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Patent GB-2565299-A (GB)
Title: Foam on beer (FOB) detector
Inventor: ROBERT COOK
IPC: B67D1/12
Filed: 2017-08-07
Abstract: In a first aspect, a foam on beer (FOB) detector 300 has a double walled chamber 341, 342 with a void between the walls. This provides thermal isolation of the fluid within the FOB detector from its surroundings. Both walls may be transparent. In a second aspect, the FOB detector chamber is actively cooled by providing a cooling flow channel 354 within the chamber. The float 320 may move axially between the arms of cooling channel 354. The two aspects may be combined. The aim is to reduce microbial growth in the FOB detector by reducing its temperature. This lowers the required cleaning frequency.
Patent GB-2555000-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust gas treatment apparatus
Inventor: Lars Gehrke
IPC: F01N3/035
Filed: 2017-09-15
Abstract: A gasoline particulate filter 6 comprises a catalytic coating disposed on a substrate. The catalytic coating comprises a carrier and a catalytically active ingredient. A catalytically active ingredient loading of the catalytic coating is greater than or equal to 0.01 g/ft³, and less than 5 g/ft³. The catalytically active ingredient loading may be between 1 g/ft³ and 2 g/ft³. This may minimise the backpressure. The catalytically active ingredient may be an oxidation catalyst comprising a platinum group metal, and may consist of platinum and/or palladium. The carrier loading may be less than or equal to 0.5 g/in3, such as 0.2 g/in3. The catalytic coating may comprise a stabiliser or a promoter. A vehicle 1 comprises an internal combustion engine 2 and an exhaust system 3 having the filter. The internal combustion engine may operate at stoichiometric conditions. The filter may be regenerated during a fuel-cut event or an overrun event.
Patent GB-2554191-A (GB)
Title: Impact-driven downhole motors
Inventor: Mark sheehan
IPC: E21B4/10
Filed: 2016-03-24
Abstract: A downhole motor has a bearing mandrel rotatably disposed within a housing, plus an impact adapter disposed above and connected to the bearing mandrel and rotatable therewith. The impact adapter has upwardly-projecting teeth engageable with downwardly-projecting teeth on a drive mandrel disposed above and coaxially aligned with the impact adapter. The drive mandrel is both rotatable and axially movable within the housing, and relative to the impact adapter. By means of a cam assembly and a helical spring (or other energy storage means) associated with the drive mandrel, rotation of the drive mandrel causes upward movement of the drive mandrel within the housing, thus compressing the spring. Further rotation causes instantaneous dropping of the drive mandrel, releasing energy stored in the spring, and causing the application of rotational and/or axial impacts to the bearing mandrel, and thus to a drill bit connected to the bearing mandrel.
Patent GB-2552129-A (GB)
Title: Power generating device
Inventor: KHALIL ABU AL-RUBB
IPC: H05F7/00
Filed: 2012-05-31
Abstract: A power generating device comprises an antenna 10 electrically coupled to a conductor 11 which passes through an insulated pressure chamber 13 in use, the antenna 10 is struck by lightning and charge is conducted to earth 12 by the conductor 11, the current that flows through the conductor as a result of the lightning strike creates heat due to the electrical resistance of the conductor, thereby heating a fluid, preferably water, contained within the chamber; the heated fluid expands within the chamber thus increasing the pressure of the fluid, the pressurised fluid flowing along a pipe 16 to drive a turbine 19; the pressure chamber has a first wall 113 (see Figure 11) surrounded by a second wall 114 (see Figure 11); a hydraulic accumulator is included between the chamber and the turbine and is arranged to store pressure produced by a lightning strike and to release pressure from the turbine. The system may further comprise means to initially pressurise the fluid within the chamber before the pressure is further increased by a lightning strike. The conductor may comprise sections of higher resistance within the pressure chamber.
Patent GB-2568030-A (GB)
Title: Artificial intelligence systems and autonomous entity apparatuses including artificial intelligence systems
Inventor: GLEN JONATHAN SLADE
IPC: G06N3/08
Filed: 2017-10-24
Abstract: An artificial intelligence system comprising an ANN with input, hidden and output node layers (i.e. a standard artificial neural network structure) which also has at least one output node connected to at least one input node so that data is fed back from the output node layer to the input node layer in an internal feedback loop and which repeatedly propagates its inputs to outputs (“decision cycles”) in response to internal feedback irrespective of the provision of external data input. The system may have some part which represents “self”, possibly this is a node or group of nodes which is a “symbolic representation (symbol) for self” – i.e. aims to represent consciousness, worldview, self-view, a goal, plan, concept or feeling. This seems a lot like a recurrent neural network or a type thereof.
Patent GB-2559258-A (GB)
Title: Method and sensor for measuring an alternating current
Inventor: Stefan Gotz
IPC: G01R19/12
Filed: 2017-12-04
Abstract: Method and sensor 100 for measuring a temporal drainage of an alternating current flowing through a measurement object, in which a Rogowski-Steinhaus-Chattock coil 101 is aligned on the measurement object, at least one isolating line 106 inserted into coil windings of the Rogowski coil; said isolating line minimizing a capacitive coupling of the coil windings of the Rogowski­ coil with one another and/or with at least one further electrical line; and a voltage induced by the alternating current in at least one measuring line 102 comprising the Rogowski coil is measured. The potential difference between a point on the isolating line and the nearest point on the measuring line is minimized so the isolating line absorbs field lines to at least one dielectrically active object, reducing the capacitive coupling between the Rogowski coil and the dielectrically active object. There may be a second isolating line and the first and second isolating lines isolating the Rogowski coil windings from capacitive interference radiation of adjacent windings on first and second sides.
Patent GB-2568974-A (GB)
Title: Error detection during hybridisation of target double-stranded nucleic acid
Inventor: MATTHEW JAMES HAYES
IPC: C12Q1/6874
Filed: 2017-12-20
Abstract: A series of hybridisations is performed for forming a target double-stranded nucleic acid from initial fragments, where each further hybridisation step hybridises the direct products of a pair of earlier hybridisation steps and wherein at least one further hybridization step, and the corresponding pair of earlier hybridisation steps comprise an error-detecting type of hybridisation step, which includes an error detecting operation to detect whether the hybridised fragments formed in the error-detecting type of hybridisation step comprise at least one erroneous hybridised fragment, and discarding at least part of the erroneous fragment to exclude it from a subsequent further hybridization step. Detecting and removing erroneous fragments throughout the process increases the pool of error-free fragments at each hybridisation step, improving the yield of error free double-stranded nucleic acids. The error detection may be by melting temperature analysis or using enzymatic means. The method can be performed using a linear flow apparatus with multiple thermally controlled reaction sites
Patent GB-2562142-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for operating a drilling plant
Inventor: OLE PETTER JOHNSEN
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: Method for analysing a drilling operation comprising the steps: obtaining a first set of logged operational data from the drilling operation through a first time interval ti; obtaining a set of operational activity dividers that delimit a plurality of second time intervals ta-n within the first time interval; allocating one of a plurality of pre-defined activities A1-n such as drilling, reaming or tripping in or out, to each of the second time intervals; calculating a first performance indicator parameter (f(t), dn, en) as a function of the duration of the respective second time interval having been allocated the first activity; comparing a first value for the first performance indicator parameter with a second value for the first performance indicator parameter, the first and second values having been calculated for different second time intervals. Operational activity dividers include crossing a weight-on-bit (WOB) threshold value, and slips open or closed states and the activity determined by measured process variables such as WOB, mud flow, bit depth change and string rotation and torque.
Patent GB-2571784-A (GB)
Title: Furniture system
Inventor: PAUL CUNNINGHAM
IPC: B60P3/36
Filed: 2018-03-09
Abstract: A furniture system for a caravan or motorhome, comprising a receiving component 10 having a first receiver 12 for an edge of a first furniture panel and a second receiver 14 for an edge of a second furniture panel. The first and second receivers are positioned at an angle from each other, wherein the angle is adjustable. A flexible element 28 may extend between first and second receivers. The flexible element may enable assembly of a variety of different furniture units requiring corners of different angles, reducing the number of different parts for assembling furniture units of recreational vehicles or holiday homes. The receiving component may be a unitary component. The receivers may each comprise a slot for push-fit attachment. An injection moulded plastic corner (50, figure 6) may prevent angle adjustment between the receivers. The receiving component may comprise third and fourth receivers 20, 22.
Patent GB-2563118-A (GB)
Title: Mems steering mirrors for applications in photonic integrated circuits
Inventor: KEVIN Y YASUMURA
IPC: G02B26/08
Filed: 2018-03-16
Abstract: An integrated optical assembly includes an optics mount with a light source 315 and a lens 320. A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) 310 is mechanically coupled to the optics mount and has a grating coupler 330 for receiving a beam of light and coupling it into a waveguide. A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror 335 receives the beam of light from the lens and redirects it towards the grating coupler. A position of a reflective portion of the MEMS mirror adjusts to affect an angle of incidence of the beam of light on the grating coupler. The grating coupler or optics mount may include silicon and the optics mount may have an anti-reflective coating. The light source may be a distributed feedback laser and there may be an optical isolator. A monitor photodiode may be part of the PIC to measure an amplitude of light coupled into the waveguide. An optical communication system has the integrated optical assembly with the monitor photodiode and a controller. The manufacture of the integrated optical assembly provides its components including the optics mount, light source, lens, the MEMS mirror and the PIC and assembles them into the integrated optical assembly.
Patent GB-2561988-A (GB)
Title: Cooling arrangement and air guide shroud
Inventor: HERBERT DOLZER
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2018-04-26
Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling arrangement (1), in particular for a computer system (2), including at least one fan for generating a cooling air stream. The cooling arrangement (1) further includes at least one first element (5) to be cooled arranged in a first region (X) and at least one second element (6) to be cooled arranged in a second region (Y). Furthermore, the cooling arrangement (1) includes an air guide element formed with an internal isolation channel (9). The air guide element is formed in such a way as to divide the cooling air stream into a first air stream through the first region (X) and a second air stream through the second region (Y) and to at least partially isolate the first air stream from the second air stream by the air guide element. Furthermore, the invention relates to an air guide shroud (10, figure 2) which is suitable for such a cooling arrangement (1).
Patent GB-2558153-A (GB)
Title: Pressure test tool
Inventor: JUN WANG
IPC: B30B15/00
Filed: 2015-11-11
Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure test tool, comprising: a rack (1), wherein a pressing head (2) capable of moving up and down is provided on the rack (1); and a workbench (3) fixedly provided below the pressing head (2), wherein the workbench (3) comprises a fixedly arranged base (31) and a movable platform (32) provided on the base (31) to be fitted with the base (31), and fitting surfaces of the base (31) and the movable platform (32) are spheres matching each other. The workbench is separately provided and comprises the base and the movable platform fitted via the spherical surfaces. Therefore, when the movable platform is mounted, the levelness of an upper surface of the movable platform is guaranteed because of the automatic alignment properties of the spherical surfaces, thereby overcoming the defects of traditional movable platforms that same need to be adjusted repeatedly and the levelness thereof cannot be effectively guaranteed. The movable platform has a good practical performance when applied to practical use.
Patent GB-2573771-A (GB)
Title: Slip overdrive
Inventor: ALBERTO DONADO RODRIGUEZ
IPC: B41J2/045
Filed: 2018-05-15
Abstract: A printing system for printing images formed of pixels on a substrate, the system comprising a print system arranged where printheads traverse a substrate, the print system arranged to receive a sequence of print actuation requests in order to print each pixel of an image upon the substrate. The print system having an acceptable rate for the sequence of print actuation requests, the system configured whereby if presented with an actuation period of less than the minimum actuation period then the presented rate of print actuation requests is adjusted by altering the actuation event and the discarding of stripe data, to minimise print defects. The print system includes means to queue actuation requests and means to monitor the queue such that if the queue becomes longer than a defined discard threshold then the arrangement is configured to discard actuation requests from the queue and discard some stripe data. There is also disclosed a method of operating the printing system.
Patent GB-2578770-A (GB)
Title: Tank insulation
Inventor: MARTIN KNOCHE
IPC: F17C13/00
Filed: 2018-11-08
Abstract: A cryogenic tank assembly comprising an outer tank 2, an inner tank 4 defining a storage chamber 6, and an insulation interspace 8, filled with a ceramic foam 10, such as zirconium oxide. Preferably the foam has a thermal conductivity in the range of 2 W/mK to 4 W/mK and the foam may be provided in the form of bricks. Also disclosed is a method of making such a tank, where the insulation interspace is evacuated to form a vacuum containing the foam.
Patent GB-2579389-A (GB)
Title: Method, device and computer program for encapsulating media data into a media file
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/854
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: Encapsulating media data into a media file and parsing the media file, the encapsulation 400 comprising including in the media file: a first track comprising media samples, each media sample contains a set of one or more NAL units; and a second track comprising an extractor, the extractor referencing a data entity in a media sample contained in the first track. The extractor includes a copy mode attribute that identifies, in the media sample, the referenced data entity relatively to one or more NAL units contained in the media sample. The invention avoids the need for an extractor to reference a target NAL using a byte location and range, and instead directly references NAL unit, preferably by indicating one of a number of a copy modes 407. In the embodiment there is a new constructor SampleConstructorFromStructure that is referenced in the extractor, and in this constructor there is a copy_mode attribute. If copy_mode zero, all NAL units in the sample are copied, if it is 1, a single indicated (e.g. 1st, 2nd etc) NAL unit is copied and if 2, only the payload of the indicated NAL unit is copied. A mode may also indicate a whole slice to copy.
Patent GB-2573919-A (GB)
Title: Turbomachinery filter change forecaster
Inventor: ANDREA SOLDI
IPC: F02C9/16
Filed: 2018-01-11
Abstract: A method of monitoring a turbomachinery is disclosed herein. The method includes measuring the pressure drop across the intake filter (66). The method further includes determining clog rate parameters for a clog rate of a filter area of the intake filter (66) based on the measured pressure drop across the intake filter (66). The method yet further includes predicting the pressure drop across the intake filter (66) for the intake filter life cycle based on the determined clog rate parameters and providing a recommended time to service the intake filter (66) to an operator of the turbomachinery system (50) based on the predicted intake filter life cycle.
Patent GB-2598268-A (GB)
Title: Universal balustrading
Inventor: JONATHAN ASHLEY HYAMS
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2020-09-01
Abstract: Balustrading or bannisters comprising spindles, hand rails and base rails suitable for assembling such that it can fit any angle of staircase or landing area.
Patent GB-2574354-A (GB)
Title: Charging system, charging method, and program
Inventor: TATSUYA HIGUCHI
IPC: G07B15/00
Filed: 2017-03-29
Abstract: A charging system for communicating with an RFID tag on a vehicle travelling with the RFID tag attached thereto, and thereby performing a charging process in relation to the vehicle, wherein the charging system is provided with: an RFID information acquisition unit (53) for acquiring RFID information written onto an RFID tag detected by a roadside communication device (40) for communicating with the RFID tag; an external appearance information acquisition unit (55) for acquiring external appearance information relating to a vehicle body of the vehicle or the RFID tag; a point computation unit (56) for determining the respective invalidity of each of a plurality of determination information items, including external appearance determination information in which RFID information and external appearance information are combined, and calculating points on the basis of the invalidity; and a determining unit (57) for determining whether or not the vehicle is a fraudulent vehicle on the basis of the points.
Patent GB-2588134-A (GB)
Title: Verification of hardware design for data transformation component
Inventor: SAM ELLIOTT
IPC: G06F30/3323
Filed: 2019-10-08
Abstract: Methods and systems for verifying a hardware design for a main data transformation component. The main data transformation component is representable as a hierarchical set of data transformation components which includes (i) a plurality of leaf data transformation components which do not have children, and (ii) one or more parent data transformation components which each comprise one or more child data transformation components. The method includes: (a) for each of the plurality of leaf data transformation components, verifying that an instantiation of the hardware design for the leaf data transformation component generates an expected output transaction in response to each of a plurality of test input transactions; and (b) for each of the one or more parent data transformation components, formally verifying, using a format verification tool, that an instantiation of an abstracted hardware design for the parent data transformation component generates an expected output transaction m response to each of a plurality of test input transactions. The abstracted hardware design for the parent data transformation component represents each of the one or more child data transformation components of the parent data transformation component with a corresponding abstracted component that is configured to for a specific input transaction to the child data transformation component produce a specific output transaction with a causal deterministic relationship to the specific input transaction. During formal verification the formal verification tool is configured to select the specific input transaction and the specific output transaction pair to be each possible valid input transaction and valid output transaction pair for the child data transformation component.
Patent GB-2575593-A (GB)
Title: Switching in amplifier with configurable final output stage
Inventor: LEI ZHU
IPC: H03F3/30
Filed: 2018-04-06
Abstract: An amplifier may include a final output stage switchable among a plurality of modes comprising a mode which is enabled by coupling an output driver to an output of the final output stage and a preconditioning circuit coupled to the output of the final output stage. The preconditioning circuit may be configured to precondition at least one of a voltage and a current of the output of the final output stage prior to coupling the output driver to the output of the final output stage to limit audio artifacts caused by switching the final output stage to the mode or may be configured to perform a switching sequence to switch between a first mode and a second mode of the plurality of modes, such that at all points of the switching sequence, output terminals of the output of the final output stage have a known impedance.
Patent GB-2582431-A (GB)
Title: Riser surge protection system
Inventor: TOR KINDSBEKKEN KJELDBY
IPC: E21B43/16
Filed: 2020-01-21
Abstract: A system for liquid surge protection of a riser 201 having a horizontal portion on the seabed and a sag bend portion 204, the system comprising: a flexible tubing 210 having a top and bottom end; a plurality of autonomous valves 220 configured to permit liquid to pass through into the tubing; wherein the autonomous valves are arranged between the top and bottom end of the tubing; and further comprising an inlet device 212 coupled to the bottom end of the tubing with the inlet device biased against a bottom wall of the riser. A second invention is a method comprising: providing a flexible tubing; providing a plurality of autonomous valves between a top and bottom end of the tubing, with the valves permitting liquid to pass into the tubing; extending the tubing into the riser such that the bottom end is in the horizontal portion and the valves are located in the sag bend portion; and extracting liquid from the riser through the bottom end of the tubing and the plurality of valves.
Patent GB-2592265-A (GB)
Title: Laundry appliance with self-balancing drum assembly
Inventor: GRAHAME HERBERT
IPC: D06F37/22
Filed: 2020-02-24
Abstract: A washing machine has a fixed tub 1 with an outer drum 2 mounted rotatably therein. A perforated inner drum 3 is mounted rotatably within the outer drum, and a water-filled torus 4 with a flexible wall is located between the inner and outer drums. The inner drum 3 can move laterally within the outer drum relative to the rotation axis. A permeable layer 6 between the torus and inner drum provides drainage means. The outer drum may have a rear wall (22, Figure 3) that attaches to a drive shaft, and may be rotatably supported by wheels or rollers. The drive shaft may pass through bearings in a rear wall 12 of the tub 1 and be driven by a motor. The torus may have straight inner and outer walls (41, 42, Figure 2) connected by curved end walls (43, 44, Figure 2), and may be connected to a water supply by a rotating pipe via a sealed slip coupling with an automatic supply valve. The permeable layer may be cylindrical with open ends, formed by fabric or mesh.