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Patent GB-2568631-A (GB)
Title: System for dispensing individual servings of a beverage
Inventor: JOSEPH JOSHUA DI MARIA
IPC: G07F13/06
Filed: 2016-10-20
Abstract: A system for dispensing individual servings of a beverage, said system comprising: a beverage receptacle holder adapted for retaining a beverage receptacle; a plurality of dry formulation beverage mixtures; selection means for selecting one or more of said beverage mixtures for said beverage; dispensing means for measuring an individual serving quantity of said selected one or more beverage mixtures and for depositing said individual serving quantity into said beverage receptacle; fluid dispensing module for depositing an individual serving quantity of a selected fluid into said beverage receptacle; means for sealing said beverage receptacle; and means for mixing said individual serving quantity of said beverage mixture and said fluid to provide a mixed beverage for dispensing.
Patent GB-2582599-A (GB)
Title: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine and a method
Inventor: MATTHEW JOHN MCALLISTER
IPC: F02D41/06
Filed: 2019-03-27
Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust system 104 for an internal combustion engine 103, a vehicle 101, a method and non-transitory computer readable medium for carrying out the method. The exhaust system 104 comprises at least one cylinder head 202 defining a first integrated exhaust manifold 208A and a second integrated exhaust manifold 208B. A first aftertreatment component 210 is provided in fluid communication with both the first integrated exhaust manifold 208A and the second integrated exhaust manifold 208B. The exhaust system also comprises a second aftertreatment component 211 configured to enable a flow of exhaust gases from the first integrated exhaust manifold 208A through the second aftertreatment component 211 to the first aftertreatment component 210. The aftertreatment component may be a catalytic convertor. Turbines for a turbocharger system may be located in the exhaust passage. The engine may selectively deactivate a first cylinder group connected to an exhaust manifold during warm up and activate all cylinders once the engine has warmed up.
Patent GB-2583781-A (GB)
Title: Downlight
Inventor: SHIFU GUAN
IPC: F21V29/10
Filed: 2019-07-04
Abstract: A downlight comprises a light source assembly 10, a heat sink assembly 20and a gasket 14. The light source assembly 10 has a light source plate 11 with a plurality of LEDs. The light source plate 11 has a light-emitting surface and a heat sink surface disposed opposite to the light-emitting surface. The heat sink assembly 20 dissipates heat from the light source assembly and includes a heat sink cylinder 21 and an annular heat sink plate 22 connected to the heat sink cylinder 21. The heat sink cylinder 21 has an accommodating cavity 211 having an opening, and the light source plate 11 is located within the accommodating cavity. The gasket 14 is located between the light source plate 11 and the bottom of the accommodating cavity to transfer the heat from the light source assembly 10 to the heat sink cylinder 21. The configuration improves the heat dissipation efficiency of the light source assembly and simplifies the assembly process.
Patent GB-2573479-A (GB)
Title: Temperature-controlled UAV storage system
Inventor: Robert L Cantrell
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2018-01-29
Abstract: Described in detail herein is an temperature-controlled UAV delivery system. One or more physical objects can be stored inside a temperature-controlled storage unit of a UAV. A temperature controlling device can control the temperature of the interior volume of the temperature-controlled storage unit. Sensors can detect a temperature of the interior volume of the temperature-controlled storage unit. The computing system can control the temperature controlling device to adjust the temperature of the interior volume of the temperature- controlled storage unit to an ideal temperature for storing the one or more physical objects based on the attributes associated with the one or more physical objects.
Patent GB-2577800-A (GB)
Title: Ratcheting wrench
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON
IPC: B25B23/00
Filed: 2019-08-27
Abstract: A ratcheting wrench 100 comprising a handle 105 with a spline 120 at one end and a grip 125 at the other end; a wrench head 110 comprising a drive portion 135 at one end and a working portion 130 at the other; and a pin 115 comprising a first ball detent 140 coupling with the handle and a second ball detent 145 coupling with the wrench head. The pin comprises a round portion (155, Fig 2) and a square portion 160 (Fig 2) extending from the round portion. The first ball detent extending at least partially within the round portion and the second ball detent extending within the square portion. The wrench head may include an indent 147 in the drive portion of the wrench head for the second ball detent to couple to. The spline may have teeth 165 for the first ball detent to couple to. The drive portion of the wrench head may include a square portion 135 corresponding to the square portion of the pin for coupling.
Patent GB-2583789-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for deep brain stimulation
Inventor: NIKUNJ KANTILAL PATEL
IPC: A61N1/378
Filed: 2019-09-19
Abstract: An apparatus for performing a treatment on a subject’s brain comprising: a brain insertable electrode lead 100, a distal portion of the lead 100 having a plurality of electrodes 102 spanning a length between 20-30 mm to apply one or more neuromodulation signals to the lateral habenula and the posterior commissure of the subject’s brain; a proximal electrode 104 to apply a neuromodulation signal to the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and/or the corpus callosum; and a controller to generate the neuromodulation signals. Preferably electrodes 102 apply one or more neuromodulation signals to one or more additional brain targets of a dorsomedial nucleus of a thalamus and/or a VL-PAG. Electrodes 102 may be evenly spaced longitudinally along the lead’s distal portion. The apparatus may include a brain insertable guide tube to receive the lead 100. The apparatus may comprise a sensor to detect a physiological parameter, where the controller adjusts one or more neuromodulation signals based upon the detected physiological parameter. The apparatus may comprise an external power supply with a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting power to the controller. The apparatus may further include one or more stimulation electrodes for stimulating a carotid body and/or a carotid baroreceptor.
Patent GB-2588138-A (GB)
Title: Methods and devices for secure symbiotic mining
Inventor: JACK DAVIES
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2019-10-09
Abstract: Methods may enable splitting of storage/validation nodes from mining nodes in a blockchain network using atomic exchange mechanisms. A non-mining node (e.g. a storage/validation node) may generate a (partial) candidate block 402 containing transactions including a source transaction with an output associated with the non-mining node, and a miner transaction (e.g. a miner reward) that includes the source transaction output as an input and a second output associated with a particular miner. The non-mining node may determine a payload summary (e.g. a Merkle root), and send it to the miner 404 along with the miner transaction, a first summary path therefor (e.g. a Merkle path), and a header containing the summary. The miner may validate the miner transaction 406 based on the summary and path, mine the header with nonces 408 until a proof-of-work solution is found 410, and send a solution value to the non-mining node 414. In another embodiment, the miner may send a hash of the solution to the non-mining node, which then generates the miner transaction locked by the solution, sends it to the mining node, and receive the solution from the miner (fig. 2). The non-mining node then propagates the block 416.
Patent GB-2579721-A (GB)
Title: GPU virtualisation
Inventor: DAVE ROBERTS
IPC: G06F12/1072
Filed: 2015-12-02
Abstract: A method of GPU virtualization in a computing system 100 comprising: CPU 102 running virtual machines (VMs) controlled by a hypervisor; and graphics processor unit (GPU) 104 comprising two-stages memory management with GPU guest memory management unit (MMU) 110, for virtual to guest address translation, and root (or system) MMU 122 controlled by the hypervisor, for guest to physical address translation. Root management units 114, 124 provide access control to dedicated memory resources 124, 114 based on the identifier. GPU virtualisation is realised by allocating each VM an identifier by the hypervisor and using it to tag transactions from the CPU related to the GPU on system bus 116, where the identifier in combination with root MMU 122 enables mediation of the transactions without hypervisor intervention. GPU microprocessor 108 runs tasks without hypervisor intervention in response to a VM writing to kick register 130 allocated to the VM on initialisation.
Patent GB-2581641-A (GB)
Title: Imaging component and imaging device
Inventor: MINEO UCHIDA
IPC: H04N5/3745
Filed: 2018-09-19
Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that a pixel array includes multiple pixel blocks composed of multiple pixels, a signal processing unit and a corresponding pixel block are connected by multiple first signal lines, the signal processing unit and a corresponding transfer unit are connected by multiple second signal lines, the signal processing unit is provided with a conversion circuit for sequential analog-digital conversion of first signals input from the multiple first signal lines during the same period, and the transfer unit is disposed in a direction different from a first direction in which the first signal lines are disposed with respect to a circuit array on a second substrate.
Patent GB-2595524-A (GB)
Title: Resonant actuator assembly
Inventor: JAMES HOWARTH
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2020-05-29
Abstract: A resonant actuator assembly 1 is provided. The resonant actuator assembly 1 comprises: a support structure 3; a movable part 5 that is capable of motion relative to the support structure 3; and an actuator arrangement 7 arranged to drive relative motion of the movable part 5. The resonant actuator assembly 1 includes a resilient element 11 positioned between the movable part 5 and the support structure 3 to provide a restoring force to the movable part 5 on displacement from an equilibrium position E with respect to the support structure 3. The actuator arrangement 7 is arranged to drive the relative motion of the movable part 5 at a resonance of the resonant actuator assembly 1, the restoring force being non-linear with the displacement. A system including such a resonant actuator assembly is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2588288-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for creating a fluid communication line in a downhole environment
Inventor: Batosz Krupski
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2020-08-26
Abstract: Method and apparatus for creating a fluid communication line in a downhole environment between an annular chamber and a throughbore of a tool. The tubular wall 18 therebetween is provided with circumferentially arranged recesses 20 extending into the wall to provide selected thin-walled sections 26 for perforation by a communication tool. A plurality of recesses are circumferentially arranged in the wall. Also disclosed is a communication tool. The communication tool has two oppositely arranged punch heads, one aligned with a recess and the other between neighbouring recesses giving an orientationless configuration in operation. An embodiment for creating a fluid communication line through a tubing retrievable safety valve for operation of a wireline retrievable safety valve located therein is described.
Patent GB-2599437-A (GB)
Title: Client devices, server, and methods
Inventor: JONATHAN JAMES STONE
IPC: H04N7/15
Filed: 2020-10-02
Abstract: The invention relates to methods and devices for organising a live video conference stream. The live videoconference stream comprises a plurality of participants, 10A, 10B, each receiving the live videoconference stream using a client device. The method comprises receiving, by a client device of a first participant of the plurality of participants via the server, a foreground image from the client devices of at least some of the other participants, and outputting for display, by the client device of the first participant, the foreground images from the at least some of the other participants overlaid on a common background image in accordance with a position mapping, 30, received from a client device of an organiser of the live videoconference stream via the server. The position mapping is for distribution via the server to the client devices of all of the plurality of participants. Further embodiments relate to client devices along with a server apparatus and a method of operating said server.
Patent GB-2599650-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic-product packaging and method of manufacture thereof
Inventor: PATRICIA MCGRATH
IPC: B65D81/26
Filed: 2020-10-06
Abstract: A cosmetic product packaging 100 includes an outer container 102 with planar side panels 110, 112, 114, an inner container 302 and a lid 104 pivotally coupled to the outer container. The packaging has at least one lid projecting tab 104A, 104B and at least one container projecting tab 102A, 102B, such that a distal end of the lid projecting tab clips onto a distal end of the container projecting tab to secure the lid in a closed position. The inner container is mountable within the outer container and accommodates a cosmetic product. The inner container is accessible when the lid is in open position, i.e. the distal ends of projecting tabs are spatially mutually separated. The inner container comprises customisable holding tabs, and a planar side panel of the outer container is reflective. A method of manufacturing the packaging is also claimed.
Patent GB-2601109-A (GB)
Title: Rotor apparatus for an electric machine
Inventor: TIAGO CESA
IPC: H02K1/276
Filed: 2020-11-03
Abstract: A rotor 6 for an electric machine 1, the rotor comprising rotor poles 9-n, the poles each comprising at least one aperture 11, where the aperture comprises a chamber 12 for receiving a magnet 10 and at least one flux barrier 13 for controlling the path through which magnetic flux flows in the rotor. The rotor poles each comprise at least one flux guide 15 for guiding magnetic flux across the flux barrier during a demagnetisation event, where the guide forms a constriction (CN1, fig 5) between the magnet receiving chamber and the barrier. The guide may comprise a projection extending partway across the aperture and may be disposed between the chamber and barrier. The barrier may comprise a central axis, the axis being curved and having an angular extent greater than or equal to 135°. The constriction of the flux guide may have a span which is smallest in a direction substantially perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of the chamber. First and second flux guides may be positioned to oppose each other to form the constriction. The aperture may also comprise an expansion (16, fig 6) formed opposite to the flux guide. The electric machine may be used in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2603123-A (GB)
Title: A Deployment Applicator for a Vacuum Therapy Device
Inventor: ANDREW HINDMARSH
IPC: A61M25/01
Filed: 2021-01-22
Abstract: A vacuum therapy device, for treating an abscess or other internal defect, comprises a porous medium, e.g. foam or mesh, deployable through the distal end of a catheter and a deployment applicator 200 arranged to provide selective distal movement of the porous medium, e.g. via a suction tube (130, Fig. 1) connected to the porous body and moved by the applicator. The deployment applicator’s actuation mechanism is connectable to the porous pad via a movable element, e.g. the suction tube, and has a releasable drive lock selectively preventing proximal retraction of the pad. A disengagement mechanism releases the lock to enable proximal movement of the porous medium during reloading for redeployment. In a preferred embodiment, a hand-actuated lever 260 distally advances a double-sided toothed rack 230 by means of a ratchet 250 engaging one side 231 of the rack, the suction tube is coupled to the other side 232 of the rack by another ratchet 242, and both pawls are disengageable by rotating an interposed oval shaft (244, Fig. 3) actuated by another lever 240, allowing withdrawal of the rack and suction tube, e.g. using a projecting hand grip (238, Fig. 3).
Patent GB-2603795-A (GB)
Title: Wearable article, assembly and method
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN LYNCH
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 2021-02-15
Abstract: A garment comprising (figure 10) a fabric layer 201, a sensing component 200 on the fabric layer formed of a conductive material, arranged to monitor activity at the body surface of the wearer of the article; the garment further comprising a calibration component 309 comprising a thermochromic colour changing region which changes colour in response to an increase in temperature. Preferably the thermochromic change is irreversible, such that the indicator can demonstrate exposure to an excessively high temperature, such as in a tumble drier. Also claimed is an assembly for and a method of obtaining an image of the calibration component and determining whether the garment has been exposed to excess temperature. This allows a user or vendor to determine if conductive elements in the garment have failed due to user error in care of the garment.
Patent GB-2606127-A (GB)
Title: Tap connector
Inventor: ALAWI HAYDEN
IPC: E03C1/04
Filed: 2021-02-24
Abstract: A one-piece tap connector comprises a head end 7, a tail end 10 and an internal bore. The head end 7 has a screw thread 4 for attachment to a tap inlet. The tail end 10 is for attachment to a water supply conduit, and has an internal non-round formation 20, whereby the tap connector can be screwed to the tap by means of a suitable key.
Patent GB-2590334-A (GB)
Title: Structural reinforcement
Inventor: MATTHEW GREENHALGH
IPC: E04G23/02
Filed: 2019-08-15
Abstract: A method of structurally reinforcing a girder 1200, by determining a section of the girder that requires strengthening the section being joined together with at least one other section by a plurality of fasteners. A strengthening member is positioned against the section that requires strengthening. The strengthening member is fastened to the girder 1200 without removing the section. The fastening comprises removing and replacing at least one such fastener via an opening in the strengthening member. The girder 1200 may be used in a structure such as a bridge
Patent GB-2604880-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for monitoring fluid flow in a pipe using electromagnetic velocity tomography
Inventor: GARY LUCAS
IPC: G01F1/74
Filed: 2021-03-16
Abstract: An apparatus 2 for monitoring a fluid flow in a pipe 4 using electromagnetic velocity tomography (EVT), the apparatus 2 comprising a pipe 4 defining a flow conduit 6, a coil system 8 comprising electrically conductive wires 10 located externally of the flow conduit for generating composite magnetic fields within the flow conduit 6, a magnetic signal driving circuitry 24 electrically connected to the coil system 8 which is arranged to pass electrical current through the coil system 8 thereby to transmit a magnetic field from the coil system 8 into the flow conduit 6, a plurality of measurement electrodes located around the flow conduit for detecting voltages induced in an electrically conducting fluid flowing thorough the magnetic field, and a signal processing circuitry electrically connected to the plurality of measurement electrodes for receiving flow induced voltage signals from the electrodes, wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes 12 is comprised in a flexible printed circuit board 25 which is positioned circumferentially around the pipe 4, the printed circuit board 25 comprising a first lamina 31, the first lamina 31 comprising an electrically conductive layer 33 which is patterned to form an annular serial array 35 of mutually spaced measurement electrodes 12 around the pipe 4 which are separated from the flow conduit 6 by at least a portion 37 of a thickness of the pipe 4, wherein the pipe 4 is comprised of an electrically non-conductive material whereby when, in use, an electrically conductive fluid is present in the flow conduit 6, each measurement electrode 12 and a respective areal portion of the pipe thereunder, form, together with the electrically conductive fluid, a respective sensor which is capacitively coupled to a portion of the electrically conductive fluid in the fluid conduit 6.
Patent GB-2605439-A (GB)
Title: A wind turbine and method of generating power from the wind
Inventor: Osama Elogab
IPC: F03D80/60
Filed: 2021-03-31
Abstract: A wind turbine comprising a plurality of blades each with and air outlet 21 on the surface, an air distribution system conveying air to each outlet, a pressurised air source 11 supplying the distribution system pressurised air above ambient pressure, and a temperature control system for adjusting the temperature of the conveyed air. The pressure of air to each outlet may also be controlled, the outlet may form part of an air amplifier. Also claimed is a method of using such a turbine.
Patent GB-2596227-A (GB)
Title: Nanocrystals
Inventor: HAO PANG
IPC: C09K11/88
Filed: 2020-03-25
Abstract: A lead chalcogenide nanocrystal composition has nanocrystals having a mean particle size in the range of 2 to 20 nm and a relative size dispersion of less than 25%. The composition may exhibit absorption in a range from about 500 to about 4500 nm, for example from about 530 nm to 1600 nm. The composition may exhibit emission in the range of 600 to 4500 nm, for example 600 to 2500 nm. The composition may exhibit absorption full width at half maximum (FWHM) values of less than 250 nm, such as less than 110 nm. The lead chalcogenide composition may comprise PbS, PbSe, PbTe or mixtures thereof and is preferably PbS. A device such as a IR sensor, photodetector, sensor, solar cell, a bio-imaging or bio-sensing composition, photovoltaic system, display, battery, laser, photocatalyst, spectrometer, injectable composition, field-effect transistor, light emitting diode, photonic or optical switching device or metamaterial, fiber amplifier, optical gain media, optical fiber, infrared LED, lasers or electroluminescent device may comprise the lead chalcogenide nanocrystal composition.
Patent GB-2598670-A (GB)
Title: Janus oligomer with full-spectrum selective reflection and photoluminescence, and preparation method thereof
Inventor: BING YAO
IPC: C09K19/40
Filed: 2021-08-19
Abstract: A Janus oligomer with full-spectrum selective reflection and photoluminescence, and a preparation method thereof. The Janus oligomer with full-spectrum selective reflection and photoluminescence is constructed by graft copolymerization of a chiral liquid crystal monomer, a nematic liquid crystal monomer, a fluorescent molecule and polymethylhydrosiloxane, and the structure of the Janus oligomer with full-spectrum selective reflection and photoluminescence is shown in formula I. The Janus oligomer can achieve full-spectrum selective reflection reversibly and accurately during the heating and cooling processes. When excited by ultraviolet light, the Janus oligomer can emit fluorescence. When the temperature rises from room temperature to the thermal decomposition temperature of the Janus oligomer, the fluorescence intensity decreases monotonously, and the change of the fluorescence intensity with temperature is still highly reversible. The Janus oligomer prepared by the present invention has double peculiarities of dynamically reversible full-spectrum selective reflection and photoluminescence, and has wide application prospects in the field of anti-counterfeiting. The preparation route of the Janus oligomer is short, the operation is safe and simple, and the reaction condition is mild.