baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2593751-A (GB)
Title: Controller
Inventor: RICHARD HARCOURT BURNS
IPC: H01H19/06
Filed: 2020-04-01
Abstract: A controller 20 for controlling fluid delivery in a wet environment e.g. temperature and flow of a shower, including a housing 1 defining a sealed waterproof internal volume 5, a magnet holder moveable relative to the housing, one or more magnets 3a/b fixed relative to the holder, a plurality of sensors 4a-4o, greater than the number of magnets, fixed relative to the housing and located within the sealed internal volume, the sensors suitable for detecting the relative position of the magnet(s) and outputting a signal. The magnet holder may be a rotatable annular bezel, ring or dial 2 removably attached to the housing by an annular retainer 6 with resilient biased tabs urging interlocking projections 62 into circumferential groove 11 on housing. The projections and groove act as a bearing allowing bezel rotation. Two magnets may be located close together on the bezel, the distance between magnets is less than the distance between sensors equidistantly located in a circle within the housing. The sensors may be Hall effect sensors. Also claimed is a fluid delivery system e.g. shower, included the controller.
Patent GB-2595257-A (GB)
Title: Bolt tensioner
Inventor: PHILIP JARVIS
IPC: B25B29/02
Filed: 2020-05-19
Abstract: The bolt tensioner 1 has a body 10, and a bolt coupling (50, Figure 6) receivable within the body, for connecting to a bolt (100, Figure 8) to be tensioned. The body has a hydraulic piston (20, Figure 4) for applying a tensioning force to the bolt coupling. A moveable barrier 40 is configured, in at least one orientation or position, to restrict removal of the bolt coupling from the body. The bolt tensioner thus reduces the risk of injury due to bolt coupling fracture. The barrier may be connected to the body by one or more pivots and may be moveable between an operative and one or more non-operative positions. The bolt tensioner may include a fluid port 30 for connecting to a hydraulic fluid hose and a moveable cover portion 41 to obstruct access to the fluid port. A bolt coupling (50, Figure 7) for use in a bolt tensioner includes a shaft 51 with an internal screw thread for engaging an external screw thread on a bolt to be tensioned. A flange portion 52 extends radially from the shaft. The bolt coupling comprises a frangible portion, 55 or 56, defining a preferential break line.
Patent GB-2583849-A (GB)
Title: Access control system and control method
Inventor: MAOJIE SUN
IPC: G07C9/27
Filed: 2020-01-08
Abstract: An access control system and a control method, said system comprising: a server and a plurality of box controllers in a network connection with the server, the server being used for pre-entering vehicle information and permission rules, and issuing permission rule sets composed of the vehicle information and the permission rules to the box controllers, the box controllers automatically performing a permission rule check according to a priority sequence of a permission rule set after obtaining identification information of a vehicle to be checked, so as to determine whether to release the vehicle to be checked. The present invention solves the problem in the prior art that manual intervention is required, which decreases factory area access control system operational efficiency.
Patent GB-2583421-A (GB)
Title: Integrated cooling system for cooling filament of an additive manufacturing machine
Inventor: Bulent Besim
IPC: B33Y30/00
Filed: 2018-11-30
Abstract: An integrated cooling system for cooling filament of an additive manufacturing machine is provided. The integrated cooling system comprises a cooler and a delivery duct. The cooler is configured to circulate cool fluid. The delivery duct is connected to the cooler to receive cool air from the cooler. At least a part of the delivery duct defines an arch that circumferentially surrounds a nozzle assembly of the additive manufacturing machine. The delivery duct defines a plurality of vents for the cool air to exit the delivery duct. The vents are angled such that the cool air exiting the vents converge to an area on the print plate where the molten filament is getting deposited.
Patent GB-2598635-A (GB)
Title: Securing system and play apparatus
Inventor: HELENA LEWIS
IPC: A63H33/00
Filed: 2020-09-08
Abstract: A securing system 40 for securing an accessory to a play apparatus comprises a projection 1, a bracket 2, an opening 3, and a fastener 43. The fastener 43 is moveably connected to the bracket 2. The fastener 43 is moveable relative to the bracket 2 to secure at least part of the projection 1 within the opening 3, to secure the projection 1 relative to the bracket 2. The securing system 40 provides a means for easily removing an accessory from a play apparatus and for easily reattaching the accessory to the play apparatus in a secure manner. Also disclosed is a folding play apparatus.
Patent GB-2600099-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing aircraft aerofoil
Inventor: THOMAS BARNETT
IPC: B64F5/10
Filed: 2020-10-16
Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aircraft aerofoil, e.g. winglet, wing, spoiler, flap. The airfoil comprises first and second covers 140, 130, leading and trailing edges. The covers are joined at a trailing edge interface 150. The first cover is formed by a plurality of laid-up fibre plies, obtaining a preform. The preform is laid up with a ramp (143, figure 3) decreasing in thickness towards the preform trailing edge. The preform is cured with the ramp forming a contact surface of the first cover. The trailing edge interface is assembled by engaging contact surfaces of the covers. Fiber plies may terminate in a staggered fashion at the ramp. An apex (147) may be formed between ramps of increasing (145) and decreasing (143) thickness. The ramp may comprise a cover ply covering a stack of fibre plies. The preform may be cured in contact with a mould. Dry-fibre plies may be impregnated with a matrix. Upper and/or lower panels may have a thickened interface region (figure 6).
Patent GB-2601176-A (GB)
Title: Control system for a vehicle cooling system
Inventor: Nilabza Dutta
IPC: B62D25/00
Filed: 2020-11-23
Abstract: A control system (310 fig 7a) is provided for a cooling system of a vehicle, which uses a radiator 22 and an air flow directing mechanism (14, 16 fig 4) which can be put into a first position directing air via a wheel region (18 fig 2) and a second position bypassing it. The control system determines a cooling parameter in dependence on a received first signal indicative of a cooling requirement and a second signal indicative of a vehicle operating condition, and then outputs a director signal in dependence on the cooling parameter, which controls the directing mechanism into the first or second position. Aspects of the invention also relate to a cooling system: a directing mechanism; a cooling fan 12; a vehicle (1 fig 1); a method (400 fig 8); computer software; and a computer-readable storage medium. The invention utilises air pressure in a wheel region and is effective at regulating radiator cooling and is applicable where there is a low temperature gradient and for example in electric vehicles and in fuel cell vehicles.
Patent GB-2591008-A (GB)
Title: Underwater installation-type water-flow power generation system
Inventor: KATSUYUKI KUMANO
IPC: F03B17/06
Filed: 2020-11-25
Abstract: A support system for underwater power generation turbines comprises an anchoring weight body 2 installed on a bottom of a deep water area, and a long underwater connection body 32 arranged in a water flow area above the weight body 2 and connected to the weight body 2 through lower tethers 41. A plurality of underwater power generation turbine units 31 connected to the underwater connection body 32 through a plurality of upper tethers 42, at spaced intervals along the connection body 32. Because the upper tethers 42 are relatively short, the problem of collision between turbines, or tangling of the mooring lines is avoided.
Patent GB-2601553-A (GB)
Title: Impact driver
Inventor: DAVID BRAIN
IPC: B25B27/18
Filed: 2020-12-04
Abstract: The manual impact driver 10 is for aiding the removal of a threaded fastening member from a structure. The driver defines a longitudinal axis L. The driver includes a body 100 comprising a first end 102 and a second end 104. A sliding member 200 is configured to be coupled to the body at the second end. The impact driver is movable between a first configuration wherein, upon impact at the first end of the body, a linear impact force is translated along the longitudinal axis from the first end of the body to the sliding member and a second configuration wherein, upon impact at the first end, the linear impact force produces a torque, about the longitudinal axis, at the sliding member. The impact driver is operable to switch between the configurations upon rotation, by a user, of the body with respect to the sliding member. The sliding member may define a helical cavity 202 and a pin 108 extending through the cavity. The body may contain a spring-loaded connector 116. The body may include a replaceable anvil 300. A system of removing a threaded fastening member includes the manual impact driver and a tool (500, Figure 6).
Patent GB-2589767-A (GB)
Title: Automated adjustable seating system
Inventor: CARY NATHAN
IPC: A61G5/00
Filed: 2019-05-27
Abstract: An automated adjustable seating system (10) comprising: a seat (16), the seat (16) incorporating a first sliding frame (62) and seat upholstery attached to the sliding frame (62); a backrest (20), the backrest (20) incorporating a second sliding frame (138) and back upholstery attached to the sliding frame (138); a set of actuators (106, 128, 194, 196, 198); and a control system (200). The set of actuators (106, 128, 194, 196, 198) includes an actuator for adjusting the angle of the seat (16) relative to the horizontal (194), an actuator (106) for adjusting the longitudinal position of the first sliding frame (62); an actuator (196) for adjusting the angle of the backrest (20) relative to the vertical and an actuator (198) for adjusting the longitudinal position of the second sliding frame (138). Each of the set of actuators (106, 128, 194, 196, 198) is controlled by the control system (200).
Patent GB-2603495-A (GB)
Title: Generating shared keys
Inventor: Michaella Pettit
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2021-02-05
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a shared cryptographic key using the Diffie-Hellman method and based on at least one shared secret, wherein each participant 102a-102c belonging to a first group has a respective share of a first secret, the first secret having a first threshold and a corresponding first public key. A second coordinator 103 has a second public key corresponding to a second secret. A first coordinator 101 generates the shared secret from a threshold number of shares of the secret which have been computed by the participants 102a-102c using elliptic curve multiplication of the second public key and either their respective share of the secret or a respective zeroth-order coefficient of a respective polynomial used to calculate their respective shares of the secret. The second coordinator generates the same shared key using the second secret and the first public key
Patent GB-2596194-A (GB)
Title: Process control software security architecture based on least privileges
Inventor: LEE ALLEN NEITZEL
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2015-07-16
Abstract: A computing device with a communications port 245 and a local memory storage unit 235, wherein an operating system executes according to configuration data to implement service processes 260 to provide services for desktop applications 258. The services include a service capable of communicating with the communications port 262 but does not have privileges to write to the local memory storage unit 294. The device may further enforce a service namespace 260, which executes the services, and a separate desktop namespace 252, which executes applications, and processes in desktop namespace can communicate with processes in the service namespace via inter-process communications 292. The local memory can store service process files or folder as well as the desktop applications. There may further be an external media port 239, which services capable of communicating with the communications port do not have privileges to communicate to removable storage unit via.
Patent GB-2607319-A (GB)
Title: Fabric element
Inventor: LIYANA ARACHCHIGE DON KRISHAN WEERAWANSA
IPC: D06H1/02
Filed: 2021-06-02
Abstract: Fabric element comprising TiO2 titanium dioxide additive, the element including a mark formed in or on a surface of the element, the mark including a higher titanium oxide than TiO2. The mark may include Ti2O3, Ti3O5 or Ti4O7. The higher titanium oxide may be infused in fibres of the fabric element. The element includes 0.01 to 5.0 wt% TiO2 additive. The element may be made from a synthetic or natural fabric material. The mark may include a letter, a word, a number, a symbol a picture and/or a graphical element. The fabric element may be rigid. The element may be stretchable or elastic. The element may be or form part of a label. The element may be or form part of a garment. The element may be a waistband. The fabric may be dyed. Also claimed is a method of manufacturing a fabric element comprising a mark formed in or on the element surface, comprising providing a fabric element with a TiO2 additive and irradiating a region of the surface of the fabric element using a laser causing irradiated TiO2 to form a higher titanium oxide as to form the mark.
Patent GB-2606418-A (GB)
Title: End-to-end system training using fused images
Inventor: YITIAN WU
IPC: G06V20/56
Filed: 2021-09-28
Abstract: The invention relates to the training of perception systems using images created by fusing two images of different types. The method comprises: generating, using an image feature extraction network and a processor, semantic data (520) associated with a first semantic image 501a from a first image of a first type; embedding a second image 501b, of a second type, with the semantic data associated with the semantic image to form a fused image (522); generating, using a fused image network, feature data associated with an annotated fused image (524) generated from the fused image; determining a loss 508 based on a comparison of the annotated fused image with a verified or ground-truth image (526); and, modifying (560) at least one parameter of the image feature extraction network based on the loss, wherein the image feature extraction network uses the modified parameter to generate semantic data associated with a second semantic image. The first (semantic) image could be a camera image and the second image a lidar image or 3D point cloud, or a radar image. The networks could be neural networks, e.g. a CNN (see Figure 4B). Claims directed to systems and computer program products are also provided. The invention could be applied to perception systems in autonomous vehicles (AVs, 200).
Patent GB-2603622-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid power system control and operating strategy based on power system state vector calculation
Inventor: FANG GUO
IPC: H02J3/00
Filed: 2021-12-08
Abstract: A hybrid power system 10 and means of control comprising; receiving state data of each of a plurality of energy devices 12, 14, 16 coupled by drive linkages 22, 24, 26. Determining an energy demand of at least one of the energy devices based on the state data. Calculating a power system state vector based on the energy demand and on a data array defined by the system hardware configuration. Producing a power request and varying the flow of energy amongst the energy devices using the drive linkages based on the power request. The system may include an internal combustion engine, a regenerative energy device and a constantly variable transmission. The flow of energy can include increasing the flow to the engine under acceleration or increasing the energy sent to regeneration under braking.
Patent GB-2615805-A (GB)
Title: Biosensor for triglycerides
Inventor: AMY SMART
IPC: C12Q1/00
Filed: 2022-02-21
Abstract: A biosensor for detecting triglycerides in a sample such as a food product, blood or soil. The biosensor includes screen printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs), immobilised lipase and one or more other immobilised enzyme(s) which may be selected from lipoxygenase, delta-12 desturase or delta-9 desaturase. The triglycerides detected include trilinolein, triolein, tristearin, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid and stearic acid. The biosensor may further comprise an electrocatalyst from cobalt phthalocyanine, iron phthalocyanine, nickel phthalocyanine or copper phthalocyanine.
Patent GB-2608666-A (GB)
Title: Information processing system and information processing method
Inventor: NORIFUMI KAMESHIRO
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2020-03-26
Abstract: According to the present invention, a production planning sequence, which satisfies restriction conditions, is calculated by using an interaction model. The present invention is a system comprising: a storage device which stores management information about the specification of each of a plurality of items to be produced; and a calculation device which calculates, by using the interaction model on the basis of the management information, a proposal of a sequence of production processing by which the plurality of items are to be produced. In this system, the calculation device calculates the interaction model that is set by taking, as variables, an allocation event of the sequence of production processing for each of the plurality of items, and, as the intensity of interaction between the variables, the restriction conditions pertaining to the production processing.
Patent GB-2618129-A (GB)
Title: Multi-material joint
Inventor: XIANGFANG XU
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2022-04-28
Abstract: A multimaterial component 32, 34, 36 (e.g. an aircraft pylon) may have a nickel based superalloy member at one end 32; a titanium alloy member at the other end 34; and a transition layer 36 therebetween, to create a strong bond with the members 32 & 34. The transition layer 36 may be additively manufactured and comprise i) a bilayer including vanadium and copper (V/Cu); ii) tantalum (Ta); or iii) BAu-4 (Goldbraze 8218). The Ti and Ni-based superalloy members 32 & 34 may be grown, via additive manufacturing, on the transition member 36. A member 32 may comprise a lattice 38, or channels 39 with a fluid coolant, to cool and reduce thermal transfer. Lateral motion constraints (brackets) may reduce shear stress (47, fig 5). A transition member may include VC nanoparticles; or aged Inconel (RTM) and nickel layers (formed by explosion welding, linear friction welding or rotary friction welding).
Patent GB-2608003-A (GB)
Title: Condensate drainage device for a condensing boiler, with hydrostatic sealing gasket made of EVA
Inventor: ANGELO RIGAMONTI
IPC: F24H8/00
Filed: 2022-04-28
Abstract: A condensate drain 1 for a condensing boiler comprises a container 2 housing a float (3, figure 3). The container has a tapered side wall 21, a cap 4 including at least one inlet 5, and a condensate outlet 23 having a cusp-shaped raised edge 25. The float has an inner cavity 34 enclosed by a lid 33, side wall 21, and a bottom including an elastic ring 38 made of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) material. The float also has guiding ribs 35. When the float is in a first position, engagement of the raised edge with the elastic ring seals the condensate outlet. When the float is moved to a second position, such as by buoyancy when sufficient condensate gathers within the container, the elastic ring is spaced from the raised edge permitting condensate to discharge through the condensate outlet.
Patent GB-2610676-A (GB)
Title: Continuous data protection in cloud using streams
Inventor: Valerie Lotosh
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2022-05-23
Abstract: The method comprises receiving writes from a data protection system configured to provide data protection-operations to a production site into a do stream in a cloud, the writes including data. A compute instance is instantiated to read data from the do stream. The data to be overwritten with the data from the do stream is moved from a cloud volume to an undo stream by the compute instance. The data read from the do stream is written to the cloud volume by the compute instance. The method may comprise performing a recovery operation to recover a selected point-in-time (PiT) backup, including determining if the selected PiT backup has been applied to the cloud and, if so, recovering the selected PiT backup from the cloud and the undo stream.
Patent GB-2606479-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for acoustic and/or electromagnetic imaging
Inventor: Ceri Reid
IPC: G01S15/89
Filed: 2017-07-26
Abstract: A method for use in imaging includes receiving a wave pulse having a wave pulse frequency, sampling the received wave pulse at a sampling rate to generate a set of received samples. The received samples are as being obtained from an effective wave pulse having a chosen effective frequency to produce an image. The effective frequency is different to the wave pulse frequency, using the equation: () = (2) = (2( + )), where () is the sample data obtained, is the wave pulse frequency, is the sampling rate, = 1 , and is an integer. The wave pulse may be a sound wave for acoustic imaging. The effective frequency may be chosen to provide a required angular resolution where the angular resolution is finer than the resolution obtainable at the wave pulse frequency.
Patent GB-2608336-A (GB)
Title: Improved turbine and blade for the protection of the root from flow path hot gases
Inventor: PAOLO DI SISTO
IPC: F01D11/04
Filed: 2021-02-22
Abstract: A urbine (14), and particularly a low pressure turbine is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of rotor members (2) and spacers for arranged between rotor members, to avoid that an ingested gas flow from the hot gas flow path channel (F) reaches the wheel space (5). The rotor members each include a deflector (8). The deflector is placed in correspondence with each spacer and deflects the ingested gas flow over the upper surface of the spacer, thus preventing it to heat up the roots of the blades (4).
Patent GB-2610508-A (GB)
Title: Test system for a pressure control equipment system
Inventor: JONATHAN HASLANGER
IPC: E21B47/008
Filed: 2021-05-21
Abstract: A test system for a pressure control equipment (PCE) stack includes a pump for directing fluid into the PCE stack, a drive for operating the pump to control fluid flow into the PCE stack, and a controller communicatively coupled to the drive and a sensor that transmits sensor data indicative of pressure within the PCE stack. The controller instructs the drive to cause the pump to direct fluid into the PCE stack until the sensor data indicates that the pressure within the PCE stack has reached a threshold pressure, blocks fluid flow into and out of the PCE stack upon receiving sensor data indicating the pressure within the PCE stack has reached the threshold pressure, monitors the pressure within the PCE stack over a time interval, and determines a condition of the PCE stack based on a change in the pressure within the PCE stack during the time interval.
Patent GB-2610511-A (GB)
Title: Transactional memory based memory page de-duplication
Inventor: QI ZHANG
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2021-03-24
Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided to de-duplicate one or more memory pages in parallel. Multiple de-duplication processes operate in parallel, with each de-duplication process operatively coupled to at least two data structures, and further leveraging transactional memory to mitigate access conflicts.