baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2505771-A (GB)
Title: Load-limiter for seat belt buckle
Inventor: KUMAR H N NAVEEN
IPC: B60R22/28
Filed: 2013-07-29
Abstract: A load limiting device 1 for a buckle 3 of a seat belt 2 of a motor vehicle comprises a connecting rod 9 connected to buckle 3 and having a head 8 guided in a block 10 having a track 12. Head 8 is movable along block 10 upon application of a drag force 15 to buckle 3, developing a direction-dependent variable retention force 16. Track 12 has at least one area 17 in which the retention force 16 is substantially cancelled upon movement of head 8 along block 10. Track 12 preferably has an undulating contour on the upper and lower sides of block 10, and may be deformable by head 8 sliding along track 12. Gaps (c, d, e, Figure 3) between areas 17 where the retention force is substantially cancelled may be variable to adjust the deceleration of head 8.
Patent GB-2509199-A (GB)
Title: Disposable ecg leadwire connector
Inventor: PETERSON JAMES RUSSELL
IPC: A61B5/308
Filed: 2013-08-08
Abstract: An ECG leadwire connector comprises a plurality of electrode contacts 16 which are disposed on a flexible dielectric substrate 21, electrically coupled to a plurality of connector pins 20 and further connected to a plurality of electrodes 15 via conductive traces 19.There is a stiffener area (24, figure 2) provided over the electrode contacts and affixed to the flexible dielectric substrate. In an embodiment, a plurality of apertures (14, figure 2) can be provided which expose a desired part of the electrode contacts. Alignment slots may also be configured through the stiffener area and the flexible dielectric substrate to separate the electrode contacts and mate with alignment tabs (38, figure 5) to allow the electrode contacts to maintain an electrical connection with the mating connector pins (36, figure 5). The connector also incorporates and RFID tag 26 that allows multiple leadwire configurations to be accommodated and identified and authenticated during use. Patient safety requirements are met by the physical dimensions of the connector electrical contacts and by the thickness of a dielectric isolation feature which prevents inadvertent contact with potentially hazardous potentials, while still allowing the connector pins 20 to make contact with the leadwire conductors.
Patent GB-2520029-A (GB)
Title: Detection of a microphone
Inventor: VILERMO MIIKKA TAPANI
IPC: H04R29/00
Filed: 2013-11-06
Abstract: A mobile device comprises an input configured to receive at least two microphone signals associated with at least one acoustic source. An audio source determiner determines from at least part of the at least two microphone signals at least one audio source based on the at least one acoustic source and an audio source direction determiner determines at least one direction associated with the determined at least one audio source. A calibrator calibrates at least one of the at least two microphone signals based on the at least one determined direction.
Patent GB-2511188-A (GB)
Title: Contact sensor
Inventor: PAPAKOSTAS THOMAS
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2013-12-20
Abstract: A method of detecting a contact 300 using a contact sensor having an array of discrete and spaced apart sensing elements 102, 202 comprises: measuring the value of a parameter and, when the measured value of the parameter varies between a first value and a second value with the fluctuation being indicative of intermittent or partial contact at adjacent sensor elements, determining an estimated value for the parameter intermediate the first value and the second value, preferably using a time weight mean of the two measured values of the parameter and distinguishing between a moving contact and an intermittent/partial contact.
Patent GB-2523094-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle water detection system
Inventor: HOARE EDWARD
IPC: B60W50/14
Filed: 2014-02-12
Abstract: A method for determining the presence of flowing water in the vicinity of a vehicle 2 is provided. The method comprises emitting a pair of periodic signals 68 into an area surrounding the vehicle 2, receiving a pair of reflected periodic signals 70 each of which is a reflection of at least part of a respective one of the emitted pair of periodic signals 68, comparing the reflected pair of periodic signals to identify differences between them, and analysing the differences to determine the presence of flowing water 66 in the area surrounding the vehicle 2.
Patent GB-2513962-A (GB)
Title: Catalytic treatment
Inventor: CROSS PETER FRANK
IPC: C01B17/04
Filed: 2014-03-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing sulphur dioxide from gaseous effluent, wherein a mixture of gaseous outlet gasses or gaseous effluent includes sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide, and wherein, to perform a catalytic reduction, a catalyst comprising at least 90 % by weight of titanium dioxide is used to catalyse a reaction between carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide to produce carbon dioxide and sulphur. The catalyst is also usable to catalyse a Claus-type reaction between hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide to produce sulphur and water.
Patent GB-2513966-A (GB)
Title: Scythe
Inventor: HUBBARD MICHAEL IAN
IPC: A01D1/02
Filed: 2014-03-05
Abstract: A scythe which comprises an elongated blade 7 having forward and rearward ends and sharpened opposed side edges 9, the blade being connected to a handle 1 by a frame which has an open structure minimising resistance to movement of the scythe when swinging it through herbage in a cutting direction. The blade is upwardly curved in the forward and rearward direction so that the forward and rearward ends of the blade are lifted from the ground in use. The upward curve of the forward and rearward ends of the blade helps to reduce any tendency for the blade to be clogged when swung through different types of herbage and assists the user to vary the angle of attack. An arm support may be mounted to the handle by way of adjustable means. The frame may comprise at least two struts 5a, 5b which may have sharpened or tapered edges in the cutting direction of the blade.
Patent GB-2513997-A (GB)
Title: Methods of colouring a foamed polyolefin product and a flight case
Inventor: RUMSEY IAN
IPC: B44C1/17
Filed: 2014-04-07
Abstract: Manufacturing of a polyolefin product, includes the steps of printing an image on a transfer medium, hot pressing a carrier medium (such as a textile or wood product) and the transfer medium such that the image is transferred to the carrier medium, and adhering the carrier medium to a first polyolefin article to produce a polyolefin product. The polyolefin product may then be subject to further processes, such as cutting, thermoforming, etc. into its desired form. The invention therefore provides a method of producing polyolefin products having colourful imagery thereon. The invention also provides a method a manufacturing a case, comprising the steps of printing an image on a transfer medium, hot pressing a carrier medium and the transfer medium such that the image is transferred to a first side of the carrier medium, and assembling a case, wherein a panel for the case includes the carrier medium.
Patent GB-2514929-A (GB)
Title: Active self-regulating circuit
Inventor: LI JIN-FA
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2014-06-04
Abstract: An LED driver circuit includes an AC source 1, a bridge rectifier 2 connected to the AC source, an LED driving unit 14 connected to the AC source via the bridge rectifier, a plurality of LEDs 3 connected to the LED driving unit, and an active discharge regulation circuit connected between the rectifier and the LED driving unit, wherein the active discharge regulation circuit comprise a diode 4, a resistor 5, a Zener diode 9, a BJT 11, and a MOSFET 10 connected to each other and wherein the MOSFET is connected in parallel with the resistor and the Zener diode. The discharge circuit provides a bleed current via the MOSFET and resistor 6 when the current drawn by the LED driving unit is too low to maintain a holding current through a triac dimmer and is able to detect an open-circuit condition of the driving unit and disable the bleed current accordingly.
Patent GB-2511971-A (GB)
Title: Virtual machine monitor bridge to bare-metal booting
Inventor: BEALKOWSKI RICHARD
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2012-11-22
Abstract: Mechanisms for executing a bare metal boot operation for bare metal booting a control program are provided. These mechanisms boot a computing device to a hypervisor ownership phase of the bare metal boot operation. During the hypervisor ownership phase of the bare metal boot operation a hypervisor is loaded and controls and manages platform hardware of the computing device. The computing device is then booted from the hypervisor ownership phase to a transition phase in which the hypervisor releases control and management of the platform hardware of the computing device to the control program. The computing device is then booted from the transition phase to a control program ownership phase in which the control program is in full control and manages the platform hardware. The bare metal boot operation is performed without restarting the computing device and without cycling through initialization of firmware.
Patent GB-2519196-A (GB)
Title: Assembly for an autoinjector device
Inventor: MCLOUGHLIN MARTIN JOHN
IPC: A61M5/31
Filed: 2014-08-04
Abstract: An assembly for an autoinjector device, the assembly including a syringe support 20 for supporting a syringe by limiting forward axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe support, and a guard element 40 attachable to the syringe support so that the guard element is axially restrained both forwardly and rearwardly relative to the syringe support. The guard acts as a loading bridge to transmit axial forces A to the syringe support 20 via the attachment, hence the axial forces bypass the syringe and protect the syringe flange from loading and breaking. The guard 40 may have forwardly extending legs 46a and crossbars 46b to form a clasp 46 which bears on a flange 22a on the syringe support. The syringe support may have rearwardly extending legs 24 which have an elbow (24a, see figure 1A) to stop rearward movement of the guard, and also hooks 48 to clip onto the guard. The rear surface 42 of the guard may be a flange extending radially outwardly and sloping forwardly.
Patent GB-2529187-A (GB)
Title: Distribution system and method for managing power consumption of such a distribution system
Inventor: SCHLEE JOHANNES
IPC: H04W52/02
Filed: 2014-08-12
Abstract: A distribution system (10) for relaying telecommunication signals (6) comprises a central hub (20) connectable to one or more base stations (5) and a plurality of remote units (80-1,...,80-8) for relaying a telecommunication signals (66) sup plied by the central hub (20). The remote units (80-1,..., 80-8) are provided with a plurality of uplinks (60-1,.., 60-8) and a plurality of downlinks (50-1,... 50-8), and a detecÂ­tor (30, 32) for detecting an activity on the uplink. The distribution system (10) is adapted to independently switch off at least one of the plurality of downlinks (50-1, 50-8), whilst the plurality of uplink (60-1,60-8) remains active. When uplink activity is detected, by a comparison of a signal amplitude or power density with a threshold, one or more downlinks are switched on.
Patent GB-2521031-A (GB)
Title: Scavenging unit and method using the same
Inventor: HOOPER SIMON
IPC: B01D15/10
Filed: 2014-10-01
Abstract: A scavenging unit comprising a housing 10 having at least two porous partitions positioned within said housing and defining therebetween a scavenging chamber 18 to be filled with a scavenging medium, a first of said at least two porous partitions 12 being positioned proximate an upstream end of said housing and a second one of said at least two porous positions 14 being positioned proximate a downstream end of said housing, said housing comprising a liquid inlet communicating with an upstream side of said first porous partition via an inlet chamber and a liquid outlet communicating with a downstream side of said second porous partition via an outlet chamber. The porous partitions may each have a pore size in the range of 10-80 Âµm. The pore size may be at least two times smaller than the particle size of the set scavenging medium. A method of use of the scavenging unit is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2518077-A (GB)
Title: Fibrous nonwoven web with uniform, directionally-oriented projections and a process and apparatus for making the same
Inventor: CLOSE KENNETH B
IPC: D04H11/08
Filed: 2013-05-16
Abstract: A process and apparatus is used for making a fibrous nonwoven web with uniform, directionally-oriented projections by depositing fibrous material onto a first forming surface with holes positioned above a second forming surface with both forming surfaces traveling at different speeds to one another. As the fibers are deposited onto the first forming surface, a portion of the fibers are drawn down into the holes of the first forming surface forming the projections which contact the second forming surface. Due to the speed differential between the two forming surfaces the projections are uniformly skewed in the same direction. The resultant material is particularly suited for use as a wiping material which can be more abrasive in one direction but which is softer to the touch when wiped in the opposite direction thus making it a dual purpose material.
Patent GB-2536486-A (GB)
Title: Mobile device carrier
Inventor: RICHARD CHAN
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2015-03-19
Abstract: A mobile device carrier 100 includes a back panel 102 configured to receive and electrically couple with a mobile device 105, so as to at least partially cover a back of the mobile device 105, and a cover panel 104 pivotally coupled with the back panel 102. The cover panel 104 includes an interior surface 108 configured to at least partially cover a front face of the mobile device 105 and including a first set of actuators/buttons/keys 106 arranged to enable a user to enter data into the mobile device, and an exterior surface including a second set of actuators/buttons/keys also arranged to enable input to the mobile device. The buttons include a pivot adjacent to an off centre depression of each key and four dome actuators adjacent to the perimeter of each key and electrically coupled with the back and cover panels, when each key rocks on its pivot a tab on the underside of the key contacts the adjacent metal dome and a signal is sent through the cover to the mobile device.
Patent GB-2538089-A (GB)
Title: Fibre optic cable assembly
Inventor: ASHER RAVEN
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2015-05-06
Abstract: A fibre optic cable assembly 1, including at least one fibre optic connector (45a, 45b, fig 2) for insertion into a receiving socket, said connector having a leading end and a trailing end; at least one latch (55a, 55b, fig 2) for releasably locking the connector to the receiving socket, said latch having a leading end (63a,63b, fig 2) and a trailing end (65a,65b, fig 2), wherein the latch is cantilevered towards its trailing end (65a,65b, fig 2); and a manually operable control 69 arranged for sliding movement, said control being arranged to actuate the latch in response to a user actuating the control. The control may be slidably attached to a mounting, and may be located below the level at which the, or each latch is cantilevered to the mounting. The control is designed to overcome difficulties for a user when manipulating locking levers in a high density packed patch panel. In use the control may be mounted on the lever via a wider first portion 79 of a through-hole 77, and is moved to an operational position such that the lever mounting engages with a narrower second portion 81 of the hole.
Patent GB-2529287-A (GB)
Title: Whipstock assembly having anchor and eccentric packer
Inventor: GLASER MARK C
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2015-05-27
Abstract: A whipstock assembly 50 has a whip 60, a packer 80, and an anchor 90. The packer 80 connects between the whip 60 and the anchor 90 and sets after the anchor 90 is set. The anchor 90 can be set mechanically or hydraulically. To communicate hydraulic pressure to the hydraulically-set anchor 90, the packer 80 can have an internal bypass for communicating fluid or for passing a hydraulic line 75 from the whip 60 to the anchor 90. The packer 80 may be set mechanically with set down weight applied from the whip 60 via a setting tool or the like. The packer 80 may set eccentrically in the casing and acts as a fulcrum to push the tip of the whip 60 against the inside of the casing.
Patent GB-2539502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to vehicle seating
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER BROWN
IPC: B60N2/30
Filed: 2015-06-19
Abstract: A seat support structure (36, figure 2) for a passenger seat of a vehicle, comprising at least one anchor point 100a for securing child safety apparatus, drive means 86 (e.g. motor, 71, figure 4) for moving (e.g. sliding) a seat cushion support (58) relative to a backrest assembly 38 between seating and deployed configurations in which anchor point(s) are obscured and accessible respectively. A method of moving a seat cushion support relative to a backrest assembly to reveal or conceal an ISOFIX anchor point is disclosed. A portion of the cushion support may move linearly, whilst another portion moves in an arc. The cushion support may be mounted on attachment member 50 (comprising a track) arranged to prevent / impede unwanted cushion support movement (e.g. during braking). The cushion support may comprise an engagement member 70a (e.g. a pin) arranged to move along a mounting engagement member (e.g. a slot). The slot 56a may comprise an inclined portion 57a.
Patent GB-2528198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to chain lubricating apparatus and method
Inventor: CHIPPENDALE DAVID
IPC: F16H57/05
Filed: 2015-10-05
Abstract: A chain lubricating apparatus 200 comprising a sprocket 201 arranged to rotate about a hub 240 which is arranged to receive a lubricant, LUB, and a gas, GAS, input. The mixture of the gas and the lubricant is formed in the hub 240 and the mixture is output from a hub outlet 243, at mixing site 900. The sprocket comprises a plurality of teeth arranged to engage with the chain, and a sprocket channel having a sprocket inlet 113 at one end and a sprocket outlet 111 at an opposite end thereof. The chain lubricating apparatus is arranged so that, in use, the mixture is delivered through the sprocket outlet 111 to a specific part of the chain when the sprocket 201 is in a particular angular configuration with respect to the hub 240 whereby the sprocket inlet 113 at least partially aligns with the hub outlet 243. The travel path of the lubricant and gas mixture contains as few bends as possible to ensure the best delivery of the lubricant mixture.
Patent GB-2527707-A (GB)
Title: Improved turbine
Inventor: STEWART KENNETH RODERICK
IPC: F03B13/02
Filed: 2014-04-25
Abstract: An improved turbine or motor, such as a fluid or liquid driven turbine or motor or hydraulic turbine or motor, or downhole turbine which may find use in the oil/gas and geothermal industries. The turbine or motor (5) provides a fluid passage comprising at least one portion or zone arranged to cause a drive fluid to be moved or diverted, such as at least partly radially. The turbine or motor (5) may comprise a rotor (25) comprising at least one rotor blade (15) extending within the fluid passage. The turbine or motor may comprise a stator (30) comprising at least one stator blade (20) extending within the fluid passage. The stator (30) may comprise or define at least part of the at least one portion or zone configured or arranged to cause the fluid to be moved in or diverted from an at least part axial path to an at least part radial path or radially inward path.
Patent GB-2534448-A (GB)
Title: Managing customs information
Inventor: EHAB MAHMOUD AHMED NOUR
IPC: G06Q50/28
Filed: 2013-07-22
Abstract: A broker management computer system ("BMCS") receives from a logistics computer system ("LCS") information regarding an asset to be imported into a country. The BMCS creates an initial import record in a BMCS database. The initial import record includes information regarding the asset and a unique BMCS control number generated by the BMCS. The BMCS issuing an initial import packet including the BMCS control number and provides the initial import packet to an import broker in the country. The BMCS receives from the import broker a customs packet including documents that show that the asset has cleared customs in the country, a declaration number, and the BMCS control number. The BMCS searches the BMCS database using the BMCS control number as a key for the search, finds the initial import record, and updates the initial import record with the declaration number.
Patent GB-2534299-A (GB)
Title: Scaffold clamps
Inventor: BARRY BROWN
IPC: E04G7/16
Filed: 2016-02-01
Abstract: A scaffold clamp 500 comprises wings 512 having carefully selected dimensions that permit the mutually orthogonal connection of scaffold tubes 12, 512, 514 in a tube-on-tube and/or in a clamp-on-clamp configuration. The scaffold clamp 500 comprises first and second claw portions 52, and a respective set of releasable clamping portions 54 associated with each of the claw portions 52 for securing, in use, a respective scaffold tube 12, 512, 514 between the claw portion 52 and its respective clamp portion 54, wherein the scaffold clamp 500 further comprises a spacer 56, 504 interposed between the claw portions 52, and wherein each claw portion 52 comprises a pair of wings 512 extending laterally from either side thereof. The wings 512 may have carefully selected dimensions that permit the mutually orthogonal connection of scaffold tubes 12, 512, 514 in a tube-on-tube and/or in a clamp-on-clamp configuration (See Figs 12 and 13).
Patent GB-2536801-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for testing optical fiber
Inventor: FREDERIC SCHILDMEYER
IPC: G01N21/00
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus for measuring a characteristic parameter of an optical fiber are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus 200 for testing an optical fiber 201 comprises: a light source 215 enclosed within a housing 204 and configured to couple to a first end 219 of the optical fiber; a detector 220 enclosed within the housing and configured to couple to a second end 221 of the optical fiber; and a non-planar table 208 defining a curved path, the non-planar table attached to the housing and configured to guide the optical fiber 201 along the curved path in three dimensions (see figure 5). In this way, an optical fiber may be deployed for testing with minimal manual manipulation of the optical fiber.
Patent GB-2540657-A (GB)
Title: Tracheal tubes, cuffs and their manufacture
Inventor: TIMOTHY BATEMAN
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2016-05-16
Abstract: A tracheal tube has an inflatable sealing cuff 21 with an attachment collar 11, 12 at each end. One collar 12 is moulded with reinforcing ribs 15. During manufacture of the cuff the ribs extend inwardly, but prior to assembly of the tracheal tube the cuff 21 is inverted. During assembly of the tracheal tube, the cuff is slid onto the shaft of the tube past inflating aperture 33. The other collar 11 and inflatable region 21 are then folded over the reinforced collar 12 (see arrows) and bonded in place, with the ribs 15 extending along and facing into the inflatable region. The reinforcing ribs 15 reinforce the wall of the shaft where it is exposed to pressure within the cuff 21, so that the tube shaft can be made thinner whilst still preventing it from being deformed inwardly by pressure from the cuff.