baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2549593-A (GB)
Title: Control method for an internal combustion engine of a hydraulic hybrid drive and electronic control device for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: MARTIN STANGL
IPC: F15B21/14
Filed: 2017-03-07
Abstract: A hydraulic hybrid drive comprises a combustion engine 3 which drives, via shaft 6, hydraulic pumps 1, 2 that supply hydraulic fluid to hydraulic consumers 4. A speed regulator 22 controls the engine 3 so as to reduce fuel supply when recuperated hydraulic power is generated. The recuperated hydraulic power is produced when, for example, a boom of an excavator is lowered thereby forcing hydraulic fluid from hydraulic consumers 4, via connector line 12, to recuperation motor PRB. The recuperation motor PRB outputs a recuperation torque to the shaft 6 which is converted to recuperation power by multiplying the torque by a speed of the shaft 6. An electronic recuperation control device 18 controls the speed regulator 22 which reduces fuel supply so soon as the recuperated power is detected at the recuperation motor PRB and before overspeed occurs at the engine 3. Reference is also made to an electronic device and to a hydraulic hybrid drive.
Patent GB-2550247-A (GB)
Title: Remote viewing arrangement
Inventor: OLIVER BREACH
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2017-03-08
Abstract: Viewing system, comprising: capture device 11; communications link; control system 14; remote data store 18; first viewer device 22; mirrored second viewer device 21. Multiple optical images are captured and stitched together by the capture device to form 360 degree panoramic image. Communications link transmits data to control system. Control system allows tagging of data, and uploading of tagged data to remote data store. First viewer device downloads tagged data from remote data store and outputs 360 degree representation to viewer. Mirrored second viewer device displays at least part of imagery being viewed by first viewer device. First and second viewing devices may be synchronized 16. Viewing system, comprising: capture device 11; communications link; control system 14; remote data store 18; viewer device 22. Capture device captures multiple optical images and associated volumetric data and stitches then together to form 360 degree panoramic image. Capture device may comprise laser range finder 12 for capturing volumetric data. Viewer device may be virtual reality viewer device (e.g. immersive Head Mounted Display (HMD)). Control system may comprise hand held device (e.g. smart phone or tablet).
Patent GB-2547138-A (GB)
Title: An attachment for a handheld appliance
Inventor: PATRICK JOSEPH WILLIAM MOLONEY
IPC: A45D20/12
Filed: 2013-07-05
Abstract: Disclosed is an attachment 600 for adjusting at least one parameter of fluid emitted from a hair care appliance (10, figure 13), the attachment comprising an upstream end 660a for attaching to the appliance, wherein one or both of a front end of the body and the upstream end of the attachment comprises at least one magnet 662. The upstream end may comprise an end face and a plurality of magnets radially spaced about the end face or a ring of magnetic material extending around the end face. The magnet is preferably concealed and may be formed from a polymer containing magnetic flakes.
Patent GB-2553213-A (GB)
Title: Glass run
Inventor: ATSUO MASUMOTO
IPC: B60J10/76
Filed: 2017-07-18
Abstract: A vehicle window 102 glass run channel seal 1c comprising a partition wall 11 having a reference surface provided between a vehicle-interior-side side wall 12 and a vehicle interior-side seal lip section 14. The reference surface contains: a first reference point 11a located in the vicinity of a connection portion between the vehicle-interior-side seal lip section and the vehicle-interior-side side wall; a second reference point 11b which is on the vehicle-interior-side side wall and located closer to a bottom wall 10 than the connection portion; and a third reference point 11c located in the vicinity of a tip of the vehicle-interior-side seal lip section, among which the second reference point or the third reference point is located the lowest in a top-to-bottom direction of the automobile. The partition wall may be attached to both the vehicle-interior-side side wall and the vehicle-interior-side seal lip without any gaps in between. The invention aims to reduce intrusion of noise or the like into an interior of the vehicle through a glass run, while allowing a seal lip section to bend easily when door glass is raised and lowered.
Patent GB-2566049-A (GB)
Title: A Hybrid coupler
Inventor: MARK CHRISTOPHER NGUYEN
IPC: H01P5/10
Filed: 2017-08-31
Abstract: A hybrid coupler (20) for dividing an input electrical signal to produce first and second output electrical signals which are substantially out of phase, including: an input port (12); an input line (14) for coupling an input signal to a slotline (18); an output line (24) coupling the first and second output electrical signals to a first output port (26) and a second output port (28), the output line (24) having a junction with the slotline (18); the slotline (18) couples the input electrical signal to the junction, and the junction acts as a divider to produce the first and second electrical signals; the slotline (18) is terminated by an output open circuit termination (22); a pair of ground planes, between which said input and output lines (14, 24) are located; and wherein: on one of the ground planes, the slotline (18) transitions into a first end of a Co-Planar Waveguide CPW (40), said CPW being electrically connected to said output line (24) and defining at a second, opposing end thereof, a sum port (46) configured to divert common mode signals received at said first and second output ports (26) to said sum port (46).
Patent GB-2566452-A (GB)
Title: Colour change system for powder coating
Inventor: HENRY MARCON
IPC: B05B12/14
Filed: 2017-09-12
Abstract: A colour change system for a powder coating facility comprises a plurality of containers 24a-24e each containing a different colour powder; a conduit 40 for conveying powder from one of the containers to a coating applicator 12; a suction unit 18 connected to the conduit and having an end-piece (Fig 5b, 70) with a powder-drawing inlet opening (79); a cleaning unit 34; a translation mechanism 28, 30, 32 for moving the end-piece; and a controller. The containers and the cleaning unit each have an opening 25 for receiving the end piece. The controller effects a change of powder colour by controlling the translation mechanism to extract the end-piece from a first container 24d, to move it to the cleaning unit 34, and after cleaning to move the end piece to a second container 24e. The system allows automated cleaning between colour changes, which reduces operating downtime.
Patent GB-2558345-A (GB)
Title: Pass-through display of captured imagery
Inventor: Steven b goldberg
IPC: H04N13/385
Filed: 2016-05-03
Abstract: A method includes sequentially outputting from an imaging sensor each pixel row of a set of pixel rows of an image captured by the imaging sensor. The method further includes displaying, at a display device, a pixel row representative of a first pixel row of the captured image prior to a second pixel row of the captured image being output by the imaging sensor. An apparatus includes an imaging sensor having a first lens that imparts a first type of spatial distortion, a display device coupled to the imaging sensor, the display to display imagery captured by the imaging sensor with the first spatial distortion, and an eyepiece lens aligned with the display, the eyepiece lens imparting a second type of spatial distortion that compensates for the first type of spatial distortion.
Patent GB-2567208-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder liner assembly for engine
Inventor: PAUL MLYNARCZYK
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 2017-10-06
Abstract: A cylinder liner assembly 118 for an engine, eg a 12-cylinder V-engine, includes a plurality of cylinder liners 120 and a lengthwise mounting structure 126 attached to, eg integral with, the engine block 102 to couple the cylinder liners 120 to the engine block 102. The mounting structure may include upper and lower cylinder liner support plates 128 and 132 which are spaced apart along the cylinder axis X-X’ and have cylinder liner receiving openings 130 and 134 with radial liner guides 138 and 140, respectively. The liners 120 are secured to the support plates 128, 132, eg by welding, brazing or soldering. Openings 146, which are hollow spaces or air ducts, are provided in the mounting structure 126 between adjacent cylinder liners 120 to optimise pressure compensation and provide uniform stress distribution, especially in the upper support plate 128.
Patent GB-2569654-A (GB)
Title: Apparatusses, systems and methods for object tracking
Inventor: MATTHEW PAUL MELLOR
IPC: G06T7/20
Filed: 2017-12-22
Abstract: A ranging system and a camera have fields of view arranged to overlap to survey a common volume. Range data and camera data are fused to identify or correlate data representing one or more moving objects within the common volume. The ranging system may be LIDAR and the object may be a person or sports athlete. Attribute data, such as the moving object’s position or velocity, may be obtained using the correlated data. Image or video data may be extracted from the camera data and may relate to the moving object. The ranging and camera data may be aligned by transformation into a common reference frame, perhaps using reference axes for each system with a predetermined relationship. Ranging data associated with a path of the moving object may be grouped together and associated with that object, possibly into tracklets generated using a wavelet processor if the ranging system is LIDAR.
Patent GB-2570341-A (GB)
Title: Head strap and buckle assembly for swimming or diving goggles
Inventor: TERRY CHOU
IPC: A63B33/00
Filed: 2018-01-23
Abstract: Swimming or diving goggles 3 comprising a body 31 having two head strap coupling portions each with a turnaround component 311; a head strap 1 having two transverse coupling holes 12, one adjacent to each end of the strap; and two buckles 2, each buckle including a transverse axle 21, a first post 22 and a second post 23, the first post located between the axle and second post and both posts arranged parallel to the axle; the axle having a central notch (211, fig. 1); two vertical posts (24, fig. 1) connecting the ends of the axle and the first and second posts, creating a passage between them, each of the first and second posts having an inclined face 221,222 facing the passage; the head strap being configured to wind around each turnaround component to form an outer 14 and an inner section 15, the coupling holes being arranged to engage the notch of the axle and the inner strap section extending through the passage of the buckle; so that when the goggles are worn, each inner section of the strap is clamped by the first and second posts, and when the outer section of the strap is pulled, the axle shifts the buckle so that the inner section of the strap is not clamped and can be adjusted.
Patent GB-2570502-A (GB)
Title: Scroll vacuum pump
Inventor: NEIL TURNER
IPC: F04C29/04
Filed: 2018-01-29
Abstract: A scroll vacuum pump 10 has two intermeshing scrolls 12, 14, at least one of which rotates, whereby a fluid is compressed between the scrolls and drawn from an inlet 25 to an outlet 27. The rotating scroll has a heat pipe cavity 38, 39 for receiving a coolant, such as ether, alcohol or water. The scroll’s motion causes the coolant to cycle between hotter and colder regions of the heat pipe and cool the scroll. Preferably the cavity comprises a hotter hollow portion 40, 66 in the scroll plate 31, 35 and a colder hollow portion 44, 64 in the scroll shaft 45, 47. The coolant is a phase change fluid which, in use, flows as a liquid into the plate hollow portion to be heated and evaporated, then returns as gaseous coolant to the shaft hollow portion to give off heat, preferably with the help of cooling fins 62, and condense back to liquid. The shaft hollow portion may taper outwardly to facilitate coolant flow into the plate hollow portion by centrifugal action. Both scrolls may rotate, a flexible torque coupling 23 being provided to allow a relative orbiting motion between drive scroll 14 and driven scroll 12.
Patent GB-2560825-A (GB)
Title: Food packaging
Inventor: KEITH DAMARELL
IPC: B65D81/38
Filed: 2018-02-28
Abstract: Food packaging comprising: perforated undulating liner layer 1814, first perforated moisture permeable inner layer 1802; second moisture impermeable outer layer 1806 with heat reflective coating; insulating, undulating, moisture tolerant third layer 1804 attached between first and second layers so moisture passes through first layer and is retained in third layer; where third layer resists shear movement to provide rigidity. Preferably heat reflective layer is vacuum deposited metallised infrared-reflective coating. Preferably, undulating layer undulates sinusoidally in two perpendicular directions to form cup and ball shape and is treated paper-based material. Preferably, liner layer and third layer are embossed and liner layer and first layer comprise plant or water-based grease-resistant coating. Preferably, first and second layers are 30-300gm or 50-200gsm and third layer is 50-300gsm or 80-200gsm. Preferably, second layer comprises layer to enhance insulation or impermeability. A web forms a blank to form a container or flexible packaging, preferably a bag.
Patent GB-2571794-A (GB)
Title: Split blane vane pump
Inventor: KEITH GORDON HALL
IPC: F01C21/08
Filed: 2018-03-09
Abstract: A vane pump has a rotor 1 into which a plurality of split interlocking blades 8 – 11 inclusive may be located within slots 2 and 3. A housing or casing 6 has inlet ports 19 and outlet ports 20. An outlet tapping 21 allows a pressurized supply to pass through a passage 22 within an end cap 7 and may be directed to an axial feed drilling 23 located in the rotor 1. Pressure is then directed to the base of each blade half to bias or force it outwards along the rotor slot so the tip is contacting the inside of the casing. The blades may also be biased apart by springs. The blades may also tilt due to tapering of the finger thickness. The pump may have radial inlet and outlet ports. The applicant seeks to increase the efficiency of vane pumps by minimising the clearance between the blade tip and the casing/housing.
Patent GB-2556816-A (GB)
Title: Network security based on proximity
Inventor: SASHIKANTH CHANDRASEKARAN
IPC: G06Q20/40
Filed: 2016-12-09
Abstract: A processing system periodically configures a beacon code and random nonce to transmit to a beacon device at a location. Multiple users enter the location with associated user computing devices. The user computing devices retransmit the beacon code broadcasted by the beacon device to the processing system. A particular user initiates a transaction at a computing device at the location, which transmits to the processing system a request for account data and retransmits the beacon code and a random nonce. The processing system verifies the beacon code and random nonce and transmits, to the computing device at the location, user account identifiers associated with user computing devices that retransmitted the beacon code. The processing system receives a selection of the user identifier from the merchant point of sale device and transmits account information to the computing device at the location.
Patent GB-2563715-A (GB)
Title: ASC/DEC with rear-concentrated exotherm generation
Inventor: HAI-YING CHEN
IPC: B01J23/72
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: A catalyst article includes a substrate with an inlet side and an outlet side, a first zone and a second zone. The first zone includes an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) comprising a platinum group metal on a support and a first SCR catalyst. The second zone includes a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel exotherm catalyst (DEC). The first zone is located upstream of the second zone. The first zone may include a bottom layer with a blend of: the platinum group metal on a support and the first SCR catalyst; and a top layer comprising a second SCR catalyst, the top layer located over the bottom layer. Methods of reducing emissions from an exhaust stream including contacting the exhaust stream with the catalyst article are also disclosed. Catalyst articles of the present invention may provide higher catalytic activity and selectivity also hydrocarbon (HC) oxidation and exotherm generation may be concentrated in the DOC (second/rear) zone, thereby protecting the (first/front) ASC zone from hydrothermal degredation.
Patent GB-2576171-A (GB)
Title: Self-advancing roof support for a longwall mining system
Inventor: PATRICK CLAMP
IPC: E21D23/12
Filed: 2018-08-07
Abstract: A self-advancing roof support 102 for a longwall mining system 100 includes a base 104, a hydraulic actuator 110 having one end 112a pivotally coupled to the base, and a canopy portion 114 that is connected to another end 112b of the hydraulic actuator. The roof support also includes a load sensor 204 disposed on the canopy portion. The load sensor 204 generates a signal indicative of an amount of load borne by the canopy portion in abutment with a roof 302 of an underground mine site 106. A controller 206 is communicably coupled to the load sensor and the hydraulic actuator. The controller determines if the signal from the load sensor is suggestive of a cavity 304 adjacent to a zone above the canopy portion. Based on the determination, the controller actuates movement of the hydraulic actuator such that the canopy portion is displaced into a position underlying the cavity.
Patent GB-2563547-A (GB)
Title: System for communication between mobile bodies, method for communication between mobile bodies, and program recording medium
Inventor: GO WATANABE
IPC: H04B10/112
Filed: 2017-03-17
Abstract: In order to reliably communicate with a communication object even when the relative positional relationship with the communication object cannot be accurately grasped, a system for communication between mobile bodies is provided with: a control device for performing a control that switches between a first mode for transmitting wide-area signal light, and a second mode for transmitting selective signal light toward the communication object in accordance with a response signal light responding to the wide-area signal light transmitted in the first mode, and performing a control for selectively receiving the response signal light from the communication object; and a light transmitting/receiving device for transmitting the wide-area signal light in the first mode in accordance with the control of the control device, transmitting selective signal light toward the communication object in the second mode, and selectively receiving the response signal light from the communication object.
Patent GB-2570962-A (GB)
Title: Transporting device, storage system and method of relocating a transporting device
Inventor: DAVID SHARP
IPC: B65G54/02
Filed: 2018-10-10
Abstract: A storage system (Fig 1) includes a transporting device 40 which is arranged to form a cluster (5) with a reconfigurable physical topology. Transporting devices (10, Fig 1 also) are arranged to cooperate with a portion of a surface (21, 21a-c) and at least one other transporting device 40 in a cluster (5) with reconfigurable physical topology. Transporting device (40, Fig 10) comprises an item receiving space (42) and a relocating unit (41) arranged to permit relocation of the device within the cluster (5) by way of interaction with the portion of the surface (21) or relative to other devices in the cluster. Relocating device (41) may comprise a mechanical (including wheels, cogs and omni-wheels as in Fig 27), non-contact, magnetic and/or electromagnetic mechanisms. A communication unit (44) receives at least one instruction from pick, store, decant, load and/or unload stations of the system per se. Movement imparted by relocating units are identified by the motion arrows associated with each device in Figure 39.A method of relocating devices is also disclosed and the system is described as being relevant to numerous environments.
Patent GB-2577920-A (GB)
Title: Determining thickness of an elongate or extended structure
Inventor: KEITH VINE
IPC: G01N29/04
Filed: 2018-10-10
Abstract: A guided wave system 1 for determining a thickness of an elongate or extended structure 2 such as a wall of a pipe or a plate, is disclosed. The system comprises first and second sets (11(l), 11(2) of transducers 12 and guided wave instrumentation 4 configured to provide at least one excitation signal 18 to at least one transducer in the first set of transducers and to receive guided waves using at least one transducer in the second set of transducers. The at least one excitation signal 18 covers a sufficiently broad frequency range to contain cut-off frequencies for at least two dispersive guided wave modes in the elongate structure.
Patent GB-2578483-A (GB)
Title: Trenching apparatus and a method of trenching
Inventor: JACK GEELHOED
IPC: E02F5/06
Filed: 2018-10-29
Abstract: A trenching apparatus having a body moveable on the ground surface and a ground engagement boom associated with the body where the boom 12 being movable when engaged with the ground to form a trench. Lifting means are arranged to control and configure the ground engagement boom so as to enter the ground. The ground engaging boom is an endless chain ground-engaging boom, having a main body and a chain tensioner 100 coupled to the main body at or close to the upper end thereof. Optionally, the chain tensioner comprises an arm 102 pivotally coupled to the main body of the ground engagement boom. The arm is hydraulically controllable to move between a first closed position in which its distal end is close to the main body and a second deployed position in which its distal end is moved away from the main body to tension a chain arranged on the ground engagement boom. Optionally, an endless chain is mounted on the main body and the chain is a cutting or mixing chain.
Patent GB-2580373-A (GB)
Title: Modular battery system
Inventor: JUHA TUOMOLA
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2019-01-07
Abstract: A battery system comprising a plurality of electrically coupled battery modules 2 and a controller. Each module comprises a positive module terminal 4 and a negative module terminal 5 for electrically coupling with terminals of other modules, one or more module layers each comprising three or more battery cells 6 arranged logically as one or more rings, and switches 7 between neighbouring cells of a ring and between the cells and the positive and negative module terminals. The switches are configurable by said controller to electrically couple any two or more neighbouring battery cells of the ring in series between the positive and negative module terminals. The controller may also detect failure of a cell and disconnect it from a current path, or provide two or more parallel paths through the module layer.
Patent GB-2580650-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing a blank
Inventor: ADAM LUNN
IPC: B32B38/06
Filed: 2019-01-21
Abstract: A first die 16 cuts a printable web 13. A barrier material 22 is laminated 18 onto the web 13. A second die 19 embosses the web. A third die 24 cuts an outline of the blank. Preferably, the steps occur in the order stated, or all the dies work simultaneously on the laminated web. The barrier material 22 is preferably a plastic film attached using a low migration ultraviolet (UV) cure adhesive applied to the web. The web 13 is preferably, paperboard. Preferably, the barrier material extends over a window aperture (52, 53, figure 4) in the web. Preferably, embossing 19 is carried out using rotary roller dies 72, 74 having corresponding bevelled (78, 80, figure 3), recessed (73, figure 3) and projecting portions (75, figure 3). Disclosed plastics include polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (OPP, CPP), polyethylene terephthalate, (PET), cellulose and polylactic acid (PLA). The blanks are formed into containers for food and drinks, especially sandwiches, wraps, salads, coffee and tea.