MOS cell for transistors
Inventor: MUNAF RAHIMO
IPC: H01L29/739
Filed: 2020-02-13
Abstract: A power transistor structure includes a planar gate 10 and a trench gate in a recess recess 11 arranged at various angles within the device cell. In regions 10’ there is no overlap between the trench and planar gates. The planar MOS channels and Trench MOS channels in a single MOS cell structure, or planar MOS channels alone, utilise the trenches to improve the current spreading of the planar MOS channels. IGBTs and MOSFETs based on silicon or wide bandgap materials such as silicon carbide SiC, zinc oxide (ZnO), gallium oxide (Ga2O3), gallium nitride (GaN) and diamond are described. The device can be manufactured based on a self-aligned process with minimum number of masks with the potential of applying enhancement layers.
Patent GB-2593721-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for generating random numbers
Inventor: JERRY DAVID CHAN
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2020-03-31
Abstract: Generating random numbers based on blockchain transactions, wherein the method is performed by a generating party, preferably a mining node of a blockchain network, and comprises; obtaining a candidate block header, which is based on a set of blockchain transactions, preferably from a pool of unconfirmed transactions, applying a hash function 202 to the candidate block header one or more times, wherein each application of the hash function to the candidate block header generates a respective hash digest; generating one or more random numbers, wherein each random number is generated based on a respective hash digest; and outputting the one or more random numbers to one or more consuming devices 207. The generated random numbers can be stored in a buffer, from where they can be retrieved to be output. The generation of random numbers may comprise removing zeros present in the hash digest and using the running sum of the digits of the hash digest as a basis for a random number. Outputting the random numbers to the consuming devices can be done via an internet connection.
Patent GB-2593750-A (GB)
Title: A multi-plane display device
Inventor: JAMIESON CHRISTMAS
IPC: G03H1/32
Filed: 2020-04-01
Abstract: A head‐up display has a spatial light modulator 700b arranged to display a diffractive pattern of first picture content and/or second picture content. A screen assembly has first 731b and second 732b diffusers arranged in a stepped configuration so that the first diffuser is spatially offset from the second diffuser by a perpendicular distance. A light source is arranged to illuminate the diffractive pattern such that the first picture content is formed on the first diffuser and/or the second picture content is formed on the second diffuser. An optical system comprising at least one optical element (650, figure 6) having optical power is arranged so that the first and second diffusers have different object distances to the optical system. The display may be used for forming respective virtual images at different virtual image distances from a viewing plane
Patent GB-2594737-A (GB)
Title: Data centre monitoring
Inventor: DAVID CORDER
IPC: G01S5/14
Filed: 2020-05-06
Abstract: The invention relates to monitoring of a data centre, in particular through use of measurements from signals received by multiple receivers at multiple locations from sensors distributed throughout the data centre. Example embodiments include a computer-implemented method of monitoring a data centre (110) comprising a plurality of sensors (101a-d) and a plurality of receiver hubs (102a-c), each receiver hub (102ac) configured to receive radio signal packets from each of the plurality of sensors (101ad), the method comprising: determining for each sensor (101a-d) an array of parameters derived from the radio signals packets received by each hub (102a-c); determining a change over time in the array of parameters for each sensor (101a-d); and providing an alert if the change over time for one or more of the plurality of sensors (101a-d) exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Patent GB-2595706-A (GB)
Title: A method for monitoring the academic progress of a user
Inventor: Keano Chang
IPC: G06Q50/20
Filed: 2020-06-04
Abstract: A computer implemented method 100 for monitoring the academic progress of a user comprises the steps of allowing the user to create a user profile containing verifiable data 101, recording the verifiable data to a central resource 102, cross checking an item of verifiable data with a reference source 103, recording data associated with the result of the cross check to the central resource 104, and associating the user profile with an educator 105. An educational pathway associated with the educator may be retrieved and assigned to the user. The educational pathway may include a task for completion by the user and the method may prompt the user to complete the task and/or issue an alert if the task is not completed within a time period. Incomplete tasks within the educational pathway may be identified and their status communicated with a third party.
Patent GB-2597733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to risk profiles for mobile devices
Inventor: ROSS SINCLAIR
IPC: H04W64/00
Filed: 2020-07-31
Abstract: The present application discloses methods, a system, a module and device for determining a risk profile for a mobile device 10 whereby local wireless networks to which to mobile device is connected are identified, and time periods for which the mobile device is connected to a trusted local wireless network 3 during a monitoring window are recorded. A risk score is assigned to each trusted time period, and a base risk profile for the device is revised based on the sum of the risk scores for each trusted time period during the monitoring window. A connection report providing details of each recorded trusted time period is generated by the mobile device, for assigned the risk score. Such a method may be used for mobile device insurance purposes.