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Patent GB-2576143-A (GB)
Title: Mount
Inventor: William Molan
IPC: G01R11/04
Filed: 2018-07-30
Abstract: A mounting bracket for mounting a metering device 26 (e.g. for electricity, gas, water) within a meter box 28 comprises a vertical portion 4 for securing the bracket to the meter box; and a support portion 10, non-parallel to the vertical portion 4, for supporting the metering device 26 in a nonhorizontal position. The support portion and vertical portion are connected via a base portion 8, and the three portions may be formed of a single piece of material e.g. stainless steel. The vertical portion may have apertures 6 for screwing, bolting or riveting the bracket to the meter box. The support portion may have semi-circular cut-outs (14, fig. 1c) to receive inlet and outlet pipes of the metering device. The bracket makes the metering device easier to view and prevents water accumulating on flat surfaces of the meter.
Patent GB-2579338-A (GB)
Title: Operating a controller for a vehicle
Inventor: RUSSELL VICKERS
IPC: H04W4/70
Filed: 2018-10-04
Abstract: A fog node controller 100, and a system for operating a controller for a vehicle. An operational state of the vehicle is determined, and in response to a determination that the prevailing operational state is a state in which one or more computing resources of a vehicle controller can be made available to a fog computing network (210). The vehicle controller is set to a fog node mode. The fog node mode is an operating mode in which the vehicle controller operates as a node in the fog computing network. In one embodiment the vehicle controller may receive a computing task from the fog computing network, while operating in the fog node mode, execute the computing task using the one or more computing resources, and send a result of the executed computing task to the fog computing network.
Patent GB-2565928-A (GB)
Title: Rotating mass energy store
Inventor: ABIGAIL ROSE CARSON
IPC: H02K7/09
Filed: 2017-06-06
Abstract: A rotating mass energy store includes a rotor (10) that contains conductors (6), (7), (18), (17) and magnet arrangement (11). The rotating mass is symmetrical about axis of rotation and is hollow with a cavity (24), wherean electrical stator (12) is located in the cavity. All components of the energy store are enclosed in a housing (1) which has a fitting/connection (2) for a vacuum pump and or seal, and wire connection seals (3) and (15) for conductive wire to pass through. The rotor (10) is permanently magnetically levitated axially and radially. Electrical energy is exchanged and stored as kinetic energy in a rotating mass, otherwise known as the rotor (10).
Patent GB-2579869-A (GB)
Title: Installing subsea risers
Inventor: Luiz Carlos De Lemos Júnior
IPC: F16L1/24
Filed: 2018-12-19
Abstract: An end fitting 24 for a subsea riser 20 comprises an engagement head 38 to engage with a subsea foundation 26 substantially vertically. A structure such as a joint assembly 40 surrounds a longitudinally-extending flow axis 42 which coincides with the riser’s conduit 22. The structure bears a tensile load on a load path that extends longitudinally from the engagement head 38 in parallel to the flow axis. The joint 40 may be fixed to the engagement head 38 or removably attached (fig 4). The engagement head 38 supports an upwardly-facing connector hub 54 that is offset laterally from the flow axis. A connector pipe 56 in fluid communication with the connector hub 54 extends from riser conduit 22 on the flow axis to the connector hub 54. A counterweight 58 is opposite to the connector hub 54 and the connector pipe 56 about the flow axis 42 to provide symmetry and balance the fitting. The connector hub 54 and the counterweight 58 can be located within funnel formations 50, 52. The funnel formations 50, 52 guide connection and tend to counterbalance hydrodynamic forces as the fitting is lowered in the water. The engagement head maintains vertical orientation.
Patent GB-2572057-A (GB)
Title: Accelerometer-based external sound monitoring for position aware autonomous parking
Inventor: ERICK MICHAEL LAVOIE
IPC: B60W50/08
Filed: 2019-02-05
Abstract: A vehicle comprising accelerometers mounted on the windows, a computer platform coupled to the accelerometers to receive stop commands 418 associated with a voice and validate the stop commands when the voice is authorised 420 or originates from an emergency zone 424, and an autonomy unit to prevent autonomous movement 426 in response to the validated stop command. Preferably the emergency zone is defined based on the direction of travel or the vehicle’s speed. The computer may trilaterate signals from multiple accelerometers to determine if a voice originates from the emergency zone. Voice recognition using stored voice prints may be used to confirm authorisation. A body control module coupled to a mobile device may be incorporated, which could determine a first location of the mobile device and a second location of a voice origin, and determine that the voice is authorised when the first location is within a threshold distance of the second location. When a key fob is not within a threshold distance of the vehicle, the computing platform may prevent autonomous movement and ignore voice commands. A related method is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2583967-A (GB)
Title: Driver entry aid for a vehicle
Inventor: RUSSELL WILSON-JONES
IPC: B62D6/00
Filed: 2019-05-16
Abstract: A steer-by-wire vehicle has a steering wheel 10 in a passenger compartment 30 of the vehicle; a sensor 14 which measures the rotation of steering wheel 10 and generates a signal corresponding to the rotation; at least two steered wheels 26, 28; a steered wheels position motor 20 which controls the steering position of wheels 26, 28; a control unit 16 which receives the signal from sensor 14 and generates a control signal to operate motor 20 to turn wheels 26, 28 depending on the rotation of steering wheel 18; and a feedback motor 18 controlled by control unit 16. Feedback motor 18 applies a torque to steering wheel 10 in the opposite direction to that applied by a driver when rotating steering wheel 10 during driving. Moreover, feedback motor 18 rotates steering wheel 10 to assist entry of the driver into the vehicle when the vehicle is not being driven, for example when detected to be stationary. The system may use a camera or proximity sensor to detect the presence of a driver.
Patent GB-2572903-A (GB)
Title: Recombinant BCG overexpressing phoP-phoR
Inventor: JUN LIU
IPC: C12N15/31
Filed: 2017-04-07
Abstract: Provided are a live recombinant Mycobacterium bovis-BCG strain and a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine or immunogenic composition comprising a nucleic acid capable of overexpression, the nucleic acid encoding PhoP and PhoR proteins. A method for treatment or prophylaxis of a mammal against challenge by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis using the strain is also provided.
Patent GB-2592175-A (GB)
Title: Image processing
Inventor: ROSARIO LEONARDI
IPC: H04N13/10
Filed: 2019-07-12
Abstract: An image processing method comprises generating an initial representation of a three-dimensional environment 100 using a three-dimensional array of elements having a first spatial resolution with respect to the three-dimensional environment; generating a distance field (Fig. 5, 500), DF, representation from the initial representation 110, the DF representation comprising a three-dimensional array of distance values having a second spatial resolution with respect to the three-dimensional environment: and applying a data compression process to the DF representation to generate a data-compressed DF representation 120. The display of the images may be via a head-mountable display. The compression may be a lossy or lossless process and the initial representation may be from point cloud or voxel data points. Further disclosed is a method of input data decompression, processor (Fig. 18, 1800), computer software, machine readable storage system and associated apparatus to perform the methods.
Patent GB-2575376-A (GB)
Title: Assembly and methods for NOx reducing reagent dosing with variable spray angle nozzle
Inventor: Rajendra Ashok Kankarej
IPC: F01N9/00
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: In an assembly and methods for NOx reductant dosing with variable spray angle nozzle, according to various embodiments, a reductant dosage is calculated. A reductant delivery region in an exhaust stream area of an aftertreatment system and an actuation period may be specified. Based at least on the reductant delivery region and the actuation period, the reductant insertion assembly may be placed in a state for reductant delivery such that one of a first array of reductant insertion ports and a second array of reductant insertion ports is in an open position. The shape of the variable spray angle nozzle may define different levels. Different arrays of reductant delivery ports may have varying operating characteristics, such as diameter, number of ports, actuation time, and/or reagent delivery angle and may be activated based on reductant flow pressure and/or reductant flow velocity.
Patent GB-2589611-A (GB)
Title: Reactant gas plates, electrochemical cells, cell stack and power supply systems
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS
IPC: H01M8/10
Filed: 2019-12-04
Abstract: A reactant gas plate (200, 300) for conveying a reactant gas in an electrochemical cell (100), comprises a reactant gas volume (210, 310) having an inflow array (224, 324) of spaced apart inflow apertures (222, 322), to allow reactant gas to flow into the reactant gas volume (210, 310); and an outflow array (234, 334) of spaced-apart outflow apertures (232, 332), to allow reactant gas to flow out of the reactant gas volume (210, 310). The outflow apertures (232, 332) are arranged to reduce the hydrodynamic resistance for reactant gas flowing through a proximal half (221, 321) of the outflow array (234, 334) relative to the hydrodynamic resistance for reactant gas flowing through a distal half (223, 323), operable to bias the flow of reactant gas towards the proximal end (215, 315) of the collector channel (240, 340). This may be done by including a greater number of outflow apertures in the proximal half. Increased uniformity of reactant gas flow rate may improve efficiency and/or the temperature throughout the electrolyte volume which in turn reduces the instances and magnitude of thermal spikes within electrodes and the electrolytic fluids.
Patent GB-2591285-A (GB)
Title: Adapter apparatus, barbecue and method
Inventor: DAVID HENRY STANDEN
IPC: A47J37/07
Filed: 2020-01-24
Abstract: An adapter apparatus 26 comprises a fire box assembly 28 in which wood pellets can be combusted. The adapter apparatus is configured to attach to a barbecue so as to place the fire box assembly in register with an aperture of a barbecue chamber to enable the heat and/or smoke produced by combustion of the wood pellets in the fire box assembly to be directed into the chamber. Thus, the adapter aims to adapt a barbecue configured to use charcoal as a fuel source to enable the use of wood pellets as a fuel source. The adapter apparatus may be supported by the barbecue. The fire box assembly may comprise a removeable receptacle for receiving wood pellets, wherein the adapter apparatus is configured to locate the receptacle outside the chamber of the barbecue. The fire box assembly may comprise a twist-lock mechanism to releasably attach the fire box assembly to the barbecue. The adapter apparatus may comprise a refillable gravity feed hopper 30 located outside the chamber. The hopper may have a feed tube 58 comprising a swing joint. Also disclosed is a barbecue comprising the adapter apparatus. The barbecue may be a kettle barbecue configured to receive an ash pan assembly.
Patent GB-2592692-A (GB)
Title: Mask capable of Protecting Spectacles against Mist
Inventor: ZHIJIAN LIN
IPC: A41D13/11
Filed: 2020-03-26
Abstract: A mask which can prevent glasses or spectacles from misting or fogging up comprising a mask body 21 having a sponge strip 21 fixedly attached to an upper part of the inner surface, where the sponge strip has a concave and convex shape to fit around the bridge of a wearer’s nose. Preferably the shape of the nasal foam is in the form of two ridges 22 either side of a trough 21, and it is formed of a non-breathable or impermeable material. Preferably a layer of silica gel desiccant 3 is present on the face-side of the sponge to control moisture and provide a good seal against the skin. Specific dimensions for the sponge strip are claimed. In use the strip directs humid air the wearer breathes out down and to the side instead of up towards the lenses of their glasses where it might form condensation on the glass.
Patent GB-2594332-A (GB)
Title: Gaming chip cleaning apparatus
Inventor: GAVIN JACKSON
IPC: B08B7/00
Filed: 2020-04-24
Abstract: A gaming chip sanitising apparatus is provided for cleaning casino gaming chips. The apparatus comprises: a platform 100 arranged to support one or more gaming chips 122 thereon; and a first ultraviolet C (UV-C) light source arranged to emit ultraviolet light 230 toward the platform 100; wherein the platform 100 is permeable to the UV-C light. There may be a lid 132 which is also permeable to UV-C light. In one embodiment there is a casino gaming table comprising the gaming chip sanitising apparatus 100. The platform material may be selected from acrylic, glass, polymer, polycarbonate, or poly(methyl methacrylate). There is also a gaming chip sanitising cabinet (200, fig. 3) comprising: a plurality of walls forming a chamber; a drawer extending within the chamber; and the removable platform 100 which is arranged to support the gaming chips. Also provided are methods of manufacturing the gaming chip sanitising apparatus 100 and a method of sanitising gaming chips 122.
Patent GB-2591312-A (GB)
Title: Optical system and imaging apparatus
Inventor: SHUNJI IWAMOTO
IPC: G02B15/14
Filed: 2020-08-03
Abstract: The optical system has a first positive lens Gp1is disposed closest to an object among the one or more positive lenses. A first negative lens Gn1 is disposed on an image side of the first positive lens and is disposed closest to the object among the one or more negative lenses. At least one of an object side surface and an image side surface of the first positive lens is an aspherical surface. A relationship between a total lens length of the optical system LD, a focal length of the optical system, and a distance on an optical axis from the image side surface of the first positive lens to an object side surface of the first negative lens is defined by conditional expressions. Other conditional expressions relate to a refractive index with respect to a d-line of material of the first positive lens, and an Abbe number based on the d-line of the material.
Patent GB-2598610-A (GB)
Title: Digital radio receivers
Inventor: WEI LI
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2020-09-04
Abstract: The access address portion of a Bluetooth (RTM) packet is checked by selecting a portion of an incoming symbol sequence 206, determining a first error between the selected portion and a first predetermined symbol sequence using a difference metric (e.g. Hamming distance) 208, determining, using the difference metric, a set of second errors between the selected portion and a set of second predetermined symbol sequences 210, each formed by prepending different length portions of a predetermined preamble symbol sequence to a beginning of the first predetermined symbol sequence, and determining a minimum error from the first error and the set of second errors. If the first error is not the minimum error, a different portion of the incoming symbol sequence is selected and the process repeated. If the first error is the minimum error, the packet is decoded 216 to produce a payload. An additional check may be performed before decoding that involves determining a most likely coded address using maximum likelihood sequence detection (MLSD). A fit error between the selected portion and the most likely coded address is then determined, and an offset between the first error and the fit error is compared to a threshold (252-258, figure 4).
Patent GB-2599385-A (GB)
Title: Haircare appliance
Inventor: YUEXIANG HUANG
IPC: H02G15/007
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: A haircare appliance (10, Fig. 1) such as a hairdryer has a heater housing (14, Fig. 1) with a heater assembly (34, Fig. 1) disposed in it. A circuitry housing (12, Fig. 1) is remote from the heater housing and contains an electronic component (60, Fig. 1). An electrical cable (16, Fig. 1) containing a wire extends from the circuitry housing to the heater housing, connecting the electronic component to the heater assembly. An attachment member (102, Fig. 5) attaches the electrical cable to the circuitry housing. The attachment member has a main body (109, Fig. 5) having a bore (118, Fig. 5) within which the electrical cable is held. The attachment member has first and second arms (112,126, Fig. 5) extending from the main body, each engaging with an opposite side of the circuitry housing. The first arm may locate in a recess or aperture in the circuitry housing. The second arm may be secured to the circuitry housing with a fastener 144. The first arm may be curved. The circuitry housing may have a clip 138, 140 to hold the first arm. The circuitry housing may be in two portions that are held together by the attachment member.
Patent GB-2588858-A (GB)
Title: An electronic device case
Inventor: ANTONY JAMES HOLLIDAY
IPC: H04M1/18
Filed: 2020-11-13
Abstract: An electronic device case for shielding an electronic device, such as a smart phone 500, from an external environment, comprises: a front cover 103 configured to at least partially cover a face of the electronic device, a front window 109 configured to be positioned under the front cover; an outer frame 105 configured to be positioned under the front window, wherein the outer frame comprises a peripheral wall defining a cavity; and an inner frame 140, comprising a peripheral wall configured to be located within the outer frame, at a position adjacent an inner surface of the outer frame peripheral wall. The inner frame comprises at least a first flange portion (148, figure 8) extending from an edge of the peripheral wall of the inner frame and extending over an edge of the outer frame peripheral wall. The first flange portion is configured to be able to provide a seat along an edge of the peripheral wall of the outer frame. The case also includes a back window 123 configured to be positioned under the outer frame, the back window comprising an electro-magnetic penetrating material; a back cover 107 configured to be positioned under the back window, and configured to at least partially cover a face of the electronic device; and at least one screw (116, figure 9) configured to attach the components of the electronic device case together.
Patent GB-2599744-A (GB)
Title: An aircraft
Inventor: NATALIE WONG
IPC: F02K3/06
Filed: 2021-01-26
Abstract: An aircraft 100 comprises a machine body 102 enclosing a turbofan gas turbine engine 110 and a plurality of ancillary systems 104. The turbofan gas turbine engine comprises, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger 120, a fan 130, a compressor 140, a combustor 150, a turbine 160, and an exhaust 170. The machine body comprises one or two air inlets 112. The cooling air inlet allows air to enter the machine body and to pass through the heat exchanger module. The heat exchanger module transfers waste heat from the gas turbine engine and the ancillary systems to the cooling air flow prior to entry of the air flow into the fan module. The proportion of the cooling flow that passes through the core engine may be in the range of 0.2 to 0.71, and preferably 0.29 to 0.71. The fan may have a diameter in the range 0.3m-2.0m.
Patent GB-2604103-A (GB)
Title: Light control unit
Inventor: JAMIE SHEMIE
IPC: H05B47/19
Filed: 2021-02-18
Abstract: A light control unit 10 comprises a control module 20 and a connection module 22. The control module includes a manual switch control mode that is configured to output a first control signal based on control of a power supply 28 via a position of a conventional light switch 30, such as a manual wall switch, connectable thereto. The control module also includes a smart control mode that is configured to output a second control signal based on a command signal received wirelessly. The connection module is electrically connected to the control module and is connectable, in use, to a lighting circuit to control the electrical parameters of a light 14 based on the first or second control signals. The connection module is configured to provide a permanent power supply to the control module via connection, in use, to the power supply so that the first and second control signals independently control the electrical parameters of the light regardless of the position of the manual switch. Moreover, the connection of the power supply between the connection module and the control module directly connects, in use, the switch to the light control unit, the control module being configured to change an operating programme or mode of the light control unit in response to a switch operation sequence received from the switch.
Patent GB-2603949-A (GB)
Title: Method for controlling height of work machines
Inventor: DEREK P NIEUWSMA
IPC: F15B11/08
Filed: 2021-02-22
Abstract: A method for controlling a height of a work machine (100, Figure 1) is provided. The method includes:- i) determining an expansion or retraction event of a fluid cylinder 122; ii) moving a valve 210 to a first condition in response to the expansion or retraction event to disallow fluid communication between an accumulator 212 and an end chamber 170, 172 of the fluid cylinder 122; iii) receiving a pressure signal associated with a fluid pressure at the end chamber 170, 172 upon completion of the expansion or retraction event to cause a proportional pressure control valve 218 to move and equalize a fluid pressure of the accumulator 212 with the fluid pressure at the end chamber 170, 172 of the fluid cylinder 122; and iv) moving the valve 210 to a second condition pursuant to an equalization of the fluid pressure of the accumulator 212 with the fluid pressure at the end chamber 170, 172 of the fluid cylinder 122 to allow the fluid communication between the accumulator 212 and the end chamber 170, 172 of the fluid cylinder 122.
Patent GB-2605637-A (GB)
Title: Sensing device for sensing a compressive pressure
Inventor: SYED EJAZUL HUQ
IPC: G01L5/00
Filed: 2021-04-08
Abstract: A sensing device for sensing a compressive pressure applied by a compression bandage 1 or a compression garment comprises a flexible substrate 7 for wearing beneath the compression bandage (shown in figure 1a) or the compression garment and a compression sensor 3 attached to the flexible substrate. The compression sensor comprising an input (20, 70, 55 in figure 1b) and an output (40, 80, 65 in figure 1b) and a signal path therebetween. The input and the output are arranged such that a sensor signal received by the output varies in dependence on a relative configuration of the input and the output and/or the signal path therebetween. Also the input and the output are arranged such that their relative configuration varies in dependence on a compressive pressure applied to the compression sensor, the compressive pressure having a component perpendicular to the substrate as shown by example in figures 4 and 5 where the adjacent end of input and output conductors move relative to one another.