baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2552539-A (GB)
Title: System and method for use with an inhaler, nebuliser or other such similar device
Inventor: JOHN RUDIN
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2016-07-28
Abstract: A system 100 for use with inhalers or nebulizers, the system comprising at least one inhaler apparatus 101 configured to attach to an inhaler and adapted to detect operation or actuation thereof. A user-wearable or mountable apparatus 103 configured to receive data from the/each inhaler apparatus 101 is also provided as a part of the system 100. The inhaler apparatus 101 is preferably configured to attach to the top of the inhaler, the mouthpiece, the mouthpiece cover or the actuating mechanism thereof. The wearable device 103 is further preferably able to transmit the data received from the inhaler apparatus 101 to a server 111, such that the information may be remotely accessed by a carer 113, clinician 115 or otherwise interested party. The user-wearable apparatus 103 may further comprise a processor configured to discriminate between multiple inhaler apparatuses 101 such that is may track the use of individual ones of multiple inhaler apparatuses 101.
Patent GB-2538027-A (GB)
Title: Passenger service vehicle
Inventor: TOM HARLEY
IPC: B62D47/02
Filed: 2013-05-08
Abstract: A passenger service vehicle (100 see fig 1) has upper and lower decks (120, 110 see fig 1) and an internal passenger staircase 400 between the decks. The staircase 400 typically has upper 410 and secondary 430 stair portions, where the upper portion 410 has at least one tread 415 and leads transversely to the top deck (120). The secondary stair portion 430 is connected to the upper portion 410 via a landing 420 and extends longitudinally and parallel to the top deck (120). The staircase 400 is preferably U-shaped, comprising a lower stair portion 450 and is located immediately behind a downstairs driver area and a forward upstairs passenger area. A fuel tank (500 see fig 6) may be accommodated below the secondary stair portion 430 and a lower landing 440. The invention is provided in the context of a need for increased passenger numbers in double deck vehicles, and in the context of weight, safety and ergonomic considerations.
Patent GB-2545341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to remote sensing
Inventor: LESLIE CHARLES LAYCOCK
IPC: G02B5/126
Filed: 2016-12-05
Abstract: A system for remotely sensing light emitted from a monitored environment. The system comprising: one or more retro-reflective optical elements 1A bearing a reflective optical coating 3 positioned within the environment; a light source to direct light 5 at said elements; and a detector arranged to receive light 6 returned by the optical coating and thereby detect a property of the monitored environment. Elements have a body with a core 4B of positive optical power and a cladding 4A. The refractive index of the core is greater than that of the cladding, and converges light onto the reflective coating for retro-reflection. Elements may bear a photo-luminescent material over the cladding that may cover the whole element, said material having an emission that varies in response to an environmental factor. The material may be between the cladding and the reflective coating, or may bear an anti-reflective coating. Photo-luminescent materials may include Quantum Dots, PtTFPP or lucigenin and may measure temperature, pressure or salinity.
Patent GB-2558248-A (GB)
Title: End-cap assembly for an after treatment system
Inventor: NASEER A NIAZ
IPC: F16L41/12
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: A lightweight/compact end-cap, for an exhaust gas after-treatment system, to provide a connection between an engine or an engines exhaust and an exhaust gas treatment canister. The end-cap 60 includes a cylindrical outer wall 63 and an end wall 66; an inlet/out pipe 69 which passes through the outer wall 63, eg across the entire diameter of the end-cap, and may have openings 68A; and a bracket 70 that holds the pipe 69 in the end-cap and stabilizes the inlet/outlet pipe 69 to prevent failures caused by large vibrational forces caused by the flow of the exhaust gas through the end-cap 60. The bracket 70 encircles the inlet/outlet pipe 69 and has at least three contact surfaces, eg in the form of fold tabs; one with the end wall 66 of the end-cap and two with the outer wall 63 of the end cap. The gauge of the pipe 69 may be less than 3mm; the gauge of the bracket 70 may be less than 2mm.
Patent GB-2546648-A (GB)
Title: Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistor GOA circuit
Inventor: JUNCHENG XIAO
IPC: G11C19/28
Filed: 2015-02-06
Abstract: A low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistor GOA circuit, for use in forward and reverse scan transmission, comprising multiple cascade GOA units, where N is set as a positive integer, a level N GOA unit employs multiple n-type transistors and multiple p-type transistors, the level N GOA unit comprises: a transmission part (100), a transmission control part (200), a data storage part (300), a data removal part (400), an output control part (500), and an output buffer part (600). Employment of a transmission gate for transmission of a signal between upper/lower levels, employment of a NOR gate logic unit and a NAND gate for conversion of the signal, and employment of a timing inverter and an inverter for storage and transmission of the signal solve the problem of poor component circuit stability and large power consumption of an LTPS single-type TFT and the problem of TFT electric leakage of a single-type GOA circuit, thus optimizing circuit performance, and allowing implementation of a ultra-narrow frame or frameless design.
Patent GB-2551292-A (GB)
Title: Phase compensated fixed-point numerically controlled oscillator for downhole logging
Inventor: PENG LI
IPC: G06F1/02
Filed: 2015-04-08
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a phase compensated numerically controlled signal using a fixed-point algorithm. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a downhole device, parameters including an input frequency and a compensation value. The method further includes converting, based on the parameters, the input frequency to a delta phase value. The method also includes calculating, with the downhole device, an accumulation error for a digital signal. In response to determining that the accumulation error is greater than or equal to the compensation value, the method removes the accumulation error from the digital signal to generate an output signal.
Patent GB-2554186-A (GB)
Title: Fast assembly-type mounting structure for fixed door of shower room
Inventor: YUHUA MEI
IPC: A47K3/30
Filed: 2016-02-16
Abstract: A fast assembly-type mounting structure for a fixed door (22) of a shower room, which comprises a wall-contacting aluminium material (20), a guide rail (21), a fixed door (22) and a guide rail connecting assembly. The wall-contacting aluminium material (20) has a cavity, and the inside thereof is disposed along the height direction for mounting a first notch (23) of the fixed door (22). The guide rail connecting assembly comprises a wall material connection member (24) and a guide rail connection member (25) with an integrated structure. The guide rail connection member (25) is provided on one side of the wall material connection member (24). The wall material connection member (24) is mounted inside the cavity of the wall-contacting aluminium material (20). A mounting groove (26) matching the shape of the guide rail connection member (25) is provided on the guide rail (21). The guide rail connection member (25) is inserted into the mounting groove (26) to connect the guide rail connecting assembly with the guide rail (21). A limiting assembly for preventing the guide rail connecting assembly from moving upwards is provided on the wall material connection member (24). The wall-contacting aluminium material (20) is provided with a second notch (29), which facilitates the mounting of the guide rail (21), at the upper end and the lower end of the first notch (23) respectively. The mounting structure for the fixed door (22) is easy to mount, simply structured and of low cost.
Patent GB-2556418-A (GB)
Title: Brace
Inventor: JUDITH HALL
IPC: A61F5/055
Filed: 2017-09-21
Abstract: A neck brace, or cervical collar, formed from a blank of material, preferably cardboard, having an axis of symmetry along a mid-line and having, either side of the mid-line, a front 18 and rear 19 section. The front 18 and rear 19 sections each comprise a lower edge 13 and an upper edge 11, and wherein the lower edge 13 provides a single wave formation 14 and the upper edge provides two wave formations 12; an axis of symmetry of the single wave formation 14 being aligned with an axis of symmetry of the two wave formations 12. At least one crease line 15, 16 that mirrors the contours of the lower edge 13 is further provided spaced from the lower edge 13, the crease line(s) 15, 16 allowing for the lower edge 13 to be folded along the line 15, 16. The brace also provides fastening members at the outer edges of both the front and rear sections and a chin supporting member 21 at the upper edge 11 of the front section 18. In a preferably arrangement multiple crease lines 15, 16 are provided allowing for the brace to be fitted to a range of neck sizes.
Patent GB-2559647-A (GB)
Title: Conveying device and conveyor unit
Inventor: KAZUO ITOH
IPC: B65G47/66
Filed: 2017-10-10
Abstract: A conveying device has: a main conveyor unit 11; a sub conveyor unit 12; and a lifting and lowering unit 13 that lifts and lowers at least one of the main conveyor unit and the sub conveyor unit, wherein the main conveyor unit has a main conveying passage 15 disposed in a fixed region, the main conveying passage conveying a conveyance object, wherein the sub conveyor unit has a sub conveying passage 26 disposed in the fixed region, the sub conveying passage conveying the conveyance object in an intersecting direction with respect to a conveying direction of the main conveying passage, wherein a conveyance attitude is capable of being changed between a main conveyance attitude in which a conveying surface of the sub conveying passage is located below a conveying surface of the main conveying passage, and a sub conveyance attitude in which both ends in the intersecting direction of the conveying surface of the sub conveying passage are located above the conveying surface of the main conveying passage, and in the sub conveyance attitude, the conveying surface of the sub conveying passage is inclined in a height direction. The lifting and lowering unit may include at least two kinds of cam members 116, 117 for changing the conveyance attitude from the main conveyance attitude to the sub conveyance attitude by rotation thereof. The lifting and lowering unit may include a connecting member 86 connecting the two kinds of cam members directly or through another member, the connecting member allowing a synchronizing rotation of the two kinds of cam members to change the conveyance attitude from the main conveyance attitude to the sub conveyance attitude.
Patent GB-2561965-A (GB)
Title: A clamshell form-factor portable personal electronic computer
Inventor: MARTIN RIDDIFORD
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2018-02-27
Abstract: There is provided a clamshell form-factor portable personal electronic computer (PDA) with a lid closing against a base. The computer includes a display in the lid, and a keyboard in the base. The main PCB (printed circuit board) and battery are separated, with one in the lid, and the other in the base. Preferably the PCB is located in the lid and the battery in the base. The PCB may be a single-sided PCB. The computer may have metal covers for the lid or base that are removable. The PCB may have an optional extension or plugin module. The plug in module may be a camera module. The keyboard can be a fully tactile keyboard that uses mechanically moveable keys. The keyboard can also be a virtual keyboard. The computer may have wireless communications capabilities. The computer may have a bottom cover that allows for an extra capacity battery. The computer may have an external button that allows a voice recognition interface.
Patent GB-2573124-A (GB)
Title: Near zero emission exhaust system
Inventor: ALLAN BROWN
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: A method of producing carbon carbonate from the exhaust 2 of an engine 1 a vehicle (e.g. ship, train trucks) comprises treating the exhaust gas to remove particle matter, sulphur dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO); passing the gas through a condenser to separate demineralised water from the gas that is stored in a reservoir 40. The nitrogen/carbon dioxide rich gas is cooled 13 and passed to a catalysed carbon capture system comprising a hydration tank 21 containing water and nickel nanoparticles through which the gas is bubbled and converted to carbonic acid (CO3H2); a separator 32 to remove the nanoparticles; a settling tank 41 where sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and calcium chloride (CaCl2) is added to the acid to produce carbon carbonate at a temperature below 1400 centigrade. The carbonate may be disposed of at sea. The reclaimed water may be used to emulsify the engine’s fuel 16, used as part of a humid air motor system; or used to supply the vehicles water supply e.g. drinking water. Alternatively reactors having microbes, enzymes or electro chemical synthesis of calcium carbonate may be used to capture carbon dioxide. The exhaust gas may also be purified with a CO2 scrubbing device.
Patent GB-2569210-A (GB)
Title: Steel profile and method of processing steel
Inventor: Mauro Focchi
IPC: B21B45/04
Filed: 2017-12-05
Abstract: A hot rolled steel profile has a surface quality index of at least 6, preferably at least 7, more preferably at least 8. The surface quality index is defined according to a proportion, a distribution and a size of surface defects of the hot rolled steel profile. There may be no marks formed by rolled scale such as snake-skin, tiger scale, salt and pepper, comet, drag or banding. The profile may have a unit mass of 20-400 kg/m. The rolling reduction may be from 2:1 to 50:1. The profile may be a bulb-flat profile, a crane rail profile a forklift mast, hanger or fork profile, a track-shoe profile, a cathode-collector profile, a cutting edge profile, or a bull-wheel profile for a bull-wheel to drive a cable..
Patent GB-2564278-A (GB)
Title: Rollable display
Inventor: BONGCHUL KIM
IPC: H01L27/32
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: A rollable display (for example, see figure 14) has a roller attached to a flexible display panel 150 (such as OLED) having pixels to display an image on a front side. A printed circuit board, PCB, is on the flexible display panel 150 and a control board is in the roller. A connector 127 connects the PCB and control board. A reinforcing structure 200 has segments 201 and is attached to the rear of the flexible display panel 150. At least one buffer member, such as foam tape/board, is attached to the reinforcing structure 200. The buffer member 203 may be provided on an inside of a through hole 210, through which the connector 127 slides. The buffer member (215, figure 21) may be bonded to a surface of a segment 201, and may prevent damage when the display panel 150 is rolled. The segments 201 may be hinged together.
Patent GB-2565237-A (GB)
Title: Packing element with timed setting sequence
Inventor: GRAHAM FARQUHAR
IPC: E21B33/128
Filed: 2016-06-24
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a packing element and a sealing element. In one embodiment, the packing element includes a sealing element positioned on an outer surface of a mandrel deployed in the wellbore, where the sealing element is disposed in an annulus between the mandrel and a portion of the wellbore. The sealing element includes a first cavity on an inner surface of the sealing element, where the first cavity has a first size and is positioned proximate a first end of the sealing element. The sealing element also includes a second cavity on the inner surface of the sealing element, where the second cavity has a second size that is different from the first size, and is positioned proximate a second end of the sealing element. The packing element also includes a first and second gauge rings positioned at first and second ends of the sealing element, respectively.
Patent GB-2567925-A (GB)
Title: Forming method and apparatus
Inventor: IAN LYONS
IPC: E04G17/04
Filed: 2018-08-23
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus (1, Fig 1) for forming a mould cavity 4 to form a wall section 2 of a cast-in-place wall. The apparatus includes a plurality of forming plates 5-n for forming a support wall 6 which defines at least one wall of the mould cavity 4. A support assembly 7 is provided for supporting the forming plates 5-n. As shown in Figs 7a-7c, the forming plates 5-1 are configured to be assembled into a first row for forming the mould cavity 4 for a first concrete pouring operation. The forming plates 5-2 are configured to be assembled into a second row forming the mould cavity 4 for a second concrete pouring operation. The present disclosure relates to a corresponding method of forming a wall section 2 of a cast-in-place wall. Also defined is an apparatus for forming a mould cavity for a wall with means for forming a feature which co-operates with an adjacent wall section.
Patent GB-2577050-A (GB)
Title: Allocation filter for prediction storage structure
Inventor: GUILLAUME BOLBENES
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2018-09-11
Abstract: Apparatus comprises: prediction storage structure 300 comprises a plurality of prediction state entries representing instances of predicted instruction behaviour; prediction training circuitry 308 to perform a training operation to train the prediction state entries based on actual instruction behaviour; prediction circuitry 302 to output at least one control signal for triggering a speculative operation based on the predicted instruction behaviour represented by a prediction state entry for which the training operation has provided sufficient confidence in the predicted instruction behaviour; an allocation filter 314 comprising at least one allocation filter entry representing a failed predicted instruction behaviour for which the training operation failed to provide said sufficient confidence; and prediction allocation circuitry 312 to prevent allocation of a new entry in the prediction storage structure for a failed predicted instruction behaviour represented by an allocation filter entry of the allocation filter. A candidate instruction behaviour may be identified as a candidate for training if the candidate instruction behaviour misses in both the prediction storage structure and the allocation filter, with the prediction allocation circuitry allocating a new entry for the candidate instruction behaviour in the prediction storage structure. Branch behaviour, loop termination, and address accesses may all be predicted.
Patent GB-2565922-A (GB)
Title: Catheter inflatable cuff pressure stabilizer
Inventor: ORON ZACHAR
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2017-03-08
Abstract: A cuff pressure stabilizer (100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 800) is provided that includes an inflation lumen proximal port connector (134), which is shaped to form an air-tight seal with an inflation lumen proximal port (15) of a catheter (10) additionally having an inflatable cuff (11) and an inflation lumen (13); a fluid reservoir (120, 524, 624); a liquid column container (118, 518, 618), which is (a) open to the atmosphere (99) at least one site along the liquid column container, (b) in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir (120, 524, 624), and (c) in communication with the inflation lumen proximal port connector (134) via the fluid reservoir (120, 524, 624); and a liquid (121), which is contained (a) in the fluid reservoir (120, 524, 624), (b) in the liquid column container (118, 518, 618), or (c) partially in the fluid reservoir (120, 524, 624) and partially in the liquid column container (118, 518, 618), and which has a density of between 1.5 and 5 g/cm3 at 4 degrees Celsius at 1 atm.
Patent GB-2580909-A (GB)
Title: Polymer latex and elastomeric film made therefrom having self-healing properties
Inventor: PETER SHAW
IPC: C08J5/18
Filed: 2019-01-28
Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprising core-shell polymer latex particles wherein the shell of the core-shell bears ethylenically unsaturated groups pending from the polymeric backbone and the unsaturation is separated from the backbone by at least 3 chemical bonds and wherein the shell is cross-linked and the core is not cross-linked. Producing the aqueous dispersion comprises aqueous emulsion polymerization of the core polymer followed by a second step polymerization of the shell copolymer. The shell copolymer may derive from monomers i) including one which has two non-conjugated double bonds or ii) a monomer which is readily converted to having a pendant double bond after polymerization. A self-supporting elastomeric film made from the aqueous dispersion. The material has self-healing and shape memory properties.
Patent GB-2582271-A (GB)
Title: Embedded subsea foundations
Inventor: CHRISTIAN LINDE OLSEN
IPC: E02D27/52
Filed: 2019-03-06
Abstract: An embeddable subsea foundation such as a suction pile 30 comprises an elongate penetrating body having a soil-engaging surface configured for engagement with seabed soil; and a directional profile extending across the soil-engaging surface, that profile being configured to aid penetration of the foundation into the seabed soil in a distal direction and then to resist movement of the foundation relative to the seabed soil in an opposed proximal direction. The profile may comprise barb elements such as plates 26A or filaments that protrude from, and converge in the distal direction with, the penetrating body. At least part of each barb element may be movable relative to the penetrating body between retracted and deployed states. A latch 36 may be used to control the deployment of the barb.
Patent GB-2568421-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for unmanned flight task optimization
Inventor: Robert L Cantrell
IPC: G08G5/02
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for unmanned flight optimization. A system for unmanned flight optimization comprises a flight system configured to provide locomotion to an unmanned aerial vehicle, a sensor system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a control circuit coupled to the flight system and the sensor system. The control circuit being configured to: retrieve a task profile for a task assigned to the unmanned aerial vehicle, detect condition parameters of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the sensor system, determine whether to station the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the task profile and the condition parameters, and deactivate the flight system of the unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle performs the task.
Patent GB-2583697-A (GB)
Title: Control and monitoring method for a vale
Inventor: Gary Alan Price
IPC: G01M13/003
Filed: 2019-04-08
Abstract: An assembly and associated method of monitoring the functionality of electromagnetic flexure valves, the valve having a flexure assembly 40 with a part moveable between a pair of pole pieces 50a, 50b and a coil that receives a voltage to drive the moveable part 40a, or armature. Strain gauges 80 and/or field effect transistors (FET) are provided on the armature, and provide outputs to a monitoring device to indicate whether the armature is stuck. Monitoring may include detecting the armature has moved, and flexure assembly is stationary. The voltage is provided according to a predetermined profile of the coil, with two separate increases in the current. Indications that the armature is stuck may include: an absence of an expected disturbance in the current rate of change through the coil compared to an expected current, a smaller than expected variance in the strain gauge output, or a substantially continuous modulation pattern of the actual FET output compared to an expected output. Movement of the armature may be detected through a disturbance in the pulse width of the modulation pattern of the FET. The assembly may be part of a vehicle braking system. The FET may be a MOSFET.