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Patent GB-2574872-A (GB)
Title: Moveable antenna apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW LOGOTHETIS
IPC: H01Q3/00
Filed: 2018-06-21
Abstract: An antenna 121, or methods of operating or deploying an antenna, comprises: at least one antenna array 103 associated with a plane, beamforming circuitry and a mechanism to rotate the antenna array 103 within its plane. The antenna 103 can facilitate communication within a wireless network. A plurality of the antenna arrays 103, 105 may be used where each includes electronic beam steering and rotation means. Each antenna array may be configured to provide a beamforming plane perpendicular to the associated antenna array plane. The rotation of each antenna array 103, 105 may be independently controlled or coordinated by a rotation mechanism. Each beamforming antenna array may have a signal polarisation which is also rotated by the rotation mechanism and may provide perpendicular polarisation signals from antenna arrays. Each antenna array may have a group of interconnected elements arranged in parallel lines in a grid formation. Each antenna array 103, 105 may be associated with a single receive/transmit unit. Each rotation mechanism may be operated remotely and may include a rotation unit with a motor drive 123, 125. Circuitry for rotation selection may be provided. The antenna arrays 103, 105 may be supported on an arrangement allowing various configurations and operational modes using the same frequency channel or different frequency channels.
Patent GB-2566588-A (GB)
Title: Easy tear boxes
Inventor: ROHAN SUJITKUMAR DEY
IPC: B65D5/54
Filed: 2018-07-12
Abstract: A container 10 for shipping and then stowing and picking items has: a front wall 20 including a front tear panel 30 and a preferably U-shaped lip 28 below the tear panel; and a top wall 14 including a top tear panel (60, fig. 3). The front tear panel is bounded by perforations 40a-e, and the top tear panel is bounded by perforations 25, 55, 85L and 85R. The tear panels can be removed independently of one another or together. A method for containing and enabling picking of items using a container of this type comprises grasping a bottom of the front tear panel and pulling it outwardly to rupture its perforations, thereby separating the front panel from the container to form a front opening. An optional further step includes grasping a front of the top tear panel and lifting it upwardly to create a top opening that is continuous with the front opening.
Patent GB-2568163-A (GB)
Title: Coating knife
Inventor: ERIC VOILQUIN
IPC: E04F21/16
Filed: 2018-10-12
Abstract: Coating knife composed of a tubular body 1, a hollow U-shaped section bar of which the convex and concave parts of the wall 3 are connected by ribs 33, and having a short branch 11 constituting the handle, with a long branch 13 forming the blade 2 mounting, of which the outer surface has one principal surface 131a and one securing sur­face 131b being inclined in relation to the principal surface, to form a dihedron. The securing surface has a recess 132 with a shoulder (133 figure 2B). An articulated latch 14 presses, in the locked position, the blade against the securing surface and the recess. The blade takes the form of a dihedron with an angle corresponding to that of the dihedral of the surfaces of the blade mounting. One flat securing strip 22 endowed with cut and relief locking tabs (221 figure 2B) that fit into the recess against the shoulder.
Patent GB-2573028-A (GB)
Title: Oral muscle training
Inventor: ANSHUL SAMA
IPC: A61N1/04
Filed: 2018-10-17
Abstract: Apparatus 100 for training oral muscle tone comprising a mouthpiece 103' with first electrode means positioned inside the mouth when in use, and second electrode means having first and second electrodes 152a, 152b for location externally of the mouth of the user. The electrode means are operably connected by circuitry such that they can provide electrical stimulation to one or more oral muscles to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep. The first and second electrodes 152a, 152b are locatable either side of the midline of the face of the user. A controller 150 may energise the electrodes to deliver current laterally of the floor of the mouth and may stimulate the mylohyoid, geniohyoid or anterior belly of digastric muscles. The mouthpiece may further comprise third electrode means. The first and third electrode means may each comprise a pair of electrodes positioned either side of the mouth.
Patent GB-2578607-A (GB)
Title: Level sensing apparatus
Inventor: JAMES FRANKS
IPC: G08B21/18
Filed: 2018-10-31
Abstract: A level sensing apparatus is provided for mitigating against the effects of sensor misalignment during use, the level sensing apparatus comprising a distance sensor 20 arranged to detect a level 22 in a container. The level sensing apparatus comprises an alignment detecting member 23, the alignment detecting member detects an alignment of the distance sensor. The level sensing apparatus comprises one or more output nodes arranged to output the level and/or the alignment to one or more output members. The level sensor may comprise an ultrasonic transducer, optical distance sensor, infra-red, laser, radar. The alignment detecting member may comprise an accelerometer, gyro sensor, compass, magnetometer, MEMS, NEMS, laser, hall effect sensor, motion sensor, proximity sensor. The location of the level sensor may also be detected. Change in location due to the level sensing apparatus being dislodged may be detected and alerted. The level sensing apparatus aims to inform a user of a misalignment of the level sensing apparatus during use, and thereby overcome issues with diminishing accuracy of such sensors over time.
Patent GB-2577945-A (GB)
Title: Ring accessory, ring head structure and ring
Inventor: HUABIN YAO
IPC: A44C17/02
Filed: 2017-10-11
Abstract: A ring accessory, a ring head structure, and a ring, the ring comprising: a band ring (20) and a setting (14) that is located on the band ring (20); further comprised is a ring head structure, the ring head structure comprising a ring accessory and the setting (14), and the ring accessory comprising: an outer circle (1) and an elastic piece (2). The elastic piece (2) is arranged within the outer circle (1); the outer circle (1) comprises a side loop (3) and a top cover (4) that is arranged on the side loop (3); the top cover (4) is provided thereon with a hole (5) through which the ring head passes, an inner side of the top cover (4) and an edge of the hole (5) comprising at least three deep recessed corners (6); a shallow recessed corner (7) is arranged between two adjacent deep recessed corners (6), the distance between the deep recessed corners (6) and the center of the hole (5) being greater than the distance between the shallow recessed corners (7) and the center of the hole (5); the elastic piece (2) is an annular elastic piece, which comprises recessed corners corresponding to the deep recessed corners (6) and the shallow recessed corners (7) on the top cover (4), i.e., deep recessed corners (8) of the elastic piece and shallow recessed corners (9) of the elastic piece; the elastic piece is a wavy loop, and the deep recessed corners (8) of the elastic piece are located at a bottom portion of a wave, the shallow recessed corners (9) of the elastic piece being located at a top portion of a wave. The ring head of the ring may be replaced, and the replacement part may be securely mounted on the ring head without falling off. Since the outer circle (1) may provide a larger area, various gemstone pieces may be inlaid on the outer ring (1) such that the decorative style of the ring head is diversified, thereby solving the problem wherein the decorative area of a ring head is too small.
Patent GB-2579545-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle seat platform
Inventor: ANDREW CHATWIN
IPC: B60N2/06
Filed: 2018-11-30
Abstract: A vehicle seat platform 1 for slideably supports a seat frame in a vehicle, comprising a floor component (4, Fig.3) having a plurality of slots 17, 20, 30 therethrough, and a carriage mounting means (6, Fig.2) configured to slideably mount a carriage 7 beneath the floor component such that support struts 52, 53 are able to extend through the slots from above the floor component and engage with said carriage. The carriage mounting means permits sliding of the carriage parallel to the slots. The mounting means may include tracks running parallel to the slots. The floor component could incorporate first side, second side, and intermediate elements defining sides of the slots. These may be hollow, and could receive cable guides. A vehicle seat support (40, Fig.3) is also claimed, comprising a carriage to be slidably mounted on the vehicle seat platform, a plurality of struts to extend through the slots and engage with the carriage when mounted to the vehicle platform, and a bridge (42) extending between the struts and configured to support a seat frame (2, Fig.5). a drive mechanism (60) may also be included.
Patent GB-2583099-A (GB)
Title: Precision machining apparatus
Inventor: JAMES STEWART HALL
IPC: B23K101/18
Filed: 2019-04-15
Abstract: A precision laser machining apparatus 1, comprising; i) a linear track 5; ii) a machining head 7 moveable along the linear track, the machining head comprising a laser 9 operable to emit a beam which intersects an R-axis wherein movement of the machining head along the linear track causes the intersection of the beam and the R-axis to move along the R-axis, and, iii) a workpiece support platform rotatable around a Theta-axis, wherein the Theta-axis and R-axis intersect with, and are orthogonal to, one another. The machining head may move between two end stops, defining first and second limit points of the intersection of the beam and the R-axis along the R-axis (the first and second limit points are optionally equidistant from the intersection between the two axes). The apparatus may be configured to machine a workpiece formed of a sheet material and may comprise a loading arrangement (such as a robotic arm) for grasping a workpiece and placing the workpiece on the support platform. A second aspect is directed towards a method of laser machining a workpiece.
Patent GB-2584437-A (GB)
Title: Dialyser connector
Inventor: SAM FINCHAM
IPC: F16L37/098
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: A dialyser connector 20 has a main body 30 and a sliding clip 60. The main body defines a cylindrical cavity with at least one aperture 42 and a pair of ramps 44 provided in a central portion 38. The sliding clip has a spine 66 with a pair of flexible wings 68 extending in an arc from the spine and a pair of arms 70 extending in an arc from the spine, the pair of arms having at least one projection 78 extending radially inward. The dialyser connector is locked by the projection extending into the cavity of the main body and is unlocked by pressing a depression 67 in the spine to withdraw the projection. The projection is biased to the locked condition by the flexible wings bearing on the pair of ramps. The sliding clip may include a hinged latch (302, figure 8) on its underside for additional security.
Patent GB-2572088-A (GB)
Title: Controlling access to a locked space using cryptographic keys stored on a blockchain
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G05B19/00
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: A method for controlling access to a locked space, including generating an access code and a private key associated with the access code, hashing the access code to obtain a hashed access code, encrypting the hashed access code with a public key to create a digital signature, wherein the hashed access code and the digital signature are stored on the blockchain, authenticating a receiving device in response to a request from the receiving device to gain access to the locked space, transmitting the private key and the digital signature to an authenticated receiving device, instructing the authenticated receiving device to decrypt the digital signature using the private key to obtain the hashed access code, and transmit the hashed access code to the computing system, and unlocking the locked space in response to receiving the hashed access code from the receiving device.
Patent GB-2587005-A (GB)
Title: A thin LED surface light surface module
Inventor: MATTHEW HANBURY
IPC: H01L25/16
Filed: 2019-09-12
Abstract: A light source module comprises an assembly comprising a light guide plate 102 having one or more side edge surfaces and a plurality of micro light extraction features on a surface; a diffuser 105 attached to the top surface of the light guide plate; a reflector 106 attached to the bottom surface; a flexible printed circuit board 103 attached to at least one of the side surfaces and comprising at least one light emitting diode 104 abutted against the side edge surface of the light guide plate; and an active area film 107 binding the diffuser, reflector, light guide plate and the printed circuit board, where the active area film is opaque and partially encloses the periphery of the assembly, forming a well-defined aperture on the top surface and preventing light from leaking through the periphery. The module comprises a flexible water-resistant enclosure 101. The light extraction features prevent total internal reflections within the light guide plate to deliver a uniform output through the top surface of the light guide plate, and the density of features increases with distance from the LEDs.
Patent GB-2588180-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for providing heat control in a multi-stack fuel cell system
Inventor: SCOTT BAIRD
IPC: H01M8/04858
Filed: 2019-10-11
Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of power converters configured, via a processing device, to balance heat from a plurality of fuel cell stacks. The processing device, which is a computing device, is configured to set one or more parameter values of one of the power converters located at the output of one of the plurality of stacks such that the one stack preferentially provides power to a load. It then determines a heat power of the one stack and of one or more other stacks of the plurality of stacks, each of the heat powers being determined based on a voltage and current that are determined by voltage and current sensors located at the input of the respective power converter. Then it determines whether the heat power of the one stack satisfies a criterion, and if it does, sets one or more parameter values of each of the power converters located at the output of the one or more other stacks such that the heat power of each of the one or more other stacks more closely matches the heat power of the one stack. A method and computing device for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2589599-A (GB)
Title: A gully grating installation system
Inventor: Simon John Gibson
IPC: E03F5/06
Filed: 2019-12-03
Abstract: A nesting gully-grating installation system 10 with a first support frame 100 defining a first opening A1; a drainage member 200 that sits within the first opening; a second support frame 300 defining a second opening A2, where second support frame also sits within the first opening; and a gully-grating 400 that sits within the second opening. The drainage member may have a flat plate (202 figure 2) with small holes (204 figure 2) and four corner support walls (210 figure 2). There may be a porous filter below the flat plate. The second support frame may have corner plates (312 figure 7) that provide a pivotal mount (301b figure 7); it may also have a skirt (306 figure 6) and spring clips (308 figure 6). The drainage member may be load class E600 (BS EN124). A method of installing the grating is also defined.
Patent GB-2578014-A (GB)
Title: Acceleration sensor comprising differential graphene resonant beams
Inventor: SHANGCHUN FAN
IPC: G01P15/097
Filed: 2018-01-22
Abstract: An acceleration sensor comprising differential graphene resonant beams. The acceleration sensor comprises a substrate (1), a sensitive mass plate (2), a first insulating layer (3), a second insulating layer (4), a first excitation electrode pair (1), a first graphene resonant beam (6), a second graphene resonant beam (7), a third insulating layer (8), a second excitation electrode pair (9), and a vacuum cover (10). A direct acceleration-sensitive mode is adopted, so that the sensitive mass block directly senses acceleration to be measured, and converts the acceleration to be measured into a concentrated force to cause axial displacement of the sensitive mass block and then to cause a change in the axial stress of the graphene resonate beams, thereby causing a change in the resonant frequency of the beams; and then by measuring the resonant frequency of the beams, acceleration can be measured. The two graphene resonant beams located in the axial direction of the sensitive mass block work in a differential mode in the direction of the acceleration to be measured. Thus, measurement signals are enhanced, the sensitivity and the measurement accuracy are improved, and conjugate interference is suppressed.
Patent GB-2577442-A (GB)
Title: Geogrid and manufacturing method thereof
Inventor: MAN ZHANG
IPC: E02D17/20
Filed: 2018-06-13
Abstract: A geogrid (100) and a manufacturing method thereof. The geogrid (100) comprises a plurality of ribs, and the plurality of ribs are connected to each other at a plurality of junctions to form a plurality of cells. At each junction, two or more adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs are inserted into each other via inserts, and each junction is covered by a plastic material (5). The geogrid (100) can easily be extended to a preset state at a construction site, and can also prevent tearing of apertures, prevent soil from leaking from the apertures, and prevent the inserts from rusting or corroding. Since the plastic material (5), the ribs, and the inserts are bonded to each other, separation strength at the junction is markedly increased. Preferably, an end portion of the insert is completely covered by the plastic material (5) to form an end cap (51, 52), and the plastic material (5) and the ribs and the inserts are bonded to each other to form columns, thereby further improving structural stability of the junction, and improving aesthetics of an overall structure.
Patent GB-2591131-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasound coupling shoe
Inventor: ESKIL SKOGLUND
IPC: G01N29/28
Filed: 2020-01-17
Abstract: A coupling shoe 510 which attaches to a transducer module 500 to couple ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into a target object. The coupling shoe comprises a transducer engaging portion, and a couplant chamber 512. The couplant chamber contains the couplant liquid or gel. The coupling shoe may comprise a flexible membrane 516 which at least partially defines a probe surface for facing the target object through which couplant can seep. The flexible membrane permits conformity to the surface of the target object. The flexible membrane may be perforated or porous. The flexible membrane may be disposed away from the ultrasound transmission path. The coupling shoe may comprise an inlet port which supplies couplant to the chamber. The inlet port may comprise a contact-sensitive actuator which control the couplant delivery. The coupling shoe may comprise an outlet port through which couplant can flow out of the chamber. The transducer module may be mounted at a plurality of positions or in a plurality of orientations.
Patent GB-2579476-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchange unit and refrigeration cycle device
Inventor: ATSUSHI KIBE
IPC: F25D19/00
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: This heat exchange unit comprises: a heat exchanger having a first heat exchange part that exchanges heat with a refrigerant, and a second heat exchange part that exchanges heat with the refrigerant that has undergone heat exchange in the first heat exchange part; a blower for forming an airflow that causes air to pass through the heat exchanger; and an electrical component box in which electrical components are accommodated. The electrical component box is provided nearer to the second heat exchange part than the first heat exchange part.
Patent GB-2578991-A (GB)
Title: High density location-based service zone management for a geographic region
Inventor: SERGEY PARSHIN
IPC: H04W4/21
Filed: 2018-07-23
Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor when the number location-based service zones within a geographic region exceed the amount the device can support. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. When the number of location-based service zones meets or exceeds a predefined threshold, a subset of the location- based service zones is selected for monitoring according to a current device location and/or other parameters.
Patent GB-2599615-A (GB)
Title: Deposition system suitable for feed dispensing
Inventor: ROBERT JAMES PARKINSON
IPC: A01K39/012
Filed: 2020-06-12
Abstract: A dispensing system having multiple (two) spaced-apart outlets 118 for depositing multiple spaced-apart lines of feed 36 and a spindle 38 for laying down a continuous web of feed paper sheet, such that the lines of feed are deposited onto the feed paper 40, e.g. poultry rearing. The deposition system 102 may attach to a traction unit 104. The dispenser may be a hopper 114 storing granular feed, and inclined guides 116 may direct grains from the hopper to the outlets 118, and evenly distribute them for the two outlets. A rotary valve (fig 15, 150) or a gate valve (fig 16, 162) may control the flow speed, in proportion to the speed of the traction unit 104. ADVANTAGE: two lines of feed 36 are deposited on the feed paper 40 with a gap 130 between adjacent lines and a gap between the feed and the side edges of the feeding sheet 40.
Patent GB-2597460-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle active suspension control system and method
Inventor: LUKE WILLIAM BIRCH
IPC: B60W10/22
Filed: 2020-07-21
Abstract: An active vehicle control system and method 1800 are provided. The control system comprises one or controllers. The control system is configured to receive information indicative of the vehicle becoming stationary 1802, and increase a force of the active suspension 1806 in dependence on the receiving of the information 1804, indicative of the vehicle becoming stationary 1802.
Patent GB-2587912-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for coiled tubing inspection by ultrasound
Inventor: GRAHAM MANDERS
IPC: G01N29/44
Filed: 2020-08-05
Abstract: A device and method used for inspecting and measuring coiled tubing, production tubing or drill pipe as it enters the well. Defects such as internal and external wall loss, cracking and deformation can be detected and quantified during deployment of the coiled tubing. The axial motion of the tubing can be measured allowing for depth measurements that are more accurate and reliable than what can be obtained using an encoder wheel system. The device comprises a housing with an axial bore and has either at least two axially spaced ultrasound arrays or a single divergently focussed array looking inwardly toward the coiled tubing. The ultrasound array(s) capture first and second images of the coiled tubing and compare overlapping framed to determine the shift of identical features in the image to estimate coiled tube movement through the device. The image is then further processed to determine any damage to the coiled tubing. The array or arrays are arranged inclined to the tubing and a third array may be arranged perpendicularly to the tubing for axial crack and hole detection and thickness and tube geometry measurement.