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Patent GB-2516494-A (GB)
Title: Panel packaging restraint
Inventor: SMITH DOUGLAS JOHN
IPC: B65D85/00
Filed: 2013-07-25
Abstract: A restraint (g, h) for preventing the movement of a panel (a) when packaged in a container that is larger than the panel comprises at least one surface (i) arranged at an angle to a surface of the container on which the panel sits. The restraint is attached to the surface on which the panel sits such that the angled surface extends over the uppermost outside edge of the panel, holding the panel in place during transportation or storage via contact between the angled surface and the uppermost outside edge of the panel (j). By using a plurality of restraints movement can be restricted in all three dimensions. An optional extension to a base of the restraint (k) extends under the panel to improve adhesion to the surface. Perforations (o) may be present to assist with separating the base from the upper part of the restraint when unpacking the panel.
Patent GB-2508057-A (GB)
Title: Volatile material dispenser with emanator having extending fibres
Inventor: SLADE BRIAN PARRY
IPC: A01M1/20
Filed: 2013-08-21
Abstract: An emanator (24) for a volatile material, the emanator comprises: an elongate element having a first plurality of fibres 12 distributed along its length and extending substantially perpendicular thereto; and a fluid pathway for the conveyance of volatile material along the emanator, said pathway comprising one or more second fibres 14 substantially extending in a direction along the length of the element. Also claimed is a system (22) comprising at least one emanator (24) as described, a fluid reservoir (26) for a volatile material, and a fluid delivery system (28) for delivering fluid from said reservoir (26) to said emanator (24).
Patent GB-2517699-A (GB)
Title: Composition and method for inducing or stimulating growth of keratinous fibres
Inventor: TAPER HENRYK
IPC: A61Q7/00
Filed: 2013-08-27
Abstract: A composition for use in inducing or stimulating the growth of keratinous fibres, wherein the composition comprises pinene as an active ingredient is provided. Preferably at least 70% of the pinene is (-)-alpha pinene, more preferably the pinene is optically pure (-)-alpha pinene. The pinene may be present in an amount of between about 0.5% and about 10% (w/w). The keratinous fibre is preferably hair, wool, pelt, coat or fur. The composition may also be useful for increasing the density of the keratinous fibre. A method for inducing or stimulating growth of keratinous fibres comprising the step of administering to a subject an effective amount of a composition comprising pinene as an active ingredient and use of pinene for inducing or stimulating growth of keratinous fibres is also outlined.
Patent GB-2514861-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for modifying content of mobile communication devices
Inventor: ARSENEAU ERIC
IPC: H04W4/18
Filed: 2012-03-02
Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for modifying content of mobile communication devices. The method includes the steps of establishing a data communication between at least one mobile communication device from at least one manufacturer and a coordinating computer, the at least one mobile communication device having content stored therein, providing at least one content-modification module for each of the at least one mobile communication device, the content-modification module comprising a plurality of operations that are executable to modify the content of that mobile communication device, providing at least one device-specific modification procedure for that mobile communication device, the modification procedure comprising one or more selected operations of the plurality of operations of the content-modification module and an order of execution of the one or more selected operations, and executing at least one operation of the selected operations based on the at least one device-specific modification procedure to modify the content of that mobile communication device.
Patent GB-2504433-A (GB)
Title: Six degree-of-freedom laser tracker that cooperates with a remote sensor
Inventor: BRIDGES ROBERT E
IPC: G16Z99/00
Filed: 2012-04-11
Abstract: A method of measuring with a coordinate measurement device and a target sensor a sense characteristic and a surface set associated with the sense characteristic, the method including the steps of: providing the target sensor having a body, a first retroreflector, a sensor, and a sensor processor, providing the coordinate measurement device, sending the first beam of light from the coordinate measurement device to the first retroreflector; receiving the second beam of light from the first retroreflector; measuring the orientational set and the translational set, the translational set based at least in part on the second beam of light; determining the surface set; sensing the sense characteristic; and saving the surface set and the sense characteristic.
Patent GB-2523109-A (GB)
Title: A process for characterising the evolution of an oil or gas reservoir over time
Inventor: BLANCHARD THOMAS DAVID
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2014-02-12
Abstract: A method for characterising the evolution of a reservoir by determining a seismic wavelet which links observed seismic data to a sequence of reflectivities comprises obtaining 200 seismic data representing seismic changes which have occurred between a first time and a second time (i.e. time-lapse changes), said seismic data comprising a plurality of seismic traces; and performing 230 an optimisation operation simultaneously on the seismic traces so as to optimise for said seismic wavelet. The optimisation operation may be performed without using known reflectivity data as an input. The optimisation may comprise minimising a cost function comprising a measurement of the difference between the seismic data and a convolution of the seismic wavelet and the reflectivity change data.
Patent GB-2524479-A (GB)
Title: Testing rig
Inventor: CLARK BRYNLEY
IPC: G01N3/38
Filed: 2014-03-21
Abstract: A rig 10 for testing an aerofoil component 16 in four-point bending includes first 12 and second 14 fixtures movable relative to each other to apply a cyclically varying load to opposing aerofoil surfaces of the component. The first fixture 12 has two loading formations 18, 20 positioned to apply the load to lower surfaces of the component, the formations being spaced apart in the lengthwise direction of the component. The second fixture 14 has two loading formations 22, 24 which are positioned to apply the load to the upper surface of the component, these formations also being spaced apart in the lengthwise direction of the component and being positioned relative to the first loading formations to apply the load in a four-point bending arrangement. The second fixture 14 is continuously adjustable so that its loading formations move relative to each other in the direction of application of the load to balance the load between the loading formations during the cyclical load variation. The rig is useful for testing composite components.
Patent GB-2510072-A (GB)
Title: Large diameter tubular lifting apparatus suitable for use on drilling rig
Inventor: ANGELLE JEREMY RICHARD
IPC: B66C1/12
Filed: 2010-06-22
Abstract: A lifting elevator, comprising: a first elevator segment; a second elevator segment; at least one pivot about which at least one of the elevator segment of the lifting elevator may rotate with respect to each other; a latch connecting the first elevator segment to the second elevator segment; a plurality of slips to engage a conductor string surrounded by the first and second elevator segments; and a powered actuator coupled to the first elevator segment and the second elevator segment, wherein the first elevator segment and the second elevator segment are moveable between an open position and a closed position by the powered actuator.
Patent GB-2526263-A (GB)
Title: Image capture method and apparatus
Inventor: BARNETT STUART
IPC: G02B30/26
Filed: 2014-05-08
Abstract: Method and apparatus for capturing stereoscopic panoramic image of virtual environment comprising: pausing state of virtual environment s710; for each of a plurality (may be four, five, six or eight) of positions (350A-H, fig. 6) in virtual environment that form vertices of bounding space (360, fig. 6) within which left and right viewpoints of stereoscopic image are formed: rendering s720 and capturing s730 plural images encompassing panoramic view; capturing data for distance between position and surfaces or objects visible from that position s740. Image can be viewed by: accessing picture and range data (s810, fig. 8); defining locations and orientation (s820, fig. 8), and obtaining images (s830, fig. 8), for stereoscopic eye viewpoints within bounding space; generating spherical projection of images (s840, fig. 8). Pixels may be shifted based on distance and resulting gaps may be filled from other images. Image can be served to client device by: including data indicating at least two positions that do not use depth data; sending only images for those positions if device signals it will not use distance information (s830, fig. 9); sending all images for all positions if device will use distance (s840, fig. 9). Captured images may form a cube map or a dual paraboloid. Images may be distorted to correct for spherical projection. Imgaes may include more detail than real-time renders. Graphical elements such as game players hands or game menus may be omitted from renders. User interface control may activate image capture.
Patent GB-2521918-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for providing a seal around a perimeter of a bi-material enclosure
Inventor: LEE KIOK YUNG
IPC: H05K5/00
Filed: 2014-11-06
Abstract: An enclosure includes a seal 108 co-molded to a first material 102 to form a subÂ­assembly in which the first material is securely adhered to the seal. The seal is designed to collapse in a specific direction during an injection molding process. The enclosure also includes a second material 104 over-molded on the subÂ­assembly during the injection molding process. The seal is compressed in the specific direction during the injection molding process to produce a consistent wetting at least at one desired perimeter joint between the seal and the over-molded second material, forming the bi-material enclosure. The first material and the second material are dissimilar materials with different thermal expansion qualities. A groove may be etched with a micro pattern onto a prefabrication of the first material to enhance adhesion of the seam to the first material. The invention is particularly useful for fabricating a housing for a mobile device wherein a thin metal sheet may be over-moulded by a thicker plastic enclosure. The seal prevents any leakage paths and the deflection of the seal allows for relaxation of the seal during temperature shock cycles.
Patent GB-2532284-A (GB)
Title: Method to reduce dynamic clock skew and/or slew in an electronic circuit
Inventor: MICHAEL KOCH
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2014-11-17
Abstract: An electronic circuit comprises clock mesh 1 composed of adjacent sub-meshes 10, 20. The sub-meshes connect outputs of leaf level drivers 12, 22 and are driven by at least partially disjoint clock trees 5, 7. The clock trees are driven by common root tree 3 and are connected at given level L(n) by a shorting bar (illustrated in the drawing by a thicker line). The sub-meshes contain dummy buffers D, D1, D2 at a level equal to or higher than that of the shorting bar. A set of neighbouring buffer pairs, each comprising active buffers R1, R2 in the adjacent sub-meshes, are connected by the shorting bar. Each buffer pair comprises a respective dummy buffer D1, D2 for each active buffer R1, R2, the dummy buffer placed close to its respective active buffer. An input of first dummy buffer D1 in the first sub-mesh is routed to an output of an active buffer R in the second sub-mesh and an input of second dummy buffer D2 in the second sub-mesh is routed to an output of an active buffer R in the first sub-mesh. The inputs of the first and second dummy buffers D1are connected to the shorting bar.
Patent GB-2536894-A (GB)
Title: Converters
Inventor: ROBIN GUPTA
IPC: H02J3/36
Filed: 2015-03-30
Abstract: A bipolar voltage source converter apparatus 200 has a controller 214 and multiple converter units 202 to convert power between AC and DC. Each converter unit 202 has connections to a DC pole 204 and a neutral connection 218, the neutral connections 218 having breaker switches 212. The controller 214 monitors for a DC fault condition, determines if the breaker switch operation condition is met, and if it is, opens the appropriate breaker switch 212. The breaker switch 212 is not operated immediately but only when the operation condition is met, to allow a reduced rating. The method is suitable for a high voltage DC link section of a network. The breaker switch operation condition may be that the current through the breaker switch 212 is less than a threshold, or determining if the current thought the breaker switch 212 is decreasing, typically following the operation of an AC breaker 208. The apparatus works for pole-to-pole or pole-to-ground faults.
Patent GB-2530834-A (GB)
Title: Stage tool with lower tubing isolation
Inventor: MCNABB BRYCE
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: A cementing stage tool comprising a tubular body 212 having one or more ports 227 formed through a sidewall thereof; and an isolation mechanism 230 disposed in the tubular body. The isolation mechanism has a window sub 229 ; a flapper mount coupled to the window sub, the flapper mount having one or more j-slots formed therein; a flapper 234 coupled to the flapper mount, the flapper pivotable from an open position to a closed position; an opening sleeve 225 axially movable from a first position that closes the one or more ports to a second position that exposes the one or more ports; and a closing sleeve axially 223 movable from a first position that exposes the one or more ports to a second position that closes the one or more ports. The flapper may also be replaced by a ball valve.
Patent GB-2523038-A (GB)
Title: Policy enforcement in computing environment
Inventor: ELZUR URI
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2013-06-17
Abstract: An embodiment may include policy engine circuitry that may enforce, at least in part, one or more platform resource management policies in a cloud computing environment. The one or more policies may be based, at least in part, upon service arrangements of the cloud computing environment. The one or more policies may establish respective isolated computing environments in the cloud computing environment that may be used by respective users. The enforcement of the one or more policies may result in the respective isolated computing environments being virtually isolated from each other and prevented from interfering with each other in derogation of the one or more policies. The one or more policies may be established, at least in part, via interaction of at least one management process with one or more application program interfaces of the circuitry. Many modifications are possible.
Patent GB-2539042-A (GB)
Title: Tessellation method using displacement factors
Inventor: PETER LACEY
IPC: G06T17/20
Filed: 2015-06-05
Abstract: A method involves calculating 302 a vertex tessellation factor for each corner vertex in one or more input patches. Tessellation 304 is then performed on the plurality of input patches using the vertex tessellation factors. The tessellation operation involves adding 305 one or more new vertices and calculating 306 a displacement factor for each newly added vertex. A world space parameter for each vertex is subsequently determined 308 by calculating 310 a target world space parameter for each vertex and then modifying 312 the target world space parameter for a vertex using the displacement factor for that vertex. The target world space parameter may be calculated by interpolating the world space parameters of the parent vertices and may be modified to lie between the target world space parameter and a starting world state parameter based on the value of the displacement factor. The displacement factor may be a function of the vertex tessellation factors of the parent vertices. The world space parameter may be a displacement. The method may prevent popping by providing a smooth transition between tessellated meshes having different levels of detail.
Patent GB-2539675-A (GB)
Title: Reagents, kits and methods for molecular barcoding
Inventor: LUCAS BRANDON EDELMAN
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2015-06-23
Abstract: Multimeric barcode oligonucleotide primers for massively parallel sequencing comprise: first and second barcode molecules linked together, either directly or via a bead, wherein each of the barcoded oligonucleotide molecules comprises a distinct barcode region and a primer region, the first and second primers designed for sequencing different positions on the same nucleic acid target. A single multimeric barcoding reagent can be used to label sub-sequences of an intact nucleic acid molecule or co-localised fragments of a nucleic acid molecule. Methods for generating and assembling barcoded oligonucleotides, libraries of such reagents and methods of sequencing using the multimeric barcoded oligonucleotides are disclosed.
Patent GB-2530400-A (GB)
Title: Closing wall cavities
Inventor: SHILLABEER JOHN LOUIS
IPC: E06B1/00
Filed: 2015-08-13
Abstract: The cavity wall has two skins 230,232 separated by a gap filled with insulation 234, and a closer 210 having a cavity facing seal 272 which alters shape when pressed against an object. The gasket is retractable, and either compressible or deformable; when installed it is fully in contact with the insulation. The seal may extend over all or part of the hole and have a plate 212 which extends over one or both sides of the wall and a rigid block of insulating material 262 which enters into the cavity; there may be a channel 270 within the block, containing the shape changing material, which can retract partly or fully into the slot, and can be in the form of an expanding foam tape. The cavity insulation may be overfilled and trimmed so it is flush with the end faces of the wall skins. A method of use is also provided.
Patent GB-2541385-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic range improvement for isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Inventor: JENS RADKE
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2015-08-14
Abstract: A main channel of a mass of interest is monitored as well as other channels. The signal from the other channels is used to determine a background signal that is caused by eg ion scattering in a mass spectrometer device and which is subtracted from the main channel signal to correct the main channel signal. The method is applicable to muti-channel type mass spectrometers used for isotope measurements and provides a mass spectrum with increased dynamic range.
Patent GB-2528800-A (GB)
Title: Syntactic foam frac ball and methods of using same
Inventor: MURPHREE ZACHARY R
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2014-05-15
Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising providing a flowable component comprising syntactic foam, and communicating the flowable component into a wellbore. A method of servicing a wellbore comprising providing a flowable component comprising syntactic foam, communicating the flowable component into a wellbore, and allowing the flowable component to be removed from the wellbore.
Patent GB-2532143-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for determining a real rotor angle of an electric machine
Inventor: BAIMING SHAO
IPC: H02P25/022
Filed: 2015-11-25
Abstract: A method for determining a real rotor angle (Ɵest) of an electric machine, particularly a synchronous motor, including an inverter, that can be used to avoid offset angle errors and thereby achieve higher efficiency and stability of the motor and higher fuel economy of an electric or hybrid vehicle. The method includes predicting a current (i*d), including its polarity, using this information to modify a voltage command (u*abc) to compensate non-linearity effects of an inverter and determining the real rotor angle (Ɵest) from a combination of a calculated offset angle (Ɵoffset) and an angle (Ɵresolver) reported by a resolver. The voltage command is generated and the current is predicted in the dq reference system and transformed to the three-phase reference system.
Patent GB-2534684-A (GB)
Title: Curtain closure system having impact resistant tension bar
Inventor: GRANT W CRIDER
IPC: E06B9/58
Filed: 2014-05-28
Abstract: A roll-up curtain closure system having an impact resistant tension rod, wherein the system includes at least one flexible curtain (18, 41) having a first end fixedly attached adjacent a portal (11) along a first end thereof and a second end (23, 43) folded back on itself to define a pocket (24, 44) opening towards the portal first end, an elongated tension rod (34, 35) captured within the pocket, and a curtain driving mechanism (33) operably connected to the curtain second end for varying the height of the pocket. The elongated tension rod (34, 35) comprises an inner flexible fiberglass bar (36) surrounded by an outer soft closed cell foam material (37), whereby the tension rod is flexible to bend in response to impact force and is resilient to return to its original position after the impact force is removed.
Patent GB-2547030-A (GB)
Title: Uplink resource allocation
Inventor: GUANG LIU
IPC: H04W72/12
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A base station allocates communications resources over a predetermined frequency bandwidth at both a resource block (RB) level and a subcarrier level for a plurality of wireless communication units that the base station determines should use either RB level mapping (e.g. Block IFDMA) or subcarrier level mapping (e.g. IFDMA) in the uplink over the predetermined frequency bandwidth. The base station provides an indication of the communication resource allocation at either the RB level or subcarrier level to each of the plurality of wireless communication devices depending on whether the base station determines they should use RB level mapping (e.g. Block IFDMA) or subcarrier level mapping (e.g. IFDMA), respectively. Aspects include determining the wireless communication unit (WCU) is to use subcarrier level mapping e.g. when: it is located within a vicinity of the cell edge; or it requires a number of RBs comprising a number of subcarriers less than or equal to the number of groups of subcarriers or less than a predetermined minimum RB threshold, otherwise determining the WCU is to use RB level mapping. It provides efficient scheduling of uplink communication resources associated with unlicensed radio spectrum for a wireless communication system.
Patent GB-2534325-A (GB)
Title: Article with topsheet foreshortened by a drawstring
Inventor: CHRISTOPH SCHMITZ
IPC: A61F13/513
Filed: 2014-10-15
Abstract: The present invention is an article for being worn on the lower torso of a wearer with a topsheet, foreshortened adjustably by means of a drawstring system, and adapted to allow bodily exudates to pass through a passageway in the topsheet.
Patent GB-2551382-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling a solenoid actuated fuel injector
Inventor: PETER BAUR
IPC: F02D41/20
Filed: 2016-06-17
Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a solenoid activated fuel injector operated by applying an activation pulse profile to the solenoid, the method comprising: measuring the voltage across, or current through, the solenoid during a time period of the valve closing phase, A, subsequent to a valve opening phase; summing or integrating the result to arrive at a proxy for average injector closing speed and controlling and varying the activation pulse profile during a subsequent activation/fuelling cycle of said fuel injector based on the result to lie within a threshold band. Controls injector momentum, bounce and spoon effect during a transitional phase between ballistic and linear opening while dispensing low fuel quantities.