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Patent GB-2533151-A (GB)
Title: Modified probe flush
Inventor: ROBERT W TODD
IPC: G01N33/487
Filed: 2014-12-12
Abstract: A probe 10 for measuring biomass in a medium of a suspending fluid and cells, which may be used as part of a system for performing a fermentation process. Two electrodes on the probe are excitation electrodes 14, for transmitting an excitation signal through the medium, with a varying current density along their length. Two electrodes are signal electrodes 16 for measuring a voltage between; and located between the excitation electrodes at a position of high current density, on a current path having the same phase at the total excitation current. The signal and excitation electrodes may have different lengths or surface areas. The signal electrodes may be parallel to and shorter than the excitation electrodes, and positioned in a region between the end points of the excitation electrodes. Alternatively, the excitation electrodes may be shorter. The electrodes may be a conductive exposed length of wire or strip material.
Patent GB-2533556-A (GB)
Title: Oscillator calibration
Inventor: INGIL SUNDBØ
IPC: H03L7/197
Filed: 2014-12-16
Abstract: A phase locked loop comprises: a controllable oscillator 102; a variable divider arrangement 108 / 110 which takes a signal from the controllable oscillator 102 and divides it by a variable amount to provide a lower frequency signal; a sigma-delta modulator 112 arranged to provide a control input to the variable divider arrangement 108 / 110; and a phase detector triggered 104 by the lower frequency signal, and a reference clock. The loop is arranged to operate in a normal mode in which the controllable oscillator 102 is controlled by a voltage from the phase detector 104, and in a calibration mode in which the controllable oscillator 102 is controlled digitally by a signal from a calibration module 114 which receives an input from said variable divider arrangement 108 / 110. Calibration may involve pre-setting the oscillator with a coarse tuning signal so that voltage control of the output frequency only needs to be used for fine tuning within a small subset of the overall frequency range. This in turn reduces the sensitivity of the controllable oscillator, reducing problems of noise.
Patent GB-2519277-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and system for performing facial recognition
Inventor: MILLER TRENT J
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2013-08-20
Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for performing facial recognition utilizing large databases is provided herein. During operation a large database is quickly narrowed by determining an automobile attribute (e.g., a license plate number) and determining a registered owner and possibly an address based on the automobile attribute. The image database is narrowed based on the registered owner of the vehicle, and possibly the address of the registered owner.
Patent GB-2524172-A (GB)
Title: System, method and tooling for flexible assembly of cylinder-head valve trains
Inventor: MARROCCO AL
IPC: B23P19/04
Filed: 2015-02-24
Abstract: An assembly method is provided by orienting a cylinder-head 32 at a first orientation. A first plurality of spring caps 70 and a first plurality of retainer keys 72 are installed into the cylinder-head in the first orientation by a first robot 34. A first plurality of valves is installed into the cylinder-head in the first orientation by a second robot 36, into engagement with the first plurality of retainer keys. An end effector 40 is provided with an actuator 62 supported upon an adapter plate 42. A shaft 64 extends from the actuator with a mating surface 76 to engage a spring cap. Porting is provided through the shaft to convey pressurized air upon a plurality of retainer keys within the spring cap. A plurality of gripper fingers 78 extend from the distal end of the shaft to grip a valve spring 68 while retaining a spring cap between the valve spring and the mating surface of the shaft.
Patent GB-2521075-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for decontaminating a medical instrument
Inventor: DAWSON LAWRENCE RALPH
IPC: A61L2/26
Filed: 2013-09-04
Abstract: A method for decontaminating a medical instrument having parts that are movable relative to one another involves mounting the instrument in a decontaminating apparatus, and automatically manipulating the instrument to provide relative movement between two or more relatively movable parts of the instrument during an automated decontamination cycle of the decontaminating apparatus. The instrument may be a surgical instrument having an operating portion arranged to remotely control operation of a working portion in use. The method may involve engaging a part or parts of the operating portion to transmit motion thereto for creating the relative movement. An instrument carrier (20) insertable in a decontaminating apparatus in use may be modified to incorporate instrument manipulation means (40).
Patent GB-2538567-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for controlling output of nuclear power plants
Inventor: SHINYA TOMINAGA
IPC: G21D3/12
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: Controlling the output of a nuclear power plant, which includes a reactor power controller 12, a recirculation flow controller 5 for controlling a recirculation flow rate based on an output signal from the reactor power controller, a control rod drive controller 4, and a main turbine controller 9 for controlling the amount of steam generated from the reactor and supplied to a main turbine with a control valve and a bypass valve. The method includes: decreasing the output of the nuclear power plant by the recirculation flow controller when a demand for reducing a load of the nuclear power plant is made; and then drive-controlling the control rod by the control rod drive controller and controlling the control valve and/or the bypass valve by the main turbine controller to reduce the output of the nuclear power plant. The reactor controller can control the pattern of the control rods that are used. The output power may be reduced at a fixed ratio. The power plant may be a boiling water reactor.
Patent GB-2522587-A (GB)
Title: Dielectric waveguide filter with direct coupling and alternative cross-coupling
Inventor: ROGOZINE ALEXANDRE
IPC: H01P7/10
Filed: 2013-11-26
Abstract: A dielectric waveguide filter comprising a block of dielectric material covered with an exterior layer of conductive material. A plurality of stacked resonators are defined in the block of dielectric material by one or more slots in the block of dielectric material and an interior layer of conductive material that separates the stacked resonators. First and second RF signal transmission windows in the interior layer of conductive material provide for both direct and cross-coupling RF signal transmission between the stacked resonators. In one embodiment, the waveguide filter is comprised of separate blocks of dielectric material each covered with an exterior layer of conductive material, each including one or more slots defining a plurality of resonators, and coupled together in a stacked relationship.
Patent GB-2531388-A (GB)
Title: Stack emission testing
Inventor: KESTER BRUCE
IPC: G01N1/22
Filed: 2015-06-19
Abstract: A monitoring apparatus 10 comprises a support tripod 20 with at least three support legs; a telescopic mast 22 adapted to be supported in an upright orientation by the support tripod, a probe assembly 25 that includes a heatproof inlet line (92, fig 4), and at least one gas analysing instrument 41, 42, 44 along with means 40 to generate a gas flow. A flexible line 28 that communicates between the probe assembly and the gas analysing instrument incorporates a heater to maintain the temperature of the flexible line above a threshold temperature. The probe assembly is arranged to be supported by the telescopic mast, and at least part of the mast is rotatable about its longitudinal axis through at least a limited turning angle. The apparatus enables the gases produced by a chimney stack 12 to be monitored while combustion occurs within the stack, as the inlet line can be positioned in a desired location in or above the stack while the operator can remain at ground level throughout the process.
Patent GB-2542576-A (GB)
Title: Method and kit of detecting the absence of micro-oranisms
Inventor: MATTHEW ALUN CROW
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2015-07-10
Abstract: Methods of detecting the absence or presence of a micro-organism in a sample comprising: contacting the sample with a nucleic acid molecule which acts as a substrate for nucleic acid modifying activity of the micro-organism in the sample, incubating the thus contacted sample under conditions suitable for nucleic acid modifying activity; and specifically determining the absence or presence of a modified nucleic acid molecule resulting from the action of the nucleic acid modifying activity on the substrate nucleic acid molecule to indicate the absence or presence of the micro-organism. Corresponding kits are also provided.
Patent GB-2531206-A (GB)
Title: Mobile network based geofencing
Inventor: ROBERT NICHOLSON
IPC: G01S5/02
Filed: 2014-05-13
Abstract: A system, method, computer program product and computer program for managing a geofence of a mobile device in a network, comprising: a first application operable with the mobile device, the first application operable for: identifying the geofence associated with the mobile device or a user of the mobile device; and responsive to identifying the geofence, registering the identified geofence with a network component; the network component operable for: identifying, to a first granularity, a first location for the identified geofence; monitoring, to a second granularity, a location of the mobile device, wherein the first granularity is more coarse-grained than the second granularity; and responsive to the mobile device triggering the geofence, pushing a notification to the application; and the first application further operable for: responsive to receiving the notification, performing an operation associated with the geofence.
Patent GB-2537957-A (GB)
Title: Emergency core cooling system of nuclear power plant
Inventor: YASUNORI NAGATA
IPC: G21C15/18
Filed: 2016-02-04
Abstract: An Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) in a nuclear power plant is split into at least three sections, first section 1A including a reactor core isolation cooling system RCIC having a high-pressure injection pump 7 driven by a turbine 9, and a low-pressure flooder system LPFL(A) having a low-pressure injection pump 5A driven an emergency diesel generator 8A. In the event of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA), water may initially be supplied into a reactor pressure vessel 2 through a first pipe and a first feedwater pipe 12B by the RCIC. Once the pressure in the pressure vessel 2 has been reduced by an automatic depressurisation system ADS, water is supplied into the reactor through a second pipe and a second feedwater pipe 12A by the LPFL(A). However, if a fracture is detected in the second feedwater pipe 12A by a fracture detection system 22 & 29, valves 23 & 24 are actuated so as to redirect water from the LPFL(A) to the reactor pressure vessel via the first feedwater pipe 12B and a tie-in line 21 connecting the first and second pipes.
Patent GB-2535060-A (GB)
Title: Positive pressure airflow blower powered filtration device
Inventor: WILLIAM J HASLEBACHER
IPC: F24F13/28
Filed: 2014-10-27
Abstract: A positive pressure airflow blower system configured to deliver microbe-free air to a target room. The positive airflow pressure blower system can comprise at least a) an air inlet sealingly connectable to an external air source that is external to the target room; b) a blower operably connected in sealed connection to the air inlet and configured to blow air solely from the inlet through an anti-microbe air filter into the target room; c) operably connected in sealed connection to the blower and the target room such that only air from the blower is transmitted through the anti-microbe air filter into the target room, wherein the anti-microbe air filter is sized and configured to remove at least bacteria, fungi and viruses from air passing through the anti-microbe air filter to provide microbe-free air; and, d) an anti-microbial seal disposed at a blower system-target room interface, wherein the seal is configured to seal the blower system-target room interface such that only microbe-free air is transmitted through the blower system and into the target room.
Patent GB-2539840-A (GB)
Title: Transparent compositions
Inventor: NIGEL GOULD
IPC: C09D5/00
Filed: 2011-01-19
Abstract: A transparent composition having a boiling point of 140-250°C, a viscosity of 100-2000cP when measured at 25°C, which composition comprises 45-65wt.% radiation-curable oligomer having a molecular weight of 500-4000; 25-40wt.% organic solvent and less than 5wt.% (meth)acrylates having a molecular weight below 600. The composition may also comprise 0-4wt.% silicone acrylate, preferably 0.25-2wt.%. Preferably the composition comprises 0-8wt.% photoinitiator, more preferably 4-8wt.%. The composition may also be colourless and/or odourless. The composition preferably has a flash point of 50-120°C. The organic solvent may be organic carbonate and a glycol ether, preferably propylene carbonate and diethylene glycol diethyl ether. An amine synergist may also be included in the composition. The transparent compositions may be used in printing processes, particularly as a protective layer applied to an inkjet printed image.
Patent GB-2544407-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle front bumper, and vehicle
Inventor: JON SAYERS
IPC: B62D49/08
Filed: 2016-10-18
Abstract: A vehicle bumper having integral rear facing attachments for a vehicle and a plurality of regions adapted for receiving a plurality of modular removable weights.
Patent GB-2560910-A (GB)
Title: Fluid-monitoring probe, baffle and system
Inventor: JEREMY KNIGHT
IPC: F17D3/01
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: A fluid monitoring system 10 is suitable for the monitoring of liquefied natural gas in a pipe section 12, via insertion of a fluid-monitoring probe 14 into a port 16. The fluid-monitoring probe 14 is at least partially covered by a support structure 18, and a fluid-directing baffle 20 is mounted thereon to redirect fluid flow from the main liquefied gas flow to a secondary passage through the support structure.
Patent GB-2563583-A (GB)
Title: Combined grinding and leaching process for ores and wastes and apparatus thereof
Inventor: MAGELLA BILODEAU
IPC: C22B3/14
Filed: 2017-06-16
Abstract: A method of extracting at least one metal from an ore or waste by performing a combined attrition and leaching step on the ore or waste in an aqueous inorganic acid at a concentration of 1-9 molar and a temperature lower than 100 0C. Metal dissolves into the leachate which is then separated from the gangue. The process can be used to extract uranium, caesium, mercury, thorium and/or rare earth elements, e.g. from cemented radioactive waste or radioactive mine waste. The waste can be previously crushed or screened and be present in the range 50-500 g/l. Suitable acids are sulphuric, nitric, hydrochloric, and/or phosphoric, with the addition of a halogen salt or a mercury salt (e.g. KI or mercury nitrate, mercury chloride, mercury iodide and/or mercury iodate). The method can be preceded by a combined attrition and base leaching step and/or comprise multiple combined attrition and acid leaching steps. Suitable apparatus comprises an attrition mill with a disposable grinding chamber with deviation bars on an internal surface thereof and attrition arms mounted on a shaft located therein and an integrated air floatation system.
Patent GB-2550297-A (GB)
Title: State monitoring device, state monitoring system and train
Inventor: Ryo Furutani
IPC: B61L27/00
Filed: 2016-03-14
Abstract: Prior art does not disclose a system that automatically records a predetermined place or position, regardless of any sensor information for preventive maintenance, from characteristic sensor information generated in a predetermined place or zone. A state monitoring device that monitors a car state on the basis of a sensor signal and car position information, said device characterized by comprising: a sensor signal detection unit; a sensor signal threshold determination processing unit; a sensor signal threshold-exceeding zone management unit to which the car position information and the determination result from the sensor signal threshold determination processing unit are input, and which measures the number of times a threshold is exceeded in a predetermined zone; and an automatic-recording zone management unit that determines whether said threshold-exceeding frequency in the predetermined zone exceeds a predetermined frequency, and sets said zone as an automatic-recording zone if said threshold-exceeding frequency exceeds the predetermined frequency.
Patent GB-2549683-A (GB)
Title: Temporarily impermeable sleeve for running a well component in hole
Inventor: JOHN S SLADIC
IPC: E21B43/08
Filed: 2016-02-03
Abstract: An apparatus for installation in a borehole comprises a well component (10) and a sleeve (100). The well component has a through-bore (16) and is permeable to the borehole. For example, the well component can be a well screen having a perforated basepipe (14) with a filter disposed thereabout or can be a liner defining a plurality of openings therein. The sleeve is disposed external to the well component. The sleeve is at least temporarily impermeable to obstruct the well component during run in the borehole and becomes permeable in response to an agent, such as a hydrochloric acid, a hydrofluoric acid, an acid stimulation, a wellbore fluid, or a drilling fluid, for example.
Patent GB-2568658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in clothing drying methods and equipment
Inventor: ANNE REGINA HANDA
IPC: D06F57/12
Filed: 2017-10-16
Abstract: The rack includes two longitudinal members 2, 15 joined by transverse sections 3, 4, 6, 14, 16, 17, 18 which are tubed bars or wire lengths horizontally presented between the longitudinal members, which are fixing lengths. The two longitudinal members are used to brace against two walls or surfaces 1, 19 using tensioned holding bars 9, 10. Clothing (35, 36, 37, Figure 6) may then be draped over the tubed bars or wires for drying or airing. The holding bars may have circular feet 8 and a twist grip 11.
Patent GB-2563694-A (GB)
Title: Braze joints with a dispersed particulate microstructure
Inventor: GAGAN SAINI
IPC: E21B10/573
Filed: 2015-06-25
Abstract: The microstructure of braze joints in polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutters may be tailored to increase the shear strength of the braze joint, for example, by increasing the amount of a dispersed particulate microstructure therein. A method for forming a dispersed particulate microstructure may include brazing a polycrystalline diamond table to a hard composite substrate with a braze alloy at a braze temperature between 5°C above a solidus temperature of the braze alloy and 200°C above a liquidus temperature of the braze alloy; and forming a braze joint between the polycrystalline diamond table and the hard composite substrate that comprises at least 40% by volume of the dispersed particulate microstructure composed of a particulate inter-metallic phase having a diameter of 0.5 µm to 2.0 µm and an aspect ratio of 1 to 5 dispersed in a ductile matrix.
Patent GB-2556784-A (GB)
Title: Modified sodium bentonite clays for barrier layer applications
Inventor: PRESTON ANDREW MAY
IPC: C04B24/26
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: The permeability of barrier layers formed from sodium bentonite clay may be significantly and unpredictably impacted upon contacting various ionic substances. Modifying agents may be admixed with sodium bentonite clay to lessen the impacts resulting from its contact with an ionic substance. Suitable modifying agents may comprise an anionic substance selected from the group consisting of a diutan, a polymer containing a 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid monomer, any salt thereof, and any combination thereof. Methods for forming a barrier layer may comprise: providing a barrier material comprising sodium bentonite clay and a modifying agent admixed with the sodium bentonite clay, the modifying agent comprising an anionic substance selected from the group consisting of a diutan, a polymer containing a 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid monomer, any salt thereof, and any combination thereof; and forming a barrier layer comprising the barrier material.
Patent GB-2571334-A (GB)
Title: Control system for a vehicle
Inventor: MATTHEW HANCOCK
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2018-02-26
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a creep speed control system for a vehicle having at least one electric motor for providing torque to at least one vehicle wheel, the system comprising an input configured to receive a current speed signal indicative of a current speed 30 of the vehicle; a creep speed control module 40 that is configured to activate when the current speed of the vehicle crosses a predetermined threshold 52a above a creep speed target value 52; and an output configured to, upon activation of the creep speed control module, send a creep speed control torque signal 54 to the at least one electric motor to control the vehicle speed in dependence on the creep speed target value, wherein the creep speed control torque signal is limited to a creep speed control filtered torque value 38 less than a creep speed control maximum torque value 59.
Patent GB-2572978-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for a display module control system
Inventor: MARK ANDREW SMITH
IPC: G09G3/34
Filed: 2018-04-18
Abstract: A display module 24, 50, 52 includes a backlight illuminator 48, an ambient light sensor, 36, configured to generate an output signal and a backlight controller, 40, operably coupled with the backlight illuminator, 48, and the ambient light sensor, 36. The backlight controller is configured to determine an operational status signal of the ambient light sensor based on the output signal and operate the backlight illuminator in accordance with the operational status signal. If the operational status signal indicates that the ambient light sensor has failed the backlight illuminator is operated in accordance with a replacement ambient light status signal which is receivable at a network interface, 23. Thus when the ambient light sensor for a given display is faulty the display is able to receive a signal relating to an alternative ambient light sensor which may be located in another display module or another location that is not part of a display module 38, 45. Position and/or location data may be associated with the ambient light sensors and may be used to determine which replacement operational status signal is used. The invention may be used in a display module located in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Patent GB-2559087-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for wireless power transfer
Inventor: WEI LUN OO
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 2016-11-18
Abstract: A method (200) and device for wireless power transfer. The device includes a first sensor (109), a second sensor (111), and an electronic controller (113). The method (200) includes determining, by the electronic controller (113), whether the first sensor (109) senses a magnetic field. The method (200) further includes determining, by the electronic controller (113), whether the second sensor (111) senses the magnetic field. The method (200) further includes determining, by the electronic controller (113), that the portable electronic device is in use when only the first sensor (109) senses the magnetic field. The method (200) further includes determining, by the electronic controller (113), that the portable electronic device is in storage when both the first and second sensors sense the magnetic field.