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Patent GB-2489983-A (GB)
Title: Tubular urine guard
Inventor: MOKHBER ALI REZA
IPC: A47K17/00
Filed: 2011-04-14
Abstract: A urine guard for preventing urine splash on the rim and seat of a toilet pan and surrounding floor area during male urination. The urine guard comprises a hollow cylinder rolled from disposable fabrics such as paper tissue. The hollow tube has two open ends, wherein a penis is inserted into the top end when user is standing in use. The lower end of the cylinder is placed in the toilet pan. The urine flows downward along the hollow tube without splashing. After urination, the male discards the used urine guard inside the toilet where it is flushed away.
Patent GB-2481673-A (GB)
Title: Ground fault detection in underwater conductor lines
Inventor: SPENCER RONALD
IPC: G01R31/02
Filed: 2011-04-28
Abstract: A ground fault detection system 200 for detecting ground faults in electrical subsea conductor lines 237, 239 includes first and second electrical conductor lines 221, 223 connecting an underwater load 207 to a current source 211 for normal operation, and first and second ground fault detection lines 225, 227 connecting the load to a voltage source 209 for testing. A line enable relay 205 switches between the ground fault detection lines and the normal conductor lines. A ground fault detection circuit 203 includes first and second resistors connected to the voltage source and the first and second ground fault detection lines, and a voltage detection device configured to detect the voltage at an output end of the first resistor. If the detected voltage does not equal the supply voltage 209 during the test, a ground fault in at least one of the conductor lines 237, 239 is determined.
Patent GB-2477248-A (GB)
Title: Ruler for tool
Inventor: TOMONO MASAYOSHI
IPC: B23Q3/18
Filed: 2009-09-15
Abstract: A ruler for a tool comprises: a main guide frame (2) provided with guide sections (2a, 2b); a first guide frame (3) provided with a guide section (3a) for guiding the tool in cooperation with the guide section (2a); a second guide frame (4) provided with a guide section (4a) for guiding the tool in cooperation with the guide section (2b); and a pair of fences (5, 6) for fixing the guide frames (2, 3, 4) with a predetermined spacing between each of the guide frames and with predetermined amounts of the guide frames (2, 3, 4) projecting outward so that tools are held between the guide sections (2a, 3a) and between the guide sections (2b, 4a), the pair of fences (5, 6) being provided so as to face each other and be separated from each other within or outside a range of work applied to a workpiece by the tools, the inner side of one of the pair of fences (5, 6) being provided with a contact surface and a positioning groove (5a, 6a) for supporting the workpiece at a predetermined angle.
Patent GB-2491146-A (GB)
Title: Method for operating an internal combustion engine
Inventor: TAIBI CRISTIAN
IPC: F02D35/02
Filed: 2011-05-24
Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of measuring the pressure in a cylinder combustion chamber during the compression stroke, determining the volume of the chamber at that time by measuring the crank angle of the crankshaft and using the measured pressure and volume to calculate the polytropic constant during the compression stroke. The root mean square (rms) deviation of the calculated polytropic constants derived is calculated and if this value is above a threshold value then an incorrect pressure reading, possible due to noise, is flagged. The method allows diagnosis of the pressure sensors in an internal combustion chamber and allows engine operation corrections to be made where it is clear that the pressure reading from such sensors is incorrect.
Patent GB-2481293-A (GB)
Title: Expandable casing joint
Inventor: FENTON STEPHEN PAUL
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2011-06-10
Abstract: A casing connection system comprising two casing segments 28, 26 positioned in a wellbore with a lower casing segment 26 being narrower than the upper segment 28 and overlapping the upper casing segment 28. The lower segment 26 is radially expanded to engage with the upper casing segment 28 at the overlap region 32. The upper casing segment 28 has an inward facing profile at the overlap region that includes a set of wickers 40. The wickers are a set of parallel ridges or teeth that are driven into the lower casing exterior forming a metal-to-metal seal. The outside of the lower casing may be a softer metal than the wickers allowing the wickers to cut into the surface. The wickers 40 may be formed from a harder metal than the rest of the upper casing segment.
Patent GB-2492370-A (GB)
Title: A self-retaining gel body with support structure as delivery device for volatile components
Inventor: LITTEN-BROWN COLLIN WILLIAM
IPC: A01M1/20
Filed: 2011-06-29
Abstract: A device for the delivery of volatile components, i.e. fragrances or insecticides, comprises a shape-retaining gel body (2) incorporating at least one volatile component for delivery by the device by evaporation from the gel body, and a support arrangement (1) incorporated in the gel body (2) and projecting therefrom at one or more locations on the body. The device may be incorporated in an outer cage (4). The support structure may be rigid and may contain more than one elongate member. Preferably the support members (i.e. rods) cross transversely through the gel body. The gel body may be formed in more than one part, all connected to the same support structure. The gel body and the support structure may be enclosed in a casing wherein the inner surface of the casing does not touch the surface of the gel body. The method disclosed used moulds wherein the support members are positioned, and the liquid gel formulation is poured in and allowed to set.
Patent GB-2483172-A (GB)
Title: Head strap tensioner
Inventor: WALLER TOM
IPC: A63B31/00
Filed: 2011-10-11
Abstract: The present invention provides a tensioner for adjusting the tension in a head strap for eyewear. The tensioner has an attachment portion 9 for attachment to said head strap and lower surface 7 and upper surface (8, fig, 5a) which, in use, face towards and away from the wearer's head respectively. The upper and lower surfaces are substantially uniformly spaced convex surfaces. The present invention also provides a tensioner having a tension adjustment portion and an attachment portion for attachment to said head strap, wherein the attachment portion comprises a tab 15 extending away from the tension adjustment portion and has at least one rib 16 extending across the width of the tab, the at least one rib having a greater width and/or depth than the tab.
Patent GB-2496659-A (GB)
Title: Arm band in combination with a rod connector
Inventor: TENNYSON PATRICK
IPC: A01K97/10
Filed: 2011-11-18
Abstract: A rod connector mechanism 2 positioned between a fishing rod handle 3 and an arm band worn 1 on the arm by an angler. In particular the invention provides a flexible rod connector of variable size, a linkage mechanism (4, fig 1) connected to the arm band for adjustment and control of the rod connector and a detachable hook (8, fig 5) located on the rod handle to provide a means for quick release of the rod handle from the rod connector. Advantages of the invention are that the distance between the rod handle and the anglers arm can be adjusted, a spring action introduced between the rod and the anglers arm, a clamping action of the arm band around the angler arm, a rod connector providing means for replacement and reconfiguring of the rod connector and a quick release mechanism between the rod handle and the rod connector.
Patent GB-2503188-A (GB)
Title: Remote railway operations management system with interactive graphic representation of infrastructure, trains and workers
Inventor: SAVORY LESLIE
IPC: B61L25/00
Filed: 2011-12-01
Abstract: A computerised railway management system comprises an operator's computer, display and software to display symbols representing a railway infrastructure including track, rolling stock, worksites and personnel. It permits a user to add, remove or change the position of symbols. It may further comprise a remote computer device in communication with the operators computer and displaying the same information as it. Information (e.g. in a database and/or tables) may be associated with the symbols and modified automatically or by the user (e.g. by selecting the symbol). Time-stamped images of symbol positions may be recorded periodically or before and after a symbol is moved. Associated voice recording and playback facilities may be included. The system may incorporate two-way communication with a train (e.g. via the remote device) to control passage of traffic through a section of track or be incorporated into an operations room for controlling railway maintenance operations.
Patent GB-2497735-A (GB)
Title: Needle Tip Storage and Removal Device
Inventor: EVANS TIMOTHY
IPC: A61B19/02
Filed: 2011-12-16
Abstract: A needle tip storage and removal device is disclosed, comprising a housing with a separate storage compartment 16 and removal compartment 18 for receiving a needle tip. The removal compartment holds a used needle tip with a cylindrical skirt. The removal compartment 18 comprises a removal socket 28 and snap engagement means 30 for co-operating with the skirt of the needle. Preferably, the snap engagement means 30 comprises spaced arcuate rib portions directed radially inwardly around the periphery of the removal socket 28. The device may further comprise a closure element, movable between an open position in which the socket 28 is accessible, and a closed position where the socket 28 is closed. The closure element optionally further comprises a slidably mounted flexible member or a shutter. Optionally, the storage and removal compartments 16, 18 comprise a generally elongate socket and an elongate narrower passage. The storage and removal compartments 16, 18 may be oppositely directed
Patent GB-2486964-A (GB)
Title: Turbine shroud mounting
Inventor: ALBERS JOSEPH CHARLES
IPC: F01D11/08
Filed: 2011-12-19
Abstract: A turbine shroud apparatus, for a gas turbine engine, includes an arcuate shroud segment 24 of low-ductility material and having a cross-sectional shape defined by opposed forward and aft walls, and opposed inner and outer walls. The walls extend between opposed first and second end faces of the segment, and collectively defining a shroud cavity. An annular stationary structure 64 surrounds the shroud segment and includes at least one axially-facing surface 80 which is in direct contact with the shroud segment. Forward and aft 108, 80 bearing surfaces may be provided on the stationary structure. A portion of an upstream vane 12 may be in direct contact with the forward wall of the shroud segment. A load spreader 92 may be located in the shroud cavity, and mechanically coupled to the stationary structure. The load spreader includes a laterally-extending plate with opposed inner and outer faces, and a boss which protrudes radially from the outer face and extends through a mounting hole in the outer wall of the shroud segment.
Patent GB-2484623-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for quality assessment of downhole data
Inventor: AKIMOV OLEG N
IPC: G01V11/00
Filed: 2010-08-03
Abstract: In one aspect, a method for assessing quality of a downhole data is provided. The method, according to one embodiment, may include defining a quality criterion based on one or more parameters of interest, determining a quality assessment value for a first data, determining a quality assessment value for each run of a plurality of runs using the quality criterion, determining a quality factor from the computed quality assessment values of the plurality of runs, and determining a quality level of the first data using the quality assessment value of the first data and the quality factor of the computed quality assessment values.
Patent GB-2499446-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle with photovoltaic system
Inventor: HODGSON RICHARD
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2012-02-17
Abstract: A vehicle 6, such as a car, railway locomotive and carriages, or a lorry and freight container, is fitted with a system comprising a solar photovoltaic array 1, a power outlet socket 4, a system controller 2, and storage battery 3. Power may be drawn from the solar photovoltaic array 1 or the storage battery 3 to power loads onboard the vehicle, or to export to the mains. A smart card system 27 identifies the vehicle owner to credit them for exported power. The system may be retrofitted to the vehicle or incorporated by the manufacturer.
Patent GB-2486838-A (GB)
Title: Metal seal
Inventor: SMITH ANDRE M
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2010-10-14
Abstract: Seal assembly (201) for a subsea well assembly with inner and outer circular sealing surfaces (215a, 215b) in an annulus (211). It has a seal ring (203) with a cross section exhibiting two legs (205a, 205b), with seal ring seal surfaces (209a, 209b). The seal ring comprises a main metal section (217) having metal with the same or higher degree of hardness than the metal in said facing circular sealing surfaces (215a, 215b). The seal ring seal surfaces comprise a seal ring surface metal (210a, 210b) which is of a softer metal than the metal in the circular sealing surfaces (215a, 215b) and the metal in the main metal section (217). The seal ring (203) comprises a second section (219) comprising said seal ring surface metal (210a, 210b), the second section (219) extending continuously between said seal ring seal surfaces (209a, 209b) on the respective legs.
Patent GB-2487511-A (GB)
Title: Modular hydraulic operator for a subterranean tool
Inventor: HAYTER STEVEN R
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2010-11-01
Abstract: A modular pressure operated actuator can be coupled with a downhole tool to selectively operate it at least once. In the preferred embodiment the module can be mounted adjacent an isolation valve and after a fixed number of on and off pressure cycles allow a spring to push an actuator to operate the valve to an open position. The actuator, in another embodiment, can be reset with a tool run into the module to move the actuator back against a power spring and hold that spring force until the pressure cycling begins again. The preferred application is for a formation isolation ball valve but other valves, such as sliding sleeves, or other types of downhole tools can be actuated with the module that permits a retrofit of a hydraulic operation to a heretofore purely mechanically actuated tool.
Patent GB-2502088-A (GB)
Title: Improved remote control
Inventor: RAYNOR JEFFREY
IPC: G08C17/00
Filed: 2012-05-16
Abstract: A remote control device 200 for plural consumer electronic devices has pointing devices provided in different planes for the provision of flexible and ergonomic user commands. An example is the provision an optical navigation device (finger mouse) 202, 204 on an upper and lower surface of the remote control device for operation by a user's thumb and forefinger. In other examples trackballs or capacitive touchpads are provided. The remote control may also have an orientation sensor and may be integrated in a mobile phone.
Patent GB-2491726-A (GB)
Title: Method of changing the performance of a hardware item after shipping
Inventor: SHAHIDZADEH SHAHROKH
IPC: G01R31/317
Filed: 2010-09-24
Abstract: A method for characterising and subsequently changing the performance of a hardware resource, such as a microprocessor. The resource has an associated RFID tag containing identification data. The resource is subjected to bin-splitting and down-binning before shipping. The performance, such as the clock-speed, of the resource can then reconfigured after shipping, possibly through up-binning. The reconfiguration may be achieved through use of the RFID tag.
Patent GB-2495380-A (GB)
Title: Ink cartridge refilling device and method for refilling ink cartridge using it
Inventor: QING LEI
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2010-11-02
Abstract: An ink cartridge refilling device (1) includes an ink reservoir (2), an ink refilling passage (3), an air suction passage (5), an air inlet passage (4), and a leak-proof part provided in the air inlet passage. Both of the air suction passage and the air inlet passage are positioned in the ink reservoir, and therefore the effect of compact structure, less space requirement and simple operation can be achieved. The number of mould is decreased and production cost is reduced during manufacture process.
Patent GB-2492718-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for neutron logging using a position sensitive neutron detector
Inventor: XU LIBAI
IPC: G01V5/10
Filed: 2011-05-04
Abstract: A neutron logging tool includes a neutron source and at least one position sensitive thermal or epithermal neutron detector. The logging tool further includes an electronic controller configured to estimate the axial location of detected neutrons. Measurement of the axial neutron flux distribution enables other formation and borehole parameters such as formation porosity and sensor standoff to be computed. In logging while drilling embodiments, a borehole caliper may also be computed form the axial neutron flux distribution.
Patent GB-2509053-A (GB)
Title: Motion control apparatus for motion simulator
Inventor: KIRKMAN DAVID
IPC: G09B9/04
Filed: 2012-12-06
Abstract: A motion simulator 10 has a body tub 12 fixed on a carrier platform 14 supported via motion control apparatus 52, 54, 56, 58, together providing six degrees of motion for the carrier platform. The motion control apparatus comprises at least one height controller for controlling the height of a first support 76 relative to a wedge-shaped second support 78. The first support, upon which the simulator is mounted, is caused to slide along an inclined path 88 defined by the upper edge of the second support. As the first support travels along the incline, the height of the support, and in turn the height of motion simulator, is raised or lowered. A connector rod (132, figure 2B) is connected at one end to the first support and at a second end (134, figure 2B) thereof to a third support 80. Motors 36, 38 cause relative movement between the second and third supports thereby driving the first support up and down the inclined path.
Patent GB-2502192-A (GB)
Title: Method of imaging a longitudinal conduit
Inventor: LASNEL RA GIS
IPC: G01N21/952
Filed: 2011-09-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of imaging a longitudinal conduit resting by its base on the seabed, the method comprising the following steps: - acquiring a set of images of at least a part to be observed of the conduit by means of a mobile underwater acquisition device, said device being displaced to a substantially constant distance with respect to the longitudinal axis of said conduit and with a substantially constant angle between the axis of sighting of said acquisition device and the longitudinal axis of the conduit, each image being associated with a temporal reference corresponding to the moment of its acquisition, - extracting from each image the zone included in one and the same window, said window being predefined with respect to the frame of the images, - effecting an unwrapped image of at least a part of the conduit by juxtaposing, in chronological order, the extracted zones of each image.
Patent GB-2513624-A (GB)
Title: Goal-Based planning system
Inventor: BOOKLESS JOHN PATERSON
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2013-05-02
Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining actions for entities such as unmanned vehicles particularly UAVs (4, 6, Fig.1) the actions are to achieve a goal which is accomplished when constraints, such as a communication scheduling constraint, a bandwidth limitation on communications or a workload of the human operator, are satisfied. The method comprises: determining an initial plan comprising actions that, if performed by the entities, the goal would be accomplished; determine that a constraint would not be satisfied if the initial plan was implemented; and iteratively performing steps (i) to (v) below until a final plan that accomplishes the goal is achieved; Step (i) identifying a constraint that is not satisfied in part of the current plan. Step (ii) determining a remedy to overcome the identified constraint. Step (iii) updating the goal specification to include the remedy. Step (iv) determining a further plan based on the updated goal specification that accomplishes the goal. Step (v) determining whether or not the further plan satisfies each constraint.
Patent GB-2513867-A (GB)
Title: Sliding engine component
Inventor: GORGES ROGER
IPC: F16C33/20
Filed: 2013-05-07
Abstract: A sliding engine component 100 having a sliding surface provided by a plastics polymer-based composite layer 106 on a substrate102,104 is provided. The composite layer 106 comprises: a matrix of plastics polymer-based material having distributed throughout the matrix 0.1 to 20 %vol liquid-filled microcapsules 108, and incidental impurities; and, a method of manufacture of such a sliding engine component. Each of the microcapsules 108 comprises a frangible shell 108A containing liquid lubricant 108B.
Patent GB-2504615-A (GB)
Title: Fused aminodihydrothiazine derivatives
Inventor: HALL ADRIAN
IPC: A61K31/542
Filed: 2013-07-18
Abstract: A compound selected from 5-((3-((4aS,5S,7aS)-2-amino-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4a,5,7,7a-tetrahydro-4H-furo[3,4-d][1,3]thiazin-7a-yl)-4-fluorophenyl)carbamoyl)pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid (A), N-(3-((4aS,5S,7aS)-2-amino-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4a,5,7,7a-tetrahydro-4H-furo[3,4-d][1,3]thiazin-7a-yl)-4-fluorophenyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (B) and N-(3-((4aS,5S,7aS)-2-amino-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4a,5,7,7a-tetrahydro-4H-furo[3,4-d][1,3]thiazin-7a-yl)-4-fluorophenyl)acetamide (C) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds have an amyloid Î² (AÎ²) production inhibitory effect or a beta-secretase (BACE1) inhibitory effect and which may be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a neurodegenerative disease caused by AÎ² such as Alzheimer-typedementia (AD), Down's syndrome, cerebrovascular amyloid angiopathy (CAA), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), memory loss, presenile dementia, senile dementia, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, and other degenerative dementias such as dementias of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, dementia associated with supranuclear palsy, dementia associated with cortical basal degeneration, dementia associated with Parkinson's Disease (PD), and dementia associated with diffuse Lewy Body type of AD.
Patent GB-2512154-A (GB)
Title: Sequence number retrieval for voice data with redundancy
Inventor: MANI SENTHIL KUMAR
IPC: H04L47/43
Filed: 2013-09-18
Abstract: A sequence number is used to indicate where a payload of a voice data packet should fit in a data stream. A receiver maintains a history of previously received timestamps and sequence numbers for previous payloads. A received packet is unpacked to obtain a primary payload and its associated sequence number and timestamp, and a redundant payload and its associated timestamp offset. The primary payload sequence number and timestamp are stored in the history. A time-span of the data stream covered by the packet is found using the timestamp offset, and a portion of the history selected based on the time-span. A timestamp parameter for the redundant payload is calculated using the primary payload timestamp and the timestamp offset, and is compared to timestamps in the selected portion of the history to derive the redundant payload sequence number. The history is updated to include the timestamp parameter and sequence number of the redundant payload.