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Patent GB-2579663-A (GB)
Title: Universal jig
Inventor: STEPHEN JAMES DYMOND
IPC: H05K13/00
Filed: 2018-12-11
Abstract: A method or apparatus 500 for holding an item 590, such as a printed circuit board, during a surface modification process. The jig 590 comprises first 510 and second 520 supports configured to hold the item 590, and a locating element engaging with a cooperating element of the item to locate the item relative to the jig 500. The item 590 is clamped between the first 510 and second 520 supports, which may be connected by hinges 502. The locating element may comprise a protrusion configured to engage with a corresponding cavity or hole of the PCB 590. An abutment portion 506, 508 may be arranged to abut a portion of the item 590 to be masked during a coating process. The abutment portion 506, 508 may comprise a resiliently deformable material. The coating process may be a vapour deposition process such as a plasma polymerisation process.
Patent GB-2581323-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic field sensor for an access point
Inventor: HAIM AMIR
IPC: G08B29/04
Filed: 2018-12-31
Abstract: A device 100 monitors entry to or exit from a space via an access point. The access point has a first component 102 (such as a door, window or gate) and a second component 114 (such as a door frame, window frame or gate post) that are separable from each other to create an opening for the entry or exit. A first part 106 is mounted to the first component 102 and includes a processor, and a sensor (magnetometer) for sensing a magnetic field in multiple dimensions emanating from a second part (magnet) 108 mounted on the second component 114. The processor is configured to receive an indication of the sensed magnetic field, and detect a change of condition (open or closed) of the access point when a dynamic quality of the sensed magnetic field meets a predefined criterion, and output an indication of the detected change of condition. The dynamic quality may be slow and fast magnetic field changes, changes of low and high frequency components of the magnetic field, or rate of change of any other dynamic component of the magnetic field. The device is particularly suited for preventing tampering.
Patent GB-2576799-A (GB)
Title: Inductive chargeable energy storage device
Inventor: FULIAN QIU
IPC: H02J50/27
Filed: 2019-01-09
Abstract: An inductive chargeable energy storage device 10 comprises an electrically insulating casing, an energy storage unit 20 formed on an electrically insulating core and a diode 29. The energy storage unit comprises a positive electrode winding or coil 21, a negative electrode winding or coil 22, and a separator between the electrode windings. The two electrode winding, and the diode are connected in series forming an inductive or a wireless chargeable energy storage circuit. When the circuit is coupled to a primary circuit of an inductive or a wireless charging platform 42, the conductors of the positive and negative electrode windings function as two independent secondary windings, receive electric energy inductively or wirelessly from the primary winding and convert the electric energy back to DC by the diode, so that the received electric energy is stored in the electrode material layers of the electrode windings of the energy storage unit as charges, chemical energy or any combinations thereof depending on desired applications.
Patent GB-2572842-A (GB)
Title: Unmanned aerial system assisted navigational systems and methods
Inventor: Mark Rivers
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 2019-02-11
Abstract: Flight based infrared imaging systems and related techniques, and in particular unmanned aerial system (UAS) based systems 110, are provided for aiding in operation and/or piloting of a mobile structure 130A (e.g. cars or watercraft). Such systems and techniques may include determining environmental conditions 210a, 211 around the mobile structure with the UAS detecting the presence of objects and/or persons 208, 209 around the mobile structure and/or determining the presence of other structures 207 around the mobile structure. The environmental conditions are used to determine a traversal range of the UAS. Instructions for the operation of such mobile structures may then be accordingly determined responsive to such data.
Patent GB-2571650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ceramic femoral resurfacing head prosthesis
Inventor: SIMON NICHOLAS COLLINS
IPC: A61F2/36
Filed: 2017-11-01
Abstract: A ceramic femoral resurfacing head prosthesis 110 comprising a convex outer surface 112 engageable with an acetabulum of a patient or an acetabular cup prosthesis, and a concave inner surface 114, the outer surface 112 and inner surface 114 extending to interest each other at a rim 116 which is preferably at least substantially planar. A ceramic stem also 120 projects from the inner surface 114, with a free distal end of the stem 126 being located at, or spaced inwardly of, a plane defined by the prosthesis’ rim 116. The stem may be provided with a base 122 comprising at least a two-part angular transition 138 in a longitudinal direction of the stem 120 (Fig 9). The inner surface 114 may additionally comprise at least one circumferentially elongate recesses (136, Fig 11). The rim 160 may define an asymmetrical profile between the prosthetics’ inner 114 and outer 112 surfaces, the rim having two or more different arcs 148, 150 having a radius (R5, R6, Fig 14) of 0.2-1.5mm.
Patent GB-2575541-A (GB)
Title: Holding tool
Inventor: John Reynerston
IPC: B25B23/144
Filed: 2017-12-01
Abstract: The method includes transmitting, by a holding tool 100 having a head engaged with a first portion of an item (such as a hydraulic coupling), a first signal indicating that the holding tool is in use. This is in response to actuation of a switch of the holding tool to an on position by a thrust force being applied to a handle of the holding tool in a direction towards the head. The method further includes receiving, by a controller 900, the first signal; and determining, by the controller, whether the holding tool was in use during application of torque to a second portion of the item by a torque application tool 1000. A system for reducing error on application of torque uses a processor and memory to implement the method. The method may also include pairing the holding tool with the torque application tool prior to application of torque. The method allows the controller to monitor whether the holding tool was used in conjunction with a torque wrench to tighten the coupling, thereby providing an error reducing function.
Patent GB-2571483-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic system
Inventor: AKIHIRO KONDO
IPC: F15B11/028
Filed: 2017-12-18
Abstract: This hydraulic system is provided with: a control valve which is connected to a pump by a pump line, and which is connected to a tank by a tank line; a cylinder which is connected to the control valve by a rod-side supply line and a head-side supply line; a regeneration line which connects the rod-side supply line to the head-side supply line; a regeneration valve which is provided to the regeneration line, and which is open during extension of the cylinder, and closed during contraction of the cylinder; a switching valve which is provided to the regeneration line between the regeneration valve and the head-side supply line, and which switches to a first state during extension of the cylinder, and switches to a second state during contraction of the cylinder; a relief line which braches from the regeneration line between the regeneration valve and the switching valve, and which is connected to the tank; and a relief valve which is provided to the relief line, and which is closed during extension of the cylinder, and open during contraction of the cylinder.
Patent GB-2573417-A (GB)
Title: Scale calculation device and scale calculation program
Inventor: Natsuko Fujii
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2017-02-16
Abstract: A source code analysis unit (21) specifies the dependent strength of a function included in a source code. An influence analysis unit (22) specifies a moving function that moves to another system by refactoring, and specifies dependent strength regarding the moving function that is affected by refactoring from the dependent strength specified by the source code analysis unit (21). A scale calculation unit (23) calculates the scale of refactoring on the basis of the affected dependent strength that is specified by the influence analysis unit (22).
Patent GB-2593131-A (GB)
Title: Wearable device
Inventor: DAWN PRICE
IPC: G16H20/10
Filed: 2019-10-25
Abstract: Wearable device for patient in receipt of medication treatment, comprising a medication and monitoring unit comprising a wireless communications unit, a power unit, and a processing unit and a memory unit configured to access remotely and store data relating to a personalised medication treatment program, the data including digitised medication dose and monitoring charts. The medication and monitoring unit comprises an interactive visual display unit or interactive audio platform, configured for bidirectional visual or audio medication and monitoring interaction between the patient and a remote medication monitoring service provider in relation to the charts. The interaction is by means of a medication monitoring centre comprising a local or remote database and which may comprise medication monitoring personnel interfaces. The device comprises a patient attachment for attaching to a body part of the patient or a wearable attachment for attaching to an item of apparel or to a further wearable digital device. The device is adapted for daytime or night-time wearing. The medication and monitoring unit may be detachable from or integral with the attachment. Also provided is a method for interactive bidirectional medication and monitoring.
Patent GB-2593197-A (GB)
Title: System and method for classifying vessels
Inventor: Jonathan david locke
IPC: G08G3/00
Filed: 2020-03-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of classifying a maritime vessel by detecting S100 data from the vessel and determining S102 whether the detected data comprises identification information. If it is determined that the detected data does not comprise identification information, a classification for the maritime vessel is automatically determined S112 using historical pattern of life data S108. A confidence level associated with the estimated classification is also generated. The classification may comprise the vessel identity, type, predicted track or next port of call. Bearing information may be detected using an acoustic array. Also disclosed is determining the activity of a maritime vessel by identifying the maritime vessel from detected data and obtaining a state diagram of permitted activities associated with the vessel. The activity of the vessel is determined, and verified using the obtained state diagram.
Patent GB-2580564-A (GB)
Title: System and method for monitoring integrity of a wellbore
Inventor: ANSAS MATTHIAS KASTEN
IPC: G01V5/08
Filed: 2018-09-14
Abstract: A detector assembly includes scintillators configured to generate a light signal in response to an impinging backscatter signal, where the scintillators are arranged in a first pattern, a plurality of first detectors, where each first detector is coupled to a scintillator and configured to receive a first portion of a light signal from that scintillator, and where the first detectors are arranged in a second pattern aligned with the first pattern, a plurality of second detectors, where each second detector is disposed adjacent a scintillator and configured to receive a second portion of the light signal from that scintillator, and where the plurality of second detectors is arranged in a third pattern, and a scintillator collimator including a plurality of openings and configured to selectively receive the backscatter signal, where the detector assembly is configured to provide depth resolution, azimuthal resolution, a defect type, a defect size, or combinations thereof.
Patent GB-2585125-A (GB)
Title: Ball spindle joint assembly
Inventor: ANDREW ELLIOTT
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 2020-03-26
Abstract: The female part of the ball spindle joint is a through hole 2, the through hole being split into a first 3, a second 4 and a third region 5 by boundaries 2B, 2C, characterised in that the diameter of the second region 4 is greater than the third region 5, forming a clearance gap 14 between the shaft 29 of the ball spindle 21 and the second region 4 of the through hole 2. Thus, the shaft 29 is in contact with the wall of the through hole at the first 3 and the third region 5. The first region 3 is the primary load bearing feature, and the third region 5 secondary. When a load (fig 6, JF) is applied to the ball 31 of the ball spindle 21, causing a moment (fig 6, M), the third region 5 may induce a counter force (fig 6, CRF) to balance the moment. A fourth region 6 may form a second clearance gap (fig 5, 16) to prevent damaging the threads 38.
Patent GB-2585754-A (GB)
Title: Underwater image enhancement method and enhancement device
Inventor: XIAOMING MA
IPC: H04N9/73
Filed: 2020-05-12
Abstract: An underwater image enhancement method comprises: acquiring 101 an original underwater image, and establishing an underwater optical imaging model according to the characteristics of underwater imaging; sharpening 102 the original underwater image using a dark channel prior defogging algorithm that performs linear programming on the transmittance component of the model, to perform contrast enhancement and obtain a first sharp image; correcting 103 the colour of the original underwater image by using a gray world algorithm to obtain a second sharp image; and fusing 104 the first sharp image and the second sharp image by using an image fusion algorithm based on wavelet transform to obtain a restored underwater image. The contrast enhancement process to obtain the first sharpened image may comprise down-sampling the original underwater image, calculating a dark channel and transmittance image by using the down sampled image, and reconstructing the dark channel and transmittance image by means of bilinear interpolation. The image fusion process may comprise the use of a Haar wavelet basis and an inverse wavelet transform.
Patent GB-2595446-A (GB)
Title: Matrix of detectors with staggered columns
Inventor: SERGE MAITREJEAN
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2020-05-18
Abstract: A matrix of detectors may be used for inspecting cargo using inspection radiation. The matrix has columns of detector modules offset from each other in a depth direction, perpendicular to a surface receiving radiation and to the longitudinal extent of the columns. Examples are shown with offsets less, equal or greater than the detector depth, symmetrical arrangements of odd or even columns, using stacked detectors and with not all adjacent columns staggered. The modules may be scintillators with associated photodiode sensors, connected to a PCB which may be perpendicular or parallel to module depth. This allows scalability by permitting similar modules to be used regardless of number of columns.
Patent GB-2583218-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for authenticating a user
Inventor: CHEUK YIU SO
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2017-11-16
Abstract: A system and a method for an electronic method of authenticating a user to establish a service session the method comprising the steps of receiving an access request at a service provider device from a user device, authenticating a user based on a unique user credential associated with the user, by the service provider, establishing a service session between the user device and the service device.
Patent GB-2583426-A (GB)
Title: Monomer compositions with antimicrobial functionality
Inventor: JAMES HEDRICK
IPC: C08G73/00
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: Techniques regarding ionene compositions with antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a monomer, which can comprise a single ionene unit. The single ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. Also, a hydrophobic functional group can be covalently bonded to the molecular backbone, and the single ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality.
Patent GB-2589949-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid electric powerplant systems and controllers
Inventor: MICHAEL MARK
IPC: G05D17/00
Filed: 2020-08-27
Abstract: A hybrid electric propulsion (HEP) system (100) includes a heat engine torque sensor (101a) connected between a heat engine (103a) and a combining gear box (105) to sense a heat motor input torque (101a)input to the combining gear box (105), an electric motor torque sensor (101b) connected between an electric motor (103b) and the combining gear box (105) to sense an electric motor input torque input to the combining gear box (105), and a combining gear box torque sensor (107) connected to an output (109) of the combining gearbox (105). The system (100) includes a HEP controller (111) operatively connected to each sensor to receive one or more torque signals therefrom and configured to output one or more output signals as a function of the signals from each sensor. The signals may control the disconnect for both the heat engine and electric motor respectively. The controller can include failure warning systems.
Patent GB-2588709-A (GB)
Title: A traction measurement apparatus and method of calibration
Inventor: CLIVE HAMER
IPC: G01N19/02
Filed: 2020-09-01
Abstract: A traction or friction measuring apparatus comprising a flat disc traction surface 11, a spherical ball traction surface 12 and a support structure arranged to support the disc and ball traction surfaces whilst allowing relative rotational movement between them whilst in rolling/sliding contact. A disc drive means 15 and ball drive 14 effect relative movement between the disc and ball with each drive having a speed measuring means. The drives generate a traction or friction force between the surfaces and a force measuring means 16 determines the traction or friction force so that a measurement of the ball speed and the disc speed can be made at a point of pure rolling between the ball and disc in order to accurately determine the disc track radius based on the known ball track radius. The method comprises  steadily increasing the disc speed and reduce the ball speed (or vice versa) and recording the values of the motor speeds, rolling/sliding ratio and forces that correspond to the point of transition from positive to negative (or negative to positive) traction force as the contact passes through a point of pure rolling contact.
Patent GB-2598605-A (GB)
Title: Alert system
Inventor: ARTHUR PALLISTER
IPC: G08B25/08
Filed: 2020-09-04
Abstract: An alert system 100 is provided for detecting atypical water use of a monitored person. The alert system 100 comprises a sensor unit 101 for detecting at least one characteristic of a water flow, a monitoring unit 102 for monitoring the period since detection of the at least one characteristic of the water flow, and an alert mechanism for issuing an alert if the period is outside a desired range. The at least one characteristic of a water flow may comprise the presence or absence of a water flow velocity. The alert may be provided to a remote carer. The sensor 101 may be located at the water entry point to the building. More than one sensor may be provided at different locations. The desired range may be predetermined by a calendar. A plurality of distinct alerts may be provided by the system (207-210,fig.2). The system is particularly suited for identifying unusual water consumption associated with an emergency or incident of an elderly person within their home.
Patent GB-2599648-A (GB)
Title: Crankshaft seal unit for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: VOLKER ABRAHAM
IPC: F16J15/447
Filed: 2020-10-06
Abstract: A crankshaft seal unit 26 for an internal combustion engine 10 comprises a seal 28, eg a labyrinth seal which, when mounted to the engine 10, provides sealing between the crankshaft 12 and the crankcase 16, and a fan element 34 which is mounted to the crankshaft 12, eg between the crankshaft flange 14 and the drive shaft 36 of the crankshaft, in the crankcase 16. The fan element 34 may be a ring-shaped disc of sheet metal with blades 38 which, when rotating, subjects the inner side of the seal to a pressure drop causing a fluid flow from the inner side of the seal 28 through the fan element 34. A flow control element 48 may be fixed to, or integral with, the fan element 34 to form a flow channel 50.
Patent GB-2586764-A (GB)
Title: MTORC modulators and uses thereof
Inventor: STELIOS T TZANNIS
IPC: A61P37/06
Filed: 2020-01-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising one of 21 discrete rapamycin analogues (rapalogs) or salts thereof and an antioxidant. These rapalogs contain a polyoxyalkylene or hydroxyalkyleneoxy group or hydroxyalkyleneoxyalkyleneoxy group at the 16 position of the rapamycin macrolide ring system, a methoxy group at the 27 position of the rapamycin macrolide ring system, a methoxy group at the 39 position of the rapamycin macrolide ring system, and either a hydroxy group, a hydroxyalkylene group or a polyoxyalkylene group at the 40 position of the rapamycin macrolide ring system. The preferred antioxidant is either ascorbic acid, glutathione or methionine. These rapalogs show increased mTORC1 specificity and lowered mTORC2 specificity relative to rapamycin and may be formulated into a pharmaceutical composition further comprising at least one additional pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Said compositions are useful in treating a chronic disease wherein the subject would benefit from inhibition of the activity of mTORC1, such as mTORopathy.
Patent GB-2588538-A (GB)
Title: Anti-spoofing
Inventor: Symeon Nikitidis
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2019-12-04
Abstract: A method of configuring an anti-spoofing system to detect if a spoofing attack has been attempted, in which an image processing component of the anti-spoofing system is trained to process 2D verification images according to a set of image processing parameters, in order to extract depth information from the 2D verification images. The configured anti-spoofing system comprises an anti-spoofing component which uses an output from the processing of a 2D verification image by the image processing component to determine whether an entity captured in that image corresponds to an actual human or a spoofing entity. The image processing parameters are learned during the training from a training set of captured 3D training images of both actual humans and spoofing entities, each 3D training image comprising 2D image data and corresponding depth data, by: processing the 2D image data of each 3D training image according to the image processing parameters, so as to compute an image processing output for comparison with the corresponding depth data of that 3D image; and adapting the image processing parameters in order to match the image processing outputs to the corresponding depth data, thereby training the image processing component to extract depth information from 2D verification images.
Patent GB-2602808-A (GB)
Title: A thrust bearing and a method for reducing wear in a thrust bearing
Inventor: ÅGE HOFSTAD
IPC: F16C25/04
Filed: 2021-01-14
Abstract: A thrust bearing comprising a bearing pad 30a, 30b and a bearing housing 32. The bearing housing 32 comprising a pad engagement surface 50, and a retainer arrangement 46. The bearing pad comprises a bearing surface 34 for receiving a load from a thrust disc 56, an oppositely disposed engagement surface 36, and a shoulder arrangement 38 for engaging the retainer arrangement 46. The bearing surface 36 is oriented at a non-zero angle relative to the surface of the thrust disc 56. The disclosure further relates to a method for reducing wear in a thrust bearing using a lubricant.