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Patent GB-2575256-A (GB)
Title: Thermocouple clamp
Inventor: Derek Frederick Scholes
IPC: G01K7/02
Filed: 2018-07-02
Abstract: A thermocouple clamp is disclosed for clamping a thermocouple in direct contact with a body 16 to be thermally monitored. The thermocouple clamp comprises two clamping surfaces 3, wherein the two clamping surfaces are selected from a material which is thermally matched to the body to be thermally monitored, a retaining means operating on said two clamping surfaces to fixedly clamp onto said body to be thermally monitored, wherein at least one of the two clamping surfaces comprises a recess 4 which comprises a thermocouple located therein, wherein the recess has a cross section which is re-entrant such that said recess retains the thermocouple and causes the thermocouple to be at least flush with the at least one clamping surface, as well as the surface of the body to be thermally monitored 16 such that during use, the thermocouple is held in thermal contact with said body to be thermally monitored. The retaining means may be a resilient bias, screw thread or over-centre locking action mechanism. The thermocouple clamp may be used to monitor the temperature of a pipe to be welded, or a pipe to be heated by a gas flame.
Patent GB-2575998-A (GB)
Title: Lighting device
Inventor: DAVID ROUND
IPC: F21V23/00
Filed: 2018-07-30
Abstract: A luminaire comprises a housing 7, LED lighting means 12 arranged on a printed circuit board 8, and electronic circuitry 13 within the housing 7 for operating the lighting means 12 and electrically connected to the lighting means 12 by wires. A printed circuit board 8 is mounted to an off-centre pivot point by holding means 1 to the housing 7, whereby the printed circuit board 8 may be rotated in a plane parallel to the housing 7. The holding means 1 keeps the printed circuit board 8 mechanically connected to the housing 7.
Patent GB-2568349-A (GB)
Title: Folding beam for swinging wing
Inventor: Samuel Hall Bousfield
IPC: B64C37/00
Filed: 2017-01-31
Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to a wing that is coupled to a body of a vehicle and configured to rotate forward from a deployed configuration, in which the wing extends from the body to a retracted configuration in which a tip portion of the wing is closer to a nose portion of the body than a root portion of the wing is to the nose portion. A hinged beam having a first portion pivotably coupled to a second portion is configured to transmit loads associated with flight from the wing to the body.
Patent GB-2577244-A (GB)
Title: Covers and cases
Inventor: SUSAN LAZAREFF
IPC: A45C11/00
Filed: 2018-08-31
Abstract: A cover (1, Figure 1) for a phone having a phone body with a front display glass and an edge. The cover (1, Figure 1) comprising a frame 22, 55 to fit around an edge of the phone body, defining a front opening to expose the front display glass of the phone, and a transparent front pane 21 fixed to a pane-locating support formation 25 extending around the front opening. The pane 21 may be formed from glass and the frame 22, 55 may have an inwardly-directed form shape in order to engage the phone. The frame may be metal and may comprise front and back portions 22 & 55 and said back portion may comprise a back opening and transparent back pane (31, Figure 2). The frame 22, 55 may comprise internal contact cushioning means in the form of foam strips 6. Front and back portions 22 & 55 may be connectable to one another with magnets 5. The pane locating support 25 for the front frame opening may take the form of a forward-facing ledge which extends continuously around the frame 22 whereby the front pane 21 may be fixed into the opening with adhesive.
Patent GB-2569447-A (GB)
Title: Determining a charging requirement for an energy storage means of a vehicle
Inventor: LECH BIREK
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2018-10-29
Abstract: A method 30 for determining a charging requirement for an energy storage means of a vehicle comprising: determining 31 a routine of use of charge of the energy storage means; predicting 33 what the state of charge of the energy storage means will be at the completion of an event in dependence on the routine; determining 35 a charging requirement for the energy storage means in dependence on the prediction; providing 37 an output to a user of the vehicle indicative of a time at which an increase in the state of charge of the energy storage means will be required in dependence on the determined charging requirement; and indicating to the user either that an increase in a state of charge will be required or will not be required upon completion of the event. The energy storage means may be a battery for an electric vehicle EV or hybrid electric vehicle HEV. A system is provided to carry out the method. The system may reduce user range anxiety.
Patent GB-2578594-A (GB)
Title: Method for calibrating a knock detection system for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: STEPHANE RANDAZZO
IPC: G01L27/00
Filed: 2018-10-31
Abstract: A method for calibrating a knock detection system for an engine comprises, for each of a plurality of cylinders and each of a plurality of engine operating points: receiving cylinder pressure data and knock sensor data for a measurement time interval; and defining a plurality of parameter sets, each parameter set representing a detection window and at least one detection frequency band. For each parameter set: calculating 152 the knock intensity and determining a cylinder peak pressure for a plurality of engine cycles from the measurement time interval; identifying 153 combustion cycles representing a knocking condition, based on comparing the cylinder peak pressure of the respective engine cycle with a predetermined pressure threshold; determining 154 a missed detection rate and/or a false detection rate by comparing the knock intensity for all combustion cycles to a predetermined intensity threshold. An optimum parameter set is selected 157 for the system, which corresponds to the cylinder and the operating point, said optimum parameter set having the lowest missed detection rate, respectively false detection rate, or best combination of missed and false detection rates, among all parameter sets. The system receives time-dependent knock sensor data representing at least one engine combustion cycle; extracts data representing a detection window within the combustion cycle, and calculates knock intensity based on at last one band intensity of at last one detection frequency band, and detects knocking by comparing the knock intensity with a knock detection threshold.
Patent GB-2581527-A (GB)
Title: Security data processing device
Inventor: ANDREW BOTT
IPC: G06F21/64
Filed: 2019-02-22
Abstract: A method that receives a digital document 404, that has at least one primary programming requirement specified by a first party for programming at least one programmable device. It then determines if there is a record stored in a memory that corresponds to the digital document received from the first party 406. It then receives a programming request 412 from a programming module of a programming machine in communication with a processor, the programming request requesting the programming of at least one programmable device. It then determines if the programming request complies with the programming requirements in the digital document 414, and if it complies and there is no record stored in the memory that corresponds to the digital document, it will out programming information to the programming module for programming a programmable device 420 and permanently store a further record in the memory 422 that corresponds to the digital document.
Patent GB-2569903-A (GB)
Title: System and method for digital radiography
Inventor: ZHANQIANG KONG
IPC: A61B6/00
Filed: 2015-09-29
Abstract: Support beam 500, in a digital radiography system, comprises a first column 501 and second column 502 arranged adjacent and attached to each other. The first column has larger cross-section so that it is partly covered by the second. Two opposing surfaces 506, 507 have guiding ridges 504 which engage with a slider (601, figure 6) moving along the beam length, e.g. on wheels. Additional wheels may be used, for example against the surfaces of the columns, to stabilize the movement. A housing (701, figure 7) may enclose the second column to protect from e.g. dirt or moisture. The slider possibly connects to a moving component of the system, such as an X-ray acquisition or generation module. Motion may be controlled based upon e.g. distance between the moving object and objects between, for example, a vertical, horizontal or free-style configuration of the X-ray modules. An exposure controller may be included.
Patent GB-2568625-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent articles with improved gasketing
Inventor: DAVIS DANG H NHAN
IPC: A61L15/22
Filed: 2017-08-31
Abstract: A leg gasket for a disposable absorbent article includes a laminate having a core structure with a first surface and a second surface, the core structure including an elastic core layer and a plastic core layer, wherein the elastic core layer is one of a film, a plurality of strands, and a plurality of strips, wherein the plastic core layer is one of a film layer, a plurality of strands, and a plurality of strips, and wherein at least one of the elastic and plastic core layers is a film; and a nonwoven first facing layer affixed to the first surface. Also, a disposable absorbent article includes a chassis including an absorbent structure and the leg gasket described above.
Patent GB-2582566-A (GB)
Title: Screw
Inventor: MENG-HSIEN CHENG
IPC: F16B25/10
Filed: 2019-03-25
Abstract: A screw comprising a head 10 configured for a tool, a shank 20 extending from the head about a central axis including a thread 21 on an outer wall with a tip 30 formed at an end away from the head. The tip is conical and has first segment 31 arranged close to the head, and a second segment 32 arranged away from the head, the diameter decreases from the first segment 31 through the second segment 32 to the tip, where a cone angle is within 5 and 30 degrees, it may be 15 degrees. The tip includes a drill portion 33 on a distal end with a pointed section 331 offset from the central axis (A0, fig. 4). The tip has two chip elimination slots 34 of differing sizes extending from the outer tip rim to the pointed section 331, the slots have asymmetric drilling edges 35 of differing lengths that form an angle within 60 to 110 degrees, it may be 90 degrees. The slots define two further asymmetric cutting edges 36. The tip has a threaded guide 37 between thread 21 and tip 30, separated by the elimination slots 34.
Patent GB-2582807-A (GB)
Title: A method of thermal spraying
Inventor: SPYROS KAMNIS
IPC: G05B13/02
Filed: 2019-04-04
Abstract: A method of controlling a thermal spray apparatus comprises using a thermal spray gun 12 to conduct a plurality of sprays to produce a coating on at least one test substrate, altering the variables of the gun and sampling acoustic emissions for each spray, testing the coatings to determine at least one property of each and linking variations in coating properties to gun variables, spraying production articles 14 with the gun whilst using a processor 28 to sample acoustic emissions and alter gun variables depending on the sampled emissions to vary or maintain the properties of the coating. The quality of a coating can thus be maintained. The linking of variations in properties may be undertaken by Fourier transform analysis or by neural network data analysis of the acoustic emissions. The spray gun is preferably a high velocity oxy-fuelled (HVOF) gun. The gun variables may comprise at least one of gas flow rates, gas pressure, gun to substrate standoff distance, particle feed rate, substrate temperature, substrate angle and pass number. The properties of the coatings may comprise hardness, microhardness, porosity, cracking and carbide content.
Patent GB-2575358-A (GB)
Title: Self-contained, safety-confirming jukebox chassis and enclosure
Inventor: VITALIE AREFTI
IPC: G07F17/30
Filed: 2019-06-11
Abstract: A detachable enclosure 104 for a wall mountable jukebox with an opening for a display screen 102 and an opening for inserting coins, cards or notes into payment devices 106, 108. The jukebox cover may contain supports which allow the chassis of the digital jukebox (1000, Figure 10) to be slid onto it. Further separate doors allowing access to the internal components of the chassis (e.g. circuitry) and the payment collection devices may also be provided. The jukebox may contain circuitry which allows online payments to be made to it and which allows it to send messages to customers devices via a mobile application. The jukebox may have a border of lights, whose pattern/colours change according to the music playing, surrounding its display. A digital jukebox wherein access to the payment devices is provided by moving the display screen is also disclosed (Figure 5).
Patent GB-2577778-A (GB)
Title: Fastening system for a seat and associated aircraft
Inventor: Stanislas Elie Guillet
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2019-08-02
Abstract: A system for fastening a seat in a rail 12, including a base 14 and a retaining device 16 comprising clamping jaw-forming and blocking means 18. The retaining device is movable relative to the base between a separated first position for assembly / disassembly of the system and a close second position for clamping around the rail using maneuvering and clamping means actuated between unlocked and locked position. The manoeuvring and clamping means comprise a tightening screw 20 for tightening the retaining device on the base and a part 22 carried by the retaining device and movable between a retracted position and an active position in which the part is inserted between a head of the screw and the retaining device. The part may be a retractable spacer translatable along a longitudinal direction and having a sliding element 38 sliding in a guide groove 36 of the retaining device.
Patent GB-2573963-A (GB)
Title: MEMS transducer package
Inventor: ALEKSEY SERGEYEVICH KHENKIN
IPC: H04R19/00
Filed: 2018-03-20
Abstract: A MEMS transducer package comprising a substrate; a filter circuit for filtering RF signals, the filter circuit comprising a resistor and a capacitor; and an IPD chip; wherein at least a portion of the filter circuit is provided within the IPD chip.
Patent GB-2586834-A (GB)
Title: A mechanism for detecting failed prints
Inventor: JAMES CUPIT
IPC: B41J35/08
Filed: 2019-09-05
Abstract: A printer 10 includes a printhead 12 for transferring ink from a tape 22 to a substrate, and a tension control device. A method includes monitoring a characteristic indicative of tension in a tape carried in a tape path and using information about the characteristic of the tension to determine if the printer has failed to carry out a printing operation. The tension control device may include a tension correcting device 30, and the method may include determining that the tension correcting device has failed to move in an expected manner. The failure to move in an expected manner may indicate that the printhead has failed to move in an expected manner and has failed to perform the printing operation. There is also provided a printer including a printhead which is moveable between a non-printing position and a printing position to perform a printing operation and a mechanism for detecting a failed printing operation. The mechanism for detecting a failed printing operation includes a sensor which is operable to monitor a characteristic indicative of tension in a tape. The sensor may be a magnetic sensor. The tension correcting device may be a moveable tape guide member or a dancing arm.
Patent GB-2582054-A (GB)
Title: Bendable torque wrench
Inventor: CHIH-CHING HSIEH
IPC: B25B23/142
Filed: 2019-12-30
Abstract: A bendable torque wrench 30 includes: a shank 40, a tubular body 60 whose front end is angularly displaceable with respect to the shank about an axis defined by a first pivotal connection end 42 of the shank; an abutting block 72 located on one side of the tubular body, the front end of the abutting block has a convexly curved abutting surface; and a detent member 90 whose front end is pivotally connected to a second pivotal connection end 43 of the shank and whose rear end forms a convexly curved contact surface in elastic contact with the curved abutting surface of the abutting block. The torque wrench bends, or collapses, rapidly when the torque applied to the torque wrench reaches a preset torque value. The wrench may have a preset torque value that is reached when an apex of the curved contact surface contacts an apex of the curved abutting surface. The detent member may have a groove 92 with a position limiting member 73 extending into it that constrains the movement of the detent member.
Patent GB-2591803-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing method and system for rendering items of geometry based on their size
Inventor: XILE YANG
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2020-02-07
Abstract: Methods and graphics processing systems are provided which render primitives using a rendering space which is subdivided into a plurality of regions. Geometry processing logic is configured to perform a geometry processing phase which comprises: determining, for each of a plurality of primitives which are present in a region, whether the primitive totally covers the region and storing data for the primitives which are present in the region, wherein the stored data comprises, for each of the primitives which are determined to totally cover the region, data to indicate total coverage of the region. Rendering logic is configured to perform a rendering phase for rendering primitives within the region. The rendering phase comprises retrieving the stored data for the primitives which are present in the region, selectively processing the primitives which are present in the region based on the retrieved data to determine which sample points within the region are covered by the primitives, wherein if the retrieved data includes data which indicates total coverage of the region for a particular primitive then said processing to determine which sample points within the region are covered by the particular primitive is skipped and determining rendered values at the sample points within the region based on the primitives which cover the respective sample points.
Patent GB-2592044-A (GB)
Title: Exercise machine
Inventor: Neal William McGaffin
IPC: A63B21/055
Filed: 2020-02-13
Abstract: A pilates reformer machine has a frame with a longitudinal central extruded spine 2 extending between a first support member 4a and a second support member 6a, a carriage 8 supporting a platform 9 moveable along the spine, and at least one retention spring housed within the spine and attached to the carriage. The at least one retention spring is selectively attachable to the frame by buttons 12. The carriage is provided with sides that wrap around sides of the spine and engage with an underneath of the spine. The carriage further including a plurality of wheels (208, figure 11A) receivable within tracks formed within the central spine. Further disclosed is an exercise machine including a button and plunger mechanism 12 to selectively attach the retention springs to the frame. Also disclosed is an exercise machine including leg exerciser 30 and /or a foot bar 20.
Patent GB-2598709-A (GB)
Title: Food processing appliance and fascia therefor
Inventor: ADAM WESTWOOD
IPC: A47J44/02
Filed: 2020-07-30
Abstract: A fascia 200 for a food processor 100 is reversibly attachable to the food processor. The fascia may include: a resiliently deformable retainer tab 240 located adjacent an aperture which may reversibly engage with the food processor, a locating element such as a tab 220 and fingers (221, figure 3a) for locating the fascia on the food processor, and a collar 230 surrounding the aperture. The locating element and retainer may be located at first and second ends of the fascia. Movement of the fascia may be limited on the food processor. A kit includes a plurality of the fascias which may have different decorative finishes, e.g. different colours, to vary the appearance of the food processor and/or personalise it, for example to match the décor of their kitchen. A food processor includes a complimentary receiving formation to receive a reversibly attachable fascia.
Patent GB-2598324-A (GB)
Title: Seating device for a vehicle
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER LIU
IPC: B60N2/30
Filed: 2020-08-26
Abstract: A seating device 10 for a vehicle 12, the seating device comprising a backrest 20 pivotable between a seating position and a loading position; a headrest 22 arranged on the backrest 20; a latch element (36, Fig. 2) movable between a locking position for locking the backrest 20 in the seating position, and a release position for releasing the backrest to allow movement from the seating position to the loading position; an actuator (38, Fig. 2) configured to move the latch element (36, Fig 2) from the locking position to the release position; and a flexible sensor (40, Fig. 2) integrated in the headrest 22, the sensor (40, Fig. 2) being configured to detect a pressure force (F, Fig. 2) acting on the sensor (40, Fig. 2) and send a signal to the actuator to unlock the latch element. The sensor may detect pressure force exerted on the backside of the headrest in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The seating device may comprise a traction element (48, Fig. 2) via which the latch element (36, Fig. 2) is movable. The actuator (38, Fig. 2) may be configured as a linear actuator.
Patent GB-2584064-A (GB)
Title: Virtual storage drive management in a data storage system
Inventor: MATTHEW BORLICK
IPC: G06F11/10
Filed: 2019-02-15
Abstract: In one embodiment, virtual storage drives are allocated to RAID arrays so that no two virtual storage drives of a RAID array are mapped to the same physical storage drive. In another aspect, error handling routines are limited to virtual storage drives impacted by an error in a physical storage drive so that virtual storage drives of the physical storage drive not impacted by the error are bypassed. In yet another aspect, cache operations to a target virtual storage drive may be throttled as a function of both a limit imposed on cache operations directed to the RAID array to which the virtual storage drive is allocated, and a separate limit on cache operations directed to a group of virtual storage drives which are mapped to the same physical storage drive as the target virtual storage drive. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
Patent GB-2588857-A (GB)
Title: Multifrequency absorption acoustic panel for an aircraft nacelle
Inventor: ALAIN PORTE
IPC: G10K11/172
Filed: 2020-11-05
Abstract: The invention concerns a layered acoustic panel for an aircraft nacelle, comprising, from a central axis of the nacelle to the exterior thereof: a resistive skin 11 perforated with sound-absorbing micro-perforations 16, a first damping stage 12, a septum 13 perforated with holes 17, a second damping stage 14, and a back skin 15 configured to provide the mechanical strength of the acoustic panel. The septum is thicker than the resistive skin allowing a larger range of sound frequencies to be damped. Such a panel is configured to attenuate several frequency ranges one of which being a low-frequency range, while optimizing the weight, the cost and the air intake functions. The first and second damping stages may be honeycomb cellular structures.