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Patent GB-2545878-A (GB)
Title: A hydraulic axial piston machine
Inventor: MANFRED KUEHNE
IPC: F04B3/00
Filed: 2015-09-15
Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic piston machine comprising a housing 1, a cylinder barrel 7 rotatably supported within the housing about a longitudinal axis L and having a central control bore 4, a plurality of cylinder bores 9 in the cylinder barrel arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis, pistons 10, 11 slidably disposed in the cylinder bores and delimiting compression chambers 12, an actuation mechanism 53, 54 reciprocating the pistons in response to rotation of the cylinder barrel, a control element 18, for conveying hydraulic fluid between supply ducts 28, 29 within the housing and the compression chambers, arranged within the control bore and supported non-rotatably relative to the housing, and a cross guide element 25, with transfer holes 26, 27 for transferring hydraulic fluid between the control element and the supply ducts, slidably supported against the housing in a first radial direction. The control element is slidably supported against the cross guide element in a second radial direction different to the first radial direction. The arrangement compensates for radial displacement between the control element and the housing in two directions.
Patent GB-2527460-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for evaluating physical performance
Inventor: STEPHENSON VINCENT NED
IPC: A63B24/00
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating and correcting physical performance of an activity by a human. A user performing one or more physical activities may be evaluated based on criteria relating to their movement, such as strength and technique. The user's performance in relation to these criteria is then rated, and the values for the criteria are combined to provide an overall performance score. The performance score is used to determine a user's overall readiness and ability to perform the physical activity which was evaluated or an overall ability to perform physical activities. Performance scores for more than one physical activity may be combined to provide an overall performance ready score that captures the person's overall physical ability. Comparisons of performance scores over time and real-time feedback may provide information as to whether a user is improving, and could be applied to evaluating physical rehabilitations from injuries.
Patent GB-2544042-A (GB)
Title: Public address system control apparatus
Inventor: SIMON ANDREW CLEGG
IPC: H04H60/06
Filed: 2015-10-28
Abstract: The apparatus (10) comprises an input module and an output module, the input module being configured to receive input data representative of a playlist comprising a plurality of items of audio content, wherein the apparatus (10) is configured to receive or assign respective time-related scheduling data and respective priority data associated with each item of audio content, and wherein the time-related scheduling data is determinative of an order in which said respective audio content items are to be output via said public address system (14). The output module is configured to provide the audio content items in this order to the public address system. The apparatus is further configured to identify at least first and second audio content items scheduled to be output at the same time, wherein the first audio content item has a priority higher than that of the second audio content item. The priority data associated with said first and second audio content items is compared and the first audio content item is output on the basis of having the higher priority.
Patent GB-2536103-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing a composite component
Inventor: WALTER RIETHER
IPC: B23K11/14
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: A method for producing a composite component 10, comprising (i) providing a first component 11 comprising a plastic layer 21 and positively connecting thereto at least one metallic connecting element 24, (ii) providing a second component 15, which is at least partly made of metal, and bringing that against the first component so that the at least one metallic connecting element comes in contact with a metallic part of the second component, and (iii) conducting electrical resistance welding 33 of the at least one metallic connecting element to the second component. Preferably the first component is a sandwich sheet 22 consisting of a plastic core layer 21 of polyethylene or polyamide placed between two metal outer sheets 19, 20 of steel or aluminium and the second component is made entirely of metal 42, such as steel and aluminium. Multiple connecting elements may be used, preferably rivets 27 with head 28 and shank 29, which are either punched directly through the first component or driven through bores drilled therethrough. The welding electrodes preferably exert a compressive force along the rivet axis, causing it to expand radially. The composite components produced are preferably used in the manufacture of motor vehicle bodies.
Patent GB-2546729-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cell controller, fuel cell system and method of operation
Inventor: Shahin Moghimi
IPC: H01M8/04858
Filed: 2016-01-19
Abstract: A fuel cell controller 10 for controlling the operation of a fuel cell system (1, fig 1) comprises a plurality of fuel cells (2, fig 1) arranged together to provide electrical current at an output (7, fig 1), the controller being configured to actively set an upper limit 20 on the rate of change in current provided by the fuel cell system at the output based on at least one electrical parameter of one or more of the fuel cells of the fuel cell system. The electrical parameter is preferably voltage, and may comprise at least two separate voltage parameters 21, 22. For example, the controller 10 may be configured to receive at 21 a live measure of the mean cell voltage of two or more of the plurality of fuel cells (2, fig 1) and at 22 a live measure of a minimum cell voltage comprising a voltage of a fuel cell within the fuel cell system that has the lowest voltage of the plurality of fuel cells. The spread or reverse spread voltage measurement of fuel cells within the fuel cell system may also be used. The fuel cell system, a method of controlling the fuel cell system and a computer program for executing the method are also claimed.
Patent GB-2535876-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent clumping animal litter compositions
Inventor: THOMAS S CORTNER
IPC: A01K29/00
Filed: 2013-09-26
Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to absorbent clumping animal litter compositions, and to methods of using and making the same. In some embodiments, the present invention provides an absorbent clumping animal litter composition including an absorbent component and a pumice component.
Patent GB-2532160-A (GB)
Title: Power cable gas barrier
Inventor: JINGLEI XIANG
IPC: H01B9/02
Filed: 2014-09-04
Abstract: A power cable can include a conductor and a layer disposed radially about the conductor where the layer includes graphene nanosheets in a polymeric matrix.
Patent GB-2551370-A (GB)
Title: Travel bag with attached pillow
Inventor: PAMELA MARGARET EVANS
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 2016-06-16
Abstract: A bag 27 and pillow 26 each having one part of at least one two-part fastener 10, 20. When connected, the pillow preferably covers/obstructs the opening to the bag and/or the lid part of the bag to provide added security for the bag contents whilst the user is asleep on the pillow. The face of the bag to which the pillow connects has four edges, along which, together with the four edges of the pillow, are located the fastening means. The means of fastening is preferably by way of hook and loop fastener, buttons, zip, buckles or poppers. The pillow may be inflatable.
Patent GB-2537080-A (GB)
Title: A dosing device
Inventor: MARTIN CAREY BULL
IPC: G01F11/28
Filed: 2015-02-26
Abstract: A dosing device (10) for dispensing a controlled dose of liquid product from a container is provided. The device (10) comprises: a closure (15) including a dispensing orifice (60); a chamber (20) which is connected or connectable to the closure so as to be in fluid communication with the orifice and having one or more dispensing inlets for filling the chamber; and a plunger (25) movable within the chamber between a first end position and a second end position. In use as a dose is dispensed the plunger (25) travels from the first to the second position as product flows from the chamber (20) through the office (60), and in the second position the plunger seals the dispensing orifice such that the plunger travel controls the dose quantity.
Patent GB-2557291-A (GB)
Title: Lighting Unit
Inventor: PAUL ANTHONY REYNARD
IPC: F21V21/30
Filed: 2016-12-05
Abstract: A lighting unit has a housing 2 having a central axis and an axial aperture. A socket (26, Fig. 5) receives a lamp and includes a connector for connecting the lamp to a power supply. The socket 26 is mounted on a socket mount 3 within a casing 4. A rotational actuator 12 engages a driving member 14 to cause the casing, socket mount, socket and lamp to rotate axially relative to the housing. The socket mount 3 is pivotally connected to the casing 4 by a hinge (29b, Fig. 3) and a tilt actuator 22 causes the socket mount 3 to pivot about the hinge 29b from an axial orientation wherein the lamp is in a retracted position within the aperture to a deployed position wherein the lamp is deployed at least partially through the aperture and is tilted relative to the axis.
Patent GB-2542294-A (GB)
Title: Coordinate measuring device with a six degree-of-freedom handheld probe and integrated camera for augmented reality
Inventor: YAZID TOHME
IPC: G06T7/55
Filed: 2015-06-10
Abstract: A method of combining 2D images into a 3D image includes providing a coordinate measurement device and a six-DOF probe having an integral camera associated therewith, the six-DOF probe being separate from the coordinate measurement device. In a first instance, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the six-DOF probe and the integral camera captures a first 2D image. In a second instance, the six-DOF probe is moved, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the six-DOF probe, and the integral camera captures a second 2D image. A cardinal point common to the first and second image is found and is used, together with the first and second images and the positions and orientations of the six-DOF probe in the first and second instances, to create the 3D image.
Patent GB-2547759-A (GB)
Title: Organic light emitting display device and method of compensating for image quality of organic light emitting display device
Inventor: MYUNGJIN PYEON
IPC: H01L27/32
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display determines whether ripple occurs in a driving voltage supplied to each pixel of the display. This may be achieved by determining whether the driving voltage is above or below a threshold maximum or minimum value. If ripple is present, characteristic data for a driving transistor of each pixel is measured at two sequential periods. A horizontal row containing a pixel with an error is determined. Pixel error is detected based on the deviation of characteristic data measurements at the two sequential periods; for example, if deviation for a pixel is greater than the average characteristic data for other pixels in a same column. Correction data, for pixels in the determined horizontal row, is obtained for example from individual or average values of characteristic data from pixels in other rows. Input data supplied to each pixel is adjusted using the correction data, to improve image quality.
Patent GB-2559131-A (GB)
Title: Portable exercise device
Inventor: Matthew Paul Sully
IPC: A63B23/12
Filed: 2017-01-25
Abstract: An exercise device 30 adapted to be supported on a door has a main frame 32, 34, 38, 40, 42 with a handle 32, a securing structure comprising a flexible member 44, and a supporting structure 36a. In use, the flexible member 44 passes over the top of the door from bars 32, 34, 38, 40, 42 on a first side of the door to a stop 48 on a second side of the door. At least a portion of the support 36a contacts the first side of the door. The supporting structure 36a may be rotatably supported on one of the bars 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, with the angle of this rotation restricted by an element of the frame 32, 34, 38, 40, 42. The frame may include a palm-to-palm pull-up bar. A kit comprising two devices 30 is also provided.
Patent GB-2562095-A (GB)
Title: An electronic label and methods and system therefor
Inventor: HARIBOL MATAYOSHI
IPC: G09F3/20
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: An electronic label, in particular an electronic shelf label 2a-2f, comprises a sensor to detect a user interaction in proximity thereto, processing circuitry to process the senseddata and an output device to generate a sensory output. The electronic label is configured to generate the sensory output based on or in response to the sensed data. The output is preferably an electronic display, e.g. e-ink or LCD display, a light source and/or a speaker. The sensor may be a camera, optical sensor, or acoustic sensor. The label may interact with a weight sensor provided on the shelf 21a, 21b to detect removal of a product. Wireless communication circuitry may be provided to connect with a remote resource 15. The remote resource may generate analytics based on the sensed data and the sensory output may be generated based on communications from the remote resource. The analytics results may be an activity heatmap (Fig. 5a), or a pivot table.
Patent GB-2563390-A (GB)
Title: Expendable cryptographic key access
Inventor: JOSHUA DANIEL
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2017-06-12
Abstract: A computer implemented method of a receiving secure computing component 203 to provide access to a cryptographic key 320 for a key requester 206, the key being associated with an owning secure computing component by a digitally signed record in a blockchain 208 wherein the blockchain is accessible via a network and includes a plurality of records validated by miner computing components 210, wherein the key requester 206 has associated a quantity of cryptocurrency by a digitally signed record in the blockchain, the method comprising: receiving a request from the key requester to access the key 302; generating a first new record for storage in the blockchain to transfer a predetermined quantity of cryptocurrency associated with the requester to be associated with the receiving component, the first new record being validated by the miner components 210; responsive to the validation of the first new record 310, communicating a request to the owning component to transfer the key to the receiving component: responsive to securely receiving the key at the receiving component and a validation of a second new record in the blockchain, the second new record associating the key with the receiving component, providing the requester with secure access to the key 320.
Patent GB-2566533-A (GB)
Title: Flexible connection
Inventor: STEFAN DZISIEWSKI-SMITH
IPC: H01R13/74
Filed: 2017-09-18
Abstract: A connection assembly comprising a connector and sheet material, one of the connector and sheet material comprises one or more protrusions 10, 15, 20, 25, and the other one of the connector and sheet material comprising one or more openings 60, 65, 70, 75, the one or more protrusions configured so that they coincide with respective ones of the one or more openings and so that by relative movement between the connector and sheet material engagement between the connector and the sheet material is progressively increased. Preferably the opening are in the sheet, which may be less resistant to bending (such as a metal), and comprise L-shaped slots or a non-linear cut with the end point acting as a hinge. The connection assembly may be disposable and the connector may comprise a planar PCB. The relative movement between the connector and sheet allow the connector to screw into the sheet and provide an inexpensive fastening. Also provided is a sheet material with a plurality of cuts with an L- or U-shaped cut geometry.
Patent GB-2567679-A (GB)
Title: Curved devices
Inventor: William Henry Reeves
IPC: H05K3/46
Filed: 2017-10-20
Abstract: Forming a curved or device such as a sensor or display using the steps: forming a flexible assembly including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry, wherein the flexible assembly has a curved configuration and comprises at least first and second components laminated together in stressed configurations; and while the assembly is in said curved configuration, cutting through at least said at least first and second components to produce one or more aligned edges in the said at least first and second components. The flexible laminated display can be cut by laser cuter. In some embodiments the device can be a liquid crystal cell module 6 having a liquid crystal cell interposed between additional polariser films all sandwiched between encapsulation layers 4, 8.
Patent GB-2568922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to hypochlorous acid
Inventor: Kathleen Anne Hood
IPC: C01B11/04
Filed: 2017-11-30
Abstract: A method of producing an acidified solution comprising hypochlorous acid is disclosed which comprises adding a substantially chloride-free acidifier to an aqueous solution comprising hypochlorous acid and/or hypochlorite anions to form said acidified solution. The method comprises counteracting localised regions of low pH by one or more of: (i) addition of the acidifier in diluted form; (ii) addition of the acidifier over an extended time period; (iii) dispersed addition of the acidifier to a plurality of regions of the aqueous solution; and (iv) substantially immediate mixing of the acidifier and aqueous solution on addition of the acidifier. The acidifier may be acetic acid, formic acid, hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, perchloric acid, phosphoric acid or sulphuric acid. Also disclosed is an apparatus 100 suitable for producing an acidified solution comprising hypochlorous acid.
Patent GB-2571061-A (GB)
Title: Seal
Inventor: CRAIG RYDER
IPC: F16J15/02
Filed: 2017-12-04
Abstract: A seal 1 for oil filters for preventing leakage of oil from a housing during inspection or maintenance. The seal for an aperture in an oil filter housing comprises a first flange 2 and a second flange 3, wherein said first and second flanges are positioned such that when the seal is located within an aperture of a housing, the first flange abuts a first surface of the housing and the second flange abuts an opposing surface of the housing. Preferably the seal comprises a tube for receiving a bolt when the seal is located within an aperture of an oil filter housing and the first flange is positioned at or near the first end of the tube and the second flange is positioned at or near the second end of the tube. The flanges may be annular with a curved chamfered outer edge.
Patent GB-2569284-A (GB)
Title: Method and computer program for drift assist in a motor vehicle
Inventor: IOAN LUCIAN PACURAR
IPC: B60W50/14
Filed: 2017-12-05
Abstract: The invention refers a method for drift assist in a motor vehicle, applicable in assessing driver’s skills, in particular when it concerns driving sportive car in a motorsport competition. The drift assist method, involves using drift-related data e.g. drift angle or yaw rate, derived from an airbag sensor (Fig.3, 1) of an ego-vehicle and associating the data with location data assigned to a mapped region. The drift-related data are graphically displayed on a map 13 covering the retrieved location as a continuous trace 14 of the ego-vehicle as a movable object E in the direction of travel. The drift data may be displayed in real time. The display may show a trace of the displacement and orientation of the vehicle in different directions. The data may be displayed as a combined graphical representation of pitch angle and altitude information.
Patent GB-2559263-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous vehicle object detection
Inventor: KENNETH JAMES MILLER
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2017-12-05
Abstract: A computer in a first vehicle 202 can determine a measure of a first distance D1 from a first vehicle to a traffic object 210 and receive, via a network interface, a measure of a second distance D2 from a second vehicle 208 to the traffic object and a measure of a third distance D3 from the second vehicle to the first vehicle. The computer can determine a measure of a fourth distance by triangulation based on the second distance and the third distance. The first and fourth distances both being a measure of the distance from the first vehicle to the traffic object. The vehicle being piloted based on combining the first distance and the fourth distance. Preferably the first and fourth distances have an associated accuracy rating and if they significantly differ, the distance with the highest accuracy is used. The system also preferably can operate with second and third distance data being transferred from multiple vehicles to the first vehicle.
Patent GB-2569165-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for monitoring drawing of yarn from a bobbin
Inventor: DAVID CHARLES EATON
IPC: B65H67/00
Filed: 2017-12-08
Abstract: To monitor one or both of remaining capacity of an active bobbin 24a and transfer from one active bobbin 24a which does not rotate to the next bobbin 24b a sensor 32 responsive to electromagnetic radiation is arranged to sense the free portion 30 of the yarn which moves circumferentially about the bobbin 24a as the yarn is drawn axially from it and to provide an output which varies with a period P corresponding to the period of the circumferential movement of the free portion of the yarn about the bobbin 24a. A change in the period P can be detected to indicate transfer from a depleted bobbin 24b to a new, reserve bobbin 24b. Based on the period P either the time to exhaustion of the bobbin 24a or the quantity of yarn remaining on the bobbin 24a may be estimated. Sensor 32 may be an optical sensor and may detect reflected light from a light source illuminating the free portion 30 of the yarn. The sensor 32 may monitor yarn drawn from both an active bobbin 24a and a corresponding reserve bobbin 24b. The bobbins 24a, 24b and sensor 32 may form part of a creel 20 and the sensor 32 may be mounted on a guide 28.
Patent GB-2557479-A (GB)
Title: Oxygen correction for engine-out NOX estimates using a NOX sensor of an aftertreatment system
Inventor: SRIRAM SRINIVASAN
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2016-07-29
Abstract: An aftertreatment system comprises a SCR system including at least one catalyst. A NOx sensor is positioned downstream of the SCR system. A controller is configured to determine an estimated engine NOx amount in the exhaust gas produced by an engine fluidly coupled to the aftertreatment system. The controller interprets an output value indicative of a first amount of oxygen in the exhaust gas downstream of the SCR system. The controller determines an adjusted engine NOx amount in response to the output value. A NOx sensor is positioned downstream of the selective catalytic reduction system and communicatively coupled to the controller. The NOx sensor is structured to provide the output value.