baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2483683-A (GB)
Title: Differential having gear pumps/motors and an additional pressure source
Inventor: MORTON JOHN
IPC: F16H48/26
Filed: 2010-09-16
Abstract: A torque distributing or vectoring differential comprises a gear assembly (8, fig 2) having at least two gears (11-14, fig 10) arranged to rotate in substantially the same plane. The differential has at least two reservoir portions 18, 19 which are coupled to one another by at least two openings (26A, 26B, fig 8) disposed at points adjacent to where teeth of a first of the at least two gears (11-14) meshes with teeth of another of said at least two gears (11-14). In use, at least one of said at least two gears (11-14) acts as a hydraulic gear pump or hydraulic gear motor. The differential further comprises an additional fluid pressure source, e.g. a pump, coupled via pipes 44, 48 and valve 40 to the at least two reservoir portions 18, 19 for altering a pressure in a fluid contained in the first or second reservoir portions 18, 19 for encouraging or discouraging differential rotation between two outputs.
Patent GB-2486273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a combination yarn
Inventor: FLUCK LAURIE
IPC: D02G3/32
Filed: 2010-12-10
Abstract: A combination yarn 10 comprises an elastomeric core yarn 12, such as elastane or spandex, which has a hard covering yarn 14 wrapped around it in a spiral configuration. The covering yarn 14 defines a plurality of loops 22 which extend laterally from the core 12. The covering yarn 12 includes at least one synthetic polymer filament 18, such as polyamide, polyester or polypropylene , which has a plurality of amorphous and crystalline regions of polymer chains. The polymer chains (26, figure 3) in the amorphous regions (24) and at least a portion of each crystalline region (28) have a relaxed configuration with low tension between adjacent polymer chains (26). This is achieved by heating the synthetic polymer filament to a transition temperature, which may be at least as high as the glass transition temperature, to overcome the binding forces between adjacent polymer chains. The transition temperature is preferably higher than a subsequent dying temperature such that the significant shrinkage does not occur during dying. Other fibres such as cotton may be wrapped around the combination yarn to form a composite yarn. The yarn may be used for knitting.
Patent GB-2486504-A (GB)
Title: Two-part safety bulb holder
Inventor: RICHARDSON CALLUM
IPC: H01R13/44
Filed: 2011-02-11
Abstract: A two-part safety bulb holder 10 comprises a mounting part 12 which releasably engages a bulb-engagement part 14, wherein a bulb 42 is non-removable from the bulb-engagement part 14 when the mouning part 12 and bulb-engagement part 14 are engaged together. The mounting part 12 includes two electricity-supply conductors 20 within an enclosure 22 and two spaced access openings in a wall of the enclosure 22 for respectively accessing the two conductors 20. The bulb-engagement part 14 includes a shroud 40 with a bulb connector 36 (e.g. for bayonet or screw type bulbs) recessed therein and a spring-biased pin carrier 38 carrying two elongate pin conductors 64. Upon engagement of a bulb 42 with the bulb connector 36, the pin conductors 64 move from a retracted position, in which the pin conductors 64 are recessed within the shroud 40, to an extended position, in which the pin conductors 64 project from access openings in a wall 52 of the shroud 40. In the extended position, the pin conductors 64 are received in respective access openings of the enclosure 22 to electrically connect with the respective electricity-supply conductors 20.
Patent GB-2474217-A (GB)
Title: Transgenic rodent expressing truncated disc 1
Inventor: SHEN SANBING
IPC: A01K67/027
Filed: 2009-07-16
Abstract: The invention provides transgenic rodents, particularly mice, expressing truncated versions of the Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) gene and showing Schizophrenia- related neural and behavioral phenotypes. The rodents of the invention have (1) a plurality of copies of a heterologous truncatedDisc1genomic DNA sequence which includes at least 1 stop codon after exon 8 such as to encode a Disc 1 polypeptide truncated before exon 9; (2) 2 copies of endogenousDisc1genomic DNA sequence encoding full length Disc 1 polypeptide. Also provided are related materials and methods.
Patent GB-2475645-A (GB)
Title: Field effect transistor
Inventor: ARNOLD RONALD
IPC: H01L29/423
Filed: 2007-06-26
Abstract: A field effect transistor comprising: a source 3, a drain 4, and a plurality of gates 15, 17 , wherein the source and drain comprise a plurality of source and drain fingers respectively. The FET may be used as an antenna switch in a time division multiple access method for GSM and UMTS mobile phones.
Patent GB-2478851-A (GB)
Title: A backrest support assembly suitable for use with a wheelchair tilting platform to support the backrest of a wheelchair
Inventor: FLETCHER RICHARD
IPC: A61G5/10
Filed: 2011-03-17
Abstract: A backrest support assembly 1 for supporting, in use, the backrest of a wheelchair, e.g. when the wheelchair is supported on a wheelchair tilting platform [see Fig. 4], comprises a backrest support 8 adjustably mounted on a stem 10 for height adjustment and/or angular adjustment relative to the stem. The backrest support 8 may be mounted on the stem 10 by a friction locking means, preferably a self-locking friction sleeve to allow continuous height adjustment. The backrest support 8 for the wheelchair backrest may rotate about the axis of the stem , preferably an axis transverse to the stem. An adjustable headrest 22 may be pivotally fitted to the stem 10 of the assembly. The stem 10 of the support assembly may be pivotally coupled to a base, e.g. a back wall of a tilting platform used to tilt a wheelchair. Also disclosed is a backrest support assembly for supporting a wheelchair backrest wherein a backrest support is mounted to a stem by a friction locking sleeve. A further assembly is disclosed in which the stem of the backrest support assembly is pivotally mounted to a base to allow it to be rotated about a horizontal axis.
Patent GB-2482218-A (GB)
Title: Countermeasure cartridge
Inventor: PLEWKA DAVID PETER
IPC: F42B5/15
Filed: 2011-04-13
Abstract: A countermeasure cartridge 1 includes a first countermeasure container assembly 16. The first countermeasure container assembly 16 comprises electrical contact means 22 and a protruding member at one end which, in use, cooperates with a recess/orifice disposed at one end of a second countermeasure container assembly 25. The protruding member facilitates alignment of the electrical contact means 22 of the first countermeasure container assembly 16 with electrical contact means of the second countermeasure container assembly 25.
Patent GB-2491562-A (GB)
Title: Fossil fuel power plant with gas turbine and MCFC arrangements
Inventor: BOVE ROBERTO A
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2011-05-23
Abstract: carbonate fuel cell 16 having an anode side 16a and a cathode side 16c. An operating method for the integrated fossil fuel power plant 10 includes partially expanding combustion gases in the gas turbine arrangement 15 so that the pressure and temperature of the partially expanded combustion gases are greater than ambient, and optimised for reaction in the cathode side 16c of the carbonate fuel cell 16. The partially expanded combustion gases are fed at the optimised temperature to the cathode side 16c of the carbonate fuel cell 16 for reaction in the cathode side 16c of the carbonate fuel cell 16. The method may also include recirculating a proportion of both the cathode exhaust gas 22 and the anode exhaust gas 30, preferably for re-combination with the combustion gas CG and fuel gas FG respectively. The non-recirculated cathode exhaust gas may be fed via feed line 24 to a gas expander 18, and the non-recirculated anode exhaust gas may be fed via feed line 32 to another gas expander 20, for further expansion to generate electricity.
Patent GB-2491171-A (GB)
Title: Testing of defibrillator electrodes
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHNNY HOUSTON
IPC: A61N1/39
Filed: 2011-05-26
Abstract: A defibrillator (1) comprising electrodes (3), a connection for electrically connecting the electrodes together during a test, a defibrillation signal generator (5), connected to the electrodes, a patient impedance measurement system, connected to the electrodes, comprising a patient signal generator (7) and a patient signal receiver (9), a defibrillator controller (11) connected to the defibrillation signal generator and the patient impedance measurement system, and an electrode test system (13), comprising a control signal device (21), connected to the patient signal receiver, which generates at least one control signal which causes the patient signal receiver to change from a patient signal receive state to an electrode test signal receive state, a test commence signal device (29), connected to the patient signal generator, which generates at least one test commence signal which causes the patient signal generator to send a test signal to the electrodes, and an electrode test signal device (25), connected to the patient signal receiver, which receives an electrode test signal and processes the signal to determine a pass or fail test result for the electrodes.
Patent GB-2495070-A (GB)
Title: Actuator using flexible members to adjust a height of a table
Inventor: RINMAN JOHAN
IPC: A47B9/12
Filed: 2011-08-18
Abstract: An actuator and method for adjusting the length of extensible members attached to a table (1, fig 1), the actuator comprising a driving mechanism having an electric motor 21 which drives rotary members 23 via a worm 22 engaging worm gears 27 on the rotary members 23. Elongate flexible members 24 are wound around and engage the rotary members 23 so that as the motor 21 drives the rotary members 23 in a first direction or a second direction the elongate flexible members 24 are extended or retracted. The elongate flexible members 24 are supported by a constraint means which transmits force from the actuator to the extensible members or telescopic legs (8 & 9) in order to adjust their length and thereby a height of the table (1). Brakes and limit switches are provided in order to prevent the rotary members 23 from rotating when the motor 21 is not driving and to stop the motor 21. Claims are also directed to a method of adjusting a height of an object.
Patent GB-2480786-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for scanning large-format documents
Inventor: FRISCH STEPHAN
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 2010-03-02
Abstract: A method for scanning large-format documents by way of a large-format sanner, which is connected to a PC (11) via a standard interface (10), is to be further developed, so as to omit prescans, to optimize the scanning rate, to significantly increase productivity between the application of the document and the storage of the data on the PC, and to obtain cost-efficient scans. It is disclosed that upon inserting (1) the documents into the large-format scanner a broadness detection (2) takes place, depending on said broadness detection (2) areas of at least one image detection element which are not required because said areas are not confronted with the document will be turned off (3) in order to reduce the band width of the scanned data, the document will be scanned (7), the scanned data will be transmitted via the standard interface (10), a continuous control of the maximum amount of data which can be transmitted takes place during data transfer (10) and depending on the control result the rate of the document feeding is affected.
Patent GB-2497738-A (GB)
Title: Re-usable cracker construction
Inventor: THACKERAY BEATA
IPC: A63H37/00
Filed: 2011-12-18
Abstract: A reusable cracker is constructed of two parts, typically hollow cylinders, differing slightly from each other in length and aperture allowing for the narrower part to be telescopically inserted into the wider part. Defined creases 6,12 at given points along the two parts are collapsed to form flattened areas 7,13 creating portions to act as handles 3,9 and chambers 2,8 on both parts. The chamber 2 of the narrower part is filled with chosen contents and inserted into chamber 8 of the wider part to form one sealed chamber. Simultaneously, a snap 1 is inserted into chambers 2,8 and the ends fed through slots 4,5,10,11 within the flattened areas 7,13 allowing for the snap 1 to be held in place at both ends of the cracker casing without the use of glue or any other method of permanent adhesion. Decorative ties 18,19 can be added. When the cracker is pulled apart the snap 1 breaks allowing the two-part casing to separate without damage. The reusable cracker can be assembled and reused by the method described herein.
Patent GB-2497956-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic system with kinetic energy recovery and storage device
Inventor: COTTINGHAM DARRYL
IPC: F15B21/14
Filed: 2011-12-23
Abstract: A hydraulic system 202 including hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic machine 242A,242B for pressuring the hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic circuit for delivering the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator 203B, the hydraulic machine 242A,242B being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator 203B and a kinetic energy storage device 250 for storing energy in a kinetic form, the kinetic energy storage device 250 being operably coupled to the hydraulic machine 242A,242B, the system 202 being configured such that the hydraulic machine 242A,242B is operable to transfer energy from the hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator 203B to the kinetic energy storage device 250. The actuator 203B may be a linear actuator or a rotary actuator; the kinetic energy storage 250 device may be a flywheel.
Patent GB-2488902-A (GB)
Title: Composite insulating panel and with laminated solar electric external sheet
Inventor: CAROLAN JAMES
IPC: E04C2/296
Filed: 2012-03-08
Abstract: The panel comprises external 2 and internal 4 sheets with an insulating body 5 in between. The external sheet has raised projections 30, 31 on opposite sides of the panel with a flat portion 32 extending between the projections. A photovoltaic solar collector sheet 10 is laminated to the external surface of the flat portion of the external sheet. The insulating layer is preferably a polyisocyanurate phenolic foam. The panel may comprise a translucent plastic cover 21 adhered to the PV sheet and the PV sheet may be stuck to the external sheet using ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The panel may include a connector for electrically interconnecting between solar collector modules, the connector having a housing which is located within a through hole within the panel. The projections may comprise trapezoidal raised crowns which are designed to overlap and underlap on respective sides to allow connection between adjacent panels. Also claimed is a method of making the sheet.
Patent GB-2496224-A (GB)
Title: Breathable, hydrophobic and oleophobic membrane, coated with polymer and then particles
Inventor: TEE YITHONG
IPC: B05D7/02
Filed: 2012-04-24
Abstract: Oil repelling, conformal coating 28 is applied across an air permeable, water repelling membrane 16. A porous, polymeric coating 28 is applied onto the waterproof membrane 16. A patterned layer 29 of particles is applied onto the porous, polymeric coating 28. Preferably the oleophobic coating 28 is a fluoropolymer and the porous coating 28 is polyurethane. Preferably the particles 29 comprise titanium oxide TiO2, zirconium dioxide ZrO2, zinc oxide ZnO, carbon or activated carbon particles in polyurethane, cellulosic, polyacrylate, polyalcohol or polyglycol polymer binder. The particles 19 are preferably applied by transfer, roller, xerographic, flexographic or gravure-screen printing. The membrane 16 preferably comprises polyolefin (especially polyethylene or polypropylene), polyamide, polyester, polysulphone, polyether, (meth)acrylic, polystyrene, polyurethane or (expanded, woven or non-woven) polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE), most especially expanded PTFE (ePTFE). The membrane is laminated to a fabric, to form a garment.
Patent GB-2502788-A (GB)
Title: An assembly for converting motion
Inventor: MARTYN DAVID
IPC: F16H21/02
Filed: 2012-06-06
Abstract: An assembly 2, for converting motion, is mounted to a fixed structure such as a building by fixed first and second pivot points 4, 6. A first arm 8 is connected to the first pivot point 4 and a second arm 10 is connected to the second pivot point 6. A third arm 12 is connected to the second arm 10 by a pivot connection 14. First connecting arm 16 is connected to the first and third arms 10, 12 by pivot connections 18, 20 and a second connecting arm 22 is connected to the first and second arms 8, 10 by pivot connections 14, 24. Drive applied to one of the first or second arms 8, 10 results in motion of the third arm 12 from a retracted or stowed position (fig 2a) to an extended position. Alternatively drive may be applied to the third arm 12 results in movement of the first and second arms 8, 10. The assembly 2 may be used for mounting solar panels or partitions or road signs to, for example, buildings.
Patent GB-2489151-A (GB)
Title: Coolant pump and ducts arrangement of an engine
Inventor: HAFIZ HOZAY
IPC: F01P5/10
Filed: 2010-12-29
Abstract: An engine (10) including a block (12), a coolant pump (22) and a timing cover (16), the coolant pump being mounted on the block, the timing cover having an inlet duct (62), an outlet duct (64) and a bypass duct (66), the inlet duct being in fluid communication with the outlet duct and the bypass duct, the inlet duct, outlet duct and bypass duct being integrally formed with the timing cover.
Patent GB-2504716-A (GB)
Title: A data migration system and method for migrating data objects
Inventor: SMITH IAN TERENCE
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2012-08-07
Abstract: A data migration system and method migrates / transfers data objects from a source entity (260) (e.g. legacy backup servers and system (300 400, fig 1) or primary storage layer) to a target entity (280) (e.g. new backup servers and system or secondary storage layer). The source entity includes an infrastructure (e.g. media library 400) shared between discrete systems (e.g. backup servers 310-340, fig 1). The system includes: a storage device storing (200) an index of the data objects stored on the shared infrastructure and object attributes of the data objects, the index being in a normalised data model independent of native formats of the discrete systems; a selector adapted to select which objects to migrate based on at least one said object attribute; and an optimiser adapted to optimise the migration of data from the shared infrastructure to the target entity. Selection may be based on object owner, group, data type, and expiration. The method may reduce the number of mount (e.g. tape mount) operations that are performed and the occurrence of request contentions.
Patent GB-2494268-A (GB)
Title: Performing code optimization
Inventor: HOU RUI
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2012-08-23
Abstract: Method comprising: obtaining 30 performance profiling data (from sampling logs) associated with execution of first code on first physical platform (target); constructing 32 an instruction sequence (like LOAD, MOVE, OR, STORE) and determining the association relationship between the sequence and performance defect events according to the data; providing 34 the relationship to another physical platform. Events are: Cache Miss, TLB Miss, Stall, Recycle. A second code on second platform (developer-platform) is optimised using the relationship, optimizing execution of the second code on first platform. Developed code is optimised on development platform based on the association relationship (cross-platform performance optimisation). The association relationship is based on sequence and defects occurrence times or clustering based on information entropy. The association relationship reflects hardware features of first platform, does not relate to detailed code, and does not leak code information execution on first platform or cause security risks after transmission to second platform.
Patent GB-2496729-A (GB)
Title: Rainwater harvesting system
Inventor: OAKLEY COLIN MICHAEL
IPC: E03B1/04
Filed: 2012-10-17
Abstract: The rainwater harvesting system comprises at least one rainwater storage tank 9 located in an attic or roof space 35 of a building. Rainwater from the roof is fed into the storage tank(s) in the roof space. The collected water is then fed by gravity throughout the building for use with washing machines, for car washing or watering the garden, without the using any electricity. The tanks may extend the whole length of the roof and may be substantially triangular in cross section. The system may comprise a filter and level sensor. The level sensor may control a mains supply to the tanks should the level fall to low.
Patent GB-2496486-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle body with cross member
Inventor: RINGEL FRANZ-JOSEF
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 2012-10-24
Abstract: A motor vehicle with a front opening hood 1 and windshield 19 ascending from a rear edge of the front opening hood 1 has a cross member 4. The cross member has a front edge section 6 that supports a front lower edge of the windshield 19, and a rear edge section 5 that abuts against a structural element of the body. A first side of the cross member faces the passenger cabin and a second side faces an engine compartment. The cross member is divided by slits 17 into a plurality of webs 18 spaced apart in the transverse direction of the body. The slits are tightly sealed by a film 8. A single film may seal a plurality of slits. The film may be adhesively bonded to the webs. The cross member may consist of a single flat material such as a sheet material. The cross member may be a single piece member. The webs may be joined together as a single piece at one of their ends 20, 21 via the edge sections.
Patent GB-2493673-A (GB)
Title: Antenna for vehicles
Inventor: WANG JINSONG
IPC: H01Q1/32
Filed: 2011-05-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a type of antenna for vehicles that is protected by having a cap fitted-onto an antenna cover that covers an antenna element thereof, wherein coming-off of the cap is prevented from happening. The antenna for vehicles, which is comprised by having an antenna rod mounted onto an antenna base, is provided with: a conductive rod element that is formed within the antenna rod, and connected to the antenna base; a joint section that covers at least the side face of the rod element in the axis direction thereof, and that comprises an inner-side cylinder that is formed in the vicinity of an end section at the opposite side of the antenna base and further comprises a joint engaging section, and an outer-side cylinder that is formed at the outer side of the inner-side cylinder; and a rod cap that comprises a cap engaging section for engaging with the joint engaging section.
Patent GB-2497205-A (GB)
Title: Advertising display supported from football goal.
Inventor: PEREZ JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
IPC: A63B63/00
Filed: 2012-11-30
Abstract: An advertising display device for positioning above a sports pitch field comprises a material 1 capable of being printed on both sides and means for attaching the material to a cord 4 extending between a post and a football goal. The attaching means may be in the form of a fold 2 provided in the material through which the cord 4 is passed. A second fold 3 may be formed in the material for holding a weight. The material may be mesh, canvas or other fabric.