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Patent GB-2531369-A (GB)
Title: Electronic apparatus
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI TAKESHI
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2015-02-27
Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a casing, a display unit, an electrostatic capacitive touch panel, a gravity sensor, and a step. The display unit is disposed in the casing and has a predetermined shape. The electrostatic capacitive touch panel has a shape substantially the same shape as the display and determines a two-dimensional coordinate indicated by an instructing object which has some conductivity and display of the display unit passes through the electrostatic capacitive touch panel. The gravity sensor enables detection of a perpendicular direction. The step (e.g. bezel 45) is disposed along a side of the display and is low on an inside and high on an outside In the electronic apparatus, a nullification region at which the two-dimensional coordinate is nullified is enabled to be disposed along the side and the nullification region is disposed along the side in a perpendicular direction. The nullification region may be changed depending on the rotation of the casing. The nullification region may be disposed along a side on which water droplets will collect.
Patent GB-2525989-A (GB)
Title: Combined PTA and PET plant waste water purification and recycle
Inventor: NEATE ROBERT EDWARD
IPC: C07C51/46
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A process for treating aqueous condensate liquor from a polyester plant 300 in an integrated terephthalic acid polyester plant comprises: contacting a portion of the aqueous condensate liquor from a polyester plant with an aqueous mother liquor from a terephthalic acid purification plant process to form a combined stream. The combined stream is provided to a pure plant mother liquor solvent extraction process 400 to separate the combined stream into an aqueous stream and organic stream. The aqueous stream is contacted with an alkali to form a pH adjusted stream and the pH adjusted stream is contacted with a filter to form a treated stream. The treated stream is contacted with a reverse osmosis unit to form an RO permeate stream. The permeate stream may be recycled back into the integrated PTA PET plant. Advantageously the process provides for water recovery and better water recycling thus reducing operating costs and providing a more environmentally friendly process.
Patent GB-2522387-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for a modified HARQ procedure after a receiver outage event
Inventor: SVEDMAN PATRICK
IPC: H04L1/18
Filed: 2013-12-11
Abstract: A system and method of responding to a receiver outage event, which includes: determining if a receiver outage event has occurred; if a receiver outage event has occurred, discarding soft bits that were corrupted due to the outage event; and if a received first redundancy version (RV) of coded bits corrupted by the outage event was decoded incorrectly, sending a message to a transmitter in response to the outage event, and thereafter receiving a second RV of coded bits retransmitted by the transmitter in response to the message.
Patent GB-2527465-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning system
Inventor: SUGIMURA MITSUHIRO
IPC: G06F13/00
Filed: 2013-05-10
Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an air conditioning system that is capable of performing software updates without affecting the operation of such system. An air conditioning system (1) is provided with air conditioner management devices (11), and air conditioners (17) that transmit and receive various types of signals to and from the air conditioner management devices (11). The air conditioner management devices (11) manage the air conditioners (17); the operating states of the air conditioner management devices (11) are coordinated with the operating states of the air conditioners (17); and on the basis of the operating states of the air conditioner management devices (11), software installed in the air conditioner management devices (11) is updated.
Patent GB-2543565-A (GB)
Title: Stackable chair
Inventor: ANDREW MICHELL
IPC: A47C7/46
Filed: 2015-10-23
Abstract: A stackable chair wherein the backrest 6 comprises two planar portions, the first 10 for supporting a lower portion of the thoracic curve and an upper portion of the lumbar curve of a users spine, the second 12 for supporting the lower portion of the lumbar curve of a users spine. The second portion is pivotable between a stacking position in which it is coplanar with the first portion, and a support position in which is it non-coplanar with the first portion. The stacking position is configured such that the stacked chair has no horizontal displacement relative to the chair below. The backrest may further comprise at least one curved portion adjacent to the planar portions, forming a continuous curve corresponding to the lumbar curve of the users spine. The second planar portion may be pivotally attached to the first, and may be biased toward the support and/or stacking positions. Also provided is a method of stacking a plurality of chairs.
Patent GB-2529331-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for detecting engagement with a work tool accessory
Inventor: ROBL TROY CURTIS
IPC: E02F9/26
Filed: 2014-03-25
Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of construction and mining machinery and is directed to a quick coupler (200; 900), a machine (100) incorporating a quick coupler, and a method (1200; 1300) for detecting positive engagement between a quick coupler and a work tool accessory. The various embodiments involve detecting the strain exerted on an engagement mechanism (230; 910, 920) of the quick coupler by an attachment mechanism (240; 1021, 1022) of a work tool accessory (160; 1020) or determining the proximity between the engagement mechanism and the attachment mechanism in order to determine if the work tool accessory is positively coupled with the quick coupler.
Patent GB-2545483-A (GB)
Title: Conductive fabric,method of manufacturing a conductive fabric and apparatus therefor
Inventor: STANLEY SHIGEZO SWALLOW
IPC: H05K9/00
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: A woven fabric (10, fig 1) formed of a first set of yarns (12, fig 1) 101, 102, 103, extending in a first direction and a second set of yarns (14, fig 1) 104, 105a, 105b extending in a second direction. The first and second sets of yarns (12, 14) are woven together. The first set of yarns (12) includes a plurality of first conductors 103, while the second set of yarns (14), includes a series of second electrical conductors (106, fig 5). The first and second sets of conductors (16, 18) cross over one another at crossing points. At each crossing point, a non-conductive element 101, 102 is disposed directly between the first and second electrical conductors 103, (106) at the crossing point (20) so as to provide a physical barrier between the first and second electrical conductors (16, 18). At some crossing points, a physical electrical connection (22, fig 1) is provided between crossing electrical conductors (16, 18) in order to provide a permanent connection between the conductors (16, 18). A variety of non-conductive tie yarns (50, 52, 60-64, fig 1) provided to fix the conductors (16, 18) in position. The structure provides a robust yarn with minimised risk of short circuiting between crossing conductors which are intended to be kept separate.
Patent GB-2534050-A (GB)
Title: Packer having swellable and compressible elements
Inventor: BRANDON C GOODMAN
IPC: E21B33/128
Filed: 2014-08-27
Abstract: A packer has a swellable element and has end rings and compressible elements at each end of the swellable element. The packer may be first set using internal bore pressure to compress one of the compressible elements against one of the end rings with a first hydraulic setting mechanism. The packer may then be set a second time using annulus pressure to compress against the other compressible element with a second hydraulic setting mechanism. Either way, the compressible elements are compressed to expand out to the borehole and to limit extrusion of the swellable element outside the compressed elements.
Patent GB-2539072-A (GB)
Title: Method of abandoning a well
Inventor: MICHAEL WARDLEY
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: A method for abandoning a well comprising the steps perforating a tubing 7 in the wellbore at a zone of interest and displacing a settable composition through the perforations into the annulus between the casing 2 and tubing 7 to secure the tubing. Cutting the tubing, and assessing the condition of the cement 3 bond of the casing. The method may include the steps of running tools to perform the steps of perforating the tubing, cutting the tubing, injecting a cement into the annulus between the tubing and the casing and a logging tool to assess the status of the cement bond of the casing. The method may be performed at multiple zones of interest if cement bond is poor until a region with a good quality bonding is found.
Patent GB-2534098-A (GB)
Title: Over-current protection circuit, LED backlight driving circuit and liquid crystal display
Inventor: DAN CAO
IPC: H02H9/02
Filed: 2013-12-02
Abstract: An over-current protection circuit, an LED backlight driving circuit and a liquid crystal display using same. The over-current protection circuit comprises: a voltage booster circuit (210) used for boosting an input direct current voltage and then providing the boosted direct current voltage to a load (220); a voltage control module (230) used for controlling the voltage booster circuit (210) so that the voltage booster circuit (210) provides the boosted direct current voltage to the load (220) and the load (220) is driven by a constant current; an over-current protection module (240) used for generating a first control signal or a second control signal on the basis of the detected over-current protection voltage of the voltage booster circuit (210), wherein the first control signal is used for controlling the voltage control module (230) to work normally and the second control signal is used for controlling the voltage control module (230) to stop working. The over-current protection circuit generates the control signal to make the voltage control module (230) stop working, and therefore elements in the circuit can be prevented from being burnt due to the overlarge current in the whole circuit.
Patent GB-2540035-A (GB)
Title: Coupling intermediate pressure regions
Inventor: KEVIN GILES
IPC: H01J49/24
Filed: 2016-05-31
Abstract: A method is disclosed for coupling a first chamber 1 of a mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer containing a first gas and a second chamber 3 containing a second gas. The method comprises providing an intermediate region 2 between the first 1 and second 3 chambers that is operated at a lower pressure than both so as to substantially prevent or reduce ingress of the first gas into the second chamber 3 and/or of the second gas into the first chamber 1.
Patent GB-2536178-A (GB)
Title: Communication node, system and synchronization method
Inventor: TOSHIYA OTOMO
IPC: H04W56/00
Filed: 2014-01-20
Abstract: Each sensor node (102) controls a reception unit so that, if the capacity of a battery incorporated in the sensor node (102) is at least a prescribed level, the reception unit is controlled so that the state of the sensor node (102) changes such the state of the reception unit switches from a first state in which the electricity consumption by the reception unit of the sensor node (102) is a first power to a second state in which the same is a second power which is higher than the first power. A sensor node (102) sends a synchronization request signal (S1) that requests transmission of a synchronization signal (S2) for synchronizing multi-hop communications. The sensor node (102) receives the synchronization signal (S2) in response to the synchronization request signal (S1). In a case where the sensor node (102) receives a synchronization request signal (S1) from another sensor node (102) other than the sensor node (102) itself after the reception unit received the synchronization signal (S2), the sensor node (102) sends a synchronization signal (S2) that corresponds to the received synchronization request signal (S1) and that is based on the received synchronization signal (S2).
Patent GB-2553101-A (GB)
Title: Shive closure
Inventor: SIMON WHEATON
IPC: C12L9/00
Filed: 2016-08-19
Abstract: A cask shive closure 20 comprising a main body 26 insertable into a shive opening, a central recess with a tapered female thread 27, a flexible cover 22 insertable into the shive opening between the main body 26 and the opening, the flexible cover extending across the shive opening inside the cask inwardly of the main body of the shive closure, and a plug 28 having a parallel male thread 29 sized to engage with an outermost thread of the main body, wherein screwing the plug into the main body causes the main body to expand radially urging it outwardly to form a seal between the flexible cover and a surface of the shive opening and an associated method of closing said cask shive. The main body may be segmented into a plurality of cam segments (30, fig.4) including a radially protruding lip, and the flexible cover 22 may include a pre-formed cup shape. The shive opening may be configured to include a secondary seal between the flexible cover and the shive opening and the main body may include an anti-rotation feature preventing the main body turning when the plug is screwed in.
Patent GB-2555799-A (GB)
Title: Wrapping material support apparatus and method
Inventor: CRAIG FALLOWS
IPC: B65B41/12
Filed: 2016-11-09
Abstract: A wrapping material support apparatus 10 for a wrapping machine 30 comprises a retainer 12 and a first gas outlet 18. The retainer retains the wrapping material 13, while the first gas outlet produces a first gas stream 36 which supports the wrapping material. The retainer may be adapted to feed the wrapping material and the feeding means may comprise a roller 14, 16. The retainer may be adapted to intermittently feed the wrapping material and the gas stream may also be intermittent so that a gas stream is not produced when the retainer is feeding material. A flow control plate 20 may be present to deflect the gas stream. The apparatus may comprise a second gas outlet (42, Fig 4) to produce a second gas stream (40, Fig 4) so that the wrapping material is trapped between the two gas streams. The gas stream(s) may be arranged to support the wrapping material in a horizontal or vertical direction. The apparatus may also comprise a cutter (22, Fig 1) which may be adapted to cut the material when the retainer is not feeding. The wrapping machine may also comprise a product feeder 32.
Patent GB-2561848-A (GB)
Title: Waste disposal apparatus
Inventor: NIK SPENCER
IPC: F23G5/00
Filed: 2017-04-24
Abstract: A waste disposal apparatus comprising a heat treatment chamber for processing waste at an elevated temperature, the chamber having a vent leading to a scrubber 36 via a heat exchanger. The scrubber comprises a disrupted flow path with at least one nozzle 54, 56, 58, 60 directed towards the disrupted flow path and a supply of liquid to the/or each spray nozzle. Preferably the flow path is disrupted by at least one baffle plate 48 and ideally by two or three baffle plates 50, 52. The waste disposal apparatus may further comprise a drain 64 allowing escape of the liquid from the scrubber. Ideally the drain comprises a conduit that extends upwardly through the floor with an open end standing proud of the floor by a preset distance. Optionally the flow path includes at least one filter. Preferably the scrubber comprises a housing divided longitudinally by a dividing wall, the housing having an inlet located on one side and an aperture in the dividing wall wherein the inlet receives gas flow from the vent and the filter is located on the opposite side of the dividing wall.
Patent GB-2562228-A (GB)
Title: Heat Retention apparatus and method
Inventor: WILLIAM RICHARD HUTCHINS
IPC: F02B77/11
Filed: 2017-05-08
Abstract: Apparatus suitable for use with an engine 121, the apparatus comprising (i) a thermal shell 131 at least partially surrounding a portion of the engine with a gap to allow air flow in between; and (ii) a chimney portion 144 with two air inlets 144A, 144B and an air outlet 144C located higher than the air inlets, wherein the second inlet 144B receives air from within the thermal shell, i.e. from the air gap. Preferably the engine is a vehicle engine and the first inlet 144A is coupled to the vehicles radiator pack, whereby the radiator fan 143 drives part of the air stream directly into the chimney; another part may be directed via a deflector 147 into the thermal shell structure to cool the covered portion of the engine. A valve 144V is preferably provided at the second inlet, being open to facilitate discharge of hot air from the shell to prevent overheating and being closed when engine heat needs to be retained, e.g. in order to facilitate cold start of the engine. The heat insulating shell 131 may be arranged around an engine block, a separate such shell 160 covering an exhaust system 122 and/or a turbocharger 123.
Patent GB-2552578-A (GB)
Title: Socket holding frame
Inventor: JUI-CHIEN KAO
IPC: B25H3/04
Filed: 2017-05-22
Abstract: A socket holding frame comprises a track base (10, figure 1) and at least one positioning mount 30. The track base comprises a bottom panel 11 and a slide rail 12. The bottom panel 11 comprises multiple first engaging segments 112. The at least one positioning mount 30 is slidably and rotatably mounted on the track base (10, figure 1), and each one of the at least one positioning mount 30 has a sliding seat 31 and an extending element 32. The sliding seat 31 is slidably and rotatably mounted in the slide rail 12 and has multiple second engaging segments 312. The multiple second engaging segments 312 engage with the multiple first engaging segments 112 on the bottom panel 11. The extending element 32 is formed on the sliding seat 31 and extends out of the slide rail 12. The advantage is a holder for sockets where the identifying marks are retained in a visible position.
Patent GB-2552069-A (GB)
Title: Method and management server for revoking group server identifiers of compromised group servers
Inventor: CHRIS A KRUEGEL
IPC: H04W4/90
Filed: 2017-05-24
Abstract: Method and management server for revoking group server identifiers of compromised group servers. A management server determines an identity-based cryptographic signing key based on a group server identifier. This is distributed via the management server to a group server. The management server receives a security status indicating whether the security of the group server is compromised. If the security of the group server is compromised the management server then transmits a revocation of the group server identifier to the communication devices within that group. In particular the devices may operate in accordance with a Push-To-Talk specification. The management server may request a security status from a group server. The management server may also take corrective action if it is determined a group server is compromised.
Patent GB-2548745-A (GB)
Title: Downhole electrode apparatus, systems, and methods
Inventor: HAU JIUN CHEN
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2015-12-14
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a stabilizer element attached to a downhole tool housing. The stabilizer element includes at least a portion of a surface that is not parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tool housing, and that does not contact a borehole wall during operation. An electrode element is attached to the portion of the surface.
Patent GB-2553652-A (GB)
Title: Scanning microsphere lens nanoscope
Inventor: Sorin Stanescu
IPC: G21K1/00
Filed: 2017-07-13
Abstract: An apparatus 1 suitable for use in super resolution microscopy comprises a microscope 10, an illumination source to illuminate a sample 20 and at least one microsphere 13 positioned between the sample 20 and the objective lens 11 which can provide resolution beyond the diffraction limit. The apparatus also includes a control beam source which can generate control beams 45 having a different wavelength to the illumination source, which captures the microsphere 13 and controls its position by the optical tweezer effect. The control beam source 45 may be a laser and the control beams generated may have wavelengths in the infrared region of the spectrum. The apparatus may also comprise one or more piezo acoustic actuators which can generate acoustic waves in order to control the position of the microspheres. A method of using the apparatus is also claimed. In another aspect, the invention includes an apparatus as above, and method of using said apparatus, however using piezo acoustic modulators in place of a control beam.
Patent GB-2548314-A (GB)
Title: System for illumination during a corridor based procedure
Inventor: MICHAEL WOOD
IPC: A61B90/30
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: A system for illumination during a corridor based procedure is provided, comprising: a light source; and, an optical probe comprising: a tube having a distal end, a proximal end and one or more sidewalls there between, the optical probe and the light source arranged so that light from the light source is received by the one or more sidewalls, the one or more sidewalls configured to convey the light to the distal end, the distal end configured to receive the light and illuminate a sample adjacent thereto.
Patent GB-2558769-A (GB)
Title: Controller for a braking system of a vehicle
Inventor: Michael Enness
IPC: F16D66/00
Filed: 2017-11-27
Abstract: Disclosed is a controller for a braking system of a vehicle that is arranged to receive information relating to a braking event of the vehicle and to receive a temperatureassociated with a brake pad of the braking system. The controller comprises a processor arranged to determine a health state of the braking system based on the information relating to the braking event and the temperature associated with the brake pad. The health state of the braking system includes a brake fluid health state. The brake fluid health state may be determined based upon one or more estimates of brake fluid temperature. If brake fluid temperature exceeds a limit a warning may alert a driver. The processor may determine a service life of the brake fluid based upon the brake fluid health state. The health state may further include brake pad wear, brake disc temperature, and whether a brake caliper has exceeded a threshold temperature for more than a predetermined length of time. A drivetrain component may receive a power reduction in response to an unacceptable health state. The information relating to a braking event may be an energy model with inputs including vehicle speed, deceleration, mass, and ambient temperature.
Patent GB-2572201-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle controller and control method
Inventor: Fraser Andrew Jardine
IPC: H04W4/70
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: A controller (1110) comprising: output means (1150) for outputting a component control signal indicative of a control request to cause a component associated with a host vehicle to perform an action associated with a manoeuvre of the host vehicle; input means (1140) for receiving a fall-back signal indicative of an action to be performed by the component, the action associated with a manoeuvre of the host vehicle, and for receiving a keep-alive signal indicative of a continued operation of a communication link to the input means (1140); and control means (1120) arranged to determine if a keep-alive signal is received by the input means (1140) within a predetermined period of time from a time of receipt of a fall-back signal by the input means (1140), and control the output means (1150) to output the component control signal in dependence on the fall-back signal if the keep-alive signal is not determined to be received by the input means (1140) within the predetermined period of time. A method is also provided.