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Patent GB-2520327-A (GB)
Title: Device for connecting two busbars
Inventor: NITERT GERHARDUS LEONARDUS
IPC: H01R11/09
Filed: 2013-11-18
Abstract: A device for connecting a first 14 and a second 15 busbar, which are hollow and aligned with each other, comprises an electrically conducting expansion member for arrangement inside the first busbar. A displacement means 17 displaces the expansion member 2 in axial direction from the first busbar at least partially into the second busbar. A driving means 4 drives the displacement means and drives the expansion of the expansion member. The expansion member may be a sleeve comprising wedge shaped surface zones 7,8 and slits. Wedge elements 12,13 mounted on a threaded axle 9 may engage with the surface zones to cause the expansion.
Patent GB-2520686-A (GB)
Title: A pedestrian airbag
Inventor: ZAURITZ RALF
IPC: B60R21/36
Filed: 2013-11-27
Abstract: A pedestrian airbag 3 for a motor vehicle safety arrangement, the airbag having an inflatable chamber (16 fig.3) for the receipt of inflating gas defined between a front layer 1 and a rear layer 2, both of flexible material. The airbag includes at least one elongate internal shaping tether 6 formed of flexible material having first and second opposed edges 9, 10 extending between opposite ends 7, 8 of the tether and being connected to said front layer 1 along its first edge 9 and said rear layer 2 along said second edge 10 so as to extend between the layers and across the inflatable chamber (16) during inflation. The tether is shaped such that spacing between said first and second edges is greater in a central region of the tether than at each end of the tether. The first or/and second edge may have a convex and a concave region forming an s-shaped profile to direct airbag over windscreen wipers during deployment when airbag is fitted near upper region of bonnet.
Patent GB-2505617-A (GB)
Title: Flame retardant with compositions
Inventor: KASOWSKI ROBERT
IPC: C08K5/52
Filed: 2012-05-19
Abstract: This invention provides flame retardant compositions that provide flame retardation for a variety of applications, such as replacement of flame retardants containing halogens. The flame retardant used in many applications contain brominated or chlorinated compounds. There is a ready market for flame retardants that do not contain halogens, which this invention addresses. Thus, it is important that halogen free flame retardant containing compositions can be made at high loadings. Ethyleneamine polyphosphates are excellent flame retardants for polymers, but a sticky surface can occur at high loadings due to moisture absorption limiting their use.
Patent GB-2507024-A (GB)
Title: Passive monitoring of virtual systems using extensible indexing
Inventor: AMMONS GLENN
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2012-10-17
Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide a solution for passively monitoring a computer system. In an embodiment, an indexing agent operates on a physical server having a plurality of virtual servers. The indexing agent has a framework having a plurality of indexing layers. Each of these indexing layers is adapted to index a virtual server along a different abstraction level to extract abstraction level features indicative of changes in the virtual server. Further, each of the indexing layers has an application programming interface, which is adapted to receive one or more external indexing modules to be plugged into the framework. Each indexing module is adapted to provide instructions to the indexing agent while the indexing layer to which it is plugged is indexing the associated abstraction level of the virtual machine.
Patent GB-2523196-A (GB)
Title: Gear pump
Inventor: PORTER DAVID
IPC: F04C11/00
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: A gear pump comprising a plurality of gear pairs 30, each pair having a respective input port and output port 34, and a connector device 36 to changeably select which output port(s) is connected to a base load fluid line and connect the other output port(s) to an additional load fluid line. Preferably the pairs are equally sized and are angularly spaced around a central connector device which is rotatably operable to changeably select the output ports. Preferably an indexing actuator operates the connector device and sequentially selects the output port(s) connected to the base load fluid line after each period of operation of the pump. Also claimed is an aero engine utilising the pump to pump fuel to a control arrangement which returns excess fuel received from the additional load fluid line back to the pump. By switching the output ports between the base load fuel line and the additional load fuel line intermittently, the gears wear at substantially the same rate and service life of the pump is extended.
Patent GB-2508548-A (GB)
Title: Systems and Methods for Detecting Data Communication over a Wireless Power Link
Inventor: NORCONK MATTHEW J
IPC: H02J5/00
Filed: 2011-01-24
Abstract: A system for effecting data communications over a wireless power link between a secondary side electronic device 100 and a primary side power supply 10, the primary side comprising a tank circuit 23, a controller 18, a detector circuit 24 and a main power supply 12. Power is supplied to the tank circuit 23 by AC input 12 through switching circuit 20, which then generates an electromagnetic field that induces power in a corresponding coil 102 in the secondary electronic device 100. Communication is achieved through backscatter modulation by toggling a load 108 on the secondary side to produce variations in the input power of the primary side tank circuit. A detector 224 produces a signal indicative of the current in the input power, which is then passed through a band pass filter. The filtered signal is amplified and fed to a comparator, which produces high and low signals which are processed by controller 18 as a binary data stream. The system offers improved reliability by providing a better signal to noise ratio.
Patent GB-2511009-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for transporting cylindrical containers
Inventor: BLEI KLAUS
IPC: B41J3/407
Filed: 2012-11-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a transporting apparatus (10) for transporting and/or positioning containers (11) in a stepwise manner between successive operating stations (13). Each container (11) here is received by a receiving unit (38) and moved about a main axis (H), together with the receiving unit (38), along a circular path (12). The operating stations (13) are spaced apart at predetermined angular intervals along the circular path (12). Each receiving unit (38) has a guide-body arrangement (65) which, when the receiving unit (38) moves along the circular path (12), is supported on a circular guide surface (68). The guide surface (68) has first guide-surface portions (68a) and second guide-surface portions (68b). The first guide-surface portions (68a) are arranged on a guide body (69). The second guide-surface portions (68) are arranged on guide segments (70). The guide segments (70) are located in apertures (71) of the guide body (69) at certain operating stations configured as rotary operating stations (13b). The guide segments (70) can be rotated about an axis of rotation (D). When the guide segment (70) is rotated about the axis of rotation (D), the guide-body arrangement (69) also moves about this axis of rotation (D) and, at the same time, the receiving unit (38) as a whole likewise rotates about the axis of rotation (D), which coincides with the longitudinal axis (B) of the containers.
Patent GB-2526580-A (GB)
Title: A cable plough for encapsulating a ploughed cable during installation with a thermal medium
Inventor: FLINTON NATHAN
IPC: H02G1/06
Filed: 2014-05-28
Abstract: A cable plough, arranged to encapsulate a cable 110 in a primary thermal medium 190, comprises: a plough share (130, figure 3) to cut a trench, a primary thermal medium chute (140) through which the primary thermal medium passes into the trench and a cable chute 150 to guide the cable into the trench so that it is encapsulated with the primary thermal medium. Also disclosed is a method of encapsulating a cable in a primary thermal medium whilst laying the cable in a trench by; feeding the cable through a cable chute into the trench, and urging the primary thermal medium into the trench so as to embed the cable in the primary thermal medium. Preferably an auxiliary chute 160 is included which may feed out an auxiliary medium. The auxiliary medium may be loose geological matter with a particular thermal conductivity, or it may be water to moisten the primary thermal medium, or it may be a fiber optic cable. The cable plough is preferably for use with a high voltage cable and may use a pump mechanism or an Archimedes screw to urge the primary thermal medium through the chute.
Patent GB-2516747-A (GB)
Title: Catalyst polymer inks
Inventor: DIJK NICK VAN
IPC: H01M4/88
Filed: 2014-05-30
Abstract: A method of forming a catalyst ink comprises: a polymerising an ionic monomer and at least one non-ionic monomer to form a hydrophilic polymer; dissolving the hydrophilic polymer in a suitable solvent to form a polymer solution; and mixing a catalyst with the polymer solution to make a catalyst ink. The ionic monomer may comprise an acid group or a basic group, and may be selected from 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulphonic acid (AMPSA), vinylsulphonic acid (VSA), styrenesulphonic acid (SSA), 2-sulphoethyl methacrylate (SOMA) and 3-sulphopropyl methacrylate. The non-ionic monomer may comprise a hydrophobic monomer which may be selected from methyl methacrylate (MMA), acrylonitrile (AN), methacryloxypropyltris (trimethylsiloxy) silane (TRIS), 2,2, 2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate (TRIF) and styrene (STY). The non-ionic monomer may also comprise a hydrophilic monomer which may be selected from methacrylic acid (MA) 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (VP), propanoic acid 2-methyl ester (PAM), monomethacryloyoxyethyl phthalate (EMP) and ammonium sulpatoethly methacrylate (SEM). A method of forming a catalyst ink-coated membrane is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2528497-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus And Method For Performing Floating-Point Square Root Operation
Inventor: BURGESS NEIL
IPC: G06F7/552
Filed: 2014-07-24
Abstract: Disclosed is data processing apparatus 2 with circuitry 14 that perform floating-point square root operations on a radicand value R. The circuitry has first square root processing circuitry 16 for processing radicand values R which are not an exact power of two and second square root processing circuitry 18 for processing radicand values which are an exact power of 2. Power-of-two detection circuitry 20 detects whether the radicand value is an exact power of two and selects the output of the first or second square root circuitry as appropriate. The power of two detection circuit may work in parallel with the first square root circuitry. The floating point square root operation may be a non-reciprocal operation or a reciprocal floating point square root operation. The second square circuitry may generate its result with the result mantissa having a predetermined mantissa value and the exponent having a value of half an adjusted exponent.
Patent GB-2518518-A (GB)
Title: Spacer
Inventor: CAREY KEVIN FREDERICK
IPC: E04D13/16
Filed: 2014-08-18
Abstract: A roofing insulation spacer, comprising a crossbar 110, with an upper mounting surface (111, fig 3) and two side walls 113, adapted to be parallel to and spaced apart from a purlin, and a plurality of leg members 120, fixable to the purlin and passing through 114a one or both side walls of the cross-bar, to prevent uplift of the crossbar. The legs may be c-shaped and may possess a strengthening rib 125. The crossbar and legs may have holes to allow fastening to the purlin. The leg members may possess supplementary bracing between upright (122, fig 6) and lower portions (121), possibly in the form of a cross-brace (130). The crossbar is used to fix roofing sheets or cladding so that insulating material between the purlins and the roofing sheets is not compressed.
Patent GB-2533900-A (GB)
Title: Electrical device
Inventor: ALEX MARDAPITTAS
IPC: H02J3/00
Filed: 2014-09-11
Abstract: An electrical device includes a primary conducting element is connected with a secondary conducting element in a first parallel circuit. A current supply inlet and a primary load outlet are connected in series with the secondary conducting element.. A secondary load outlet is connected with the primary conducting element in a second parallel circuit. A switch is located in the first parallel circuit and switched between a first position for closing the primary conducting element to direct supply current from the current supply inlet to the secondary load outlet, and a second position opening the primary conducting element to direct current from the primary conducting element to the secondary load outlet.
Patent GB-2531027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to allergy testing
Inventor: HAYLEY OGDEN
IPC: A61M35/00
Filed: 2014-10-07
Abstract: The invention comprises a cartridge 10, being a housing (12, see figure 1) defining a recess and holding an absorbent element on which is held an allergen for testing on the skin. An applicator 40 stores multiple cartridges 10a to 10e, and comprises a substantially tubular housing 41. The cartridges 10 are pushed towards an open end 41b of the housing 41 by a cartridge advancement means 52, but are prevented from being ejected by a cartridge retaining means 62. The cartridge retaining means 62 can be disengaged by a user in order to eject a cartridge once it has been used, by pivoting retaining member 48. A following cartridge 10b is simultaneously prevented from moving by secondary cartridge retaining means 64. Releasing lever 48 then allows the following cartridge to move to the front of the applicator 40, by the cartridge advancement means 52. A method for application of an allergen onto the skin of a person by use of an applicator 40 and cartridge 10 is also provided. The allergen may be hair dye, particularly PPD, PADA, PDTA or 3-nitrohydroxyethylaminophenol.
Patent GB-2539013-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling a fuel injection system during rail pressure sensor failure condition
Inventor: STEFANO NIEDDU
IPC: F02D41/38
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling the fuel rail pressure of a fuel injection system 500 of an internal combustion engine 110 comprising a fuel rail 170, at least one fuel pump 180, at least one fuel rail pressure sensor 400 and at least one injector 160. The method comprises the following steps: detecting a failure condition of the fuel rail pressure sensor 400; determining a fuel rail pressure target value P* and an injector fuel output target value Qinj on the basis of an internal combustion engine operating state; determining a pump fuel output target value QHF* to be supplied into the fuel rail 170; driving the at least one fuel pump 180 in order to provide the pump fuel output target value QHP*. The pump fuel output target value QHP* is determined on the basis of the injector fuel output target value Qinj and the at least one fuel injector 160 is energized for an energizing time target value ET* determined on the basis of the fuel rail pressure target value P* and said injector fuel output target value Qinj. The rail may be a common rail of a fuel injection system.
Patent GB-2523683-A (GB)
Title: Personal location monitoring device and system
Inventor: MILLER PAUL DAVID
IPC: G08B25/10
Filed: 2013-10-04
Abstract: A monitoring unit is provided for monitoring curfew compliance of an individual in their home. The unit is in communication with a remote alarm receiving centre via a mobile network. The monitoring unit is connected to mains power supply and in order to detect any attempt to relocate it, any failure or disconnection of the mains power supply will be detectable. The monitoring unit is fitted with a fingerprint reader which is used to verify the presence of the user under curfew. At random intervals during the curfew, the user is prompted to use the fingerprint reader to verity that they are present at their home. If the users fingerprint is validated, a message is transmitted to the remote centre confirming the presence of the user at their home. The monitoring unit is further arranged to receive interrogation signals from a remote centre, and respond with identifier data, whereby the absence of a response is indicative that the monitoring unit is disconnected from the mains, or has failed to communicate. The unit may further include a motion sensor and/or a GPS tracking device for detecting relocation of the unit.
Patent GB-2539929-A (GB)
Title: Coffee capsule
Inventor: ALEX GORT-BARTEN
IPC: B65D85/804
Filed: 2015-07-01
Abstract: A capsule 1 for a beverage machine adapted to operate at a pressure of around 19 bar, the capsule having a generally frusto-conical form with an annular flange 4 at its lower end, a foil 3 being provided to sealingly close the capsule at its lower end, with said foil being attached to the flange. The foil 3 is embossed so that the foil has an effective depth greater than the foil thickness, such that the effective depth of the foil 3 is greater than 0.06 mm and less than 0.13 mm. The foil is adapted to be torn when in use the pressure in the capsule is between 3 and 8 bar. The capsule can be air-tight. The foil embossing may be in the form of points or areas covering at least 10% of the surface of the foil. The embossing may be such that the effective depth of the foil is at least twice the thickness of the foil.
Patent GB-2528582-A (GB)
Title: Guard for a safety barrier
Inventor: O'BRIEN MICHAEL
IPC: E01F9/669
Filed: 2012-02-21
Abstract: The guard, primarily for indicating a safety zone on the workmans side of a barrier adjacent moving traffic, comprises a mounting bracket 6 for mounting on a barrier and which holds an arm 7 such that it projects transversely outwards from the barrier. The arm may comprise a flexible extrusion of a plastic material. An aperture or notch 11 may be provided at the end of the arm to receive rope, tape etc. The bracket may comprise a socket 8 within which the arm is de-mountably held by one or more clamp elements 9. The bracket may comprise a resilient clip structure, preferably of spring steel, with a pair of limbs 6b that can be flexed to place the bracket onto a barrier, and may include a clasp or similar resilient fastening to connect the opposed ends of limbs. Also claimed is a guard system for an elongate safety barrier.
Patent GB-2532135-A (GB)
Title: Air vent, ventilation system and vehicle
Inventor: ABHIRAM DEVESH RAVINDRAN
IPC: B60H1/34
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: An air vent 10 for a ventilation system of a vehicle, the air vent comprising an iris mechanism 12 for varying a diameter through which conditioned air can be passed such that an outflow direction of the air substantially coincides with an axial direction 24 of the vent. The iris mechanism may comprise a plurality of blades (28, figure 5), and the inclination of the blades may be varied to form a tapering cone or a widening cone. The vent may incorporate an actuating element 18 and the flow rate through the vent may be variable. The vent may be for a passenger of a vehicle. Also claimed is a ventilation system comprising at least one air vent as described, and a vehicle with that ventilation system.
Patent GB-2543517-A (GB)
Title: Caster tip for a continuous casting process
Inventor: MARK VINCENT
IPC: B22D41/60
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: A caster tip is provided for a twin roll continuous strip caster for non-ferrous metals. The caster tip comprises a caster tip body made primarily of a ceramic material (which may include fused silica, ceramic fibre, microsilica and colloidal silica), and at-least one electric resistance heater thermally connected to the caster tip body for pre-heating the caster tip body to a predetermined temperature. The tip may comprise of a top and bottom plate with a baffle structure in-between the plates for distributing the flow. The heater element(s) may be connected to the top and/or bottom plate. The tip regulates exit temperature profile along the width of the extruded metal sheet.
Patent GB-2538592-A (GB)
Title: Solid particle separation in oil and/or gas production
Inventor: ANDERS AREFJORD
IPC: E21B43/29
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: A solids removal system 200 and method of use thereof in an oil well and method of use thereof, comprising a fluidisation jetting head 204 adapted to be located in a solids bed 203 at a bottom of a well 201, a first elongate conduit 207 extending from the head to a supply of fluidising liquid, a second elongate conduit 208 extending from the head and connectable to a solids separation unit 328 (fig 4) located above the well, the head comprising a plurality of fluid outlet nozzles 209 (fig 3) in fluid communication with the first elongate conduit and an inlet 206 for fluidised solids in fluid communication with the second elongate conduit. The conduits may be coaxial or the first conduit may surround the second conduit. The fluidising head may be located at a first vertical position in a solids bed and lowered to a second position in the solids bed after completion of operating.
Patent GB-2549952-A (GB)
Title: Reflector
Inventor: SEAN ROBERT RAVENHALL
IPC: H05H3/04
Filed: 2016-05-03
Abstract: A reflector 15 for cooling or trapping atoms or molecules, the reflector 15 having a reflecting surface 17 forming a perimeter around and facing a central axis 33, wherein the reflecting surface 17 reflects input laser light to form a cooling region 21. An aperture 23 for providing a beam 27 of cooled atoms or molecules from the cooling region 21 is formed in the reflecting surface 17, the aperture 23 being perpendicular to the central axis 33, such that the reflector 15 forms a truncated pyramid. The reflecting surface 17 is formed by three or more planar mirrors (39a-d, Figs 2B) arranged around and at an angle to the central axis 33. The mirrors (39a-d) may overly each other. A magneto-optical trap (MOT) 1 with the reflector may have a spatially varying magnetic field across the cooling region of the reflector with one or more points where the field is zero.
Patent GB-2550185-A (GB)
Title: Method to improve classification of particles in a gas stream by reducing thermal convective instabilities
Inventor: Nicholas Collings
IPC: G01N15/02
Filed: 2016-05-12
Abstract: A method to improve classification in particle classifiers, such as an aerosol particle mass analyser, a centrifugal particle mass analyser or an aerodynamic aerosol classifier, utilises a classification force of which a centrifugal force is a component. A temperature gradient is maintained across the classification region 3 of sufficient magnitude and direction to reduce or eliminate thermal convective instabilities which could otherwise adversely affect the classification performance. The centrifugal force may be provided by rotating the classification region 3. An electrical force may be provided, with the classification region 3 bounded by an inner electrode 8 and an outer electrode 9. The inner electrode 8 may rotate less quickly than the outer electrode 9. The outer electrode 9 may be cooled to maintain the temperature gradient. A cooling tube may be provided around the outer electrode 9. The inner electrode 8 may be heated. The Rayleigh-Benard effect is used to calculate the Rayleigh number which determines the maximum temperature difference.