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Patent GB-2501602-A (GB)
Title: Regeneration of diesel particle filter
Inventor: BEVAN NEIL
IPC: F01N3/023
Filed: 2013-03-12
Abstract: Regeneration of a diesel particle filter (DPF) of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is controlled according to a vehicle operating condition, and soot mass loading of the DPF. Regeneration modes include active regeneration and forced passive regeneration, and operating conditions may include highway, town and off-road driving, towing, wading and transmission range selection. One strategy determines initiation of regeneration in either active regeneration or forced passive regeneration mode, another determines cessation of regeneration and another determines whether to continue with regeneration. The range may have a lower value greater than 20% of the maximum soot mass loading. A single range may be used for each operating condition of the vehicle. Forced passive regeneration may be used below a predetermined vehicle speed, coolant temperature, exhaust temperature, engine load or wading depth. Regeneration may be inhibited upon engine start until reaching a predetermined minimum engine or exhaust temperature, or continuous running of the engine has reached a predetermined time.
Patent GB-2514321-A (GB)
Title: Improved bottle
Inventor: SUTHERLAND DANIEL
IPC: B65D23/10
Filed: 2013-03-18
Abstract: An infant feeding vessel 1 such as a bottle has a body portion 5 between a base 7 and an outlet 17 which is convoluted, undulating or castellated so as to define four protrusions in the form of castellations or fins which extend longitudinally from the body portion base towards the body portion outlet, enabling a reduced body wall thickness at mid height and providing efficient thermal change to be transferred through a contained liquid whilst allowing efficient manufacture by such as blow moulding and efficient use of material in its production.
Patent GB-2516000-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical seal support system
Inventor: STEPHENSON HEATH
IPC: F16J15/40
Filed: 2013-05-09
Abstract: A seal support system 1 for use with a mechanical sealing device employed to seal a piece of industrial equipment is provided. The seal support system 1 comprises: a system vessel for containing barrier fluid; a closed loop pipe work 4, 5 to connect the aforementioned system vessel to a sealing device 3, such as a mechanical seal; and drain and filling means 21, 20 for removing and adding barrier fluid to the system vessel. The vessel, containing a fluid, and being connected to a sealing device 3 in a closed loop system is circumferentially split into two or more sections 15, 16 which are detachably attached such that they may retain pressure when in an assembled state and includes, but is not limited to, any permutation of CIP assembly 29, heating element 34 and cooling element 31 of which all or any may or may not be controlled externally.
Patent GB-2515284-A (GB)
Title: A mass spectrometer, control system and methods of operating and assembling a mass spectrometer
Inventor: YOUNG PHILLIP
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2013-06-17
Abstract: A mass spectrometer 1 comprising: a plurality of discrete functional modules 6, each operable to perform a predetermined function of the mass spectrometer, wherein the modules are individually addressable and connected in a network; and a scheduler operable to introduce discrete packets of instructions to the network at predetermined times to instruct at least one module to perform a predetermined operation. The modules may be networked together in a hierarchy, such that the highest tier comprises the most time-critical modules.
Patent GB-2505071-A (GB)
Title: Moulding a fibre reinforced part with a resin heat resistant layer
Inventor: GANI LEA
IPC: B29C45/16
Filed: 2013-07-05
Abstract: A method of making a structural part having a thermal protection barrier, the method comprising at least the following steps: making a fiber structure 100; introducing the fibre structure 100 into an injection mould 20 having first and second chambers, the fibre structure 100 being placed in the second chamber; placing a movable separator partition 52 between the first and second chambers; injecting a first resin 20 into the first chamber; solidifying the resin 20 injected into the first chamber; withdrawing the movable separator partition 52; injecting a second resin into the second chamber containing the fiber structure 100; and hardening the resins present in the first and second chambers of the injection mould in such a manner as to obtain a part having a structural core made of composite material constituted by fibre reinforcement densified by an organic matrix, and a thermal barrier constituted by a layer of hardened resin.
Patent GB-2503840-A (GB)
Title: One-touch support services application programming interfaces
Inventor: TUCHMAN KENNETH D
IPC: H04W4/00
Filed: 2012-04-12
Abstract: According to one aspect, a request is received at a support services application programming interface (API) of a support center that provides support services to a plurality of products of a plurality of vendors, where the request is received from a user for support services of a product. In response to the request, a case identifier (ID) is instantly generated that uniquely identifies a current instant support services session associated with the user for supporting the product. A touch plan is dynamically created representing an instance of the support services session, where the touch plan is identified and tracked by the case ID. A communication session is established between an agent and the user to allow the agent to provide support services to the user based on the touch plan.
Patent GB-2504425-A (GB)
Title: Green coalescent agent composition containing mixtures of monoesters and diesters
Inventor: SANTOS JULIANE PEREIRA
IPC: B01D17/04
Filed: 2012-05-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures of monoesters and diesters as coalescent agents. The monoesters and diesters according to the present invention are obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with monoethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. The fatty acids used in the present invention have 4 to 22 carbon atoms and can be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched. In particular, the invention relates to a composition of coalescent agent comprising: (i) mixtures of monoesters (RCOO(EO)nH) and diesters; and (ii) mixtures of monoesters (RCOO(EO)nH) and diesters obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with ethylene glycol derivatives, and/or by transesterification, the composition containing 90 to 10% by mass monoesters and 10 to 90% by mass diesters.
Patent GB-2505116-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle fin antenna assembly
Inventor: KANEKO KIYOKAZU
IPC: H01Q1/32
Filed: 2012-01-30
Abstract: An antenna device 1 comprises an insulating antenna case 10 which is open to receive and house an antenna assembly 2. An antenna base 11 with an insulating base 20 is provided on which the antenna case 10 is fitted. A conductive base 21, which is smaller than the insulation base 20, is also fitted to the insulating base. An upright insulating frame element holder 12 is provided on the antenna base 11 for supporting an umbrella-type antenna element 13. The antenna case 10 is welded or bonded to the insulation base 20 to make a waterproof structure. An amplifier, on a substrate 16, is connected to the umbrella antenna element 13 via a coil 14 to make the antenna element 13 resonate at a required frequency. In a further arrangement, the device 1 includes a coil 14 that is disposed substantially at a centre, in a width direction, of the umbrella-type antenna element 13 and in yet a further arrangement the umbrella-type antenna element 13 is provided on the base 11 in such a way that, whilst in use, a section of the said element 13 is located above a conductive base portion 21 and another section of the said element 13 extends beyond the edge of the said conductive base portion 21. The base of the antenna device may be formed without requiring a strengthening member.
Patent GB-2523149-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and computer program product for image-driven cost volume aggregation
Inventor: SMIRNOV SERGEY
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 2014-02-14
Abstract: A method includes computing a cost (similarity) volume associated with a reference image; then, down-sampling (decimation) of the cost volume and the reference image into at least one level is performed, generating at least one down-sampled cost volume and at least one down-sampled reference image. A backward up-sampling is performed to generate at least one backward up-sampled cost volume and backward up-sampled reference image. A colour weight map associated with the cost volume and the at least one down-sampled cost volume is computed based on the reference image and backward up-sampled reference image (e.g., computing a difference between the reference image and backward up-sampled reference image), the reference image being one of the reference image and at least one down-sampled reference image. An aggregated cost volume is determined, with weighted averaging being based on the color weight map. The cost volume may be based on matching a reference image with plural shifted versions of a target image, e.g. rectified image of a scene or stereoscopic image pair. Sum of absolute differences (SAD) or sum of squared differences (SSD) methods may be used.
Patent GB-2524477-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for decoding or encoding a frame
Inventor: LAROCHE GUILLAUME
IPC: H04N19/82
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: Processing a set of reconstructed samples 1101a-1108a of an image frame comprising obtaining a range 1109a of possible sample values and setting all reconstructed sample values within the obtained range to be the same single value 1104a. In the embodiments this processing is part of a video encoding or decoding algorithm as a sample adaptive offset (SAO) filter that is applied to samples reconstructed after HEVC transform encoding, and is useful in the encoding of computer generated or screen content images which have a small number of discrete colours. The filtering rounds the reconstructed sample value to the nearest colour of the original colour palette. Preferably the whole range of possible sample values are divided into a number of contiguous ranges 1109a-1111a, which each have an associated single value. The associated value may be calculated based on a value associated with the frame, or may be the modal reconstructed sample value within each obtained range.
Patent GB-2508325-A (GB)
Title: Scalable deduplication system with small blocks
Inventor: ARONOVICH LIOR
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2012-09-10
Abstract: Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments forscalable data deduplication working with small data chunk in a computing environment are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, for each of the small data chunk, a signature is generated based on a combination of a representation of characters that appear in the small data chunkwith a representation of frequencies of the small data chunk. A signature is generated based on a combination of a representation of characters that appear. The signature is used to help in selecting the data to be deduplicated. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages.
Patent GB-2514489-A (GB)
Title: Pressure-to-rotation converter and pressure-to-electric converting system
Inventor: CHIU MING-CHIN
IPC: H02K7/18
Filed: 2014-05-12
Abstract: A converter 10 harvesting vehicle energy includes a road mounted device 1, an actuating device 2, a transmission device 3, and a drive device 4. The securing device 1 includes a bottom plate 12 formed with a guide groove unit 121, and a top plate 11 formed with a hole unit 111 registered with the guide groove unit 121. The actuating device 2 includes a follower unit 21 horizontally movably in the guide groove unit 121 against return springs 241 and an actuating unit 22 movably vertically in the hole unit 111 to drive the follower unit 21 which horizontally displaces the transmission device 3 via rods 311 or rods 311 and beads 312. The follower unit has ramps 211 which cooperate with projections 223 on the actuator unit. Pins 23 received in grooves112 in the top plate engaging slots engage slots 226 to vertically guide the actuators. The drive device 4 includes a swing unit 42 coupled to a rotary drive shaft 41 and driven by rods 311 to rotate the rotary drive shaft 41 in one direction. The shaft drives generators 6 via gearing 5. Ramp plates 8 assists vehicles to pass over the converter.
Patent GB-2528029-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable video display panel mounting and video wall
Inventor: LIGERTWOOD PETER
IPC: H05K13/04
Filed: 2014-05-14
Abstract: A video panel mounting system includes a pair of spaced-apart vertical hangers 30, to which the rear of an outward-facing video panel (12 fig. 1) can be attached. Each hanger has forward 50 and rearward 40 elements which are adjustably connected to permit height, tilt, and inward and outward alignment to be adjusted. The rearward element is hung on a horizontal support rail 32 which can allow for horizontal adjustment of the panel in a tiled video wall. The system comprises upper and lower means 82 for adjustment so that the panel can be tilted or skewed so the spacing between the forward and rearward hanger on each side of the panel can be controlled.
Patent GB-2517542-A (GB)
Title: Database controller, method, and program for handling range queries
Inventor: HU BO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2014-05-28
Abstract: A database controller for a database of information encoded as a set of data items, distributed among a plurality of storage units distinguishable from one another by respective identifying information and each data item comprising a value of each of two or more data elements, the set of data items having a prescribed order of the two or more data elements of which the first one or two data elements are assigned as a prefix portion, comprises: a query module to receive a range query specifying a value of the one or more data elements as a search prefix portion which each data item returned as a range query must include in its prefix; a list storage module to store an ordered list comprising, for each of the data items from the set of data items individually, the identifying information of the storage unit upon which the data item is stored, the order of the identifying information being determined by an ordering metric applied to the prefix portions of the respective data items; a prefix frequency storage module to maintain a frequency record; a list position module to calculate, based on the frequency record, the one or more list positions in the ordered list at which the identifying information of storage units upon which data items including the search prefix portion in their prefix portion are stored; and a result retrieving module.
Patent GB-2527127-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for cleaning a floor surface
Inventor: WARD MATTHEW
IPC: A47L9/32
Filed: 2014-06-13
Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor surface comprises a housing 11 including a source of suction, an inlet for receiving dirty air and a chamber for receiving dirt. A user graspable handle 16 is provided for permitting a user to manoeuvre the apparatus over the floor surface during use, with the handle 16 including a battery for providing power to the source of suction and a first connection formation (20, fig 4) releasably connectable to a second connection (22, fig 2) formation on the housing 11, wherein the handle 16, preferably remote from its connection to the housing 11, includes a user operable electrically powered device 24, such as a lamp or handheld cleaner. The first (20, fig 4) and second (22, fig 2) connection formations may include electrical contacts. The apparatus can include a floor tool 12 that is laterally moveable between first and second conditions relative to the housing 11. The first and second conditions can be retracted and extended positions.
Patent GB-2519410-A (GB)
Title: A memory device and method of operation of such a memory device
Inventor: ZHENG BO
IPC: H03K17/00
Filed: 2014-08-13
Abstract: Device, method of operation and computer simulation, in relation to a memory device 100 having an array of memory cells 105 connected to a core voltage VDDC, and access circuitry 140, 110, 107 used to perform a write operation in order to write data into addressed memory cells 105 within the array, the access circuitry receiving both the core voltage VDDC and a peripheral voltage VDDP less than the core voltage level. Each row corresponds to a word line, each column corresponds to at least one bit line, and the columns are arranged into a plurality of column groups (figure 3). Associated bit lines are precharged 115 to the peripheral voltage VDDP prior to writing. Word line driver circuitry is then configured to assert a word line signal at the core voltage level on the selected word line 145. A write multiplexing driver circuitry asserts a mux control signal at the core voltage VDDC to control write multiplexing circuitry. The write multiplexing circuitry couples the write driver circuitry to the at least one bit line of an addressed memory cell under control of the mux control signal. Shift register circuits (Figures 7A, 7B) including a NAND gate sub circuit having skewed NMOS, PMOS devices, allows for voltage translations in the multiplex and driver circuits. This then allows write driver circuitry to control the voltage on the at least one bit line of each addressed memory cell during the write operation in order to store the required write data into the addressed memory cells. Sufficient write margins are thus maintained when the difference between the core and peripheral voltage is relatively large (~400mV), whilst also reducing power consumption.
Patent GB-2531569-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for operating a solar furnace 24 hours a day
Inventor: Brian Geoffrey Howard
IPC: F24S23/30
Filed: 2014-10-22
Abstract: A method of operating a solar furnace 24-hours a day comprises providing a solar furnace having a heatable pressure vessel 2 with a convoluted internal pathway running from a vessel inlet, where a heat transfer medium is introduced, to a vessel outlet, where the heat transfer medium leaves the pressure vessel with increased kinetic energy. The solar furnace is operated during daylight where the pressure vessel is heated by solar energy, and the energy imparted on the heat transfer medium drives the electrolysis of water to form hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The solar furnace can be operated during periods of low light or darkness where the pressure vessel is at least partially heated by thermal energy produced by burning the hydrogen gas. A lens may be used to direct solar energy onto the pressure vessel. An array of furnaces, each comprising a pressure vessel and a lens, may be stacked on top of one another.
Patent GB-2539497-A (GB)
Title: A Rotational Joint For An Aircraft Folding Wing
Inventor: JOHN RANDALL
IPC: B64C5/08
Filed: 2015-06-19
Abstract: An aircraft 2 comprises a folding wing in which a wing tip device 3 is rotatable, between flight and ground configurations, about an Euler axis of rotation 11. The wing tip device and the fixed wing 1are separated along an oblique cut plane 13 passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the wing. The aircraft comprises a rotational joint (15, fig 3) for coupling the wing tip device to the fixed wing during rotation between the ground and flight configurations. The rotational joint comprises a follower and a guide. One of the follower and guide is fixed relative to the wing tip device and the other of the follower and guide is fixed relative to the fixed wing. The follower and guide interlock such that loads can be transferred from the wing tip device to the fixed wing across the joint and the guide defines an arcuate path that curves about the Euler axis. The follower is received in the guide such that during rotation between the ground and flight configurations the follower moves along the arcuate path defined by the guide. The follower and the guide comprise interlocking rings (17a,17b, fig 3).
Patent GB-2540163-A (GB)
Title: Combination therapy for treating multiple sclerosis
Inventor: Klaus Schmierer
IPC: A61P25/28
Filed: 2015-07-07
Abstract: The invention provides a combination therapy for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a subject in need thereof comprising administering cladribine and laquinimod. The cladribine and/or the laquinimod may be administered orally, intravenously or subcutaneously. However, it is preferred that both the cladribine and the laquinimod are administered subcutaneously. The cladribine and the laquinimod may be administered simultaneously. Alternatively, the administration of cladribine precedes the administration of laquinimod or the administration of laquinimod precedes the administration of cladribine. More preferably, the administration of cladribine and laquinimod continues for more than 30 days. In another aspect, a pharmaceutical composition comprising cladribine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof for use in the treatment of MS. The composition may comprise a carrier and the laquinimod may be present as laquinimod sodium.
Patent GB-2523967-A (GB)
Title: Integrated central processing facility (CPF) in oil field upgrading (OFU)
Inventor: KLERK ARNO DE
IPC: C10G57/00
Filed: 2013-12-19
Abstract: A process for upgrading oil including optionally pre-treating a heavy oil including at least one dissolved gas, asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids; reducing at least one dissolved gas content from said heavy oil, optionally further reducing water content from said heavy oil; adding a paraffinic solvent to said heavy oil, at a predetermined paraffinic solvent :heavy oil ratio, facilitating separation of asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids from the heavy oil resulting in a de-asphalted or partially de-asphalted oil ("DAO")-paraffinic solvent stream, comprising a low asphaltenes content DAO-paraffinic solvent stream and an asphaltenes- mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the paraffinic solvent and water from the asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the DAO-paraffinic solvent stream into a paraffinic solvent rich stream and a DAO stream; and optionally adding diluent to the DAO stream resulting in transportable oil.
Patent GB-2525343-A (GB)
Title: Methods, apparatus and systems for conveying fluids
Inventor: PARSINEJAD FARZAN
IPC: F16L55/46
Filed: 2013-11-26
Abstract: Disclosed are pipeline systems, methods and apparatus for handling fluids in offshore oil and gas production. The systems disclosed allow subsea functional lines having diameters which differ by more than 2 standard API 5L pipeline diameters to be placed in fluid communication in such a way that the systems are piggable. Pipeline connection terminations are installed to facilitate connection of such functional lines. Such systems offer solutions to problems related to installing subsea pipeline in rough terrain, over subsea canyons and subsea scarps, installing marine risers, and long tiebacks.