baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2607870-A (GB)
Title: Magnetically geared apparatus and rotor
Inventor: Glynn Cooke
IPC: H02K49/10
Filed: 2021-06-07
Abstract: Magnetically geared apparatus 300 comprising: a first mover (rotor or translator) 104 comprising a plurality of first permanent magnets 110; a stator 102; a second mover 106; and a magnetic flux attenuation shield 302 aligned with, and spaced from 304, the first plurality of permanent magnets 110 of the rotor. The shield reduces flux leakage in unwanted directions thereby reducing energy loss through eddy currents. The flux shield may stop flux leakage into a support structure 126 of the second rotor or a motor casing 122. The flux shield may be coupled to the permanent magnets (Fig. 3) by a non-magnetic, electrically insulating spacer 304 or coupled to the permanent magnet support structure (302, Fig.6). The flux shield may comprise plates of conductors, laminates and/or un-magnetised magnetisable material, in the shape of an annular ring (302, Fig.13). Flux shields may be placed between sections of magnets (302c, 302d, Fig.5). The flux shield may be utilised in a radial flux (Fig.3) or axial flux machine (Fig.17). The shape of the flux shields, magnets and pole pieces may be altered to reduce flux leakage (302, Figs.8-12). In a second embodiment, no shielding is provided but spacing is such that flux leakage is minimised from the plurality of permanent magnets.
Patent GB-2611056-A (GB)
Title: A grid framework structure
Inventor: NICHOLAS MCLARNEY
IPC: B65G1/133
Filed: 2021-09-23
Abstract: A grid framework structure for supporting a load handling device, comprising:a plurality of upright members (figure 7, 16) arranged to form a plurality of vertical locations for containers to be vertically guided by the upright members, wherein the plurality of upright members are interconnected to define nodes (figure 37, 52) at their top ends by a plurality of grid members to form a grid structure (figure 7, 50) comprising grid cells (figure 7, 42), the grid structure comprising a track system positioned on the plurality of grid members, the track system comprising a plurality of tracks (figure 19, 22a, 22b) arranged in the grid pattern, the plurality of upright members comprising first and second upright members interconnected by the plurality of grid members extending between the upright members, the first upright member being interconnected at its top end to the plurality of grid members by a pivotable joint such that the grid members are rotatable in the horizontal plane about a vertical axis extending through the pivotable joint upon movement of one of the upright members relative to the other upright members.
Patent GB-2612096-A (GB)
Title: Folding table lock/interlock mechanism
Inventor: PHILIP MATTINSLEY
IPC: B60N3/00
Filed: 2021-10-22
Abstract: A vehicle centre console table system (100), the vehicle centre console table system (100) comprising: a table (102), comprising a table body (144) and at least one table leaf (146, 148) wherein the at least one table leaf (146, 148) is rotatably connected to the table body (144) and is rotatable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration; a slider arrangement (106) configured to enable horizontal sliding of the table body (144) from a first position (P1, fig 5) to a second position (P2) horizontally offset from the first position (P1); and an interlock (160), wherein the interlock (160) is configured to prevent rotation of the at least one table leaf (146, 148) relative to the table body (144) when the table body (144) is at the first position (P1), and the interlock (160) is configured to permit rotation of the at least one table leaf (146, 148) relative to the table body (144) when the table body (144) is in the second 15 position (P2) horizontally offset from the first position (P1).
Patent GB-2607125-A (GB)
Title: Self-supporting dampener
Inventor: STEPHEN RICHARD BARWICK
IPC: B60G15/12
Filed: 2021-11-04
Abstract: A free-standing dampener 30 and accompanying support frame for use in a vehicle suspension system are provided. The frame comprises one or more stays 40. One end of the dampener 30 is coupled to the suspension 10, 20, while the other end is coupled to the frame, which also couples to the suspension 10,20, removing the need for the dampener 30 to be coupled directly to the chassis of the vehicle. This is preferable in a suspension system where the wheels of the vehicle can be height adjusted and/or retracted as the dampener 30 can move with the suspension 10, 20 without being anchored to the chassis. Thereby allowing the wheels to move without putting additional stress or strain on the dampener 30, and without twisting the dampener 30. A suspension module including such a dampener and support frame, and a vehicle suspension including at least one such suspension module are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2598696-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for mixing exhaust gases and reductant in an aftertreatment system
Inventor: Z gerald liu
IPC: F01N3/28
Filed: 2019-06-14
Abstract: A vane swirl mixer for exhaust aftertreatment comprises a vane swirl mixer inlet configured to receive exhaust gas and a vane swirl mixer outlet configured to provide the exhaust gas to a catalyst. It further comprises a first flow device configured to receive the exhaust gas from the vane swirl mixer inlet and to receive a reductant such that the reductant is mixed with the exhaust gas within the first flow device. The first flow device comprises a Venturi body having a Venturi center axis and being defined by a body inlet and a body outlet. The first flow device further comprises a plurality of upstream vanes positioned within the Venturi body and proximate the body inlet. Each of the upstream vanes is coupled to an upstream vane hub. A plurality of upstream vane apertures is interspaced between the plurality of upstream vanes. The plurality of upstream vane apertures is configured to receive the exhaust gas and to cooperate with the plurality of upstream vanes to provide the exhaust gas with a swirl flow that facilitates mixing of the reductant and the exhaust gas. Additionally, the first flow device comprises a plurality of downstream vanes positioned within the Venturi body and proximate the body outlet. Each of the downstream vanes is coupled to a downstream vane hub. A plurality of downstream vane apertures is interspaced between the plurality of downstream vanes. The plurality of downstream vane apertures is configured to receive the exhaust gas and to cooperate with the plurality of downstream vanes to facilitate further mixing of the reductant and the exhaust gas. At least one of the upstream vane hub and the downstream vane hub is radially offset from the Venturi center axis, thereby causing individual ones of the plurality of vanes coupled to the radially offset vane hub to differ in their geometry.
Patent GB-2613642-A (GB)
Title: A needle shield remover
Inventor: ABIODUN FALODI
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 2021-12-13
Abstract: A needle shield remover 10 suitable for an injection device including; a body 12, a proximal gripping member 16 extending inwardly from the body to engage a needle shield; and a distal gripping member 18 extending from the body and arranged to engage a cap 20 of the injection device. Also disclosed is a cap 20 suitable for an injection device; and an injection device including the cap. The cap comprises an end wall 22; a wall (24, Fig.2) extending proximally from the end wall; and the needle shield remover 10. The proximal gripping member 16 may be elongated and extend distally; and the distal gripping member 18 may be elongated and extend proximally. The cap proximally extending wall 24 may be an inner wall and the cap may further comprise an outer wall 26 extending proximally from the end wall. The needle shield remover 10 may be received within the cap inner wall (24, Fig.2).
Patent GB-2614314-A (GB)
Title: Assistance system for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle
Inventor: Paul Petty
IPC: B60W30/09
Filed: 2021-12-27
Abstract: The invention relates to an assistance system (16) configured to be installed in an ego vehicle (10) and support a driver of the ego vehicle (10) in avoiding a collision of the ego vehicle (10) with another vehicle (18), the assistance system (16) being configured to monitor an environment (40) of the ego vehicle (10) and detect the other vehicle (18) approaching the ego vehicle (10). The assistance system (16) is configured to determine that the driver of the ego vehicle (10) is about to perform a turning manoeuvre (32) of the ego vehicle (10) towards a driver’s side (26) of the ego vehicle (10). The assistance system (16) is configured to determine the risk of a collision resulting from the turning manoeuvre (32), between the ego vehicle (10) and the other vehicle (18).
Patent GB-2606813-A (GB)
Title: Building component
Inventor: JOHN DUFFIN
IPC: E04C3/02
Filed: 2022-02-14
Abstract: The method of manufacturing a building component 1. The building component has a load bearing means, a means 24 for delivering internal moisture towards the outer leaf of a cavity wall and one or more mechanically fixed stop ends 2. The method involves the step of obtaining the dimensions of the opening above which the building component is to be placed, specifying a bearing length based on at least the minimum bearing length and/or a recommended bearing length and specifying a compensating length and sizing the building component based on the dimensions of the opening plus the bearing length plus the compensating length. Also claimed is a building component wherein the fixed stop ends are located inwardly from the later edge of the component.
Patent GB-2609525-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connection assembly and battery pack signal acquisition device
Inventor: BINGJING XUE
IPC: H01M50/569
Filed: 2022-03-31
Abstract: A battery pack signal acquisition device comprises a signal transmission bus 1, and an electrical connection assembly (3, Fig 2) for electrically connecting a battery cell to the signal transmission bus to collect an electrical parameter of the battery cell. The electrical connection assembly and signal transmission bus may be respectively formed and electrically connected with each other. This arrangement allows the electrical connection assembly to be replaced separately without replacing the signal transmission bus, which improves convenience of use and reduces maintenance costs. The electrical connection assembly preferably comprises an electrical connector 30 connected with the electrical connection assembly and signal transmission bus, the connector preferably comprising a pair of connection terminals 31,32. A first connection terminal 31 may be connected to the signal transmission bus 1 and a second connection terminal 32 may be connected to a bus bar 2 of a respective battery pack. The electrical connector may be a flexible flat cable, flexible PCB or flexible wire and may include a fuse (30b, 30c, Fig 2) connected with a conductive trace (30a, Fig 2). The electrical connection assembly may include a temperature sensor.
Patent GB-2617195-A (GB)
Title: Energy recycling in an embedded system
Inventor: Vemund Bakken
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2022-04-01
Abstract: Described herein is an embedded system comprising: at least one power domain comprising analogue and/or digital circuitry; at least one domain storage unit (166) for providing energy to the power domain; a main storage unit (172) for storing energy for provision to the at least one domain storage unit; power switches for controlling the flow of energy between the storage units of the circuit; and a power management unit operable to control the power switches to transfer energy from the at least one domain storage unit back to the main storage unit or to an additional domain storage unit of the system. Also described is a method for operating an embedded system.
Patent GB-2618523-A (GB)
Title: Secure storage of hand portable electronic devices
Inventor: JACOB BOSTON
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2022-04-25
Abstract: A locker apparatus includes a plurality of lockers, each locker for storing a hand portable electronic device 200. Each locker comprises a housing 22, a locking mechanism and sensor circuitry. The housing defines a chamber for storing a hand portable electronic device and comprises an outer face having an aperture arranged to expose at least a portion of a hand portable electronic device when a hand portable electronic device is stored in the chamber. The locking mechanism locks and unlocks the locker. The sensor circuitry receives at least one of light signals or audio signals from a hand portable electronic device stored in the chamber. The locker apparatus further includes control circuitry which determines that either a predetermined light signal or a predetermined audio signal has been received by the sensor circuitry of a particular locker and responds by controlling the locking mechanism of the particular locker to unlock the particular locker to provide a user with access to a hand portable electronic device stored in the chamber of the particular locker. The housing can comprise a door 26 having the aperture 30 and a hand portable electronic device support 34 mounted on the inner face of the door.
Patent GB-2604551-A (GB)
Title: Feeding apparatus for objects in bulk
Inventor: James Hanley
IPC: B65G47/14
Filed: 2019-11-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to feeding apparatus for feeding objects to a receiving area, especially irregularly shaped objects, such as logs and/or split logs to a receiving area. The apparatus comprises a hopper for the objects, the hopper having a base, inclined upwardly from a lower upstream end to an upper downstream end and terminating at the upper downstream end in a discharge outlet, a conveyor extending along the base and configured for urging the objects along the base to the discharge outlet, a drive for driving the conveyor at a controlled rate for controlling the rate at which the objects are discharged through the discharge outlet, and a delivery chute inclining downwardly from an upper upstream end communicating with the discharge outlet of the hopper, to a lower downstream end for delivering the objects to the receiving area at the controlled rate.
Patent GB-2619745-A (GB)
Title: Computer-implemented system and method
Inventor: CRAIG STEVEN WRIGHT
IPC: G06F16/22
Filed: 2022-06-15
Abstract: Generating, storing, processing, accessing and/or maintaining a record of at least a portion of a transaction (Tx) included in the Merkle path of a blockchain block (B). The record functions to hold information e.g. data items. Records can be stored in allocated resources e.g. a database, which can be part of a node connected to the blockchain network. Records can comprise, at least, transaction data and can also comprise a status flag/state, verification information, validation data, details of where a UTXO can be found, reference to at least one previous record e.g. the location, signatures and authorization data. The record enables data related to a transaction to be stored, and to be stored in a catalogued manner. This allows unspent transactions to be stored in a ledger with metadata for the transaction in the data item and use simplified payment verification.
Patent GB-2610274-A (GB)
Title: Carrier aggregation with integrated filters
Inventor: REZA KASNAVI
IPC: H04B1/00
Filed: 2022-06-27
Abstract: A front-end system for a RF transceiver includes a switch network 130 that connects an antenna node to a first filter-based assembly (B1 duplexer) for a first band, a second filter-based assembly (B3 duplexer) for a second band, or (via a third node) to a third filter-based assembly (B32 filter or B7 duplexer) for a third band. The switch network can be configured to support carrier aggregation of at least the first and second bands. The front-end system also includes a reconfigurable routing circuit (S1, S2, S3) configured to allow carrier aggregation of the third band and a selected one of the first and second bands, utilizing the third and the first or second filter-based assemblies. Preferably, a first filter of a diplexer is connected to the reconfigurable routing circuit, a second filter of the diplexer is connected to the third filter-based assembly and a common node of the diplexer is connected to the third node. The first and second bands may lie in the mid-band frequency range (1695-2200MHz) the third band be a higher band or a lower band than this range.
Patent GB-2605341-A (GB)
Title: Trajectory control for directional drilling
Inventor: Umut Zalluhoglu
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2020-01-31
Abstract: A method for controlling a drilling trajectory of a wellbore includes computing a position and attitude of a drill bit within a wellbore. The method further includes computing a wellbore trajectory error between (i) the position of the drill bit and a well plan position and (ii) the attitude of the drill bit and a well plan attitude. Further, the method includes determining an inclination set-point change command and an azimuth set-point change command using the wellbore trajectory error. Additionally, the method includes steering the drill bit using the inclination set-point change command and the azimuth set-point change command.
Patent GB-2607468-A (GB)
Title: Hemostasis device with customizable straps
Inventor: VICTORIA MOORE O'BRIEN
IPC: A61B17/135
Filed: 2021-01-08
Abstract: The present application discloses various embodiments of a hemostasis device in the form of a kit having a compression element and a plurality of adjustable straps that permit for a customized fit of the hemostasis device on varied anatomy.
Patent GB-2614609-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft power system
Inventor: PETER SWANN
IPC: F02C9/40
Filed: 2022-11-22
Abstract: A power system 4 for an aircraft comprises one or more gas turbine engines 10, 44 arranged to burn a fuel to provide power to the aircraft. A plurality of fuel tanks 50, 52, 53 each contain a fuel to be used to provide power to the aircraft. At least two tanks contain different fuels having different proportions of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). A fuel manager 214 stores information on the fuel contained in each tank, identifies which tank contains the fuel with the highest proportion of SAF, and controls fuel supply to take fuel from only the tank containing the fuel with the highest proportion of SAF to power at least the majority of operations on the ground. The fuel with the highest proportion of SAF may have more than 50% SAF and fuel in another tank may have less than 50% SAF. A power system for an aircraft comprises an auxiliary power unit (APU) comprising a gas turbine engine and a first fuel tank which contains only SAF, and all fuel used by the APU is taken from the first fuel tank.
Patent GB-2610956-A (GB)
Title: Water tank heating method and unit, electronic device and SOFC system
Inventor: CUILING SONG
IPC: H01M8/124
Filed: 2021-06-29
Abstract: The invention provides a water tank heating method and unit, an electronic device and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. Before the SOFC system is started, ice in a water tank has been heated up, so after the SOFC system is started, the heating time of the heated ice, i.e., the thawing time of the water tank, will be shortened. Further, in the ice heating process, a pre-set needed SOFC thawing time determined according to current stack outlet temperature is used as a heating control parameter. As the stack outlet temperature is a key factor influencing the starting time of the SOFC system, the heating control will be more accurate if the pre-set needed SOFC thawing time corresponding to the stack outlet temperature is used as a heating control parameter.
Patent GB-2617655-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for traffic light detection
Inventor: LUBING ZHOU
IPC: G06V20/58
Filed: 2021-01-05
Abstract: Method of operating an autonomous vehicle 1300, comprising: receiving a first image from a first sensor 1304 having a fixed exposure configuration; receiving a second image from a second sensor 1302-1 having an auto-exposure configuration; determining a state of a traffic light using the first image and the second image; and operating the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the traffic light state. The sensor exposure settings may comprise shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings. The first sensor’s exposure may be tuned to the average light emitted by the traffic light thereby offering differentiation from other light sources. The second image allows the data to be supplemented by combining images to form a high dynamic range image or cross-checking the locations of possible traffic lights between the images. Where there is a plurality of lights in the first and second image, the second image may be weighted more heavily than the first image in the determination of the traffic light. Third auto-exposure sensors 1302-1:2 may also be used to determine the state of the traffic light. The second image may be used to identify moving objects.
Patent GB-2610776-A (GB)
Title: Bioptic scanner optical arrangement with single sensor split four ways
Inventor: EDWARD BARKAN
IPC: G06K7/14
Filed: 2020-09-18
Abstract: A bioptic barcode scanner 100 with a single imaging assembly 114 comprising a plurality of photosensitive elements forming a substantially flat surface. The imaging assembly is coupled to a decode module 118 for decoding barcodes in captured images. The scanner has a generally vertical window 108 and a generally horizontal window 106, allowing light to pass from a product-scanning region to the interior of the scanner’s housing. An arrangement of mirrors 120 splits the imaging assembly’s primary field of view (FoV) into four or more subfields. At least two of subfields are directed through each of the horizontal and vertical windows. Each subfield may be associated with a different quadrant (122-128, fig.3) of the imaging assembly. The mirror assembly includes first and second splitter mirrors positioned to split first and second portions of the primary field of view into two subfields, and first to seventh fold mirrors for redirecting each of the subfields through either the substantially vertical or substantially horizontal windows. The optical length from the imaging assembly to each window may be different.
Patent GB-2614005-A (GB)
Title: Core-level high resolution petrophysical characterization method
Inventor: HAO ZHANG
IPC: G01V3/38
Filed: 2021-09-01
Abstract: A method for characterizing a subsurface formation includes receiving image data of the subsurface formation obtained by a sensor tool and receiving a plurality of non-image data logs, each non-image data log being obtained by a different type of sensor tool. The method also includes performing an electrofacies analysis on the plurality of non-image data logs where the electrofacies analysis includes defining clusters wherein each cluster has a similar property to provide a plurality of electrofacies blocks with each electrofacies block representing a depth interval. The method further includes partitioning the image data into multiple high-resolution depth segments that share a similar property, feature, and/or pattern for each electrofacies block and assigning data from the plurality of non-image data logs into a corresponding high-resolution depth segment to provide a high-resolution data log that characterizes the subsurface formation.