baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2503088-A (GB)
Title: A two-piece rolling element cage
Inventor: BROCK JOSEPH
IPC: F16C33/38
Filed: 2013-04-17
Abstract: A two-piece rolling element cage/guide 1 for a bearing assembly is provided. The rolling element cage 1 comprises: first and second cage halves 10, 20, each cage half having at least one metal cage skeleton 6, 7, the cage skeleton having an outer and an inner axial surface, complementary arched structures 26, 27,and complementary land structures 24,25 which form rolling element pockets 30 when assembled. Each cage skeleton 6, 7 is overmoulded with plastic 15, such as PEEK bonded or retained to axial surfaces 16, 17 of the cage skeleton. The first and second cage halves 10, 20 are joined by fastening elements 3, such as rivets, extending through preformed holes 4 extending through an axial length of each cage half 10, 20.
Patent GB-2514607-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle cargo organiser
Inventor: MURRAY ANDY JOHN
IPC: B60R7/02
Filed: 2013-05-31
Abstract: A cargo organiser 100 for a vehicle comprises a frame 110 at least partially forming a floor of a cargo area (20, Figure 1) of the vehicle. One or more elongate elements 120 extend across an opening 112 of frame 110 and are slidable with respect to frame 110, for example parallel to an edge of the opening. Elongate elements 120 may form a concertina folding arrangement of rotatably coupled panels (240, Figure 9). Elongate elements 120 may also comprise openings (229, Figure 9) or recesses (124, Figure 4) forming handles. Frame 110 may tilt with respect to the cargo area about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of an elongate element 120. Frame 110 may also comprise a panel stowable substantially flush with the cargo area, and may comprise collapsible frame handles 130.
Patent GB-2517407-A (GB)
Title: Social media sensor device
Inventor: PISANI JUSTIN PHILIP
IPC: G07C1/22
Filed: 2013-07-02
Abstract: A sensing device comprises one or more of an activity sensor 31, a sound detector 33, a temperature sensor 32, a wired or wireless connection, a memory means and a viewing means 27 to display recorded activity using an approximately segmented circular format. The device preferably derives a colour coded from its sensed data (figure 5) and may share the colour code with a social networking application. The device may detect prescribed movement sequences and use these to trigger the transfer of sensed and derived data to a social networking application. The device preferably comprises a mounting means having an interlocking ring feature (12, figure 2). The ring may be connected to a users wrist using a wrist strap (11) or worn around the neck of a user in the form of a necklace by means of a chain (16, figure 3). Also disclosed is a device having a series of two or more approximately circular light rings (figure 4).
Patent GB-2516660-A (GB)
Title: Payment authorisation system
Inventor: RANDALL LEE
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2013-07-29
Abstract: The invention provides a method of ensuring secure payment authorisation without burdening the user with unnecessary authentication steps. Where it is detected that a transaction between a customer or merchant is related to transactions by other customers having a relationship with the first customer a lower level of security may be required. The relationships may be determined explicitly e.g. through links on social networking sites, or may be implicitly derived such as by an address shared between registered users. The system may also include weights to indicate the strength of relationships between registered customers. When a payment is made which is unrelated to transactions by related customers a high level of authentication may be required 4a such as email, password, biometric data, PIN etc. Where it is identified that a payment is similar to that being made by other related customers, particularly if made at the same location in a short space of time, it may indicate that a group payment is being made such as booking a group holiday or paying at a restaurant and thus a lower level of authorisation 4b or mere confirmation of payment 4c may be required.
Patent GB-2517219-A (GB)
Title: An electric toothbrush
Inventor: ELLINGWORTH SIAN
IPC: A61C17/22
Filed: 2013-08-17
Abstract: An electric toothbrush comprises an elongate body 6 with a dentifrice chamber 5 and a cleaning head 2. The body is arranged to receive a battery 7. The head comprises plural bristles 3 mounted on a neck 1. The neck is coaxial with the body. The bristles are arranged to define a lacuna 10. The lacuna is arranged to extend into the neck. The neck is moveable axially, preferably within the body. The axial movement of the neck causes dentifrice to exit the chamber and pass through the lacuna to contact the bristles. Preferably the body or chamber comprises a ratchet member. Preferably, measured amounts of toothpaste may be dispensed. The ratchet mechanism may include top and bottom plates mounted on a serrated elongate member.
Patent GB-2519111-A (GB)
Title: A collapsible bed rail
Inventor: EDMUNDS STEPHEN HENRY
IPC: B63B29/10
Filed: 2013-10-09
Abstract: A collapsible bed rail system 1, particularly advantageous for use with a bunk 4 of a ship or offshore platform, has a bed rail 22 locked in place in a raised position by means of a locking tube 20 sliding over a lower knuckle joint (7, Fig 2). The system may further comprise a second locking tube 21 and second lower knuckle joint (8, Fig 2) at a second end of the bed rail. The two knuckle joints may be arranged such that the rail remains parallel to the bed 4, to which the system is attached, when the rail is moved from the raised position to a lowered position (Fig 3). This provides a relatively inexpensive, simple to operate and secure way of locking a bed rail in a raised position and ensures that the bed rail cannot be removed from the bed, thereby ensuring the bed rail is readily available when it is necessary to employ it.
Patent GB-2518905-A (GB)
Title: Golf shafts
Inventor: MITCHELL JOSEPH ROBERT
IPC: A63B53/06
Filed: 2013-10-28
Abstract: A golf club head assembly comprising a ball striking plate 1 with a front face having a number of miniature craters 11 and a rear face having a radial series of miniature triangular valleys 8 to align with miniature triangular ridges 10 on the front face of an inertia block 2 and an impact absorption washer between the ball striking face and the inertia block the ball strike face and the inertia block being held together by a screw. A domed socket screw 3 may be used for driver or fairway wood clubs or a flat topped socket screw for iron golf clubs. Impact absorption washers 6,7,8 are required at the toe and shoulders of the socket screw to absorb the impact of the strike plate hitting the ball. Preferably the shaft is aligned with the centre of the inertia block and strike plate to eliminate torque on the shaft 12 of the club.
Patent GB-2510235-A (GB)
Title: Method of removing hair from textile articles
Inventor: BURNET RICHARD JOHN STACEY
IPC: C11D3/04
Filed: 2013-11-22
Abstract: A method of removing hair from textile articles comprising: providing a solid or liquid composition comprising sodium hydroxide; dispersing the solid or liquid composition in aqueous media to yield a concentration of sodium hydroxide of 1-15% w/w; and contacting the resulting aqueous solution with the textile article at a temperature of 10-120 celcius for 1-180 minutes in order to dissolve hair from the textile article. The textile article may be an item of work wear, preferably an item of headwear. Preferably the method is part of a laundering process. Preferably the method may employ one or more hair dissolving chemical selected from thioglycolic acid or a salt thereof or enzymes. Also claimed is a concentrated composition comprising sodium hydroxide in the form of: a) a liquid concentrate comprising 20-50% w/w sodium hydroxide; or b) a solid concentrate in the form of a power or tablet comprising at least 60% w/w sodium hydroxide in combination with a carrier. Preferably the carrier comprises a detergent or an effervescent material.
Patent GB-2505139-A (GB)
Title: Bed base
Inventor: COLMAN GRAHAM
IPC: A47C19/00
Filed: 2012-05-10
Abstract: A bed base (12) formed from two panels (10A, 10B) each of which is moulded from a plastics material. Each panel (10A, 10B) has a frame (14) which bounds and supports a planar grid structure (36). The panÂ¬ els (10A, 10B) abut each other with the respective grid structures (36) coplanar and are supported above ground level by a number of legs (60, 80, 90) which, additionally, keep the panels (10A, 10B) secured to each other.
Patent GB-2521881-A (GB)
Title: Auto-tuning of non-linear processor threshold
Inventor: MANI SENTHIL KUMAR
IPC: H04M9/08
Filed: 2014-04-02
Abstract: A threshold control system for controlling a non-linear processor (NLP) in an echo canceller, the non-linear processor being configured to remove any signal energy below a threshold that remains in a microphone signal after the echo canceller has subtracted an echo estimate from it, the threshold control system comprising a convergence unit configured to determine an indication of the stability of an adaptive filter, the adaptive filter being configured to continuously model an echo path so as to generate the echo estimate, and a threshold tuner configured to adjust the threshold of the non-linear processor in dependence on the indication. Embodiments of the invention include a gain control system. An aim of both the threshold control system and the gain control system is to obtain some indication of the stability of the adaptive filter. This indication is then used to automatically tune the operational parameters of the echo canceller the non-linear processor threshold in the case of the threshold control system and attenuation in the case of the gain controller and thus avoid the need to manually tune these parameters.
Patent GB-2509654-A (GB)
Title: LED replacement light bulb assembly
Inventor: JOKELAINEN KIMMO
IPC: F21K99/00
Filed: 2011-03-08
Abstract: Thermally active metallic inserts 63, 64 are embedded in an injection moulded thermally conductive plastic heatsink 42. The inserts provide heat conductive paths to distribute heat away from the LEDs 21, 22 and throughout the heatsink. The heatsink may be used as part of a solid state lighting replacement bulb. A printed circuit board with a power supply circuit is arranged within a cavity of the heat dissipating heatsink body 42 and connected to the LEDs vie electrical inserts embedded with the thermally conductive plastic heatsink body 42.
Patent GB-2525588-A (GB)
Title: Real-time endoscopic image enhancement
Inventor: BRAMWELL DAVID IAN
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2014-04-22
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of enhancing endoscopic image data in real-time. A plurality of digital image frames, 204, are received from the imaging section of an endoscope at a predetermined frame rate and enhanced using an active look-up table (LUT) that applies a first transform to the digital image frames. The enhanced image frames are then displayed at the predetermined frame rate in real time. In parallel to this process an optimised LUT table is generated, 208, by analysing a predetermined number of the video frames received from the endoscope, 206, and updating the active LUT with a new optimised LUT. The active LUT is then continually optimised and updated after a predetermined number of frames thus ensuring that the LUT is regularly optimised based on the currently received video frames. The optimised LUT table may be generated using gamma correction, histogram equalisation, contrast limited adaptive histogram equalisation (CLAHE), fixed contrast enhancement or feature segmentation by colour properties. The use of LUTs allows the endoscopic images to be enhanced in real time whilst the LUT can be adapted in real time as received image parameters vary.
Patent GB-2527361-A (GB)
Title: Fuel delivery and ignition system
Inventor: KING JOHN ANTHONY
IPC: F02P23/04
Filed: 2014-06-20
Abstract: A fuel delivery and ignition system 1 comprises a housing 10 for insertion in the fuel inlet aperture of an engine cylinder, a fuel inlet 11 in the housing to receive a supply of fuel and a fuel outlet 12 in the housing to deliver fuel into the cylinder, a valve to control the flow of fuel flowing from the inlet to the outlet, a transducer 30 to measure the pressure in the cylinder and an optical ignition device 20 in the housing to ignite fuel in the cylinder controlled by the pressure measured by the transducer. An inlet valve member 41 may be operated by a piezo electric stack solenoid 43. The ignition system is preferably a laser powered plasma ignition system and may include a highly concentrated ytterbium doped crystal fibre rod 22.
Patent GB-2512766-A (GB)
Title: Method, arrangement, sensor, and computer program product for non-invasively measuring hemoglobin concentrations in blood
Inventor: HUIKU MATTI
IPC: A61B5/1455
Filed: 2012-11-21
Abstract: A mechanism for non-invasively monitoring blood characteristics of a subject is disclosed. To enable measurement of hemoglobin concentrations in a cost-effective way, a computational model is established that represents a relationship between a first variable indicative of total hemoglobin concentration and a set of variables that includes second variables indicative of light transmission through tissue and third variables indicative of concentration percentages of different hemoglobin species. In-vivo measurement signals are acquired from a subject and in-vivo values are determined for the second and third variables based on the in-vivo measurement signals. The first variable is then solved based on the in-vivo values of the second and third variables and the computational model.
Patent GB-2516385-A (GB)
Title: Integrated system for liquid separation and electrospray ionization
Inventor: VORM OLE
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2013-05-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated system for liquid separation, such as LC, CE, affinity chromatography, and ion exchange chromatography. The invention relates to a specialized protection means for protecting a fragile electrospray needle when not in use. The integrated system for liquid separation and electrospray ionization comprises: a separation column; an electrospray emitter connected with the separation column; a retractable protective sleeve for covering and supporting the electrospray emitter along at least a portion of its axis; and a resilient member biasing the protective sleeve towards an extended position wherein the protective sleeve covers a tip of the electrospray emitter. In one embodiment, the system also comprises a specialised electrical contact means for applying voltage to the electrospray needle.
Patent GB-2532002-A (GB)
Title: Control for pulse width modulated driven motors
Inventor: CHRISTIAN PAINTZ
IPC: H02P27/08
Filed: 2014-10-27
Abstract: Controlling a PWM driven motor, particularly a brushless DC (BLDC) motor, to improve operation at low speed/torque. The method comprises, for at least one phase of the PWM driven motor, generating a pulse width modulated phase voltage scheme 315 where a first pulse 313 and a further pulse 314 are multiplexed. The first pulse has a pulse width according to a first profile for the rotor position, multiplied with a first scaling factor and in phase with a desired phase profile. The further pulse has a pulse width according to a further profile for the rotor position, multiplied with a further scaling factor and not in phase with a desired phase profile. The first pulse and the further pulse are positioned within the pulse width modulation period 316 of the phase in an at least partially non-overlapping way. The first pulse may be positioned in the beginning of the pulse width modulation period and the at least one further pulse may be positioned at the end of the pulse width modulation period. The desired phase profile may be a sinusoidal phase profile.
Patent GB-2532224-A (GB)
Title: Energy system and method
Inventor: PERRY VAN DER BOGT
IPC: F25J3/08
Filed: 2014-11-11
Abstract: An energy system 100 includes a combination of a gas cleaning system 110 and an energy generating system 120. The gas cleaning system includes a condenser arrangement 230 for removing volatile compounds present in a gaseous stream inlet of the gas cleaning system to generate a corresponding cleaned gaseous steam at a gaseous stream outlet of the gas cleaning system. The energy generating system 120 is operable to generate energy for operating the condenser arrangement. The energy system is capable of operating more energy efficiently in comparison to known energy systems. The energy system is optionally implemented in at least one of following configurations: (i) mounted in a harbour facility to assist with off-loading and/or loading of one or more tanks of ships utilizing the harbour facility; (ii) mounted on a truck or barge to provide a mobile gas cleaning and energy production facility; and (iii) mounted in one or more truck and/or ship containers for flexible deployment and transport. Also claimed is a method of operating such a system and a computer program for operating such a method.
Patent GB-2527412-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for assessing a condition of a vehicle refrigeration system
Inventor: KENNETH ALAN PISTONE
IPC: F25B49/00
Filed: 2015-04-27
Abstract: A method of assessing a condition of a vehicle refrigeration system (100, fig 1) comprises one or more sensors 130 located in situ in a fluid in the refrigeration system measuring one or more parameters (temperature and / or pressure) of the refrigeration system, assessing a condition of the refrigeration system based on at least one of the parameters, and removing the or each sensor from the refrigeration system after assessing the condition of the refrigeration system. The or each parameter may be communicated to user equipment 132 via wired 132 or wireless (fig 4) transmission. User equipment includes a cellular phone, tablets, a computer, a controller and a processor, and may be used to charge a power supply of the sensor(s). The assessed condition may be fluid level in the refrigeration system based on subcooling and charging 142 with additional fluid 144 if required into a low pressure port 120. Charging may occur during assessing the condition. The vehicle may be an automobile. The sensor(s) may be located downstream of a condenser (118) and positioned in a high pressure port 122. A temperature sensor on an air vent of the vehicle measuring air flow temperature may be provided.
Patent GB-2530835-A (GB)
Title: Combined tandem mass spectrometry and ion mobility mass spectrometry
Inventor: GILES KEVIN
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: A method of analysing ions comprising: performing an initial multi dimensional survey scan comprising separating parent ions according to a first physicoÂ­chemical property and separating the parent ions according to a second physico-chemical property; at least one parent ion of interest from the initial multi-dimensional survey scan is determined, the at least one parent ion of interest having a first value or range of the first physico-chemical property and a second value or range of the second physico-chemical property; and then, during a subsequent single cycle of separation, the method further comprises: separating parent ions according to the first physico-chemical property; where if the parent ions have a value or range of the first physico-chemical property which corresponds with the first value or range, then the method further comprises selecting parent ions of interest having a value or range of the first physico-chemical property which corresponds with the first value or range and which also have a value or range of the second physicoÂ­chemical property which corresponds with the second value or range; and where if the parent ions have a value or range of the first physico-chemical property which does not correspond with the first value or range then the method further comprises separating the parent ions according to the first physico-chemical property and separating the parent ions according to the second physico-chemical property. Also disclosed is a method of analysing ions as above, where after determining the at least one parent ion of interest from the initial multi-dimensional survey scan, the parent ions according to the first physico-chemical property are separated and fragmented or reacted to produced fragment or product ions, which are analysed. Further disclosed are analytical instruments arranged and adapted to perform the above methods.
Patent GB-2540387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric vehicles
Inventor: ANNETTE LYNN HUEBNER
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2015-07-15
Abstract: A keypad 100 is provided on an exterior of an electrical vehicle 10. The keypad is configured toreceive an input to enable access to the vehicle and to provide an indication of the state of charge of the battery of the vehicle. Vehicle entry can be accomplished by a user touching indicia 104 on a touch sensitive layer. The keypad may not be visible (Figure 1A) when it is not active. In battery charge status mode (Figure 1D) each active region 102 may correspond to a charge level of 10% and the lowest active region 106 displays a representation of a battery. The keypad may also indicate that the battery is being charged, by incrementally illuminating the active regions. The keypad may also provide an indication of a fault (Figure 1F).
Patent GB-2533448-A (GB)
Title: Zoned catalyst for treating exhaust gas
Inventor: OLIVIER SONNTAG
IPC: B01D53/94
Filed: 2015-07-30
Abstract: A system for removing NOx from an engine exhaust gas 1 comprises a first SCR catalyst zone 20 comprising an iron loaded medium- or large-pore molecular sieve having a first ammonia storage capacity, and a second SCR catalyst zone 30 comprising a copper loaded small-pore molecular sieve having a second ammonia storage capacity. The first SCR catalyst zone is disposed upstream of the second SCR catalyst zone and the second ammonia storage capacity is greater than the first ammonia storage capacity. Preferably the first ammonia storage capacity is not more than about 1.5 mmol/g catalyst and the second ammonia storage capacity is at least about 1.2 mmol/g catalyst. The catalyst zones may be coated on a flow-through honeycomb substrate or the first catalyst zone may be on a wall-flow filter. An oxidation catalyst zone 40 or ammonia slip catalyst zone may be provided downstream of the second SCR catalyst zone.
Patent GB-2532116-A (GB)
Title: Packaging
Inventor: Carol Lynn Hammond
IPC: B65D77/04
Filed: 2015-09-07
Abstract: A telescopic carton has a flap 28 on one part 8 abutting a flap 54, 56 on the other part to inhibit outward movement. A blister pack carrier 10 projects out from within one of the telescopic parts 8. Ideally there are an opposed pair of such flaps 28 on each telescopic part. Manual inward deformation of the inner part could release this latch. Longitudinal eccentric lines of weakness 58 could be provided on opposed walls to promote deformation. The blister pack carrier 10 is ideally hingedly attached to an inner surface of the outer part. It could comprise two panels sandwiching a blister pack which are formed integrally with the container part. The carrier can have holes for discharge from the blister pack and a slidable sheet to selectively bock the holes. The carton parts could each be assembled from a blank.