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Patent GB-2547936-A (GB)
Title: Fault protection for voltage source converters
Inventor: FRANCISCO JAVIER CHIVITE ZABALZA
IPC: H02M7/797
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: Fault protection of a voltage source converter (VSO) comprising a chain-link circuit 103 in series with a director switch 104. The chain-link circuit comprises a plurality of cells 106, each comprising an energy storage element, a plurality of cell switching elements 109 such that the energy storage element can be selectively connected in series between terminals of the cell or bypassed, and a cell switching element controller 501, 502. The director switch comprises a plurality of director switch units 202, each having a director switching element 110 and a director switch unit controller 503. Each cell switching element controller monitors for a fault current and, if detected, turns-off its associated cell switching element and reports a fault event to a fault controller 504. Each director switch unit controller also monitors for a fault current and, if detected, reports a fault event to the fault controller, but the director switch unit control keeps its associated director switching element turned-on. The fault controller monitors for any reports of fault events and, in the event of a fault occurring, orders all of the cell switching elements of at least some of the plurality of cells to turn-off.
Patent GB-2536363-A (GB)
Title: Defining position of embedded content on web page
Inventor: ANTTI JUHO ILMARI TORRONEN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2016-03-10
Abstract: A method for accessing and/or administering a web page comprises obtaining a web page from a first server entity 102, the web page including a reference to a second server entity 110 for defining a position of embedded content (e.g. widgets, images, applets, animations, text, video, audio, games) on the web page, and sending a request including information for identifying the web page to the second server entity. The method further comprises obtaining from the second server entity, in response to the request, information 304 for defining a position of the embedded content on the web page and displaying the web page according to the information 304, or alternatively obtaining from the second server entity information 312 for generating an administration user interface for the web page, generating 314 a definition of the web page on the administration user interface, said definition including information defining a position of the embedded content on the web page, and sending at least a portion of the generated definition of the web page to the second server entity for maintaining information for defining the position of the embedded content on the web page.
Patent GB-2548166-A (GB)
Title: Determining whether an object has entered a certain space
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER DAVID DOWN
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2016-04-12
Abstract: An apparatus for determining whether a first object 203, which may be a drone or UAV, has entered a space 207, possibly restricted airspace. The appparatus includes object position measurer (101 fig.1) and a processor (111 fig.1) determines whether the first object has entered the space based on its position and information defining the space; if the object has encroached on the space a signal is transmitted to an immobiliser. The object position measurer may include a range finder (123 fig.1) and a direction sensor (125 fig.1). The apparatus may be included in a system which includes the immobilizer which comprises a second object, a projectile for carrying the second object and a launcher for launching the projectile towards the first object. The projectile deploys the second object, which may be a net, in the vicinity of the first object for capturing, immobilising or disabling the first object.
Patent GB-2550359-A (GB)
Title: Actuator Apparatus, system and method
Inventor: ALLAN DAVID CUNNINGHAM
IPC: E21B34/04
Filed: 2016-05-16
Abstract: An actuator apparatus 10 for a valve 12, such as a subsea choke valve, comprises an actuator 16 for actuating the valve 12 and an override apparatus 18. The override apparatus 18 is disposed laterally of the actuator 16 and is coupled to the actuator 16 by a transmission system including a chain (32, Fig. 4), the actuator 16 permitting the actuator 16 to be operated by a secondary actuation mechanism, such as by a remotely operated vehicle ROV.
Patent GB-2540467-A (GB)
Title: Safety device
Inventor: James Bowen-Dawes
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 2016-06-02
Abstract: A safety device, in particular one such as an under-run guard for improving the road safety of a large or heavy vehicle for vulnerable individuals such as pedestrians and cyclists, comprises an inflatable panel 100 mountable on a side portion of the vehicle 10. A biasing means (110, figure 7) is provided to bias the panel into a retracted configuration adjacent the side of the vehicle. The panel and the biasing means are configured such that, upon deployment, inflation of the panel overcomes the force exerted by the biasing means such that the panel is deployed toward the ground surface so as at least partially to obstruct the exposed area between the vehicle and the ground. The biasing means may comprise springs (172) or elastic cords or straps to apply a retracting tension to the inflatable panel. Linear elements such as roller chains (180) may guide the inflatable panel in a balanced manner. A brush (160) may be provided at a lower edge of the panel to close any gap between the panel and the ground.
Patent GB-2542883-A (GB)
Title: Lift system and method
Inventor: JOHN STEWART JAKES
IPC: B66B9/08
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A monitoring system for a stairlift comprises an energy storage means 4, preferably at least one battery coupled to a drive means. The energy storage means is charged at at least one charge station 711, 712, along the rail. The control means 6 monitors the energy storage means voltage, and/or an operational characteristic of the lift, such as time taken to perform a journey, and generates an alert signal when a condition is triggered. This condition may comprise the voltage falling below a first threshold, a voltage difference between two battery packs becoming too large, the battery taking too long to charge, or a change in average elevator journey time. The elevator may comprise first and second charge points 711, 712, and the criterion may be a second voltage threshold, which triggers the lift to prevent movement towards the second charge point 712, but allow it towards the first charge point 711.
Patent GB-2542252-A (GB)
Title: Installation structure for equipment compartment bottom board
Inventor: WENMIN YU
IPC: B61D17/00
Filed: 2015-11-16
Abstract: Disclosed is an installation structure for an equipment compartment bottom board. A bottom board (30) is detachably and fixedly connected to a skeleton boundary beam (21) of an equipment compartment; one side, which is in lap joint with a skeleton cross beam (22) of the equipment compartment, on the bottom board (30) is fixedly connected with a sliding rail (31); and one of the sliding rail (31) and the skeleton cross beam (22) is provided with a recess part (311), and the other one is provided with a protrusion part (221) engaged with the recess part (311). By means of the installation structure, connection between a bottom board (30) and a skeleton cross beam (22) is realized by clamping between a recess part (311) and a protrusion part (211), thereby omitting connecting pieces between the bottom board (30) and the skeleton cross beam (22), substantially reducing the number of the connecting pieces, not only being convenient in installation of the bottom board, but also reducing workload during overhauling, and obviously increasing the working efficiency.
Patent GB-2548434-A (GB)
Title: Incubator stand and incubator docking system
Inventor: STEPHEN JAMES BUTLER
IPC: C12M1/00
Filed: 2016-09-27
Abstract: An incubator stand 10 for holding a plurality of incubators 22 in a stacked arrangement, the incubator stand 10 comprising: a stand base 12; a shaft element 14 upstanding from 5 the stand base 12; and a plurality of incubator bases 16 rotatably received on the shaft element 14, each incubator base 16 forming a support for or forming part of an incubator 22. A stop element 18 is also provided which prevents or limits angular displacement of each incubator base 16, so that each incubator base 16 can be pivoted out from a stack of said incubator bases 16 to in use access an incubator 22 associated therewith without 10 causing the stack to topple. An incubator docking system and incubator system for transferring incubators between different environmental conditions are also provided.
Patent GB-2541816-A (GB)
Title: Utilizing SBAS signals to improve GNSS receiver performance
Inventor: MANGESH CHANSARKAR
IPC: G01S19/05
Filed: 2010-03-11
Abstract: GPS time (TOW time of week) is extracted from the preamble of one or more a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) satellite signals and aided time information. A repeating SBAS signal sub-frame preamble is identified; aided time information is obtained; and one or more candidates for the GPS time are calculated. GPS time is determined from such of these as are within the uncertainty of the aided time information. This uncertainty may be less or more than 3 seconds. A GPS fix may be obtained for each candidate, pseudo-range residuals and plausibility calculated for each, and the candidate with the smallest residual and greatest plausibility chosen. The SBAS may be a WAAS (wide area augmentation system) and may be received first. Aided time information may be from a cellular telephone network.
Patent GB-2557249-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for improving energy efficiency of sensing technology
Inventor: ROBERT BAUGH
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: A sensor network has a controller 100 and sensors 106, 112, 114, 118, 122, 124 distributed about areas 108, 116, 120, 126, which communicate via a wireless communication with the controller 100. Each sensor senses a parameter and provides this to the controller, via the wireless communication link, according to a reporting condition. The controller also obtains location data of the sensor devices. The controller determines a reporting command for a sensor based on the obtained sensor data and the location data and provides this to the sensor device to update the reporting condition. Another invention replaces sensor data which does not match an expectation, with sensor data from another sensor. Another invention obtains sensor data at a first rate until an expectation value is established, then reducing the rate.
Patent GB-2542296-A (GB)
Title: A container carrier
Inventor: STEPHEN PAUL BATES
IPC: B65D71/50
Filed: 2015-06-02
Abstract: An apertured plastics film (100,110) for holding containers together to form a unitised carrier package, includes apertures (101) for respectively holding a single container wherein internal edge portions of each aperture form tab elements (102-105) for contacting the container when positioned within an aperture, and engaging with a beading of the container, and has a plastics cover sheet (120) applied to the apertured plastics film (100,110) and covering the apertures, wherein the plastics cover sheet (120) is attached to the apertured plastics film at least at edge portions of the apertured plastics film or edges of the apertures, and wherein a portion of the cover material (120) is deformed locally at each aperture to effect localised expansion by a former (146,151) before the apertured plastics film is applied to the containers.
Patent GB-2545822-A (GB)
Title: System and method for downhole inorganic scale monitoring and intervention in a production well
Inventor: Aurelie Duchene
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2015-07-23
Abstract: An apparatus for estimating an ambient environment at which inorganic scale will form in a downhole fluid includes a stress chamber disposed in a borehole in a production zone at a location within a specified range of maximum pressure and configured to receive a sample of the fluid from the production zone and to apply an ambient condition to the sample that causes the formation of inorganic scale. An inorganic scale sensor is configured to sense formation of inorganic scale within the chamber and an ambient environment sensor is configured to sense an ambient environment within the chamber at which the formation of inorganic scale occurs. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to receive measurement data from the inorganic scale sensor and the ambient environment sensor and to identify the ambient environment at which the formation of inorganic scale occurs.
Patent GB-2561343-A (GB)
Title: Signalling of auxiliary content for a broadcast signal
Inventor: IGOR DANILO DIEGO CURCIO
IPC: H04N21/84
Filed: 2017-04-03
Abstract: Methods and systems for signaling the availability of auxiliary content, for example virtual reality (VR) content, comprise: receiving at a first device (e.g., TV receiver or wireless access point) a first data message comprising an indication of the availability of auxiliary content associated with a broadcast signal, and an indication of one or more device types (e.g., relating to VR content rendering capability) for receiving the auxiliary content. In response to determining that the first device, or a second device, corresponds to the one or more device types, the method and systems provide an indication of availability on the first and/or the second device. Responsive to determining that one or more second devices corresponds to the device type(s), a second data message may be transmitted to the second device(s) for providing the indication. The data message may be received in-band with an IPTV broadcast signal. Alternative first and/or second devices include mobile phones (e.g., smartphones), tablet computers, virtual reality headsets or augmented reality glasses. The first data message may further indicate: auxiliary (additional) content availability time; an address, channel or link for accessing auxiliary content; a random access point; and/or auxiliary content characteristic(s).
Patent GB-2566447-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for electrical installations
Inventor: JAMES BARKER
IPC: H02G9/02
Filed: 2017-09-07
Abstract: Highway electrical furniture (HEF) or street furniture installation and method of electrical testing and removing the same. Method of forming a spur from said HEF and an electrical apparatus for use in said HEF. The HEF installation comprises an item of HEF and power supply cable 5A, wherein said cable 5A is terminated with an electrical socket 23 and said HEF is provided with a plug 24. The HEF may be provided with an electrical socket 27 in operative connection with said plug 24 to enable power to be passed through the HEF to a further power supply cable 5B terminated with a plug 28. The cable 5A and /or further cable 5B is / are metal-wire-armored cable. The HEF may be a street light, lamp post, traffic lights or illuminated sign or bollard, wherein said installation allows for simple connection and disconnection of the power cables 5A, 5B.
Patent GB-2557422-A (GB)
Title: Control unit
Inventor: TOMAR ASHUTOSH
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2017-10-06
Abstract: A control unit 10 for an apparatus such as a vehicle comprising: a first component carrying member 18 provided with at least one electronic component 60 configured to provide a function of the apparatus, where the member 18 is pliable at least during assembly of the control unit; an encapsulation layer 22 encapsulating at least a part of the at least one electronic components 60; and a thermally conductive element 70 encapsulated at least partially within the encapsulation layer 22 and configured to conduct heat to or away from the at least one electronic components 60. Also disclosed is a method of making the above control unit 10. The thermally conductive element 70 make be an active heat pump, such as a Peltier device. The control unit may comprise a user interactive presentation surface visible to a user of the apparatus when in use.
Patent GB-2560085-A (GB)
Title: A housing for an intravenous drip apparatus
Inventor: IAIN BUCHANAN CAMPBELL
IPC: G01F23/292
Filed: 2017-12-27
Abstract: A housing 5 suitable for attaching to a drip chamber 3 of an intravenous drip apparatus comprising: an optical emitter 49 arranged to emit an optical signal through the drip chamber and an optical sensor 76 for receiving the optical signal; wherein when the drip chamber is filled with a fluid above a threshold level 61, the optical signal 59 passes through the fluid to the optical sensor and when the fluid in the drip chamber drops below a threshold level 60, the optical signal 58 is totally internally reflected from the surface of the fluid, such that the signal is not received by the optical sensor thereby causing an alert to be triggered. The optical sensor may have an adjustable closure mechanism 44 for attaching to differently sized drip chambers. When the fluid does not fill the drip chamber to a level above the point where the signal enters the chamber the optical signal may not be diffracted by the liquid and is not received by the sensor.
Patent GB-2570925-A (GB)
Title: Reinforced vacuum system component
Inventor: MAYANK VERMA
IPC: F04D19/04
Filed: 2018-02-12
Abstract: A rotor assembly 1 for a turbo-molecular pump comprises an annular hub 2 and one or more annular arrays of substantially identical rotor blades 3 each extending radially from a rotor blade root 4 contiguous with the hub to a rotor blade tip 6, wherein each rotor blade comprises a continuous fibre reinforced matrix material. The blade may include a lattice core, and may be 3-D printed using continuous composite filaments and a fused filament matrix. The type and/or lay-up of fibres may be different in different portions of the blade depending on the mechanical properties required.
Patent GB-2560271-A (GB)
Title: Towing assistance
Inventor: VICTORIA LEIGH SCHEIN
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2015-12-09
Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatuses pertaining to U-turn assistance are described. A computing device may receive a request for towing information and displaying at least a portion of the towing information. The computing device may further receive a user selection of a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, and then determine one or more specifications of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle based on the user selection. The computing device may further calculate one or more vehicle parameters corresponding to a combination of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle based on the one or more specifications.
Patent GB-2560849-A (GB)
Title: Implementation concepts and related methods for optical computing devices
Inventor: ROBERT PAUL FREESE
IPC: G01N21/31
Filed: 2013-06-20
Abstract: An optical computing device 600 to determine a characteristic of a fluid sample 106 comprises: a device housing 602 that attaches to a surface of a fluid-containing body; an optical groove 610 on an exterior of the housing along which a fluid sample flows; electromagnetic radiation 108 that optically interacts with the sample flowing along the groove to produce sample-interacted light; an optical element 104 inside the housing to optically interact with the sample-interacted light to produce optically-interacted light corresponding to the characteristic; and a detector 116, 118, 216 inside the housing to measure the optically-interacted light and thereby generate a signal utilized to determine the characteristic. The method comprises: attaching the device to a surface of a fluid-containing body; optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with the sample flowing along the optical groove; optically interacting an optical element with the resultant sample interacted light to generate optically-interacted light corresponding to the characteristic; generating a corresponding signal using a detector; and determining the characteristic. The device may be an Integrated Computational Element (ICE) or Multivariate Optical Element (MOE).
Patent GB-2575805-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting timing of generation of display data
Inventor: Christian Nastasi
IPC: H04N5/04
Filed: 2018-07-23
Abstract: A method of adjusting the timing of generating display data involves initially identifying a first, variable, timing point, T1, within a receiving, 14, or decoding, 15, process at a display control device, the first timing point being related to a host Vsync by at least the time taken for the generation, 11, encoding, 12, and transmission, 13, of display data. A second, fixed timing point, T2 within a decoding, 15, or displaying, 16, process at the display control device is then identified the second timing point being related to a device Vsync. A determination is made as to when the first and second timing points occur within a given frame and adjustment is made to the timing of the host Vsync so that a time interval between the first and second timing points for a subsequent frame is closer to a target interval.
Patent GB-2564274-A (GB)
Title: Delaying polymer hydration in well treatment fluids by using silica infusion
Inventor: JITEN CHATTERJI
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 2016-04-18
Abstract: A variety of systems, methods and compositions are disclosed. A method of well treatment may comprise providing a well treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a delayed hydratable polymer, wherein the delayed hydratable polymer comprises a hydratable polymer and amorphous silica. The method may further comprise introducing the well treatment fluid into a wellbore.
Patent GB-2576527-A (GB)
Title: Component stowage system
Inventor: SAGA GIRME
IPC: B60R7/02
Filed: 2018-08-22
Abstract: Disclosed is a component stowage system 40 for a vehicle load space. It has a base portion 50 which defines a storage volume 52 and is disposable in the vehicle load space, as well as a carrier 60 configured to receive at least one component. The carrier is movably received within the storage volume of the base portion and is guided between first and second configurations within the storage volume. The base portion may include a guide slot 71 for carrier guide tabs 72 to provide a sliding configuration. This sliding configuration may at least partially raise the carrier out of the storage volume in an outboard configuration where the outboard end of the carrier is positioned lower than the inboard end. The carrier/base may be made of a unitary moulded block and/or expanded polypropylene. Also disclosed is a load space assembly with the abovementioned component stowage system, as well as a vehicle with said assembly. The load space may be a boot/trunk with a load floor, below which the component stowage system is stored. The stowage system may at least in part support the load floor.
Patent GB-2578743-A (GB)
Title: Payload mechanism
Inventor: JAMES DAVID CUSHING
IPC: B64D1/06
Filed: 2018-11-06
Abstract: A payload mechanism for a vehicle, such as an aircraft, comprising a door 2 operable to be in a closed configuration or an open configuration within a recess of the vehicle, the recess having an aperture 10, a first bearing unit comprising a first bearing 3a and a second bearing 4a. The first bearing unit being coupled to one end of the door such that the door can rotate about the axis of rotation y of the first bearing and the first bearing unit can rotate about the axis of rotation x of the second bearing, the axis of rotation of the first bearing being offset from the axis of rotation of the second bearing. A drive unit is arranged to drive either the first bearing and the second bearing simultaneously to rotate the door in a first direction about the axis of rotation of the first bearing and to rotate the first bearing unit in a second direction about the axis of rotation of the second bearing to move the door towards or away from the aperture, or the first bearing but not the second bearing to rotate the door about the axis of rotation of the first bearing.