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Patent GB-2579606-A (GB)
Title: Corrugated panel mounting system
Inventor: MURRAY MICHEL
IPC: E04D3/24
Filed: 2018-12-05
Abstract: A structural component 5 supports a corrugated panel 10 of a panel system. The component comprises at least one receiving portion, defined by two receiving members 30, 35 for receiving the panel in between. One of the two members is curved. The arrangement of the receiving members is such that the panel can be freely inserted by a certain range of angles but once the panel is at a second range of angles the panel is prevented from being removed from the component. The panel may be corrugated. The component may include two base members 20, 25 that extend perpendicularly to each other and configured to engage different sides of a support structure. Also claimed is an assembly with a panel and a roof comprising the assembly.
Patent GB-2593411-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for sealing and monitoring a bolted flange joint
Inventor: CHRISTOS SOTIRIOUS HARITOU
IPC: F16B7/18
Filed: 2019-01-04
Abstract: A bolted flange joint sealing and monitoring apparatus (30, see figure 3) is provided for a bolted flange joint. The bolted flange joint comprises two flanges 3, 3’ abutting one another at an interface. Each flange 3, 3’ has a series of holes, the holes of the two flanges 3, 3’ being aligned and receiving bolts 4. The abutting flanges 3, 3’ provide an inner surface and an outer surface and the sealing and monitoring apparatus (30, see figure 3) provide a monitorable vacuum around the interface.
Patent GB-2572040-A (GB)
Title: Crane rope spooling system and method
Inventor: DEREK SMITH
IPC: B66D1/60
Filed: 2019-01-16
Abstract: A method of spooling a crane rope 2 onto a crane drum, from a reel 31, under a predetermined back tension. The rope is unspooled from a reel 31 and passed through a tensioning system 10 comprising a primary back tensioner 12, which surface may have offset or angled grooves, and a secondary back tensioner 16. The secondary back tensioner grips the rope preloading it prior to passing through the primary back tensioner which then applies a predetermined back tension to the rope as it is spooled onto the crane drum. The system may include monitoring and logging of the rope tension, non-destructive testing 15 and the apparatus may also include a wire guide 17, greaser 11, spooling unit 20, initiation winch 8 and sheave assembly 5 including heave compensation. The apparatus may also have a skid system 34 to enable the use of new rope on a second reel 39 should the original rope be defective.
Patent GB-2580681-A (GB)
Title: Holder for a fuel pump
Inventor: MICHEL SANCHEZ
IPC: F02M37/10
Filed: 2019-01-23
Abstract: A holder 1 for a fuel pump in a fuel tank, eg for a vehicle, comprises a base portion 2 for mounting the holder 1 to the fuel tank; a cylindrical retainer 5 with a cavity 6 for receiving a fuel pump, the cavity extending axially along a longitudinal axis C; and a plurality of flexible legs 10, eg between three and five legs, connecting the retainer 5 to the base portion 2. The legs 10 are spaced-apart from each other, in a tangential direction relative to the longitudinal axis C at the outer periphery of the retainer 5, each leg 10 extending axially from a first connecting section 10.1, which is connected to the base portion 2, to a second connecting section 10.3, which is connected to the retainer 5. To optimise the vibrational decoupling of a fuel pump from the fuel tank, the second connecting section 10.3 of at least one leg 10 is tangentially offset from the first connecting section 10.1, eg the legs may be S-shaped.
Patent GB-2567777-A (GB)
Title: Fabrication of correlated electron material films with varying atomic or molecular concentrations of dopant species
Inventor: KIMBERLY GAY REID
IPC: H01L45/00
Filed: 2017-08-10
Abstract: The present techniques generally relate to fabrication of layered correlated electron materials (CEMs) in which a first group of one or more layers may comprise a first concentrationof a dopant species, and wherein a second group of one or more layers may comprise a second concentration of a dopant species. In other embodiments, a CEM may comprise one or more regions of graded concentration of a dopant species.
Patent GB-2584826-A (GB)
Title: Substrates comprising nanowires
Inventor: ATIF SYED
IPC: B32B27/30
Filed: 2019-05-24
Abstract: A substrate for use in an electronic skin comprising a base polymer layer, a first intermediate polymer layer is attached to the base polymer layer by a first adhesive layer, and the first intermediate polymer layer comprises a first intermediate polymer in which electron-rich groups are linked directly to one another or by an optionally substituted C1-4 alkanediyl groups. A first conductive layer is attached to the first intermediate polymer layer by a second adhesive layer or by multiple second adhesive layers between which a second intermediate polymer layer or a second conductive layer is disposed defined by the conductive layer comprising nanowires. Also included are claims to a method for forming such a substrate, an electronic skin comprising the substrate as well as the use and method of use of such a skin for determining environmental information. The nanowires may be piezoelectric and preferably comprise a conductive, ideally metallic, material, most preferably zinc. The nanowires may extend away from the first conductive layer and may be substantially vertical.
Patent GB-2572509-A (GB)
Title: A magnetic field sensor
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN GILL
IPC: G01R33/04
Filed: 2017-12-27
Abstract: A magnetic field sensor for determining the strength and/or direction of a component of an ambient magnetic field. It comprises electrical circuitry which incorporates a magnetic sensing element, a voltmeter connected in the circuitry to provide a measure of the voltage across the magnetic sensing element, an electrical energy supply connector connected to the magnetic sensing element to supply an electrical current which passes through that element when the sensor is in use, and switches to reverse the direction of the flow of electrical current through the magnetic sensing element between successive measurements of the said voltage by the said voltmeter. The magnetic sensing element comprises a coil surrounding magnetic material. The electrical energy source connector and the said switches are connected to the said coil. The voltmeter is connected to measure the voltage across the said coil. The circuitry further comprises a timer connected within the circuitry to cause the voltmeter to provide measurements V1 and V2 respectively at times T1 and T2 which occur after successive operations of the switches respectively at times T0 and T5, to initiate the passage of electrical current through the coil in respective opposite directions, such that T1 - T0 = T2 - T5 = ΔΤ, where ΔΤ is a predetermined period of time. A processor is connected in the circuitry to provide an indication of the value of V1-V2, the magnitude of which provides an indication of the strength of the said component, and the sign of which provides an indication of the direction of the said component. Also, a method of determining the strength and/or direction of a component of an ambient magnetic field using such a sensor.
Patent GB-2573230-A (GB)
Title: Actuating a downhole tool with a degradable actuation ring
Inventor: SHAUN WEN JIE NG
IPC: E21B34/06
Filed: 2017-02-09
Abstract: A system and method to actuate a downhole tool, where the tool can include a body, a closure member and a degradable actuation ring. A profile of the actuation ring can be configured to engage an actuation tool (e.g. shifting tool, ball drop, dart, plug, etc.) used to displace the activation ring via the engagement and thereby displacing the closure member to a different position. The degradable actuation ring can be degraded by an agent downhole to degrade and/or remove the actuation ring from the downhole tool thereby providing an increased clearance through the tool.
Patent GB-2574147-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for intraday facility monitoring
Inventor: JASON SMITH
IPC: G06Q20/04
Filed: 2018-01-24
Abstract: Systems and methods for intraday facility monitoring are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for real-time management of risk exposure for an organization may include (1) a server comprising at least one computer processor ingesting a plurality of messages from a plurality of source systems, each message relating to credit extended by an organization to one of a plurality of clients of the organization; (2) the server enriching each of the plurality of messages with reference data; (3) the server persisting the plurality of message in a database; (4) the server determining a credit risk exposure based on the persisted messages; (5) the server comparing the credit risk exposure to a risk threshold; and (6) the server reporting the credit risk exposure.
Patent GB-2586999-A (GB)
Title: A portable resistance training machine
Inventor: KEITH AITCHISON
IPC: A63B21/045
Filed: 2019-09-11
Abstract: A portable resistance training machine comprising a base member 12, mast 18 which has an operative position and a stowed position which it is movable between, carriage 38 which is mountable at different positions along the length of the mast, cable means (fig 1, 50) attached to a resistance band (fig 1, 54). The base might have two base legs 14, 16 pivotally mounted to the base member 12 with an operative position with the legs splayed and a stowed position with them adjacent. The base legs might have wheels 24, 26 attached. The mast might be formed of a lower 20 and upper 22 section which can be pivotally connected together. A pulley 44 might be mounted to the lower end of the mast. A pulley 48 might be mounted to the base member. The resistance band might be releasably connected to the mast.
Patent GB-2588440-A (GB)
Title: Swellable antimicrobial fibre
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER OCHAYI AGBOH
IPC: A61P17/02
Filed: 2019-10-24
Abstract: A swellable biocompatible material comprising a water-absorbing swellable polymer, povidone-iodine, and a water-soluble control compound configured to control a release of iodine from the swellable polymer. Preferably the polymer is an alginate and the water-soluble control compound is polyethylene glycol (PEG). Also claimed is a method of forming the swellable biocompatible material comprising: providing a solution of water, povidone-iodine and a water-soluble control compound; contacting the solution with a water-absorbing swellable polymer; and removing the water and/or allowing the swellable polymer to dry. The step of contacting may be done through soaking, spraying or by applying a pressure to the solution to facilitate the absorption of the povidone-iodine into the polymer. In some embodiments, the solution may further comprise a polar organic solvent such as acetone and/or isopropanol. The swellable biocompatible material may be part of a material such as a wound dressing, nasal packing material, a dental packing material, a suture or a seton.
Patent GB-2589355-A (GB)
Title: Stator winding arrangement
Inventor: VLADIMIR SHIROKOV
IPC: H02K3/48
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A coil 505 for a tooth element 511 of an electrical machine stator, the coil formed from hairpin wires having pairs of legs passing through first and second slots 521, 522 on opposing radial faces of the tooth element. The coil has n full turns passing around the tooth element where the first and second slots each have 2n+2 slot positions having a depth d' for accommodating a single hairpin wire. The slots each have a first slot position at a first common end and a 2n+2th slot position at a second opposing end. The coil has first and second terminal connections 551, 552 connected to hairpin wires extending through the first and second slots at respective first and second slot positions. The coil may be formed from n+1 hairpin wires, with n electrical connections made between legs of adjacent pairs of hairpins across the first axial face of the stator. Half of the slot positions in each slot may be filled with a wire of the winding. The first slot position of each slot may be at a first axial end of the tooth element and the 2n+2th slot position may be at a second opposing axial end of the tooth element.
Patent GB-2577831-A (GB)
Title: Memristive structure
Inventor: KEVIN WAYNE BREW
IPC: H01L27/12
Filed: 2018-06-01
Abstract: A method of fabricating a memristive structure for symmetric modulation between resistance states is presented. The method includes forming a first electrode and a second electrode over an insulating substrate, forming an anode contacting the first and second electrodes, forming an ionic conductor over the anode, forming a cathode of the same material as the anode over the ionic conductor, forming a third electrode over the cathode, and enabling bidirectional transport of ions between the anode and cathode resulting in a resistance adjustment of the memristive structure, the anode and the cathode being formed from metastable mixed conducting materials with ion concentration dependent conductivity.
Patent GB-2582062-A (GB)
Title: Improved urinal apparatus
Inventor: JAMES EDWARD MCLEAN
IPC: E03D13/00
Filed: 2020-01-20
Abstract: A urinal outlet apparatus 10 with a hollow body 12 that has an upper housing 14 and a lower housing 16. The upper housing has a chamber for a consumable detergent/deodoriser 33 and the lower housing is configured to support a resealing valve 36 to prevent backflow. The apparatus 10 also includes a consumable cap element 70 with radially extending fins 74 and 76. The upper housing or cap may contain holes 24 for fluid flow and to enable the extraction of the unit. The consumable cap may be fragranced and made from EVA and may shrink over time. The fins may extend from a central section 72 and be uniformly distributed. The fins may be substantially triangular with at least one straight edge and one or more curved edges and may be at least two different sizes 74 and 76. The consumable cap may dissolve and/or change colour to indicate the need to be replaced. The upper and lower housing may be separate and join with a snap-fit connection. The upper housing may include an adaptor 32 for the consumable deodoriser/detergent 33 and may be in the shape of a tapered cylinder. Methods of installing and removing the apparatus and of disassembling the apparatus are also claimed.
Patent GB-2585116-A (GB)
Title: Textiles and articles, and processes for making the same
Inventor: Giovanni adami
IPC: B29D35/06
Filed: 2017-11-09
Abstract: An article of footwear 100 comprising a textile including first 104, second 106 and third 108 textile zones, the first zone comprising a reflowed material formed from a yarn or fibre in the form of a low processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more thermoplastic plyers and having a melting temperature less than or equal to 135o C, the second zone made of a high processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more thermoplastic polymers and having either a creep relaxation temperature, a heat deflection temperature or a Vicat softening temperature less than the melting temperature of the first textile. The third zone preferably comprises a knit layer having a course of loops. The footwear may comprise an upper, outsole, and/or combination upper and outsole.
Patent GB-2594260-A (GB)
Title: Coolant flow control for fuel cell systems
Inventor: PETER DAVID HOOD
IPC: H01M8/04746
Filed: 2020-04-20
Abstract: A system 10 for distributing a thermal management fluid, e.g. a coolant fluid, to a desired location, especially for use with a fuel cell stack 14 comprises a housing 100 with a chamber 112 having an inlet port 120 and exhaust port 130 and a device such as an impeller or fan 138 for moving the fluid through the system, wherein the system includes a curved surface 150 for directing the fluid by changing the direction of at least a portion of the fluid. The curved surface makes use of the Coandă effect by encouraging coolant fluid near the curved surface to remain close to the surface as it flows past. The curved surface may be provided by a fuel cannister 30 which stores and supplies fuel to the fuel cell stack. Alternatively, the housing itself may provide the curved surface (figure 10). The curved surface may include a textured pattern (figures 12 & 13). The system is configured to laminate the flow of the coolant fluid and provides even cooling to a plurality of fuel cells in the stack.
Patent GB-2596868-A (GB)
Title: Method of making bespoke knitted compression garment
Inventor: ADAM HARWOOD
IPC: A61F13/08
Filed: 2020-07-10
Abstract: There is provided a digital representation of a body part on which a compression garment is to be worn (S102, figure 1). A desired pressure configuration to be applied by the compression garment is determined (S104). Courses 32,34 around the model are defined (S106). Sets of datapoints for each course are selected (S107). A spline for each set of datapoints and a circumference value of each spline are calculated (S108, S109). A pressure to be applied by each course is determined (S111), and then a material for knitting, and a number of needles for each course, are determined based on the required course pressure, on a strain characteristic of the material, and on the circumference value of the associated spline (S112). A compression garment is knitted according to the determined pattern (S113, S114). Also claimed is a method of matching a patient with a pre-existing compression garment selected from a database.
Patent GB-2585298-A (GB)
Title: An improved channel selection method for a wireless LAN
Inventor: SIMON RINGLAND
IPC: H04W84/12
Filed: 2019-03-25
Abstract: There is presently defined a method of selecting a channel for wireless communication between an access point and a client device in a WLAN, the method comprising obtaining a first performance measurement from a first channel during a first interval, obtaining a second performance measurement from a second channel during a second interval, the first interval being temporally separated from the second interval by a predetermined period which is greater than or equal to one second, and selecting a communication channel for use taking the first and second performance measurements into account.
Patent GB-2599896-A (GB)
Title: High side driver circuitry for a fuel purge valve actuator
Inventor: BALAKISHAN CHOUKI
IPC: F02M25/08
Filed: 2020-10-07
Abstract: Fuel purge valve drive circuitry arrangement comprising a switch, comprising a field-effect transistor (FET) 12, connectable between a battery and a purge valve voltage supply 11, via the drain and source of said FET. The base of the FET is connected to a driver circuit controller 13 and a first transistor Q1, said first transistor Q1 being connected between the base of said FET and the purge valve voltage supply 11, and including a second transistor Q2 connected between the base of transistor Q1 and the purge valve voltage supply. The base of transistor Q2 is connected to a voltage source 21 and also to a diode means connected between the base of transistor Q2 the purge valve drive voltage supply line. The diode means may be a first diode or third transistor (Q3, fig.3b), the base of which is connected to the base of said second transistor Q2.
Patent GB-2592759-A (GB)
Title: New manufacturing process for 2-phase spray conditioner
Inventor: JENS DELOWSKY
IPC: A61Q5/00
Filed: 2021-02-24
Abstract: Process for preparing two-phase treatment composition having two separate, optically detectable continuous phases with a common horizontal phase boundary, the process comprising: Providing a water phase (Ia) comprising water and optionally other components, e.g. cationic polymer and/or cationic surfactant, and heating to 70-95 °C; providing an oil phase (Ib) comprising an oil, e.g. cyclic siloxanes, polyarylsiloxanes, and/or hydroxy-substituted polysiloxanes, and an emulsifier, e.g. a silicone-based W/O emulsifier; adding the oil phase (Ib) to the heated water phase (Ia) and homogenising; cooling to 35-45 °C, optionally adding further ingredients, e.g. perfume oils and/or vitamins, and filling into transparent containers, wherein after a 10-90 minute resting state, separation into a water phase (IIa) and an emulsion phase (IIb) occurs. Also disclosed is a method in which the resting state comprises at least 75 % water phase (IIa) and at most 25 % emulsion phase (IIb).
Patent GB-2594570-A (GB)
Title: Load transfer platform
Inventor: ANDREW SMITH
IPC: B60R5/04
Filed: 2021-03-05
Abstract: A load transfer platform 10 for use in the boot region of an automobile comprises a base layer 11 of support material and a plurality of load support blocks 12a,b which depend from a first face of the layer of support material, at least some of said support blocks 12a locating at least one rotatable load bearing component 14 which protrudes from the support block and is rotatable within the support block when a load is moved over the support block, and said base layer of support material being flexible whereby the base layer may be folded or rolled for storage when not in use. Each bearing component may be a ball bearing press fit within a cavity or retained by a retainer 15. Some of the support blocks 12b may comprise a cavity (13’, figure 4) for locating a load abutment member (18). The base layer may comprise anchorage points to assist retention in the vehicle.
Patent GB-2605789-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for installing paving
Inventor: JAKE ALEXANDER OLDHAM
IPC: E01C5/00
Filed: 2021-04-12
Abstract: An interlockable base panel 100 for supporting a paving slab, the base panel comprising two opposed main surfaces 102, 104, comprising a slab bearing surface and a ground facing surface and one or more interlockable edges 108, 110 for enabling the base panel to be interlocked with other such base panels in use. Wherein the slab bearing surface comprises means 112 for locating a paving slab in a defined position on the slab bearing surface. Further disclosed is a method of installing paving, comprising the steps of preparing a ground surface, laying a plurality of interlockable base panels onto the ground surface, wherein the ground facing surface of each base panel faces the ground surface and wherein the base panels are interlocked with one another and providing or forming at least one paving slab on the slab bearing surface of each interlockable base panel, using the respective means for locating.
Patent GB-2597826-A (GB)
Title: Geofencing based visitor tracking and notification system
Inventor: STEVEN JENKE
IPC: H04W4/029
Filed: 2021-06-01
Abstract: A computer implemented system for managing, communicating and tracking visits by a plurality of visitors to a plurality of worksites stores information regarding a plurality of registered visitors who each have a visitor application on a mobile device, visitor information relevant to each worksite, and a worksite identifier for each worksite. A first check-in geofence 820 is defined for a worksite as well as a second allowable movement geofence 830 which encompasses the first check-in geofence zone. The visitor is only permitted to check-in to a worksite if they are detected as within the first check-in geofence zone; and once checked-in, their position is monitored and if they are detected outside the second allowable movement geofence zone the visitor is checked out. As part of the check-in process the visitor has their accreditation checked, or an accreditation process is performed, and is presented with worksite information relevant to their visit. A worksite contact is notified of both arrival and departure of the visitor. The worksite contact is notified of arrival with respect to the first geofence and departure via the second geofence. Further geofences may define subzones of the worksite.