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Patent GB-2537640-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle flooring system
Inventor: DANIEL STEEDMAN
IPC: B62D25/20
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: A vehicle flooring system comprises a plurality of planks 10, 20, at least one of which including a first recessed channel 50 on a first surface for attaching loads, typically anchor points for seats being fitted into a vehicle, so as to restrain movement of the load relative to the vehicle. Plank 10 has connection means 70 for removably attaching an edge-strip 80 for covering the edge of a flooring layer 44 placed on top of plank 10. Connection means 70 is located on the first surface immediately adjacent channel 50; suitably, two grooves 70 either side of channel 50 can be provided. Flooring layer 44 may comprise vinyl, preferably between 3 mm and 7 mm thick, carpet, carpet tiles or sheets of wood. Each plank 10, 20 may have a second substantially continuous planar surface 21, which may be inverted and used with second surface 21 uppermost.
Patent GB-2538297-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for controlling a pump of a cooling system of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle
Inventor: FILIPPO LACHINA
IPC: F02B29/04
Filed: 2015-05-14
Abstract: A method and system for controlling a cooling fluid pump 6 of a cooling system for cooling intake air of an internal combustion engine 3 of a vehicle by a heat exchanger 2 supplied by cooling fluid delivered by said pump 6. The method comprising controlling (S40, S60, fig.2) a fluid flow parameter (Qw, fig.2) of the pump 6 based on the vehicle speed parameter (v, fig.2), an intake air flow parameter (QA, fig.2) of said engine 3 and/or a cooling fluid temperature parameter (Tw, fig.2) of said cooling fluid. The air intake may further comprise a compressor, such as a turbocharger, and/or an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. The invention improves the performance of the cooling system by limiting the fluid flow (parameter) of the pump by an upper fluid flow threshold beyond which there is little or no improvement in efficiency thus control of the pump may be improved.
Patent GB-2541689-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for determining location of at least a part of an object
Inventor: DUNCAN COMES
IPC: G01B11/14
Filed: 2015-08-26
Abstract: Apparatus for determining location of at least a part of a first object which may be a shrouded turbine blade 12, the apparatus comprising: a controller (14, fig 1) configured to: control an actuator (16) to move an optical arrangement (18), (which may be include a body 34, source 36 and first and second optical fibres 38, 40), relative to the first object 12. The controller 14 also controls the optical arrangement to: transmit an electromagnetic wave 57 (may be a light beam or infrared beam); receive a signal from the optical arrangement; and determine a location of an edge of the first object 12 by determining whether a change in a parameter of the signal satisfies at least one criterion. The parameter may be the amplitude of the signal.
Patent GB-2526031-A (GB)
Title: Storage system and method for managing data
Inventor: NARITA KENSUKE
IPC: G06F11/20
Filed: 2013-05-08
Abstract: [Problem] To duplicate data and data-update information to raise fault tolerance. [Solution] The present invention is provided with: a first storage device connected to a host computer, the first storage device having a plurality of first data volumes and a first journal volume in which is stored journal data including data written into the plurality of first data volumes and an update number indicating the sequence in which the data was written; a second storage device connected to the host computer and the first storage device, the second storage device having a plurality of second data volumes in which duplicated data of each of the plurality of first data volumes is stored, and a second journal volume in which duplicated data of the first journal volume is stored; a third storage device connected to the first storage device and having a plurality of third data volumes in which a remote copy pair is configured with the plurality of first data volumes by using journal data received from the first storage device; and a fourth storage device connected to the third storage device and having a plurality of fourth data volumes in which duplicated data of each of the plurality of third data volumes is stored.
Patent GB-2535658-A (GB)
Title: Materials for hydrophilic interaction chromatography and processes for preparation and use thereof for analysis of glycoproteins and glycopeptides
Inventor: MATTHEW A LAUBER
IPC: C08L33/14
Filed: 2014-12-22
Abstract: A porous material comprising a copolymer comprising at least on hydrophilic monomer and at least a first and second poly-amide bonded phase, wherein the average pore size is greater than or equal to 200 Å or between 1 and 50Å. The porous material may comprise porous particles or a porous monolith comprising said copolymer. The hydrophilic polymer preferably comprises monomers having di or tri alkoxy silanes. The poly-amide bonded phase may comprise acrylamides, acrylates, acrylonitriles, and preferably poly(divinyl benzene-co-N-vinylcaprolactam). The material can have a median pore diameter of about 100 Å to about 1000 Å and a nitrogen content from about 0.5% to about 20%. Methods using said porous material for isolating, analysing and determining levels of a component from a mixture are disclosed, particularly via hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC). Methods are directed towards the separation of proteins and glycosylated proteins, due to improved pore diffusion arising from increased or decreased average pore size. The porous material may be used in a separation device, such as chromatographic columns, cartridges, and thin layer chromatographic plates.
Patent GB-2550553-A (GB)
Title: Document inspection apparatus
Inventor: Ray Staerck
IPC: G07D7/16
Filed: 2016-05-12
Abstract: A document inspection apparatus 100 for high speed document, ie bank note, inspection comprises a first illumination device 110 and detector 114 for receiving visible light reflected from translucent parts of the document, together with light reflected from a reflection member 107 behind the translucent parts and a second illumination device 105 and detector 112 which perform a similar function for infra-red light, notably using the same reflection member 107 and a common inspection region. This reduces cost and space requirements. The visible light is used to compare properties of a first translucent part and infra-red light is used to determine properties of a second translucent part comprising a metallic reflective material. The difference in reflectivity of the translucent parts compared to that of the reflection member is used to determine topography and/or opacity. A non-specular, line scan camera detector arrangement is used and analysis includes identification of corners and edges. The reflection member material comprises infra-red absorbing additives or printing ink. In particular the infra red is used to detect whether foil in a bank note has been satisfactorily demetallised and the visible light detects any defects in a translucent region of the bank note.
Patent GB-2554639-A (GB)
Title: Method of predicting the likelihood of success of gene therapy
Inventor: MICHAEL THEMIS
IPC: G01N33/53
Filed: 2016-09-28
Abstract: A method of predicting the likelihood of success of a gene therapy procedure wherein the method involves inducing DNA damage in a cell sample from an individual and assessing the ability of the cell to repair the cell damage to determine whether the individual could tolerate DNA damage caused by a gene therapy vector. In preferred embodiments, the ability of the individuals cells to repair DNA damage is assessed by detecting, and monitoring the presence of a marker of DNA damage repair such as phosphorylated histone H2AX (gamma H2AX) or phosphorylated 53BP1 in the sample.
Patent GB-2558883-A (GB)
Title: Enclosure
Inventor: Matthew Heard
IPC: A01K47/06
Filed: 2017-01-12
Abstract: An enclosure for holding one or more live insects, e.g. bees, moths or butterflies, comprises a holding chamber 2 and an inlet to the holding chamber, wherein the inlet is provided with an access control means which allows a user to control access to the holding chamber and prevents insect(s) from escaping. The access control means includes a first aperture (29, figure 2) in the base (28, figure 2) of the holding chamber. A receptacle (24, figure 2) includes second aperture (31, figure 2), and is movable relative to the base of the holding chamber. In a first open position, the apertures are in alignment, and in a second closed position, the first and second apertures are out of alignment and no part of the apertures overlap. In a preferred embodiment, the access control means is biased towards a closed position. The enclosure may include one or more vents and may be made from a transparent or plastics material. A feeder 7 may be arranged such that in use, insects may be fed from inside the holding chamber. A feeder for an insect is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2543451-A (GB)
Title: Defoaming compositions and processes for cementing applications
Inventor: AMIR MAHMOUDKHANI
IPC: C09K8/48
Filed: 2012-02-28
Abstract: A drilling fluid or mud with a defoaming composition comprising an organic acid ester of a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer. The ester preferably has the general structure: wherein R is an alkyl or alkyl carboxylate or aryl or aryl carboxylate group with 3-40 carbon atoms, a is 2-8 and b is 16-67. Alternatively, it may have a polyoxyethylene backbone and polyoxypropylene end groups. The ester may further have a molecular weight of 1000-5000 Da and an acid number less than 15. The drilling fluid may also comprise hydrophobic solids, such as hydrophobic silica, talc, clays, aluminosilicates, mica and alumina, preferably hydrophobic silica at 0.1-10% wt of the aforementioned organic acid ester. The silica may be hydrophobised silica fume and/or precipitated silica. The defoaming composition is used in a method of breaking / reducing the foam in a foamed drilling fluid, or of facilitating the disposal of a drilling fluid after well treatment or of preventing the entrainment of air / gas in a drilling fluid (claimed).
Patent GB-2549181-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cell hybrid power system
Inventor: LEONINE FUNGAI KUNZWA
IPC: H02J1/00
Filed: 2017-02-22
Abstract: A power system comprising: an electrical power bus; one or more loads 20 electrically coupled to the bus; a fuel cell 10; a battery (fig 3, 34); a first switch (fig 3, 38) coupled between the battery and the bus; which is switchable between a first state and a second state; the first state of the switch 38 where the battery 34 is directly connected to the bus so the battery 34 provides electrical power to the bus; and the second state of the switch 38 where battery 34 is disconnected from the electrical power bus, a capacitor (figure 4, 44) connected to the bus via a second switch, (figure 4, 44) which is switchable between first, second and third states, where in the first state the capacitor is connected to the bus and supply power to the bus, in the second state is disconnected from the bus and in the third state is connected to the bus via a resistor (figure 4, 50) to charge the capacitor.
Patent GB-2560994-A (GB)
Title: Access network selection
Inventor: Maria Cuevas Ramirez
IPC: H04W48/20
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: A method of operating a wireless routing device 17 to control access to a voice communication service by a mobile device (9, 10) connected to a wireless local area network (WLAN) 19 of the wireless routing device. A request from the mobile device to a cellular network gateway of the cellular network for access to the voice communication service is identified and prior to forwarding the request to the cellular network gateway a quality score for a non-cellular wireless link between the mobile device and the cellular network gateway for accessing the voice communication service is calculated. The cellular network gateway may be an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG). The quality of the non-cellular wireless network link is compared against the respective quality of at least one alternative network observed by the mobile device and the request is rejected or allowed to proceed to the cellular network gateway accordingly. The invention may be used to select between voice over Wifi (VoWiFi) and voice over LTE (VoLTE) services.
Patent GB-2553214-A (GB)
Title: Cryogenic expander with collar bumper for reduced noise and vibration characteristics
Inventor: RALPH CADY LONGSWORTH
IPC: F25B9/14
Filed: 2017-07-20
Abstract: A cryogenic expander comprising a cylinder 6 and a pneumatically driven piston 1 having warm 7 and cold 9 ends, a seal at the warm piston end, a bumper, such as O-rings 24, 25, within the cylinder, a collar 22 having a lip at the warm piston end and being at least as long as a piston stroke and having a diameter the same as the piston. The lip is arranged to engage with the bumper to prevent the piston coming into contact with the warm or cold cylinder ends to reduce noise. The expander may operate on a Gifford McMahon Cycle (figs 2-5) or a Brayton cycle (figs 6 & 7). The lip of the collar may be located on the outside (see fig 2), or the inside (see fig 3) of the diameter of the collar. The expander may feature a drive stem (figs 2, 3 & 6).
Patent GB-2570642-A (GB)
Title: Turbine blade
Inventor: STEPHEN JOHN MCLOUGHLIN
IPC: F03D15/20
Filed: 2018-01-23
Abstract: A turbine rotor is disclosed. The turbine rotor comprises a pair of non-electrically conducting opposing circular plates 12,13 spaced apart by blades 11. The ends 12,13 rotate about a common axis X-X. At least one of the plates may support an array of magnets (14, Figure 2B), spaced around the axis and at the periphery of the plate. The blades may be formed by 3d printing and the rotor may be secured in a housing 20. The turbine rotor is used to form part of an electricity generator, in particular one that is wind powered. Coils 24 are disposed on an end 21 of the casing 20, opposite the magnets. In use, rotation of the blades induces a current in the coils. The coils can be wired to create multiple phases of electricity.
Patent GB-2576701-A (GB)
Title: Electrical isolator fitting
Inventor: STEPHEN WALTERS
IPC: F16L5/00
Filed: 2018-08-15
Abstract: An isolator fitting positioned about an opening in a metallic rib (9C, fig. 3) of an aircraft wing comprises a first isolator 22, a second isolator 24 and a conduit 30. The first isolator is mounted to the rib to align a first isolator opening 22A with an opening in the rib. The second isolator is mounted to the rib and has a nut housing segment 25 which defines a second isolator opening 24A with is aligned with the opening in the rib. The conduit has a nut 28 mounted on its outer surface and abuts against the first isolator. The conduit extends through the openings of the rib and first and second isolators, which positions the nut within the nut housing segment such that the nut housing segment is positioned between the nut and the rib. The isolator fitting is used in an aircraft wing which comprises a fuel tank (11, fig. 1) defined between ribs and a skin of the wing. A method of electrically insulating and supporting a fluid pipe from a metallic rib comprises mounting the isolators about the conduit, securing them to the rib, and mounting the fluid pipe to the conduit.
Patent GB-2566160-A (GB)
Title: Surgical tables
Inventor: MATT CLAYTON
IPC: A61G13/06
Filed: 2017-09-04
Abstract: A surgical table comprising a height adjustable column 30 extending from a base, a table top, a moveable framework 50 mounted between the table top and the column 30, a pair of linear guide mechanisms 102 mounted to opposite sides of the column 30 to allow for translation of the framework, an actuator mechanism 56 coupled to the moveable framework 50 and arranged to raise and lower the framework and rotate it about a transverse axis and a brace mechanism 108 which extends between the linear guides. The brace 108 may have its own guide structure and be made of plates. The linear guides 102 may comprise channels and sliders and employ locking or braking systems with electric actuators, hydraulic cylinders or gas springs. The column 30 may be telescopic and there may be a pair of actuators 56 coupled to diagonally opposed corners 82 of a rectangular framework.
Patent GB-2576784-A (GB)
Title: Facial landmark localisation system and method
Inventor: JIANKANG DENG
IPC: G06N3/04
Filed: 2018-09-03
Abstract: A neural network system and method for localising facial landmarks in an image comprises two or more convolutional neural networks, 200, in series. Each convolution neural network comprises a plurality of downsampling layers, 211, 212, 213, 224, which downsample the input image signal, and a plurality of upsampling layers 220, 222, 216, 224, 215, 214 which upsample the downsampled signal. During the upsampling of the downsampled signal at an upsampling layer, the upsampled signal is also combined with the signal from a connection to a lateral layer of equal size. Each of the upsampling layers thus aggregates input from the previous lateral layer of equal size with downsampled input from a smaller downsampling layer. At least one of these upsampling layers, 224, further includes an input from a larger (upsampling) layer. Lateral connections may be skip connections or one or more convolutions, e.g. depth-wise separable convolution(s). The input may be a 128x128 pixel input image. The system may comprise a channel aggregation block for each layer of the convolutional neural network, blocks including channel increase, decrease and branch steps. Outputs of each convolutional neural network may be connected to spatial transformers, such as a deformable convolution.
Patent GB-2565660-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for syntonized streaming
Inventor: SAVCHENKO PETROV
IPC: H04W56/00
Filed: 2016-04-01
Abstract: ﻿An apparatus and method for syntonized streaming. One embodiment provides a digital streaming device for syntonized streaming. The digital streaming device also includes a first data channel and a second data channel that communicate a data stream. The digital streaming device further includes a clock comparator electrically coupled to the reference clock and configured to receive the reference clock signal. The clock comparator is also configured to receive a first feedback signal for the first data channel and a second feedback signal for the second data channel. The clock comparator is further configured to generate a first syntonization signal based on the first feedback signal and the second feedback signal. The digital streaming device also includes a first resampling circuit electrically coupled to the clock comparator and configured to adjust a first sample rate of the first data channel based on the first syntonization signal.
Patent GB-2567318-A (GB)
Title: Electrosurgical device
Inventor: MARNO NAGTEGAAL
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2017-01-09
Abstract: The surgical instrument has an end effector controlled by a handle moveable relative to the instrument to move the end effector between two conditions. A latching mechanism is formed of a single integrally formed component arranged to engage with the handle allowing the end effector to be retained in one condition, leaving the users hand free to perform other functions of the instrument. The latching mechanism comprises a protrusion 1120 extending from a moveable handle or trigger into a second handle which has a slideable receiving portion comprising two cam surfaces 1112, 1116 and a notch 1114. To lock the handle, the protrusion interacts with the first cam surface 1112 to push the receiving portion against the bias of a spring element 1104 until the protrusion can be held in the notch 1114. A lock out bar (4602, Figure 46) allows the latching moulding 326 to be moved manually in the handle, so the protrusion only interacts with the second cam surface 1116 and does not lock into the notch 1114.
Patent GB-2567760-A (GB)
Title: System and methods for distribution of heterogeneous wavelength multiplexed signals over optical access network
Inventor: LUIS ALBERTO CAMPOS
IPC: H04J14/02
Filed: 2017-06-20
Abstract: An optical network communication system includes an optical hub, an optical distribution center, at least one fiber segment, and at least two end users. The optical hub includes an intelligent configuration unit configured to monitor and multiplex at least two different optical signals into a single multiplexed heterogeneous signal. The optical distribution center is configured to individually separate the at least two different optical signals from the multiplexed heterogeneous signal. The at least one fiber segment connects the optical hub and the optical distribution center, and is configured to receive the multiplexed heterogeneous signal from the optical hub and distribute the multiplexed heterogeneous signal to the optical distribution center. The at least two end users each include a downstream receiver configured to receive one of the respective separated optical signals from the optical distribution center.
Patent GB-2567399-A (GB)
Title: Rolling element assembly with a compliant retainer
Inventor: BRANDON JAMES HINZ
IPC: E21B10/54
Filed: 2016-10-05
Abstract: A rolling element assembly includes a rolling element rotatable about a rotational axis when positioned within a cavity defined on a bit body of a drill bit, and a compliant retainer positioned within a retainer slot defined in the bit body. A biasing device is positioned within a device pocket defined within the bit body to bias the compliant retainer against the outer circumferential surface of the rolling element. The compliant retainer secures the rolling element within the cavity while an arcuate portion of the rolling element protrudes from the cavity and exposes a full axial width of the rolling element.
Patent GB-2587596-A (GB)
Title: Noise-attenuating device and method of manufacture
Inventor: CLARK JAMES DONNAN
IPC: G10K11/168
Filed: 2019-05-08
Abstract: The noise-attenuating device, such as an acoustic liner for an aircraft engine nacelle (fig 3), has a perforated facing sheet 36 with a coating 48 applied thereto. The coating defines an exposed surface for direct exposure to the environment in which noise attenuation is desired. By extending into the holes 44 the coating also defines a flared or bell-mouth-shaped entrance to one or more of the holes. The diameter of the holes may lie in the range 0.5 – 2.0 mm and the coating thickness may lie in the range 0.1 – 0.4 mm. The coating thickness may lie in the range between 5% and 20% of the hole diameter.
Patent GB-2571869-A (GB)
Title: Obtaining a medical record stored on a blockchain from a wearable device
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: A method for obtaining a medical record of a patient that is unable to communicate, wherein the medical record of the patient is stored on a blockchain, is provided, including receiving an encrypted private key and a public key associated with the patient stored on a wearable device of the patient, in response to a scanning of the wearable device of the patient at a scene of an emergency, wherein the encrypted private key is decrypted by a biometric signature of the patient, obtaining the biometric signature of the patient by scanning a bodily feature of the patient, decrypting the encrypted private key using the biometric signature of the patient to determine a private key associated with the patient, and accessing the medical records of the patient, using a combination of the public key and the private key associated with the patient, to access a local storage medium of the wearable device.