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Patent GB-2543574-A (GB)
Title: Connector with independently movable cages
Inventor: Jonathan Scott Preston
IPC: H02G9/02
Filed: 2015-10-23
Abstract: An elongate connector 1 for subsea connection of cables and the like to wind turbine generators has a plurality of locking elements 15, which may be in the form of balls, arranged on ramp surfaces 16 and held in a plurality of cages 13a, 13b on the connector 1. The cages 13a, 13b are moveable to move the locking elements 15 along the ramp surfaces 16 between an engaged position, where they may be on an upper region of the ramp surface 16, and a disengaged position, where they may be on a lower region of the ramp surface 16, and the plurality of cages 13a, 13b are moveable independently of each other. A release collar 27 can be provided, which can move all the cages 13a, 13b simultaneously to the disengaged position, in order to allow removal of the connector. The ramped surface 16 may taper axially so that the lower region is towards the rear of the connector 1 and the upper region towards the front, and it may be a single ramp extending circumferentially around the connector 1.
Patent GB-2544112-A (GB)
Title: Sliding door brake assembly
Inventor: GERARD VINCENT BALL
IPC: E05F5/04
Filed: 2015-11-09
Abstract: Sliding door brake assembly, for attachment to a sliding door of a vehicle, comprises a brake member 42 having at least one, preferably two, brake portions 42A, 42B. The brake member is to be pivotally mounted to a sliding door mechanism (30, fig.2) that runs in a track 20. The brake portions form inertial counterweights that urge the brake member from a neutral position in which the brake surfaces are not engaged with the track to an engaged position in which the brake surfaces frictionally engage the track when the door is subjected to an acceleration greater than a predetermined threshold, e.g. when slamming a door. Preferably a leaf spring 43 with two arms biases brake member toward the neutral position. The first brake surface engages the track when the door is moved in a first direction and preferably a second brake surfaces engages the track when the door is moved a second, opposite, direction allowing braking in both opening and closing directions. The sliding door mechanism may include multiple wheels or rollers engaging the track
Patent GB-2544479-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine with increased thermal efficiency
Inventor: JOHN RUTLEDGE
IPC: F02M26/23
Filed: 2015-11-16
Abstract: An internal combustion engine 30 comprising an engine block 380, a cylinder head 281 and a combustion chamber defined as a cylindrical cavity within the engine block enclosed by the cylinder head 281; the combustion chamber comprises an oxidant inlet; an exhaust outlet; and a fuel injector, and at least one of the oxidant inlet, the exhaust outlet and the fuel injector passes through the cylinder head; the internal combustion engine further comprises an exhaust gas recirculation conduit configured to direct exhaust from the exhaust outlet to the oxidant inlet; the internal combustion engine further comprises a primary thermal transfer circuit 301 configured to facilitate thermal transfer from the engine block 380, and a secondary thermal transfer circuit 402 configured to facilitate thermal transfer from both the cylinder head 281 and the exhaust gas recirculation conduit; the secondary thermal transfer circuit 402 is fluidly independent from the primary thermal transfer circuit 301. The secondary thermal transfer circuit 402 may comprise an expander, and the assembly may comprise a tertiary exhaust after-treatment heat transfer circuit (600, Fig. 6).
Patent GB-2530938-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead tree pressure limiting device
Inventor: GIVEN MICHAEL J
IPC: E21B33/076
Filed: 2011-07-21
Abstract: A pressure relief device in a wellhead assembly 111 (fig 1) with cylindrical bore, first plug 146 (fig 1) and second plug 126 (fig 1) located in cylindrical bore 122 (fig 1) and spaced apart to define a cavity 149 (fig 1), cavity adapted to retain a trapped fluid, an apparatus for relieving pressure comprising a negative pressure passage 202 through the wellhead and in communication with the cavity, a vessel 188 mounted on the exterior of the wellhead in communication with negative pressure passage, the vessel comprising a chamber 208 with a plunger 206 extending into the chamber, plunger being withdrawn partially to create a negative pressure in chamber and draw fluid from cavity via passage when fluid volume increases in the cavity due to thermal expansion. A rupture disc 288 may be used to prevent fluid from flowing from the void until pressure exceeds a predetermined value.
Patent GB-2545272-A (GB)
Title: Electrically insulating cap comprising a tube for receiving one or more electrical wires
Inventor: PATRICK HESTER
IPC: H02G15/04
Filed: 2015-12-11
Abstract: An electrically insulating cap comprises a tube 10, an opening at a first end 12 of the tube for receiving electrical wires, and a joint 16 between two opposing sides of the tube within an interior of the tube. The joint blocks the tube at a point along a length of the tube to prevent the electrical wires from entering beyond a fixed distance into the tube. The joint is spaced away from a second end 14 of the tube by a standoff distance 20 which is greater than the radius 22 of the tube and less than five times that radius. The tube is formed of an outer tube (32, Fig 3) of a non heat shrinkable material around an inner tube (30, Fig 3) of a heat shrinkable material. This avoids creating a sharp edge.
Patent GB-2546307-A (GB)
Title: Process of controlling operation in a multi-cylinder engine
Inventor: EIKE JOACHIM SIXEL
IPC: F02D17/02
Filed: 2016-01-15
Abstract: A process of controlling operation in a multi-cylinder engine 102 during start and low-load conditions. The supply of fuel to a first set of cylinders 106 108 110 112 is skipped for a pre-determined number of working cycles whilst a fuel-air mixture is supplied to a second set of cylinders and combusted for the pre-defined number of working cycles. The selection of the cylinders forming the first and second sets respectively may change during operation and the supply of fuel changes to the first set of cylinders after the pre-determined number of working cycles. Ignition may be executed in the first set of cylinders along with an air supply when the fuel supply is skipped. The number of cylinders in each set may vary dynamically during transient operation and may be based on load condition, speed condition or an external input to the engine. A control system for controlling this process has a sensor module detecting a start of operation of the engine or a low-load condition of the engine. An engine system comprises a multi-cylinder engine, a fuel-supply system, an ignition system, and the aforementioned control system.
Patent GB-2538158-A (GB)
Title: Support structure for supporting external panel components of a vehicle
Inventor: MARCO NICKEL
IPC: B62D27/04
Filed: 2016-04-05
Abstract: The present invention relates to a support structure for supporting panel components 12 of a vehicle, comprising a deformable basic portion 24 with fastening points for connecting the support structure 22 to the panel components 12, and one or more support portions 26 that are connected to the basic portion 24 each with a free end, by which the support portions 26 can be fastened to one or more cross members 32 of a body of the vehicle. In addition, the invention relates to a panel arrangement for covering a vehicle, comprising one or more panel components 12 , a support structure 22 according to any one of the preceding claims, and an intermediate piece 36 that is arranged between the panel components 12 and the support structure 22 , which during the shifting of the panel components 12 in the direction of the support structure 22, interacts withthe panel components 12 and the support structure 22 and thereby deforms the support structure 22 .
Patent GB-2552532-A (GB)
Title: Duct connector
Inventor: MATTHEW REANEY
IPC: F24F13/02
Filed: 2016-07-28
Abstract: A duct connector for sealing duct components 30,31 comprises a duct member 12, and a seal member 14. The duct member 12 is hollow, is open at a first end and has a length extending away from the first end, and the seal member 14 is located around an outer circumference of the duct member 12, the seal member 14 forming a seal between the duct member 12 and a duct component 30, 31.
Patent GB-2544867-A (GB)
Title: System and method for preserving privacy of data in the cloud
Inventor: NIGEL HENRY CANNINGS
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2016-10-03
Abstract: For preserving privacy during encrypted search of speech data, comprising: receiving an audio recording; converting the received audio recording into a text or binary file format; encrypting the converted file; storing the encrypted file on the cloud; phonetically encoding the received audio recording; encrypting the phonetic transcription; storing the encrypted phonetic transcription representation on the cloud; identifying one or more phonemes from the encoded phonetic transcription; assigning an integer to each phoneme and generating a client-side index from the assigned integers; generating a frequency table based on the occurrence of phonemes and generating a relevance score based on the frequency table; generating a server-side secure index and uploading it to the cloud before destroying the server-side secure index on the client side; receiving a keyword enquiry represented as a phonetic string; converting the phonetic string to a sequence of integers; generating a trapdoor function for the phonetic string and uploading it to the cloud; searching the server-side index table, using the uploaded trapdoor function, for the most relevant phonetic transcription and corresponding audio file, returning the most relevant encrypted file; decrypting the returned encrypted file and phonetic transcription to an audio file for playing at the relevant time interval.
Patent GB-2559623-A (GB)
Title: In-car Drinking System
Inventor: PHILLIP TURNER
IPC: B60N3/18
Filed: 2017-02-14
Abstract: An in-vehicle drinking system, comprises a drink reservoir, a removeable drink container 12 having an upper outlet from which a user can drink and a separate, lower inlet at or towards the container bottom for filling the container, a dock 14 having a drink outlet, and a liquid conduit linking the reservoir and the dock drink outlet, wherein the drink container 12 can be located on the dock 14 with its inlet in sealing engagement with the dock outlet to fill the container vessel through the lower inlet. One or more side walls 18 may surround a container lower portion for guiding it into a docking engagement and supporting against sideways movement when engaged in the dock. Container base may be frusto-conical, a truncated cone or a pyramid. The container and the dock may have aligned one-way valves comprising check valves 24, (36, figure 4) acting against each other to open and form a flow path. A switch may allow a user to select between first and second drink reservoirs. A conduit may direct cleaning, washing or rinsing liquid into a waste reservoir. The vehicle may be a car, aeroplane or train. The system may reduce beverage spillage.
Patent GB-2550999-A (GB)
Title: Barrier coated substrates
Inventor: IAN BURNETT
IPC: C08J7/048
Filed: 2017-03-08
Abstract: A method for forming a composite barrier layer on a substrate to protect against moisture and gas permeation, the method comprising forming on said substrate a composite barrier layer comprising: i) a polymeric sub-layer formed by atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition; and ii) an inorganic sub-layer formed by atmospheric pressure 10 spatial atomic layer deposition. Also described are a substrate having such a composite barrier layer formed thereon together with an OLED opto-electronic device comprising such a substrate.
Patent GB-2552079-A (GB)
Title: Fan assembly for a computer system as well as holding device for a fan assembly
Inventor: LORENZ SCHELSHORN
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2017-06-01
Abstract: Fan assembly for a computer system comprises a fan 1 and further comprises a flange 5 having at least three fastening openings 6 and a holding device which further comprises at least two spring-loaded first fastening elements 8A and a second fastening element 8B corresponding to the fastening openings 6. The fan assembly further comprises an at least two stage engagement mechanism which may comprise rotating, twisting or turning the fan 1 with respect to the holding device. In the first stage, the at least two first fastening elements 8A lock with at least two of the fastening openings 6. In a second stage, the second fastening element 8B locks with a further fastening opening 6. The fan 1 may latch with the holding device after a third stage. The fastening elements 8A, 8B may have pin-type designs, may be designed as mandrels or may each have a latch element.
Patent GB-2550069-A (GB)
Title: Creating platform positioning maps representing surface pad location feasibility
Inventor: Dewayne Edward Pratt
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 2015-01-05
Abstract: Systems and methods for creating platform positioning maps representing surface pad location feasibility for visually validating a current surface pad location and/or determining the suitability of another surface pad location.
Patent GB-2549654-A (GB)
Title: Information presentation system for evaluating billing location
Inventor: MASATO IEHARA
IPC: G07B15/06
Filed: 2015-01-15
Abstract: This information presentation system for evaluating billing location is provided with: a signal output unit installed on-board a vehicle, for outputting a signal at a timing at which a billing process based on the location of the vehicle takes place; a signal acquisition unit installed at a prescribed location, for acquiring a signal from the signal output unit; and a billing location detection unit for detecting the location where the billing process took place, on the basis of the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit.
Patent GB-2566290-A (GB)
Title: Firebrick and stove
Inventor: George Hughes-Hallett
IPC: F24B5/06
Filed: 2017-09-07
Abstract: A firebrick 1 has an air supply path 6 which delivers a tertiary airflow to a combustion chamber (11, Fig. 3) of a stove (10, Fig. 3). An air mixing formation 4 in the air supply path induces swirling in the airflow to promote burning of smoke particles in the combustion chamber. The firebrick may have a plurality of air mixing formations. The air mixing formation may be a spiral channel integrally formed in the firebrick, and the channel may have a graduated depth. A front face of the firebrick may face a firebed in the combustion chamber. The air supply path may have an inlet 5 which receives tertiary air from a stove manifold (13, Fig. 3), and an outlet 7 delivering tertiary air flow above a firebed in the combustion chamber. A combustion enclosure part comprising curved feeding channels inducing rotational momentum to airflow exiting air supply outlets 7 is also claimed.
Patent GB-2558986-A (GB)
Title: A sun lounger cover with occupancy status indicator
Inventor: COLIN BIDEWELL
IPC: G08B5/22
Filed: 2017-10-11
Abstract: A sun lounger cover 1 comprises a main body portion 10 which lies on top of a sunbed 5, and an occupancy status indicator, which may show, via display and power unit 3, whether the lounger is occupied, available or becoming available. The cover 1 may include an inner cushioning material and an flexible outer fabric covering, and may also comprise one or more presence sensors 2a, 2b. The occupancy status indicator may further comprise a plurality of timer units, a first and second both displaying local time, the second of which freezes at the time a person/object removes their weight from the cover 1, a third which displays the length of time before a lounger becomes vacant or the time of a future booking, and a fourth displaying the difference between the first and second timers, wherein the second timer is reset to local time if the person/object returns within a pre-set time period. If the person/object does not return within the pre-set time period, the occupancy status indicator may be set to available. The occupancy status indicator may also be in communication with a remote receiver to receive signals indicative of bookings.
Patent GB-2567448-A (GB)
Title: A hair styling appliance
Inventor: JAMES GASKELL CORRIGAN
IPC: A45D2/00
Filed: 2017-10-11
Abstract: Hair styling apparatus comprises two arms (12, 14, fig. 2) pivotably coupled together and moveable between an open and a closed position. A heating plate 24 is provided on a facing side of at least one arm. An aluminium nitride ceramic heating element 54 is in thermal connection with each heating plate. The aluminium nitride heating element may be a single-sided heating element or a double-sided heating element. It may be a thick film, or a thin film heating element. The heating plate 24 may be flexible, or the aluminium nitride heating element 54 may be flexible. Preferably, a thermal interface material 66 is disposed between the heating element 54 and the heating plate 24. An insulation block 68 may be disposed on the ceramic heating element.
Patent GB-2560638-A (GB)
Title: Grounded reflector for a vehicle lighting fixture with a capacitive switch
Inventor: STUART C SALTER
IPC: H03K17/96
Filed: 2018-03-05
Abstract: A lighting fixture 102 for a vehicle comprises a lamp assembly, a grounded reflector 200 and a capacitive switch 104 electrically coupled to the lamp assembly. The grounded reflector includes a metal layer (Fig.3, 300) which is indirectly (i.e. not directly) coupled to a ground plane of the vehicle, and the capacitive switch controls the lamp assembly based on detecting a capacitive object within a detection field. The grounded reflector may include a conductive thermoplastic layer with a grounding wire embedded in it (Figure 3), thus providing the electrical ground coupling to the metal layer. A bezel comprising a conductive thermoplastic layer and a metal layer may also be included, along with a second grounding wire connected to the ground plane of the vehicle. Alternatively, a reflector for a vehicle light fixture comprises a conductive thermoplastic layer with a concave surface covered by a metal layer, and grounding pins embedded in the thermoplastic layer but not in direct contact with the metal layer. In each case the thermoplastic layer may be polyethylene terephthalate and may be impregnated with high aspect ratio graphite.
Patent GB-2567907-A (GB)
Title: Protection device, assembly and method
Inventor: ALEX HUGHES
IPC: H02G3/22
Filed: 2018-03-12
Abstract: A protection device 100 for preventing damage to an elongate flexible member passing through an aperture, comprises a body portion 104, with an internal passageway 132, which is inserted into the aperture in a first direction. It further comprises at least one latching element 108 for engaging an edge of the aperture to prevent removal of the body portion from the aperture in a second direction opposite to the first direction, after insertion of the body portion into the aperture. The latching element is pivotally mounted 110 to the body portion for moving between a first position which enables insertion of the body portion into the aperture in the first direction; a second position which prevents removal of the body portion from the aperture in the second direction; and a third position which enables removal of the body portion from the aperture in the second direction. A protection assembly comprises the protection device and a bend limiting device comprising an elongate flexible body and attachment means for enabling attachment of a pulling member. The body portion can comprise a shaft element 104 and a sleeve member 102.
Patent GB-2573987-A (GB)
Title: Water supply outlet assembly
Inventor: STUART JOHN BLAIRS
IPC: E03C1/04
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: A water supply outlet assembly 10, for example in the form of a tap or shower head, includes a body 12 through which water can pass to an outlet 24. The assembly also includes a mounting arrangement in the body for an anti-microbial filter cartridge 30 such that water passing through the body passes through the filter cartridge. At least part of the body through which water passes immediately before exiting the body through the outlet is made of a material which can be repeatedly sterilised, for example a metal, e.g. brass, or plastics material. The mounting arrangement may comprise a chamber 22 profiled to receive and retain the filter cartridge in position. A holder for retaining the filter cartridge may be connected to, or integral with, a connection fitting for the assembly which connects the assembly to a water supply. A seal, such as an o-ring 34, can be provided around a proximal end of the filter cartridge.
Patent GB-2573095-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for delivering substances to and / or retaining substances on a railway traction contact surface
Inventor: GRAHAM HEARN
IPC: B61K3/02
Filed: 2018-03-28
Abstract: An apparatus 222 for mounting on a railway vehicle dispenses a friction modifying substance 230, such as water or sand, towards a railway traction contact surface, such as a rail 10 or a train wheel surface (fig.5,21), having an electrostatic source 250, such as a corona discharge or induction electrode, charging the substance promoting delivery to and/or retention of the substance to the surface. An additional electrode 251 may be used to charge the substance both before and after it contacts the rail surface. Preferably, the electrode may be 30 to 300mm from a nozzle 246, charging the substance at a position closer to the surface than the nozzle. Mounted on a railway vehicle the electrode may be between the dispenser 224 and a wheel 20, with further electrodes used between additional wheels.
Patent GB-2573097-A (GB)
Title: Natural language interface for a data management system
Inventor: John Antony Folland
IPC: G06F16/9032
Filed: 2018-04-16
Abstract: A data processing system comprises a data management system, e.g. a customer relationship management (CRM) system 118, in a first network, a natural language processing (NLP) system 210 located outside the first network, and an interface application 202 adapted to receive one or more natural language messages 104, 106 from a user. The messages are forwarded to the NLP system for processing. A message is received from the NLP system, based on the natural language messages, which is used to invoke an operation at the data management system. This allows the use of a commercial cloud based chatbot system without allowing this third party system to directly invoke the API 206 of the CRM system. Sensitive customer data sent to the NLP system may be masked via encryption. Also disclosed is a data validation method for a natural language processing system involving receiving a data object comprising data extracted from a natural language exchange by the natural language processing system, retrieving additional data from a custom payload of the data object, validating the extracted data using the additional data, and sending a validation response to the system in dependence upon the outcome of the validation.