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Patent GB-2558505-A (GB)
Title: High dynamic range radiographic imaging system
Inventor: JOSEPH BENDAHAN
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2016-10-20
Abstract: The present specification provides an X-ray inspection system including an X-ray source and a corresponding detector for detecting transmitted X rays having a wide range of intensities. The detector includes at least one crystal for producing a light signal upon interaction with X-rays. Each crystal is connected to at least one photodiode and a photomultiplier. A processing unit connected with the crystal rejects all detected radiation having energies below a predefined threshold value.
Patent GB-2564007-A (GB)
Title: Inductive loop detection systems and method
Inventor: SCOTT VINCENT MYERS
IPC: G08G1/042
Filed: 2018-05-29
Abstract: A method 500 comprising receiving 502 information identifying a plurality if inductive loops in the proximity of a vehicle, determining 504 a first inductive loop being approached by the vehicle, determining 506, 508 whether a current trajectory will activate the first inductive loop, and, if the current trajectory does not activate the first inductive loop, adjusting 510 the vehicles trajectory to enable activation. Information may be received identifying inductive loops along a planned route, and stopping the vehicle at a location that actives the loops. The location of the inductive loops may include their location with a turn lane, with the trajectory adjustment causing the vehicle to remain in the lane boundaries and pass over the inductive loop. A relative location of a detectable zone of the vehicle may be stored, wherein trajectory adjustment may ensure the detectable zone passes over the inductive loop. A test vehicle or simulations could be used to determine the detectable zones.
Patent GB-2574589-A (GB)
Title: Pressure sensing apparatus and method
Inventor: PAUL ROUTLEY
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2018-06-06
Abstract: Apparatus 22 and method for processing signals from a touch panel 10. The touch panel 10 includes a layer of piezoelectric material disposed between a plurality of sensing electrodes 14, 20 and at least one common electrode 15. The apparatus 22 includes a first circuit 23 for connection to the plurality of sensing electrodes 14, 20 configured to generate signals indicative of a pressure acting on the touch panel 10. A second circuit 24 for connected to the at least one common electrode is configured to generate a second pressure signal 30 indicative of a total pressure applied to the touch panel 10. A controller determines an estimate of the total pressure based on a weighted difference between the second signal and a sum over the plurality of first signals, in order to cancel out interference caused by external fields.
Patent GB-2561128-A (GB)
Title: Automated crayon melting and molding device, method, and system
Inventor: ROBERT J HENRY
IPC: C09D13/00
Filed: 2017-02-06
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an automated crayon-molding device comprising a crayon-receiving member, an automated heating element, a crayon-melting chamber that is heated to a melting temperature by the automated heating element, and at least one mold. The crayon-receiving member receives the crayon at one end and has a closure mechanism at another held, preventing the crayon from entering in the crayon-melting chamber until it reaches a melting temperature. Once the inside of the crayon-melting chamber, the crayon melts and drips into a mold configured to receive melted wax. Embodiments of the invention also include a method for assembling an automated crayon- molding device and a system for molding crayons that includes a crayon-receiving member, an automated heating element, a crayon-melting chamber, a drawer positioned underneath the crayon-melting chamber, and at least one mold.
Patent GB-2561786-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous pressure control assembly with state-changing valve system
Inventor: THOMAS EARL BURKY
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling wellbore pressure within a wellbore during a perforation event by changing a state of a valve system multiple times. Information generated about the wellbore pressure within the wellbore may be received. A state of the valve system, which is positioned relative to a chamber within the wellbore, may be changed multiple times based on the information received to create a plurality of pressure conditions that substantially match a reference pressure profile. Each of the plurality of pressure conditions is selected from one of an underbalance condition and an overbalance condition.
Patent GB-2576731-A (GB)
Title: Frame connector
Inventor: ASHLEY GAUNT
IPC: E06B3/968
Filed: 2018-08-29
Abstract: The connector 10 comprises a first body 100 having a first pair of arms (105, 110 fig 2) extending along first (107 fig 2) and second (112 fig 2) axes from a mitre plane (445 fig 10) to respective free ends, a second body 200 adjacent to the first body and having a contact surface and a second pair of arms (205, 210 fig 6) extending from the mitre plane to respective free ends and an actuator 300 secured to the first body and arranged to apply a force to the contact surface in a first direction. The first and second axes are non-colinear and define a first plane, wherein the first direction forms an acute angle to the first plane, the actuator is arranged to displace the first body relative to the second body in the first direction. Also disclosed is a system comprising the connector as defined, a first frame member and a second frame member with an aperture adjacent to the second face of the second frame member.
Patent GB-2568355-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic mapping of virtual and physical interactions
Inventor: QI SUN
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2018-09-06
Abstract: A method of creating a dynamic map. A current viewing scene corresponding to a view in a virtual environment is identified. A sample of virtual pixels is selected, wherein virtual pixels within the current scene are prioritised over virtual pixels outside of the scene. A dynamic map is generated by associating the sample virtual pixels with points in a real-world physical space 304, 306. The current view of the scene is rendered in real-time based on the dynamic map 308. Optionally the virtual and physical objects are associated and the rendered view is output to a user 310. A higher density of pixels are sampled inside the view and a sparser set of pixels are sampled outside of the viewing scene. Rendering may further comprise removing rigid virtual objects, applying a warping function to deformable virtual objects, and replacing the rigid objects based on matching the real-world objects with virtual scene objects, allowing a user to interact with physical objects in the virtual world.
Patent GB-2568375-A (GB)
Title: Sidehaul minimization for a mobile device
Inventor: TRENT J MILLER
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2018-09-21
Abstract: A method that facilitates sidehaul minimization by dropping and reconnecting a mobile device when the mobile device has handed off to a second deployable in a deployable ad hoc communication system. A data session is established for the mobile device utilizing resources in the first deployable. The mobile device hands over to a second deployable in the network. The data session at the first deployable remains active and continues to send and receive traffic for the mobile device. Upon determining that the mobile device has entered an idle state, the mobile device is dropped from the second deployable and reconnects back to the second deployable. By dropping and reconnecting, the data and bearer sessions are moved from the first deployable to the second deployable, thereby eliminating sidehaul between the first deployable and the second deployable. The first and second deployables may comprise first and second Home Subscriber Servers (HSS). The deployables may be vehicles. The device may be determined to be idle when the number of bearers or packet rate is below a threshold, when a predetermined signal is received, or when a predetermined application is in use.
Patent GB-2569897-A (GB)
Title: Fuel additive mixtures and fuels containing them
Inventor: MICHEL NUCKOLS
IPC: C10L10/08
Filed: 2018-12-27
Abstract: A fuel additive concentrate for gasoline is used for reducing wear in an engine and in a fuel delivery system of a gasoline engine, and for improving injector performance. The additive concentrate includes an aromatic solvent and a mixture that contains (i) N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)alkylamide, (ii) 2-((2-(bis(2- hydroxyethyl)amino)ethyl)amino)ethyl alkanoate and N-(2-(bis(2-hydroxyethylamino)ethyl)-N­(2-hydroxyethylalkylamide, and (iii) fatty acid ester(s) and amide(s) derived from a self-condensation product of diethanolamine (DEA) containing at least 3 amino groups. A weight ratio of (i) to (ii) to (iii) in the concentrate ranges from 8:2:0 to 2:5:3. The fuel additive mixture is substantially devoid of glycerin and remainsNo fig.
Patent GB-2581824-A (GB)
Title: Landing gear control
Inventor: SEAN KERR
IPC: B64C25/26
Filed: 2019-02-28
Abstract: An aircraft control system 100 comprising a user interface 10 manually operable by a user (e.g. pilot) to manually input first and second requests; a landing gear controller 20 configured to initiate landing gear bay door movement from closed to open position on the basis of receiving a first request input indication (e.g. electrical signal) without initiating movement of the landing gear between extended and retracted positions; and initiate landing gear movement between extended and retracted positions on the basis of receiving a second request input indication. The control system may be operable for input of first and/or second requests only when the aircraft has a positive rate of climb, taken off the ground, exceeded a predetermined groundspeed or angle of rotation. The use interface may be a touchscreen, gesture or voice operable device, or a control lever moved between first, second and third positions (figure 3). The system may enable landing gear retraction occurring sooner after take-off, whilst preventing premature and inadvertent retraction.
Patent GB-2573653-A (GB)
Title: Improved flow measurement
Inventor: MARIO ALONSO RINCON
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2019-04-23
Abstract: A method of determining an estimated flow rate for at least one phase of a multi-phase fluid flowing from a subsea well; a subsea well; and a system for determining an estimated flow rate for at least one phase of a multi-phase fluid flowing from a subsea well are disclosed. The method of determining an estimated flow rate for at least one phase of a multi-phase fluid flowing from a subsea well comprises determining a mass or volumetric flow rate of a fluid in a completion or production tree of a subsea well; determining a Water Liquid Ratio (WLR) of said a fluid via a water sampling device; determining an upstream fluid pressure and an upstream fluid temperature of said a fluid at a location upstream of a production choke valve in the subsea production tree via at least one pressure sensor element and at least one temperature sensor element of the subsea production tree; determining a downstream fluid pressure and a downstream fluid temperature of a fluid at a location downstream of the production choke valve via at least one pressure sensor element and at least one temperature sensor element of the subsea production tree; determining a downhole fluid pressure and a downhole fluid temperature of said a fluid via at least one pressure sensor element and at least one temperature sensor element located downhole in the completion; and providing each of the determined mass or volumetric flow rate, water liquid ratio, upstream fluid pressure, upstream fluid temperature, downstream fluid pressure, downstream fluid temperature, downhole fluid pressure and downhole fluid temperature as respective inputs for a statistical estimator unit and, via the statistical estimator unit, determining an estimated flow rate for each of at least one phase of fluid flowing downstream of the choke valve. Also claimed is a subsea well including a choke valve, upstream and downstream pressure and temperature sensors and a pipe diameter change element.
Patent GB-2583778-A (GB)
Title: Glass etching preparation method and system
Inventor: DIRK-HINNERK MEYER
IPC: C03C17/00
Filed: 2019-05-24
Abstract: A method for preparing glass for etching comprises: providing a section of glass 200, and printing a mask 210 directly on to the section of glass by depositing ink with a printer. Suitably, the section of glass comprises stained glass, which may be hand-blown. The glass may comprise flash glass with a primary layer and one or more secondary layers. Preferably, the printer is a 3-axis ink-jet printer which can be configured to move in a depth direction of the section of glass, in order to account for variations in thickness of the glass. Different thicknesses of ink can be deposited at different positions on the glass. Once the mask has been printed, the section of glass may be exposed to an etching solution in order to remove colouring from the glass in areas not covered by the mask. Different areas of the glass may be exposed to the etching solution a different number of times and/or for different time periods, in order to vary darkness of colouring over the section of glass. A printing system for preparing a section of glass for etching and a glass etching system further comprising an etching bath are also claimed.
Patent GB-2585652-A (GB)
Title: Skew and loss detection system
Inventor: GLYNN MICHAEL THOMAS
IPC: B64D45/00
Filed: 2019-07-09
Abstract: A skew detection system 25 for an aircraft flight control surface 20 which is moveable relative to a wing 10 of the aircraft by operation of a first gear rack 40 driven by a first gear pinion (27 fig 2) and by operation of a second gear rack 60 driven by a second gear pinion (29 fig 2B). The skew detection system includes a first sensor arrangement (50 fig 2) and a second sensor arrangement (70 fig 2B). The first gear rack having a first set of teeth (T1-T34 fig 2) defining a plurality of first targets and the second gear rack having a second set of teeth (T1’-T34’ fig 2B) defining a plurality of second targets. The plurality of first targets are configured to move relative to the first sensor arrangement and the plurality of second targets are configured to move relative to the second sensor arrangement. The skew detection system includes a monitoring device to monitor the output from the first and second sensors and determine whether a skew condition has arisen in the flight control surface.
Patent GB-2585912-A (GB)
Title: A Hydraulic Valve Manifold
Inventor: ANTONIO COLOSIMO
IPC: F15B13/08
Filed: 2019-07-23
Abstract: A hydraulic valve manifold 3000 for a hydraulic actuator 120 is provided. The hydraulic valve manifold 3000 comprises: a hydraulic fluid input line 701; a hydraulic fluid return line 702; a pressurisation line 703, 704 for connection to the hydraulic actuator; a command input line 707 for receiving pressurised hydraulic fluid from a command manifold for the hydraulic actuator; and a positioner valve 3100 with a first isolation position, a second actuator pressurisation position and a third command position. The invention also provides an aircraft landing gear drive system, a method of operating a hydraulic valve manifold and a method of operating an aircraft landing gear drive system.
Patent GB-2576991-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning apparatus with combing unit for removing debris from cleaning roller
Inventor: JASON BOYD THORNE
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2018-04-20
Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a combing unit including a series of spaced protrusions or teeth extending into a cleaning roller for preventing build up and removing debris (such as hair, string, and the like). The protrusions extend along a substantial portion of the cleaning roller and extend partially into the cleaning roller to intercept the debris as it passes around the roller. The protrusions have angled leading edges that are not aligned with a rotation center of the cleaning roller and are directed into or against a direction of rotation of the cleaning roller. The combing unit and protrusions have a shape and configuration designed to facilitate debris removal from the cleaning roller with minimal impact on the operation of the cleaning apparatus. The cleaning apparatus may include a surface cleaning head of an upright vacuum cleaner or sweeper or a robotic vacuum cleaner.
Patent GB-2590367-A (GB)
Title: Injector apparatus
Inventor: DANIEL EASTWOOD
IPC: F02M63/00
Filed: 2019-12-09
Abstract: An injector apparatus and a reciprocating internal combustion engine are disclosed. The injector is suitable for injecting fluid under pressure into a chamber 132, particularly the cylinder of a piston 134 engine, and comprises a body 112, a first piston 114 moveable in the body, the first piston defining a first working area facing an associated chamber, a high pressure piston 118 defining a high pressure working area facing a high pressure chamber 119’, the first working area being greater than the high pressure working area. The first plunger 114 compresses fluid in the high pressure chamber using the high pressure plunger 118. The injector apparatus has two configurations having different ratios of the first working area to high pressure working area. The high pressure area may be defined by a plurality of pistons in a plurality of chambers. Vent valve 96’ may be opened or closed to alter the configuration of the injector by enabling or disabling high pressure chambers. By changing the ratio fuel can be injected at different pressures.
Patent GB-2591592-A (GB)
Title: Reflow oven
Inventor: YUWEI WANG
IPC: H05K13/04
Filed: 2020-12-04
Abstract: The solder reflow oven has multiple heating and cooling zones Z1-Z12 and C1-C4 separated by an isolation and exhaust zone 130. Each of the heating zones Z1-Z12 has a corresponding gas purification zone P1-P12 in which a catalyst is used to decompose waste gas given off during solder heating. The isolation and exhaust zone 130 and the four cooling zones have two gas purification zones P13 & P14. The oven operates in an inert gas (eg nitrogen) recirculating mode with exhaust valve 150 closed or in an air mode with the exhaust valve open. The gas within zones Z2, Z3, Z11 and Z12 with higher contamination levels is purified and pumped along a line 108 to be either returned to the inlet zone B1 in a recirculating inert gas mode or released to the environment in an air operational mode (see figure 3). The gas in the remaining low contamination heating zones is purified and recycled within its heating zone.
Patent GB-2601775-A (GB)
Title: Method of providing contacts on a graphene sheet
Inventor: Lok Yi Lee
IPC: H01L29/16
Filed: 2020-12-09
Abstract: A method of forming a material on a graphene layer structure 5 for injecting charge into, or extracting charge out of, the graphene layer structure by plasma etching out-of-plane surface defects is provided. The graphene layer is provided on a non-metallic substrate 10 and has one or more first portions (25, Figure 1A) having one or more surface defects comprising excess out-of-plane material (15, Figure 1A). The first portions are plasma etched to remove the out-of-plane material (Figure 1B), and a material 30 for injecting or extracting charge into or out of the graphene layer structure is deposited onto the plasma-etched first portions. The material may be a metal forming an electrical contact, or a biosensor material forming a sensor portion for receiving a test sample. The out-of-plane material may comprise wrinkles or domain over-growth. Electronic components are also provided in which a contact 30, which may be a metal contact or biosensor material, lies across and within one or more surface discontinuities in a portion of a graphene layer structure 5 having a flat, planar surface.
Patent GB-2603110-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring electrical parameters
Inventor: XIAO WANG
IPC: G01R25/00
Filed: 2021-01-06
Abstract: A method of monitoring parameters of an electrical installation comprises: performing plural successive iterations of a process in which a difference between a current set of one or more monitored parameters of the electrical installation and a previous set of one or more monitored parameters of the electrical installation is compared to a threshold criterion. When the difference exceeds the threshold, the current monitored parameter is transmitted and/or stored. Conversely, when the difference does not exceed the threshold, the current monitored parameter is not transmitted or stored. This reduces the consumption of data bandwidth or data storage by only transmitting or storing data when the present sample differs from the previous sample by greater than the threshold, i.e. when the parameter has changed significantly. The threshold may be updated when the difference exceeds the threshold. The parameter measured may be voltage, current, frequency, power, phase or harmonic content.
Patent GB-2597821-A (GB)
Title: Remotely-activated liner hanger and running tool
Inventor: RYAN ROGERS
IPC: E21B47/16
Filed: 2021-03-15
Abstract: Tool 10 for applying force to slips in borehole penetrating subsurface formation, has force generator such as an electric motor 29 that is configured to operate in response to receiving acoustic signal to withdraw gap element, such as pin 37, from gap 28 to cause retention device, such as a c-ring 25, to release spring 20, 34 for applying spring force to slip. Upon release of the spring, the slip 23 rides up the slip seat 24 and causes the slip to engage and press against the casing for securing the liner hanger and the associated liner in the borehole. A position sensor confirms a position of a component so that a user at the surface can know the position or status of a component before and after activation and confirm proper operation of the component.
Patent GB-2606577-A (GB)
Title: Shoe or boot sole cleaning device and shoe or boot sole cleaning kit comprising the shoe or boot sole cleaning device
Inventor: MARK HORRIDGE
IPC: E04F19/10
Filed: 2021-05-14
Abstract: There is provided a shoe sole cleaning device comprising a lower tray 20 having a bottom wall and one or more side walls which define a first compartment (V1, fig 2) for cleaning liquid and an upper tray 30 having a bottom wall and one or more side walls which define a second compartment (V2, fig 8) for aggregate such as pebbles, crushed stone, or glass. The upper tray is shaped and dimensioned such that at least a part thereof is accommodated in the first compartment of the lower tray. The upper tray includes one or more holes to communicate between the first and second compartments. A lid and wiping mat are preferably provided.
Patent GB-2609508-A (GB)
Title: Process
Inventor: Soumitra R Deshmukh
IPC: C10G2/00
Filed: 2021-08-17
Abstract: A process for operating a plant facility during catalyst regeneration, comprising: providing a plant facility with a unit area operating within battery limits configured to receive a feed material; receiving the feed material into the battery limits and flowing the feed material within the unit area through a plurality of parallel flow paths in a plurality of reactor trains, wherein each reactor train comprises at least one reactor, and at least one reactor in each train is charged with a catalyst; isolating at least one, but not all, of the plurality of parallel flow paths to provide at least one isolated reactor train and remaining on-line reactor trains; regenerating the catalyst in the at least one reactor in the at least one isolated reactor train, wherein during regeneration the feed material flows through the parallel flow paths in the remaining on-line reactor trains, wherein the volume of feed material flowing through the plurality of parallel flow paths supplied from the battery limits and accepted for processing in the plant facility is approximately constant before and during isolation. The at least one reactor can be a microstructure/microchannel reactor which can be a Fischer-Tropsch reactor. A plant facility is also described.