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Patent GB-2544947-A (GB)
Title: Shelf ready packaging
Inventor: STEVEN GEE
IPC: B31B50/04
Filed: 2015-09-25
Abstract: The packaging comprises a length of elastic tape (10) secured at or towards its ends to foldable sheet material (12), in which at the time that the length of elastic tape is so secured: i) the length of elastic tape is bent and twisted and ii) the foldable sheet material is not in its fully erected configuration, so that as the foldable sheet material is folded towards its fully erected configuration the length of elastic tape is untwisted and deployed to a position in which it can be stretched to extend behind contents loaded into the packaging so as to bias the contents in a predetermined direction, e.g. to a zone for display to or removal by a customer. Corresponding methods and apparatus for manufacturing such packaging are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2551903-A (GB)
Title: Electronic device preventing malfunction of touch panel and malfunction prevention method
Inventor: HIDETO HORIKOSHI
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2017-05-24
Abstract: An electronic device having a wireless module and a touch panel prevents a malfunction of the touch panel. An NFC coil 21 is disposed under a touchpad 19. In NFC, an NFC card 53 approaches the surface of the touchpad 19. A touch controller sets the detection sensitivity of a finger to a reference value when an NFC module does not emit alternating magnetic fluxes. The touch controller reduces the detection sensitivity at the timing when the NFC coil 21 starts the emission of the alternating magnetic fluxes. The touch controller may return return the detection sensitivity to the reference value at the timing when the NFC coil 21 stops the emission of the alternating magnetic fluxes. The NFC module may transmit a signal with which the touch controller changes the detection sensitivity to the touch controller through a hardware line.
Patent GB-2549860-A (GB)
Title: Biomolecule measurement system and biomolecule measurement method
Inventor: RENA AKAHORI
IPC: G01N33/487
Filed: 2015-10-28
Abstract: The biomolecule measurement system according to the present invention enables the introduction of a biomolecule into a nanopore without confirming the position of the nanopore in a film. Also, the biomolecule measurement system secures displacement stability and enables the acquisition of a stable block signal. In this system, a biomolecule-fixing member 107 that has a larger size than a film 113 provided with a nanopore 112 is used and the biomolecule-fixing member 107 fixes biomolecules at such a density that, when the biomolecule-fixing member 107 comes close to a nanopore device 101, at least one biomolecule 108 enters an electric field area around the nanopore.
Patent GB-2570269-A (GB)
Title: Casing assembly
Inventor: Tim Cook
IPC: B21D39/03
Filed: 2017-07-31
Abstract: A method of assembling a corner of a four-sided casing, such as for a damper assembly, comprises providing a first sheet metal part 15A and a second sheet metal part 15B for meeting at the corner and extending away from the corner in mutually transverse directions, when the casing is assembled. The first and second parts are placed in a position approximate to their assembled positions but with one of the parts displaced from the other along an axis orthogonal to the mutually transverse directions. A first set of interlocking formations 7A, 7B on the first and second parts are engaged to constrain relative movement of the first and second parts to sliding movement along the axis orthogonal to the mutually transverse directions. The first and second parts are slid relative to one another until a second set of interlocking formations 11A, 11B on the first and second parts inter-engage. The parts may then be secondarily fixed to each other such as by welding, gluing or riveting. The second interlocking formations may be provided on flanges 25a, 25B.
Patent GB-2565362-A (GB)
Title: Dirt separator for a vacuum cleaner
Inventor: Charles Howard Percy-Raine
IPC: B04C5/185
Filed: 2017-08-11
Abstract: A dirt separator for a vacuum cleaner comprising a chamber 36 having an inlet 37 through which dirt-laden fluid enters and an outlet 38 through which cleansed fluid exits the chamber 36. A disc 40 located at the outlet 38 rotates about a rotational axis 48 and comprises holes (47, fig 4) through which the cleansed fluid passes. The inlet 37 is defined by an end of an inlet duct 21 that extends within the chamber 36 and a separation distance between the centre of the inlet 37 and the centre of the disc 40 is no greater than the diameter of the inlet 37.
Patent GB-2566446-A (GB)
Title: Message handling unit
Inventor: Richard Andrew Paterson
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: An integrated circuit 2 has first and second power domains 4, and a message handling unit 20. The unit passes messages sent from a device 8 in the first power domain to a receiver device 8 in the second power domain. The message handling unit 20 writes messages sent from the sender device to a message storage area in the second power domain. If a communication device in the second power domain is in a quiescent state, then the message handling unit sends a wakeup signal to a power controller 6 to request that the communication device enter an awake state. The communication device may be the storage area of the message passing unit. The unit may use a status parameter or an interrupt to indicate to devices in the first domain that the second domain is ready to receive messages. The unit may pass messages in a single direction and a second unit may be used to pass messages in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-2567149-A (GB)
Title: Managing data Compression
Inventor: PAUL BURGESS
IPC: H03M7/30
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: Where the data rate of a (de)compressor is lower than the total rate of the stream being compressed only a portion of data packets can be compressed. Therefore some packets will bypass the compression pathway and be transmitted directly. The inventive transmitter 3 selects packets 22 in a buffer queue 14a at depth 21b equal to the total (de)compression latency and compresses them 17a. After compression the packets 19 leapfrog the remaining queue and are transmitted immediately. The receiver 4 decompresses 17b packets 12 before placing them in a receiver buffer 14b. The look ahead compression should result in decompressed packets being placing into the receive buffer approximately in order. The receiver transmits decompression rate information to the transmitter for (de)compression delay calculation. The invention can adjust transmit buffer sizes to ensure correct look ahead compression or receive buffer sizes to manage out of order delivery of decompressed packets.
Patent GB-2558116-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration cycle device
Inventor: HIROMITSU KIKUCHI
IPC: F24F11/89
Filed: 2015-11-27
Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device in which a plurality of outdoor units each have a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and expansion devices, and are connected to an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger by refrigerant pipes, thereby forming a plurality of refrigeration cycles. The refrigeration cycle device is equipped with a control device that controls the operation of the plurality of outdoor units. The control device has a drive control unit that performs multiple drive control to cause at least two outdoor units to operate according to the load when a demand signal is input.
Patent GB-2579085-A (GB)
Title: Handling multiple audio input signals using a display device and speech-to-text conversion
Inventor: MICHAEL BORETZKI
IPC: G10L15/26
Filed: 2018-11-20
Abstract: A hearing system comprises a user-worn hearing device (eg hearing aid) that outputs a first audio signal, and a display device 14 that displays a word sequence translated from a second audio signal. Words 34 of the word sequence are displayed one above the other and aligned (36) vertically using an alignment position determined for each word of the sequence. One audio signal may be generated from a microphone of the hearing device, and the other may be received from an external source such as a telecommunication network, external microphone. Of the translated word sequence, some may be omitted from the display if they are determined to have a translation accuracy lower than a threshold. The alignment position may be a letter of the respective word, or may be retrieved from a database. Eye-tracking may be used to display words only when the user is looking on the display device.
Patent GB-2579552-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic ladder of modular construction with integrated safety devices
Inventor: MICHAEL ANDREW BEARD
IPC: E06C7/48
Filed: 2018-12-02
Abstract: A telescopic ladder comprising overlapping sliding elements comprising two vertical 4 and at least one horizontal 3 structural members. Inserts (6, fig 1), retained at each end of the horizontal structural members, are connected to a clamping band 5 around, and keyed to, the vertical structural members. The inserts have a locking pin (24, fig 8) that, when displaced, moves an indicator (39, fig 8) that is visible on one or both sides of the horizontal structural member, showing the locked or unlocked state of the locking pin. The displacement of the indicator is greater than the displacement of the locking pin. The profiles of adjacent overlapping vertical members are keyed to each other by means of splines so that when the sliding sections are extended, torsional rigidity is improved. Around the vertical structural members at the bottom of the lowest sliding element are stabilisers 7. Around the vertical structural members at the top of the uppermost sliding element are supports 14 that provide clearance between the uppermost horizontal structural member and the surface on which the supports are placed when the ladder is in use. The stabilisers and supports are permanently retained, retractable, pivotable, spring-biased and indexable.
Patent GB-2581320-A (GB)
Title: Support apparatus for an ultrasound probe
Inventor: Rochin Patle
IPC: A61B8/00
Filed: 2018-12-19
Abstract: The support apparatus comprises a housing (10, figure 1) to accommodate the ultrasound probe, a support arm 24 e.g. a flexible metallic rod having one end connected to the housing, for instance by a ball 22 and socket 23 joint, and a clamp 26 provided on the other end of the support for attaching the support, for example to a stand or bed post. The support apparatus is configured to support the ultrasound probe so that its position is adjustable and remains in position once adjusted. A screw 25 may be tightened to fix the housing in position. The housing may be a resilient material, or a rigid material with a resilient joint. A flexible extension (28, figure 5) may support an additional medical instrument, such as an infrared light. The apparatus may enable the hands-free use of an ultrasound imaging probe by clinicians performing ultrasound-guided invasive clinical procedures.
Patent GB-2566397-A (GB)
Title: An automobile model processing device
Inventor: YUJUN CAI
IPC: B33Y30/00
Filed: 2018-12-27
Abstract: An additive layer manufacturing apparatus comprises a laser 119 and a support structure 112 arranged to rotate together on a spindle 108, wherein the spindle is rotated by an arrangement comprising a motor 103 driving a continuous belt 105 passing around two pulley wheels 104, 106 and a worm wheel 109 connected to the spindle. The support structure comprises polished rods 115 on which the laser is mounted for sliding motion driven by an arrangement comprising a motor 116 driving a continuous belt 118 connected to the laser and passing around two pulley wheels 114, 117. The apparatus further comprises a powder bed 125 and push plate 124 for spreading powder over the bed, wherein the powder bed is mounted on a threaded shaft 127 for raising and lowering the powder bed via a motor 131 and gear system 130, 132 that rotates an internally threaded component 129 coupled to the threaded shaft. The apparatus may be used to manufacture automobile components.
Patent GB-2582171-A (GB)
Title: Force sensing touch panel
Inventor: AROKIA NATHAN
IPC: G06F3/044
Filed: 2019-03-13
Abstract: A method for processing signals from touch panel 1 having piezoelectric material (4; Fig 1) disposed between sensing electrodes 5 and at least one counter electrode 6, comprising: determining, in response to receiving piezoelectric signals 7 from one or more of the sensing electrodes, a location of a user interaction with the panel. A touch apparatus comprising the panel 1 and electrodes 5, 6, having a touch controller which implements the method, further comprising detecting an applied force of the interaction. The controller may operate in force-based mode (S8; Fig 12), used when the panel is wet, wherein location/force of user interaction are determined from the piezoelectric signals, in response to receiving piezoelectric signals and determining no changes in electrode capacitance. The controller may operate in capacitance-based mode (S12; Fig 12), wherein location of user interaction is determined from changes in capacitance, in response to determining changes electrode capacitance and receiving no piezoelectric signals. The controller may operate in mixed force-capacitance mode (S4; Fig 12), wherein location of user interaction is determined from the changes in electrode capacitance and applied force is determined based on piezoelectric signals, in response to determining changes in electrode capacitance and receiving piezoelectric signals.
Patent GB-2582584-A (GB)
Title: Medical device holding and delivery assembly and kit therefor
Inventor: JAN M KRISTOFFERSEN
IPC: A61M39/10
Filed: 2019-03-26
Abstract: A medical device holding assembly 50 comprising a sheath 52 having a lumen within which an endoluminal medical device is held; a body member 54 comprising at least one holding element 56 to hold the sheath and a fixation device 80 attached to the body member and coupled to the sheath. The fixation device includes a locking element 120 having an unlocked configuration which allows the sheath to slide relative to the body member and a locked configuration fixing the sheath to the body member. A lock actuator 90 is configured to lock permanently the locking element into the locked configuration. The medical device may be an embolization coil. The locking element mat comprise at least one tooth. The lock actuator may be a compression element. A medical device introducer kit and method for the assembly is also provided.
Patent GB-2570817-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning apparatus
Inventor: KAZUAKI SUITO
IPC: F25B27/02
Filed: 2017-10-24
Abstract: Provided is an air conditioning apparatus that is capable of performing high-efficiency operation without stopping heating even when the outside air temperature is low. The air conditioning apparatus is provided with: a switching circuit 110 that is capable of, at the time of frost formation, distributing, to an indoor heat exchanger 200, a refrigerant discharged from a first compressor 101 which is driven by an engine 101a and distributing, to an outdoor heat exchanger 105, a refrigerant discharged from a second compressor 102 which is driven by a motor 101b; and an exhaust heat exchanger 108a that heats a refrigerant having been condensed in the outdoor heat exchanger 105 and in the indoor heat exchanger 200, in an intermediate bypass pipe having one end connected to an intermediate-pressure refrigerant circuit through which an intermediate-temperature intermediate-pressure refrigerant passes and having the other end connected to a low-pressure refrigerant circuit through which a low-pressure refrigerant passes.
Patent GB-2573216-A (GB)
Title: Seating device for a patient positioning device and patient positioning device with a seating device
Inventor: Mohamed Wassim Bouraoui
IPC: A61B6/04
Filed: 2017-12-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a seating device (18) for a patient positioning device (1) having a first section (19) and a second section (20), which are aligned at an angle with respect to each other in at least one configuration of the seating device (18). One of the sections (19, 20) forms a backrest (25) and the other section (19, 20) forms a seating surface (24). A securing device for fixing to a positioning unit of the patient positioning device (1) is arranged on the first section (19). The seating device (18) is designed to be mounted in a first position (22) and a second position (23). In the first position (22), the first section (19) forms the seating surface (24), and in the second position (23) the second section (20) forms the seating surface (24). A patient positioning device (1) comprises a positioning unit which maintains the seating device (18) in the securing device. The positioning unit is designed to position the seating device (18) in the at least one first position (22) and the at least one second position (23).
Patent GB-2586488-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, and methods for the design and manufacture thereof
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN DISNEY MALLET
IPC: G01R33/385
Filed: 2019-08-21
Abstract: Weld joints 30 of an end face 14c of an annular cylindrical thermal radiation shield joined to the bore tube vary in length and are spaced at irregular intervals. The lengths and gaps 32 of the welds may be calculated to reduce the thermal radiation shield vibrating at its natural frequency, i.e. resonance, or at any frequency used by the gradient coils. The welds may be located at anti-nodes of known mechanical resonance modes of the thermal radiation shield. Preferably, the total ratio of the weld lengths to the weld gaps is equal. Preferably, the thermal radiation shield is used in an MRI system.
Patent GB-2589641-A (GB)
Title: Buoyant platform
Inventor: GRAHAM FOSTER
IPC: E02B9/08
Filed: 2019-12-06
Abstract: A buoyant offshore renewable energy system platform with a framework 30 with at least three vertexes and at least one mooring member. Each of the vertexes has at least one mooring member 60 and 65, and a buoyancy member 70 which has a number of buoyancy units and a renewable energy convertor 90. The converter may be a wave or tidal converter and the framework may have a wind turbine (100 figure 2). The platform may have upper 40 and lower 50 portions where the upper portion remains above the surface of the water. The mooring may be attached to the centre of the buoyancy units and the number of buoyancy members and vertexes may be equal. The framework may have an equal number of non-buoyant vertexes to buoyant vertexes.
Patent GB-2594056-A (GB)
Title: A sensor system for a building
Inventor: MOHAMMED ZULFIQUAR
IPC: G08B21/12
Filed: 2020-04-09
Abstract: A sensor system 100 for a building 10 such as a cladded high-rise block is disclosed. The sensor system 100 comprises a plurality of sensor units 12 and a processing unit (34,fig.2) wherein the sensor units 12 are provided on or embedded within an external component of the building 10. Each sensor unit 12 comprises a sensor (30,fig.2) operable to monitor a building parameter, and a communication module (32,fig.2) operable to output a signal comprising data indicative of the monitored building parameter to the processing unit (34,fig.2). The sensed building parameter may be temperature, humidity, air quality and/or movement. The monitored building condition may be fire, pollution, weather, stress / strain. The external component of the building may comprise a cladding panel provided on or over an exterior surface of the building. A building management system, an external fire suppression system and an external evacuation system are also contemplated.
Patent GB-2585471-A (GB)
Title: Braking system for electromagnetic motors
Inventor: JAMES ARTHUR COOKE
IPC: H02P3/24
Filed: 2017-09-15
Abstract: A method for preventing motion of an output shaft, of an electromagnetic motor comprising a coil assembly, when a mechanical brake is released. The method comprises the steps of determining the position of the output shaft and determining a current which is applied to the coil assembly. The current is based on the position of the output shaft that when applied in the coil assembly induces a force on the output shaft. The force prevents motion of the output shaft when the brake is released. Also claimed is a method, for generating a look-up table, comprising: Step Al determining a first current needed to hold the output shaft in a first position without engaging the brake. Step A2 determining a second current needed to hold the output shaft in a second position without engaging the mechanical brake. Step A3, optionally, determining a third current needed to hold the output shaft in the second position without engaging the mechanical brake Step A4, optionally, repeating step A3 for successive positions of the output shaft. Step A5 storing the first position and first current, and others in the look-up table.
Patent GB-2583202-A (GB)
Title: Telecommunications system utilizing drones
Inventor: Kevin J Babich
IPC: H04B7/24
Filed: 2018-10-24
Abstract: Wireless communication is provided over an extended distance using a line or a series of drones travelling along a transmission path between a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter sends a data signal to a first drone that is within range of the transmitter. The first drone sends the data signal to an adjacent drone in the line of drones which retransmits the data signal to the next drone in line. The data signal is transmitted between drones until it reaches a final drone within range of the receiver. The final drone transmits the data signal to the receiver. As the drones travel along the transmission path, new drones are launched from a location within range of the transmitter to replace drones that land after transmitting a data signal to the receiver.
Patent GB-2595521-A (GB)
Title: Floating vessel with wind turbine support
Inventor: RICHARD STEWART WHITTTLE MARTIN
IPC: F03D13/25
Filed: 2020-05-29
Abstract: A floating structure 1 has three buoyant bodies 3, 5, 7 for supporting a horizontal axis wind turbine 33. The floating vessel is provided with a geostationary mooring system that permits it to weathervane in order to head the wind turbine into the wind. The vessel also has a wind turbine mount supported by a wind turbine support 4. The wind turbine support has a central support element 27 attached to a central buoyant body 3 and a first side brace 31 attached to a first buoyant body 5 and a second side brace 31 attached to a second buoyant body 7. A floating structure with a horizontal axis wind turbine is also disclosed, as well as a floating structure 1 with a main buoyant part 3 separated into a fore part 21 and an aft part 23.
Patent GB-2588522-A (GB)
Title: A barrier for providing insulation and/ or preventing the spread of fire
Inventor: SEAN COYLE
IPC: E04B1/94
Filed: 2020-10-22
Abstract: The barrier 1, particularly for use in multi-story buildings, comprises an inner body 2 of insulating and/or fire-resistant material and an outer membrane 3 for housing the inner body. One or more incisions 4 are pre-formed in the barrier to enable the barrier to slot over and/or under one or more projections of one or more structural supports of a building. The incisions are preferably preformed in a factory. The barrier may comprise a number of incisions which may extend through the entire width of the barrier, parallel to one another. The barrier preferably includes a retaining element 7 which acts to retain adjacent portions of barrier by incisions during storage and/or transportation. The retaining element is preferably removable or cuttable. The barrier is preferably impermeable to water. The inner body is preferably shrink wrapped in the outer membrane. Also claimed is a method of manufacturing a barrier.