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Patent GB-2535149-A (GB)
Title: A thermally insulated container
Inventor: PHILIP KNIGHT
IPC: F25D3/08
Filed: 2015-02-05
Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally insulated container 1 comprising an expanded foam layer 2 and a further layer 3, internal of the expanded foam layer 2, formed of a plurality of cool packs 29, 30, 32 to 35 or insulation panels 4a to 4f, wherein the expanded foam layer 2 includes a number of individual preformed sections 5 to 9 assembled to form a main body of the container, the main body consisting of a rectangular base 5 and four wall sections 6 to 9, wherein inner faces of opposed pairs of wall sections 6 to 9 are substantially parallel to each other. The invention permits a thermally insulated container 1 to both have parallel internal wall sections and to be easily assembled. The parallel wall sections enable standard rectangular components, such as cool packs 29, 30, 32 to 35, to be assembled and kept firmly in place by the wall sections of the expanded foam layer 1.
Patent GB-2533979-A (GB)
Title: An enhanced wiper assembly
Inventor: WILLIAM GERALD BARR
IPC: B60S1/38
Filed: 2015-03-18
Abstract: A wiper assembly for a window of a vehicle and a method of cleaning a window are provided. The wiper assembly comprises a wiper blade having a fluid extraction opening, a fluid discharge outlet remote from the wiper blade and a fluid tight conduit connecting the fluid extraction opening to the fluid discharge outlet. The wiper assembly may further comprise a suction pump configured to draw air and water into the fluid extraction opening and through the fluid tight conduit of the wiper assembly, thereby reducing the amount of water left of the window following wiping and improving visibility for the driver.
Patent GB-2536481-A (GB)
Title: Dredging apparatus and method of dredging
Inventor: DANIEL JOHN WORMALD
IPC: E02F3/92
Filed: 2015-03-19
Abstract: A dredging head assembly 102 comprising a cutter housing 104 having a cutting assembly 130a disposed within the cutter housing, and operable through a cutting opening in the cutter housing, an outlet opening in the cutter housing for sucking water out of the housing, and a plurality of holes in the cutter housing through which water may enter the housing. The cutter housing may feature a front side 112 and a rear side 114 which are at different depths. The cutter housing may feature a second cutting assembly 130b. The cutting assemblies may be a rotary cutter mounted on a drum 132a/b. The holes in the housing may be slits or slots. A partition 124 may divide the housing into two compartments.
Patent GB-2537868-A (GB)
Title: Powering voltage source converters
Inventor: FRANCISCO JAVIER CHIVITE ZABALZA
IPC: H02M1/00
Filed: 2015-04-29
Abstract: A voltage source converter (VSC) has one or more switching modules that may form a director switch of a converter arm of the VSC. A power distribution system 200 of the VSC has a power distribution loop 201 and one or more power distribution modules 205 that provide power from the power distribution loop to the switching module(s). A set of one or more floating power supply modules 202 generate an AC current in the power distribution loop. The floating power module(s) derive power from a voltage across one or more components of the VSC (e.g. an energy storage component or one or more semiconductor switches) and are not ground referenced power supplies, avoiding problems of suitable isolation. A ground referenced supply 207 may be removably connected to the power distribution loop to provide power when the VSC is not energised. A power controller may operate in: a single supply mode, to selectively activate a single floating power module with the other floating power modules inactive; or a multiple supply mode, where the power controller selectively activates more than one of the floating power modules. At least one of the floating power modules may be connected in series with, or inductively coupled to, the power distribution loop when active.
Patent GB-2538235-A (GB)
Title: FallBack prevent
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN GORDON
IPC: B65D83/08
Filed: 2015-05-10
Abstract: An annular or broadly conical nozzle 2 for a packet/container of wipes/wet wipes/tissues/towels having at least one set of projections 17 on its inner surface, capable of moving between at least two positions. The first position is in the direction of the wipes as they are pulled through the nozzle, the second position is pointing generally inward to prevent the wipes passing back into the packet. The projections may be biased to return to the first position. The nozzle may have a constricting element 16 capable of exerting enough pressure to separate each wipe from the next as they pass through. The nozzle wall may be flexible and may expand as the wipes pass through it.
Patent GB-2531625-A (GB)
Title: Apparatuses, systems and methods for three-dimensional printing
Inventor: BENYAMIN BULLER
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2015-06-19
Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) objects, 3D printing processes, as well as methods, apparatuses and systems for the production of a 3D object. Methods, apparatuses and systems of the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary supports. The present disclosure provides three dimensional (3D) objects printed utilizing the printing processes, methods, apparatuses and systems described herein.
Patent GB-2526995-A (GB)
Title: Expandable reamer assemblies, bottom hole assemblies, and related methods
Inventor: RADFORD STEVEN
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2014-03-04
Abstract: Expandable reamer assemblies include an expandable reamer module and an activation module. An outer tubular body of the activation module is rigidly coupled to a tubular body of the expandable reamer module, and an activation member of the activation module is coupled to a sleeve of the expandable reamer module, the sleeve coupled to at least one blade and configured to move the at least one blade into an extended position. The sleeve moves axially responsive to axial movement of the activation member. Bottom hole assemblies include an expandable reamer module and a activation module. The activation module is coupled to the expandable reamer module and configured to provide a motive force to the sleeve to move the sleeve opposite a direction of flow of drilling fluid. Methods of using expandable reamer modules include pairing two substantially identical expandable reamer modules and two respective different activation modules.
Patent GB-2543549-A (GB)
Title: Heat pump system
Inventor: Raied Al-Wazzan
IPC: H01L35/00
Filed: 2015-10-21
Abstract: A support assembly of a heat pump system, in particular a thermoelectric heat pump system comprises a plurality of platforms 36 to support at least one thermoelectric heat pump 14, at least one support structure 38 to support one of the platforms, and wherein due to thermal expansion / contraction of the heat pump(s) at least one platform is moveable with respect to another platform. Each platform may be moveable with respect to an adjacent platform. The support structure(s) may be mounted on a base 34 and thereby spaces each platform from the base. The support structure(s) may be flexible and may have a curvilinear shape defining one or more loops, may be bellowed, rectilinear or may comprise a pipe. The support structure(s) may have first end connected to the base and a second end connected to the platform. Each platform may be rectangular or cuboid and may not be connected to one another, and they may support an image sensor 12 to be cooled. A coolant may communicate through each platform via the pipe support structure thereby defining a heat sink 30 to remove heat from the heat pump(s).
Patent GB-2548316-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for identifying an object in a video image
Inventor: ALEXANDER GEORGE ROSS
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2015-12-01
Abstract: A user device e.g. smartphone 101 captures an image 113 of a video frame in a sequence of video frames containing an object to be identified e.g. merchandise in a movie, generates feature descriptors representing the captured image using e.g. a scale invariant feature transform SIFT and sends generated descriptors to a server 107. Server 107 determines feature descriptors for a plurality of video frames of a copy of the sequence, stores identifiers of objects contained in at least one video frame in an inventory 107, compares received feature descriptors with stored feature descriptors to find a matching video frame using e.g. a content-based image retrieval or query by image content process, extracts identifiers of objects contained the matching frame and sends the identifiers to the user device for display to a user. Feature descriptors may be determined for one in every N frames of the sequence. The users GPS location, or the movie title recorded by voice input and converted to text, may be sent to server 107. May allow users to identify for purchase an actors clothing, props or automobiles in a movie using a mobile app when at the cinema or at home.
Patent GB-2535624-A (GB)
Title: Driving simulator and method of use
Inventor: TIMOTHY PAUL LUFT
IPC: H04N9/31
Filed: 2016-01-07
Abstract: A driving simulator for training the drivers of emergency vehicles such as fire engines, police cars or ambulances comprises a driver station (40, figure 2), controller (20, figure 1), graphics module (10, figure 1), audio module (12, figure 1), driver input module (14, figure 1), simulated objects module (16, figure 1), and an interaction module (18, figure 1) to create a driving simulation. The driving simulator also includes a reaction module (30, 32, figure 1) which is configured to simulate the reactions of other road users, 54a-d, 62a-c, to a predetermined signal such as flashing blue lights and/or an emergency siren. First and second reaction modules are configured to simulate reactions to the flashing lights and siren respectively, and each module is configured to simulate reactions over different distances. The simulator preferably includes a curved screen (22, figure 2) surrounding the driver station with a plurality of overlapping video projectors (24, figure 2). In a further embodiment, the driver station may include a camera (72, figure 2) directed towards the eye of a user.
Patent GB-2549132-A (GB)
Title: Aperture in a semiconductor
Inventor: ALEXANDER JOHN TOPPING
IPC: H01L31/0352
Filed: 2016-04-07
Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprising a substrate comprising a groove 14 having a first 16a and a second 16b face. The first face of the groove is coated with a conductor material 18 and the second face of the groove is coated with a semiconductor material 20. The conductor material and the semiconductor material are in contact with another semiconductor material 22 in the groove. There is an aperture 26 in the another semiconductor material, thereby creating a recess in the another semiconductor material emanating into the groove. The first face, second face, the conductor material and the semiconductor material are all in contact with the another semiconductor material in the groove. The optoelectronic device may be a solar photovoltaic cell. The groove arrangement allows for a reduction in shunt resistance by way of the aperture or recess increasing the length of the charge transfer path across the top of the groove
Patent GB-2539544-A (GB)
Title: Operating floor confinement and nuclear plant
Inventor: TAKASHI SATO
IPC: G21C13/02
Filed: 2016-04-18
Abstract: An operating floor confinement 40 has: an operating floor, a sidewall 42 that surrounds the operating floor, a ceiling 43 that is provided on an upper portion of the sidewall, a reactor well 11, a fuel pool 20, a dryer and separator pit 30, an equipment hatch 44 that is provided on the sidewall 42, an air lock 45 that is provided on the sidewall, and an isolation valve 47, 48 that is provided in a penetration 46 of the sidewall; the operating floor confinement forms a pressure boundary having pressure resistance and a leakage protection function, is in contact with a containment vessel 3 via a containment vessel head 9 and separated from an equipment area 105 of the reactor building 100, and has no blowout panel. Alternatively the pressure resistance of the operating floor confinement is equal or greater than the pressure resistance of the containment vessel. In one embodiment an external venting system 80 (Figure 4) is included in contact with the outside. In one embodiment a filtered venting tank 51 (Figure 4) is included.
Patent GB-2550212-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: SIVA VAKEESAR
IPC: H04W92/20
Filed: 2016-05-13
Abstract: A base station of a communications network performs an automatic neighbour relation operation in relation to at least one Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN. An address associated with a node of the WLAN is obtained, from at least one of a communication device and a mobility management entity (MME) and the base station establishes a connection with the node of the WLAN using the obtained address. Aspects of the invention include a mobility management entity and communication device. The base station may be configured to control, using the established connection, aggregation of resources for concurrent communications via a cell operated by the base station and via an access point of the WLAN. The address may comprise a transport network layer (TNL) address. Further embodiments include the base station retrieving information indicating that a neighbouring base station has a direct connection with a node of the WLAN, and that the neighbouring base station has a direct connection with a base station that is operable as a secondary base station (SeNB), in a dual connectivity (DC) arrangement. A further embodiment provides an access point (AP) configured to broadcast an address of a WLAN to which the AP belongs.
Patent GB-2552662-A (GB)
Title: A frost or freeze protection device and method for water pipes and other water filled devices or objects
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER IAN WILLIAMS
IPC: E03B7/10
Filed: 2016-08-01
Abstract: A compressible bladder, pocket or cell may be located within a closed pipe so that if water in said pipe freezes as the volume of the water increases the bladder is compressed accordingly thus preventing an increase in internal pressure. The bladder may comprise a pipe like means 4 located at the centre of the pipe 1 via series of webs as in Fig D. The device may be adhered to one side of the pipe as in Figs B and C. The device may be a compressible foam honeycomb material containing air pockets. The walls of the pipe may be coated in a compressible foam or gell like substance, (Fig 2, 4). The walls of the pipe may contain cavities (Fig 1, 2) that compress in response to an increase in pressure.
Patent GB-2540704-A (GB)
Title: Compact imaging module and imaging reader for, and method of, detecting objects associated with targets to be read by image capture
Inventor: MICHAEL S SLUTSKY
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2015-05-13
Abstract: Objects associated with targets to be read by image capture are detected without any additional hardware in an imaging module. Return light is captured over a field of view of the module. Images are processed, during an object detection mode, to determine their image brightness from the captured return light. Illumination is emitted from an illumination light assembly at a first power level to determine a first image brightness from a first processed image, and at a different, reduced, second power level to determine a second image brightness from a second processed image. An object is determined to be in the field of view when a difference between the first image brightness and the second image brightness equals or exceeds a detection threshold value.
Patent GB-2545567-A (GB)
Title: Battery pack assembly
Inventor: CARLTON CUMMINS
IPC: H01M50/503
Filed: 2016-12-07
Abstract: A battery pack assembly (1, figure 1) comprises two holding frames (3) holding a plurality of cells (2) longitudinally therebetween, wherein two or more of the plurality of cells are connected by a conductive means 7 and the holding frames are reversibly held together by a fastening means (10) causing terminals of the cells to be urged against the conductive means, a base of at least one holding frame comprises one or more elastomeric protrusions (6, figure 3) on a surface facing the opposing frame, wherein parts of the conductive means lie between one or more of the elastomeric protrusions and one or more cell terminals such that urging of the frames together by the fastening means causes the conductive means to be urged into contact by the elastomeric protrusions with said one or more terminals. The holding frame may comprise base protrusions (8, figure 2) and side walls (5) comprising a plurality of concave arcuate sections. The fastening means are preferably screws and the conductive means may comprise one or more conductive plates. The assembly may comprise cylindrical lithium-ion batteries and may be for use with an electric bicycle.
Patent GB-2553165-A (GB)
Title: Biometrically authorisable device
Inventor: KIM KRISTIAN HUMBORSTAD
IPC: G06Q20/34
Filed: 2017-02-09
Abstract: A method for enrolment of biometric data to a biometrically authorisable device 102 comprises using a configuration system 24 on the biometrically authorisable device to receive biometric data for a user 22 from a mobile device 28, the configuration system 24 being remote from the mobile device 28 and communicating with the mobile device via a data transmission network 26. The mobile device 28 is a device known to the user and previously used by the user for secure or personal communication, for example a smartphone 28. The configuration system 24 enrols the biometric data to the biometrically authorised device 102 and provides personalisation data to the biometrically authorisable device 102. The personalisation data acts to personalise the device 102 to the user 22. The biometrically authorisable device 102 is sent to the user 22 only when both the biometric data has been enrolled and the personalisation data has been added. A configuration system, total system, computer program and biometric device suitable for implementing the method are also claimed.
Patent GB-2547345-A (GB)
Title: Message processing device and message processing method
Inventor: HIDEHIRO KAWAI
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2015-09-18
Abstract: In the present invention, the following are provided: a storage unit that sequentially stores messages received within a predetermined time period from an input interface which sequentially accepts messages output from a plurality of contexts; a message extraction unit that breaks down the messages stored in the storage unit into element messages, which are output units of a message that have been predetermined on an output side of the plurality of contexts; and a message reconstruction unit that selects element messages which match predetermined appearance patterns of the element messages to reconstruct a message.
Patent GB-2567613-A (GB)
Title: Treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia
Inventor: NICOLAS LEUPIN
IPC: A61P35/02
Filed: 2017-06-16
Abstract: The application relates to anti-CD70 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof and their use in treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The anti-CD70 antibody may be ARGX-110 or an IgG1 antibody. The anti-CD70 antibody may comprise the VH CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences and the VL CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences of ARGX-110. The anti-CD70 antibody may be administered in the dose range 0.1-15 mg/kg or preferably 0.5-2 mg/kg or 1 mg/kg The anti-CD70 antibody can be administered as part of a combination therapy with a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor, such as a hypomethylating agent like azacitidine or decitabine at doses such as 50-100 mg/m2. The anti-CD70 antibody can be administered in multiple doses, separated by 10-20, 12-18 or 14-17 days. The nucleoside metabolic inhibitor can be administered daily for 5-9 days. The clinical results show a reduction in the percentage of blasts in both the bone marrow and peripheral blood of subjects when treated with anti-CD70 antibodies (fig 4). The treatment can be used in conjunction with haematopoietic stem cell transplant on the subject and/or on subjects older than 60 or 75 years old. The anti-CD70 antibody may inhibit CD70/CD27 binding. The anti-CD70 antibody may deplete CD70-expressing cells.
Patent GB-2558693-A (GB)
Title: User analysis system and method
Inventor: Mohammed Mansoor Nusrat
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2017-06-23
Abstract: A user analysis method of assisting a current user within the videogame, comprises obtaining an indication that a hint is required for a scenario within the videogame; and if so, providing a hint to the current user relating to successful behaviour in the scenario. Providing the hint comprises obtaining one or more indicators of behaviour for the scenario within the videogame, a difference detecting step comprising detecting a respective difference between the one or more obtained indicators of behaviour and corresponding data derived from a corpus of measured indicators of behaviour previously generated from a subset of other users detected to have a predetermined level of success in the scenario. The providing step includes providing a hint to the current user indicating a change in one or more behaviours that reduces a respective difference in the one or more measured indicators of behaviour between the current user and the subset of other users detected to have a predetermined level of success in the scenario.
Patent GB-2555236-A (GB)
Title: Methods, apparatus, and systems for injecting and detecting compositions in drilling fluid systems
Inventor: NEIL PATRICK SCHEXNAIDER
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2015-05-15
Abstract: Various embodiments relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for injecting and detecting compositions in drilling fluid systems. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of injecting and detecting a composition in a drilling fluid system. The method can include injecting the composition into the drilling fluid system. The drilling fluid system can include a gas detector. The method can also include detecting the composition with the gas detector.
Patent GB-2567642-A (GB)
Title: Unique identifiers based on quantum effects
Inventor: SHAHRAM MOSSAYEBI
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2017-10-17
Abstract: A method is provided for determining a unique identifier of a device, the device including a quantum tunnelling barrier unique to the device. The method comprises applying a potential difference across the quantum tunnelling barrier, the potential difference sufficient to enable tunnelling of charge carriers through the quantum tunnelling barrier. The method further comprises measuring an electrical signal, the electrical signal representative of a tunnelling current through the quantum tunnelling barrier, the tunnelling current being characteristic of the quantum tunnelling barrier. The method further comprises determining, from the measured electrical signal, a unique identifier for the device. Related apparatuses, systems, computer-readable media and methods are also provided herein.