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Patent GB-2481113-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine with reclaim cylinders
Inventor: KRAEMER THOMAS
IPC: F02B41/06
Filed: 2011-06-03
Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine having at least two cylinder banks 11, 12, each cylinder bank having two outer high pressure cylinders 14, 15, 17, 18 which operate with fuel supply in the four stroke process and a central low pressure cylinder 16, 19 which operates without fuel supply in the two stroke process and is filled with exhaust gas from the high pressure cylinders of the respective cylinder bank. Reciprocating pistons of the cylinders are coupled to crankpin journals of a crankshaft 13 by connecting rods. The connecting rods of the high pressure cylinders 14, 15, 17, 18 lie along a common plane, whilst the connecting rods of the low pressure cylinders 16, 19 act along a plane which is offset with respect to the plane of the high pressure cylinders. The crankpin journal for the connecting rod of the low pressure cylinder 16 of a first cylinder bank 11 is offset as viewed in the rotational direction of the crankshaft 13 with respect to the crankpin journal for the connecting rod of the low pressure cylinder 19 of a second cylinder bank 12.
Patent GB-2495531-A (GB)
Title: Wind turbine fixed to an electricity pylon
Inventor: LAVERICK GRAHAM
IPC: F03D3/00
Filed: 2011-10-13
Abstract: A wind-powered electricity generation device 200 having a rotatable shaft 212, one or more blades 210 fixed to a first end portion of the shaft, a generator 230 connected to a second end portion of the shaft arranged to convert rotation of the shaft into electricity; and a mounting structure adapted to affix the device to an electricity pylon 300 carrying one or more high voltage cables. Preferably the wind turbine is a vertical axis turbine that is fixed such that the turbine blades are above the highest point of the pylon and the generator is located at the base of the pylon. There may be a conversion device 230 at the base of the pylon to convert electricity from the generator from direct current to alternating current. A method of fixing the wind turbine to the pylon is also claimed.
Patent GB-2495783-A (GB)
Title: Beverage cup with holder
Inventor: BATEMAN ALISON
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 2011-10-21
Abstract: A cup holder comprises a collar (2) and a handle (4), which comprises a continuous loop of flexible sheet material in which two opposed holes (6) are formed and which, in use, extends around and engages the outer surface of a cup. The handle (4) comprises an elongate strip of flexible sheet material, integral with each end of which are two lugs (10), which extend laterally in opposite directions. Each lug (10) has a distal edge (23), a proximal edge (22), an end edge (24) and a length which does not substantially exceed the width of the handle (4) at the region with which the lugs (10) are integral. The proximal edge (22) of each lug defines an angle with the adjacent edge of the handle of less than 90 degrees. The width of the handle (4) at the region with which the lugs (10) is integral is no greater than the maximum dimension of the holes (6) in the direction of the length of the collar (2). The distance between the two end edges (24) is greater than the said the maximum dimension. The two ends of the handle (4) are pivotally received in respective holes (6) with the two lugs on one side of the collar (2) and the adjacent portion of the handle being on the other side of the collar.
Patent GB-2501863-A (GB)
Title: Packaging including insulating material comprising bubble layers between reflective layers
Inventor: LYON GEOFFREY PETER
IPC: B32B3/28
Filed: 2011-12-20
Abstract: An insulating thermal material comprises a heat bonded, 'crown to crown', double layer, air retention, barrier air sealed, circular bubble closed cell structure (1, 2). This structure (1,2) is preferably constructed of co-extruded plastic bubble film comprising [linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) or low density polyethylene (LDPE)], high density polyethylene (HDPE) and nylon (polyarnide (PA)) laminated to and interposed between two outer reflective layers (3, 4). Both of the outer reflective layers (3, 4) comprise vacuum applied aluminium metallised co-extruded bioriented polypropylene (BOPP). The double layer barrier sealed circular bubble closed cell structure comprises a plurality of cells (5) which contain air.
Patent GB-2485919-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for controlling water in-flow into wellbores
Inventor: CORONADO MARTIN
IPC: E21B34/08
Filed: 2010-07-29
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a flow of a formation fluid is provided that in one embodiment may include a tubular with one or more fluid flow passages and a flow control device formed from a particulate and a hydrophilic material, the flow control device being adjacent to the tubular and being configured to receive formation fluid flowing in a substantially radial direction when placed in a wellbore.
Patent GB-2499573-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger with pipe couplings joining tube elements
Inventor: BURNS MICHAEL ALAN
IPC: F22B27/06
Filed: 2012-01-31
Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly has elongate tube elements which extend in spaced relation, and a plurality of pipe end couplings 103 which fluidly connect open ends of respective tube elements, wherein the pipe end couplings each comprise a main body part 105 to which the open ends of the respective tube elements (97, fig 8) are fixed, and an enclosure part 107 which is fixed to the main body part 105 and provides a closed fluid connection between the open ends of the respective tube elements; and a plurality of fins (87, fig 7e) which extend in spaced relation and substantially orthogonally to the tube elements. A manufacturing method involves locating fin coupling elements (175, fig 12a) over open ends of tube couplings.
Patent GB-2488034-A (GB)
Title: Reduced drag afterburner nozzle actuation system
Inventor: JARDINE BRIAN
IPC: F02K1/12
Filed: 2012-02-08
Abstract: An afterburner nozzle actuation system 200 includes a case 202, an actuation structure 204, a plurality of cam plates (602, figure 6), a plurality of nozzle flaps 208 and seal flaps 212, and a plurality of rollers (512, figure 6). The actuation structure 204 surrounds at least a portion of the case 202 and includes an aft end 218 that has a polygonal cross section shape. The cam plates 602 are removably coupled to an inner surface 222 of the actuation structure 204, and each includes a cam surface (604, figure 6). The nozzle flaps 208 are rotationally coupled to the case 202 and extend at least partially from the actuation structure aft end 218. Each nozzle flap 208 is movably coupled to a different one of the cam plates 602. The rollers 512 are each rotationally mounted on a different one of the nozzle flaps 208 and engage the cam surface 604 of one of the cam plates 602.
Patent GB-2500176-A (GB)
Title: Biological fluid monitoring device
Inventor: TENG KAR SENG
IPC: G01N27/327
Filed: 2012-03-06
Abstract: A biological fluid monitoring device comprises, an array of microneedles 20 arranged to take up biological fluid from an individual, a reservoir 30 for receiving the fluid and a sensor 40 that is associated with nanostructures 41 that extend from a surface area associated with the sensor to provide increased sensitivity. The device may be arranged to monitor glucose in blood or interstitial fluid and the nanostructures may be vertically aligned nanowires, functionalised for detection of a particular analyte and grown from a seed layer on a working electrode of the sensor. The device may further include an accelerometer 52 to measure the individuals movements, for example to check for fainting or falling events, a transmitter 51 to transmit real-time data from the device and may be secured to the individual via an adhesive patch 60.
Patent GB-2488268-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for managing configurations of system management agents in a distributed environment
Inventor: GIGLIARELLI GIANLUCA
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2010-10-20
Abstract: A method and system for managing system management agent configurations which comprise agent system management programs and program parameters in a distributed environment. A configuration management server sends upon request from the agents installed on the distributed system a description of their configuration. To this effect, the configuration management server maintains a database storing the agent configuration information, this database being usually updated by a system management administrator. The agents get from the server the list of peer distributed systems having the same agent configuration and their configuration from one distributed system of the list or obtain an agent configuration directly from the configuration management server if the peer distributed systems have modified their configuration. The agents advise the system management server when a new configuration has been installed.
Patent GB-2487882-A (GB)
Title: Calibration for multi-stage physiological monitors
Inventor: AL-ALI AMMAR
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2010-12-03
Abstract: A physiological monitor is provided for determining a physiological parameter of a medical patient with a multi-stage sensor assembly. The monitor includes a signal processor configured to receive a signal indicative of a physiological parameter of a medical patient from a multi-stage sensor assembly. The multi-stage sensor assembly is configured to be attached to the physiological monitor and the medical patient. The monitor of certain embodiments also includes an information element query module configured to obtain calibration information from an information element provided in a plurality of stages of the multi-stage sensor assembly. In some embodiments, the signal processor is configured to determine the physiological parameter of the medical patient based upon said signal and said calibration information.
Patent GB-2492872-A (GB)
Title: An integrated circuit inductor structure
Inventor: NEWTON TIMOTHY
IPC: H01F17/00
Filed: 2008-08-29
Abstract: An integrated circuit inductor structure comprises a first feed line connected to the first end 303 of a first loop 301, at the centre of the inductor structure and a second feed line connected to the first end 306 of a second loop 302, at the centre of the inductor structure. Each of the feed lines are arranged to extend out of the plane of the inductor structure or through an area circumscribed by one of the first and second loops 301, 302. A crossover section 310 is adjacent to the first end 303 of the first loop and the first end 306 of the second loop. The crossover section 310 connects the first loop 301 to the second loop 302 in such a manner that current flowing from the first feed line 308 to the second feed line 309 circulates around the second loop 302 in a rotational direction which is opposite to that of the first loop 301. The feed lines 308, 309 may be arranged such that the first feed line extends through one of the first and second loops and the second feed line 309 extends through the other one of the first and second loops. The inductive structures may be used in integrated circuit arrangements to prevent the inductor influencing the operation of any device which are proximate to the said inductor.
Patent GB-2492240-A (GB)
Title: Devices and Methods for Emanating Liquids
Inventor: KOONTZ RICHARD
IPC: A01M1/20
Filed: 2012-06-25
Abstract: A device for emanating a liquid wherein the device is for use with a refill 2 of liquid, the device comprising a housing with at least one exit port and a hollow elongate extraction limb having at least one capillary tube 12 therein, wherein the at least one capillary tube 12 is open at one end to extract liquid from the refill and open at the other end to deposit the liquid on the at least one wick 14 which is provided on an outer surface of the refill housing. The device is ideally used with a refill comprising a housing 2 containing at least one reservoir 3 for holding the liquid, at least one aperture 5, 6 in the housing sealed by sealing means 7, 8 and a wick 14 provided on or connected upon the outer surface of the housing. The extraction limb ideally comprises a single capillary tube wherein an end of the capillary tube is bent at angle 180Â° so that it is located over the wick. The device may further comprise a heater (15; fig 15). The device may form part of a system which includes a refill.
Patent GB-2503729-A (GB)
Title: Determining operating conditions of a circuit using a delay line
Inventor: TRIMMER MARK
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 2012-07-06
Abstract: A detector circuit 110 comprises a delay line 200 associated with a functional circuit to assess an operating condition of the functional circuit by monitoring the propagation delay of a clock signal through the delay line. The delay line consists of a series of delay elements 401 to 404 through which a clock signal 120 is passed. The total propagation time of a clock edge through the delay line varies with a circuit operating condition e.g. temperature, voltage or age. The delay line produces outputs 411 to 414 to a monitoring circuit 210. This allows the monitoring circuit to track the progress of the clock edge signal along the delay line. Indications 421 to 424 are provided to a determining circuit 220 to determine circuit conditions based on the delay time of the clock signal through the delay line, or how far along the delay line the signal has progressed.
Patent GB-2505232-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic resonance examination of porous samples
Inventor: FORDHAM EDMUND
IPC: G01N15/08
Filed: 2012-08-23
Abstract: A method of analysing properties of a porous sample 20, typically a cylinder or core of porous rock, comprises centrifuging the sample while it contains at least one liquid, determining the distribution of at least one liquid in the sample by magnetic resonance imaging, and also determining the distribution of at least one magnetic resonance parameter, where the parameter is one of longitudinal relaxation time T1, transverse relaxation time T2 and diffusion coefficient D. The distributions are determined relative to the direction of centripetal acceleration by the centrifuge. Pore throat sizes can be determined from the distribution of at least one liquid in the sample and pore body sizes can be determined from the distribution of the magnetic resonance parameter enabling determination of a relationship between pore throat sizes and pore body sizes in the sample. This can be a relationship between individual values of pore throat size.
Patent GB-2510795-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine
Inventor: PELFREY R DALE
IPC: F01L7/00
Filed: 2012-04-07
Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a rotary valve such that said rotary valves serves as an output shaft for said engine. The present invention is directed to an internal combustion engine which is intended to improve the engine. The present invention is intended to increase the aforesaid efficiencies and performance of the engine.
Patent GB-2496314-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for warning a driver of a motor vehicle
Inventor: SCHNEIDER MARCUS
IPC: B60Q9/00
Filed: 2012-11-02
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for warning a driver of a motor vehicle during a driving manoeuvre in which an activation of a direction indicator is required. The method comprises a step in which the driving situation of the motor vehicle is monitored by monitoring at least one driving-situation-relevant parameter. In a further step, the at least one driving-situation-relevant parameter is evaluated and on the basis thereof a check is made to establish whether there is a driving situation which requires an activated direction indicator. In a further step, an activity signal of a direction indicator is evaluated. If there is a driving situation which requires an activated direction indicator, and the activity signal indicates an inactive state of the direction indicator, a warning is triggered to the driver.
Patent GB-2498622-A (GB)
Title: Effect pigments having a flake-form substrate
Inventor: PFAFF GERHARD
IPC: A23L5/41
Filed: 2012-11-29
Abstract: Effect pigments, and a process for their formation, are disclosed which comprise flake-form substrates having a circular form factor of 1.2 - 2 and are coated with at least one high-refractive-index layer (n   ¥1.8). The substrate may be synthetic or natural micas. The process comprises grinding the substrate material and then classification by sedimentation. The use thereof, inter alia in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and in cosÂ­metic formulations is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2509168-A (GB)
Title: Quantifying The Characteristics Of An Object Treated With A Contrast Agent
Inventor: YEH JAMES SHUE-MIN
IPC: G16H30/20
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: A method and system of quantifying (diagnosing/analysis) the characteristics of an object such as a Region of interest(ROI) using imaging, the object being treated with a contrast agent, the method comprises steps of: capturing a plurality of imaging signals of the object over a period of time; measuring, the signal intensity in each of the plurality of imaging signals corresponding to a point on the object; curve fitting the measured signal intensity to a bi-exponential function having a first and a second exponential term; Wherein, the first exponential term represents the decrease in concentration of the contrast agent which is free over time and the second exponential term representing a decrease in concentration of the contrast agent which is retained on the object over time. Preferably, an ultrasound image or MRI is created based on the quantified characteristics. Thus the aim is to provide a method which is robust and suitable for use in contrast or molecular imaging of human or animal subjects for targeted microbubble contrast enhanced ultrasonography (MCU). The figure shows an ultrasonic time-signal intensity curve for retained and free microbubbles (contrast agent).
Patent GB-2498863-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting device for a motor vehicle seat
Inventor: PLESKOT ANDRZEJ
IPC: B60N2/22
Filed: 2013-01-21
Abstract: A motor vehicle comprises a seat having an adjusting device 100 for adjusting the seat, in particular a discontinuous adjusting device 100 for adjusting a backrest position of the seat, comprising at least one locking device 110, which comprises at least one step-up transmission unit 140, which is coupled to at least one pulling force element 130 for actuation, and a resetting device 170, which resets the step-up transmission unit 140 into a starting state, wherein the resetting device 170 is at least partially integrated in the pulling force element 130.
Patent GB-2503774-A (GB)
Title: A coffee capsule having a frustoconical shape with a weakened surface area to be broken by water or cutting implement.
Inventor: GORT-BARTEN ALEX
IPC: B65D85/804
Filed: 2013-04-29
Abstract: A coffee machine capsule 1, designed to be sealed in use, with a frusto-conical form, with an upper surface 2 and a lower surface 3. The surface having a weakened area 8 intended to break when water at a given pressure is applied, however this area can also be pieced or cut by an implement. The weakened zone can be a circle or annulus, and a groove or undercut, also the interior of the upper surface, is of a stepped profile. The upper surface 2 is described as the surface with the smaller diameter in comparison to the other surface; it is also described as the water inlet surface.
Patent GB-2505059-A (GB)
Title: Thermoregulation interface pack with fluid path inversions and flow constrictors
Inventor: ROSE NICHOLAS
IPC: A61F7/02
Filed: 2013-06-24
Abstract: A thermoregulation interface pack 10 for the treatment of physical injuries and disorders includes a plurality of conduits 12, 14, 16 which may provide separate feed and return through channels 24 and 26. Arranged in each conduit are a plurality of fluid path inversions 32 which may be formed in a plurality of spiral shapes 30. At the fluid path inversion the conduits are provided with flow constrictors (50, Fig 2). This shape of the conduits provides an array of zones of zero fluid speed which optimises energy transfer between the interface pack and the patient. The interface pack is preferably formed of two layers (60, 62, Fig 5) of material of which the inner or contact layer (62, Fig 5) may be made of a more conformable material than the overlying or upper layer (60, Fig 5), causing the contact layer to deform to a greater extent than the upper layer, thereby to increase surface contact with the patient. The interface pack may be provided with an insulating layer (70, Fig 6), with pressure release valves (88, Fig 7) and with a compression sleeve (100, Fig 9).
Patent GB-2518592-A (GB)
Title: Built-in testing of an arc fault/transient detector
Inventor: HANDY PETER JAMES
IPC: H02H3/04
Filed: 2013-08-06
Abstract: A detector 16 for the detection of electrical arc faults or transients is integrated into or electrically coupled to an electrical power supply system 1 comprising a circuit breaker switch 131. A test switch 132 is used to create a short circuit ground loop to simulate an arc or transient fault. In a first step, circuit breaker switch 131 is open and test switch 132 is closed. The detector 16, which responds to rate of change of voltage and/or current, should not respond. In a second step, switch 131 is closed to inject a current flow to ground from the power supply. This simulates the presence of an arc fault or transient and detector 16 should respond to the rate of change of current or voltage. The correct operation of the arc fault or transient detector can therefore be verified. The test and breaker switches may be part of a solid state power controller or switch assembly 13.
Patent GB-2506275-A (GB)
Title: Fixing early mode slacks in a circuit design
Inventor: LIND KURT
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2013-08-23
Abstract: Fixing an early mode slack in a hierarchically designed hardware device with at least one source macro, an integration unit and at least one sink macro. Hardware design timing data is loaded to determine pins where an early mode slack fix can be applied; for each such pin determining a location across the design hierarchy for the early mode slack fix by calculating a weight value for each of a selection of fix locations of the early mode slack based on absolute values of arrival times of data signals, ratio and difference between arrival times of late mode data signals and early mode data signals; and assigning the early mode slack fix to the determined location based on said weight value. The hardware design timing data can be filtered to determine sink macro input pins. Asssignments of critical pins to be fixed in the source or sink macro by adding delay devices or buffers may be made.
Patent GB-2518681-A (GB)
Title: Anode bleed control in a fuel cell stack
Inventor: RAMA PRATAP
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2013-09-30
Abstract: An electrochemical fuel cell assembly 1 comprises a fuel cell stack 2 having a fuel delivery inlet 3 and a fuel delivery outlet 4. The fuel cell stack further includes a number of fuel cells 5 each having a membrane-electrode assembly. A fuel delivery conduit 6 is coupled to the fuel delivery inlet. A bleed conduit is coupled to the fuel delivery outlet for venting fluid out of the stack. A variable orifice flow control device (valve) 9 coupled to the bleed conduit 10 configured to dynamically vary an amount of fluid from the fuel delivery outlet passing into the bleed conduit as a function of one or more of the control parameters: measured fuel concentration, measured humidity, cell voltages of fuel cells in the stack, impedance of fuel cells in the stack, resistance of fuel cells in the stack. The valve may be coupled to a recirculation conduit 8 and may be configured to dynamically vary a proportion of fluid from the fuel delivery outlet passing into the bleed conduit as a function of the control parameters. The fuel may be re-circulated and added to the fuel stream using an ejector 11. Preferred fuel is hydrogen.