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Patent GB-2558312-A (GB)
Title: Vortex ring based display
Inventor: OLIVIER JACQUES ACHILLE CHARLIER
IPC: H04N9/31
Filed: 2016-12-31
Abstract: A projector screen 42 is susceptible to movement during projection; the system comprises means 46 to detect the position of the screen; and projector 44 comprises a light valve 45 with more pixels than the image to be projected 41, wherein a subset of the pixels used to project the image is a function of the determined location of the screen. The screen may be a vortex ring transporting one of smoke, water vapour, water droplets, dust, or humid air. An optical sensor may be used to detect the position of the screen, it may be able to detect wavelengths below 300nm and above 700nm. Heater or cooler elements may change the temperature of the screen. Markers may be projected onto the screen in order to detect its position. A (Kalman) filter, may be used to detect the location of the screen. The projector may project an image onto a second screen.
Patent GB-2560179-A (GB)
Title: Kite winch
Inventor: JAMES TAYLOR
IPC: F03D5/06
Filed: 2017-03-01
Abstract: A kite having multiple sections 801,802 for use in a power-generation system, the kite comprising a top panel 105 and a bottom panel 106, and at least one rib connection piece 203, 200a, 200b, 200c extending between the top panel at a first end and the bottom panel at the second end and which terminates at both the first and second ends end with a respective attachment portion arranged to extend in a plane that is coplanar with respect to the top panel and/or bottom panel and to be attached thereto. The panels may be formed of laminated materials, they may also be formed of composite materials, further they may be constructed with more layers in areas which will experience high loads. There may be bridle pieces 224 extending diagonally between the top and bottom panels in each section. The laminate layers may be arranged in specific orientations to improve characteristics of the final panels.
Patent GB-2560510-A (GB)
Title: A monitoring system
Inventor: ROBIN SIMON MCMANUS
IPC: G01S5/02
Filed: 2017-03-12
Abstract: A monitoring system 10 for locating personnel and recording their whereabouts in a defined environment, comprising a plurality of radio frequency identity tags each worn or carried by a person, a plurality of beacons 400, 402, 404, 406, to communicate with the tags, and a controller with a memory to keep a record of the tag location. The location of the tag is established when two or more beacons derive an identity signature from the tag. The beacons are preferably located in a building 99, and preferably there is at least one beacon at an entrance 110a or exit 110b of the building. Preferably the beacons have both a short and a long transmission range. The system may include biometric sensors including an inertial measurement unit, facial recognition imagers 100, 102, fingerprinting, or iris recognition. The tag may have features including a panic button, a display, a tamper alarm, and a microphone for communication purposes. There is an independent claim for a system of remotely addressable tags and a remote management system which allows operation of a communication device associated with an RFID tag only on input of an authentication code into the RFID tag.
Patent GB-2565995-A (GB)
Title: A Start-stop system
Inventor: CHRIS PEDLAR
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2017-03-23
Abstract: A method of operating a motor vehicle 2 that comprises a stop-start system 100 configured to shut down an engine 4 of the vehicle automatically when a brake value of a brake system 20 of the vehicle exceeds a first threshold brake value and restart the engine automatically when the brake value drops below a second threshold brake value. The method further comprises determining the first threshold brake value (202, figure 2) as a first function of a gradient of a surface on which the vehicle is positioned, determining the second threshold brake value (204, figure 2) as a second function of the gradient, wherein the first and second threshold brake values are determined such that a difference between the first and second threshold brake values varies as a function of the gradient. At least one of the thresholds may comprise a brake pressure, torque or pedal displacement and / or looking up in one or more tables. A start-stop system is also claimed.
Patent GB-2551904-A (GB)
Title: WFOV and NFOV shared aperture beacon laser
Inventor: CHIACHI WANG
IPC: H04B10/118
Filed: 2017-05-25
Abstract: Free-space optical communication includes guiding, by focusing optics 230, an optical communication beam 210 emitted from an optical transmitter 220 into a double-clad optical fibre 300. The double-clad optical fibre includes a fibre core 310 with a first numerical aperture NA-1, a first cladding 320 with a second numerical aperture NA-2 where NA-2 >= NA-1, and a second cladding 330. It also includes focussing optics 230 to guide light into the fibre and collimating optics 242 to direct light from the double-clad optical fibre toward an optical receiver of a communication terminal. The second portion 210l, 224 of the optical communication beam is arranged concentrically around the first portion 210h,222 of the optical communication beam which has a higher intensity than the second portion. The focussing optics may direct the first portion of the optical communication beam into the fibre core and the second portion of the beam into the first cladding. The optical transmitter may have a multi-mode source. The fibre core may be perturbed such as by microbending to propagate a low intensity beam portion into the first cladding.
Patent GB-2549437-A (GB)
Title: Valve for respiratory masks
Inventor: RICHARD FRANCIS BOWSHER
IPC: A62B18/10
Filed: 2011-12-09
Abstract: A respiratory mask 10 having a valve body (26, Fig 3) provided therein to define an opening between interior and exterior sides of the mask 10. Mounted to the valve body (26, Fig 3) is a valve 22 that is actuable between open and closed in response to a pressure differential across it. The valve 22 is further openable in both a first mode of operation in response to a positive relative pressure on the interior side of the mask 10 to allow the escape of gas from the mask 10, and a second mode of operation in response to a negative relative pressure on the interior of the mask 10 to allow gas to be drawn into the mask 10. The valve 22 is also taught as being deformed in the closed condition (Fig 6). In the first mode of operation (Fig 7) the valve 22 preferably opens outwardly of the mask body and is preferably substantially undeformed. In the second mode of operation (Fig 8) however the valve member 22 may be deformed, and in particular it may deform inwardly of the mask body.
Patent GB-2566087-A (GB)
Title: Suspension system
Inventor: LAUREN HEIDI POOLE
IPC: F16F15/123
Filed: 2017-09-04
Abstract: A bias system 12 for a suspension system (10, fig 2) for a running gear system (4) comprising a first axle arm 16a for attachment to a first wheel (14a) of the suspension system, the bias system comprising a first bias device 13a adapted to resist rotation of the first axle arm about a first pivot point 22 of the running gear system. The first bias device may comprise a casing 20 rotatable about the first pivot point, the casing fixed to the first axle arm, and an axial spring 18a located within and fixed to the casing, wherein rotation of the casing about the first pivot point causes displacement of the axial spring such that it resists rotation of the casing about the first pivot point to in turn resist rotation of the first axle arm about the first pivot point.
Patent GB-2559637-A (GB)
Title: Improved zoning configuration in a mesh network
Inventor: PETER ALEXANDER
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2017-09-05
Abstract: In a wireless mesh network comprising a controller 2 and a plurality of wireless networked devices 3, the wireless devices are designated to particular zones. Zone 1 devices 3a are able to communicate directly with the controller, whilst zone 2 devices 3b can only communicate with the controller via a zone 1 device. The devices periodically send positioning messages to the controller to update their zone designation, hence allowing the mesh network to respond to movements of the devices or the controller. The devices may update their zone designations based on acknowledgement messages received from the controller, the messages indicating which route the positioning messages took to reach the controller. Similarly, a device may determine that it has moved to a higher numbered zone if it receives no acknowledgements for its positioning messages. The ability of one device to communicate with another may be determined according to a threshold value for measured signal strength. The network may be an alarm network comprising sensors.
Patent GB-2566746-A (GB)
Title: Marine vessel having a hull incorporating a door
Inventor: SIMON CHARLES EVEREST
IPC: B63B19/08
Filed: 2017-09-26
Abstract: A marine vessel 2 having a door 4 incorporated into a hull 6 of the vessel, wherein the door is hingedly mounted to the hull within the door opening by a hinge mechanism 14 having a hinge axis which extends laterally across the door. An inner face of the door has a pair of sockets 36 with open ends oriented towards the inner face of the door 34. A pair of retractable pin mechanisms 42 are fitted to the hull, each comprising a pin which is movable within a housing fitted to the door frame 48 between a .retracted position, in which the pin is located substantially within the door frame, and an extended position in which the pin extends forwardly from the door frame. When the door is in the closed position the pin is received within one of the aforementioned sockets to form a structural load-bearing assembly to carry a structural load from the hull into the door. An actuator mechanism is provided for moving the pins between the retracted and the extended positions. A method of use is further described which involves the additional stage of engaging side locking pins into side sockets 80 in the door.
Patent GB-2554232-A (GB)
Title: Fluid end with modular intake manifold
Inventor: MARK C DILLE
IPC: F16L55/04
Filed: 2016-04-28
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a fluid end with a modular intake manifold for use in a pressurized fluid delivery system having two or more modules. According to one embodiment, an intake manifold for a modular multiplex pump includes a reducer coupled to an intake end of each module of the pump, a tee body coupled to a reduced diameter end of each of the reducers, and a damping material disposed within a volume of the reducer.
Patent GB-2568064-A (GB)
Title: Goal posts
Inventor: MICHAEL STEPHEN PRESS
IPC: A63B63/00
Filed: 2017-11-02
Abstract: A sports goal posts 11A comprises emitting means, such as an array of LEDs 20, extending longitudinally of an elongate post member 17,18. A remote actuator (14A, figure 1) is provided for remotely activating the light emitting means to cause the emission of light therefrom, for example when a goal or point is scored in a sports game. This enables spectators of the game to immediately see that a goal or point has been scored.
Patent GB-2557732-A (GB)
Title: Wound management assembly and negative pressure wound therapy system
Inventor: CHIH-TSAN CHIEN
IPC: A61M27/00
Filed: 2017-11-10
Abstract: Disclosed is a wound management assembly 1 comprising a housing 10 and an exudate collector 20 in the housing. A gap is defined between the housing and the exudate collector to form a channel S for fluid passage, wherein the fluid passes into and through the exudate collector and radially enters the channel. There may be a chamber 15 with an inlet 121, sidewall 14 and an outlet 13. There may be at least one element 16 for positioning the exudate collector. There may be a sealing layer 30 to fittingly cover the wound. There may be a plurality of fluid paths S1, S2. The housing may be drop shaped.
Patent GB-2569611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hair-cutting devices
Inventor: YANIKA CORDINA
IPC: A45D8/00
Filed: 2017-12-21
Abstract: A hair-curling device comprises a substantially toroidal main body 2 having an aperture (3, fig.4) through which a length of hair to be curled may be extended. The device has at least one hair-curling loop 4 located adjacent to the main body. An attachment means (9, fig.8) is provided to attach the hair-curling loop(s) to the main ring. The attachment means may have free ends which are attached around the main body by a fastener (6a, fig. 2). The hair curling device may comprise a single hair curling loop which is sized to fit concentrically over the main body once the hair has been wrapped around it (see figure 10). The main body may have a groove (15, fig.11) formed therein to accommodate the hair curling loop.
Patent GB-2570877-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable support device for screen
Inventor: CHIH FENG HO
IPC: H04N5/655
Filed: 2018-02-06
Abstract: A support device includes a transmission device 3 having a carrier 32 slidably attached to a housing 10, a driving device 35 connected to the carrier for driving and moving the carrier up and down relative to the housing, an object attached to the carrier, a sensor element 50 attached to the object for detecting a user 8 approaching toward the object, and a control device (70 fig. 6). The control device receives signals from the sensor element and instructs the driving device to move the carrier and the object up and down relative to the housing to a selected position. The support can then be used to automatically adjust the vertical height of an object such as a monitor or display according to the height of the user.
Patent GB-2571126-A (GB)
Title: An article of footwear
Inventor: ADRIAN LOCKE
IPC: A43B13/20
Filed: 2018-02-19
Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear, comprising an outsole component 3 and a removable midsole component 10; the outsole having resiliently deflecting diaphragm elements 6 for generation of pumping action for forcing air towards the midsole component, and a holding recess (7, fig. 4). The removable rnidsole component comprises cavities 11 for receiving air from the resiliently deflecting diaphragm elements, air circulation channels (12, fig. 3) extending substantially laterally from the cavities for distributing air from the cavities to the air circulation channels, and sealing areas adjacent to the cavities and air circulation channels. The sealing areas prevent air from escaping the cavities and air circulation channels when the removable midsole component is inserted in the holding recess. Air circulation channels may be provided with expanded areas (16, fig. 3). The expanded areas may have varying shapes and number of perforations. A footbed area 30 may be provided, with openings 31 aligned with the air circulation channels. There may be a strobel sock attached to the upper, and perforated at areas aligned with the diaphragm elements. The midsole preferably has a perforated area for air distribution. Also claimed is a method of circulating air within an article of footwear.
Patent GB-2574363-A (GB)
Title: Spedball
Inventor: AKM JAMA
IPC: A63B67/00
Filed: 2018-02-27
Abstract: A ball comprising multiple indentations which may be used as grip areas for fingers and knuckles, which comprises a further hole on either side used to install the ball on a two pronged or armed ‘bullhorn’ shaped device, which retains the ball in position until it is removed by a person or player of a game featuring the ball. The bullhorn device is fixed to a flat rectangular or square shape base and mounted on the individual via straps which route over the shoulders and around the waist or torso of a person. In use the aim is for the first player of a game to be wearing the ball on their back as described above, and for another player to chase them and acquire or remove the ball from its holder.
Patent GB-2561095-A (GB)
Title: Air-conditioning/hot-water supplying combined system
Inventor: TOMOKAZU KAWAGOE
IPC: F25B30/02
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: An air-conditioning/hot-water supplying combined system which is provided with: a heat source unit that is equipped with a compressor and a heat-source-side heat exchanger; and a hot water supplying unit that is equipped with a refrigerant-heat carrier heat exchanger, a hot-water-supplying-side throttle device, and a pump. The hot water supplying unit is provided with a control device which controls the opening degree of the hot-water-supplying-side throttle device so that the outlet temperature at the heat-carrier-side outlet of the hot water supplying unit reaches a target temperature, on the basis of the hot water supplying capacity required for bringing the outlet temperature to the target temperature and the refrigerant information showing the temperature and pressure of the refrigerant circulating through the heat source unit and the hot water supplying unit, if the difference in temperature between the outlet temperature and the target temperature is smaller than a preset setting value.
Patent GB-2575770-A (GB)
Title: Ion guide
Inventor: HAMISH STEWART
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2018-05-17
Abstract: An ion guide comprises a plurality of electrodes, each electrode comprising at least one aperture, so as to define an ion flight path having at least one curve. An aperture 415 of a first electrode 400 of the plurality of electrodes is adjacent to an aperture of a second electrode 410 of the plurality of electrodes along the ion flight path and the aperture of the second electrode has a shape, electrical potential, and/or position different from that of the aperture of the first electrode so as to cause ions travelling along the ion flight path to shift in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the ion flight path. The flight path may have helical-like (Fig. 1) and/or spiral-like (Fig. 10B) characteristics, may be labyrinthine (Fig. 8B) or form a figure-of-eight shape (Fig. 9). The ion guide may be used as the drift tube of an ion mobility spectrometer.
Patent GB-2574593-A (GB)
Title: Battery Management
Inventor: RAJLAKSHMI PURKAYASTHA
IPC: G01R31/392
Filed: 2018-06-07
Abstract: A time series of normalised voltage a battery cell is determined during a time period when a first current flows through the cell. Current through the battery cell is measured and voltage measurements 751a, 751b are made at plural times during the period and a normalised voltage 753a, 753b for each time is determined, depending on the current measured at each time, where each normalised voltage corresponds to an estimate of the cell voltage if a second, different constant current were flowing through the cell for the period.. A point of interest in a voltage series associated with the cell may be determined by measuring the cell voltage at plural times during charge or discharge; determining a time series depending on the measured voltages; determining plural rates of change with respect to time at different points in the series; determining a time series of plural averages, each over a subset of the rates of changes; and determining the point of interest indicating a change in reaction state by identifying a feature in the averages. A measure indicating a state of health of the battery cell may be determined by identifying a portion in the series of plural voltage measurements where the voltage undergoes a transition; and determining a transition voltage associated with the portion of voltage series.
Patent GB-2560477-A (GB)
Title: Unattended object monitoring device, unattended object monitoring system equipped with same, and unattended object monitoring method
Inventor: TAKESHI WATANABE
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: The present invention enables a user to be provided with progress information regarding an unattended object after appearance thereof in a monitored region. This unattended object monitoring device (3) is configured to be provided with: an image acquisition unit (11) which acquires an image of a monitored region captured by an image pickup device (2); an object tracking unit (21) which detects, from the captured image, an object appearing that has emerged within the monitored region, and tracks the object appearing individually by using images captured of the object; an unattended object detection unit (22) which detects, as an unattended object, an object that has not changed position for longer than a prescribed period of time on the basis of the tracking results of the individual object appearing; a progress information generation unit (23) which generates progress information regarding the unattended object following the appearance thereof in the monitored region, on the basis of the tracking results of the individual object appearing; and a reporting image generation unit (13) which generates a reporting image by superimposing the progress information over the captured image.
Patent GB-2575049-A (GB)
Title: Joint system for a modular furniture assembly
Inventor: STEPHEN MCCULLOUGH
IPC: F16B12/46
Filed: 2018-06-26
Abstract: A joint system (10) comprises a first furniture part (12A) having a female connector portion comprising a slot (14A) and a second furniture part (12B) having a corresponding female connector portion comprising a slot (14B). The slot (14A) of the first furniture part (12A) may comprise a body portion and two arm portions the body portion and the arm portions together defining tapered flukes. The tapered flukes may be configured to elastically deflect outwards when the first furniture part (12A) and the second furniture part (12B) are interlocked to secure the first furniture part (12A) and the second furniture part (12B) together.
Patent GB-2566352-A (GB)
Title: Automated safety system for aircraft
Inventor: PAUL BROOKS
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2018-07-04
Abstract: A self-contained, self-powered anti-collision safety system for high altitude, solar powered, unmanned aircraft (e.g. HALE) which automatically activates when the aircraft flies at an altitude where it may come into conflict with commercial manned aircraft. The safety system controller comprises a safety means, power source (e.g. battery 1) for powering it, air pressure detector and switch 2 wherein the pressure detector closes the switch to activate the safety means when the air pressure exceeds a value indicative of a pre-set value and opens the switch to deactivate it at the aircraft’s operating altitude. The safety system may include a Mode S ADS-B Out transponder and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver 5 and an anti-collision strobe light 3. At least the power source, pressure detector, switch and transponder may be in an aerodynamic housing 7 attached to an airframe exterior using low-temperature adhesive. The aircraft may descent if the safety system fails.
Patent GB-2579044-A (GB)
Title: A tool for fitting a wheel to a wheel hub of a vehicle
Inventor: JOHN LAWRENCE CREBER
IPC: B60B30/08
Filed: 2018-11-15
Abstract: A tool set and method for fitting a wheel 12 to a wheel hub 40 of a vehicle. The tool set comprises a wheel carrying bar 16 comprising a support end 20, and a hub engagement end 22 configured to locate on/in one of the fixing features of the axle hub 40, e.g. in a threaded bore 50 or on a threaded stud bolt (60; fig. 12). The end 22 may comprise a threaded female sleeve or male threaded stud. The method involves extending the bar 18 through a wheel aperture 80, engaging end 22 with the wheel hub 40, locating and fixing the wheel in place on the wheel hub and removing the bar. In use, the wheel is supported on region 24 between the two ends of the wheel carrying bar 16.There may also be a telescopic support bar 28 having an engagement end 30 with an aperture or male section 32 for engaging a corresponding male section or aperture 20 on the end of the wheel carrying bar 18, and a foot end which may engage an elongate removable foot 72 that has a socket and frictional rubber grip.