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Patent GB-2493420-A (GB)
Title: A leaves collection system and lid for use with a portable blower / vacuum
Inventor: LALIBERTA WILLIAM
IPC: A47L5/14
Filed: 2012-07-09
Abstract: A leaves / debris collection system 2 for use with a portable blower / vacuum 7 when in the vacuum mode comprises a domed or flat round lid 10 with outlet openings and an inlet opening. Lid 10 comprises a U-shaped groove as well as holes / hooks to attach the various elements to the lid with cable ties 44-1, 44-2, 34. The lid 10 is inserted into the opening of a bag 70 which is held in place on the lateral edge of the lid 10 by a bungee cord 54 in the groove. Ribbed pipe 6 connects the fan outlet 8 of the blower/vacuum 7 to the lid 10 and sends debris towards the lid and the bag. A membrane 48 under the bag protects the bag from the roughness of the ground. Outlet openings may have attached elbows 28 and be screw-threaded (46, fig 11).
Patent GB-2505014-A (GB)
Title: A shaft positioning device
Inventor: CHANG PING-HUAI
IPC: F16C3/02
Filed: 2012-11-09
Abstract: A shaft positioning device 2 is provided. The shaft positioning device 2 comprises: a first supporting part 211; a second supporting part 212; and a position-limiting structure 23. The first supporting part 211 includes a first hole 211a. The second supporting part 212 includes a second hole 212a. After two ends 22a, 22b of a shaft 22 are penetrated through the first hole 211a and the second hole 212a, respectively, the position-limiting structure 23 is located beside the first supporting part 211 to limit the axial position of the shaft 22. Consequently, the shaft positioning device 2 of the present invention is capable of positioning various types of shafts without the need of reserving a large installation space.
Patent GB-2508640-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Method for retrieving injured person from confined space
Inventor: WARBURTON JOHN CHARLES
IPC: A61G1/013
Filed: 2012-12-06
Abstract: An apparatus comprises: a plurality of support members 10a, 10b having upper and lower surfaces; the ends of each support member being configured to engage with a structural element 2 of a structure and/or another support member 10a, 10b. The support members may include protrusions on the lower surfaces to restrict lateral movement of the support members. The apparatus is preferably used to rescue an injured person from a tank within a ship or similar confined space by sliding the person along the apparatus from a first end to a second end before detaching the support member from the first end and adding it to the first end.
Patent GB-2509729-A (GB)
Title: Ice detection on an aircraft
Inventor: STOTHERS IAN MCGREGOR
IPC: B64D15/12
Filed: 2013-01-11
Abstract: Apparatus and method for detecting the presence of water or ice on a structure, such as on the surface of a wing 104 of an aircraft 100, comprises a plurality of separate heaters 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214 that are thermally coupled to the structure such as on the back of wing leading edge 106. A controller applies power to the heaters to heat the different regions of the surface of the structure. The controller detects the presence of water or ice by comparing the power required to achieve the desired surface temperature, and a reference power, where the reference power is the power required to heat the surface of the structure to the same temperature if the structure were in a dry air environment (i.e. an environment devoid of water). If the power consumed by the heater is greater than the reference power, the presence of water or ice is inferred.
Patent GB-2510388-A (GB)
Title: Seal device for a shower screen
Inventor: BHATOA KAMALJIT
IPC: A47K3/30
Filed: 2013-02-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for attachment to a shower screen with a peripheral fixture i.e. a hinge, pivot or wall. The device comprises an elongate seal body 1 which may be deformable, and a screen connector 6 in the form of a channel arranged to provide a connection between the seal body and screen. The device is arranged to accommodate, cover and or at least partly interface with the hinge, pivot or wall. The device is preferably situated at a corner of the screen, may be dismountable and may comprise a cup 3 with adhesive or magnetic material.
Patent GB-2511077-A (GB)
Title: High beam and low beam combination lamp for a bicycle
Inventor: LEE WEN-SUNG
IPC: B62J6/02
Filed: 2013-02-22
Abstract: A high beam and low beam combination lamp for a bicycle includes a main body 1, a lens 2, a downward light source 3 and a straight light source 4, the main body 1 having a receiving space 11 defined thereon, the receiving space 11 having a first surface 12 and a second surface 13 formed therein, the lens 2 being assembled in the receiving space 11 and corresponding to the second surface 13, the downward light source 3 being assembled with the first surface 12, parts of the light beam of the downward light source 3 obliquely passing through the receiving space 11 so as to form a low beam lighting region, the straight light source 4 being assembled with the second surface 13, the light beam of the straight light source 4 passing through the lens 2 so as to form a high beam lighting region. The lens 2 may be a plane lens, a Fresnel lens, or a TIR lens. The downward light source may be directed at a reflecting plane (5, figure 14).
Patent GB-2501814-A (GB)
Title: Case member of airbag device
Inventor: YAMAMI AKIHIKO
IPC: B60R21/203
Filed: 2013-03-25
Abstract: A case member of an airbag device, comprising (i) a base plate portion 21 provided with a metal plate 31 and a stack portion having layers 32/33 made of synthetic resin which overlap both faces of said steel plate 31 and (ii) a peripheral wall portion made of synthetic resin which is integrally formed with each said resin layer, rising from the peripheral edge of the base plate portion and which surrounds the airbag in the retracted state. It possible to uniformly generate stress on both faces of the steel plate 31 in contraction at the time of molding while ensuring sufficient strength against the expansion pressure of the airbag, so that it is possible to suppress deformation in a cooling process after the molding and dimensional stability is high. The peripheral wall portion 22 is able to ensure sufficient strength even when it is integrally formed with each resin layer 32/33 of the base plate portion 21 in the form of a single layer.
Patent GB-2517701-A (GB)
Title: Sensing
Inventor: HAQUE SAMIUL MD
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 2013-08-28
Abstract: An apparatus or method of sensing that comprises a sensing material that is sensitive to a first parameter and a second parameter and where sensitivity to the first parameter changes sensitivity to the second parameter. In one embodiment the first parameter is deformation and the second is concentration of a gaseous analyte, and a second sensor is present that is sensitive to at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter. A second embodiment has a second sensor sensitive to the first and second parameters, the sensitivity of the first and second sensors to the first parameter being different. In a third embodiment the sensitivity of the first sensor to one of the parameters is controlled by maintaining as constant the other of the parameters. Humidity or gas sensing may be achieved with a layered sensing material that may be graphene based, boron nitride or a transition metal dichalogenide, such as molybdenum disulfide.
Patent GB-2506048-A (GB)
Title: Unified, adaptive RAS for hybrid systems
Inventor: KRISHNAMURTHY RAJARAM
IPC: G06F11/00
Filed: 2012-06-18
Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for maintaining reliability in a computer system. In an example embodiment, the method includes performing a first data computation by a first set of processors, the first set of processors having a first computer processor architecture. The method continues by performing a second data computation by a second processor coupled to the first set of processors, the second processor having a second computer processor architecture, the first computer processor architecture being different than the second computer processor architecture. Finally, the method includes dynamically allocating computational resources of the first set of processors and the second processor based on at least one metric while the first set of processors and the second processor are in operation such that the accuracy and processing speed of the first data computation and the second data computation are optimized.
Patent GB-2508769-A (GB)
Title: Simulation execution method, program and system
Inventor: MURASE MASANA
IPC: G06F11/26
Filed: 2012-11-08
Abstract: Provided is a technique which improves speed of parallel execution of logical processes without sacrificing accuracy of update timing of data in a parallel discrete event simulation method. The present invention is characterized in executing a logical process for which a longer time lag occurs for receiving than for transmitting for only an initial shift of a predetermined period of before starting an entire simulation. The initial shift is preferably set at half the value of the difference between the time lag for reception and the time lag for transmission. Logical processes which are shifted by only the initial shift of the predetermined period and executed operate by transmitting null messages to one another so that each of the null messages, after a predetermined time lag, arrives at a logical process of a peer, whereupon each of the logical processes further sends a null message to the logical process of the peer at the point when the first-mentioned null message has been received. In this manner, the simulation progresses by performing synchronization by way of the null messages.
Patent GB-2524586-A (GB)
Title: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) inhibitors
Inventor: DONNELLY SEAMUS
IPC: C07D311/76
Filed: 2014-03-28
Abstract: A compound of the following formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof: wherein R1 and R4 are each independently selected from hydrogen and a substituent provided that at least one of R1 and R4 is a substituent; R2 and R3are each independently selected from hydrogen and a substituent; m is 0 to 3; n is 0 to 3. Preferably, R1 is selected from Me and hydrogen, R4 is selected from Me and hydrogen, m is 0, n is either 0 or 1 and when n is 1, R3 is selected from 6-Me, -6-OH and 6-OMe. These compounds are MIF inhibitors, thus compositions comprising said inhibitors are useful for treating or preventing diseases associated with MIF such as various cancers, particularly lung cancer.
Patent GB-2521882-A (GB)
Title: Vent cap system for a suction pile
Inventor: MOHRFIELD AUSTIN
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2014-04-29
Abstract: A vent cap system 10 includes a top plate 12, a centre stem assembly 14, a retainer assembly 16 attached to the top plate, a bottom plate 18, a flange assembly 20 with a connection end 64 for installation on a suction pile and a plurality of perimeter stem assemblies 22. The centre stem assembly extends from the top plate, through threaded engagement to the retainer assembly, and to the bottom plate. Rotation of the centre stem assembly moves the bottom plate between opened and closed positions, relative to the top plate and flange assembly. The perimeter stem assemblies hold the relative position of the top plate to the flange assembly, and the bottom plate seals against the flange assembly, when the system is in the closed position. The bottom plate has a bottom alignment pin 52 to assure alignment of the bottom plate to the flange assembly for any orientation of the vent cap system.
Patent GB-2526072-A (GB)
Title: A method of operating an automatic door installation
Inventor: COLLINS PETER
IPC: G01V8/20
Filed: 2014-05-02
Abstract: A method of operating an automatic door installation with door sensor equipment including a door sensor 100, which may be an optical sensor with emitters and receivers, comprises evaluating an operating condition of the door installation, determining whether the operating condition lies within a standard operating range and operating the automatic door installation in a contingency mode when the operating condition lies outside the range. The door installation being operable in a standard mode, in which the door sensor equipment conducts an obstacle check to determine whether an obstacle is present according to a first procedure, and a contingency mode, in which the door sensor equipment conducts an obstacle check according to a different second procedure. The operating condition may be the temperature, level of noise, level of vibration, voltage of a power supply, current consumption, level of optical occlusion, functioning or non-functioning state of a component or performance of a component. The second check may comprise repeating a step multiple times. A property may vary in the second check from the first check; the property may be the carrier frequency, light intensity, frequency hopping property, time period, data format or phase. There may be an auxiliary sensor 130 only used in the second check. The contingency mode may comprise reducing the door closing speed.
Patent GB-2527075-A (GB)
Title: Percutaneous system, devices and methods
Inventor: TUSETH VEGARD
IPC: A61M60/489
Filed: 2014-06-10
Abstract: A percutaneous system 1 comprising an intracorporeal connector 2 for fluid communication between two compartments through an anatomical wall. Preferably there is an expandable anchor which extends parallel to the wall and an expandable shield which does not substantially contact the wall in a conical shape. A flow regulating device, preferably a pump, may be used to pump fluid (blood) through the hole in the wall. The pump may have a screw type blade. The connector may be manufactured from a shape memory material and include a gate (valve) in the neck portion. The system may contact the fluid with one or more drug compounds, or insert oxygen into it. It may be inserted using a percutaneous insertion device comprising a needle, guide wire, puncture head with preferably a solid tip and a dilator. Preferably it is inserted into the heart as part of a ventricular assist device (VAD). A method of inserting the device is also claimed.
Patent GB-2517090-A (GB)
Title: Radio frequency identification reader antenna arrangement with multiple linearly polarized elements
Inventor: BELLOWS DAVID E
IPC: H01Q21/24
Filed: 2013-02-20
Abstract: An antenna method and apparatus for a Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, reader includes an RFID reader (12), a plurality of radio ports (14) of the RFID reader, and a plurality of linearly polarized antenna elements (10) coupled to the radio ports, wherein the RFID reader directs the radio ports to sequentially communicatively connect only one antenna element at a time to the RFID reader such that only one antenna element is operable to transmit/receive at any instant in time. The antenna elements are mounted in an alternating vertically polarized and horizontally polarized configuration.
Patent GB-2527862-A (GB)
Title: A Hockey Stick And Method of Manufacturing Thereof
Inventor: CROUCHEN JOHN MARK
IPC: B29C70/44
Filed: 2014-10-09
Abstract: A hockey stick 20 comprises a head 60 and a shaft 70 integrally formed from a composite material extending continuously across the head and shaft portions. A method of manufacturing the hockey stick includes providing a mould having a first portion for forming the head of the stick and a second for forming the shaft of the stick. An uncured composite material is provided within the first and second portions. An expanding core is provided within the second portion. The expanding core is expanded such that the uncured composite material within the second portion is forced against the second portion of the mould. The pressure is increased within the first portion to force the uncured composite against the first portion of the mould. The uncured composite is then cured and removed from the mould in the form of a hockey stick. The curing process can include heating the composite material above ambient temperature for a length of time and then cooling. A textured surface 90 can be provided on the head of the stick by providing a textured region on the interior surface of the first portion of the mould.
Patent GB-2531543-A (GB)
Title: Vegetable stuffing tool
Inventor: KANWAR VINOD SINGH GOGNA
IPC: A47J43/28
Filed: 2014-10-21
Abstract: A tool 2 for stuffing vegetables, such as okra, comprises a handle 4 and a dispenser 6. The dispenser comprises a receiving port 8, a dispensing port 10 and a blade 12. There is also a plunger comprising a head 16 and a shaft 18 mounted at the end of an arm 20 which is connected to the handle at hinge 22. In use, stuffing is loaded into the dispenser, the tool is held by the handle and pulled across a surface of a vegetable, causing the blade to cut a cavity which is then immediately filled by stuffing dispensed from the dispenser as the cavity is cut. The plunger is also described.
Patent GB-2524163-A (GB)
Title: Catheter devices and related methods
Inventor: ABDULLA MOHAMAD BIN
IPC: A61M25/06
Filed: 2015-02-09
Abstract: A catheter device comprises (i) a catheter hub 312, (ii) a needle guard housing 300 in contact with the hub and (iii) a needle hub (110, Fig 2) with a needle (108, Fig 2) having a needle tip 9116, Fig 1), the needle guard housing being removably secured to the catheter hub by engaging a first detent 320 on the catheter hub with a second detent 322 on the needle guard housing. In a first embodiment the catheter hub has a pair of wings (126, Fig 2) and an injection port (128, Fig 2), the first detent element provided on the catheter hub comprising a groove or a projection and the second detent element on the needle guard housing comprising a corresponding projection or a groove, or both of the two detent elements are a projection. A method of manufacturing a catheter device is also described wherein catheter hub has an exterior surface with exterior threads, the needle guard housing has an exterior surface and an interior cavity with a second detent element, wherein the needle guard housing is removably secured to the catheter hub by engaging a first detent element on the exterior surface of the catheter hub with a second detent element in the interior cavity of the needle housing.
Patent GB-2535544-A (GB)
Title: Display control apparatus and method
Inventor: HARPREET SINGH
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2015-02-23
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display control apparatus for dynamically controlling the display of information in a vehicle (3 fig. 2). The display control apparatus comprises a controller (12) having at least one electronic processor (13). The at least one electronic processor is configured to control first and second displays 4, 5. In dependence on a determined gaze direction of the vehicle driver, the at least one electronic processor controls a switching module (16) to cause a first information data set INF1 displayed on the first display to be displayed on the second display. The switching module may display the information from the first display on the second display when eye-tracking apparatus 17 detects that the drivers gaze direction is directed at the first display. The present disclosure also relates to a method of controlling the display of information in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2535748-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus
Inventor: ROBERT STEPHEN
IPC: F16L23/00
Filed: 2015-02-26
Abstract: A tool for aligning flanged conduit connections comprises first 52a, 52b and second 42 engagement devices for engaging first 72f and second 72s flanges respectively. A driving device 40 induces relative movement of the engagement devices to align the flanges. The first engagement device 52a, 52b is changeable between a first configuration, engaging a single orifice 73 of the flange 72f, and a second configuration where the device can separate into at least two parts for engagement with at least two flange orifices, providing a wider range of flange engagement combinations. The first engagement device can comprise two arms 55a, 55b connected to the body 10 via hinge 51, and disposed on opposite sides of the centralised body 10, with mirror symmetry. The arms can comprise a pin, formed as part-cylindrical portions, at the opposite end of the arm from the hinge, the pin engaging with an orifice 73 of a flange.
Patent GB-2537126-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid energy storage system
Inventor: JONATHAN SEBASTIAN HOWES
IPC: F25J1/00
Filed: 2015-04-07
Abstract: A hybrid energy storage system 410 comprises a liquid air energy storage (LAES) system integrated with a pumped heat energy storage (PHES) system 200. The LAES system and PHES system are thermally coupled via a heat exchanger 90. The LAES comprises first LAES power machinery for compression and expansion of working fluid, thermal energy storage (TES) system 36, the heat exchanger 90, and a liquefaction apparatus including a cryogenic tank 120. The PHES system comprises first PHES power machinery 212, a PHES thermal store 236, further PHES power machinery 214 and the heat exchanger 90. The PHES operates in a charging mode when the LAES system operates in a charging mode and in a discharge mode when the LAES system is in a discharge mode. The heat exchanger 90 transfers thermal energy from air in the LAES system to working fluid in the PHES system during LAES charging, and transfers thermal energy to the air in the LAES system from the working fluid during LAES discharging. The LAES system may be an adiabatic(ALAES) system with a TES and may form part of a gas turbine power generation system having a variable pressure, liquid air tank 120.
Patent GB-2536310-A (GB)
Title: Identification of modules on a bus
Inventor: WILLEM ZWART
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2015-05-18
Abstract: A host module sends a broadcast request for all accessory modules attached to a bus with an identifier in a given range to respond. If any modules respond, the host sends a further request for the module identifiers of the responding modules. The host detects whether there is a single response or multiple responses to this request. It may use an error in a cyclic redundancy check in the response to detect a collision between multiple simultaneous responses. If there is a single response, the host module records the device identifier. If there are multiple responses, the host module repeats the initial request with a smaller range of device identifiers.
Patent GB-2538556-A (GB)
Title: Peristaltic pump
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER SAMUEL SKELTON
IPC: F04B49/10
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: A peristaltic pump 1 comprises a peristaltic rotor assembly 3, a cover 5 for the rotor assembly, the cover being moveable between a first position in which the rotor assembly is shielded from access and a second position in which the rotor assembly is, a switch 7 biased towards a non-actuated configuration, and a control unit operatively associated with both the cover and the switch, said control unit being configured for controlling a drive arrangement for effecting rotation of the rotor assembly. When the cover is in the first position the rotor assembly rotates at a pumping speed irrespective of the configuration of the switch. When the cover is in the second position the rotor assembly rotates at an installation speed. When the cover is in the second position and the switch remains in or returns to its non-actuated configuration, the control unit is configured for controlling the drive arrangement to prevent it from rotating or further rotating the rotor assembly.