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Patent GB-2507841-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cell assembly
Inventor: WILSON ANTONY RICHARD
IPC: H01M8/00
Filed: 2013-07-24
Abstract: A component transfer mechanism (1100, figure 11a) for transferring a fuel cell sub-component 1110 to a substrate 1112, the component transfer mechanism comprising: a rotatable roller 1102; and a transfer tape 1104 that passes around the roller and is held in tension such that rotation of the roller results in movement of the transfer tape, wherein the transfer tape defines an outer surface configured to carry the fuel cell sub-component; wherein the component transfer mechanism (1000, fig 11a) is movable relative to thesubstrate in a first direction (1114, fig 11a), which is transverse to a plane of the substrate, between a component transfer position in which the transfer tape on the roller is adjacent the substrate and a raised position in which the transfer tape on the roller is spaced apart from the substrate; and wherein the rotatable roller is configured to be rotated such that the sub component on the transfer tape is located in between the roller and the substrate when the component transfer mechanism is in the component transfer position. Further aspects are 1) strip of fuel cell components (1000, fig 10a) comprising a first sub-component (1002, fig 10a) rotatably connected to a second sub-component(1004, fig 10a) about a pivot, wherein the first sub-component is movable about the pivot between a first position in plane (fig 10a/b), a second position out of plane (fig 10c) and a third position in plane but different from the first position (fig 10d/e); and 2) a method of assembling a fuel cell comprising the steps of moving a strip of components in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the components and applying a sub-component (611, fig 6a) to an underside of the strip (606, fig 6a) of fuel cell components.
Patent GB-2506324-A (GB)
Title: Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof
Inventor: KIMURA MASAFUMI
IPC: G02B7/28
Filed: 2012-07-24
Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for simultaneously realizing a phase difference AF and a contrast AF decides a shift amount of an image signal corresponding to a focus evaluation position every exit pupil area, generates an image corresponding to an image plane position by executing an arithmetic operation processing based on the decided shift amount to the image signal, calculates an evaluation value of a contrast of the generated image, and calculates an evaluation value of a correlation between the images corresponding to the different exit pupil areas in the generated image.
Patent GB-2524107-A (GB)
Title: Lighting systems
Inventor: O'KELL SEAN
IPC: F21V17/16
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: A light 11 for an aircraft passenger cabin comprises an elongate casing 15 housing a light source 17. The casing has an elongate base 33and an elongate cover 35 secured together along both sides of the casing by co-operating formations 37,39 on the base and cover. The light source 17 may comprise a plurality of LEDs. The cover may be transparent or translucent. The base is preferably opaque and may be made from metal, plastic or composite.
Patent GB-2514898-A (GB)
Title: A method of producing refractory material
Inventor: CARLILL JOHN
IPC: C04B35/06
Filed: 2014-04-04
Abstract: Refractory material is produced using dolomite feed material, which is sintered and then screened. Screened particles of 2mm and above are conveyed for use in a refractory process. Screened particles of less than 2mm to be recycled as part of the feed material for the sintering step. The sintering step may include the addition of Fe2O3. Also disclosed is a method where in the screening step the sintered dolomite is screened to isolate particles of between 2mm and substantially 8mm for use in refractory material, and which takes screened particles over 8mm in size, crushes them and returns them to the screening step.
Patent GB-2525591-A (GB)
Title: Hinge
Inventor: SIMS-HILDITCH JOHN EDWIN
IPC: E05D11/04
Filed: 2014-04-24
Abstract: A hinge comprises a hinge joint 3 comprising a ball bearing 5; a first plate 7 connects to the hinge joint for attaching to a door and a second plate 9 connects to the hinge joint via an arm 11. The second plate 9 is mounted perpendicular to the arm and is for attaching to a door frame. The arm includes a first portion 17 connected to the hinge joint and a second portion 15 on which the second plate is mounted. The first portion is offset from the second portion by an offset distance such that no part of the ball bearing extends beyond the footprint of the second plate. Allows side by side mounting of hinges for adjacent doors, e.g. cabinet doors. The ball bearing is preferably a spherical ball bearing and may protrude from the hinge joint. There may be a curved third portion19 of the hinge arm between the first and second portions.
Patent GB-2519184-A (GB)
Title: Multi-chambered acoustic sensor for determining gas composition
Inventor: WAJID ABDUL
IPC: G01N29/036
Filed: 2012-11-21
Abstract: A sound velocity sensor is defined by a hermetic multi-chambered enclosure for containing flowing gases and mixtures of gases. The contained flowing gases are acoustically excited and the acoustic energy is measured over a fixed distance between a first sending end of the enclosure and a receiving end. The speed of sound of the gases are determined by comparing the energy transmitted through the flowing gases at various frequencies so as to precisely determine the resonant frequency of the gases flowing through the enclosure. In accordance with the present design, the chambers of the enclosure include internal transition shapes therebetween for optimizing the transmission of acoustic energy through the flowing gases and also enhancing one or more additional resonant modes at higher useful frequencies. The transition shapes used in connection with the sensor can be at least one of parabolic, hyperbolic, linear and exponential in nature.
Patent GB-2526288-A (GB)
Title: A random number generator
Inventor: YUAN ZHILIANG
IPC: G06F7/58
Filed: 2014-05-19
Abstract: A random number generation system 10, comprising: a light source 1 configured to generate light pulses and a driving unit 6 configured to drive said light source such that the phase of each light pulse has a random relationship to the phase of each subsequently generated light pulse, and such that each light pulse is generated with at least two local maxima in the temporal intensity profile. The light source may be a laser. The system can further comprise an interference module 2, the module can comprise; a second light source and beam splitter, an asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometer, or a fibre optical ring resonator. One output of the beam splitter found in the interference module can be connected to an optical/electrical signal convert 3 (O/E), such as a photon detector. The O/E may be a photo diode. The O/E can be connected to an analogue to digital converter 4 (ADC). The system can further comprise a finite impulse response filter 5.
Patent GB-2511456-A (GB)
Title: Dual hard mask lithography process
Inventor: BURNS SEAN D
IPC: G03F7/00
Filed: 2012-12-20
Abstract: A first metallic hard mask layer over an interconnect-level dielectric layer is patterned with a line pattern. At least one dielectric material layer, a second metallic hard mask layer, a first organic planarization layer (OPL), and a first photoresist are applied above the first metallic hard mask layer. A first via pattern is transferred from the first photoresist layer into the second metallic hard mask layer. A second OPL and a second photoresist are applied and patterned with a second via pattern, which is transferred into the second metallic hard mask layer. A first composite pattern of the first and second via patterns is transferred into the at least one dielectric material layer. A second composite pattern that limits the first composite pattern with the areas of the openings in the first metallic hard mask layer is transferred into the interconnect-level dielectric layer.
Patent GB-2533379-A (GB)
Title: A system and server for receiving transaction requests
Inventor: Steven George Garlick
IPC: G06Q40/02
Filed: 2014-12-18
Abstract: A method of liability management of a financial institution in a system including a plurality of servers connected over a network, comprises each server storing a settlement risk position, which is the sum of the value of previously processed transaction requests over a period of time; a debit cap value associated with the financial institution; an adjustment value; and a new transaction request having a transaction value. The debit cap value stored in each server is determined in accordance with the total debit cap attributed to the financial institution and the number of servers in the system. The server receives the adjustment value over the network, the adjustment value being determined as the average value of the settlement risk position across the plurality of servers, and determines whether the debit cap has been exceeded by comparing the debit cap value with the sum of the settlement risk position, the adjustment value and the transaction value of the new transaction request. In the event that the debit cap value will be exceeded by the new transaction rejecting the transaction request.
Patent GB-2525974-A (GB)
Title: A system for propagating messages for purposes of demand response
Inventor: KOCH EDWARD
IPC: H04Q9/00
Filed: 2015-03-12
Abstract: A system having a utility or independent service operator (ISO) 11, a communications intermediary 21 and demand response resources 17. The utility/ISO may be connected to the communications intermediary via a network 15. The Demand Response (DR) resources may be connected to the communications intermediary via another network 22. A single dispatch 14 destined for the DR resources may be sent to the communications intermediary by the utility/ISO. The dispatch may be disaggregated at the communications intermediary into a multitude of dispatches 14 which may be dispersed to their respective destined DR resources. The DR resources may send telemetries 19 to the communications intermediary that aggregates the telemetries into a single telemetry 19 to send to the utility/ISO. The single dispatch may contain identifiers for the multiple destination DR resources. The dispatch can be used to control a load 18 of a DR resource and a telemetry from the DR resource can provide monitoring information about the DR resource to the utility/ISO. The intermediary may comprise a customer preferences module to allow styles of mapping (i.e. perform suitable protocol translation/format conversion) of the singular dispatch and the multiple dispatches and for the multiple telemetries and the single telemetry. The intermediary may be located in the customer domain 12.
Patent GB-2536973-A (GB)
Title: Amplifying an audio signal
Inventor: ALASTAIR BRYERS
IPC: H03G3/30
Filed: 2015-04-02
Abstract: An amplifier for audio signals is disclosed having input ports and an output port. A control processor is configured to present a graphical user interface to a user via a touchscreen, to allow a user manually to select an input port and to control an output volume using a gestural movement. An attenuator (fig.11) has at least one relay for controlling output volume in response to control signals from the control processor. Temperature sensing devices 1308, 1309 provide high temperature data to a control processor 1307. Sensor 1308 may be bonded to the heat sink 1303 of a power transistor 1302. The control processor is configured to reduce the output volume if the temperature data indicates that the temperature of the apparatus has exceeded a predetermined level. The control processor may also (fig.15) switch on a cooling fan 1306 and, ultimately, shut down the power amplifier via a relay 1305. Temperature sensing may be provided for both the power amplifier and its power supply.
Patent GB-2538984-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus to derive energy from trees
Inventor: Stuart Graham Barker
IPC: F03G7/08
Filed: 2015-05-30
Abstract: An apparatus 1 to derive energy from the movement of a tree X or trees caused by wind. The apparatus comprises an energy generator 2 with a first component 3 to be attached to a tree branch Y1 using a connecting collar 8 or other connecting means. A second component with second connecting collar 9 is to be attached to a position remote from the first tree branch. This may be a second tree branch Y2, a tree trunk, or a position remote from the tree. The telescopic component 3 is a piston which moves in the energy generator cylinder 4 causing hydraulic fluid in pipe 5 to pass through electrical generator 6. The generated electricity can be connected to an electrical supply via cable 7. In one embodiment the electrical energy could instead be derived from a magnet moving relative to a coil. The generator could generate energy other than electrical energy. The energy may be generated by different principles such as piezoelectric devices rather than a piston and cylinder.
Patent GB-2526006-A (GB)
Title: Method of analyzing a petroleum reservoir
Inventor: POMERANTZ ANDREW W
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2014-01-16
Abstract: A method of evaluating a gradient of a composition of materials in a petroleum reservoir, comprising sampling fluids from a well in the petroleum reservoir in a logging operation, measuring an amount of contamination in the sampled fluids, measuring the composition of the sampling fluids using a downhole fluid analysis, measuring an asphaltene content of the sampling fluids at different depths; and fitting the asphaltene content of the sampling fluids at the different depths to a simplified equation of state during the logging operation to determine the gradient of the composition of the materials in the petroleum reservoir.
Patent GB-2530456-A (GB)
Title: A telecommunication network
Inventor: MOSS NICHOLAS IAN
IPC: H04M7/00
Filed: 2013-03-14
Abstract: A telecommunication network 30 for telecommunications between end point devices 36,37,38, such as telephones or video phones, the network 30 comprising a plurality of device control systems 40 (e.g. PBX) implemented by a computer system. Each device control system 40 is shared by end point devices 36,37,38 allocated to it and is configured to control communication connections involving telecommunications originating from end point devices 36,37,38 allocated to it and other end point devices. At least some functionality of the plurality of telecommunication device control systems 40 is shared by at least some parts of the computer system. Thus, the telecommunication network may be, in effect, shared between two (or more) organisations which allow controlled sharing of information between some or all of these organisations. The ease of information sharing is achieved as the information to be shared regarding telephones allocated to a particular PBX (address books, dialplans, presence-detection and divert-to-mobile info) is stored in a storage device (such as a hard disk drive) of the PBX 40 allocated as the PBX of each organisation and this PBX functionality is shared by at least some parts of the same computer system. Thus, by providing access to this data by simply providing appropriate permissions, the information may be shared.
Patent GB-2545036-A (GB)
Title: Luggage
Inventor: MAURO DI-VITO
IPC: A45C13/36
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: The luggage 10 has a frame 15 formed of two rectangular ends 17, 19 joined at each corner by rods 36, 38. The rods 36, 38 define the edges of the frame 15. A handle 13 extends out of and collapses into a portion of the frame 15. A shell 16 is formed around at least a portion of the frame 15 so as to form a packing compartment (34, figure 3). The rods 36 have a higher flexural strength than the rods 38 where these pairs of rods 36, 38 are connected to diagonally opposite corners of the rectangular ends 17, 19. The rods 36 may be partially hollow and may have a greater diameter than the rods 38. All of the rods 36, 38 may be partially hollow with the rods 36 being made of a thicker material. The rods 36 may be made of a material of higher flexural strength than rods 38.
Patent GB-2548077-A (GB)
Title: Moulding of plastic containers with handles
Inventor: CONSTANTINOS SIDERIS
IPC: B29C53/02
Filed: 2016-02-08
Abstract: Method for producing a container with an integrated handle, including injection moulding a preform with a body area (2, fig 1a), neck area (1) and handle protrusion (3). The first end of the handle protrusion is connected on or adjacent the neck of the preform, and a second free end of the handle extends outwardly in a substantially perpendicular direction to the body. The handle protrusion is the bent from its initial position to a predetermined position to form the finished container. The preform is then stretch blow moulded into the container, such that the second end of the handle protrusion is encapsulated by the body. Also included is a series of apparatus for producing the container. The bending of the handle may be enabled by the fact that the preforms are sufficiently warm when transferring from the injection mould to the blow moulding apparatus.
Patent GB-2547927-A (GB)
Title: Supercritical fluid heat engine
Inventor: PAUL FLETCHER
IPC: F01K25/10
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: A supercritical working fluid closed cycle heat engine comprises, in fluid flow series: a heat source heat exchanger 32 configured to raise the temperature of a working fluid; an expander 44 configured to extract work from the working fluid; a condenser 42 configured to exchange heat between the working fluid and the cooling medium; and a separator 54 configured to separate liquid phase working fluid from gaseous phase working fluid and deliver gaseous phase working fluid to a gaseous compressor 44 and liquid phase working fluid to a fixed displacement liquid pump 46, the compressor and pump being arranged in parallel. Each of the compressor 44 and fixed displacement pump 46 are configured to return fluid to the heat source heat exchanger 32. The compressor 44 comprises a variable inlet guide vane 60 and a variable outlet diffuser vane 62.
Patent GB-2538145-A (GB)
Title: Electronic navigation device
Inventor: JAVIER SOTO
IPC: G01C21/36
Filed: 2016-03-11
Abstract: There is disclosed a navigation device 650 for attachment to a bicycle, the device comprising: means 652 for receiving data indicative of a compass bearing relative to the bicycle; means 654 for processing positioning data to determine a direction relative to the navigation device that corresponds to the compass bearing; and a display 658 for indicating the relative direction to a user of the bicycle. A further embodiment comprises a navigation device for a bicycle 650, the device being able to indicate the direction to a destination by using the GPS information from a smartphone 600 and an inner magnetometer 656 to establish its own orientation. The device is typically an electronic navigation device which points to the direction of the destination relative to the position of the device by using information from a smartphone GPS module 608. The information about the coordinates may be sent using wireless connection.
Patent GB-2550189-A (GB)
Title: Hydroponic growing method
Inventor: STUART GREEN
IPC: A01G31/06
Filed: 2016-05-12
Abstract: A hydronic growing method which comprises depositing plant matter and a growth substrate within a plant tray 100 which has one or more recesses for holding the plant matter; placing the plant tray on a stacking tray 110 having a base and one or more upwardly projecting walls dimensioned so as to extend above the plant tray's upper surface when it is located on the stacking tray; repeating the steps using second plant and stacking trays, and stacking the second stacking tray on top of the first stacking tray so that a gap g is left between the upper surface of the first plant tray and the base of the second stacking tray; storing the stacked trays for an initial stage growing period in which plant growth can extend into the gap between stacked trays; and unstacking the stacking trays and locating the first and second plant trays on one or more hydroponic flood table(s) for a second stage growing period.
Patent GB-2542039-A (GB)
Title: Smart filter cake for strengthening formations
Inventor: GUIDO DE STEFANO
IPC: E21B33/138
Filed: 2015-03-30
Abstract: A method of sealing a formation that includes drilling a wellbore through the formation while pumping a non-aqueous based wellbore fluid comprising an encapsulated first component into the wellbore, the non-aqueous based wellbore fluid forming a filter cake on the walls of the wellbore; and adding a second component to the wellbore fluid when fluid losses are registered during drilling, whereby the first and second components react to form a chemical sealing layer in the filter cake is disclosed.
Patent GB-2558563-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle bonnet seal arrangement
Inventor: ROGER DAVID FORTY
IPC: B62D25/12
Filed: 2017-01-05
Abstract: A motor vehicle 2 has a vehicle body, an engine compartment 10 housing an engine 12 and a bonnet seal arrangement 30, 34, preferably comprising fore and aft seals and where fore seal 30 may comprise two seal elements. Bonnet seal arrangement defines an opening 35 and deflects ram air received at the front of vehicle 2 past opening 35, defining a first air flow path, and draws air from the first air flow path through opening 35 to define a second air flow path for supplying air to an intake duct orifice 42. The second air flow path is angled in a horizontal plane to the first air flow path, and may be provided within a cavity of the bonnet. A wade duct orifice 37 may provide a third air flow path to intake duct orifice 42. The arrangement may assist in removing contaminants such as water, snow, sand or dust from air entering an engine air induction system.
Patent GB-2561615-A (GB)
Title: Multi-user resource units in a multi-user downlink transmission of a 802.11AX network
Inventor: PASCAL VIGER
IPC: H04W84/12
Filed: 2017-04-21
Abstract: The invention provides resource units (RUs) in a multi-user (MU) transmission between an access point and station wherein a RU is dedicated to a plurality of wireless stations. In a first aspect of the invention a station determines a RU that is dedicated to a plurality of stations from amongst many RUs that form a MU downlink (DL) transmission opportunity (TXOP) for an access point (AP). The station then receives aggregated data frames over the determined RU and retrieves one or more data frames that are addressed to the station from amongst the received aggregated data frames.  Further aspects of the invention provide the registration of stations to an AP, the station being associated with a unique association identifier (AID) which is used by the AP to assign a RU to a station. The station determines a RU that is assigned to an AID that is not associated with a specific station from several RUs forming a MU DL TXOP and receives one or more data frames from the AP on the determined DL RU. The invention may use OFDMA and may be associated with IEEE standard 802.11ax.
Patent GB-2564910-A (GB)
Title: Battery management
Inventor: JOHN LESLIE GORDON HARDY
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2017-07-27
Abstract: A battery connection system for connecting a rechargeable battery 500 to a bus 102. The connection between the battery 500 and the bus is provided by two separate connections 503, 504, each providing a unidirectional current path. Current flows out of the battery through one path 503 to the bus to provide power when an alternator 104 or other power source is not supplying power. When the alternator is running or another source of power is available, current flows from the bus to the battery via the other current path 504 during charging. The current flowing into the battery is modulated by a charging module 501 which controls the charging process. The charging module 501 may be controlled by a BMS (Battery Management System) 502. The battery may be a lithium ion (li-ion) battery and may be used to replace a lead acid battery.