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Patent GB-2527467-A (GB)
Title: Shaftless generator
Inventor: OSTROUKHOV SERGEY
IPC: H02K53/00
Filed: 2014-12-29
Abstract: A magnetic generator (1) comprising a stator (3), a rotor (5) having an axis of rotation (7); a source of torque to cause rotation of the rotor about the stator; a first set of one or more magnets (9) provided on the stator (3); and a second set of one or more magnets (1 1 ) provided on the rotor (5). Like poles of the magnets (9, 1 1 ) face each other and the magnets (9, 1 1 ) are disposed respectively on the stator (3) and the rotor (5) such that during rotation the rotor (5) is magnetically levitated in relation to the stator (3) by the magnets (9, 1 1 ). The rotor (5) is ring shaped and an electrically conductive coil (19) is wound around the rotor (5) such that the rotor (5) rotates inside the coil (19).
Patent GB-2530446-A (GB)
Title: Capillary electrophoresis device
Inventor: MIYATA HITOSHI
IPC: G01N27/447
Filed: 2014-06-11
Abstract: The purpose of this invention has to do with being able to eliminate, using a small amount of an electrophoresis medium, air bubbles that get mixed in when loading an electrophoresis-medium container into a capillary electrophoresis device. This invention has to do with being able to simplify a positive-electrode-side channel in a capillary electrophoresis device by electrophoresing using only an electrophoresis medium on the positive-electrode side. This invention makes it possible to eliminate, easily and using a small amount of an electrophoresis medium, air bubbles that had become mixed in each time an electrophoresis-medium container was connected to the device. This invention also makes it easier to manage consumables and reduces the number thereof, making pre-electrophoresis preparation simple, and makes it possible to simplify and reduce the size of the device.
Patent GB-2545203-A (GB)
Title: A method of operating an automotive system for powering a vehicle
Inventor: DAVIDE DI NUNNO
IPC: F02M67/04
Filed: 2015-12-08
Abstract: A method of operating an automotive system (100, Fig. 1) for powering a vehicle 105, the automotive system comprising an internal combustion engine (110, Fig. 1) equipped with at least a cylinder 125 having exhaust valves 510,520, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a deceleration of the vehicle 105; and activating an exhaust valve 520 of at least a cylinder 125 to direct compressed air into a high pressure tank 500 fluidically connected to the cylinder 125. The method may include the step of directing compressed air from the high pressure tank 500 to the the cylinder 125 when a torque request is detected.
Patent GB-2552338-A (GB)
Title: Display of intensity profile discs
Inventor: STEPHEN COX
IPC: G06T11/40
Filed: 2016-07-19
Abstract: Computing apparatus and method comprising determining coordinates of a display device (102) at which a line (104) is to be displayed: determining a first set of intensity profile discs (graded pixel-zones, or bitmap micro regions) (300) (herein discs) corresponding to the determined coordinates and determining a second set of intensity profile discs (700) having inverted intensity profiles discs (inverse grading) (204, 206). The identified second set of intensity profile discs may be iteratively displayed (208) at the relevant coordinates on the display device and the identified first set of intensity profile discs may be further iteratively displayed (210) over the displayed second set of intensity profile discs on the display device. The first set of discs match the displayed line colour whilst the centre of the second discs are preferably black in central areas, but are preferably only displayed when the line colour is not white and the background is not black. Sub-pixel fractional components are identified at each identified position along the line, and a disc is selected from a group comprising a range of predetermined intensity profile discs comprising NxN pixels (N>1). A second group comprising a second set of intensity profile discs comprises discs which have inverted intensity profiles of the corresponding first group disc (compare figure 3C to figure 7 (inverted)). For each coordinate on the line, the identified first and second (inverted) intensity profile discs are stored in a display buffer which outputs the first and the second intensity profile disc at the integer coordinate points. Each disc in the respective group is distinguished in having different centres to the intensity profile within the NxN set of pixels (figures 3A-D). The line is drawn iteratively starting by displaying at the first starting coordinate and then followed by the next integer coordinate point etc.
Patent GB-2552482-A (GB)
Title: Direct injection of gas into a turbine volute
Inventor: GAVIN FOWLER
IPC: F02B37/10
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: A system 1, comprising a turbocharger 2 and a storage means 7 for compressed gas, the turbocharger 2 comprising: a turbine housing 3 defining a turbine volute 6; at least one first turbine housing inlet 4 configured to provide a path 12 to the turbine volute 6 for gas output 11 from an engine 10; and at least one second turbine housing inlet 5 configured to provide a direct injection path 9 to the turbine volute 6 for gas output 8 from the storage means 7 for compressed gas. The system aims to reduce turbo lag in an engine by injecting pressurised air directly on the turbine as opposed to the intake manifold according to conventional boosting systems. Also claimed is a vehicle, a method of controlling a turbocharger, and a turbine housing.
Patent GB-2543972-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for equalizing audio for playback on an electronic device
Inventor: ADRIAN M SCHUSTER
IPC: G06F3/16
Filed: 2015-08-20
Abstract: Embodiments are provided for equalizing audio data for output by a speaker of an electronic device based on a local position or orientation of the electronic device. According to certain aspects, the electronic device can determine (858, 868) its local position based on various sensor data, and identify (870, 872) an appropriate equalization setting. In some cases, the electronic device can modify (876, 880) the equalization setting based on acoustic and/or optical data. The electronic device can apply (882) the modified or unmodified equalization setting to an audio signal and cause the speaker to output (886) the audio signal with the applied equalization setting.
Patent GB-2547763-A (GB)
Title: Method for optically scanning and measuring an environment using a 3D measurement device and near field communication
Inventor: REINHARD BECKER
IPC: G01C15/00
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring an environment using a 3D measurement device 10, wherein during start-up an authorization is first carried, after which, at least one communication path 80, 81 between the 3D measurement device is and a network W of computers (and optionally other 3D measurement devices) is established. The network of computers acts as an external part of the control and evaluation device (figure 2, 22) and performs some of the evaluations and other tasks of the 3D measurement device. Data relating to the measuring points (figure 2, X) or other measurement data are transmitted by the 3D measurement device to the network, and evaluation data generated from the measurement data in the network or other data are received from the network by the 3D measurement device.
Patent GB-2543468-A (GB)
Title: Minimally disruptive retractor and associated methods for spinal surgery
Inventor: Casey James O'Connell
IPC: A61B17/02
Filed: 2015-08-14
Abstract: This application describes a surgical retractor and related methods for providing access to a surgical target site for the purpose performing minimally invasive spinal fusion across one or more segments of the spinal column.
Patent GB-2548310-A (GB)
Title: Real-time tracking and mitigating of bending fatigue in coiled tubing
Inventor: ALAN CHARLES JOHN TURNER
IPC: F16L1/20
Filed: 2015-02-13
Abstract: A coiled tubing deployment system includes an offshore rig having a reel positioned thereon and coiled tubing wound on the reel. A guide arch receives the coiled tubing from the reel and a monitoring support guide fixed to the offshore rig receives and directs the coiled tubing into water. The monitoring support guide has a frame and at least two hydraulic rams. A depth counter measures the coiled tubing deployed from the reel and generates length measurement signals, and sensors coupled to the at least two hydraulic rams measure real-time lateral movement of the coiled tubing with respect to the monitoring support guide as the coiled tubing is deployed into the water and thereby generate sensor signals. A data acquisition system receives and processes the length measurement and sensor signals to provide an output signal indicative of real-time bending fatigue of the coiled tubing at select locations along the coiled tubing.
Patent GB-2564666-A (GB)
Title: Waveform generator, system and method
Inventor: JONATHAN PEARSON
IPC: H03K6/02
Filed: 2017-07-18
Abstract: A waveform generator 200 is configured to generate two waveforms 211, 213 of opposite polarity, the waveforms, or pulses, being provided for a load 207 such as an ion filter or Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometer (FAIMS). The waveform, or pulse, generator includes a primary side circuit having a first inductor 201 and a secondary side circuit having a second inductor 203 inductively coupled to the first inductor. The secondary side circuit further comprises first and second output regions, which may include third and fourth inductors (Fig.9, 215, 217), conductively coupled to the load. The first and second, primary and secondary side, inductors are conductively coupled to the first 231 and second 233 output regions respectively to supply the two opposing polarity waveforms to the load. The primary side inductor may have a first terminal 202a coupled to a DC voltage source 209 and a second terminal 202b coupled to both the first output region 231 and a switch 205, which may be a FET, activated by a drive signal to control the generation of the two waveforms. A system including the waveform generator and a method of operating the waveform generator are also provided. An alternative arrangement includes series capacitors and provision of a DC compensation voltage to the FAIMS load (Fig.14).
Patent GB-2549668-A (GB)
Title: Retrievable pre-tension packing assembly
Inventor: THOMAS MURPHY
IPC: E21B33/134
Filed: 2015-03-09
Abstract: A method includes providing a retrievable plug assembly at a surface of an oil or gas well, the plug assembly having a seal element that has an original outer diameter. The method also includes stretching the seal element so that the outer diameter is less than the original outer diameter and then placing the plug assembly between first and second zones formed within the tubing string. The method also includes removing any tensile axial load on the seal element so that it shrinks back towards its original outer diameter while positioned between the first and second zones. The method also includes compressing the seal element so that the seal element sealingly engages an inner surface of the tubing string to isolate the first zone from the second zone.
Patent GB-2549912-A (GB)
Title: Device for the individual adjustment of a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes in a turbomachine
Inventor: NILS BORDONI
IPC: F01D17/16
Filed: 2016-02-09
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adjusting the pitch of at least one annular row of stator vanes (5) for a turbomachine module, the device comprising means for individual adjustment of the pitch of said vanes (5), comprising a first control ring (24) mounted such that it can be rotated about an axis (X-X) of the turbomachine, connecting rods (25-30) for connecting said first control ring (38) to the vanes (5), and a second control ring (38) mounted such that it can be rotated about said axis (X-X), each vane (5) of said at least one row being connected to both said first (24) and second (38) control rings by an assembly of at least two rods (25). The invention also relates to a module and a turbomachine comprising said device, and to a method for adjusting the pitch of the vanes of the annular row.
Patent GB-2556160-A (GB)
Title: Quadrupole devices
Inventor: DAVID J LANGRIDGE
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: A method of operating a quadrupole device is disclosed that comprises passing ions into the quadrupole while the device is operated in a first mode of operation, and then operating the quadrupole device in a second mode of operation. Operating the quadrupole device in the second mode of operation comprises applying one or more drive voltages to the quadrupole device, and operating the quadrupole device in the first mode of operation comprises applying one or more reduced amplitude drive voltages or not applying one or more drive voltages to the quadrupole device. The drive voltages may comprise one or more digital drive voltages.
Patent GB-2556461-A (GB)
Title: Method of removing a downhole casing
Inventor: Forde Sunde
IPC: E21B31/20
Filed: 2017-11-02
Abstract: Method and apparatus for removing a downhole casing from a well on a single trip. A downhole tool assembly is arranged on a work string 34 having a downhole pull tool 42, a spear tool 40, motor unit 38 and cutting device 19. The downhole tool assembly is lowered into the well, the casing is gripped by actuating the downhole pull tool and/or the spear tool, and the casing is cut. The cut casing section 18b is then pulled using the downhole pull tool to dislodge the casing section, whereupon the cut casing section can be removed from the well. The pull tool may have an anchor to grip casing 14 of a larger diameter than that being cut. The assembly can be re-set at shallower depths in the event that the cut casing section cannot be dislodged for removal. The cutting device may be actuated by the motor, which may be a hydraulic motor. The cutting device may be rotated by the motor. Also disclosed is an arrangement without a motor, wherein the pull tool has through-rotation capability to operate the cutting device.
Patent GB-2572126-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical
Inventor: JITINDER WILKHU
IPC: A61K31/352
Filed: 2018-01-03
Abstract: An oral pharmaceutical formulation comprises a first cannabinoid selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and analogues thereof; and a second cannabinoid selected from the group consisting of cannabidiol (CBD) and analogues thereof. The formulation also comprises at least one poloxamer, and a solvent defined according to formula (I): Where R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, C(O)CH3, OH, C(O)CH3, CH2OH and C(O)OCH2CH3; R3 is independently selected from CH3, CH2OH, OH, CH2OC(O)CH3 and CH2C(O)CH2CH3; and R4 is independently selected from hydrogen and C(O)OCH2CH3. Analogues of THC may include tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (TCHA), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid (THCVA). Analogues of CBD may include cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidvarin (CBDV) and cannabidivarinic acid (CBDVA). Preferably, the composition comprises no oil, for example no triglycerides or mixed glycerides. The composition may be a Type IV, or Type IV-like, composition according to the Lipid Formulation Classification System. The cannabinoid may be cannabidiol or cannabidivarin; the poloxamer may be a mixture of poloxamers, such as a mixture of poloxamer 124 and poloxamer 188; and the solvent may be propylene glycol, triacetin, triethyl citrate, or diacetin. The composition may be suitable for use in the treatment of paediatric epilepsy.
Patent GB-2571246-A (GB)
Title: Smart-Thread
Inventor: DAVID JOHN TOOTH
IPC: F16B41/00
Filed: 2018-02-26
Abstract: A high security fastener (nut or bolt 27) comprises of a right-hand thread 25 and a left-hand thread 24. The right-hand thread is engageable by a threaded tool to lock the fastener, and the left-hand thread is engageable by a different threaded tool to unlock the fastener. The right-hand threaded section of the fastener has a larger diameter than the left-hand threaded section to allow the tools to separately engage with the fastener. The threaded sections are preferably on an outer surface of the fastener, or may be provided on an inner surface of a bolt head. A single right-hand thread may be provided if the fastener does not need to be removed. The fastener may be cold formed in stainless steel or injection moulded in a plastics material.
Patent GB-2561433-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle scratch detection and monitoring
Inventor: OMAR MAKKE
IPC: G01N27/04
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle scratch detection and monitoring. The vehicle includes insulated wires 118 located below an exterior surface 101, a communication device 124, a camera 108 to capture an image of an area around the exterior surface, and a scratch detector 110. The scratch detector detects a scratch on the exterior surface when at least one of the insulated wires is engaged and sends, via the communication device, a signal to activate the camera in response to the scratch detector detecting the scratch. The scratch detector may work in response to a circuit closing (figure 2), the circuit including the scratch detector, a body of the vehicle, and the insulated wires, the circuit closing when conductive material of at least one wire is electrically connected to the body. Alternatively the scratch detector may work in response to a circuit breaking (figure 1), the circuit including the insulated wires and a voltage controlled switch, the circuit breaking when at least one wire is severed. The position and orientation of the camera may be adjusted in response to receiving an identifier corresponding to the location of the scratch such as a front or rear side door.
Patent GB-2558106-A (GB)
Title: Detection of influx and loss of circulation
Inventor: ONEY ERGE
IPC: E21B47/10
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: A method for detecting an influx and/or loss of circulation in a wellbore, comprising measuring a condition in the wellbore using a downhole sensor; determining that a positive displacement pump is shut off or turned on; predicting pit volume and/or gas concentration at a plurality of time points after the positive displacement pump is shut off or turned on using the measured condition in the wellbore prior to the positive displacement pump is shut off or turned on, wherein the measured condition correlates with the pit volume and/or gas concentration; measuring pit volume and/or gas concentration at the plurality of time points; comparing the predicted and the measured pit volumes and/or gas concentrations at the plurality of time points; and producing a warning signal if the difference between the predicted and the measured pit volumes and/or gas concentrations is greater than a predetermined value.
Patent GB-2557537-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for coupling a holster to another component
Inventor: KUANG ENG LIM
IPC: A45F5/02
Filed: 2016-10-03
Abstract: An adapter (18) for coupling a component to a holster (14). The adapter (18) includes a body (126) having a first portion (102) and a second portion (106) extending from the first portion (102), the first portion (102) including a d-shaped through-hole (78) extending therethrough. The adapter (18) also includes a spring latch (174) sized and shaped to be coupled to the second portion (106).
Patent GB-2569409-A (GB)
Title: Turbocharged burner
Inventor: TENG-YUN CHANG
IPC: F23L5/02
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: A turbocharged burner arrangement (20 Fig. 5) has a combustion chamber 22 associated with a turbocharger 30. The burner arrangement includes a fuel reservoir (21 Fig. 5) which in use supplies fuel to the tubular-shaped combustion chamber via a fuel tube 24 and at least one fuel nozzle (23 Fig. 5). The turbocharger may be installed at the rear of the combustion chamber, and an auxiliary blower 40 may also be installed, which may include fan blade 42 driven by a motor 43. The arrangement may be controlled by a control unit (50 Fig. 5), and the control unit may automatically control an ignition unit (52 Fig. 5), a fuel pump (53 Fig 5), the turbocharger and the fan motor. The fuel may be a high-pressure gas, and because of the combined flow of both the turbocharger and the blower unit, a smaller blower unit can be utilized, therefore increasing combustion efficiency. As a further refinement, a jet pipe (26 Fig 7) may be included to increase the time for combustion and further enhance the combustion efficiency.
Patent GB-2573552-A (GB)
Title: A furniture kit
Inventor: JOHN MATHIESON
IPC: F16B12/36
Filed: 2018-05-10
Abstract: The furniture kit has two vertical 3 and two horizontal 5 frame members connectable by a plurality of connectors 17. The connectors 17 have a through piece to go through an aperture in the vertical frame member 3 and an abutment formation on either end, where one abutment formation has a spacer and a flange. The flange can pass through an entrance of a receiving formation in the horizontal frame member 5 when the connector 17 extends from the aperture. The connector 17 may be ferromagnetic to attach finishing components including a shelf 60, drawer or door. The through piece may be formed by two shafts threadedly connected. A subset of connectors 17 may have a spacer and flange at both ends. The kit may include entrance closure caps to close the entrances via an interference fit. The kit may allow for tool-less construction where the receiving formation may slide over and connect with the spacer.
Patent GB-2574888-A (GB)
Title: Multiple wavelength band optical switching unit
Inventor: BRIAN ROBERTSON
IPC: H04Q11/00
Filed: 2018-06-22
Abstract: An input device for a multiple wavelength band optical switch. The input device comprises an optical demultiplexer 304 configured to receive light and disperse the received light along a dispersion axis, and a light director 302 configured to direct light in a first wavelength band to the optical demultiplexer at a first angle of incidence and to direct light in asecond wavelength band to the optical demultiplexer at a second angle of incidence, the second angle of incidence being different from the first angle of incidence. The difference between the first and second angles of incidence causes the demultiplexer to output dispersed spectra of light (B1 & B2) corresponding to the first and second wavelength bands such that the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the first band is overlapped relative to the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the second wavelength band along the dispersion axis and separated relative to the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the second wavelength band along a switch axis. The switch axis is perpendicular to the dispersion axis. A multiple wavelength band optical switch comprising the input device and a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) comprising the optical switch are also provided.
Patent GB-2575866-A (GB)
Title: Producing steel in an electric-arc furnace
Inventor: MAURICE STUART MILLMAN
IPC: C21C5/54
Filed: 2018-07-27
Abstract: A metal charge of scrap steel is introduced into an electric-arc furnace (501, fig 5), and a slag-forming material, e.g. calcium oxide, is applied (702, fig 7), and an electric arc is activated (701, fig 7) to initiate a heat. A composite-material charge is fed into the furnace, the composite composed of plural units of compressed particles of a natural iron-oxide ore, which may include haematite and/or magnetite, with compressed particles of a carbon-containing material, e.g. anthracite, and a binder, which may be organic. The composite-material charge is supplied, e.g. through the roof, over a period of time during the heat, so that the carbon reduces the iron-oxide present in the natural iron-oxide ore to produce carbon-monoxide during the reduction process, causing beneficial slag foaming. The rate of feeding may be varied, e.g. to support slag foaming. The method is designed to use predominantly recycled material.