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Patent GB-2536574-A (GB)
Title: Additive manufacturing
Inventor: TREVOR ILLSTON
IPC: B33Y10/00
Filed: 2016-03-18
Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing metal components comprising the steps of selecting a first component 1 to be formed in a layer-by-layer process, and providing at least a second component la to be formed in the same layer-by layer process, the components being selected such that the stresses created in the components during additive manufacturing are substantially balanced. The method further comprises separating the components after completion of the layer-by-layer process. The components may be connected by linking structures 2c, may be configured to be symmetrical around a nominal centreline, and may be formed on the same substrate 3. The additive layer method may comprise powder bed selective laser manufacturing.
Patent GB-2552445-A (GB)
Title: An attachment for a hand held appliance
Inventor: Jonathan James Harvey Heffer
IPC: A45D20/52
Filed: 2016-03-24
Abstract: An attachment for a hair care appliance comprises an elongate body having a first end 14 and a second end 16, wherein the diameter at the first end is larger than the diameter at the second end. A fluid inlet (20, fig.2a) is provided at the first end and a fluid outlet is provided which extends from the first end to the second end. The fluid outlet preferably comprises at least one slot 50 extending along the elongate body, and the slot may be helical. The elongate body may converge from the first end towards the second end. Preferably, the elongate body gradually reduces in diameter from the first end to the second end. The reduction in diameter may extend along a portion of the elongate body.
Patent GB-2549323-A (GB)
Title: Methods of distributing media files, and file distribution systems for distributing media files
Inventor: JAMES WESTLAND CAIN
IPC: H04N21/845
Filed: 2016-04-15
Abstract: A method of distributing media files, including receiving at a sending system a request that the media file be made available for distribution (20), and in response, determining a plurality of individually playable segments making up the media file (21), where each segment may be used immediately by the receiving system. A receiving system requests that a segment be downloaded from a sending system, and in response, receives details of a download system from which to download the pieces, opening a data transfer connection, for example peer-to-peer, between the systems. The media file data for the segment is transferred from the download system, which may act as the seed/tracker, to the receiving system, acting for example as a peer. The segments may be transferred in parallel or be requested non-sequentially, thus prioritising distribution. The media segment may be created in a virtual file system from an on-going live event.
Patent GB-2549793-A (GB)
Title: Device power management
Inventor: RICHARD BAILEY
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2016-04-29
Abstract: Method and system for managing the battery life of a device 40, the device having a Battery 50 with a total and remaining capacity, the method comprising obtaining one or more device parameters including an indication of the remaining battery capacity and an indication of an amount of energy used for the device to perform one or more tasks, retrieving one or more external parameters (for example from a database 30 on an external server 20, where the external parameters may include device lifetime, historic data usage or temperature at the device location) and deriving from the device parameters and the external parameters one or more device control values, then applying the one or more device control values to the device. The device may have a low power mode and a high power mode.
Patent GB-2549958-A (GB)
Title: USB power delivery
Inventor: DANIEL ELLIS
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2016-05-03
Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) dock 32, including a USB data hub 35 that does not provide negotiated power levels to devices connected to the USB dock, is connected to a host device 31 via USB connection and to a peripheral device 33 via USB connection and a power connection. A power source 37 is connected to the power connection and a power controller 36 is connected to the USB data hub, the power source, and the peripheral device. The power controller receives instructions from the host device to control the power source to provide power to the peripheral device, communicates with the peripheral device to determine the relevant power parameters, and controls the power source to provide power at one of a plurality of different power levels to the peripheral device via the power connection based on the instructions from the host device and the determined parameters.
Patent GB-2554340-A (GB)
Title: Electric vehicle chassis
Inventor: Man Lok Tse
IPC: B62D21/11
Filed: 2016-05-31
Abstract: A chassis 10 for use in an electric vehicle, comprising a structure with chassis rails 11 extending along a longitudinal axis, and a frame 28 for accommodating a range extender 16. The frame is moveably mounted to the structure, and may be repeatedly movable from a retracted position to a deployed position, which could be achieved via a sliding mechanism comprising first and second arms (37, 38 Fig.4). Said arms may connect to the frame using telescopic guides (39, 40 Fig.5B). It is preferable that such a mechanism is orientated to operate in the transverse direction of the vehicle, so that the auxiliary power unit 16 may be situated on a longitudinal side of the vehicle. A frame actuator may be present, which would automatically move the structure 28 between the two positions. A locking mechanism comprising an electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic actuator could be utilised, with a bias towards the locked position. Mounting brackets (33a Fig.5A) may be provided for securement of the range extender to the frame, which could be adjustable so as to allow different types of range extender to be attached.
Patent GB-2538416-A (GB)
Title: Low surface friction drill bit body for use in wellbore formation
Inventor: GARRETT T OLSEN
IPC: E21B10/00
Filed: 2014-03-12
Abstract: A low surface friction body for a drill bit includes a matrix drill bit body. The body includes a particulate phase having a friction-reducing additive, and a binding material that bonds the particulate phase using a suitable manufacturing process such as selective laser sintering. The particulate phase may include tungsten carbide, the friction-reducing additive may be polytetrafluoroethylene, and the binder material may be copper or cobalt. The friction-reducing additive is distributed throughout at least a portion of the drill bit body that includes the surface that will come into contact with drill cuttings and drilling fluid during operation. The molecular properties of the friction-reducing additive result in a drill bit body having a surface that is resistant to sticking even after enduring chipping and other types of wear.
Patent GB-2549553-A (GB)
Title: Mapping between classical URLs and ICN networks
Inventor: Mark Townsley
IPC: H04L45/748
Filed: 2016-07-20
Abstract: A method for routing a request (1302a) for content from a content provider through an IPv6 network (1310) is described, the IPv6 network being an information centric network (ICN) in which content is directly addressed using at least a portion of an IPv6 address. The method includes receiving, at an IPv6 network, a request for content, determining that the request does not comprise an ICN address, intercepting the request at a router (1304a), and URL converter (1312) translating the request into an IPv6 address in which at least a portion of the address is directed to or associated with the piece of content. If the content resides outside the ICN, a second router (1304b) directs the request to the content provider via a second URL converter (1312) which maps the address back to a classical URL.
Patent GB-2555083-A (GB)
Title: Methods of space cooling
Inventor: MARTIN RICHARD INGLES
IPC: H01M10/63
Filed: 2016-10-03
Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a cooling system 2 of a space 4 (room), within which an energy storage device 10 (battery) is located, directly in response to whether the energy storage device is being charged or discharged. The cooling system may be an HVAC system. The apparatus may comprise a heating system. The cooling system may be controlled with reference to a cooling temperature setpoint or threshold such that cooling is provided when a measured temperature within the space is equal to, or higher than, the cooling temperature setpoint and cooling is not provided when a measured temperature within the space is less than the cooling temperature setpoint. The measured temperature may be provided by one or more sensors which provide temperature signals to the cooling system. The control unit may be adapted to decrease the cooling temperature setpoint in response to the energy storage device being charged or discharged. The cooling temperature setpoint may be reduced to a modified value which may be a predetermined modified value or determined with reference to the level of charging or discharging of the energy storage device.
Patent GB-2555782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bird feeders
Inventor: JAMES JOHN THORN
IPC: A01K39/01
Filed: 2016-11-03
Abstract: A bird feeder 1 with a main chamber 2 for housing bird food having an opening at an upper end for a user to insert food into the feeder and at least one food dispensing port at a lower end. The feeder has a cover 3 at an upper end, the covering being pivotable between a first position wherein it covers the opening and a second position wherein the opening is uncovered. The covering is connected at opposing sides of the feeder to a connecting member 10 that extends through the main chamber and rotates with the covering. The connecting member comprises non-linear portion inside the main chamber shaped such that when the covering is in its second position the non-linear portion of the member extends towards a side of the main chamber.The rotation and curvature of the connecting member is so a user may insert large items of bird feed (suet balls or bird cakes) without having the opening blocked by a connecting member. There may be hanging portion 8 with elongate parts 8a 8b on which the cover 3 is slidably mounted to connecting member 10.
Patent GB-2559112-A (GB)
Title: Holographic projector
Inventor: JAMIESON CHRISTMAS
IPC: G03H1/22
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: Holographic projection system 400 comprising: light receiving surface 450; light source 470; Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) 480; detector 460. Computer-Generated Hologram (CGH) represented on SLM forming an image on the screen, where the image (700, Fig. 7) comprises a primary region (710, Fig. 7) comprising information for the user, and a secondary image region (720, Fig. 7). The detector 460 senses optical power of light travelling to or from the secondary image region (720, Fig. 7), where the active light detecting area and the secondary region have a corresponding shape. The shape may be a one dimensional slit, dot, circle, disk, square, diamond, lozenge, or cross. The system may comprise a controller arranged to perform optical alignment, comprising changing the position of the image on the screen. The secondary region may comprise control information for the system. The secondary region may be peripheral to the primary region. The CGH may correspond to a Fourier or Fresnel hologram. The CGH may comprise a component arranged to perform a Fourier lensing function. The SLM may modulate the amplitude of the light. The SLM may be a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS). System may be a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) or Head-Up Display (HUD).
Patent GB-2546407-A (GB)
Title: Secondary Ultrasonic Nebulisation
Inventor: STEVAN BAJIC
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2016-12-20
Abstract: A secondary ultrasonic nebulisation device comprises a liquid chromatography separation device for separating a liquid sample, a liquid sample delivery capillary 2 for receiving the liquid sample from the separation device, a sample receiving surface 11 for receiving the liquid sample from the capillary, and an ultrasonic transducer 4. The ultrasonic transducer oscillates the surface so as to nebulise the liquid sample 13 and to generate charged droplets or gas phase ions from the sample. The liquid sample may remain in contact with an exit end of the capillary to form a liquid junction between the end of the capillary and the sample receiving surface. The charged droplets or gas phase ions may be analysed in a mass or ion mobility spectrometer. A heater may be provider for heating the nebulized droplets or ions. Volatile additives may be added into the liquid sample for assisting ionization.
Patent GB-2560880-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for changing a record, a method of loading a record and a method of changing the side of a record to be played
Inventor: ALAN JAMES BLACK
IPC: G11B17/26
Filed: 2017-03-09
Abstract: An apparatus 20 for changing a record 10, to be played on a turntable 28, comprises a record changing fork 1 comprising first and second spaced apart tines 2 and 3, each tine comprising a groove extending from a mouth of the fork to at least part way to the fork base, the grooves hold a record therebetween in a record plane. At least one tine comprising a resiliently deformable record gate (11, fig. 1) to prevent sliding of a record in the grooves past the record gate unless the record is slid with a force exceeding a threshold force. At least one shelf 29 supports a record, the width of the shelf being less than the separation between the tines. A control mechanism connected to the record changing fork reciprocally displaces the fork along a length axis 7 extending from the fork mouth to the fork base and a height direction 13. The shelf comprises an end stop 30 and a back stop 31 to prevent sliding of a record off the shelf. The apparatus may be part of a juke box and the fork can be rotated to change a side of the record.
Patent GB-2555499-A (GB)
Title: Air blown optical fiber cable
Inventor: Sravan Kumar
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: An optical fibre cable includes a plurality of optical fibers 100a -100l first layer 120 and a second layer 130. The first layer surrounding the optical fibres has a hardness of around 120 Rockwell and the second layer has a hardness of around 106 Rockwell. The second layer surrounds the first layer. The first layer is made of a thermoplastic material and has a thickness in a range of 0.2 0.3 mm. The second layer is made of a polymeric material and has a thickness in a range of 0.2-0.3mm. The optical fibre cable has a diameter in a range of 1.5-3 millimeters. The fibre cable can be blown for 1.5-2 kilometeres, has a weight of 3-6 kg/km, a fill factor of at most 85%, a crush resistance of about 800 N/10cm and an impact strength of about 3 Nm. The first and second layers may have various specified diameters depending on the number and diameters of the optical fibres. The optical fibre cable may have a thixotropic gel around the optical fibres to prevent the ingression of water and water swelling yarns. The thermoplastic may be polycarbonate and the polymeric material polyamide-12.
Patent GB-2560975-A (GB)
Title: High pressure fuel pump
Inventor: LLOYD JAMES
IPC: F04B49/03
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump 4 in which the fuel is pressurised by a cam-driven plunger 9 and cylinder arrangement. The pump includes a depressurisation path 41 and valve 40 which allow the release of pressure from the cylinder. The pressure bleeding valve 40 may be a solenoid or piezo device and may be controlled by an ECU. Operation of the valve may be dependent of the required rail pressure or speed of the pump. The invention aims to reduce the duration of the depressurisation phase of the pump and to overcome the reduction of volumetric efficiency at low inlet pressure and high delivery pressure. The invention extends to a high pressure fuel pump system for a vehicle including a high pressure pump and ECU adapted to control pressure relief from the pump through a valve.
Patent GB-2550502-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods of data synchronization
Inventor: RAMESH K RAGHUNATHAN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2015-01-09
Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to synchronize virtualized data, or subsets of virtualized data, across a plurality of data repositories. The synchronization may be conducted in a data virtualization platform separate from the plurality of physical data repositories without requiring direct access to the plurality of physical data repositories. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Patent GB-2549235-A (GB)
Title: Turboprop
Inventor: Paul Antoine Foresto
IPC: B64D33/02
Filed: 2016-01-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a turboprop (TP) comprising a propeller (2) comprising a blade extending in a direction (α), and which comprises a root (35), a leading edge (31), a trailing edge (32), and a wing tip (36), and an inner air stream channel (4), wherein said inner air stream channel (4) comprises an inlet (41) located at the root (35) of the blade (3) and an outlet (42) leading to the trailing edge (32) of the blade (3) and which is transversely directed in relation to the main elongation direction (α), such that an inner stream of air (51) flowing in the inner air stream channel (4) by entering via the inlet (41) adjacent to the root (35) of the blade (3) is discharged via the outlet (42) adjacent to the trailing edge (32) of the blade (3) by forming a stream of blown air (52) that moves away from the trailing edge (32) in a direction which is transverse to the main elongation direction (α) and which has a component in the direction of a skeleton line of the blade (3) at the trailing edge (32).
Patent GB-2550775-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for power transfer for a portalbe electronic device
Inventor: WEI LUN OO
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 2016-02-11
Abstract: A power transfer interface (120) is formed of a primary repeater coil (104) and one or more secondary repeater coils (106) coupled via a wired interconnect (110), and integrated within a garment (114). The repeater coils operate as part of a wireless charging or powering system in which a transmit coil (102), located in a vehicle or a radio, is driven to magnetically couple a wireless radio frequency (RF) power signal to the primary repeater coil (104) which in turn transfers the RF power signal to the secondary repeater coil (106) via the wired interconnect (110). The system further comprises a portable electronic device (220) having a receive coil (108). The receive coil (108) wirelessly receives the RF power signal from the secondary repeater coil (106), which can in turn be used to power the portable device or charge a battery of the portable device.
Patent GB-2566007-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable ball
Inventor: CHIEN-CHUAN LO
IPC: A63B41/00
Filed: 2017-08-22
Abstract: An inflatable ball 100 includes a bladder 10 and a seamless outer foam layer 30. The inner tube 10 defines an air inflatable space 11 and an inflation valve 20 is disposed on the bladder 10 for introducing gas into the chamber 11. The foam layer 30 is molded over the bladder 10 to enclose the bladder 10, and the layer 30 has a through hole 31 in fluid communication with the inlet 20. The bladder 10 may be made from a rubber material or polyurethane, and the cushioning 30 may be made from polyurethane, for example thermoplastic polyurethane. A yarn or cloth layer may cover an outer surface 102 of the bladder 10, and an outer surface 301 of the foam layer 30 may form a pattern 32. A skin layer, with an aperture in communication with the conduit 20, may be provided to surround the foam 30.
Patent GB-2568500-A (GB)
Title: Method for separating polymers
Inventor: JAMES DONALDSON
IPC: B29B17/02
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: A method of separating polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) from a mixture thereof comprising subjecting a suspension of PE and PP in a silicone fluid to an acceleration greater than gravity to form a light and heavy polymer fraction; removing the light and/or heavy polymer fraction to provide a polymer mixture enriched in PP (light fraction) and/or PE (heavy fraction) wherein the silicone fluid has a density from 0.90-0.95kg/l at 35°C. The enhanced gravity may be achieved using a centrifuge, preferably a three phase decanter centrifuge, or a hydrocyclone, wherein the acceleration provided may be greater than 1000g and below 3000g. The use of silicone fluid in the method is also provided. The silicone fluid may comprise a mixture of two different silicones.
Patent GB-2556508-A (GB)
Title: System and apparatus for mixing and selecting fluids and dispensing beverages
Inventor: MARK WISEBERG
IPC: B67D1/12
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: A portable apparatus for mixing fluids comprising is provided, and has a housing, inlets for receiving a plurality of fluids at the housing, and a fluid mixer for receiving the fluids from the housing and mixing them. The fluid mixer outputs at least one fluid blend. A fluid blend selector then receives fluids from the inlets and at least one blend from the fluid mixer and outputs a selected fluid, where the selected fluid is one of the fluids from the inlets or one of the at least one fluid blends.
Patent GB-2570472-A (GB)
Title: Sporting display device and method
Inventor: LEWIS SPENCER
IPC: A63B71/06
Filed: 2018-01-26
Abstract: A sporting display device comprising circuitry configured to control a plurality of electronic display elements 210 to display one or more electronic images in response to a detection by detector circuitry of an occurrence of a predetermined event associated with a sport, the plurality of electronic display elements being attachable to a sports net 209 associated with the sport in a configuration such that the one or more electronic images are displayed on the sports net. The predetermined event may be an object associated with the sport crossing a boundary defined for the sport, such as a ball or hockey puck crossing a net boundary. The position of the object is preferably determined based on one or more captured images of the object and the net. Also claimed is a method of operating a sporting display device, and a matrix of display elements configured to display one or more electronic images in response to detection of an occurrence of a sports event, the matrix being attachable to a sports net so that images are displayed on the net.
Patent GB-2561990-A (GB)
Title: Precision movement platform for single-drive rigid-flexible coupling, and method of realization and application thereof
Inventor: JINPING GONG
IPC: H01L21/67
Filed: 2016-08-04
Abstract: Provided is a precision movement platform for single-drive rigid -flexible coupling. The platform comprises: a linear guide rail (A101), a motion platform for rigid-flexible coupling, a linear drive, and a displacement sensor (A6). The platform for rigid-flexible coupling comprises a rigid frame (A201), a flexible chain (A203), and a core movement platform (A202). The linear drive actuates, via the flexible chain (A203), and along the linear guide rail (A101), a motion of the rigid frame (A201). The movement platform can achieve highly precise and continuously changing displacement, and can avoid displacement "vibrations" caused by sudden changes in acceleration.