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Patent GB-2505821-A (GB)
Title: Glued ledger head
Inventor: ROGERS PETER J
IPC: E04G5/00
Filed: 2012-05-16
Abstract: A modular scaffold component of different material components advantageously uses the durability and reliability of conventional type steel ledger heads adhesively secured to by an aluminum or aluminum alloy structural member. In a preferred embodiment the structural member is an extruded elongate tube and in a further preferred structure the elongate tube is of a non circular cross section having thickened top and bottom portions preferably interior to a circular outer surface. These thickened portions provide additional strength and structural characteristics such that the component can be freely substituted for the equivalent steel component. In this way the component may be added to existing systems to take advantage of the reduced weight thereof without requiring a dedicated system or rendering an existing system obsolete.
Patent GB-2522045-A (GB)
Title: Instrument for manipulating an implant
Inventor: SLADE JONATHAN JAMES
IPC: A61F2/46
Filed: 2014-01-10
Abstract: An instrument 10 for manipulating a prosthetic implant 2 e.g. acetabular cup, the instrument comprising: an attachment element 20, operable to engage the implant; an actuation rod 50, a distal end 50a of which is connected to the attachment element 20; and a stem 14, the actuation rod 50 being at least partially moveably received within the stem 14, wherein the attachment element 20 is bendable between a first position in which the attachment element 20 does not engage the implant 2 and a second position in which the attachmentelement 20 engages the implant, the actuation rod 50 being configured so as to selectively bend the attachment element 20 between the first and second positions upon movement of the actuation rod 50.
Patent GB-2522461-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle rear suspension
Inventor: BARR ROBERT JAMES
IPC: B62K25/28
Filed: 2014-01-25
Abstract: The rear suspension of a bicycle, particularly suitable for off road use, comprises a swing arm 1, mounted to main frame 16 by a pivot 5, above and to the rear of a bottom bracket location. A droplink 2 pivots to the swing arm 1 at pivot 7 and extends forwardly and above the bottom bracket to rocker 3, said rocker driving a rear shock unit 4.
Patent GB-2524255-A (GB)
Title: Sliding engine component
Inventor: LAING IAN MATTHEW
IPC: F16C33/20
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sliding bearing component for an engine, e.g. bearing shell 100, having a sliding surface provided by a plastic polymer-based layer 104 on a metallic substrate 102 is provided. The method comprises: providing a deposition mixture of water and at least one other solvent selected from the group consisting of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone, the deposition mixture further comprising polyamide-imide polymer; depositing a coating of the deposition mixture on the metallic substrate; and curing the coating to form the plastic polymer-based layer. The sliding bearing component is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2524814-A (GB)
Title: Door Closer
Inventor: SMITH ROBIN
IPC: E05F3/22
Filed: 2014-04-03
Abstract: A door closer having a closer body 1 housing an electrical actuator connected to an electrical connector locatable in two or more positions enabling the closer body to be mounted in different positions/orientations. The electrical connector may be movably mounted, there may be two electrical connectors 24. Also provided is a door closer with have a rotary shaft 7 connected to a door control arm 9, a first latch member 6 mounted relative to the closer body and a second latch member 29 mounted relative to the rotary shaft, the second latch member being arranged to engage with the first latch member to arrest rotation of the rotary shaft to latch the rotary shaft in a desired position holding a door open. A mounting structure enables the angle between the control arm and the second latch member to be varied between 0 and at least 90 degrees.
Patent GB-2524971-A (GB)
Title: Infant clothing incorporating a teething surface
Inventor: HUNTER KYLIE
IPC: A61J17/02
Filed: 2014-04-07
Abstract: An article of infants clothing incorporates a teething surface 50 provided on the surface of one end of an arm 10 of the clothing. The end of the sleeve is configured such that a fold 60 in the cuff 30 allows the end of the sleeve to be folded back upon itself causing the teething surface 50 to be hidden from view and inaccessible by the infant. The cuff may include an attachment means enabling it to be secured in the folded position. The teething surface 50 may be elastomeric, and may comprise rubber, silicon or plastic materials.
Patent GB-2510998-A (GB)
Title: Golf balls having electronically-detectable inserts
Inventor: LINDSAY NORMAN MATHESON
IPC: A63B37/02
Filed: 2014-05-06
Abstract: A golf ball has an RFID or other electronically-detectable tag-insert 4 that is located in an over-size central cavity 6 of the golf-ball core 2, the tag is immersed in an aqueous liquid and or/ thixotropic gel medium 5 which in response to striking of the ball flows as a liquid round the tag within the cavity to damp transitional movement and vibration of the tag. For retro-fit of an already-manufactured standard ball, entry of aqueous liquid into the cavity 6 is from a borehole-opening 3 which is centred within a dimple of the outer cover 1 of the ball, and which is sealed 8 following introduction of a gelling agent 9 into the cavity. A central cavity (Fig.3, 22) can be formed in the core (20) of a ball during its manufacture, and after the cavity has been filled with the liquid medium (23) to immerse the tag (24), it is closed by a plastics plug (25) that displaces excess liquid (26) from the cavity. The tag (fig.7, 42) of a used and damaged ball can be retrieved and recycled by automated machine (fig.5, 30) that cuts a circumferential slit through the cover and partly into the core of the ball, and then impacts blades of a chisel (fig.7, 38) in the slit either side of the ball-centre to split the ball in two and reveal the tag.
Patent GB-2526307-A (GB)
Title: A housing for at least one object detection device, a primary unit and a pavement slab assembly
Inventor: CURRAN EANNA
IPC: H02J7/02
Filed: 2014-05-20
Abstract: A housing for a foreign object detection device 3 in a non-contact power transfer system for an electric automobile has a top element 4 and a bottom element 5 which are non-metallic. The foreign object sensing device 3 is sandwiched between the upper 4 and lower 5 elements, which may be a cover plate 4 and a base plate 5. The housing may have an inner hollow volume 7, in which the foreign object sensor parts 3 are disposed. The housing may form part of a primary energy transfer system for wireless charging of a vehicle. The housing may be encased within a paving slab 2, for example being embedded in concrete, fiber-reinforced plastic, or integrated into a charging pad.
Patent GB-2530289-A (GB)
Title: Low-complexity channelisation scheme catering for signals of arbitrary centre frequency and bandwidth
Inventor: JONES KEITH JOHN
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: A method of wideband signal channelisation, to channelize a real-valued wideband input data signal containing at least one constituent relatively narrowband signal of interest, comprises the steps of: a) applying a polyphase discrete Fourier transform PDFT to the input signal data to produce a plurality of channels of polyphase filtered data, wherein the or each signal of interest is wholly contained within a respective channel; b) processing the polyphase filtered data by applying a complex-data fast Fourier transform; c) identifying which of the plurality of channels contain a signal of interest and estimating parameters of each such signal; and d) applying digital down-conversion DDC to each channel identified as containing a signal of interest, to produce channelised output data.
Patent GB-2516179-A (GB)
Title: Automatic realtime speech impairment correction
Inventor: MALKIN PETER K
IPC: G10L25/48
Filed: 2013-03-06
Abstract: Automatic correcting of user's speech impairment in speech may include obtaining the audio signal of a given user's speech, and analyzing the obtained audio signal to identify artifacts caused by the user's impairment. The obtained audio signal may be modified by eliminating the identified artifacts from it. The modified audio signal may be provided, e.g., to be played or broadcast or transmitted.
Patent GB-2532298-A (GB)
Title: A cable restraint
Inventor: PAUL DAVID RUDDICK
IPC: H02G3/32
Filed: 2015-03-25
Abstract: Cable restraints for retaining cables when in folded configuration are disclosed. A cable restraint includes a bendable strip which is bent at two positions along its length to form a U-shape, with a base 2, a first arm 3, and a second arm 4. The first and second arms each extend from opposite ends of the base. One or both of the arms have at least two pairs of aligned notches 5, 6, 7, 8 formed on their edges to allow the arms to be folded along lines 9 and 10 to retain a cable. A line of weakness may be enhanced by scoring the surface of the strip between the notches. The cable restraint may be made from mild steel, so that it continues to support the cables in the event of a fire.
Patent GB-2526432-A (GB)
Title: Printing method and printing products employing the method thereof
Inventor: LIU CHUNCHIT
IPC: B33Y10/00
Filed: 2013-10-24
Abstract: A printing method include steps: creating a 3D image corresponding to a to-be-printed image; sticking a film to a transparent sheet by removable glue; printing the 3D image on an inner surface of the film; adhering an elastic layer to the film by water based adhesive; modeling the printed film to form 3D model by vacuum plastic-absorbing machine; adding silica gel to the elastic layer to finalize the design. The printing product includes a film being printed with 3D image, an elastic layer adhered to the film by water based adhesive, silica gel added to the elastic layer for finalizing the design. As a result, the printing product is color printed with high definition, and the coating area on the 3D model is not limited. Furthermore, because the color layer is protected, the color on the 3D model is not prone to wear.
Patent GB-2538987-A (GB)
Title: Displaying a network of related entities
Inventor: JAMES ROBERT GRANT
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2015-06-02
Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) displays a network of nodes corresponding to a user and other entities. A parent (user) node location (20) is calculated in the GUI display space and displayed, then entities having a relationship with the user are retrieved. The relationship, with associated metric, for each entity is retrieved, a display distance in the display space is calculated based on it, and a child node displayed (22) corresponding to the entity at the distance from the parent node. The displayed node shape may differ (fig. 7). User inputs are received indicating respectively child node and a display space location selection. An updated distance between parent node and the indicated location is calculated, and the stored relationship is amended based on the updated distance. The child node is then displayed at the updated distance. A network edge (24), (26) based on the metric may be displayed between nodes. Distance calculation may comprise adjusting preliminary distance with weighting information comprising a measure of inter-entity interaction (e.g. messages). Auxiliary nodes without a user relationship may be displayed. The GUI display may be divided into zones, within which nodes are displayed. Access rights in a security application may thus be controlled.
Patent GB-2529538-A (GB)
Title: Conductivity sensing
Inventor: HAMMER DAVID
IPC: G01R27/22
Filed: 2015-07-02
Abstract: Measurement of electrical conductivity of a fluid comprises directing fluid along an insulating bore 2 between first and second conductive flanges 3, 4 in contact with the fluid which are coupled by a low impedance pathway 6. A voltage is induced in the fluid via a toroidal inductor 7 at a first position between the flanges, and the current induced in a toroidal detector 8, at a second position between the flanges, by current in the fluid is measured. The inductor and detector are coaxial with the bore. The voltage within the fluid between two electrodes 9, 10 is calculated. The first electrode is located between the first flange and the inductor, the second electrode is located between the detector and the second flange, both electrodes being located sufficiently far from its respective flange to be unaffected by electrical field disturbances in the vicinity of the flanges. A temperature sensor is also disclosed to enable temperature compensation to conductivity measurements when used for calculating dissolved solids content in the fluid.
Patent GB-2530662-A (GB)
Title: Virtual gaming system and method
Inventor: GREEN TIMOTHY PATRICK JONATHAN
IPC: G07F17/38
Filed: 2015-09-03
Abstract: A virtual gaming system comprises a user input, a video clip database, a challenge or betting database, a display for viewing the video segments and results, and a processor. A user selects at least one opponent 104. The processor then randomly selects more than one video clip featuring the opponent from the video database 110. The processor randomly selects a challenge, for example number of goals scored in the match, for the user to guess 112. The system then compares the outcome of the video clip with the challenge input from the user, and generates results data based on whether these match. Subsidiary challenges, such as number of fouls, cards, tackles, saves or misses, may be provided. An associated method of the gaming system is also claimed.
Patent GB-2544071-A (GB)
Title: Method and kit for identifying gene mutations
Inventor: ROBIN JOHN GREEN
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2015-11-04
Abstract: A method of identifying mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, a kit for performing said method, and furthermore to isolated nucleotide sequences being complementary to one or more mutations of the CFTR gene. The mutations comprise c.1277_1278insAT, c.3512_3516dupCAGA and c.2630delC. The mutations may be useful in determining cystic fibrosis in African, black or mixed-race patients.
Patent GB-2548631-A (GB)
Title: Electrical load management method and apparatus
Inventor: FERNANDO LAGES
IPC: H02J1/14
Filed: 2016-03-25
Abstract: An electrical load management system 1 for a vehicle power supply system having a high voltage network (NHV, figure 1) and a low voltage network (NLV) coupled to each other by a DC-DC converter 6. The electrical load management system has a controller (10) for controlling one or more high voltage vehicle electrical system VSHV connected to the high voltage network and one or more low voltage vehicle electrical system VSLV connected to the low voltage network. The controller has a processor (11) for receiving command signals for the high and low voltage vehicle electrical systems (VSHV, VSLV); and a memory device (12) having instructions stored and coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to determine a first electrical load on the high voltage network and a second electrical load on the low voltage network in dependence on the command signals. The processor controls operation of the high and low voltage vehicle electrical systems in dependence on the determined first and second electrical loads. Vehicle electrical systems may be activated/de-activated, have varied power settings, or operate at intermediate power setting depending on a priority system for manageable loads.
Patent GB-2535111-A (GB)
Title: Orientation adapter for use with a tubing hanger
Inventor: Chin Choy Tan
IPC: E21B33/047
Filed: 2014-12-03
Abstract: A subsea wellhead (10) assembly includes a production tree (12) and a tubing hanger assembly having a tubing hanger (30) and an orientation adapter (32). A passage (36) is formed through a side wall of the orientation adapter for porting communication from within a main bore of the wellhead assembly. When the tubing hanger assembly lands in the wellhead, a key (52) on the orientation adapter engages a helical profile (50) on an inner surface of the main bore and rotates the orientation adapter so that the passage registers with a passage in the tree. Fluid and electricity communicates through the registered passages. Examples of connectors (37) between the respective passages include spheriseal connectors and electrical wet connects.
Patent GB-2546569-A (GB)
Title: Virtualization device
Inventor: REZA NEJABATI
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2016-07-13
Abstract: A virtualization device (300), associated method and software modules for composing a virtual network implemented using physical network infrastructure. The device comprises: a node functionality and constraints module (380), configured to identify functionality and constraints of one or more nodes of the infrastructure; a link constraints module (390), configured to identify constraints of links of the infrastructure; a network modeler module (370), generates a model of the infrastructure, based on the functionality and constraints of the nodes and constraints of the links; a virtual network composer module (320) receives a request for a desired virtual network and maps the desired network onto the physical network infrastructure based on the network modelling module (370) model; node and link mapping modules (340, 350) simultaneously map virtual node(s) of the desired virtual network onto one or more physical nodes or part of a physical node and map virtual link(s) onto one or more physical links. The node and link mapping modules may comprise slicing and aggregation modules.
Patent GB-2557164-A (GB)
Title: A drying device
Inventor: GRAEME JOYNSON
IPC: F26B21/00
Filed: 2016-09-06
Abstract: The drying device which dries a surface comprises: a body and a vent. The body includes at least two parts 10, 20 which are movable relative to each other while remaining connected together. The body is arranged to be placed against a surface and directs a drying fluid, such as air, past the surface. The body has a port 60 to receive a current of drying fluid and a vent is provided on the body so that the drying fluid passes through the body creating a volume of drying fluid in contact with the surface. The parts fit concentrically together. The device may include interlocking portions to lock with other devices and can be used to define a floor or walk way. Also claimed are system using multiple devices and methods of using either one or multiple devices. The system may include a pressurised fluid source, a heater or a dehumidifier.
Patent GB-2540707-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioner and air conditioning system
Inventor: Hayato Horie
IPC: F25B40/06
Filed: 2014-05-13
Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a refrigerant circuit that has a compressor, an exterior heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an interior heat exchanger connected via refrigerant piping and forms a refrigerating cycle; and a control means that, by controlling the refrigerating cycle on the basis of a sensible heat capacity or latent heat capacity obtained from the cooling capacity of the refrigerant circuit and the cooling load of the refrigerant circuit, causes heat exchange to occur in the interior heat exchanger, controlling discharge air temperature. Therein, the control means has a capacity determination means that determines the cooling capacity of the refrigerant circuit on the basis of the sensible heat capacity or latent heat capacity, and a control selection means that selects, on the basis of the determination result of the capacity determination means, a superheating degree control for controlling the degree of superheating, or an evaporation temperature control for controlling evaporation temperature.
Patent GB-2543009-A (GB)
Title: Lower bearing for mooring assembly for a vessel
Inventor: JIMME KRUIJT
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 2014-08-05
Abstract: A mooring assembly for a vessel comprises a moonpool having a casing, a turret positioned in said moonpool and mounted therein for a rotation by means of an upper bearing assembly and a lower bearing assembly and mooring lines attached to a lower part of the turret. The lower bearing assembly comprises a stiff inner bearing ring attached to said lower part of the turret, an outer bearing ring attached to the casing of the moonpool and a number of circumferentially spaced bearing blocks positioned between the inner and outer bearing rings. Mounting means are provided for maintaining a substantially fixed position of the bearing blocks relative to the outer bearing ring. The mounting means are devised for allowing the bearing blocks to carry out a settling movement relative to the outer bearing ring for assuming a position in which the load transfer between the bearing blocks and outer bearing ring occurs with a minimum of stress concentrations within the outer bearing ring and wherein the larger part of the load transfer occurs directly between the bearing blocks and outer bearing ring without being directed through the mounting means.
Patent GB-2544225-A (GB)
Title: Deterministically controlled humidification system
Inventor: RUSSEL WILLIAM BURGESS
IPC: A61M16/16
Filed: 2015-09-03
Abstract: A respiratory humidification system for providing humidification to gases that pass through a gas passage way before being provided to an airway of a patient is disclosed. The respiratory humidification system may include a liquid flow controller providing a controlled flow of liquid, a heating system including a heating surface configured to be located in a gases passage way and provide humidification to gases passing through the passage way, wherein the heating system receives the controlled flow of liquid, and one or more hardware processors providing deterministic control of a humidity level of gases passing through the gas passage way by instructing the liquid flow controller to adjust the controlled flow of liquid received at the heating system.
Patent GB-2544441-A (GB)
Title: Low strain high ductility alloy
Inventor: DOMINIQUE FLAHAUT
IPC: C22C38/50
Filed: 2015-08-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to alloys used to prepare a low strain steel pipes for use in chemical engineering applications. In particular, the invention relates to low carbon high strength steel alloys and pipes made from such alloys which have low strain but high ductility at elevated temperatures. Such pipes are typically used in chemical plants for transporting reactants and products, as the inlet manifolds in plants for producing hydrogen and methanol. They may be used in plant such as steam reformer furnaces which include inlet manifolds that need to possess good creep resistance (low strain) as well as having good thermo-mechanical fatigue resistance (high ductility).
Patent GB-2561218-A (GB)
Title: Identification of electrical phase of an electrical device
Inventor: SANJAYA SINGHAL
IPC: H02J3/26
Filed: 2017-04-06
Abstract: Electrical phase identification of a device 12 connected to a single phase of a multi-phase output of an upstream device 11, e.g. a two phase or three phase transformer, is performed by comparing a variation in voltage of the device over a reference time period with the variation in voltage at each of the phases of the multi-phase output over the same time period. The comparison may involve determining whether the respective variations are within a pre-defined threshold. The variations in voltage may correspond to an event within an electricity distribution network, such as an individual phase power outage, power restoration, dips, sag, swell, over- or under-voltage, or an injected control signal. The device whose phase is identified may be a utility meter that monitors a customers energy consumption.