baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2588949-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for sputter deposition
Inventor: MICHAEL EDWARD RENDALL
IPC: H01J37/34
Filed: 2019-11-15
Abstract: An sputter deposition apparatus 600 comprises a substrate guide 110a, 110b, 118 for guiding a substrate 116 along a curved path, a target portion 606 for supporting target material 608, a deposition zone 614 defined between the target portion and substrate guide, biasing means 122 for applying electrical bias to the target material and a confining arrangement comprising one or more magnetic elements 104a, 104b for providing a magnetic field to confine plasma 112 in the deposition zone, wherein the confining magnetic field comprises magnetic field lines (figure 2) that follow the curved path to confine said plasma around the curved path. The plasma is preferably confined in the form of a curved sheet. A method of sputter deposition using the apparatus of the invention may comprise providing a target material comprising at least one of lithium, cobalt, lithium oxide, cobalt oxide or lithium cobalt oxide, wherein the method may be used to form a cathode layer of an energy storage device, such as a battery.
Patent GB-2590962-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid vehicle speed and torque control
Inventor: RODOLFO OLIVEIRA JACCOUD
IPC: B60W30/188
Filed: 2020-01-09
Abstract: A method and to a control system 208 for controlling movement of a vehicle to provide vehicle creep, the vehicle comprising an engine 202 and an electric traction motor 212, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to: while a torque path 220 between the engine and a first set of vehicle wheels (FL, FR) is disconnected, control the electric traction motor to provide tractive torque to a second set of vehicle wheels (RL, RR) to automatically move the vehicle to provide electric vehicle creep, wherein the electric vehicle creep is controlled by a mathematical model of engine creep torque that would be provided by the engine when the torque path between the engine and the first set of vehicle wheels is connected. The tractive torque of the electric traction motor may be limited, based on the modelled engine creep torque, to enable an external environment (i.e. an incline) to slow the vehicle.
Patent GB-2592249-A (GB)
Title: Reconfigurable battery pack
Inventor: STEPHEN GREETHAM
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2020-02-21
Abstract: A battery pack comprising a voltage bus 10, a first sub-pack 11 and a second sub-pack 12. The second sub-pack comprises a plurality of modules 20, 21. The battery pack is configurable into a first configuration in which the first sub-pack and the second sub-pack are connected in parallel across the voltage bus and the modules are connected in parallel within the second sub-pack (7a), a second configuration in which the first sub-pack and the second sub-pack are connected in series across the voltage bus and the modules are connected in parallel within the second sub-pack (7b) The battery pack then switches between the first configuration and the second configuration when a voltage of the battery pack transits a first threshold. The battery pack may also be configurable into a third configuration where the first sub pack and second sub pack are in series, and the modules in the second sub pack are also in series.
Patent GB-2581452-A (GB)
Title: Earth-boring tools and related methods
Inventor: STEVEN CRAIG RUSSELL
IPC: E21B10/54
Filed: 2018-10-02
Abstract: An earth-boring tool comprising a body having first cutting elements mounted to an axially leading face, the first cutting elements each having a cutting face exposed to a height above the face of the body, the cutting faces of the first cutting elements back raked and facing a direction of intended rotation of the earth-boring tool. The earth-bring tool further comprises second cutting elements mounted to the axially leading face of the body adjacent first cutting elements in a cone region of the bit face, the second cutting elements each having a cutting face exposed to a height above the face of the body and configured for a shear-type cutting action, the cutting faces of the second cutting elements back raked to about a same or greater extent than the first cutting elements and generally facing the direction of intended rotation of the earth-boring tool.
Patent GB-2596087-A (GB)
Title: Photocatalytic air treatment
Inventor: DOMINIC JAN ZOLKIEWKA
IPC: B01J19/12
Filed: 2020-06-16
Abstract: A photocatalytic reactor 100 comprises a reaction chamber 1001 arranged to receive an airflow containing one or more airborne contaminates, the reaction chamber comprises: a first set of fins 1011A, a second set of fins 1011B, a photo-catalyst 1004 disposed upon at least one face of each fin, and a light source 1009 arranged to illuminate at least a portion of the photo-catalyst disposed on each fin; each of the first set of fins is arranged such that a line extending from a base of the fin through a tip of the fin is directed to a first convergence point F1, and each of the second set of fins is arranged such that a line extending from a base of the fin through a tip of the fin is directed to a second convergence point F2; the first convergence point is different to the second convergence point, and both the first convergence point and the second convergence point are offset relative to a position of the light source. The light sauce may be a light emitting diode.
Patent GB-2583875-A (GB)
Title: Method to compute density of fractures from image logs
Inventor: JULIO ROBERTO ARRO
IPC: E21B49/00
Filed: 2019-01-23
Abstract: A method for performing a formation-related physical action includes: receiving image data of a wall of a borehole penetrating a formation, the image data having image data of fractures intersecting the wall of the borehole; and defining a volume surrounding the borehole. The method also includes determining a surface area of each fracture intersecting the volume at each defined depth in a plurality of depths and calculating a fracture density for each defined depth based on the surface area of each fracture intersecting the volume at each defined depth in a plurality of depths and a size of the volume. The method further includes performing the formation-related physical action based on the fracture density for each defined depth using apparatus configured to perform the formation-related physical action.
Patent GB-2585533-A (GB)
Title: Protection relay
Inventor: Kazuma Murata
IPC: H02H3/08
Filed: 2018-04-25
Abstract: A protection relay, wherein a digital processing unit (80) performs relay computation on the basis of time-series data representing the current or voltage of a power system. The digital processing unit (80) is provided with: a first filter (81), which removes DC components in the time-series data and which has a first window length; and a second filter (82), which removes DC components in the time-series data and which has a second window length, the second window length being less than the first window length. The digital processing unit (80) is further provided with a coefficient calculation unit (90) in which the amplitude value of an output signal from the first filter (81) and the amplitude value of an output signal from the second filter (82) are respectively multiplied by a first and a second coefficient (k1, k2) and combined. An operation determining unit (95) performs an operation determination on the basis of the output of the coefficient calculation unit (90). When a defect of the power system is detected, the first coefficient (k1) decreases, the second coefficient (k2) increases, and then the first coefficient (k1) and the second coefficient (k2) vary with the passage of time.
Patent GB-2587981-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to reduce communication device peak current
Inventor: WAI MUN LEE
IPC: H04B1/3827
Filed: 2019-05-23
Abstract: A method and apparatus to reduce communication device peak current for alert tones are disclosed. A portable device may include a processor coupled to a transceiver, a current limit trigger circuit, and an alert tone current limit controller. The transceiver may be configured to process an audio signal representing an alert tone. The processor may be configured to determine whether the transceiver is in a transmit state and whether an audio volume level setting exceeds a threshold. In response, the current limit trigger circuit may be configured to activate the alert tone current limit controller that may include a voltage scale controller configured to generate a reduced audio signal by adjusting a peak-to-peak amplitude of the audio signal representing the alert tone and an alert tone amplitude modulator configured to generate an adjusted audio signal by restricting the maximum amplitude of the reduced audio signal.
Patent GB-2589467-A (GB)
Title: Additives useful for drilling fluids
Inventor: ERNA KAKADJIAN
IPC: C09K8/82
Filed: 2019-05-20
Abstract: Methods and formulations useful for controlling and optimizing the rheological properties of invert emulsion (water-in-oil) drilling fluids at low and high temperatures, wherein an additive is incorporated into an invert emulsion drilling fluid, the additive being made up of at least one organophilic clay, at least one weighting agent, at least one emulsifier, at least one filtration control agent, at least one polyamide resin, and at least one ethoxylated alcohol-based or an ether carboxylic acid-based rheology modifier.
Patent GB-2590295-A (GB)
Title: A compression apparatus for plastic bottles recycling and treatment
Inventor: JIALEI WANG
IPC: B29B17/00
Filed: 2021-02-01
Abstract: A compression apparatus for plastic bottles recycling, comprises an engine foundation 1 a supporting plate 2, a blanking box 3 arranged on a front end surface of the supporting plate, a supporting block 4 arranged on a front end surface of the blanking box, a placement box 5 mounted on the supporting block, a space arranged within the placement box, two circular aperture grooves arranged on two sides of the space, a fixed plate 6 arranged on the upper end surface of the supporting block 4, a cylinder 7 arranged on a first surface of the fixed plate, a pushing block 8 arranged on a piston rod of the cylinder, a discharge half pipe 68 communicated with one of the circular aperture grooves on a first side. A limit block 9 is fixedly arranged on an end of the support block, an extrusion cylinder (15, fig 7), wherein a puncture component is arranged between the first and second circumferential blocks (12, 13, fig 8). A compression component on the second engaging plate (14, fig 5) and a rotation torsion spring is fixedly arranged on a rotation block (314, fig 13) whereby a plastic bottle is put into the placement box.
Patent GB-2603207-A (GB)
Title: A sewage backup stopper to prevent flood-risk toilet overflow
Inventor: CYRIL STALEY
IPC: F16L55/128
Filed: 2021-02-01
Abstract: A stopper (20) to prevent sewage back-flowing through a toilet outlet (12) having a retractably extendable assembly comprising an upper part (21), a central part (22) and a lower part (23), with interacting thread sets (28a/b, 29a/b) with one set being right-handed and the other set being left-handed similar to a turnbuckle, where the upper part has one or more laterally projecting arms (24), the central part being lengthened through the bore of the upper part such that its proximal end projects beyond the upper part sufficiently for the central part to be hand-held above the toilet bowl's rim (13, fig 1). The lower part has an enlarged distal end surface area (27) and a cushion type bung, whose casing (30) is pliable in which the filling (31) is both compactable and non-setting, the bung being larger than the area of the toilet outlet's aperture (12, fig 1).
Patent GB-2594856-A (GB)
Title: Secure multiparty detection of sensitive data using private set intersection (PSI)
Inventor: JEB LINTON
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2019-12-17
Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product to detect whether specific sensitive data of a client is present in a cloud computing infrastructure is implemented without requiring that data be shared with the cloud provider, or that the cloud provider provide the client access to all data in the cloud. Instead of requiring the client to share its database of sensitive information, preferably the client executes a tool that uses a cryptographic protocol, namely, Private Set Intersection (PSI), to enable the client to detect whether their sensitive information is present on the cloud. Any such information identified by the tool is then used to label a document or utterance, send an alert, and/or redact or tokenize the sensitive data.
Patent GB-2609433-A (GB)
Title: Method of and device for monitoring one or more physiological parameters
Inventor: ANDRES JOSE ROMAN
IPC: H04N21/442
Filed: 2021-07-30
Abstract: Physiological parameters of a consumer of audio and/or visual content are monitored by determining one or more expected physiological parameter values based on a classification of the viewed content, comparing the expected values with actual measured values, and performing a process in response to the actual values differing from the expected values. The physiological parameter may be heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, PPG or movement. The classification of the viewed content may include the genre of a TV programme, for example a documentary, drama or sporting event. A process may include alerting the consumer of a medical condition (707, fig 7B), or sending an alert to a carer or medical professional. The sensors 101, 201, 103 may be mounted on a television 100. Factors such as the user’s age and health conditions (e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure) may be input to allow adjustment of the expected values.
Patent GB-2595153-A (GB)
Title: Method for obtaining a modified collagen absorbent product from leather
Inventor: FRANCISCO FERNANDO ITURRIAGA ZAGAL
IPC: C07K14/78
Filed: 2019-02-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining a modified collagen absorbent product from leather, which comprises aerating flat pieces of leather during a time period of between 15 and 45 days; collecting the pieces with an initial relative humidity value of 45% or less; grading the pieces by size; obtaining pieces with a maximum final length of between 0.5 and 1.5 mm; placing the pieces in a drying oven; applying heat in the drying oven so that the pieces are exposed to a temperature of 285ºC or less during a time period; controlling the temperature applied during the time period so that the relative humidity is reduced to a final value of between 0.5% and 5% in the pieces; reducing the temperature of the pieces to an ambient temperature; and obtaining the modified collagen absorbent product from leather.
Patent GB-2598486-A (GB)
Title: Enhancing antiviral capabilities of rail vehicles and air filter
Inventor: ADAM HUGHES
IPC: B60H3/06
Filed: 2020-08-20
Abstract: A method of operating a rail vehicle 15 comprises determining whether a passenger number on the rail vehicle has reached a critical condition (i.e. threshold) using at least one carbon dioxide sensor 16 of the rail vehicle. The measurement taken by the carbon dioxide sensor(s) is representative of a passenger number, which in turn may be used to infer a virus concentration. If the passenger number reaches the threshold then a countermeasure for preventing an increase of passengers is prompted, which may comprise restricting access to the rail vehicle at a platform of an upcoming station 22 and/or issuing visible and/or audible warnings at the station and/or on customer smartphones. Also disclosed is (a) operation of an air treatment system 12 of a rail vehicle treating air volumes supplied to a passenger compartment 14 in an anti-infection mode that comprises heating the air treatment system to 200 degrees Celsius or reducing the proportion of air that is recirculated ‘C’ by the system whilst increasing the volume of fresh ambient air ‘F’, and (b) an air filter (10, figure 1) for a train HVAC system comprising an antiviral material of silver sulphide particles and liposomes.
Patent GB-2596475-A (GB)
Title: System and method for surface feature detection and traversal
Inventor: EMILY A CARRIGG
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2020-02-25
Abstract: Substantially discontinuous surface feature traversal feature of the present teachings can leverage a transport device (TD), for example, but not limited to, an autonomous device or a semi-autonomous device, to navigate in environments that can include features such as substantially discontinuous surface features. The substantially discontinuous surface feature traversal feature can enable the TD to travel on an expanded variety of surfaces. In particular, substantially discontinuous surface features can be accurately identified and labeled so that the TD can automatically maintain the performance of the TD during ingress and egress of the substantially discontinuous surface feature.
Patent GB-2601885-A (GB)
Title: Photocurable resin composition, cured product, and laminated body
Inventor: YUSUKE KUWAHARA
IPC: C08F220/46
Filed: 2021-10-06
Abstract: A photocurable resin composition including a hollow organic resin filler as component (A), which component (A) is comprised of an acrylonitrile-methacrylonitrile-methyl methacrylate copolymer, and further comprising component (B) a monofunctional urethane (meth)acrylate; component (C) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate; and component (D) a photo-radical polymerisation initiator. The photocurable resin composition of the present invention has a reaction force at 10% compression of a cured product of the photocurable resin composition of 1 to 300 kPa and a reaction force at 50% compression of the cured product of the photocurable resin composition of 1 to 500 kPa. Also disclosed is a cured product of the photocurable resin and a laminated body comprising the cured product.
Patent GB-2598681-A (GB)
Title: Scheduled thermal control system
Inventor: ELLIOTT GERALD WOLF
IPC: G06Q50/06
Filed: 2020-04-22
Abstract: Refrigeration management includes determining an optimal operational schedule to control a refrigeration system for a cold storage facility. Various approaches can be used to determine an operational schedule with an optimal operational outcome that satisfies constraints representative of a range of factors, such as thermal characteristics of a refrigeration management system, energy cost, and environmental factors external to the system, which can affect refrigeration management of a cold storage facility.
Patent GB-2613585-A (GB)
Title: Mollusc barrier
Inventor: John Michael Wright
IPC: A01M29/34
Filed: 2021-12-07
Abstract: A barrier assembly for protecting plants from damage by gastropods is provided, the assembly comprising a plurality of barrier units 2, each barrier unit comprising a wall portion 4 having an upper edge 6, a lower edge 12, a first end 14 having a first end portion 16 and a second end 18 having a second end portion 20, each of the first and second end portions comprising a hinge member 50, 52; wherein in use, a plurality of the barrier units are arranged around a plant to form a barrier, the hinge member at one of the first and second ends of each barrier unit engaging with a hinge member at one of the first and second ends of the adjacent barrier unit to form a hinge connection between the adjacent barrier units. The assembly may comprise one or more spade members 30 extending from the lower edge, the length of each spade member may be variable, or the spade member may be slidably mounted on the wall portion. A barrier assembly having a barrier wall having a first and second end and the barrier wall has a resting position in which the wall from a first end to a second end is helical with the first end portion overlapping the second (figure 6b). A method of protecting plants using the barrier assembly is also provided.
Patent GB-2603638-A (GB)
Title: Terminal body for high-voltage connection, cable assembly and connector
Inventor: Jianrui Yin
IPC: H01R11/11
Filed: 2021-12-22
Abstract: A terminal body 100, a connection terminal and sheet material for manufacturing the terminal body. The terminal body includes an insertion portion 10 including a first insertion plate 11 and a second insertion plate 12, and a gap is formed between the insertion plates, the insertion plates are commonly enclosed to form an insertion slot 101 configured for a mating terminal to be inserted; a wiring portion (20) for connecting a core of a wire, comprising a first wiring plate (21) and a second wiring plate (22); at least a part of the first wiring plate and at least a part of the second wiring plate are stacked and in contact with each other; alignment means are included in the wiring plates comprising a through hole 211 and boss 221. The boss and the through hole may be in clearance fit or transition fit with each other. The wiring portion may be connected with the insertion portion by bridge 111.
Patent GB-2615991-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing a stator for a slotless electric motor
Inventor: Liam Bowman
IPC: H02K15/04
Filed: 2022-01-19
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator for a slotless electric motor comprising disposing a conductor 500 in the shape of an annular cylinder, bonding bonded lengths 602 on the conductor, where the bonded lengths are separated by non-bonded lengths 601; folding the conductor to provide a plurality of petals 510 repeated along the conductor, where each petal comprises a pair of bonded lengths connected by a non-bonded length. The non-bonded lengths in the petals are bounded by a circumference of a first circle 551 having a first diameter. The non-bonded lengths which connect the petals are bounded by a circumference of a second circle 552 having a second diameter, where the second diameter is less than the first diameter, and where the first circle and second circle are coplanar and concentric. Each petal is rotated about a point on the second circle to align in parallel the bonded lengths of all of the petals to provide the stator comprising a cylindrically shaped conductor having a diameter equal to the second diameter and where the bonded lengths are equidistantly disposed around a central longitudinal axis X of the cylindrically shaped conductor. The conductor may be disposed in a penannular shape where a half-twist may be applied to one of the non-bonded lengths.
Patent GB-2614925-A (GB)
Title: Moulded polymer article and manufacture thereof
Inventor: PETER REGINALD CLARKE
IPC: B29C44/08
Filed: 2022-01-25
Abstract: A moulded polymer article comprising a monolithic wall part comprising a core layer of expanded cellular foam disposed between integral first and second solid skins 12, 14; wherein the core layer is multilaminar and comprises a first and second layer of expanded cellular foam 16, 18 having a first cellular microstructure adjacent to respective solid skins, and an intermediate layer 20 of the expanded cellular foam comprising a second cellular microstructure comprising cells which have an average aspect ratio between a maximum cell dimension and a minimum cell dimension which is greater than 2:1and less than 5:1 and wherein the maximum cell dimension of the cells is oriented in a direction extending between the first and second solid skins. A method of forming a moulded polymer article comprises injecting a plastic composition comprising a polymer and a blowing agent system into a mould cavity provided between first and second mould parts 31, 34 wherein first and second solid skins are formed against the mould surfaces; opening the mould by removing the first mould part before the molten plastic between the solid skins has solidified in at least one portion, allowing the portion to expand by foaming and cooling the expanded cellular foam. The foaming expands in a first and second foam forming phase to form the multilaminar cellular foam layers. The blowing agent system comprises a physical blowing agent and optionally a chemical blowing agent.