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Patent GB-2577052-A (GB)
Title: Expandable sleeved stent and method of making such stent
Inventor: Bruce De Jongh
IPC: A61F2/962
Filed: 2018-09-11
Abstract: An expandable sleeved stent 10 comprises (i) a tubular stent body 12 with first and second axial ends, a latticed peripheral wall 16, and at least two arms 18 that, upon radial expansion of the tubular body from a crimped condition to an expanded condition, protrude radially from the latticed peripheral wall with the free end of each arm radially displaced outwards, and (ii) a sleeve 14 which circumferentially covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the latticed peripheral wall between the free ends of the arms and the first axial end of the tubular body and bridges the spaces between the portions of the latticed peripheral wall adjacent the arms and the free ends of the arms. In a first embodiment the sleeve is secured to either the arms or the tubular body between the free ends of the arms and the second axial end of the tubular body such that upon radial expansion the portion of the sleeve that bridges the latticed peripheral wall and the arms flares radially outwards. In a second embodiment the sleeve covers the arms and has radially outwardly extending humps 26 which provide pockets 32 between the sleeve and arms; such that upon radial expansion the arms extend into the pockets. The sleeve of this embodiment may be formed by stretching over a cylindrical mandrel (28, Fig 6) with humps, before being placed over the stent.
Patent GB-2564314-A (GB)
Title: Toll collection system and soundness determination method
Inventor: YASUHIRO YAMAGUCHI
IPC: G07B15/06
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: The toll collection system (1) comprises: a roadside antenna (3a, 3b) for radio communication with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle; a radio communication control device (2a, 2b) for carrying out communication processing for communication with the vehicle-mounted device; a toll collection processing unit (10) for acquiring the results of communication processing from the radio communication control device (2a, 2b) and carrying out toll collection processing with respect to the vehicle-mounted device on the basis of the communication processing results; a vehicle detector (5a, 5b) for detecting vehicles entering the communication range of the roadside antenna (3a, 3b); and a soundness determination unit (120a) for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred in at least one of the roadside antenna (3a, 3b), the radio communication control device (2a, 2b), and the toll collection processing unit (10) on the basis of the results of the vehicle detection by the vehicle detector (5a, 5b) and the results of the toll collection processing performed by the toll collection processing unit (10).
Patent GB-2577918-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for determining the presence of ions in a sample
Inventor: KIERAN FLANAGAN
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2018-10-10
Abstract: A method of determining the presence of ions in a sample is disclosed. The method comprises using a first laser excitation means 35, including at least one continuous wave (CW) laser beam 31, to resonantly excite a sample beam 34. The method further comprises using a second laser means 36, including a continuous wave (CW) laser beam 32 substantially perpendicular to the sample beam 31, to ionise the resonantly excited sample beam to form resonantly produced ions and resonantly produced electrons. The method further comprises detecting the resonantly produced ions. The sample beam is an ion, molecule or atom beam. An ion sample beam may be neutralized prior to using the first laser excitation means. The resulting electrons may be extracted as an electron beam 40 for detection at electron detector 39. The ions may be extracted as an ion beam 41 for detection by an ion detector 38.
Patent GB-2566633-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for aftertreatment regeneration with dedicated EGR
Inventor: SAMUEL C GECKLER
IPC: F02M26/43
Filed: 2014-08-12
Abstract: An engine system comprises an engine 110, a turbocharger 320, 330, a fluid control valve 270, and an aftertreatment component 130 such as a lean NOx catalyst. The engine has a first set of dedicated cylinders 210 fluidly coupled to an intake manifold to form an exhaust gas recirculation system (EGR) and a second set of cylinders 300, 310, 315 which are fluidly isolated from the intake manifold of the engine. The fluid control valve is disposed between the first exhaust outlet and the exhaust conduit and is structured to selectively fluidly couple the outlet to the conduit. Also included are at least one of an exhaust conditions module, an engine load module, or a regeneration schedule module to determine an engine load drop event or a regeneration requirement value to operate the second set of cylinders in a stoichiometric mode. The system disclosed enables complete and stable combustion to improve the efficiency of engine.
Patent GB-2582904-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for controlling access to a vehicle
Inventor: Eric Gallagher
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2019-03-26
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling access to a vehicle, for example an ambulance, using combined biometric authorisation of a person and detection of a patient transport apparatus to actuate vehicle doors to unlock. The method comprises: capturing an image of an area in the vicinity of the vehicle 225; analysing the captured image; detecting if the captured images contain both at least one person 205 and a patient transport apparatus 215; determining if the at least one person is authorised to access the vehicle; selectively controlling a locking mechanism of the vehicle if an authorised person and a patient transport apparatus are both detected. The patient transport apparatus may be a stretcher, wheelchair or dolly, and a ramp may be extended or a lift lowered depending upon the type of patient transport apparatus detected. An internal parameter of the vehicle, such as the temperature, may be controlled depending upon the detection of the authorised person or an external environment parameter. The correct positioning and harnessing of the person on the patient transport apparatus may also be detected, with a log kept in a memory of any breaches of protocol.
Patent GB-2572494-A (GB)
Title: Support structures
Inventor: RICHARD JOHN WRAGG
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 2019-03-28
Abstract: The support structure comprises a rigid, non-conductive post 1 with a lower end 2 having a spike 5 to be driven into the ground, a central portion 3 and an upper end 4 for attaching a removable item. The post may be made of plastic. The lower and central portions may have a cruciform cross-section. The upper portion may have a circular outline and a cross-shaped slot or a hook for attaching the removable item. There may also be a cup which fits over the upper end to protect it when being mounted in the ground. Also claimed is a ground-engaging block with an aperture of complementary shape to a cross section of the spike of said support structure, and a system comprising both the support structure and the ground-engaging block. The block may be hollow and have an aperture through which ballast material is introduced.
Patent GB-2574330-A (GB)
Title: Mass spectrometer
Inventor: PETER CARNEY
IPC: H01J49/02
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising: an ion optics device 301 arranged within an ion optics device housing, the one or more electrodes of the device being electrically connected at least one external electrical connector 1719 provided on the housing; and one or more voltage supplies arranged within a voltage supply housing 1717, said supplies being in electrical communication with at least one external electrical connector provided on the voltage supply housing; wherein the electrical connectors on the voltage supply housing are directly physically and electrically connected to the electrical connectors 1719 on the ion optics housing. The electrical connectors on the ion optics device housing may be provided on at least one interface printed circuit board (PCB) arranged to cover and seal one or more apertures leading to at least one vacuum chamber in the ion optics device housing. Also disclosed is an analogue interface for a module operable to perform a predetermined function of a mass spectrometer.
Patent GB-2586572-A (GB)
Title: Light fixture
Inventor: FARIZ KHELLAF
IPC: H05B47/16
Filed: 2019-06-03
Abstract: Under cabinet lighting suitable for use in a kitchen environment is provided with an integrated ultraviolet (UV) light in order to sterilise a surface 160 illuminated by the UV light. A light fixture 100 comprises a visible light source 110, UV light source 120, and a sensor unit which deactivates the UV light source in response to detecting particular external stimuli. Accordingly, the UV lighting for sterilising a surface is deactivated remotely such that a user of a work surface being sterilised is not erroneously exposed to harmful UV radiation. The sensor unit may detect movement in the vicinity of the light fixture, for example being provided with a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and may alternatively or additionally detect ambient light level, such as by the use of a photocell. A timer may also be included to provide time slots during which the UV light source may be activated. Multiple light fixtures may be provided (figure 5) which may operate simultaneously or in groups.
Patent GB-2571671-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for safely positioning a coronary stent in the coronary arteries
Inventor: Sergei Alexandrovich Saranin
IPC: A61F2/962
Filed: 2017-04-14
Abstract: The invention is intended for use in medicine and enables maximally precise, quick and safe positioning of a coronary stent in the case of uncomplicated and complicated anatomical injuries of the coronary vascular bed, and also when stenting renal and visceral arteries. The claimed device consists of a body with a truncated anterior portion and a cylindrical posterior portion, which are interconnected such that the cylindrical posterior portion of the body is rotatable about its own axis. The inside surface of the cylindrical posterior portion of the body is provided with a thread that is capable of engaging a lip of a slider disposed on guides inside the posterior portion of the body. The slider is connected to a barrel of a gripper having vanes with elastic elements at a delivery system gripping point such that the gripper is rotatable about its own axis, wherein the vanes of the gripper have protuberances disposed in a clamping cylinder which is arranged inside the body of the device and squeezes and releases the vanes of the gripper under the action of a release member consisting of a pressure surface on the outer truncated portion of the body and vanes arranged inside the body at an angle to one another and to the clamping cylinder, respectively releasing or locking the delivery system in the device. When preparing the device for use, the coronary stent is first inserted on a delivery system into the device; the coronary stent is then manually manoeuvred on the delivery system to the injured site of the coronary artery, the delivery system is locked by the vanes of the gripper, and the stent is moved in a longitudinal direction on the delivery system and positioned in the coronary artery by circumferential rotation of the cylindrical posterior portion of the device.
Patent GB-2572114-A (GB)
Title: Carbon nanotube material, method for production and treatment of the same
Inventor: JOHN BULMER
IPC: C01B32/17
Filed: 2018-01-17
Abstract: In a method for treating carbon nanotube-based material, the carbon nanotube-based material is suspended in an oxidative atmosphere. An illumination portion is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation to heat the illumination portion, the illumination portion being out of direct contact with any supporting surface. Heat is continuously conducted away from the illumination portion to a non-illumination portion of the carbon nanotube- based material. This heating in the oxidative atmosphere causes at least partial oxidation and at least partial removal of amorphous carbon, partly ordered non-tubular carbon, and/or defective nanotubes in the carbon nanotube-based material, leaving a treated material comprising an arrangement of remaining carbon nanotubes.
Patent GB-2586272-A (GB)
Title: Security fitting for a window or door assembly
Inventor: GIOVANNI LAPORTA
IPC: E05C9/18
Filed: 2019-08-16
Abstract: A security fitting for a window or door assembly having an espagnolette lock with at least one slidable projection 1 which engages a slot of a keep mounted to the frame, the security fitting 10 comprising a support portion for mounting to the wing and an engagement portion 14 extending therefrom an receivable within an engagement slot 40b/d of a keep mounted to the frame when the wing is lifted while locked to gain access (e.g. during a burglary). The engagement portion may be fitted to the edge of the wing or a faceplate of the lock mechanism or may fit into a groove on the edge of the wing. It may be pin shaped and a flanged edge for engaging with a flanged rim on the slot of the keep. Preferably a security fitting is located at the top and bottom of the wing 10 110 and engage with corresponding keeps at either end. Also claimed is a keep for engaging with a fixed centralising pin on the wing, the keep having an entrance and two opposed slots each with a flexible platform or cover ( 242a/b Figures 4b-d) which is deflected by the pin and creates a blocked position.
Patent GB-2593127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ceramic femoral resurfacing head prosthesis
Inventor: SIMON NICHOLAS COLLINS
IPC: A61F2/36
Filed: 2017-11-01
Abstract: A ceramic femoral resurfacing head prosthesis (110, Fig 6) comprises a convex outer contact surface 112 engagable with either the acetabulum of a patient or an acetabular cup prosthesis, and a concave inner fixation surface 114. The outer contact surface and the inner fixation surface extend to intersect each other at a rim (160, Fig 6), the rim defining an asymmetric profile so that the inner fixation surface extends axially further than the convex outer contact surface, to prevent or limit fracture, chippage or breakage. Preferably the rim has an asymmetric profile between the inner and outer surfaces, with two or more different arcs 148, 150 having a radius R5, R6 of 0.2mm to 1.5mm. In a preferred arrangement the rim includes at least an outer radius R6 to the convex outer contact surface equal to or greater than 0.5mm. A ceramic stem (120, Fig 6) projects from the concave inner fixation surface.
Patent GB-2584925-A (GB)
Title: Galley Lock
Inventor: MICHAEL BAUER
IPC: E05B73/00
Filed: 2019-12-03
Abstract: A lock-monitoring device (fig.1,10) has a number of locking elements 12, a number of sensors 14, and a signal processing unit 16. In use the locking elements move from a release position (fig.1,PFRG) to a locking position (fig.1,PVER) to release/secure galley trolleys or units in receptacles. The signal-processing unit receives a signal from the sensors about the position of the elements, and generates a lock status display (fig.1,20), preferably, on a display 22. Lock elements may have a drive 36, integrated into a vertical or horizontal partition of a galley structure, to move them from the release to the locking position. The drive may have an encoder (fig.6,40) sensing drive movement and transmitting a signal to the processing unit to derive the position of the locking element. The locking elements may be pivoting levers, where the sensors continuously detect relative position with respect to a base. The lever may be moved manually, and device (fig.4,30) generates electric energy during the movement which is stored in an accumulator, the stored energy may be used for generating the locking signal. The sensors may be Hall sensors, limit switches, stop switches or capacitive sensors.
Patent GB-2583802-A (GB)
Title: Post connector and peg
Inventor: ANDREW COLIN DEANE
IPC: E04B1/348
Filed: 2019-12-23
Abstract: A peg 15 suitable for connecting building components, the peg having a first portion 15A suitable for inserting into a building component, and a second portion 15B having a neck suitable for being gripped by gripping means in use. The neck may be an annular recess 15C around the peg. There may be a conical head 15D and a threaded part 15E. The peg is used as part of a connector wherein the first portion is connectable to a post or column, an adjected co-axial post of column having a gripper for receiving and gripping the neck. The gripper may have two gripping bars attached to and bias towards each other by springs (1, 2, Fig 10) for forming a socket to engage the neck. Wedges 3, bias by springs 4, may engage the gripping bars and maintain them in an engaged position. The connector allows attachment of building parts in a snap fit, automatic manner, without requiring a user to directly access the connector (only access to tabs 10 is required to lock parts together).
Patent GB-2593140-A (GB)
Title: Constant pressure gas storage with gas dissolution mitigation
Inventor: MICHAEL SIMPSON
IPC: F02C6/16
Filed: 2020-01-10
Abstract: A system for storing gas at near constant pressure comprises a gas containment pressure vessel 10, an external holding tank 40 for hydraulic compensation liquid 30 and a channel between the pressure vessel and the holding tank with a reversible positive displacement pump which controls the pressure difference between the external tank and the gas containment. A liquid to liquid heat exchanger 70 can pass the liquid in both directions, enabling heat to be transferred between the rising stream of the hydraulic compensation liquid and a falling stream of the same liquid. A second pump (51, fig 2) enables direct control of the interface within the hot column.
Patent GB-2592208-A (GB)
Title: High resolution monolithic RGB Arrays
Inventor: ANDREA PINOS
IPC: H01L33/38
Filed: 2020-02-19
Abstract: A light emitting diode structure comprising a p-type region 118 formed in a via and an n-type region 116 that surrounds a light emitting region 110 and the via 118. Carriers are injected laterally from the p-type region and the n-type region into the region 110 and recombine to emit light. The light emitting diode is used as a pixel in a high-resolution micro LED display.
Patent GB-2592928-A (GB)
Title: Insulated gate switched transistor
Inventor: MUNAF RAHIMO
IPC: H01L29/739
Filed: 2020-03-10
Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a drift layer 4 (e.g. silicon or silicon carbide), source region 7, first, second and third base layers, trench gate electrode 11, and trench insulating layer 12. The second base layer 8 is higher doped than the first base layer 9, and the peak dopant concentration of the third base layer 1 is lower than 5x1017/cm3. The third base layer may extend deeper than the depth of the trench gate recess. This Insulated Gate Switched Transistor (IGST) differs from an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) in that the N+ doped source regions are not connected to the N-doped drift layer only through a MOS inversion channel. Instead, the conduction path of electrons includes (a) a highly P-doped base layer forming an inversion channel similar to a classical IGBT, and (b) a lightly P-doped third base layer 1 acting as the latched-up part of a thyristor base region conduction. The design provides higher blocking capability and protection from high peaks of the electric field in blocking mode. A trench planar gate structure (Figures 7, 8) is also provided.
Patent GB-2585504-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and system for dual ignition sources for a vehicle
Inventor: Daniel j o'connor
IPC: F02P15/02
Filed: 2017-12-20
Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for igniting fuel for an internal combustion engine, an ignition system include a first ignition device associated with a pre-combustion chamber of a cylinder and a second ignition device associated with a main combustion chamber of the cylinder. An engine control unit is operably connected to both the engine and the ignition system to ignite fuel for the cylinder with the first ignition device independently of igniting fuel with the second ignition device. The engine control unit determines an occurrence of a combustion condition and in response thereto (i) ignites fuel for combustion with both the first and the second ignition devices or (ii) ignites fuel for combustion only with the second ignition device. The engine control unit determines a second combustion condition and in response thereto ignites fuel only with the first ignition device.
Patent GB-2599410-A (GB)
Title: Heater assembly
Inventor: SAMUEL MICHAEL JOHN FORD
IPC: H05B3/28
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: A heater assembly suitable for a haircare appliance comprises an air duct (4, fig.1) defining an air flow path extending from an upstream end to a downstream end. A first heater element 20 has a first electrical path 30 defined between cut-outs 24 in a first sheet 22, the air flow path extending through said cut-outs. A second heater element is positioned in the flow path downstream of the first heater element. This also has an electrical path 30 defined between cut-outs in a second sheet, the air flow path extending through said cut-outs. The first electrical path has a first width and the second electrical path has a second width which is different to the first width. Preferably the first width is narrower than the second width. Making the second electrical path wider means it can be made more resistant to overheating while the narrower first electrical path maintains its ability to heat air quickly. The air duct 4 is preferably made from a stack of annular elements (12a,12c, fig 1), and each heater element may be embedded in one of the annular elements.
Patent GB-2586546-A (GB)
Title: Method for controlling a portable radio communication device to participate in a talk group call
Inventor: MUN CHUN YEP
IPC: H04W76/50
Filed: 2019-04-08
Abstract: A method of controlling a portable radio communication device to participate in a talk group call. The method includes receiving, at the portable radio communication device, a signal including a first hash value transmitted by at least one other portable radio communication device; selecting a wireless access point that is within a communication range of the portable radio communication device; applying a hash function to a device identifier that is uniquely associated with the wireless access point to generate a second hash value; comparing the first hash value with the second hash value; and controlling the portable radio communication device to participate in a talk group call with the at least one other portable radio communication device when the first hash value matches with the second hash value.
Patent GB-2584980-A (GB)
Title: Workload management with data access awareness in a computing cluster
Inventor: LIOR ARONOVICH
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2019-03-20
Abstract: A method as described for workload management with data access awareness in a computing cluster. In response to receiving an input workload for scheduling by a workload manager, a set of inputs is retrieved from a storage system by a data requirements evaluator module. The data requirements evaluator module generates a list of cluster hosts ranked for performing the input workload according to data access considerations and provides the ranked list of cluster hosts to a scheduler module. The scheduler module generates a scheduling of the input workload to certain hosts within the computing cluster where the generated scheduling is optimized with the data access considerations.