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Patent GB-2543714-A (GB)
Title: Method for reducing carbon/coke in fuel injectors in dual fuel applications
Inventor: Norman C Blizard
IPC: F02M61/18
Filed: 2014-07-31
Abstract: A method of reducing carbonaceous deposits on a fuel injector is provided in which a first fuel composition is supplied to the fuel injector in a dual fuel engine, the first fuel composition comprising natural gas fuel and a first percentage of diesel fuel; and a second fuel composition is supplied to the fuel injector in a dual fuel engine, the second fuel composition comprising a second percentage of diesel fuel that is greater than the first percentage of diesel fuel to cause cavitation to occur within the fuel injector, thereby reducing carbonaceous deposits.
Patent GB-2560997-A (GB)
Title: Dual conditioner plate
Inventor: RASMUS ELMELUND NIELSEN
IPC: A01D43/10
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: A conditioner unit for conditioning crop material comprises a rotor having a shaft that carries a plurality of conditioning elements 22, a drive mechanism for driving rotation of the rotor about an axis, and a deflector element 24 having a working surface 26 that surrounds at least part of the circumference of the rotor to define a conditioning passage through which crop material is transported by rotation of the rotor. The working surface has front 36 and rear 40 ends that define respectively input and output ends of the conditioning passage. An adjusting mechanism 30 is provided for adjusting the position of the deflector element relative to the rotor, the adjusting mechanism being configured to enable the positions of the front and rear ends of the working surface to be adjusted. The front and rear ends may be adjusted independently. Also disclosed is a mower conditioner device comprising such as conditioner unit.
Patent GB-2551629-A (GB)
Title: A composite component
Inventor: JAMES K LANDER
IPC: F01D5/18
Filed: 2017-04-25
Abstract: A composite component comprising: fibres embedded in a matrix; and a plurality of pins 64 (for example z-pins) extending into the matrix to provide through thickness reinforcement, where each pin comprises a hollow bore, so that the pins define a hollow pathway. Preferably, pins extend parallel or transversely to a plurality of plies 60 comprising the fibres embedded in a matrix. Preferably, the angle between the plies and the pins is greater than 5° or less than 90°. Preferably, the pins extend partially or completely through the matrix material. Preferably, component is used in a fan blade, casing or vane in a gas turbine engine to provide cooling channels, modify the boundary layer of airflow over a component, or reduce noise. Preferably, channels define flow channel of heat exchanger in a vane. The component is repaired by injecting material through bore to desired location in blade.
Patent GB-2562776-A (GB)
Title: Pressure integrity testing of one-trip completion assembly
Inventor: ANDREW FRANKLIN
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2017-05-25
Abstract: A method for use in installing a completion assembly in a wellbore in a single trip is claimed. The completion assembly has a throughbore 50 and an isolation valve 36 operable to close the throughbore, said isolation valve being operable without being mechanically engaged with an activation member or tool whilst receiving power from a power source. The claimed method comprises running the completion assembly into a wellbore with the isolation valve in an open state, injecting a fluid through the throughbore and the isolation valve when the isolation valve is in an open state, closing the isolation valve, and performing a pressure integrity test of the throughbore above the isolation valve. The isolation valve may optionally be a ball valve, flapper valve or sliding sleeve valve. The isolation valve may have a sensor 72 and may be operable responsive to tags deployed into the throughbore such as RFID or RuBee tags. The completion assembly may also have one or more ports with port valves, which may comprise chemically degradable port plugs.
Patent GB-2547593-A (GB)
Title: Control system including single line switches and method
Inventor: JOEL D SHAW
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2015-09-14
Abstract: A control system and method of controlling a control system includes a set of pressure-controlled devices having at least a first device and a second device movable between at least first and second positions, and a set of single line switches including at least a first switch and a second switch, each switch configured to move the pressure-controlled devices, respectively, between the first and second positions. The first device alternates between the first position and the second position with every position changing pressure pulse to the first switch, and the second device alternates between the first position and the second position with every two position changing pressure pulses to the first switch.
Patent GB-2565106-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method of locating a radio emitter
Inventor: BENJAMIN JAMES GEAR
IPC: G01S13/46
Filed: 2017-08-02
Abstract: A radio emitter locator comprises a phased array antenna 2 and a computer apparatus. The apparatus is arranged to receive first waveforms comprising a first group of signals from respective directions and to receive second waveforms comprising a second group of signals from respective directions. The first and second waveforms are processed to determine the angles of arrival of each signal. The angles of arrival of the first group of signals are compared with the angles of arrival of the second group of signals to determine the locations of a group of radio reflecting objects 4. The time at which each of the radio reflecting objects reflected its respective signal is then calculated. For each reflecting object a range of possible emitter locations is determined (see light-cones in fig 6, not shown). By combining generated probability distributions associated with each reflecting object, the most probable location of the radio emitter 1 is identified.
Patent GB-2565800-A (GB)
Title: A pressurized fluid line holder and a pressurized fluid system comprising the same
Inventor: MICHAEL GRAHAM
IPC: F16L55/00
Filed: 2017-08-23
Abstract: A pressurized fluid line holder 10 comprises a body 12 having a first 14 and opposing second 16 side, and front 18 and rear 20 opposing faces extending between the two sides. A slot 32 is disposed in the body, extending through it from the front to the rear face providing an open path through the body. The slot extends from the first side partially through the body towards the second side thereby defining a slot base 24. The slot comprises a localized narrowing 28 between the opening and the base of the slot, having a width which is sufficiently large that a resilient fluid line can be pressed past the narrowing when inserted into the slot from the first side, and sufficiently small to hold the resilient fluid line in the base of the slot after it has been pressed past the localized narrowing. A pressurized fluid system comprises this holder and components to which the fluid lines are to be attached. The body of the holder can comprise a plurality of slots, and the holder can further comprise a locking component engaged with the opening of the slot to lock the fluid line in the slot.
Patent GB-2561036-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for buffering and compression of data
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G10L19/24
Filed: 2017-10-11
Abstract: A system for buffering and compressing data streams comprises: an allocation module, for determining one or more metrics 102 of each of a plurality of data streams; a compression module 104, for compressing each of the plurality of data streams and generating a plurality of compressed data streams, the compression module applying a compression ratio that varies as a function of the metrics determined by the allocation module; and a buffer memory, for storing 106 the plurality of compressed data streams. For example, the plurality of data streams may comprise one or more audio data streams, derived from one or more microphones. In an alternative embodiment compression is dependent upon the number of data streams.
Patent GB-2555289-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing same
Inventor: KIYOSHI ISHIDA
IPC: H01L23/04
Filed: 2016-06-01
Abstract: A semiconductor device (1) is provided with a substrate (2a), a semiconductor element (3), a ground pad (10), an insulation covering member (13), an electroconductive joining member (12), and an electroconductive cap (4). The insulation covering member (13) exposes the outer periphery of the ground pad (10) and covers the inner periphery of the ground pad (10), and is provided such that a step is formed from the ground pad (10) to the substrate (2a). The electroconductive joining member (12) is disposed on the outer periphery of the ground pad (10). The electroconductive cap (4) is joined to the ground pad (10) by the electroconductive joining member (12) so as to cover the semiconductor element (3). The inner-peripheral end of the bottom part (BP) of the electroconductive cap (4) is disposed further toward the inner periphery than is the outer-peripheral end of the insulation covering member (13). The bottom part (BP) is shaped so that there is a continual decrease from the outer-peripheral end to the inner-peripheral end in the distance to a principal surface (S1) .
Patent GB-2561428-A (GB)
Title: Electronic cigarette and bilayer tobacco liquid storing structure
Inventor: WEN CHEN
IPC: A24F40/60
Filed: 2018-01-27
Abstract: A storage structure for electronic cigarette comprising: an upper cover assembly connected to a first liquid storage chamber 30; a lower cover assembly connected to a second liquid storage chamber 40; and a liquid flow regulating assembly 20 to provide liquid communication between first and second chamber. Preferably, liquid flow regulating assembly comprises a ring 25 secured between a threaded ring 22 secured to an internal thread. Preferably, the ring, threaded ring and internal thread comprise through holes which can be aligned to permit flow of liquid, and a pin is installed near the ring through hole. Preferably, sealing ring lies between internal thread and ring. Preferably, first and second casing are sleeved on internal thread, the first casing comprising the atomiser and connected to fixing part 14. Preferably, fixing part is connected to mouthpiece 11 and comprises air inlets and airflow regulating ring 15 is sleeved on fixing part.
Patent GB-2570899-A (GB)
Title: Grant-based uplink transmission
Inventor: GUANG LIU
IPC: H04W72/12
Filed: 2018-02-08
Abstract: A scheduling request is transmitted from a UE to a base station via a wireless link. The base station allocates uplink resources for the transmission wherein the allocated uplink resources overlap with resources utilised by other UEs. The base station transmits a downlink indication which has: at least one resource indication field, each of which includes an indication of the resource used by the received scheduling request and/or at least one suspension indication field each of which includes an indication for UEs utilising the overlapping resources to suspend transmissions. The base station may allocate at least one scheduling request resource to the UE, each resource having a corresponding resource index. The scheduling request resource may comprise a unique combination of time, frequency and sequence resources. The suspension indication field may comprise a suspension ID. The suspension indicator may comprise a no suspension indicator. One aspect of the invention intends to provide a suspension ID in DCI transmissions so that a eMBB UE suspends its transmissions in order to allow a URLLC UE to transmit.
Patent GB-2571962-A (GB)
Title: Alarm system, sprinkler system and methods thereof
Inventor: GREG JOHNSON
IPC: G08B17/10
Filed: 2018-03-14
Abstract: An alarm system is provided for protecting a series of housing units 103, such as those in a high rise or apartment block 100. The system comprises at least one alarm unit 121 located within each housing unit 103, each alarm unit 121 being configured to supply an alarm signal upon detection of fire and/or smoke within its respective housing unit 103. A central control unit 123 is communicatively coupled to each alarm unit 121 and is configured to shut off a supply of gas 110 to the housing units 103 upon receipt of an alarm signal from one or more of the alarms units 121, in order to minimise the risk of ignition of the gas supply. The gas supply 110 may be cut off by closing a solenoid valve 115 in the gas supply line. Preferably closure of the gas supply only takes place upon receipt of two or more signals at the central unit 123. In other aspects, a sprinkler system is provided for use in a housing unit, and a method of assembly thereof.
Patent GB-2571979-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing
Inventor: JIAN WANG
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2018-03-15
Abstract: Processing graphics fragments representing sets of sampling points in a graphics processing pipeline, where a pool of sampling points to be processed contains more sampling points than can be processed in a single cycle. The sampling points are compared to determine if they would give the same processing result and if they do then processing the first of those sampling points and generating location information for the other matching sampling points to allow them to be written out for their respective locations. The processing result is then written out for each of the multiple sampling points by duplicating the result of the first sample point for the respective locations of the matched sample points. Also claimed is a method and apparatus for the process carried out over parallel pipelines.
Patent GB-2564511-A (GB)
Title: Composition, method and use
Inventor: ALAN NORMAN ROSS
IPC: C10L10/08
Filed: 2018-03-28
Abstract: A quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I) wherein R0, R1, R2 and R3 are optionally substituted hydrocarbyl groups, X is a linking group, R4 is an optionally substituted alkylene group, R5 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer, provided than n is not 0 when R5 is hydrogen. Also claimed is a method of preparing a quaternary ammonium salt, comprising reacting a tertiary amine with an acid-derived alkylating agent in the presence of a compound of formula HOOCXCOO-(R4O)n-R5, wherein R4, R5 and n are as defined above. Preferably, HOOCXCOO-(R4O)n-R5 is derived from a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid or succinic anhydride. The acid-derived alkylating agent may be an epoxide. A composition comprising the quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I) is also claimed. Preferably the composition is an additive composition for a fuel or lubricating oil, more preferably a gasoline fuel composition. The use of the quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I) and a method of improving engine performance, comprising combusting a fuel composition comprising a quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I) are also disclosed. The compounds of the invention are useful in reducing and preventing build-up of injector deposits.
Patent GB-2558831-A (GB)
Title: Multimode josephson parametric converter
Inventor: BALEEGH ABDO
IPC: H03K3/38
Filed: 2016-09-26
Abstract: A technique relates to operating a multimode Josephson parametric converter as a multimode quantum limited amplifier. The multimode Josephson parametric converter receives multiple quantum signals in parallel at different resonance frequencies. The multimode Josephson parametric converter amplifies simultaneously the multiple quantum signals, according to pump signals applied to the multimode Josephson parametric converter. The multiple quantum signals having been amplified at the different resonance frequencies are reflected, according to the pump signals.
Patent GB-2567510-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle camera system
Inventor: STEVEN ANDREW RANSOM
IPC: B60R1/00
Filed: 2018-05-17
Abstract: A camera system for a vehicle includes a first camera 6 configured to capture a first side rear view from the vehicle and a second camera8 configured to capture a second side rear view from the vehicle; a display device 4 is configured to display a default image from at least one of the first and second cameras; and a controller 10 configured to change the image displayed on the display device from the default image on receipt of a predetermined indicator signal. The system is configured to display blind spots from at least one of the rear view sides from assisting the person using the vehicle. The controller may be hardwired to the indicator system or an indicator switch. The cameras may be mounted to a frame of the vehicle at the rear and may be mounted on an indicator assembly. The vehicle may be a motorcycle. The invention further comprises method steps for the embodiment of the first invention.
Patent GB-2575270-A (GB)
Title: Interstage valve
Inventor: ALAN ERNEST KINNAIRD HOLBROOK
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 2018-07-03
Abstract: An inter-stage valve 17 for conveying fluid between stages of a multi-stage pump or compressor, being urged to a closed position by a closing force adjustable via a variable force actuator 40. When open, the valve allows the recirculation of fluid from a higher pressure stage 14 to a lower pressure stage 12 of the pump, thus preventing undesirable reduction of its pumping speed, excessive power consumption and thermal overload. The closing force may be varied in response to various parameters, such as the pressure difference between the two stages, the pressure at an inlet of or within one of the stages. The variable force actuator may be mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or electro-mechanical and be driven by a controller 50 receiving one or more signals related to respective operating parameter(s) of the pump. The controller preferably comprises a transfer function correlating the measured parameter(s) to the closing force exerted. The actuator may comprise a pressure-dependent member, like a diaphragm 22 located in an aperture of a wall of the lower pressure stage, coupled with the pump’s sealing member 18, which is further urged towards the valve seat by a biasing member, such as a spring 24 (see figure 2).
Patent GB-2563753-A (GB)
Title: Medical examination otoscope
Inventor: SHUNGUO SHEN
IPC: A61B1/227
Filed: 2016-12-27
Abstract: A medical examination otoscope, comprising an otoscope body (1) and an observation apparatus (2) connected to one end of the otoscope (1), the other end of the otoscope body (1) being provided with a tapered part (10) for inserting into the ear, the observation apparatus (2) comprising at least one optical lens group arranged on the same optical axis, the optical lens group comprising at least one optical lens (23) capable of moving on the optical axis, the central axis of the observation apparatus (2) being coaxial to or deviating from the central axis of the otoscope body (1). The focal length of the present medical examination otoscope can be adjusted by means of arranging two optical lenses (22, 23) able to move relative to one another; the structure is simple, and operation is convenient.
Patent GB-2569000-A (GB)
Title: Removing bubbles in a microfluidic device
Inventor: DANIEL LEVNER
IPC: C12M1/00
Filed: 2017-07-12
Abstract: A method of reducing bubble volume comprising (a) providing a microfluidic device comprising a microchannel wherein living cells are attached to the microchannel, (b) flowing fluid at a flow rate through the microchannel over the cells, (c) detecting a bubble, and (d) reducing the volume of the bubble with pressure without stopping fluid flow. Ideally, the microchannel is in fluid communication with a first reservoir at a first end of the microchannel, the first reservoir having a first pressure, preferably of 21kPa, and a second reservoir at a second end of the microchannel having a second pressure of ideally 20kPa. The fluid is ideally a culture media which may or not have been degassed. The bubble maybe a gas bubble such as an air bubble.
Patent GB-2578439-A (GB)
Title: Battery composition
Inventor: JUAN SCOTT CHAVES NOGUERA
IPC: H01M10/056
Filed: 2018-10-26
Abstract: An electrolyte, for use in a capacitor or a battery, comprises a polysaccharide matrix, carbon nanotubes embedded within the polysaccharide matrix, and sulfur embedded within the polysaccharide matrix. Further, apparatus comprising the electrolyte disposed between first and second electrodes is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the electrolyte is also disclosed, in which a polysaccharide solution is provided, carbon nanotubes are suspended within the polysaccharide solution, sulfur is suspended within the polysaccharide solution, and the polysaccharide solution is dehydrated to obtain a gel. Preferably, the sulfur is provided in the form of nanoparticles and is bound to the carbon nanotubes. The polysaccharide may be derived from a natural source, e.g. chitosan obtained from crustacean shells. The electrolyte may also include a nonionic surfactant and/or sodium chloride. The carbon nanotubes may be functionalised with sulfur, preferably using a cold plasma torch. The polysaccharide provides good electrolytic properties while being biocompatible, while the sulfur and carbon nanotubes enable good charge mobility.
Patent GB-2579419-A (GB)
Title: Strap clip
Inventor: WILLIAM DANDO
IPC: F16B2/14
Filed: 2018-11-30
Abstract: A strap clip 1 comprising a jaw part 2 and a wedge part 3 separable from the clamp portion 2 and connectible to a strap. The jaw part 2 comprises first and second elements 4, 5 pivotable with respect to each other. The elements 4, 5 form pairs of jaws 4a, 5a and levers 4b, 5b at opposing ends. The levers 4b, 5b define an interior space therebetween for at least partially receiving the male part 3. When received in the cavity of the jaw part 2 and pulled away from the jaw part 2, the wedge 3 urges the levers 4b, 5b apart, causing the jaws 4a, 5a to move towards each other. The action of tightening the strap thus pulls the wedge part 3 away from the jaw part 2, allowing closure of the jaws 4a, 5a onto a sheet of material.
Patent GB-2569237-A (GB)
Title: Coating for the surface of an article and process for forming the coating
Inventor: Katrin Zorn
IPC: H01M8/0206
Filed: 2018-12-05
Abstract: An article 2 comprising a base, and a coating 6 applied to at least partially cover the surface, comprising a conductive layer 10 including a noble metal, for example, copper, silver or gold, and/or noble metal alloy, and a layer 8 of a metal or metal alloy. The conductive layer may be an intermediate or external layer of the coating and may comprise 20-80% based on the noble metal. The other metal may be titanium, niobium, zirconium or rutherfordium. The coating thickness may be 20-100 nm. A further external layer 14 may be present to improve wear resistance and include titanium, niobium and/or zirconium, and possibly a noble metal. The further layer may have thickness 3-10 nm, may partially cover the conductive layer, and may be patterned as a mesh. The article may be a bi-polar plate for a fuel cell. A coating for an article comprising a layer applied to the article and a conductive layer applied thereto which includes a noble metal and a further metal is disclosed. A method of coating an article is disclosed where the coating may be selectively sputter deposited using magnetrons with metal and noble metal targets.