baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2536660-A (GB)
Title: Roof system for a vehicle
Inventor: DAN HAYNES
IPC: B60J7/08
Filed: 2015-03-24
Abstract: A detachable roof system for a convertible vehicle (10, Fig. 1) having an open state in which a vehicle cabin is open and a closed state in which the vehicle cabin is closed, includes a front frame 30 which is removably mountable to the vehicle at the front of the vehicle cabin and a rear frame 60, separate from the front frame 30, which is removably mountable to the vehicle at the rear of the vehicle cabin. The rear frame includes an integral panel (76, Fig. 7) which forms a rear window of the vehicle when the rear frame is mounted on the vehicle. The roof system includes a hood 34 for covering the cabin in the closed state; wherein the rear frame 60 provides a support for the hood 34 which spans the rear frame 60 when the hood 34 covers the cabin. The assembly may also include clamping means for clamping the rear frame 60 to the vehicle.
Patent GB-2523705-A (GB)
Title: Sawing system, sawing support structure and a wire replacement unit and method
Inventor: RAMFJORD HARALD
IPC: E02B17/00
Filed: 2013-12-27
Abstract: A leg cutting system with a leg support clamp (2) with a height h for maintaining a structural integrity of the leg (1) during and after the leg (1) is cut. The system includes at least two leg support clamp parts allowing the leg support clamp (2) to be installed around the leg (1). The at least two leg support clamp parts are joined in at least one clamp structure joint (11) with releasable mechanical fasteners for joining or releasing the at least two leg support clamp parts along the at least one clamp structure joint. A wire saw (6) with a wire saw support frame (7) and longitudinal saw tracks (16) for longitudinal displacement of the sawing wire along said longitudinal saw tracks (16) can be fixed to the leg support clamp. A wire replacement unit (9) with a plurality of sawing wires with a joint allowing the wires to be joined is located adjacent the wire saw. The embodiment(s) furthermore relates to a leg support clamp.
Patent GB-2543578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pumping and pressure measurement in vacuum switching devices
Inventor: RICHARD REEVES
IPC: H01H33/668
Filed: 2015-10-23
Abstract: A method of introducing an additional stage of pumping in the manufacture of vacuum switches so as to increase the vacuum life, in which a first electrical discharge is held in the residual gas within the vacuum switch for long enough to reduce the gas pressure to a desired level, as revealed by the falling discharge current when subject to inverse magnetron discharge testing. The first discharge may be held for between 5 and 15 seconds or more and may be of the Penning or Inverse Magnetron type, or may be pulsed or consist of a series of discharges. The remaining level of current at the end of the first discharge may be used to reveal the presence and/or measure the rate of a leak. The form of the falling current curve and the residual current value may be used to measure the content of permanent gas within the devices as well as detect gas leakage. The gas leak rate may be measured with a second discharge after a delay period, which may be short in comparison to conventional methods. The first discharge may be pulsed or consist of a series of discharges. This method can be applied to improving the vacuum of newly made devices or of old devices whose vacuum has deteriorated.
Patent GB-2546790-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic accumulator monitoring system
Inventor: ANDREW JAMES MCCLURE
IPC: F15B1/02
Filed: 2016-01-29
Abstract: A hydraulic accumulator monitoring system comprises hydraulic input 2, a hydraulic output 3, at least one hydraulic accumulator 4,5 connected between the hydraulic input and the hydraulic output, a flowmeter 10 connected between the hydraulic input and the at least one accumulator, and a processor connected to the flowmeter to receive measurements taken by the flowmeter. The processor is operable to infer the stored volume of accumulated hydraulic fluid within the accumulator from the received flowmeter measurements. Pressure and temperature sensors 11 may also be connected between the hydraulic input and output. The flow data, temperature and pressure recordings may be combined using multiplexing means. The processor may be configured to trigger an alarm when a received measurement is above a predetermined threshold. A method of monitoring a hydraulic accumulator is also disclosed. The accumulator may be used in an underwater (subsea) fluid extraction well facility.
Patent GB-2547465-A (GB)
Title: System and method for assisting conference calls
Inventor: JAMES TAGG
IPC: H04M3/56
Filed: 2016-02-19
Abstract: A conference call helper system 4 comprising a communication means arranged to support a first communication link 10 with a user device 2a and a communication means arranged to support a second communications link 11 with a conference call system (or conference bridge) 3. The first and second communication links 10, 11 are connected and the conference call helper system is arranged to maintain the second communication link 11 to the conference call system 3 when the first communications link is disconnected. Aspects of the invention include re-establishing the first communication link and connecting the re-established first communication link and the second communication link. It enables a user to access a conference call through the conference call helper or assistant system 4, and if the user subsequently loses network connectivity the system acts as a proxy for the user so that it appears to the system hosting the conference call that the user is still connected to the conference call.Further aspects include the system monitoring the status of the first call connection and determining whether termination is normal or abnormal (call termination occurring for reasons other than deliberately ending, e.g. loss of connectivity).
Patent GB-2550389-A (GB)
Title: A detachment alert device
Inventor: LEE MANGNALL
IPC: G08B21/18
Filed: 2016-05-18
Abstract: A device is provided for alerting a user to a detachment event in which a part of a wheel assembly 12 becomes detached or partly detached or subject to excessive play from an axle 4 of a vehicle. The device comprises: a retaining member 15 engageable with the axle 4 for at least temporarily retaining the wheel assembly 12 on the axle 4 after the detachment event, the retaining member 15 comprising a trigger portion 7 spaced away from the wheel assembly 12 and arranged to contact with a part of the wheel assembly 12 during or after the detachment event; and an alarm means configured to activate an alarm 16 to alert a user to the detachment event when a part of the wheel assembly 12 contacts with the trigger portion 7.
Patent GB-2549341-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle door control arrangement
Inventor: ARUN MANIKKATH
IPC: E05B85/12
Filed: 2016-05-27
Abstract: A vehicle door control arrangement 10 for permitting the opening of a vehicle door (fig 9, 12), the arrangement 10 including a door handle means 14. A control mechanism 16 is locatable in the door 12, and operable by movement of the door handle means 14 to cause door latching means to disengage from the closed position. A door handle movement means 18 is provided, operable to selectively move the door handle means 14 between a rest position in which the door handle means 14 is located substantially within the door (12), and an operable position in which the door handle means 14 extends outwardly from the door (12) such that the door handle means 14 can be manually engaged by a person. Operating means (fig 11, 20) is provided to detect when it is required to open the door, and in response to cause the door handle movement means 18 to move the door handle means 14 from the rest position to the operable position.
Patent GB-2550974-A (GB)
Title: Environmental monitoring
Inventor: Tomasz Henryk Mach
IPC: G08C17/02
Filed: 2016-06-03
Abstract: A transmitter device 10 is arranged to obtain and transmit environmental information. A receiver device 20 is arranged to receive environmental information from one or more transmitter devices 10. The receiver device 20 is arranged to combine the received environmental information and may be arranged to determine a pollution exposure based on the combined environmental information. In this way, an action may be taken in response to the determined pollution exposure to reduce health risks. Multiple vehicle emission measurements may be shared within a geographical area for pollution mapping at locations where direct measurement is not available. V2X based ad-hoc communication may be used to share the environmental information.
Patent GB-2541276-A (GB)
Title: Locking device
Inventor: BAOQING YANG
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 2016-06-13
Abstract: A locking device comprises a fixing tube (2) on which an object can be arranged. The fixing tube (2) has a through hole (21) for the tube (3) and a locking sleeve assembly (43) attached to the through hole (21) of the fixing tube (2). The locking sleeve assembly (43) comprises a locking sleeve attachable to the tube (3). The locking sleeve is provided with a fixing member. The locking sleeve assembly (43) further comprises a casing (411) covering the locking sleeve, wherein the casing (411) is provided with a strip opening (412) or slot for the fixing member so that the fixing member protrudes beyond the outer wall of the casing (411), wherein the opening is formed to pivotably guide the fixing member. The locking device may be used with an adjustable leg of an anglers fishing seat box
Patent GB-2551976-A (GB)
Title: Electric lock device
Inventor: CHIH CHUNG CHANG
IPC: E05B55/12
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A lock device includes a housing engaged in a door member, a latch bolt 3 slidably engaged in the housing and extendible out of the housing, a guard piece 5 slidably engaged in the housing and extendible out of the housing for guarding and protecting the latch bolt from being damaged and for preventing the electric door lock device from being opened inadvertently. A solenoid actuating device 6 actuates the latch bolt 3. The sliding guard is preferably spring biased to extend from the housing for abutment with doorframe or striker. preferably solenoid is coupled to latchbolt via link 73 and rotatable follower 70, the follower having first leg 72 coupled to link 73, a second leg 74 located in a recess of the latch bolt and a third leg 75 which may engage with a protruding seat 55 on the guard piece 5. A locking cylinder (21) may be included moving an arm with a hook (78, fig.4) engaging third leg 75 for rotating the follower. Preferably the latch bolt is slidable within a casing (30) with guide slots (32).
Patent GB-2541559-A (GB)
Title: Assessment and control of centrifuge operation
Inventor: Katerina V Newman
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: A drilling fluid conditioning system can include a centrifuge, and at least one heat transfer property sensor that outputs real time measurements of a heat transfer property of a drilling fluid that flows through the centrifuge. A method can include measuring a heat transfer property of a drilling fluid, and determining, based on the measured heat transfer property, an operational parameter of a centrifuge through which the drilling fluid flows. A well system can include a drilling fluid that circulates through a wellbore, and a drilling fluid conditioning system including a centrifuge and at least one heat transfer property sensor that measures a heat transfer property of the drilling fluid.
Patent GB-2556626-A (GB)
Title: A microfluidic device
Inventor: BRIAN HENDERSON
IPC: B01L7/00
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: Microfluidic device 1 having a heating chamber 3 and a controllable channel to deliver liquid thereto. The chamber comprises first and second heating regions spaced apart from one another, configured to be heated to first and second temperatures respectively via interaction of first and second heaters 5/6 with radio frequency magnetic field(s) such that a temperature gradient is created within the chamber which in use causes liquid within the chamber to circulate by convection. The first and second heaters may heat in response to the same or different RF magnetic fields. A third region may be disposed between the first and second regions. The first temperature may be about 55 ºC, the second temperature about 95 ºC. The device may be suitable for performing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and may additionally comprise, separation chamber, lysis chamber and a nucleic acid capture support. The device may include a controllable valve which may comprise a heating element to heat in the presence of an RF field and a barrier ruptured in response to heating of the element. Also disclosed is a claim to an analytical system comprising the device and an induction coil configured to generate the RF magnetic field and a method of nucleic amplification using the device.
Patent GB-2546861-A (GB)
Title: 3D model generation from 2D images
Inventor: DIACHI ITO
IPC: G06T17/20
Filed: 2016-11-28
Abstract: Inputs are received, formed through user interaction with a user interface, each of which define a user-specified point (512) on an object in a respective one (510) of a plurality of images (510, 508), the plurality of images optionally being displayed concurrently. Estimated points (514) on the object are generated automatically and without user intervention, each of which corresponds to a user-specified point for other ones (508) of the plurality of images and are displayed for the other images in the user interface. The user may utilize a cursor device to move the estimated point to a desired (i.e. corrected) location on the object. A mesh of the three-dimensional model of the object is generated by the computing device by mapping user-specified points to respective ones of the estimated points in the plurality of images. The generation and display of estimated points may be performed in real-time. The size of the object may differ in different images. Generating the mesh may include normalizing locations of the user-specified and estimated points.
Patent GB-2548183-A (GB)
Title: Lightweight multicolour compression molded grip
Inventor: STEPHEN JAMES DAVIS
IPC: C08J3/24
Filed: 2016-12-06
Abstract: A lightweight compression molded multicolor golf grip comprises: at least a first section 300 and a second section 400 of differing colors and composed of elastomer compounds having a density of less than 0.90 g/cc, and joined by cross-linking across a sharply defined cross-color interface 500 having an interface transition zone beyond which there is no mixing of the colors; the grip has a compression of less than 1mm (0.04) when subjected to a force of 10N the elastomer compounds are preferably composed of an expanding blowing agent in a rubber compound including an EPDM mixture. The two sections 300, 400 may use complementary geometries at opposing interface 500 edges to increase the stability of the interface and reduce the flow during molding.
Patent GB-2544669-A (GB)
Title: Electrochemical sensing module
Inventor: EFREM PRESS
IPC: G01N27/416
Filed: 2015-07-23
Abstract: A sensing circuit for an electrochemical sensor includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an operational amplifier, an instrumentation amplifier, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The DAC generates a biased ground voltage signal which is received by the operational amplifier. The operational amplifier creates a high current biased voltage on one of a pair of terminals connected to the electrochemical sensor. The instrumentation amplifier receives a signal from the pair of terminals, and generates an output representative of a voltage across the pair of terminals with reference to the high current biased ground voltage signal. The ADC converter receives the output and derives an actual voltage reading taken by the electrochemical sensor.
Patent GB-2548001-A (GB)
Title: Roof structure for targa top vehicle
Inventor: NORIYUKI KIYOTA
IPC: B60J7/19
Filed: 2017-01-30
Abstract: A roof structure (2, fig.1) for a convertible or Targa (RTM) top vehicle comprising a detachable roof unit 17 supported between a front roof arch12 along an upper edge of a front windshield 13 and a rear roof arch 15 along an upper edge of a rear windshield (16, Fig.1). The roof unit is fixed to the front roof arch and the rear roof arch by engaging an axially movable front fixing pin 20 with a pin hole 12a of the front roof arch and engaging an axially movable rear fixing pin 22 with a pin hole 15a of the rear roof arch, and an opening 18a formed in a central part of the roof frame 18 is opened and closed by a canvas 19 that can be unfolded and folded (See fig. 3). The folding movement may be actuated by means of motor 18h positioned or a rear portion 18c of the roof frame 18. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve a balance between an open feel of the Targa top vehicle and convenience of simply opening and closing the opening of a roof.
Patent GB-2559565-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle exhaust system
Inventor: SIMON FLETCHER
IPC: F01N3/28
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: A catalytic converter system for a vehicle comprises a catalytic converter 24 including a housing 56 containing a substrate 58, and a heating device 54. At least a portion of the heating device is positioned internally of the housing and is located within the substrate, such that the heating device is arranged to heat the interior of the substrate. The heating device may comprise a resistive or conductive element, and the heating element may extend through an aperture 90 in the housing. The heating device may be removable, possibly by way of a mounting portion, and the heating device may be positioned at an upstream end of the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter may comprise a heating jacket that is heated by the same or a different heat supply to that of the heating device. There may be a plurality of heat devices arranged around the circumference of the housing, and there may be an engine control unit and heat control unit configured to adjust the temperature of the heating device in dependence on a sensor input. Also claimed is a catalytic substrate comprising an aperture, and a vehicle comprising such a catalytic converter system or catalytic substrate.
Patent GB-2552238-A (GB)
Title: Blending images
Inventor: JAMES HUTCHINSON
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: The filtering apparatus is configured to combine a plurality of pixels in a first image by applying a respective weight to each of those pixels to form a pixel in a second image. Pixels 402 are received that are representative of an arbitrarily-shaped image 401 in which one or more of the plurality of pixels required to form the pixel in the second image is not present. The arrangement of present and non-present pixel(s) is mapped to one or more respective weights that should be applied to the present pixels in order to form the pixel in the second image from the pixels present in the arbitrarily-shaped image. The respective weights are applied to the present pixel(s) to form the pixel in the second image. Multiple images may form a blended image from overlapped images by using pixels formed by taking into account distances to the edges of the image or by identifying an image quality for each region of the overlap.
Patent GB-2546442-A (GB)
Title: Electronic processing system for electronic document and electronic file
Inventor: Kim Seng Kee
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2015-10-13
Abstract: A system to emulate manual filing system by storing and processing document that operates on Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), comprising; a Electronic Document (eDoc) (11) having at least one Electronic Document Identifier (eDoc-ldentifier), Section, Rowtype and Column; a Program Module having at least one Electronic Form (eForm) to capture data entry based on set of instructions and data fields that predefined in at least one Electronic Dictionary (eDict); a Virtual Memory for storing the Electronic Document (eDoc) (11); and a Web-Read Module (4) for retrieving the Electronic Document (eDoc) (11) from the Virtual Memory based on at least one identifier of Electronic Document (eDoc) (11), in which the identifier is extracted based on the captured data entry of Electronic Form (eForm).
Patent GB-2563816-A (GB)
Title: Fire extinguisher
Inventor: TONY CRAWLEY
IPC: B65D83/62
Filed: 2017-04-21
Abstract: A fire extinguisher 1 comprises a plastic outer shell or bottle 2 and an inner bag 6 disposed inside the bottle and containing a fire extinguishing liquid. A cavity defined by an inner surface of the bottle and the outer surface of the inner bag may be pressurised at between 6 and 12 bar. A spray actuator or valve 16 is disposed at the neck of the bottle and is in fluid communication with the inside of the pressurized bag, such that when the valve is opened, fire extinguishing material is expelled from the inner bag through nozzle 16. In preferred embodiments, the fire extinguishing liquid may include one or more of a phosphate, hydrogen phosphate or dihydrogen phosphate salt, a hydrogen carbonate salt or a sulphate salt.
Patent GB-2563430-A (GB)
Title: Compound
Inventor: WILLIAM TARRAN
IPC: H01L51/50
Filed: 2017-06-15
Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein Arl, Ar2 and Ar3 independently in each occurrence is a C6-20 aryl group or a 5-20 membered heteroaryl group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; X', X2 and X3 in each occurrence is independently a direct bond or a group of formula -C(R1)2- wherein R1 in each occurrence is independently H or a substituent. Preferably, Arl, Ar2 and Ar3 are each phenyl, X', X2 and X3 are each CH2, and one of Arl, Ar2 and Ar3 is substituted by COO-Os+, the other two of Arl, Ar2 and Ar3 is unsubstituted. The compound of formula (I) may be used to form an n-dopant for doping an organic semiconductor. A film formed by such n-doping may be used in an organic electronic device, for example an electron injection layer of an organic light-emitting device.
Patent GB-2555510-A (GB)
Title: MEMS device and process
Inventor: COLIN ROBERT JENKINS
IPC: H04R19/04
Filed: 2017-06-19
Abstract: A MEMS transducer such as a microphone has a membrane and a membrane electrode forming a two-layer structure. The membrane electrode is in the form of a lattice of conductive material with holes, the pitch and/or size of the lattice holes varying from a central region of the membrane electrode to a region laterally outside the central region. The ratio of conductive material to the openings thus decreases from the centre to the sides of the transducer. The openings may be circular or polygonal. The membrane may be a crystalline material such as silicon nitride and the electrode may be aluminium, aluminium-silicon alloy or titanium nitride. The transducer may alternatively be a capacitive sensor.
Patent GB-2549881-A (GB)
Title: Downhole power generator
Inventor: DAVID MERLAU
IPC: H02K35/02
Filed: 2015-12-11
Abstract: A downhole tool includes a housing. A magnet, an inductor, and a piston are positioned within the housing. The piston moves from a first position to a second position in response to a pressure of a fluid in the housing increasing. A distance between the magnet and the inductor varies when the piston moves, thereby causing the inductor to generate power.