baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2527842-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus
Inventor: STEVEN IAIN
IPC: E02B17/00
Filed: 2014-07-04
Abstract: Apparatus for providing access to equipment or structures that requires maintenance. More particularly, the present invention is suitable to provide access to equipment or structures located offshore, such as wind turbines or structures for oil and gas production. The apparatus (10 figure 1) comprises a deck 22, an apparatus structure (30 figure 1) for supporting the deck, a platform 26 and a platform support mechanism 28. The platform is movable with respect to the deck from a stowed position to an extended position. In the extended position the platform forms an extension to the deck. The platform support mechanism comprises at least one cable 34 and at least one compression post 36. The/each cable has a cable first end (38 figure 1) attached to the platform at or adjacent to a platform leading edge (42 figure 1) and a cable second end (40 figure 1) attached to the platform at or adjacent to a platform trailing edge (44 figure 1). The/each compression post supports the cable between the cable first end and the cable second end and is adapted to maintain a substantially constant tension in one of the cables as the platform moves from the stowed position to the extended position. A later embodiment relates to apparatus for providing access to an object to be maintained comprising a platform characterised by the apparatus structure taking the weight of the platform.
Patent GB-2532054-A (GB)
Title: NC-SI port controller
Inventor: FABRICE JEAN VERPLANKEN
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2014-11-07
Abstract: A Network Controller-Sideband Interface (NC-SI) Port Controller (NPC) 23 of a Network Interface Controller (NIC) provides a sideband connection between the network 2 and a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) 17. Pass-through traffic to and from the BMC are injected and extracted by the XBB 16 and RBB 6 units of the Host Ethernet Adapter 3 part of the NIC. Asynchronous event notification (AEN) pseudopackets giving status information about the NIC are compiled 28 and injected into the data route of the NPC that carries packets from the BMC. Both of those kinds of packet pass by a packet parser 30 with the AEN pseudo-packets being dropped but their content being assembled by the NPC into an AEN packet which is then injected into the data route of the NPC that carries packets bound for the BMC. The packet parser analyses data transmitted from the sideband endpoint (BMC) towards the network and identifies NC-SI requests from the BMC and provides response packets in the same way. The NIC also comprises a Media Access Controller 4. The HEA comprises a host buffer to store a packet from the host; a sideband buffer to store a packet from the NPC and an arbiter connected to allow, at different times, a packet in the host buffer and a packet in the sideband buffer, to advance from there along a transmit route to the MAC. In-Band packets may have higher priority than sideband packets.
Patent GB-2532253-A (GB)
Title: Forage bag with safety closure system
Inventor: RACHEL MURPHY
IPC: B65D33/28
Filed: 2014-11-13
Abstract: A forage bag comprises mesh panels 4 bound at side seams 1 to form a bag. The top of the bag at the opening 9 is folded over and bound to form a sleeve 6 through which a rope 2 is fed. The rope is fastened at one end to a ring 3 attached to the side seam 1. The free end of the rope 10 is fed through the ring 3, such that the bag can be closed by pulling on the free end of the rope. The bag has a tie ring 5 to which the free end of the rope can be tied, e.g. when hanging the bag. The bag may have several tie rings (see figure 11). The bag may be formed from differently sized mesh (see figure 6). The bag is intended to be filled with hay for horses. The mesh is preferably knotless, square mesh.
Patent GB-2528727-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for managing addresses and connectivity arrangements for transporting multicast data in a wireless network
Inventor: KAKANI NAVEEN KUMAR
IPC: H04W4/06
Filed: 2014-12-11
Abstract: Managing multicast addresses and connectivity arrangements for transporting multicast data in a wireless network. According to certain aspects, embodiments of the invention enable allocation of multicast addresses to facilitate reliable multicast / groupcast (MG) transmissions by any device in a wireless network, and not just an access point, as well as in wireless networks where there is no support for 802.11aa. In a wireless system 100 comprising a WiFi access point (AP) device 104, a source device 102 that is separate from the AP device, and one or more sink devices 106 that are separate from both the AP and source devices, the source device 102 allocates a multicast address and wirelessly transmits MG data from the source device to the one or more sink devices 106 using the allocated multicast address. According to certain other aspects, embodiments of the invention allow for multi-cast / group-cast transmission to sinks in a wireless network that are not reachable to the source device even in presence of a legacy access point that does not support IEEE 802.11aa (see figures 3 to 5). Transmitting MG data may comprise relaying the MG data between the source device to sink devices via the AP device.
Patent GB-2522554-A (GB)
Title: Wireless device localization
Inventor: YE JIAN
IPC: G01S5/14
Filed: 2015-01-19
Abstract: A vehicle system for remote keyless entry (RKE) utilising a wireless device 12 (key fob), at least 2 auxiliary base stations (ABS) 16a/b and a main base station (MBS) 14 operating in the ultra wide band. The ABS receives a signal from the key fob and sends a message to the MBS including the time of arrival (TOA) of the signal. The MBS contains information on particular zones in and around the vehicle and calculates a two or three dimensional position of the fob using the TOA data and determines which zone the fob is in. Alternatively the ABS may calculate the key fob position and relay this data to the MBS. Multipath mitigation may be performed by rejecting TOA data that does not conform to certain geometric restrictions or thresholds whilst further accuracy enhancement techniques may include Kalman filtering and rolling averaging. The system may be adapted for tyre pressure monitoring.
Patent GB-2536259-A (GB)
Title: A device for atomising a liquid
Inventor: PHILIP CANNER
IPC: B05B11/06
Filed: 2015-03-11
Abstract: A disposable device for atomising a liquid is provided, comprising a housing 12 having a reservoir of liquid 16 connected to a nebulising nozzle 18 and a sealed space 13 containing a cylinder of pressurised gas 14. The housing also has a moveable barrier 20 which separates the reservoir from the sealed space. In operation, the device allows the pressurised gas to escape from the cylinder into the sealed space, and act on the moveable barrier, to force liquid in the reservoir to pass through the nozzle and be emitted as an aerosol. The moveable barrier 20 may be a piston or deformable membrane and may have a piercing element 26 for piercing the cylinder 14.
Patent GB-2538565-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning device
Inventor: DAVID SULLIVAN
IPC: A47L25/08
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: A cleaning device 10 suitable, in use, for picking up pet hair and particles, the cleaning device 10 comprising a unitary, elastomeric main body 12 comprising a face 14 that includes an integrally formed wiper blade 24 and an integrally formed channel 26 adjacent the wiper blade 24, wherein the main body portion 12 is manufactured from closed-cell ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). In use, the cleaning device's face 14 can be inverted and moved across a surface to be cleaned. By so doing, the wiper blade 24 lifts hairs and/or other dirt particles off the surface, and the hairs and/or dirt particles are retained and/or accumulated in the channel 26 adjacent the wiper blade 24. Preferably there are a plurality of integrally-formed channels 26 and the main body 12 is manufactured from foamed EVA. The EVA may also contain an anti-bacterial additive.
Patent GB-2529925-A (GB)
Title: A method of operating a vehicle
Inventor: SHUTER NICK JOHN
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: A method of operating a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle comprises an engine (2, figure 1) and an exhaust gas after-treatment device in an exhaust line of the engine, the exhaust gas after-treatment device comprising a Passive NOx Adsorber (PNA, 10, figure 1); the method 200 comprises monitoring the air-fuel equivalence ratio of the engine 202, determining an ageing parameter of the exhaust gas after-treatment device by integrating the air-fuel equivalence ratio of the engine with respect to time 204, determining whether the exhaust gas after-treatment device should be regenerated based on the ageing parameter 206 and regenerating the exhaust gas after-treatment device 208. The ageing parameter may also be determined by integrating a function of the exhaust gas temperature and air-fuel ratio with respect to time. The ageing parameter can relate to an anticipated oxidation of the catalyst of the exhaust gas after-treatment system, this system may also include a selective catalytic reduction device (SCR) and an exhaust gas recirculation system (EGR) in which the amounts of reductant and recirculated exhaust gas is adjusted based on the ageing parameter.
Patent GB-2536522-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for generating a unique fingerprint aggregating set of unique tracking identifiers throughout request/response processing
Inventor: SANDIPKUMAR V SHAH
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a fingerprint including multiple tracking identifiers. Control circuitry receives a first tracking identifier from a first component of a network. The first tracking identifier is associated with a data request sent to the first component. The control circuitry identifies parameters based on a configuration of the first component. The control circuitry transmits an application programming interface (API) request for information related to the parameters from the first component. The control circuitry receives information related to the parameters for the first component in response to the API request. The control circuitry determines a second tracking identifier based on the first tracking identifier and the information related to the parameters for the first component. The control circuitry transmits the second tracking identifier to the first component. The first tracking identifier and the second tracking identifier are combined to generate a fingerprint in connection with the data request.
Patent GB-2535282-A (GB)
Title: Control system
Inventor: JUN WATANABE
IPC: G06F11/20
Filed: 2015-11-27
Abstract: A control system comprising two calculations units, each comprising: a calculation device CPU1/2, first and second relay devices, TrC1/2 & TrCX1/2, and two groups of input output (IO) units, branch 1/2; where each IO-unit has third (e.g. TrRA1) and fourth (e.g. TrRB1) relay devices; wherein the first calculation unit is connected to the first group of IO-unit in a first ring LO1A and the second group of IO-unit in a second ring LO1AX, and the second calculation unit is connected to the first group of IO-unit in a third ring LO2A and the second group of IO-unit in a fourth ring LO2AX; and duplex communications lines are disposed between the calculation units and the IO-unit. There may be four additional communications rings, B system, that communicate via the other relay (e.g. TrRB1) in the IO unit. The communications lines between the first and second relay and the calculation device may run on an inner surface of the case of the calculation unit. The communications lines between the third and fourth relay and the IO-unit may run on an inner surface of the IO-unit case. The invention aims to reduce lag in the system caused by large IO device rings.
Patent GB-2546488-A (GB)
Title: An engine assembly
Inventor: CHRIS BERESFORD-KNOX
IPC: F02M26/35
Filed: 2016-01-19
Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system for an engine with an exhaust duct 19 configured to receive exhaust gases from an engine 10. An exhaust gas recirculation duct 22 arranged to redirect a portion of exhaust gases from the exhaust duct to the intake 46 of the engine and at least one recirculation treatment device 20 which may be a diesel oxidation catalyst or selective reduction catalyst or reformer catalyst, in the recirculation duct wherein the treatment device comprises a catalyst for encouraging the removal of contaminants from the recirculated gases. The catalyst may be configured to catalyse a reduction or oxidation reaction, or to capture a substance such as water or vapor from the exhaust gases. The treatment device may have a substrate upon which the catalyst is provided. The system may have an exhaust gas cooler 26 which may be upstream or downstream of the treatment device. The treatment device may have a lean NOx trap, and the catalyst may be from the platinum metal group or be of a zeolite material.
Patent GB-2547209-A (GB)
Title: Energy harvesting circuit board
Inventor: MANUEL PINUELA RANGEL
IPC: H01Q1/24
Filed: 2016-02-09
Abstract: A circuit board 1 suitable for wireless energy harvesting comprising a patch antenna 21 configured to receive an RF signal, a feedline 22 to filter the RF signal and a rectifier 23 arranged to generate a DC voltage from the filtered RF signal, wherein the antenna, feedline and rectifier are co-planar and co-linear. The patch antenna may have truncated corners for capturing circularly polarized signals. The rectifier 23 may comprise a diode 231, a second feedline 232 and a capacitor 233. The circuit board comprises first plane 2 and a ground plane parallel to the first plane. The two planes are formed as layers on each side of a substrate, the substrate being made of a dielectric material which may have a relative permittivity of 3.55 and can be configured to receive an RF signal with a typical wavelength of 2.45GHZ. A load 26 is driven by a power management module 25 arranged on plane 2. An optional low pass filter 24 connects the rectifier to the power management module and may include a third feedline 241 and inductor 242. The rectenna may operate with high gain and efficiency in low power density conditions.
Patent GB-2550869-A (GB)
Title: Apparatuses and methods for sensing temperature along a wellbore using resistive elements
Inventor: Leslie david jarvis
IPC: G01K7/16
Filed: 2016-05-26
Abstract: Apparatus for use in sensing temperature in a wellbore comprising tubing 110 comprising at least six resistive temperature sensor modules 120 provided at locations along the inside of the tubing, an electrical network 115 connected to the sensors, and at least one control module 130 electrically connected to multiple temperature sensor modules via the electrical network, and configured to receive and process an electrical signal associated with the temperature sensor modules to infer the temperature, where the outer diameter of the tubing is in the range 3mm-14mm at the location in the tubing of at least one sensor. The sensors may be thermistor or resistance temperature devices, and the tube may be filled with oil or a potting compound, where there may be a pressure balancing means. There may be a plurality of wires forming a matrix, and there may be a diode associated with the sensors. Also claimed is a well comprising the apparatus, and methods of calibrating the device by use of a reference voltage, and operating the device by active heating means.
Patent GB-2540269-A (GB)
Title: Chromatographic material and methods for the synthesis thereof
Inventor: Kevin Skinley
IPC: B01J20/287
Filed: 2015-02-06
Abstract: A particulate material for chromatographic use comprising silica particles is provided having a skeleton structure containing silsesquioxane cage moieties. The material is useful as a chromatographic material, for example in HPLC. The silica particles may be hybrid organo-silica particles wherein the silsesquioxane moieties comprise a cage structure having silicon atoms positioned at corners of the cage wherein one or more silicon atoms positioned at the corners of the cagecarry an organic group. A preferred method of preparing the particulate material comprises hydrolysing a silsesquioxane as a co-component of a hydrolysis mixture, especially ina Stober or modified Stober process.
Patent GB-2543134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicle centre consoles
Inventor: JON O'NEILL
IPC: B60R11/00
Filed: 2015-10-05
Abstract: The invention relates to vehicle centre consoles. The centre console comprises a plurality of hinged fins configured to fold out to protect adjacent seats. The fins may be configured to secure a load placed thereon. Additionally, the centre console may comprise a plurality of independently operable telescopic legs configured to provide continuous variation within a pre-defined range for the height of each part of the centre console.
Patent GB-2550005-A (GB)
Title: Connecting an electronic component to an interactive textile
Inventor: Mustafa Emre Karagozler
IPC: H01R43/28
Filed: 2016-12-08
Abstract: To connect an interactive textile 102 to an electronic component 203, loose conductive threads 208 are arranged, stripped of insulation and bonded to the component. They may then be sealed and encapsulated. They may be arranged by a comb (502, Fig 6A) and held in place by a film (504, Fig 6B). The bonding may be by solder, and the stripping by a hot blade or by a laser. The sealing may be by epoxy using a multi-headed nozzle (1104, Fig 11).
Patent GB-2542718-A (GB)
Title: Downhole tool with expandable stabilizer and underreamer
Inventor: NATHAN E FULLER
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 2015-06-09
Abstract: A downhole tool including a body coupled to a stabilizer and an underreamer. The stabilizer may include a blade that moves from a retracted position to an expanded position. The underreamer may include a cutter block that moves from a retracted position to an expanded position. The underreamer is positioned above the stabilizer, and a distance between an outer surface of the cutter block and a central longitudinal axis of the body may be greater than a distance between an outer surface of the blade and the central longitudinal axis when the blade and cutter block are in the expanded positions.
Patent GB-2542087-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for passive tracking of moving objects
Inventor: BORIS ZHEVELEV
IPC: G08B13/19
Filed: 2015-07-30
Abstract: A system for detecting and tracking motion in a given area, including a first passive motion detection sensor operable for passively detecting motion in any of a first multiplicity of detection zones and, responsive thereto, for providing a first detection output signal including an indication of a first detection zone in which the motion was detected, a second passive motion detection sensor operable for passively detecting motion in any of a second multiplicity of detection zones, each of the second multiplicity of detection zones at least partially overlapping each of the first multiplicity of detection zones, and, responsive thereto, for providing a second detection output signal including an indication of a second detection zone in which the motion was detected, and a processor operable for receiving the first and second detection output signals and, responsive thereto, for providing an indication of a location of the motion.
Patent GB-2560373-A (GB)
Title: Multi doser SCR system
Inventor: ANDREW R CRAIG
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system 10 comprises a tank 12, which contains a reagent R, a pump 14, a first doser 16 and a last doser 30 for injecting reagent in an exhaust pipe. The pump and dosers are arranged in-line. The first doser has an inlet 22 for receiving reagent from the pump and an outlet 24 for delivering reagent to the last doser. The last doser is a purging type doser. There may be a plurality of dosers arranged in series and receiving reagent from the previous doser in the line. A method to purge a SCR system comprises opening the last doser, closing all dosers intermediate the pump and the last doser, and reversing the pumping direction to create an aspiration in the SCR line, sucking back toward the tank the reagent remaining in the last doser. An electronic command unit (ECU) 32 pilots the SCR system purging method.
Patent GB-2546666-A (GB)
Title: Optical computing device diagnostics and treatment
Inventor: DINGDING CHEN
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 2014-12-12
Abstract: An example method includes performing validation testing on a tool using a plurality of reference fluids, the tool having a calibrated optical sensor installed therein that includes one or more optical elements. One or more tool sensor responses from the calibrated optical sensor may be obtained and pre-processed, and the one or more tool sensor responses may be compared with calibrated optical sensor responses derived from the calibrated optical sensor during calibration and thereby detecting one or more optical sensor anomalies. The one or more optical sensor anomalies may be evaluated through performance analysis with one or more candidate models, and an alternative candidate model may be selected to mitigate the one or more optical sensor anomalies. One or more remedial options may be pursued when the alternative candidate model fails to mitigate the one or more optical sensor anomalies.
Patent GB-2551022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in relation to expansion joints
Inventor: DANIEL CHARLES UNDERWOOD
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2017-04-19
Abstract: The expansion joint 48 has a first strip 58 on one side of a joint and a second strip 57 on a second side of a joint, wherein an upper surface plate of the first strip, in use, extends across the joint. The strips may be aligned for relative movement while maintaining the position of the surface plate. The joint may include aligned male and female co-operating parts, the female part including a channel on the first strip. The joint may include a seal which may be integral or set in a groove or channel in the expansion joint. The end of the male part may include a spacer 52 to hold the male part spaced from an end wall of the female part.
Patent GB-2550287-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for phone-as-a-key range extension
Inventor: BROCK WATTERS
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2017-04-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle 100 (and corresponding method and computer readable medium comprising instructions which perform said method) with an antenna array on the roof, one of the antenna providing a personal area network (PAN) via a PAN module, a key phone unit 112 in communication with the PAN module, where the key phone unit 112 receives commands from a mobile device 114. A number of second PAN modules may be located around vehicle 100 and may determine device 114s location, key phone unit 112 unlocking the door when the device approaches. A number of third PAN modules may be inside vehicle 100 to determine when mobile device 114 is inside, activating an ignition system in response. Each of the second and/or third modules may be initially in low-power mode and woken by the first or second modules, respectively, when device 114 comes within range. The invention aims to improve range on phone-as-a-key (PAAK) systems.
Patent GB-2557374-A (GB)
Title: Noise reduction in voltage reference signal
Inventor: Ramin Zanbaghi
IPC: H03M1/06
Filed: 2017-04-27
Abstract: A variable resistor 314 may be coupled between a reference voltage source and components of an integrated circuit to reduce issues relating to thermal noise from a reference voltage signal generated by the reference voltage source. The variable resistor may be set to a low level during a first time period and a high level during a second time period, in which the time periods (fig.4) correspond to a sampling period of a switched-capacitor circuit. The low resistance time period may allow quick settling of an input reference voltage signal, whereas the high resistance time period may reduce a bandwidth of noise on a sampling capacitor coupled to the reference voltage signal. The variable resistor and switched-capacitor network may be used in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), particularly in audio circuits.