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Patent GB-2565455-A (GB)
Title: Automatic car trailer hitching and unhitching system controller
Inventor: GARY RODERICK WEBSTER
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-07-31
Abstract: An automated system for aligning a vehicle tow bar to a trailer tow cup, comprising multiple sensors detecting an object rear of the car, connected to a controller which is connected to and controls vehicle system for steering, and breaking, the controller uses sensor data to identify the tow cup and control the vehicle reversing so that the tow ball into alignment with the tow cup. The controller is wirelessly connectable to a controller of a trailer. There is also additionally an automated system for hitching a trailer tow cup to a vehicle tow ball, comprising a tow cup locking jaw moveable between open and closed, a jockey wheel vertically moveable, both of having drive means to move between different positions, a controller controlling the drive means, a power supply to power the drive means and controller, and a communication means receiving instruction, from a vehicle, regarding the movement of the jockey wheel and locking jaw.
Patent GB-2570552-A (GB)
Title: A device for an item of footwear
Inventor: Kevin James Norris
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2018-11-23
Abstract: A device 99/999 (insole) for positioning under a wearers foot on the sole of an item of footwear in use, and an item of footwear incorporating the device, comprises the provision of a (i) a plantar surface 3 for engagement of a wearers sole below the arch and heel, (ii) a joint portion 2 extending from the plantar surface which lies under a wearers metatarsophalangeal joint in use and (iii) an upwardly inclined end 1 that extends from the joint portion, underneath and lifting the wearer's phalanges. At least the joint portion and end are substantially rigid such that the device lifts the wearer's phalanges continuously during a stride. The device may comprise footwear securement means (such as adhesive or hoop and look portions) and a textured upper or lower surface.
Patent GB-2565966-A (GB)
Title: U-Shaped tube axial movement detecting device and method of tube-tube sheet welding system
Inventor: CHENGDONG YANG
IPC: B23K31/12
Filed: 2017-01-19
Abstract: Disclosed are a U-shaped tube axial movement detecting device of and a method of a tube-tube sheet welding system. A probe axial movement driving device (60) controls a probe (50) so that same conducts axial movement so as to enable the probe to make contact with a tube sheet or an end portion of a U-shaped tube; a probe radial rotation driving device (70) controls the probe (50) so that same rotates and thereby switches between the position facing the tube sheet and the position facing the end portion of the U-shaped tube; a first position of the probe (50) is worked out by receiving a signal sent when the probe (50) facing the tube sheet moves in the axial direction until making contact with the tube sheet, a second position of the probe (50) is worked out by receiving a further signal sent when the probe (50) facing the end portion of the U-shaped tube moves in the axial direction until making contact with the end portion of the U-shaped tube, and a signal processing system (90) compares the first position with the second position, obtains a flush degree of the end portion of the U-shaped tube and the tube sheet, and determines whether the flush degree meets the set requirement, so that the quality of tube-tube sheet welding joints is guaranteed, and tube plugging is prevented.
Patent GB-2570071-A (GB)
Title: Underwater travelling body and method for controlling orientation of underwater travelling body
Inventor: NORIYUKI OKAYA
IPC: B63G8/16
Filed: 2017-09-08
Abstract: This underwater travelling body is provided with a position detection device which detects position information about a boat body; an orientation detecting sensor which detects orientation information about the boat body; an actuator which applies thrust underwater in each of the front-back, left-right, and up-down directions of the boat body and changes the position and orientation of the boat body; and a control device which controls the actuator. To maintain the boat body at a target position on the basis of the position information detected by the position detection device, the control device controls the actuator by calculating control forces in each of the front-back, left-right, and up-down directions of the boat body, and calculating rotational control forces for rotating the boat body in each of the roll, yaw, and pitch directions, and when an external force is applied to the boat body being maintained at the target position, the control device changes the target orientation information such that the magnitudes of the control forces in the left-right and up-down directions become zero, and changes the orientation of the boat body to an orientation matching the orientation information that has been changed on the basis of the orientation information detected by the orientation detecting sensor. Thus, the boat body can be maintained at the target position while suppressing power consumption.
Patent GB-2570418-A (GB)
Title: Resin component, and molding method and molding device for same
Inventor: TAIKI MORIIZUMI
IPC: B29C45/16
Filed: 2017-09-20
Abstract: An instrument panel 10 comprises a base material part 20 made from a base material M1, and a different material part 30 having a different heating shrinkage from the base material M1, the base material part 20 and different material part 30 being connected in such a manner that at least part of the two materials do not overlap.
Patent GB-2576815-A (GB)
Title: Safety helmet
Inventor: MARK WILLIAMS
IPC: A42B3/22
Filed: 2019-06-14
Abstract: A safety helmet comprising a head mountable shell 10 defining a rear portion and a recessed front portion, and a transparent visor 24. The helmet further comprises a cover portion 16 over the recessed front portion to define a cavity 18. The transparent faceguard 24 is mounted by a pair of cam track pivot mechanisms located at opposing sides of the front portion. These mechanisms enable the visor 24 to be pivoted between a first position, in which it is stored within the cavity 18, and a second, deployed position. Also disclosed is a safety helmet comprising a pair of pivots having an upper (40, Figure 5B) and lower arm (42, Figure 5B), each arm (40 & 42, Figure 5B) fixed at one end within the recessed portion and at the opposing end to the visor 24. The lower arm (42, Figure 5B) is telescopic. The helmets disclosed may have locking means for retaining the visor 24 in the second position and can have a gripping portion 26 which extends from the cavity 18 when the visor 24 is in the first position. A method of manufacturing a cover portion 16 comprising a card holder is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2586246-A (GB)
Title: Self-draining sensor cavity
Inventor: Tanmoy Maitra
IPC: G01P5/24
Filed: 2019-08-13
Abstract: An acoustic resonance fluid flow speed sensor 1 comprising a reflector surface 16 with at least one section that is more hydrophilic than a surrounding region of the reflector surface, promoting water movement outwards from the centre of the reflector. The section(s) and surrounding region may respectively have a hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface, formed by an ablation process. Fibres (22, Figure 3) capable of wicking liquid using capillary action may be arranged on the hydrophilic section of the reflector surface. They may comprise natural or synthetic hydrophilic material. The hydrophilic sections (26, Figure 4) may increase in width from the reflector centre towards the edge. They may form a series of channels with constant or diverging width. The hydrophilic surface may comprise roughness features that may be a plurality of pillars (30, 32, 34, Figure 7), either circular, square, hexagonal, or combination thereof, with different heights. The apparatus may have a hydrophobic coating, the hydrophilic sections being formed either on top of said coating, or by removal thereof. An acoustic resonance cavity 4 may be formed by two reflector surfaces 16, 18 separated by spacers 6 with hydrophilic outer surfaces.
Patent GB-2586636-A (GB)
Title: Deposition system
Inventor: MICHAEL EDWARD RENDALL
IPC: C23C14/56
Filed: 2019-08-30
Abstract: A deposition system 400 comprises a deposition source 120 for providing material to deposit on a substrate 402 within a deposition zone 140, a conveyor system 150, 150b for moving the substrate relative to the deposition zone and a mask transport system 152 for moving a mask 130 between the deposition source and the substrate from a first side of the deposition zone to a second side of the deposition zone, wherein the conveyor system and the mask transport system are arranged to move the substrate and the mask at different speeds. Material may be deposited on the substrate in a layer 404a, 404b comprising a gap 404c. The deposition source is preferably configured for providing a second material. The mask is preferably a shadow mask. A further deposition system comprises a conveyor system and a mask transport system that are arranged to move a substrate and a mask at substantially equal speeds. The systems may be used in the manufacture of an energy storage device, for example to deposit electrode and electrolyte layers of a solid-state cell.
Patent GB-2587433-A (GB)
Title: Bouquet producing tool
Inventor: SIAMAK RAHIMI ARDKAPAN
IPC: A01G5/02
Filed: 2019-09-30
Abstract: A tool which arranges cut flowers in a spiral form, comprises: a water container 16; an oval shape cylinder 36; gripper fingers 28; a column 26; and a motor 38. The water container includes a filtration system 14. In use the flower stems are held by the gripper and the shape cylinder. The motor turns a disk 34 under the maker 32, rotating the column and twisting the stems.
Patent GB-2588110-A (GB)
Title: Slide fastener
Inventor: PAUL OLIVER
IPC: B63C9/15
Filed: 2019-10-07
Abstract: A slide fastener part, such as one side of a coil zipper, includes a sequence of fastening element locations 30A, some of which are provided with a closure element 35A. Several of the fastening elements 35A include an abutment portion 39A for selectively interlocking with an engaging portion 39B of an opposing fastening element 35B of a similar slide fastener part such that the fastener parts can be attached and detached by movement of a slider. At other fastening element locations 30A of the slide fastener part, abutment portions 39A are omitted, defining a region where the attached slide fastener parts are relatively easily separated. A slide fastener including both slide fastener parts is also claimed, and each slide fastener part may carry a flexible strip, distal ends of which abut over the slide fastener parts. Also disclosed is a life preserver system including a cover and an inflatable unit housed therein, in which the slide fastener is arranged to cover an opening in the cover such that the bladder is released from the opening by separation of the slide fastener parts at the weakened region.
Patent GB-2580225-A (GB)
Title: Coordinate positioning machine
Inventor: STEPHEN MARK ANGOOD
IPC: G01B21/04
Filed: 2017-10-13
Abstract: A coordinate positioning machine or CPM comprises a structure 22 moveable within a working volume 34, a metrology arrangement 26 for measuring the position of the structure and a drive arrangement 28 for moving the structure, wherein the metrology and drive arrangements 26, 28 are arranged between the moveable structure 22 and a fixed structure 24 of the machine. The metrology arrangement comprises a parallel arrangement of measurement transducers for providing a plurality of measurements from which the moveable structures position is determinable. The drive arrangement comprises a plurality of mechanical linkages 56 arranged in parallel, each actuated by a drive mechanism which acts between the fixed structure and the mechanical linkage. The metrology may be a hexapod arrangement that measures the structure position in six degrees of freedom, comprising six measurement transducers in parallel providing six measurement values. The arrangement may comprise extendable legs. The drive may be a non-hexapod arrangement that moves the structure in three translational degrees of freedom, comprising a plurality of actuators in parallel.
Patent GB-2580558-A (GB)
Title: Fluid conduit gripping means
Inventor: JAMES CROZIER
IPC: G01K1/14
Filed: 2017-10-19
Abstract: A device 500 for gripping a fluid conduit and attaching a temperature sensor to the fluid conduit has first 502a and second jaws 502b for contacting the fluid conduit and a head 510 mounted therebetween and having a third engaging portion for contacting the fluid conduit. The jaws 502a, 502b are moveable between first and second configurations, in which engaging portions 504, 506 of the jaws 502a, 502b are closer to one another in the first configuration than in the second configuration. The jaws 502a, 502b are biased towards the first configuration; and the device 500 further comprises means 534a,b for retaining the jaws 502a,b in the second configuration.
Patent GB-2585969-A (GB)
Title: Data processing
Inventor: Koki Mitsunami
IPC: G06T7/70
Filed: 2020-03-12
Abstract: First data (130) comprising a first collection of coordinate data (135) representing position(s) of a first group of object(s) detected in a first frame of a scene is obtained. Second data (140) comprising a second collection of coordinate data (145) representing position(s) of a second group of object(s) detected in a second frame of the scene is obtained, the second frame representing a different view of the scene than the first (e.g. post-correction). It is determined whether any of the first group of objects correspond to any of the second group of objects in the scene based on the first and second coordinate data collections, e.g. by transforming first and/or coordinate data collections so that they correspond to a common coordinate system and determining differences according to the common system. The first and second frames are obtained from image data captured from a single camera position, e.g. using a single camera with a fish-eye lens. The first and second frames may be generated by applying transformation(s) to image data captured from the single camera position to adjust a geometric distortion of a frame presented by the image data.
Patent GB-2587878-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for aftertreatment control
Inventor: SYLVAIN J CHARBONNEL
IPC: F02D41/02
Filed: 2020-07-06
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling an internal combustion engine system 12 including a particulate filter 28 which includes receiving a desired output 42 for an internal combustion engine 14 and receiving sensor information including information indicative of a quantity of soot in the particulate filter 28. The method includes calculating a plurality of sets of engine performance values based on respective sets of candidate control points, each set of engine performance values including a soot change rate at which the quantity of soot changes over time and determining whether the soot change rate satisfies a soot change rate limit that requires an increase in the quantity of soot in the particulate filter 28. The method also includes controlling the internal combustion engine 14 based on a set of candidate control points that satisfies the soot change rate limit.
Patent GB-2599342-A (GB)
Title: Bioreactor for cell culture
Inventor: Yougunn Prakashkumar
IPC: C12M1/14
Filed: 2020-07-31
Abstract: The bioreactor for cell culture comprises two sets of open troughs interconnected by separate sets of flow channels to form cascades, and a set of interconnecting flow channels coupled between the two cascades. Fresh media circulates in one cascade and cell culture in the other, wherein a quantity of media is transferred from one cascade to the other and a quantity of grown cell culture is removed from the other. The interconnecting flow channels may be closed and inclined hollow tubes. The cascades may be housed within two enclosures. The trough may comprise sets of cell bags partly filled with cell culture. Also claimed is a bioreactor comprising open troughs interconnected by flow channels to form a cascade, housed within a first enclosure containing a fresh medium, wherein the troughs circulate cell culture to react with the medium. Also claimed is a method of cultivation of cell culture.
Patent GB-2599936-A (GB)
Title: Metal enclosures
Inventor: MICHAEL DAVID BROWN
IPC: F16B5/00
Filed: 2020-10-15
Abstract: An enclosure having walls of a sheet metal construction arranged to define an internal storage space within the enclosure, and a closure for opening and closing the enclosure. An interface between the abutting flanges of wall panels comprises a plurality of deformable fasteners spaced along the panel edge and passing from the flange into the opposing flange. The opposing flange comprises a plurality of openings arranged to receive the fasteners when deformed. The fasteners engage the openings and thereby fasten the adjacent panels together. The fasteners may be provided on a U-shaped member, in the form of deformable tabs, they may be foldable, there may be five or more fasteners. A method of manufacturing an enclosure by providing a plurality of sheet metal panels, each shaped to define a flange along an edge, abutting the flange of a first panel with a second panel, and providing a plurality of deformable fasteners at the interface where the panels abut, where the fasteners may be deformed and pass through openings of adjacent panels is disclosed. A method of repairing an enclosure by replacing a panel is disclosed.
Patent GB-2601128-A (GB)
Title: Assembly of a reset mechanism for an injector pen
Inventor: STEPHEN KNOWLES
IPC: A61M5/315
Filed: 2020-11-18
Abstract: A sub-assembly of a reset mechanism for a re-usable injector pen comprises a ratchet housing 42, a piston rod 16, a bearing nut 44 and a locking sleeve 48. The locking sleeve 48 can slide axially but not rotate relative to the ratchet housing 42. The bearing nut 44 can rotate relative to the ratchet housing 42, except when prevented from doing so by engagement with the locking sleeve 48. By providing the ratchet housing 42 as an element distinct from the injector pen housing 2, the reset mechanism can be manufactured as an independent sub-assembly, which aids the assembly process of the injector pen. The reset mechanism allows the drug cartridge to be replaced when used. A jig 70 may be used to align the parts of the reset mechanism and the injector pen housing 2, thereby avoiding the need for an alignment feature inside the housing 2. In turn, this enables a thread 5 for attachment of a drug cartridge housing 4 to be moulded inside the injector pen housing 2 using a rotational core.
Patent GB-2601316-A (GB)
Title: Grater
Inventor: LEON ROGER DORDOY
IPC: A47J43/25
Filed: 2020-11-25
Abstract: A grater having a main body 110, a base 112, two opposing side walls 113 and two opposing end walls 114, 115 defining substantially an open topped trough 111. A ledge 121 is located on an internal wall between the base and the top of the trough. A grater plate 200 rests upon the ledge 121 separating the trough 111 into upper and lower section, the upper section surrounding and extending above the grater plate such as to reduce the likeliness of cheese / food escaping the confines of the grater. Preferably, the grater has an aperture 134 located in an end wall of the container 110 such that grated cheese or other grated foodstuffs can be dispensed. Preferably, the grater plate 200 is releasable held in place via a snap fit. The grater may be equipped with interchangeable grater plates. The greater plate 200 comprises an aperture 214 through which stray cheese / food fragments caught above the grater plate may pass into the trough 111. The grater seeks to prevent wastage and reduce messiness.
Patent GB-2602130-A (GB)
Title: Photoactive material
Inventor: MICHAL ROBERT MACIEJCZYK
IPC: H01L51/50
Filed: 2020-12-18
Abstract: A material comprising an electron-accepting unit of formula (I): and a conjugated electron donating unit D of Formula (II): wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted benzene or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring containing N and C ring atoms; Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring containing N and C ring atoms; Ar2 is a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or is absent; Ar3 is a 5-membered ring or a substituted or unsubstituted 6-membered ring; Ar4 is a 5-membered ring or a substituted or unsubstituted 6- membered ring or is absent; Ar5 is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic group containing at least one aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; Ar6 is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic group containing at least one aromatic or heteroaromatic ring or is absent; and each X is independently a substituent bound to a carbon atom of Ar3 and, where present, Ar4 with the proviso that at least one X group is an electronwithdrawing group and wherein the material further comprises a conjugated electrondonating unit. The material may be a polymer comprising repeat units of formula (I). The material may be a non-polymeric compound. An organic photodetector may contain a bulk heterojunction layer containing an electron acceptor or an electron donor wherein at least one of the electron acceptor and electron donor contains a unit of formula (I).
Patent GB-2596378-A (GB)
Title: Wheel unit for fitness equipment
Inventor: HAIDONG GU
IPC: B60B33/00
Filed: 2021-02-08
Abstract: A wheel unit for fitness equipment includes a frame which has a wheel pivotally connected thereto. The frame is connected to the front end of the fitness equipment by a first bolt. The wheel of the frame contacts the ground by lifting the rear end of the fitness equipment, such that the fitness equipment can easily by moved between a storage place and a gym effortlessly.
Patent GB-2593967-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming glass coatings and glass coated products
Inventor: JONATHAN BOOTH
IPC: C03C17/04
Filed: 2021-02-11
Abstract: A method of forming a glass coating on a substrate is disclosed which comprises depositing a frit and a transient transport phase on a substrate to form a frit coating on the substrate, the frit coating comprising the frit and the transient transport phase; applying pressure of at least 0.3 MPa to the frit coating on the substrate; heating the frit coating on the substrate to a temperature of no more than 400ºC while applying the pressure to the frit coating on the substrate for a time period which is sufficient for material to be transported between frit particles through the transient transport phase to fuse the frit particles thereby sintering the frit and forming a densified glass coating on the substrate. Also disclosed are a glass coated article and a sintered composite material comprising a mixture of glass and another material. The glass softening point is above the thermal degradation value of the other material but the application of pressure during the sintering process reduces the softening point such that the other material is undamaged.