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Patent GB-2538058-A (GB)
Title: A variable speed drive module
Inventor: GLYN JONES
IPC: H02M1/00
Filed: 2015-04-28
Abstract: A variable speed drive module comprising a power supply input 3 (fig 1) to be connected to a source of power. The module comprises a switching arrangement 4 which is controllable to modulate power input via the power supply input and to output variable frequency drive signals to a motor output 5 (fig 1). The module comprises a first control connector 7 (fig 1) which is coupled to the switching arrangement 4 and is configured to connect removably to a second control connector 8 provided on a control arrangement 9, to receive control signals from the control arrangement. The switching arrangement 4 is incapable of outputting variable frequency drive signals to the motor output 5 if the control connectors are disconnected from one another, thus disabling the device. The variable speed drive module may further comprise a control arrangement comprising a second control connector and an attachment arrangement to allow it to releasably attached. The control module may comprise a processor, a communications module communicating signals between the processor and the second control connector and a memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor.
Patent GB-2530611-A (GB)
Title: Oscillatory baffled reactor and gas-liquid reaction process
Inventor: REIS NUNO
IPC: B01J19/18
Filed: 2015-07-08
Abstract: A multi-orifice oscillatory baffled reactor 30 comprises: a reactor tube 301; a baffle 309 within the reactor tube, defining a plurality of orifices having a free area of up to 30%; a gas source having an outlet within the reactor tube; and oscillatory means 316 which, during use, provides oscillatory flow of a fluid relative to the baffle. The reactor may include a plurality of baffles within the reactor tube, each baffle defining a respective plurality of orifices and having a free open area of up to 30%. Also disclosed are: A method of removing contaminants from a fluid by contacting the fluid with an oxidising gas comprising; a method of CO2 sequestration; a method of manufacturing bio product using syngas bioconversion; and the use of the multi-orifice oscillatory baffled reactor are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2524202-A (GB)
Title: Seam-welding method and system
Inventor: KANEKO MITSUGU
IPC: B23K11/25
Filed: 2014-02-07
Abstract: The distance to the upper surface of a workpiece (W) that is clamped between electrode rollers (15, 16) is measured using a distance-measuring sensor (41), which is in a previously determined positional relationship with respect to the electrode rollers (15, 16) (STEPS 1 and 3). On the basis of the distance measured by the distance-measuring sensor (41), the electrode rollers (15, 16) are moved with respect to the workpiece (W) so that the angle (Rx) formed by a line (L0), which connects the centers of the electrode rollers (15, 16) to each other, and the upper surface of the workpiece (W) is a previously established angle (STEP 5).
Patent GB-2531872-A (GB)
Title: Upward spraying floor cleaning apparatus
Inventor: THOMAS KENNETH SCHULTHEIS
IPC: A47L13/26
Filed: 2014-11-21
Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus, such as a vacuum cleaner, brush or mop comprises a head 12, the head12 having a downward facing cleaning element 14 for downward facing cleaning of a ground surface and a handle 16 for holding, wherein a portion or a whole of the handle 16 is removably detachable from the head 12 and comprises a spraying system, the spraying system itself comprising a spray outlet 18 and a plurality of reservoirs. The spraying system is operable in a first or a second mode, the portion or a whole of the handle 16 attached to the head 12 in the first mode and the portion or a whole of the handle 16 removed from the head 12 in the second mode, wherein in the first mode spray 19 is sprayable from the spray outlet 18 upwardly with regard to the ground surface. The reservoirs preferably hold different matter for spraying
Patent GB-2542152-A (GB)
Title: An agricultural implement and a locking mechanism therefor
Inventor: ARTHUR PHILIP HARVEY BROCK
IPC: A01B73/06
Filed: 2015-09-09
Abstract: An agricultural implement with a drawbar, left and right frames, and transport wheels. Each frame has sub-frames, each sub-frame supporting an axle with a roller, press, or discs. The sub-frames are pivotally connected to adjacent sub-frames such that in a working configuration each frame may flex by virtue of this pivoting such that the rollers etc. follow the contours of the ground. Each frame also has mechanisms to lock adjacent sub-frames together such that the rollers etc. all lie on a common horizontal plane. Each frame has at least one transport wheel at their distal ends. In the transport configuration, each frame is folded to the same direction parallel the axis of the drawbar. Also disclosed is a locking mechanism for two members which permits pivoting in a first position and forces the members to a predetermined rotational position relative to each other and locks them in a second position.
Patent GB-2544457-A (GB)
Title: Feed-forward control system and method for genset quick cold start
Inventor: IKENNA OGUGUO
IPC: H02P9/04
Filed: 2015-09-24
Abstract: A method of reducing cold startup time of a genset which includes an engine and a generator for providing a requested power to a utility grid or load comprises determining if the generator is electrically coupled to a utility grid or load (304); in response, a speed bias value is controlled in response to the power being produced by the genset (308); the speed bias signal represents a difference between a target power output and a current power output of the genset; The power of the engine is controlled using the speed bias value (308, 310, 312). The method aims to reduce the time required to meet grid energy demand using a genset that may not have been running for an extended period.
Patent GB-2534634-A (GB)
Title: Bullet feeding and positioning device for a toy gun
Inventor: ZHUO-WEI ZOU
IPC: F41B11/89
Filed: 2015-10-15
Abstract: A feeding and positioning device for a toy gun (e.g. a BB gun) comprises a barrel 1 and a friction cylinder 2. The barrel 1 has a bore 11, a convex hole 12, and a guiding groove 13. Two groove sides are formed at two sides of the guiding groove with circular cone shape. A width and a depth of the guiding groove 13 are gradually decreased from a first end of the barrel 1 inwardly. The friction cylinder 2 has a hollow and elastic cylinder body 21 covered at the first end of the barrel 1 and a friction portion 22 arranged inside the cylinder body 21 and inserted into the convex hole 12 inwardly. In use, a bullet 4 is aligned by the groove sides and then cooperates with the friction portion 22 to form three-point guiding position cause the bullet 4 to be fed accurately.
Patent GB-2529945-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead system with gasket seal
Inventor: CAIN DAVID
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2013-03-05
Abstract: An offshore well system for a subsea well. The system includes a floating platform, an external riser and an internal riser nested within the external riser. A external riser tension device tensions the external riser. The drilling system also includes a surface wellhead system that includes a wellhead, a collet, and a flange assembly. The wellhead, collet, and flange assembly are assembled to establish a common bore for receiving the top of the internal riser. A gasket located between the top of the internal riser and an inner shoulder of the flange assembly seals between the wellhead system and the top of the internal riser. The surface wellhead system also retains the internal riser in tension with the wellhead, the internal riser extending above the wellhead into the collet.
Patent GB-2549493-A (GB)
Title: Channel system
Inventor: STUART EDWARD ALAN RAMELLA
IPC: E03F5/06
Filed: 2016-04-19
Abstract: A channel system 1 is provided for drainage of water, comprising a channel 10, a plurality of grating components 14, 16 for fitting to the channel to form an enclosed channel system. The grating components 14, 16 comprising a first grating 14 and a second grating 16. The first grating 14 is moveable between an unlocked position in which it is removable from the channel 10 and a locked position in which it is retained by the channel 10. Positioning of the second grating 16 on the channel 10 retains the first grating 14 in the locked position.
Patent GB-2550337-A (GB)
Title: Portable growing system
Inventor: STUART GREEN
IPC: A01G31/06
Filed: 2016-05-12
Abstract: A portable growing apparatus, comprising a pre­fabricated, collapsible tent or greenhouse-like housing structure 100 which, when constructed at the point of use, provides an enclosed growing area surrounded by one or more enclosing walls; and a growing system 140 formed of a plurality of detachable parts for assembly at the point of use and for locating within the enclosed growing area of the collapsible housing structure. The apparatus may further comprise a pre-fabricated floor structure 112 which may have one or more openings 116 for pipes. The floor structure may have a tank beneath the floor which maybe integral with the floor structure. The growing system may be suspended from rails 137. Also disclosed is a method of providing a growing system and a helicopter transportable container housing the apparatus.
Patent GB-2553001-A (GB)
Title: Lactone intermediates of nicotinamide riboside and nicotinate riboside
Inventor: MARIE MIGAUD
IPC: C07H19/24
Filed: 2016-08-19
Abstract: A compound of formula I or IA: wherein R1 is an optional substituent; n is 0-4; R2 and R3 are selected from hydrogen and a substituent, or R2 and R3 join together to form an optional substituted ring; X is an anion. The compounds of formula I or IA can be reduced or decyclised to form nicotinamide ribosides or nicotinate ribosides and thus offer a new route to these compounds (see claim 1 for a new route to a compound of formula V or VA from a compound of formula I or IA). In another aspect, the compound of formula I or IA find use in the treatment of aging, stress, cardiovascular disease, cell death, cancer, metabolic disorder, neuronal disease, blood coagulation disorder, weight control, inflammatory disease, flushing, viral infection, fungal infection, dietary deficiency of vitamin B3, pellagra, pellagra-like condition, vitamin B3 deficiency, or a mitochondrial disease or disorder.
Patent GB-2555659-A (GB)
Title: Package for MEMS device and process
Inventor: ROBERTO BRIOSCHI
IPC: H01L23/498
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: A package 200 for a MEMS transducer comprising: a first member 201; a second member 202 provided over the first member; a chamber provided between the first and second members; a third member 203 interposed between the first and second members, wherein the third member comprises a cavity 120 which extends through the plane of the third member and forms part of the chamber, wherein an integrated circuit (IC) 106 is provided on the first member, wherein a direct conductive path 118 is provided between the integrated circuit and an electrical contact 119 provided on an upper region of the third member. In one embodiment the third member forms a side-wall recess above the first member. In one embodiment the electrical conductive path is provided by a wire bond. The first, second and third members may be PCBs. The package may comprise a lid 231, 232 (Figure 6b) which may be metallic. A via may be provided between the third member and an external contact on the second member (Figure 7D).
Patent GB-2557303-A (GB)
Title: Photociode device and method of manufacture
Inventor: CHRISTOPH HENKEL
IPC: H01L31/18
Filed: 2016-12-05
Abstract: Stacked photodiode device 12 (and manufacturing method fig 4) comprising a substrate 14,16 having a first conductivity type (e.g p+), a first well 18 of second conductivity type (e.g n-type), within the substrate 14,16, and a second well 20 having the first conductivity type (e.g p-type) within the first well (e.g deep N-well). The stacked photodiode device 12 is modified by a multiplication implant 28 within the first well, creating an avalanche photodiode device. A single mask implant of selected dose, energy and incident ion angle creates a single multiplication region within the first well, under the second well, to provide a field in region 3.5x105 V/cm at the first/second well junction (i.e 14-20V). The first well (Deep N-well) may be formed on the substrate within a p- epitaxial layer 16. The photodiode device further comprising of one or more stacked photodiodes and one or more avalanche photodiodes is manufactured by providing two or more stacked photodiodes and modifying at least one of the stacked photodiodes by implanting a multiplication implant (figs 5 and 7). The device can be used in a photo-sensor device with cathode 24, anode 22 and substrate 30 electrodes. Reverse bias within 14-20 V produces breakdown enabling operation as single photon avalanche diode (SPAD), or as normal stacked photodiode operation if bias at or below 12V.
Patent GB-2557345-A (GB)
Title: MIMO communication system and data link
Inventor: LIONEL WILLIAM JOHN KENT
IPC: H04B11/00
Filed: 2016-12-08
Abstract: An acoustic data link (101) through a barrier (103) (particularly a metallic barrier) for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system (100) comprises: a first transceiver device (106A) comprising a body (109A) wherein a plurality of first transducers (107A — 107D) for converting a plurality of electrical waveforms to a respective plurality of acoustic signals are mounted on a first surface, and a second surface, opposite to the first, is bonded to the barrier (103) by a first bonding layer (120A); and a second transceiver device (106B) comprising a body (109B) wherein a plurality of second transducers (107'A — 107'D) for converting the plurality of acoustic signals, received through the barrier (103), to a respective plurality of electrical signals, are mounted on a first surface, and a second surface, opposite to the first, is bonded to a barrier (103) by a second bonding layer (120B). The transmitting and receiving transducers (107A — 107D and 107'A — 107'D) are thus not bonded directly to the barrier (103).
Patent GB-2557360-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum Pump
Inventor: JAMES ALEXANDER HAYLOCK
IPC: F04D29/58
Filed: 2016-12-08
Abstract: Vacuum pump with motor 12 in motor housing 36, a driveshaft 16 which connects the pumping mechanism 14 to the motor, a motor cooling mechanism 44 connected to the driveshaft to generate a cooling gas flow along a first flow path to cool the motor, a control which controls the motor, the control being located within a control housing 40 which forms a second flow path to direct cooling gas flow to at least one opening 54 of the control housing, the control housing being mounted in relation to the motor housing with the control housing opening being in or proximate the first flow path so that gas flow along the first flow path causes or increases gas flow along the second flow path. The gas flow in the second flow path may be caused or increased by the venturi effect of the flow in the first path over the or around the opening.
Patent GB-2557671-A (GB)
Title: Security blind
Inventor: BRIAN MALCOM WILKINS
IPC: E06B9/26
Filed: 2016-12-15
Abstract: A security blind comprises a plurality of rotatable blades 5 mounted in parallel in a primary frame (1-4, fig 1), which is mounted in a secondary frame 30 by means of mountings each incorporating a deformable element 32. The element de forms to absorb energy when a blast wave strikes the blind, and may be resilient, a spring or an elastomeric bush. The secondary frame 30 is secured in a window opening. In another aspect of the invention, a security blind comprises blades mounted in a frame with a deformable element (9, fig 4) between the blade mount­ing and the frame. In yet another aspect, a security blind is provided with blades mounted by a pair of mountings each including a spindle.
Patent GB-2561016-A (GB)
Title: Inline fluid heater
Inventor: Budd Edward Faulkner
IPC: H05B3/20
Filed: 2017-04-13
Abstract: An inline fluid heater comprises an inlet 20 and outlet 40 coupled to a conduit (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B) defined by a substrate 30. Fluid is received in the conduit (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B) by the inlet 20 and a positive thermal coefficient (PTC) heater 50A, 50B thermally coupled to the substrate 30 heats the substrate 30 so that heated fluid is provided by the outlet 40. There may be a plurality of parallel or intersecting conduits (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B), and they may be elongate or serpentine. The inlet 20 may be coupled to an inlet chamber 20B and the outlet 40 may be coupled to an outlet chamber 40C. The substrate 30 may define a plurality of faces 30A, 30B which receive a plurality of heater elements 50A, 50B. The substrate 30 may be 3D printed or extruded, or it may be non-planar and folded to receive the PTC heater 50A, 50B between folds. The conduits (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B) may be defined by mesh or fibres in a housing.
Patent GB-2564125-A (GB)
Title: Modelling sand production
Inventor: ADAM TOBY BERE
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2017-07-04
Abstract: A coupled non-linear finite element model of a fluid flowing through the porous structure of a wellbore, carrying with it suspended particulates. The method includes providing a finite element mesh and using the finite element mesh to model a mechanical field, a porous flow field and a mass field at the wellbore. The method further comprises exchanging information two ways between each field in the model and then updating the simulation, such that there is a three way coupling between the mechanical field, porous flow field and mass field in the model. The mass field may be modelled using an Eulerian formulation and solving the advection-diffusion equation with an implicit solver. The mechanical field may be modelled using a Lagrangian formulation and solved with an explicit method. Also disclosed is a method of optimising hydrocarbon extraction via hydraulic fracturing by simulating sand production using the above model.
Patent GB-2564888-A (GB)
Title: Combustion apparatus incorporating a resonance attenuation device
Inventor: ROBERT W T PARSONS
IPC: F23M20/00
Filed: 2017-07-26
Abstract: A combustion apparatus 20, for example a gas boiler, includes a resonance attenuation device 3, a burner assembly 4 and a heat exchanger 11. The resonance attenuation device is located at a position upstream of the point of combustion, which may be a burner plaque 5, and the resonance attenuation device may be a Helmholtz device 3 formed integrally with a burner hood 13. The resonance attenuation device may be configured to attenuate a predetermined frequency, between the range 0.6 KHz and 1.8 KHz, and the device may include a neck (15 Fig. 6) and a cavity 14 (Fig. 6). The burner hood may include an inlet and an outlet, and the resonance attenuation device may be arranged between the inlet and outlet. The arrangement may reduce or inhibit combustion oscillations, sound/noise, resonance and vibrations within the boiler and associated ducting. The provision of the Helmholtz resonator within the burner hood, i.e. pre-combustion zone, instead of within the post-combustion flue zone, significantly reduces the influence of temperature changes and combustion products, such as water vapor on the tuned resonant frequency.
Patent GB-2558700-A (GB)
Title: Compounds
Inventor: TIMOTHY CHARLES GALLAGHER
IPC: C07D519/00
Filed: 2017-08-17
Abstract: A 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-methano-8H-pyrido[1,2-a][1,5]diazocin-8-one compound of formula (I): (I) wherein R1 is as defined in the claims and R2, R3 and R4 are either H or substituted. A compound of formula (I) for use in medicine is also disclosed. Preferably, the use is in the prevention or treatment of addiction, e.g. nicotine, alcohol or drug addiction. The compounds of the invention act as agonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). A number of compounds are also claimed, selected from (-)-4-methylcytisine, (-)-4-(hydroxymethyl)cytisine, (-)-4-(fluoromethyl)cytisine, (-)-4-carboxymethylcytisine, (-)-4-carboxyamidocytisine, (+)-4-aminocytisine, (+)-4-(N-acetylamino)cytisine, (-)-4-bromocytisine, (-)-4-chlorocytisine, (+)-4-tolylcytisine, (-)-4-ethylcytisine, (+)-4-vinylcytisine, (-)-4-fluorocytisine. A pharmaceutical composition is also claimed. Also disclosed is a method of preventing or treating addiction, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I). A process of preparing 4-substituted cytisine analogues is disclosed, comprising producing a compound wherein R1 of formula (I) is a borylated complex, then replacing the borylated complex with the desired substitution. Preferably, the borylating agent used is bis(pinacolato)diborane. The formation of the borylated complex is preferably carried out in the presence of an iridium catalyst.
Patent GB-2568044-A (GB)
Title: Valve train assembly
Inventor: FABIANO CONTARIN
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 2017-11-01
Abstract: A valve train assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a valve 2, at least one camshaft 4, first 5 and second 6 cams and corresponding 7, 9 cam followers. The assembly is characterised by a hydraulic circuit comprising first 8 and second 10 master pistons actuated by the cam followers, a slave piston 11 arrange to actuate the valve stem 3, a hydraulic accumulator 20 and first 12 and second 13 valves which selectively connect the respective master plungers 8, 10 to either the slave piston or the accumulator. The circuit may be configured such that connection between the first master piston 8 and the slave piston occurs when the first valve 12 is in its non-actuated state and the second master piston 10 and the accumulator are connected when the second valve 13 is in its non-actuated state. The assembly allows for variable valve actuation without need for mechanical latching and allows the camshaft and valve train assembly to be spaced away from the from the cylinder block containing the valve to be actuated.
Patent GB-2569346-A (GB)
Title: System for mounting a plurality of panels
Inventor: MICHIEL JACOBUS JOHANNES LANGEVELD
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 2017-12-14
Abstract: System for mounting a plurality of panels 100, each panel having a front wall 102 facing a first direction F and extending between two side walls 104, the side walls having respective lips 106 facing in the first direction, the system comprising a carrier 200 for receiving and supporting the panels at intervals along its length, the carrier having a carrier face 216, the carrier having a pair of engaging surfaces 212 facing inwardly opposite the first direction, the engaging surfaces engaging the lips, and a locking strip 300 having a locking face and an elongate edge 304, wherein the carrier and locking strip couple to each other with the locking face towards the carrier face in a locked position with the elongate edge engaging the lips of the panel with the engaging surfaces. A mounting arrangement may provide movement of the locking strip between an unlocked position and the locked position. The mounting arrangement may comprise a pin on one of the carrier and locking strip which engages an elongate hole extending across the width of the other. The mounting arrangement may comprise a pivot between the locking strip and the carrier.