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Patent GB-2588588-A (GB)
Title: Battery module and battery cell carrier
Inventor: Victor Francisco Alonso Arroyo
IPC: H01M50/514
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: A battery module (110a-h, figure 1) comprises a battery cell carrier 900, a plurality of battery cells 420, and a busbar 930 electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells. The battery cell carrier comprises a plurality of openings (1140, figure 11), each opening accommodating a respective one of the battery cells. The battery cell carrier comprises at least one fixing feature, such as an upstanding projection 940, that locates the busbar with respect to the battery cell carrier, preferably by inserting the projection in a corresponding aperture 950 in the busbar. More than one projection and aperture may be provided, and the arrangement enables the correct location of the busbar relative to the cell carrier. The battery cells may be secured in the openings with adhesive, and each opening may include a ridge for engagement with the outer surface of the battery cells, the ridge serving to prevent escape of the adhesive from the openings. The battery module is preferably one of a number of supported modules which can be used in an electric vehicle.
Patent GB-2581867-A (GB)
Title: Waterproof signal cable structure
Inventor: YING-MING KU
IPC: H01B11/02
Filed: 2019-10-29
Abstract: A waterproof cable 1 comprising: a set of twisted pair (11, Fig. 3) strands 10, the twisted pairs enclosing a centre portion 100; an outer insulation tube 20; an outer ring portion 101 defined between the outer insulation tube and the set of strands; and a water swellable powder 30 distributed in the outer ring portion. The water swellable powder may be: a super absorbent polymer obtained by polymerizing acrylates; evenly distributed in the outer ring portion; or distributed along an outer peripheral surface of the set of strands in a direction of longitudinal extension by an electrostatic powder machine. The twisted wires 12 may comprise four pairs be arranged in a ring to define the centre portion 100. Each of the wires may comprise a signal core wire 121 and insulation layer 122. The outer insulation tube may be comprised of polyvinyl chloride or thermoplastic elastomer. A cross-shaped spacer 40 may be disposed between each of the twisted pairs
Patent GB-2577421-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for managing marketers and influencers
Inventor: SUVITA CHARANWONG
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2018-05-16
Abstract: A method and a system for managing marketers (4) and influencers (3) run on a processing system and its supporting apparatuses, comprising a recording process, the first sequence, identifying the marketer (4)'s job details by credits, wherein the recording process shows screening alternatives for screening influencers (3). The second sequence is to match the jobs and the influencers (3) according to the screening at the early stage. The matching procedure consists of sending and representing the alternatives for preferring jobs on the influencer (3)'s client apparatuses (2), wherein the formerly processing system is responsible for gathering social media data from the representation of the job description on the influencer (3)'s client apparatuses (2). The last sequence is to create the reports and transferring credits into the influencers (3) received jobs from the job database, wherein the processing unit (1) operates a series of databases comprising social network data, the influencer (3)'s personal data, job's databases, and the credit management unit.
Patent GB-2590479-A (GB)
Title: Dressing aid
Inventor: DESMOND MERNAGH
IPC: A47G25/90
Filed: 2019-12-19
Abstract: A dressing aid 1 for use in donning a sleeved garment, for example a shirt or jacket, comprises a sleeve holding arm 2 that extends outwardly from a mounting support 3. The sleeve holding arm is for insertion into a sleeve of the garment to hold the sleeve open. The sleeve holding arm may be length and/or height adjustable. The mounting support may comprise a slide shoe 4 which engages a complementary rail element 5 having a re-entrant slot 8 for slidable reception of the slide shoe. A locking bolt 18 may extend through the slide shoe to engage the rail element to lock the slide shoe on the rail element. The sleeve holding arm may terminate in bulbous head 23 and may comprise an inner portion 20 which projects outwardly from the mounting support and an outer portion 21 which extends laterally from the inner portion. The inner portion may be perpendicular to the outer portion. The outer portion may have a threaded connector 30 for engagement with a threaded bore or socket of the inner portion. The outer portion may comprise two or more engageable pieces.
Patent GB-2592607-A (GB)
Title: Resolution improvement in dual energy
Inventor: GUILLAUME JEGOU
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2020-03-03
Abstract: A method comprises S1 obtaining inspection data representative of intensity values of pixels of an inspection image of the cargo generated as a result of a plurality of detectors detecting a plurality N of pulses of dual energy inspection energy transmitted through the cargo. A plot is generated S3 having, as a first axis. bins corresponding to pixel intensity values HM associated with a higher energy mode and as a second axis, bins corresponding to pixel intensity values LM associated with a lower energy mode. Generating the plot comprises binning, for each pixel (i,j) of the inspection image corresponding to each pulse i and each detector j of the plurality of detectors, an occurrence in the obtained inspection data such that: On the generated plot, for each bin of the pixel intensity values LM, a bin is selected S4 corresponding to a most frequent bin of the pixel intensity values HM, and a transformation table is generated S5 by mapping each bin of the pixel intensity values LM with the selected bin of the pixel intensity values HM.
Patent GB-2581689-A (GB)
Title: Continuous wiring of shape memory alloy actuators
Inventor: GEOFFREY FARMER
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2018-10-30
Abstract: Embodiments of the present techniques provide methods for manufacturing large volumes of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator assemblies, which may also advantageously simplify and/or speed-up the process of manufacturing SMA actuator assemblies.
Patent GB-2584209-A (GB)
Title: Lower limb loading assessment systems and methods
Inventor: MARK FINCH
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2015-02-18
Abstract: A lower limb loading assessment system having at least one motion sensor mounted to a subject's lower limb that is configured to sense the tibial shockwaves experienced by the lower limb as the subject performs a repetitive physical activity involving repetitive footstrikes of the lower limb with a surface. The motion sensor may comprise an accelerometer 18 that is configured to sense acceleration data in at least three axes and generate representative acceleration data over a time period associated with the physical activity. The acceleration data represents a series of discrete tibial shockwaves from the discrete footstrikes. A data processor 26 receives the tibial shockwave data and processes that to generate output feedback data comprising an estimate of the subject’s cumulative load stimulus.
Patent GB-2589200-A (GB)
Title: Knuckle protectors
Inventor: BENJAMIN AMANNA
IPC: A63B71/14
Filed: 2020-09-08
Abstract: A knuckle protector 10 for protecting a user’s hand comprises a guard member 12 having a knuckle cover portion 16, a grip portion 18 and an aperture 14 for receiving a finger of said user’s hand therethrough; and one or more securing straps 20 connected to the guard member 12, the securing strap 20 or straps being connected to or being connectable to an end of an elongate hand wrap 36. The guard member 12 may comprise a single aperture 14 or a plurality of apertures. The strap or straps 20 may be connected to a hand wrap via a loop 34. The guard member 12 is preferably formed from a resiliently deformable material.
Patent GB-2588051-A (GB)
Title: Condensate pump assembly
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER FORSHAW
IPC: F25D21/14
Filed: 2018-07-27
Abstract: A condensate pump assembly (100, fig 1) for use in an air conditioning system comprises a pump 300 arranged in a housing 105 to pump liquid from an inlet (115) to an outlet (455). A receptacle 200 receives the liquid from the inlet and a tube element 325 connects the pump to the outlet. One or more rings 340 arranged around the tube restricts radial expansion of the tube. A suspension means 310, 325, (350, fig 7) suspends the pump away and hence spaced from touching a bottom surface 120 of the housing to substantially eliminate vibrations being transmitted from the pump to the housing. The suspension means may comprise a tube 310 having a different hardness to the tube connecting the pump to the outlet, and/or a cradle (350) comprising a plurality of arms (355). A rubber skirt 117 twin shot moulded to the inlet accommodates different sized inlet pipes. A fluid outlet chamber 400 comprising a plurality of walls (410, 415, fig 4a) is provided and a dividing wall (420) separates the chamber into first (430a) and second (430b) regions. The second region maintains a pocket of air and along with a protrusion (440) dissipates pulses of liquid.
Patent GB-2606550-A (GB)
Title: Fluid pump
Inventor: ANDREW PLAYLE
IPC: F02M59/46
Filed: 2021-05-12
Abstract: An inlet valve assembly 10 of a fluid pump of an internal combustion engine comprises an inlet valve member 56 that is movable between a closed position and an open position and which comprises a first biasing means 48 configured to bias the inlet valve member in a first direction (d1, Fig. 2) towards the open position, when the inlet valve member is in the closed position; and a second biasing means 54 configured to reduce the speed of the inlet valve member 56 when the inlet valve member is moving in the first direction, d1, towards the open position. The invention aims to improve noise, vibration, and harshness associated with high velocity clash of components and potential damage caused thereto.
Patent GB-2608131-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring device for monitoring the interior of a vehicle
Inventor: MARIUS-ANDREI MUNTEAN
IPC: G01S13/89
Filed: 2021-06-22
Abstract: The present invention is related to monitoring device 1 for monitoring the interior of a vehicle 1000 and associated method. The device comprising a Wi-Fi transmitter 2 for transmitting Wi-Fi signals, a Wi-Fi receiver 3 for receiving Wi-Fi signals, and a processor 4 that is operatively coupled to the receiver. The processor is configured to process the received Wi-Fi signals and to create, based on the processed Wi-Fi signals, a three-dimensional map of the interior of the vehicle. The receiver 3 detecting reflected signals from objects 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 in the vehicle 1000. The arrangement may track objects in the vehicle, recognise a state of the objects and be arranged to activate or control a vehicle function.
Patent GB-2608459-A (GB)
Title: Tasting glass
Inventor: TIAGO RUSSO
IPC: C03B23/00
Filed: 2021-07-02
Abstract: A glass comprising sidewalls 8 and a base 2 and a depression (7, Fig 5b) formed in the base, inside the volume of the glass by sidewalls of a constant curvature. The glass is formed from soda-lime glass. The depression may be conical. The base may comprise an ice 3 having a thickness of between 20mm and 50mm. the sidewalls may form a bulb, a convergent portion and a divergent portion, wherein the divergent portion forms a mouth of the glass. The glass comprises 65-75 percent silicon dioxide, 10-20 percent sodium oxide, and 2-16 percent calcium oxide. A method of forming a glass is also claimed comprising forming the sidewalls and base of the glass from a heated soda-lime composition and forming the depression in the base of the glass by imprinting the working end of a tool (42, Fig 4) into the base of the glass. The glass may be suitable for tasting alcoholic drinks, such as whisky or gin.
Patent GB-2593852-A (GB)
Title: Handling an input/output store instruction
Inventor: CHRISTOPH RAISCH
IPC: G06F11/30
Filed: 2020-01-16
Abstract: A data processing system (210) and a method for handling an input/output store instruction (30), comprising a system nest (18) coupled to at least one input/output bus (22) by an input/output bus controller (20). A data processing unit (216) is coupled to the system nest (18) via an aggregation buffer (16). A system nest (18) is configured to asynchronously load from and/or store data to at least one external device (214). The data processing unit (216) is configured to complete the input/output store instruction (30) before an execution of the input/output store instruction (30) in the system nest (18) is completed. An asynchronous core-nest interface (14) comprises an input/output status array (44) with multiple input/output status buffers (24). A system firmware (10) comprises a retry buffer (52) and the core (12) comprises an analysis and retry logic (54).
Patent GB-2610179-A (GB)
Title: Trouser retaining strap
Inventor: IAN GORTON
IPC: A41F17/04
Filed: 2021-08-23
Abstract: A retaining strap (fig 1; 1) for a trouser leg 36, comprising a band 2 of fabric arranged to loop around a user’s foot 38, 40, and at least one attachment means 4, 6 arranged to releasably attach the band to the trouser leg. The attachment means being arranged to attach to a front portion of the trouser leg such that, the or each attachment means is positioned over the top of a user’s foot. The fabric may be a stretchable elastic that could be knitted or woven together. The attachment means may comprise clips that could be secured at a fixed position via a band that loops through the eye of the clip. The retaining strap may comprise a longitudinal band that has an engagement means, such as a buckle 14 to connect the first (fig 2; 10) and second 12 ends, where the engagement means could be positioned on the inner side of the user’s foot 38.
Patent GB-2610189-A (GB)
Title: Animal collar
Inventor: ZOE O'CONNELL
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 2021-08-24
Abstract: An animal collar comprising: a core for placement around a neck of an animal, the core having first and second free ends and including at least two rigid core sections operably coupled together in a pivotal arrangement; a flexible sheath enclosing the rigid core sections; and a locking device configured to releasably couple the first and second free ends of the core. The core sections may be arcuate or angular and may be composed of metallic, non-metallic, organic, or composite material. The sheath may directly contact the core sections and may be wrapped around them in spiral, concentric, or helical arrangements; it may be composed of cut or water-resistant material. The locking device may include for example combination, biometric, magnetic or wireless locks. The collar may include an electronic tracking device and transmitter, for example a global positioning system.
Patent GB-2603580-A (GB)
Title: Gap filling using personalized injectable media
Inventor: CLEMENT DECROP
IPC: H04N21/262
Filed: 2021-11-04
Abstract: A method for media consumption gap filling comprises: receiving notification that a first user has selected a first broadcast channel to view while the first broadcast channel is showing a first program; determining a desired program scheduled to be presented via the first broadcast channel at a time after an end of the first program; calculating a first duration that starts at a current time and ends at a scheduled time for commencement of the desired program; identifying first gap-filling content that has a duration sufficient to fill the first duration, the first gap-filling content from a first personalized media corpus associated with the first user; and presenting first gap-filling content. A first user presetting may be received, comprising a preference for: flexible gap filling that allows the presenting to extend beyond the scheduled time of the commencement of the desired program or strict ending of gap filling so that the presenting ends at the scheduled time of the commencement of the desired program. Gap-filling content may be recap content, of previously shown media related to the desired program, or an end portion of first media content.
Patent GB-2600835-A (GB)
Title: Fin locking mechanism
Inventor: JOEL SEDDON
IPC: B63B32/66
Filed: 2021-11-10
Abstract: A fin locking mechanism for releasably attaching a fin to a fin box of a paddleboard is disclosed. The locking mechanism comprises a primary locking member adapted to be engaged with a fin and movable between a locked position in which the locking member restricts movement of the fin with respect to the fin box and an unlocked position in which the fin may be removed from the fin box. The locking mechanism further comprises a secondary locking member adapted to releasably engage the primary locking member in its locked position, said engagement preventing movement of the primary locking member away from its locked position. A fin assembly and a paddleboard are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2604005-A (GB)
Title: Sanitisation system and method of sanitising in an enclosed space
Inventor: Paul McEntire
IPC: A61L2/24
Filed: 2021-12-01
Abstract: A sanitisation system for an enclosed space 30 having a touch surface 32, 36 which is contacted, in use, by multiple users of the enclosed space 30. The sanitisation system comprises: an occupancy sensor 42 configured to detect a user occupancy status of the enclosed space 30 and to output an occupancy signal which corresponds to the user occupancy status; a lighting system (44, fig. 2) comprising at least one lighting device configured to irradiate the touch surface with a beam of ultraviolet light 62, 64; and a controller configured to receive the occupancy signal and to control the lighting system. In accordance with a cleansing schedule and in response to the occupancy signal, the touch surface 32, 36 is irradiated with the beam of ultraviolet light 62, 64 only when the enclosed space 30 is unoccupied. The cleaning schedule may be initiated at a frequency depending on the occupancy rate within the enclosed space 30. The enclosed space 30 may be an elevator car 12 or toilet cubicle. The system may also comprise a door sensor 26.
Patent GB-2603839-A (GB)
Title: Hermetic packaging of a micro-battery device
Inventor: QIANWEN CHEN
IPC: H01M50/119
Filed: 2021-12-02
Abstract: A microbattery includes a first micro-battery device including a substrate 102 having a metal anode via 104 and a metal cathode via 104. A battery element 112 formed on the substrate includes a cathode current collector 114 electrically connected to a cathode through the metal cathode via and an anode current collector 106 electrically connected to an anode 110 through the metal anode via. A metal sealing layer 124 is formed on at least sidewall surfaces of the battery element and is electrically connected to the cathode. A method of forming a microbattery device involves forming a metal anode via and a metal cathode via in a substrate, forming a metal layer 108 on a bottom side of the substrate, forming a battery element on a top side of the substrate, forming an encapsulation layer 116 around the battery element, forming trenches (150, Figure 1F) through the encapsulation layer and the substrate on different sides of the battery element, and forming a metal sealing layer in the trenches to cover at least sidewall surfaces of the battery element. The metal sealing layer is electrically connected to the battery element through the metal layer and the metal cathode via.
Patent GB-2602559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to respiratory masks
Inventor: ANDREW NEIL MILLER
IPC: A61M16/06
Filed: 2021-12-07
Abstract: A respiratory apparatus comprises a sensor 100 having a transmitter and a receiver of electromagnetic radiation and a respiratory mask 10 having an enclosing wall 25A, 25B that defines an interior cavity, the enclosing wall including first and second windows (85, fig.3) (second window not visible) between which a portion (90) of interior cavity exists. The sensor 100 is mounted to the respiratory mask 10 such that electromagnetic radiation from the transmitter, for example infrared light, can be transmitted through the first window (85), through the interior cavity portion (90), through the second window, and into the receiver. Based on the infrared light that is detected, the amount of amount of carbon dioxide in the expiratory gas may be determined. Preferably, the interior cavity portion (90) is spaced from the inspiratory and expiratory gas inlet ports 55, located at the intersection between expiratory flow from a wearer’s nose and mouth.
Patent GB-2602432-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for determining control capabilities on an off-highway vehicle
Inventor: BEN HOLTER
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling operation of an off-highway vehicle are provided. A control method includes receiving an input command that includes at least one of a manual input command and an automatic input command, determining if an operator attention level is at a first attention level, a second attention level, or a third attention level, generating at least one output parameter based on the determined operator attention level and the input command, generating an output command based on the at least one output parameter, and outputting the output command to the first work function to control operation of the first work function based on the output command.
Patent GB-2603415-A (GB)
Title: Radiation scanning inspection apparatus
Inventor: QUANWEI SONG
IPC: G01V9/00
Filed: 2020-08-10
Abstract: A radiation scanning inspection apparatus. The apparatus is provided with a working state and a transportation state, and comprises a base part, wherein the base part comprises a first longitudinal part (1) and a second longitudinal part (2) that are positioned on two opposite sides of the radiation scanning inspection apparatus; a main beam (3), wherein the main beam is arranged above the base part, and the height of the main beam in the working state is greater than that in the transportation state; a lifting device (62) arranged on the base part and used for lifting the main beam (3) when the working state and the transportation state are switched; and a support body (61), wherein the support body can be separated relative to the base part, is arranged between the main beam (3) and the base part in the working state, and is separated from the base part in the transportation state, such that the main beam (3) is directly connected to the base part. According to the inspection apparatus, disassembly and assembly of the apparatus are reduced, when the apparatus is switched from the transportation state to the working state, various tedious calibration operations do not need to be carried out, and state switching is flexible and convenient.
Patent GB-2619961-A (GB)
Title: Alignment of singulated substrates
Inventor: KEITH MICHAEL HANSFORD
IPC: H05K3/12
Filed: 2022-06-23
Abstract: A tooling 14 for supporting workpieces during printing has a support tower 15 with head 19 which moves relative to a base 17 in a horizontal plane. The head 19 has at least first and second support surfaces 22A,B, each for supporting a singulated workpiece substrate. The first support surface 22A is vertically moveable relative to the second. In a pre-printing configuration, the first and second support surfaces 22A,B are staggered to be spaced in a vertical direction, one higher than the other. In a printing configuration, the first and second support surfaces 22A,B are aligned to be coplanar in a horizontal plane, using an actuator or spring. Additional support surfaces may form a liner or two-dimensional matrix array on the head 19 (figure 13). A printing method comprises determining orientation of workpieces using a camera before bringing the first support surface 22A into contact with a workpiece (figure 6B), then lifting the tooling to bring the second support surface 22B into contact with another workpiece (figure 8B).