baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2476987-A (GB)
Title: A transaction card with magnetic stripe emulation
Inventor: COHEN HAIM
IPC: G06K19/073
Filed: 2010-01-19
Abstract: A transaction card 100 comprises an authentication unit 103 and a magnetic stripe 112 wherein parts of the magnetic field pattern of the magnetic stripe 112 are generated by currents running through coils 113, 114 only after the authentication unit 103 authenticates the transaction card holder. The transaction card 100 is usually closed for transactions in a normal state and the magnetic information is not readable, improving security. After card holder authentication, currents are run through the coils to generate the magnetic information and make the magnetic stripe readable by card readers. Authentication means may include entering a PIN via a keypad 108, voice recognition identification, biometric identification, or identification via a connection to a remote device. The card 100 may also have ISO 7816 compliant IC chip contacts which are disabled until card holder authentication. The card 100 may also have pressure sensors 110 and magnetic sensors 111 in order to detect illegal double swiping. A Near-Field Communications unit 104 may also be provided and may communication with the user's mobile telephone which could also be used to authenticate transactions.
Patent GB-2467646-A (GB)
Title: A pad
Inventor: WOOD JOHN
IPC: A41D13/06
Filed: 2010-02-05
Abstract: A pad 10, for cushioning the knee when kneeling on a surface or a seat, comprises a structure 12 comprising an array of circular tubular elements 14 arranged with their longitudinal axes in parallel. The tubular elements 14 are arranged in an orderly fashion in row. The tubes 14 define first passageways 16 which are circular in cross section. The tubular elements 14 are connected to other tubular elements by ribs 18, 19. The ribs 18 run in diagonal series across the pad 10. The ribs and outer edges of the tubular elements form define second passageways 20, which are also arranged in an orderly fashion, in rows, an in an alternate manner with the first passageways 16. The pad 10 has an upper surface 22 which in use in contact with the user's knee, and a lower surface 26 which in use is nearest the surface being knelt on and may further comprises a relatively hard sheet member.
Patent GB-2478949-A (GB)
Title: Over-pressure seal between Stirling engine and combustion chamber
Inventor: COLLINS TOM
IPC: F02G1/055
Filed: 2010-03-24
Abstract: A combustion chamber 2 of a Stirling engine 5 is sealed from an environment 3 using a double seal 8 with an intermediate chamber 7 subject to positive pressure with respect to the combustion chamber. Even if there is a leak in the seal, combustion fluids will not enter the environment, and deliberate leakage can be provided to cool the seal. The burner may use gas and air premixed in a gas-air mixer 12a with a venturi unit 11, and air from the blower 17 supplying the mixer 12a may be supplied to the intermediate space 7 to provide the sealing air. The seal arrangement may be used in a micro CHP (combined heat and power) system.
Patent GB-2480236-A (GB)
Title: A money box accessed by the removal of many screws
Inventor: DAVIDS MATTHEW ROBERT
IPC: A45C1/12
Filed: 2010-05-10
Abstract: A toy savings box 3 has a lame panel 7 fixed to the front by a plethora of thumb screws (4, figure 1). When access is required, the user must painstakingly remove each of the screws (4, figure 1). A front panel 7 can then be removed from the box, and the money inside can be access via slot 6. The face 5 that contacts the front panel for most of its area (except the slot 6) is slightly recessed into the box 3.
Patent GB-2481034-A (GB)
Title: Footwear with Solar Powered Display
Inventor: WHITE BONNIE PATRICIA
IPC: A43B3/00
Filed: 2010-06-09
Abstract: Footwear 9 comprises an Upper 1 and a Sole 2a, a visual display 2b, control panel with touchscreen capability 3, and Qwerty Keyboard 4. The display may be an led, lcd or oled screen, and is capable of displaying moving text and graphics. The display screen 2b, is controlled by either control panel 3, and/or manual keyboard 4. The display may be powered by solar power. A USB port 7 may be included, to recharge a built in battery or download data.
Patent GB-2484886-A (GB)
Title: Membrane
Inventor: PETCH MICHAEL IAN
IPC: H01M2/16
Filed: 2010-07-15
Abstract: A membrane for use in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell at a temperature in excess of 100Â°C comprises a membrane formed from a polymer capable of being doped with one or more acid groups or which is pre-complexed with one or more acid groups, and a porous particulate material is disclosed. The polymer may be a polyazole. The porous particulate material may be 20-80 % by weight of the polymer and may be a stable, non-electrically conducting inorganic material.
Patent GB-2484653-A (GB)
Title: Universal transaction gateway
Inventor: DUVAL JEAN
IPC: G06Q20/02
Filed: 2010-10-07
Abstract: A transaction gateway (UTG) or router comprising a transaction rule engine (TRE), a local payment card industry certified (PCI certified) database, an order management service (OMS), a merchant service (MS) and a payment service provider (PSP) service wherein the OMS sends information to a user through a web interface, while the MS sends and receives payment messages from merchants integrated with the gateway and the PSP service sends and receives data from different PSPs. In use, a user generates a transaction request on a merchant's website which sends it to the UTG via the OMS. The gateway enables integration of different payment systems and loyalty schemes to provide a universal solution to payment standard incompatibilities in a certified environment. Thus, when an order is successful, an order ID is created and sent to the UTG. The certified database is checked by the TRE which then sends a request for payment to the PSP service. The PSP service recognises the destination of the payment message and formats the payment message in accordance with the payment service provider requirements.
Patent GB-2489476-A (GB)
Title: Load carrying cycle
Inventor: EJIZU EZEKIEL GEORGE
IPC: B62K3/12
Filed: 2011-03-30
Abstract: A cycle 10 comprising a frame, a front wheel 14 and at least one rear wheel 16 and a front seat 18 that faces forwards such that in normal use a first cyclist/rider FR can sit thereon and to steer the cycle as it moves forward. The cycle 10 also has a lower rear seat 26 that faces backwards such that in normal use a second cyclist/rider RR can sit on said rear seat 26 in a back-to-back position relative to a said first cyclist/rider FR. The rear wheel(s) 16 may be replaced or supplemented by a trailer (100, figure 11). The trailer may comprise wheels which are driven from the cycle. The trailer may further comprise two sets of wheels on separate axles, drivingly connected together by means of continuous tracks (114, figure 8b). The cycle may be human powered, of driven my an engine or an electric motor.
Patent GB-2490121-A (GB)
Title: A device to connect a golf bag to a golf trolley using a strap
Inventor: ROBINSON IAIN
IPC: A63B55/60
Filed: 2011-04-18
Abstract: A device to hold a golf bag securely on a golf trolley. The device has a substantially T shaped body with a plurality of apertures 2 and 3 for a strap to pass through and a pair of channels 1 on one of its faces to provide passages for golf bag legs to rest in. The device is designed to be used with golf bags and trolleys which are not specifically designed for each other and to allow a bag to rest in a secure position on a trolley rather than a lopsided one.
Patent GB-2492052-A (GB)
Title: Interference avoidance in a frequency hopping communication system
Inventor: WEBB WILLIAM
IPC: H04B1/715
Filed: 2011-06-13
Abstract: A communication device communicates with a plurality of terminals using a frequency hopping sequence. The communication device is configured to determine that one of the plurality of terminals is subject to interference on a frequency in the frequency hopping sequence and to, in response to that determination, schedule communication with that terminal to avoid that frequency (eg by scheduling communications to occur in a timeslot which corresponds to a frequency other than the frequency with interference, or by skipping communications on that timeslot altogether). Interference may be determined on the basis of information received from the terminals or from the communication deviceâ  s own observations (eg failure to receive acknowledgements). The communication device may be a base station in a machine-to-machine network operating in white space.
Patent GB-2483565-A (GB)
Title: Method of adjusting parking brake clamping force
Inventor: BAEHRLE-MILLER FRANK
IPC: B60T13/12
Filed: 2011-09-09
Abstract: A method of adjusting the clamping force that is exerted by a parking brake and that is summoned up by an electric-motor-operated braking device and by a hydraulic braking device. The preliminary pressure prevailing in the hydraulic braking device is determined and, if the preliminary pressure exceeds a threshold value, a hydraulic clamping force is provided by means of the preliminary pressure. The preliminary pressure is present before actuation of the parking brake, preferably as a result of a preceding and/or actually occurring braking operation to bring the vehicle to a standstill. The device may also take into account the amount of slope inclination.
Patent GB-2494873-A (GB)
Title: Axial turbine with inlet and outlet volutes for bi-directional air flow
Inventor: LITTLEWOOD LUCY
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 2011-09-21
Abstract: An impulse air turbine arrangement for use with reversing bi-directional air flow in a wave power plant comprises an axial flow turbine rotor 10 with volutes 16, 116 mounted one each side of the turbine rotor 10 to direct the reversing air flow to and from the turbine rotor 10. Each volute 16, 116 extends circumferentially with respect to the turbine axis 12 between a radially outer opening 18, 118 and a radially inner opening 20, 120. The radially outer opening 18, 118 is oriented for input/output of the air in a tangential direction and the radially inner opening 20, 120 is oriented axially to impinge/receive swirling air flow onto/from the turbine rotor 10. There may be adjustable flow control vanes 30, and the end walls may be axially movable to vary flow area.
Patent GB-2486827-A (GB)
Title: DC-DC converter having valley current mode controller
Inventor: NOTMAN ANDREW
IPC: H02M1/00
Filed: 2009-10-27
Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus for control of DC-DC converters, especially in valley current mode. The DC-DC converter (100) is operable so that a low side supply switch (20) may be turned off, before the high side supply switch (10) is turned on. During the period when both switches are off the current loop control (501) remains active and the change in inductor (L) current is emulated. One embodiment uses a current sensor (800) for lossless current sensing and emulates the change in inductor current by holding the value of the output of the current sensor (ISNS) at the time that the low side switch turns off and adding an emulated ramp signal (VISLP) until the inductor current reaches zero. Embodiment employing a pulse-skip mode of operation based on a minimum conduction time are also disclosed. The invention 15 enables a seamless transition from Continuous Conduction Mode the Discontinuous Conduction Mode and Pulse Skipping and provide converters that are efficient at low current loads.
Patent GB-2499795-A (GB)
Title: Routing in a network, based on travel and waiting time
Inventor: NONNER TIM
IPC: G06Q10/04
Filed: 2012-02-28
Abstract: A method for routing in a network of nodes and links, by setting a start node and a destination node; for each node, assigning a waiting time distribution for means of transport for intermediate node(s) and providing a list of alternative means of transport linking the intermediate node to a subsequent node as a function of the waiting time distribution assigned to the means of transport at the intermediate node. This allows a users optimal route to a destination, for example by walking and using public bus, train or other transport vehicles, by ensuring that the first available departure is taken to reduce waiting time. Recalculation as a function of position, transport schedule, speed and type of transport (tram, taxi, car, lift, escalator, ferries or aero-planes) from a station stop may be carried out.
Patent GB-2490587-A (GB)
Title: Partial discharge analysis coupling device
Inventor: KERL JAMES EDWARD
IPC: G01R31/12
Filed: 2012-04-30
Abstract: A partial discharge analysis (PDA) coupling device 100 includes: a connector 110 electrically connecting a first coupling capacitor 120 and a second coupling capacitor 130; a first conductive rod 125 electrically connecting the first coupling capacitor 120 to a high voltage input 140; a second conductive rod 135 electrically connecting the second coupling capacitor 130 to ground 150; a current transformer 160 substantially surrounding a portion of the second conductive rod 135 for generating a pulse signal; and a reference signal generator 164 adjacent to the current transformer 160 for generating a reference signal in phase with the pulse signal. The reference signal generator may be a second current transformer or an impedance network of parallel Zener diodes and capacitors (figure 2, not shown). The coupling device may be used in partial discharge analysis of motors or generators.
Patent GB-2493823-A (GB)
Title: Support system for cabling or piping
Inventor: ATKINSON DAVID
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 2012-07-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a support system for cabling or pipework, and in particular to a method of fastening together components of a modular support system. The method comprises a plurality of preferably ladder shaped sections 2 & 4 having a plurality of apertures 18, a coupler 6 having a plurality of matching apertures 20, and a clip 8. The coupler 6 is preferably slid onto one of the sections such that half of the coupler overlaps with a leading end portion of the section, such that the apertures 18 & 20 of the section and coupler 6 coincide. An end portion of the clip is passed through a lower pair of coinciding apertures in the coupler and the section, and an opposite end of the clip, which has a hole, is aligned with an upper pair of coinciding apertures of the coupler and section, and through which a bolt (22 figure 4) is passed to fasten the coupler, the end section and the clip together.
Patent GB-2495584-A (GB)
Title: Asymmetric shear support arrangement for car bumper
Inventor: MATUSCHEK JENS
IPC: B60R19/02
Filed: 2012-08-23
Abstract: A car body, particularly a front or rear frame or a bumper, comprises at !east one crossmember 1.1 - 1.5-L and at least one pair of left and right braces 2.1-R - 2.3-L that are arranged symmetrically to the crossmember. A shear element 10 that is designed for absorbing shear forces during a collision is mounted on a brace 1,4-R of the pair, wherein no shear element is provided symmetrically thereto on the other brace of the pair. The shear element may be a plate or a rod.
Patent GB-2493657-A (GB)
Title: Method for mitigating leakage currents
Inventor: GOLD RANDY
IPC: G01V3/20
Filed: 2011-03-15
Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing an electric current leakage in a logging tool, particularly relating to reducing electric current leakage by altering a phase difference between a biasing element and an electric current produced by a first power source. The apparatus may include one or more measure electrodes for imparting electric current into a formation, a current meter, at least one current return electrode, a controller, and a biasing element. The method includes adjusting a phase angle difference between the current leaving the measure electrode and a biasing signal applied to the biasing element from a second power source to reduce the current leakage of the apparatus.
Patent GB-2509892-A (GB)
Title: Concentric paddle wheel with speed matching gearing at both ends to prevent blades twisting
Inventor: BELL HUGH MALCOLM IAN
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2012-11-03
Abstract: An undershot waterwheel or paddle wheel comprises at least two sets of concentric blades 31, 32 supported to be driven by fluid flow. The blades supported at a smaller diameter rotate faster so each blade set rotates at a different rate. Gears 109, 110, 121, 122 are provided at both ends of the rotors, and there is a connection e.g. shaft 100 between the two ends, to ensure that the blade supports 34, 35, 36 at each end move together to prevent twisting of the rotor blades 31, 32.
Patent GB-2507809-A (GB)
Title: Simple Service Discovery of UPnP peer devices
Inventor: ALDER CHRIS
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2012-11-12
Abstract: In a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network (2) of devices which discover each other via a Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), a first device 6 sends an XML discovery message 58 via a hub 4 to a second device 8 which uses this data to create a user interface without preconfiguration of the two devices. The first device 6 multicasts the SSDP and receives unicast response 62 containing a network location of a file describing devices 4, 8 & 10. After a change in device state 65 the first device sends a launch message causing an application 32 (eg. a domestic heating control, security or monitoring program) to present the user interface on the second device, which may also enable a remote device 24 to respond across the internet 20.
Patent GB-2497186-A (GB)
Title: USB connector with angled edge
Inventor: LEE CHARLES C
IPC: H01R13/631
Filed: 2012-11-22
Abstract: A USB connector comprises a connector main body 100 and a substrate 200. The main body has a first lead angle 131 and may have its front being downwardly extended to form a stop part 130. The substrate has first contact pads 210 and second contact pads 220, to which contacts 110 and 120 are soldered to form a USB connector. The contacts may have a second lead angel 140. The contact pads may be in a row (510, 520, Fig 6) with the two sets alternating. The substrate may hold a USB controller 230 and a flash memory 240. The beveled edge guides the connector so that there is less chance of damaging the contacts of its counterpart. The connector allows a USB 2.0 connector and a USB 3.0 connector to be respectively inserted.
Patent GB-2497696-A (GB)
Title: Media rights management on multiple devices
Inventor: JOHANSSON KAY
IPC: H04N21/258
Filed: 2011-08-29
Abstract: Media rights are managed to include not just device authentication, but to include elements of user, device, and service authorization. A user can play media on a mobile device, continue playing the media on a desktop computer, and subsequently move to a large screen television and media rights are automatically identified to provide the most appropriate authorized content. This allows an authorized user to seamlessly access different forms of the same content on a variety of authenticated devices using the same digital rights management mechanisms.
Patent GB-2497495-A (GB)
Title: Compositions, methods and kits to detect adenovirus nucleic acids
Inventor: ZIEGLER EMILY L
IPC: C12Q1/70
Filed: 2011-11-23
Abstract: The disclosed invention is related to methods, compositions, kits and isolated nucleic acid sequences for targeting Adenovirus nucieic acid. Compositions include amplification oligomers and/or detection probe oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at ieast one of these oligomers.
Patent GB-2498306-A (GB)
Title: Illumination apparatus
Inventor: WOODGATE GRAHAM
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2011-10-20
Abstract: A light emitting element array for an illumination apparatus, an illumination apparatus and method of manufacture of the same in which an array of light-emitting elements and an array of light directing optics are provided between first and second attached mothersheet substrates wherein the thermal resistance of at least one of the mothersheet substrates is reduced by means of thickness reduction so as to provide reduced LED junction temperature.
Patent GB-2513848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in damper assemblies
Inventor: PECAR DAVID
IPC: E05F3/12
Filed: 2013-05-03
Abstract: A damper assembly comprising a cylinder 10 having a piston assembly 14 mounted for reciprocal movement therein and which divides the cylinder into separate chambers with a restricted flow path therebetween for passage of damping fluid, wherein the restricted flow path is defined between elements whose shape and/or relative position is designed to vary with temperature. One of the elements may be an elongate pin 30, which may be located in a chamber 17 having a cross-sectional area which varies with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, for example forming a conical shape or a cylindrical shape with a shoulder. The pin may be conical in shape or have an enlarged head. Preferably the pin is arranged to move axially within the chamber. The assembly may be used for cushioning movement of furniture parts such as doors or drawers and compensates for temperature changes causing a change in the viscosity of the damping fluid.
Patent GB-2516047-A (GB)
Title: Material
Inventor: ORAM ROBERT KENNETH
IPC: C08L25/04
Filed: 2013-07-09
Abstract: A low density syntactic foam comprises hollow glass microspheres encapsulated in a styrene based resin system, in which the volume fill of the microspheres is at least about 70%. The material is formed by forming a liquid mix of hollow glass microspheres including floater and sinker fractions and a styrene based resin system, pouring the liquid syntactic into a mould, vibrating the liquid syntactic and subsequently curing the liquid syntactic whilst controlling the gelation time of the liquid syntactic to separate out the floater and sinker fractions of the microspheres before gelation occurs to concentrate the volume fill of the floater fraction microspheres in a layer of the resulting cured syntactic foam and the volume fill of the sinkers fraction microspheres in another lower and resin-rich layer of the resulting cured syntactic foam and removing the resin rich layer containing the concentration of sinkers fraction.
Patent GB-2516075-A (GB)
Title: Sensor input recognition
Inventor: HATFIELD ROBERT JAMES
IPC: G10L17/24
Filed: 2013-07-10
Abstract: A speech recognition system (in eg. in a mobile phone) detects a sound signal in an input signal 116 and determines whether it contains a trigger phrase 120 (eg. hello phone). Aspects of the invention include the subsequent validation 120 of the trigger word or pass phrase which, when spoken by an authorised speaker (identified by speaker verification), wakes up 212 the speech recognition engine (SRE 132). Noise reduction may be tuned for speech recognition 134 or communication 136 depending on whether it is applied before or after the validation.
Patent GB-2516246-A (GB)
Title: A duct member and closure assembly for a duct member
Inventor: MCARTHUR ANDREW
IPC: F24F13/10
Filed: 2013-07-16
Abstract: A duct member 100 arranged to house a damper, the duct member comprises a tubular wall 102 defining a passageway between an upstream end and a downstream end of the tubular wall. An opening (104, fig 2) in the tubular wall allows access to position the damper within the passageway, and a detachable closure 106 closes the opening and seals the damper within the passageway. The closure comprises two latch mechanisms 108, 110 that cooperate with latch members 112, 114 that engage with flange portion 118, 120 of a saddle 116 to close the opening. The saddle may be opposite the opening, and may either be loosely placed around a portion of the tubular wall or permanently fixed to the wall by welding, gluing or riveting. The latch members may be adapted to provide a handle so as to remove the closure. The duct member may be coupled to a duct system. The damper may be coupled to the closure and removed at the same time when the closure is removed thereby permitting easy servicing, cleaning or inspection of the damper. The damper may be a smoke or fire damper used to isolate the duct system.