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Patent GB-2575808-A (GB)
Title: Elevator car
Inventor: ALISTER BENNETT
IPC: B66B11/02
Filed: 2018-07-23
Abstract: An elevator car comprising a tubular shell 12 of thermoplastic material, at least a first rigid panel 14 bonded or otherwise affixed over an open end of the shell. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing an elevator car 10. Comprising: forming a plug of a desired cross- sectional shape; heating a first sheet of thermoplastic material to its processing temperature and moulding said heated first sheet around said plug so as two opposing edges thereof meet and abut or overlap; subsequently allowing or causing said moulded first sheet to cool and harden into a generally tubular component 12 having a lateral cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of said plug, and removing said plug; cutting or otherwise forming a second sheet of rigid material 14, 16 into a shape and size matching the cross-sectional shape and size of the outer periphery of said generally tubular component 12; and, bonding said second sheet over a first open end of said generally tubular component.
Patent GB-2565446-A (GB)
Title: Biometric authentication device
Inventor: KEIJI KITANE
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2016-06-06
Abstract: There are differences in finger width among individuals, and it has been difficult to positionally control both thin and thick fingers by means of a guide or the like in such a way that these fingers are always positioned at the same position, with the result that it has been impossible to avoid a degradation in authentication accuracy due to a displacement in the position of a positioned finger. The biometric authentication device according to the present invention performs authentication on the basis of biometric information, and is provided with a finger tip positioning portion configured from: a finger tip bottom surface portion which is in contact with the ball of a positioned finger; a finger tip surface portion which is connected substantially perpendicular to the finger tip bottom surface portion and which has a surface that meets the tip of said finger at a predetermined angle; and finger tip side surface portions which are connected to the finger tip surface portion and the finger tip bottom surface portion and which each have a surface facing a side surface of said finger.
Patent GB-2566829-A (GB)
Title: Dome tweeter
Inventor: ZHI WEN CHEN
IPC: H04R9/06
Filed: 2018-09-25
Abstract: The tweeter, includes a dome-shaped diaphragm 1, a surround 2, a voice coil 4 and a magnetic circuit 5. The magnetic circuit includes a T-shaped yoke iron 51 provided with a central through hole 5111 facing a central position of the vibrating diaphragm 1. The upstanding portion 511 of yoke 51 tapers upwardly. Sound-absorbing material 7 may be located in a rear cavity 8 behind the T-shaped yoke iron 51. One end 21of the surround 2 is connected to the diaphragm 1 by overlapping portions of the diaphragm, the surround and the voice coil bobbin (fig 5).
Patent GB-2569240-A (GB)
Title: Assembly and method
Inventor: BLAKE T DEBERRY
IPC: F16L15/00
Filed: 2017-11-15
Abstract: A system comprises: a first tubular member having a central bore, an end, and a conical sealing surface; and a gasket retention assembly disposed 1108 within the first tubular member and configured to selectively retain a gasket 1105 in engagement with the first tubular member, wherein the gasket retention assembly 1108 comprises: a spring loaded retention device 1130 disposed within a first recess 1134 in the first tubular member, wherein the retention device comprises a shoulder 1138 at one end shaped to engage a complementary profile on the gasket, wherein the retention device comprises a passage formed therethrough; and a spring loaded plunger 1106 disposed within a second recess 1144 in the first tubular member and extending at least partially through the passage in the retention device
Patent GB-2581800-A (GB)
Title: Linear actuator
Inventor: MR GREGORY DOUGLAS HORLER
IPC: H02K7/06
Filed: 2019-02-26
Abstract: A linear actuator 10 for use in a modular assembly of such actuators comprises an actuator body 11, a shaft 12 guided by the body displaceable along a longitudinal axis 13 of the shaft and a drive motor enclosed in the body which displaces the shaft in two mutually opposite directions. The body has two mutually opposite sides 15a, 15b respectively lying in two substantially parallel spaced-apart planes, and a further side 17b connecting the two mutually opposite sides and stepped to form a projection 18 which receives the shaft and a rebate 19 beside the projection wherein the projection and rebate have the same width. In use, the rebate of a first actuator engages with the projection of a second actuator such that an interlocking relationship is formed with further actuators places adjacent the two mutually opposite sides creating a compact modular assembly of actuators. An actuator assembly formed of the defined linear actuators may be employed in a pipetting system for use with multi-well plates.
Patent GB-2581839-A (GB)
Title: Estimating water saturation of a subsurface formation
Inventor: STEIN OTTAR STALHEIM
IPC: G01V3/30
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: A method of estimating the water saturation level Sw of a region of a subsurface formation surrounding a drilled borehole. The method comprises obtaining resistivity data determined by analysing the phase delay δ and/or attenuation σ of an electromagnetic signal traversing said region and taking into account an estimated electrical permittivity value εLWD. A plane wave approximation is applied to the propagation of said electromagnetic signal across said region to extract real kr, and imaginary ki parts of a wave number k from the resistivity data and said permittivity estimate. The extracted real and imaginary parts of the wave number are then used to calculate water saturation Sw. The resistivity data may be obtained by Logging While Drilling or by Wireline. The hydrocarbon saturation level SHC may be estimated from the water saturation level.
Patent GB-2582542-A (GB)
Title: Connector and associated methods
Inventor: ROBIN SLATER
IPC: H01R13/523
Filed: 2019-03-12
Abstract: A resealing, pressure balancing subsea connector 12 comprises an internal portion comprising a first fluid, and a seal 13 where the seal opens at a differential pressure threshold across the seal 13, the pressure differential threshold being lower than that corresponding to atmospheric internal pressure in the internal portion and an external pressure at the exterior of the connector 12 when deployed. The connector 12 may be waterproof rated as IPx8 or worse and used at a greater depth or pressure than it is rated for. The first fluid may be pressured by external pressure during descent. The first fluid may be insulative. The connector 12 may be in an apparatus which may comprise a subsea control module 10 deployed beyond the waterproofness rating. The apparatus may comprise a housing 11 acting as a fluid chamber, pressurised by a second fluid such as water. The method for constructing and deploying the connector 12 is presented. There may be a deployment beyond a depth of 20 metres. The connector 12 may be mated, sealed and pressurised at the surface before deployment.
Patent GB-2582331-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for laser processing a material
Inventor: STEPHEN JOHN KEEN
IPC: G02B6/04
Filed: 2019-03-19
Abstract: Apparatus for laser processing a material 10, comprising; a) a plurality of first lasers 1; b) at least one second laser 2; c) a plurality of first optical fibres 3; d) at least one second optical fibre 4; e) a controller 9; f) a first lens 17; g) a laser processing head 18, and, h) a second lens 19, wherein; the first lasers emit optical radiation 11 at a first wavelength 13, the second laser (2) emits optical radiation 12 at a second wavelength 14, the first lens collimates the first and second optical radiation through the laser processing head, and the second lens focusses the first and the second optical radiation to form a beam waist 15 onto a surface of the material, such that, a first intensity profile 21 of the first optical radiation at the beam waist is different from a second intensity profile 22 of the second optical radiation at the beam waist. The first and second optical fibres may be coupled to a third optical fibre, which may comprise a central core, a ring core surrounding the central core and a cladding surrounding the ring core. Further aspects are directed towards methods of laser processing materials.
Patent GB-2584629-A (GB)
Title: Audio processing
Inventor: MIIKKA VILERMO
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2019-05-29
Abstract: An audio focusing system receives multi-channel audio signals representing a spatial audio image from a mic array (121) and an indication from a user of an audio focus direction (210) corresponding to a first position in the image. This audio focus direction then has various offset candidate directions (fig. 9) mapped, from which is selected a primary beamformed sound direction which is emphasized (211) in the output audio signal compared to sounds from other directions. The beamformer may be dynamic or static based on the distance to a centre point of the image area. This offset selection process results in sharper audio focus by avoiding sidelobe and attenuation effects which would emphasize both objects A and B in fig. 4, rather than the desired A instead of B.
Patent GB-2577419-A (GB)
Title: Lipo-glycopeptide cleavable derivatives and uses thereof
Inventor: RYAN HECKLER
IPC: C07K7/64
Filed: 2018-05-22
Abstract: The present invention provides certain lipo-glycopeptide cleavable derivatives and methods for using the same for the treatment of bacterial infections, for example, pulmonary bacterial infections. The LGPC derivatives include a cleavable moiety that in certain embodiments, is designed to allow for cellular uptake and/or a more rapid clearance of the glycopeptide metabolite (i.e., the cleaved glycopeptide) from the site of administration (e.g., the lung) as compared to the uncleaved LGPC.
Patent GB-2590919-A (GB)
Title: Utilities infrastructure deployment
Inventor: ANTHONY CONWAY
IPC: G06F30/27
Filed: 2020-01-05
Abstract: A computer implemented method of defining a deployment specification for one or more infrastructure components as part of a transmission network for a utility service in a defined geographic region, the region having associated environmental characteristics identifying environmental features of the region, and the region including a plurality of locations each having associated location characteristics identifying features of the location, the method comprising: for each location and for one or more types of infrastructure component, each type having associated infrastructure characteristics identifying features of an infrastructure component of the type, executing a classifier to forecast a measure of susceptibility of infrastructure deployed at the location to one or more operational impediments of the infrastructure in use, the classifier being executed based on each of one or more of the infrastructure characteristics, the location characteristics for the location and the environmental characteristics; selecting one or more locations in the region based on the forecast susceptibilities to trigger deployment of infrastructure components at the selected locations.
Patent GB-2579965-A (GB)
Title: Oxidation resistent alloy
Inventor: DOMINIQUE FLAHAUT
IPC: C22C38/40
Filed: 2018-08-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to alloys used to prepare steel pipes i.e. tubes for use in chemical engineering applications. In particular, the invention relates to low carbon aluminium steel alloys and pipes made from such alloys. They may be used in plant such as ethylene cracker furnaces that need to be able to withstand elevated temperatures oxidation and carburisation for extended periods of time, the alloy been able to develop a pure, stable and continuous aluminium oxide layer on it surface when in service which is protective and anti-coking
Patent GB-2595907-A (GB)
Title: Dry gas scrubber
Inventor: MYUNGKEUN NOH
IPC: F23J15/06
Filed: 2020-06-11
Abstract: Apparatus for a dry gas scrubber comprising a cooling chamber defined by a housing 314. The housing has an inlet 311 for receiving an effluent stream, an outlet 321 for providing the effluent stream for treatment by the scrubber and at least one cooling plate 315 thermally coupled with the housing that deviates a flow direction of the effluent stream flowing from the inlet to the outlet. The apparatus may comprise plural cooling plates which at least partially extend in opposing across the chamber to form a serpentine direction of flow. The housing may also comprise an inner conduit 316 extending at least partially between the inlet and outlet. A powder trap may be located downstream of the cooling chamber, comprising at least one filter and at least one cooling fin on its external surface. A resin chamber may be located downstream of the powder trap.
Patent GB-2597241-A (GB)
Title: Computer search system
Inventor: ROBERT MERRIFIELD
IPC: G06F16/9038
Filed: 2020-07-10
Abstract: A computer search system having a user interface (UI) which displays three panels in a single view (search query panel 311, results panel 312, and associated content panel 313). In this way, a user does not have to move back and forth between different screens which may add to the time the user is willing to spend and the processing resources the computer may have to use. In this way, the delay the user experiences in receiving a search result is reduced. The UI may include a scrolling facility for scrolling through the search results displayed in the results panel. The search system may also include a database that uses precomputed lookup tables in the database search (such as a bitmap lookup structure or index). This feature may provide for faster retrieval of the search results. The search system may also be generating the UI using a graphics engine that uses textured triangles and directly accesses the graphics card via an API that bypasses the operating system (OS)-e.g. by using an OpenGL API. This may allow for faster graphics which may make the UI more responsive to the user.
Patent GB-2586350-A (GB)
Title: Quantifying a reservoir volume and pump pressure limit
Inventor: AHMED S ABOU-SAYED
IPC: G01V99/00
Filed: 2015-06-11
Abstract: A method of operating an injection well having a wellbore 18 extending through a subterranean injection zone 14, the subterranean zone bounded by an adjacent upper confinement zone 21 and an adjacent lower containment zone 23, the method comprising: in an injection operation, pumping fluids having a first set of fluid properties into the subterranean zone at a first pressure above fracture pressure; hydraulically fracturing the zone; shutting-in the well and allowing pressure fall-off; measuring pressure transient data after shutting-in the well and during pressure fall-off; inputting to a computer program stored in a non-transitory memory and executed by a computer, pressure and time data from the pressure transient data measured after shut-in and during fall-off; and determining, using the pressure transient data and computer program, a maximum injection pressure to assure containment of the pumping fluids in the injection zone.
Patent GB-2589746-A (GB)
Title: A load-bearing straw-bale wall system resistant to outdoor conditions
Inventor: NEVZAT OMER SAATCIOGLU
IPC: E04B1/35
Filed: 2019-06-27
Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-storey load-bearing straw-bale wall system (1) which can be used in house, office and educational buildings to be constructed in particularly rural areas; whereby straw-bales (4) are pre-compressed more effectively; which is not affected by outdoor weather conditions due to the fact that structural connection members (5) -that are preferably polypropylene rope- are not used on the inner-outer surfaces; and can be constructed more quickly, economically and practically.
Patent GB-2603519-A (GB)
Title: A sports sock
Inventor: SAMUEL COXON
IPC: A63B71/12
Filed: 2021-02-06
Abstract: A sports sock 1 comprises an elastic leg cuff section 3 with an opening 5; a foot section 7 with a toe portion 9 and a heel portion 11; and a releasable fastener strip 13 substantially along the height of the leg cuff section between the heel portion and the opening. The fastener strip is openable to open the sports sock along the leg cuff section. The circumference of the opening is less than the circumference of the leg cuff section. The leg cuff may be sized to receive a shin pad 15. The sock may be a football (soccer), rugby, American football, ice hockey, or field hockey sock. The releasable fastener may be a zip, which may be an elastic zip. The zip may comprise a cover. The sock may apply a compression force around the opening and the opening may have a double wall thickness. The sock may be made of any combination of polyester, cotton, nylon, elastane, and polypropylene. The sock may comprise any combination of an arch support, a cushioned toe portion, a cushioned heel portion, and a cushioned sole.
Patent GB-2604142-A (GB)
Title: Implementation of softmax and exponential in hardware
Inventor: JAMES IMBER
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2021-02-25
Abstract: Methods are disclosed for implementing an exponential operation, and a softmax neural network layer, in neural network accelerator hardware. Also disclosed are a data processing system for implementing the exponential operation and a data processing system for implementing the softmax layer. The exponential operation or softmax layer is mapped to a plurality of elementary neural network operations, and the neural network accelerator hardware evaluates these operations, to produce the result of the operation or layer respectively.
Patent GB-2605849-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: CHADI KHIRALLAH
IPC: H04W84/06
Filed: 2021-05-06
Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate via a non-terrestrial network (NTN) comprising a plurality of cells, the UE having a radio resource control (RRC) connection related to a first coverage area. The method comprises determining that a current location of the UE is in a different coverage area to the first coverage area and releasing the RRC connection based on the UE’s current location. Determination of the coverage area being different by acquiring a information identifying a public land mobile network (PLMN) or mobile country code (MCC) related to the coverage area. The method may further comprise setting up a RRC connection via a cell serving the different coverage area. The method may comprise receiving information for redirecting the UE to a PLMN and/or an access and mobility management function (AMF) associated with the location of the UE and setting up a RRC connection via a cell serving the different coverage area based on the information for redirecting the UE. Also provided is a corresponding method performed by a network node configured to communicate with the UE via a non-terrestrial network. Also provided are a UE and network node for implementing said methods.
Patent GB-2608355-A (GB)
Title: Lying down computer table
Inventor: ALEX JON FRANCIS MAY
IPC: A47B21/007
Filed: 2021-05-27
Abstract: The design relates to furniture designed to be used with ICT devices with a visual display. In particular, this is a design for a table which would enable a computer to be used while lying down by having a downward-facing monitor installed either on the underside of the table or on the underside of a shelf on the table above a hole in the table. Typically, such a design would also be usable as a standing desk or a sitting desk such that it has two or three different use options.
Patent GB-2595177-A (GB)
Title: Method for characterizing defect in two-dimensional material and application thereof
Inventor: DAMENG LIU
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2019-11-27
Abstract: A method for characterizing a defect in a two-dimensional material and application thereof, relating to the technical field of the characterization of defects in nanomaterias. The method for characterizing a defect comprises: respectively and independently performing fluorescence lifetime imaging on a non-defective two-dimensional material substrate sample and a two-dimensional material substrate sample to be detected, and determining, according to a change of a fluorescence lifetime, whether there is a defect, wherein if the fluorescence lifetime of the two-dimensional material substrate sample to be detected is higher than the fluorescence lifetime of the non-defective two-dimensional material substrate sample, the two-dimensional material substrate sample to be detected is a defective sample, and if the fluorescence lifetime of the two-dimensional material substrate sample to be detected has no obvious change as compared with the fluorescence lifetime of the non-defective two-dimensional material substrate sample, the two-dimensional material substrate sample to be detected is a non-defective sample. The method characterizes a defect in a two-dimensional material using a fluorescence lifetime imaging method, can quickly and intuitively observe a change of a lifetime to determine whether the material is defective or not, and is a non-destructive detection method capable of implementing characterization at room temperature without introducing a new defect.
Patent GB-2611054-A (GB)
Title: Waste pipe assembly
Inventor: Toby Risbey
IPC: E03C1/24
Filed: 2021-09-23
Abstract: A waste pipe assembly 1 comprising a first part 2 comprising an overflow for fitting to a side of a bath tub or sink, a second part 6 comprising a waste for fitting to a base of the bath tub or sink having an opening and a drain pipe 12 extending therefrom, and a tube 14 connecting the first part to the second part; wherein the tube is flexible and variable in length along at least a portion of the tube. Preferably the tube comprises one or more telescopic or concertinaed portions an dis a bellows thread hose along the majority of its length. The waste may comprise a water supply inlet connectable to a water supply pipe. Further disclosed is an assembly comprising a bath tub or sink and the disclosed waste pipe.
Patent GB-2612615-A (GB)
Title: Swimming machine
Inventor: DANIEL PHILLIPS
IPC: A63B69/12
Filed: 2021-11-05
Abstract: A swimming machine comprising a housing 4 adapted to be mounted to an interior wall of a swimming pool, the housing comprising a hydraulic motor 6 connected to an impellor 7 for producing a current, a hydraulic pump 17 stored outside the housing and connected to the hydraulic motor 6, an electric motor for powering the hydraulic pump and an inverter drive system 20 for controlling the electric motor to control the speed of the current. The hydraulic motor may be encased in an epoxy resin with a chemical resistant gel top coat. The inverter 20 may be a single phase to three phase drive system. There may be a wireless control system 22 and the housing may be a fiberglass composite. The device is designed to be retrofitted to a pool to allow continuous swimming against the current.