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Patent GB-2541737-A (GB)
Title: Capacitive touch-enabled printed article
Inventor: KATE JESSIE STONE
IPC: H03K17/96
Filed: 2015-08-28
Abstract: A capacitive touch-enabled printed article (e.g. book, magazine, periodical publication, poster, greeting card) comprises a capacitive touch pad whose operation is controlled by a controller connected to a photodetector 19 having a light-facing face 20. The controller polls the photodetector 19 and if its light sensitive face 20 is exposed to light, it operates in a first state, otherwise it operates in a second state. The first state may be measuring the photodetector 19 periodically and switching to the second state if the detected light exceeds a predetermined level with the capacitive touch switches 13 deactivated, and the second state may be having the touch pad operational and not measuring the photodetector 19, i.e. the swiching on of the touch pad may be irreversible. The printed article may have a cover 2 which covers a user-presentable surface 7 where the capacitive touch pad is provided, so that the light-sensing face 20 is not exposed to light when the cover 2 is closed.
Patent GB-2526483-A (GB)
Title: Generation of hydrocarbon fuels having a reduced environmental impact
Inventor: LEVINESS STEPHEN CLAUDE
IPC: E21B43/26
Filed: 2014-03-18
Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process can be controlled to create water that has desirable characteristics for use in secondary processes such as fracking or irrigation.
Patent GB-2543078-A (GB)
Title: Analysis of network performance
Inventor: TREVOR BURBRIDGE
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2015-10-08
Abstract: Network analysis comprising: obtaining first and second probe measurements resulting respectively from a test-message being sent from a first node (40a) and having a second node (40d) as the target thereof, and from a test-message being sent from the second node (40d) and having the first node (40a) as the target thereof, associated probe response-messages triggered by receipt and local processing of the test-messages at the target nodes thereof being sent back to the senders of the test-messages, the measurements relating to a network performance characteristic in respect of the paths taken by the test-messages and response-messages, and being dependent also on the local processing of the test-messages at the respective target nodes; comparing the measurements, assigning a weighting in respect of at least one of the nodes dependent on the comparison; and determining a network performance measure dependent on at least one of the probe measurements and on the weighting. Performance depends on how packets are processed at the node. Fast path packets merely have their headers analysed before being forwarded, whereas slow path packets are locally processed which adds delay and latency. The analysis method allows compensation for slow path processing.
Patent GB-2543519-A (GB)
Title: High pressure fuel pump with torque limiter device
Inventor: Neil D Wilson
IPC: F04B9/04
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump, eg of engine fuel injection equipment, is provided with a pumping unit 30 having a first spring 38 biassing with a first force a first cam follower 36, eg a roller shoe, against a cam 28, the cam rotating about a cam axis Z to reciprocally actuate a first plunger 34 along a pumping axis Y. The first force generates on the cam 28 and about the cam axis Z a first torque which varies as a function of the angular position of the cam 28. The high pressure pump 22 is further provided with a torque limiter device 40 generating on the cam 28, and about the cam axis Z, a second torque compensating at least partially the first torque. The torque limiter device 40 may comprise a second spring 46 biassing a second cam follower 42, eg a second roller shoe, against the cam 28 with a second force along a second axis X eg at 90o to the first axis Y. Peak drive torque is thereby reduced and timing belt life extended.
Patent GB-2536746-A (GB)
Title: Railroad track survey system
Inventor: SAMEER SINGH
IPC: B61L23/04
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: A railroad track inspection system 10 comprises track scanning sensors 12, 24, a data store 80 and a processor 72-79 for automatic analysis of the data to detect track components from a predetermined list of component types according to features identified in the data. System 10 further comprises a common support structure 20 to which sensors 12, 24, data store 80 and processor 72-79 are attached and has a mounting 32 for attachment to a railway vehicle. Support structure 20 may comprise a rigid enclosure which may comprise a wall. Processor 72-79 and data store 80 may make up a removable processing unit 30. There may be windows 26 in the field of view of sensors 12, 24. A battery 28 may power processor 72-78 and/or sensors 12, 24. Sensors 12, 24 may be adjustably mounted and may comprise digital image capture sensors and depth detection sensors. There may be a location determination system 54 and/or a travel sensor (112 fig 3). The data may include pixel intensity and/or colour values. There may be a light 22 attached to support structure 20. Sensors 12, 24 may be able to detect components in real time.
Patent GB-2544740-A (GB)
Title: Method to determine characteristics of a valve in a fuel system
Inventor: PETER VOIGT
IPC: F02M59/46
Filed: 2015-11-24
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of determining the opening characteristics of a pressure limiting valve in a fuel delivery system. The fuel delivery system comprises an electrical low pressure pump 3 fluidly connected via a low pressure circuit 7 to a high pressure pump 5. The high pressure pump 5 is connected in parallel with a pressure limiting valve 6 and is adapted to provide fuel to a high pressure circuit. The pressure limiting valve 6 is adapted to open to allow fuel to flow from the low pressure circuit 7 to the high pressure circuit when an opening pressure of the pressure limiting valve is achieved. The method comprises the steps of activating the low pressure pump, measuring one or more characteristics of electrical drive parameters of the low pressure pump, detecting the point at which there is a step change in the gradient of an electrical drive parameter, recording electrical drive parameters at the detected point and using the recorded parameters at the detected point to determine the opening characteristics of the valve. The method can be used to determine the opening point and/or opening pressure of a pressure limiting valve based on sensing the current, voltage or power of an electrical drive of a fuel pump without the use of a pressure sensor.
Patent GB-2530681-A (GB)
Title: Asymmetrical button for ram-type blowout preventers
Inventor: JURENA JOHNNY E
IPC: E21B33/06
Filed: 2013-07-18
Abstract: A blowout preventer 10 comprises an asymmetrical ram button (60). The blowout preventer includes an actuation assembly has a rectangular asymmetric ram button coupled to a connecting rod (30) and a piston (28). The asymmetric body 12 of the button engages an internal shoulder (52) of a ram (24, 26) within a slot in the ram so that a retraction force on the actuation assembly causes the asymmetrical ram button to load against the internal shoulder of the ram during operation.
Patent GB-2533047-A (GB)
Title: Downhole entry guide having disappearing profile and methods of using same
Inventor: KELLY D IRELAND
IPC: E21B17/04
Filed: 2013-10-01
Abstract: Entry guides for use on a tubing string comprise one or more dissolvable materials. A profile disposed on the entry guide facilitates aligning the tubing string in a desired orientation within a wellbore. For example, the profile can align the tubing string with a bore of a component disposed within the wellbore so that the tubing string can be inserted into a bore of the downhole component. After proper alignment has been achieved, the one or more dissolvable materials can be activated to disappear leaving behind the tubing string and the downhole component in their desired arrangement. One or more portion of the entry guides, including the profile, can be formed out of the dissolvable material.
Patent GB-2549928-A (GB)
Title: Sorting numbers in hardware
Inventor: THEO ALAN DRANE
IPC: G06F7/02
Filed: 2016-04-26
Abstract: A logic circuit has two multi-bit inputs. It outputs either the maximum of the inputs, the minimum of the inputs or both. Each output bit is output from a multiplexor, dependent on a select signal. The select signal is not dependent on the bits of the inputs, which are less significant than the output bit it is selecting. The select signal for a particular bit may be dependent on two other signals. The first signal indicates that the bits from the first input, that are not less significant than the output bit, represent a larger number than the corresponding bits in the second input. The other signal indicates that the bits from the first input, that are not less significant than the output bit, are the same as the corresponding bits from the second input.
Patent GB-2550941-A (GB)
Title: Guide apparatus for a woodworking router
Inventor: MARTIN GODFREY
IPC: B27C5/10
Filed: 2016-06-01
Abstract: Guide apparatus; for guiding a woodworking router relative to a work piece; that comprises: a base 5.1 for engaging with a work piece or work table; a guide frame 2.1, 2.3 coupled to the base 5.1 and having at least one guide 5.2 defining a linear guide path; a router housing 1.2 slidably engaged with the guide 5.2 for movement along the guide path relative to the guide frame in an engaging direction towards the base 5.1 and a disengaging direction away from the base. The router housing 1.2 being configured to receive a woodworking router so that, in use, a router bit of the router extends from the router housing 1.2 towards the base 5.1; and an actuation mechanism 3 having a pivotable handle 3.7 for receiving an input force from an operator to move housing 1.2 along the guide path in order to raise the housing. The actuation mechanism may include pulley mechanisms.
Patent GB-2535121-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for monitoring the vital signs of an infant or baby
Inventor: JOHANNES DE KLERK PIETERSEN
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2014-12-04
Abstract: The apparatus (10) includes a measuring unit (14) for arrangement in contact with the infant (12) for continuously measuring one or more vital signs of the infant and a display unit (16) for location in close proximity to but spaced apart from the measuring unit (14). The measuring unit (14) includes a transmitter for transmitting data associated with the measured vital signs and the display unit (14) includes a receiver (18) for receiving said data. In use, the measuring unit (14) and receiver (18) are spaced apart by no more than 50 cm, typically less than 20 cm.
Patent GB-2552485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to an article of luggage
Inventor: SADAT SELVI
IPC: A45C13/04
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: An article of luggage comprises a shape defining framework comprising a top section 12 and a base section 10, a rear portion of the top section being vertically offset from a front portion of the top section, two front spacers 14, two rear spacers 16, a towing handle assembly comprising a pair of parallel limbs 74 spaced apart by a cross piece 70, the depending parallel limbs 74 of the towing handle assembly being telescopically engagable with the rear spacers 16 and displaceable between a fixed storage position and a fixed towing position. In the fixed storage position an upper surface of the cross piece 70 is flush with or below the front portion of the top section 12. The shape defining framework is provided with a cover 100, characterised in that a rear surface of the cover 102 is bound to a rectangular frame element (110, Figure 6) mounted on the shape defining framework, and separate reinforcement members 80 are provided over the cover at each upper rear corner of the article of luggage.
Patent GB-2552533-A (GB)
Title: Radial offset monitor
Inventor: BRONISLAW RUKAT
IPC: G01B21/24
Filed: 2016-07-28
Abstract: A radial offset monitor 10 comprising an annular or ring-shaped body defining an internal bore which may be cylindrical and one or more eddy current sensors 11 spaced around the circumference of the bore. The monitor may be attached to a toolpack module (containing the dies) or integrated into a stripper housing 13 of a can bodymaker to detect misalignment of a ram and/or a punch, or a can body held on the punch. A method of detecting axial misalignment of an object subject to reciprocating motion along an axis is also described. The method comprises obtaining electrical output signals from one or more eddy current sensors spaced around a bore as the object, i.e. a ram and/or a punch, or a can body held on the punch, moves through the bore, and processing the signal(s) to detect any axial misalignment. The bodymaker may also include an adjustment mechanism to automatically adjust one or more components in response to detection of a misalignment. Outside the field of bodymakers, the monitor may also be used to monitor the alignment of a piston.
Patent GB-2556025-A (GB)
Title: Compliant pcb-to-housing fastener
Inventor: KEVIN D MOORE
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 2016-08-25
Abstract: A fastener 32 can mechanically connect a printed circuit 20 and an electronics housing 12 preferably comprising a lead-in feature 34 extending from the fastener in a preferably opposite direction to at least one pin 36 extending the fastener. The fastener 32 may be conductive and can be used to ground the PCB to the housing; the housing may be metallic. An intermediate standoff portion (52 fig 1b, 2a) may be between the lead-in feature and the pin. The lead-in feature may be press fit into an aperture 40 in the housing, and the pin may be press fit into an aperture 38 in the PCB. Alternate fastener embodiments are shown in figure 4b, 4c and a fastener without a standoff is shown in figure 4a. A portion 54 (156 fig 4a) for grasping to push the fastener into the housing may be provided.  A method of forming an engine control unit, ECU, is also provided. The method includes providing a PCB, press fitting a fastener 32 to the PCB, dispensing thermal interface (30 Fig 1a) material onto a housing structure, pressing the PCB onto the thermal interface material, and press fitting the fastener into the housing structure which may act as a heatsink for components on the PCB.
Patent GB-2544188-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods of prioritizing products during unloading of delivery vehicles
Inventor: Daniel R Shields
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2016-10-20
Abstract: A method of prioritising products while unloading a delivery vehicle comprises a product scanner system configured to scan products and a product prioritization system. The prioritisation system receives the first product identifier information of the first product being unloaded from the delivery vehicle and obtains a demand rating of the first product that corresponds to a current sales floor demand. The system confirms the demand rating has a predefined relationship with a sensitivity override threshold of the shopping facility that corresponds to a product stocking workload to be performed at the shopping facility and associates, during an unloading process, the first product with a first priority tier when the demand rating of the first product has the predefined relationship to the sensitivity override threshold and has a predefined relationship relative to a first product demand threshold.
Patent GB-2558634-A (GB)
Title: Joint assembly for an in frame cabinet
Inventor: ANTHONY DOUGLAS
IPC: F16B5/12
Filed: 2017-01-12
Abstract: A joint assembly for securing a front frame to a carcass of a kitchen cabinet, comprises at least one joining bar 30 having a first side face arranged to abut an inner face of a respective side wall 4 of the carcass. The joining bar 30 is received in and extends from an elongate slot formed in a rear face of a respective side member 20 of the front frame, and is securable to the respective side wall 4 via fasteners 34. A cover strip 40 is locatable over the joining bar 30 to cover the joining bar 30 and the fasteners 34. The cover strip 40 is a snap fit over the joining bar 30 to allow the cover strip 40 to be removeably secured to the joining bar 30 .
Patent GB-2544244-A (GB)
Title: Flexible substrate fiber optic sensing mat for distributed acoustic sensing
Inventor: MAHMOUD FARHADIROUSHAN
IPC: G01K11/32
Filed: 2015-08-20
Abstract: A prefabricated mat-like structure having lengths of fiber mounted thereon or therein in a predetermined deployment pattern that provides a high spatial density of fiber to give increased spatial sensing resolution is described. The prefabricated mat-like structures may be very easily deployed by being placed against and/or wrapped around an object to be monitored, typically being fastened in place by clamps or the like. In addition, easy removal from the object is also obtained, by simply unfastening the mat- like structure, which may then be redeployed elsewhere. The prefabricated mat-like structure having the fiber already mounted thereon or therein therefore provides a very convenient and easily installable and removable solution
Patent GB-2561550-A (GB)
Title: Box for luminaire and method for installing luminaire
Inventor: BARRY WARREN
IPC: F21V21/08
Filed: 2017-04-06
Abstract: The present invention discloses a box 1 suitable for receiving a luminaire 10 wherein the box comprises a body portion 2, a delimiting space 3 (or internal cavity), an opening 4 and circumferential edge 5. The box further comprises a tap 6 (or hook) that comprises a connection portion 7 which extends from the box body and hanger portion 8 which extends laterally from the connection portion. The application then discloses a method for installing a luminaire by inserting the tap of the box into a receiving section (20, Fig. 2) (or ceiling cavity), the weight of the box and luminaire then being supported by the hanging portion, allowing the user to electrically install the luminaire. The tap and luminaire are then respectively removed from the receiving section and box. The luminaire is then fitted into the receiving section. The tap may be L-shaped, cross-shaped, T-shaped or anchor-shaped. The hanger portion preferably is at the distal end of the connection portion with respect to the box body. The connection and hanger portions are preferably hinged and collapsible but biased towards being un-collapsed. Ideally, the box comprises a flap 9. The box and tap ideally are integrally formed.
Patent GB-2547371-A (GB)
Title: Noscapinoid-producing microbes and methods of making and using the same
Inventor: CHRISTINA D SMOLKE
IPC: C12P17/18
Filed: 2015-11-16
Abstract: Engineered non-plant cells that produce a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid product that is a derivative of canadine along a metabolic pathway that converts canadine, or an analog of canadine, to a noscapinoid product are provided. Methods of culturing engineered non-plant cells that produce a noscapinoid product and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided.
Patent GB-2548282-A (GB)
Title: GOA circuit for liquid crystal display, and liquid crystal display device
Inventor: CHAO DAI
IPC: G11C19/28
Filed: 2014-11-27
Abstract: A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit for liquid crystal display, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift registers; the charging of a N-level scan line in a display area is controlled according to a N-level shift register; the N-level shift register comprises a pull-up part (200), a key pull-down part (400), a pull-down holding part (600), a pull-up control part (100), a transfer part (300) and a boast capacitance (Cb); the N-level scan line is replaced by a constant voltage signal source or two groups of signal sources to execute a transfer. Also disclosed is a display device. The GOA circuit reduces the load of the N-level scan line and the risk associated with a cascade transmission line and can control the scanning in a forward or reverse direction.
Patent GB-2554138-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for establishing a communication channel between computing devices in a customer care environment
Inventor: Surya Prakash Kotha
IPC: H04M3/51
Filed: 2017-07-03
Abstract: Establishing a communication channel between computing devices in a customer care environment. The method includes receiving a first input from a customer-computing device associated with the customer wherein the first input from the computing device corresponds to numerical data (e.g. contact number of a customer care helpdesk). The received first input is compared with one or more pre-stored datasets. Based on the comparison, a plurality of options corresponding to each of a plurality of levels of one or more workflows is rendered on a user interface displayed on a display screen of the customer-computing device. A second input is received for one of the rendered plurality of options. The second input is representative of at least a preference of the customer for a service associated with a workflow. Based on at least the received second input, a communication channel is established between the customer-computing device and an agent-computing device associated with the customer care agent. The system may be useful for customers who are unable to listen to the voice response of the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system so they may conveniently select one or more options from the visual keypad displayed on the display screen of the customer-computing device.
Patent GB-2566439-A (GB)
Title: Welfare unit with electricity producing means
Inventor: SIMON FLETCHER
IPC: H02J7/34
Filed: 2017-08-07
Abstract: A welfare unit comprising a self-contained cabin provided with an electricity producing means using a renewable energy source 1 (such as a solar panel); a generator powered by a non-renewable energy source 16; a primary or first battery 3 for storing power generated by the electricity producing means to supply electrical power to devices within the cabin through a device circuit; a secondary or second battery 4 connected to the generator for storing electrical power generated by the generator in order to supply electrical power to devices within the cabin through the device circuit; and a control means 10 powered by the primary and/or secondary battery that controls an isolation state of the batteries, with only one of the batteries providing power through the device circuit at a time, the control means monitoring the charge level of the primary battery and, upon the level of charge falling below a first level, isolating the primary battery from the device circuit and integrating the secondary battery into the device circuit.
Patent GB-2556472-A (GB)
Title: Data processing
Inventor: COLIN TREGENZA DANCER
IPC: H04L49/9023
Filed: 2013-08-28
Abstract: A method of processing data at a user device in a packet switched telecommunications network. The user device comprises a primary jitter buffer 308 having a constant packet play-out rate and a secondary jitter buffer 312 upstream of the primary jitter buffer. Incoming packets destined for the user device are received at the secondary jitter buffer and passed downstream towards the primary jitter buffer. An estimate of a current state of the primary jitter buffer is maintained at the secondary jitter buffer on the basis of one or more known characteristics of the primary jitter buffer. The secondary jitter buffer dynamically controls its operation according to the maintained estimate. Dynamic control may comprise, temporarily suspending packets, sending a burst of packets or sending packets at a faster rate until the primary buffer is operating at nominal capacity which may reduce undesirable gaps in a media stream.