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Patent GB-2514897-A (GB)
Title: Terrestrial positioning assistance serving based on receiver device context
Inventor: JARVIS MURRAY ROBERT
IPC: G01S5/14
Filed: 2014-04-04
Abstract: In a method and apparatus for harvesting information from a plurality of radio frequency (RF) sources, a collector device receives RF signals from the RF sources to produce signal information such as received signal strength (RSSI) or time of arrival (ToA) . The collector device also determines further information describing whether the device is being carried by a pedestrian or is in a vehicle, whether it is in an elevator or on stairs or an identified road or walkway, etc.. A GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope and/or compass may be used for this. These are transmitted to a server where they aare formed into fingerprint maps, one for each piece of further information. Subsequently another mobile device collects signal information which is used by the server to determine its position, taking into account the other mobile devices other information.
Patent GB-2513759-A (GB)
Title: Improved safety shield for a pipe joint
Inventor: GOODING DAVID
IPC: F16L59/18
Filed: 2014-07-25
Abstract: A shield (1) for a pipe joint carrying a pressurized fluid or gas, comprising a closeable or sealable pliable body (2) and at least three sealing or closing means (3), wherein the closeable or sealable pliable body (2) comprises an inner part (4), a middle part (5) made of a polymer coated glass cloth and an outer part (6) made of polymer coated glass cloth, wherein the thickness of the middle part (5) is at least twice as much when compared with the thickness of the outer part (6).
Patent GB-2530068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shower rods
Inventor: PEGDEN PETER JAMES HAROLD
IPC: A47K3/38
Filed: 2014-09-11
Abstract: A shower rod assembly for mounting between facing wall surfaces comprises a shower curtain rod 10 and support 21 (figure 4a, not shown) assembly that provides adhesive portions 19 to supplement the conventional tension mounting. The adhesive portion is preferably incorporated in caps 13 or end brackets provided with engaging members 16 that are received in the open ends of the rod between the rod and the walls between which the rod is mounted and the adhesive can be in the form of double-sided adhesive tape 19. Annular grooves 44 (figure 5b, not shown) included within the caps may be provided on a surface of each end cap that in use abuts a wall, to locate and retain the adhesive, which may comprise double-sided adhesive tape.
Patent GB-2531068-A (GB)
Title: A gallium-based glass composition
Inventor: OWEN CLARKIN
IPC: C03C4/00
Filed: 2014-10-10
Abstract: A bioactive gallium silica glass composition is disclosed which has an acid labile tetrahedral structure. The composition may comprise an ionically-crosslinked polymer matrix such as a potassium alginate hydrogel. The glass composition can be used in variety of biomedical applications such as in treating defects in a vascular network.
Patent GB-2532201-A (GB)
Title: A sport exercise device
Inventor: GREGORY HAROLD WEBSTER
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2014-11-03
Abstract: A sport exercise device 1 for use with a sport stick, preferably a lacrosse stick, the sport stick having a head 2 and a shaft. The device comprises a face, edge and attachment means. The edge surrounds the stick's head. The attachment means allows attachment of the device's face to hold an independently provided weight 3, like a lacrosse ball, with respect to the head. The attachment means allows attachment of the device's face to close the stick's net sufficient to prevent out-passage of a ball within the net The device may further be left sufficiently open to allow for the passage of air, for natural movement of the stick. In one embodiment it is of a single molded form.
Patent GB-2532942-A (GB)
Title: A container and method of manufacture
Inventor: ANDREW MORRIS
IPC: B65D43/16
Filed: 2014-12-01
Abstract: A container 1, having a body 2 and lid, cover or closure 4, the body being formed from a blank (6) and the lid being moulded, the body having a base and peripheral walls 10, part of the wall including a hinged flange 14 extending from the rim of the wall, the lid being bonded to the flange. Part of the peripheral wall may have a catch 36 arranged to retain the lid when the container is closed. The lid may include an attachment flange 28 to which the hinge flange is bonded and the flange may be parallel to the base of the body. The bonding may be specifically via radio frequency RF welding or ultrasonic welding. The lid may include a raised ridge 20 along at least part of a peripheral edge.
Patent GB-2520851-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for efficient store/restore of state information during a power state transition
Inventor: CONRAD SHAUN M
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2013-06-28
Abstract: A processor is described having streamlining circuitry that has a first interface to receive information from a memory describing: i) respective addresses for internal state information of a power domain; ii) respective addresses of a memory where the internal state information is stored when the power domain is powered down; and, iii) meta data for transferring the state information between the power domain and where the internal state information is stored when the power domain is powered down.
Patent GB-2525063-A (GB)
Title: Cartridge drive
Inventor: HOFFMAN THOMAS
IPC: F16H57/035
Filed: 2015-02-02
Abstract: A drive system, for a material spreader, comprises a drive housing (32, fig 32A) having a bottom panel (32C) and a side panel (32D). A cartridge drivetrain 40 includes at least a first driveline cartridge having a first front support plate 41 and a first rear support plate 42. The first front support plate 41 or first rear support plate 42 has a bearing which supports at least one sprocket or at least one sprocket shaft. The one or more drivetrain cartridges 40 enable better manufacturability by allowing drivetrain components to be installed together outside the housing (32) and then installed, via a top opening or a side opening, as a unit into the housing (30). The cartridge drivetrain 40 is fixed to the bottom panel (32C) via fasteners or welding. Serviceability is improved by allowing one or more of the drivetrain cartridges 40 to be removed individually from the housing (30) for maintenance or repair.
Patent GB-2523470-A (GB)
Title: Mounting device for mounting a spare wheel on a structure of a vehicle
Inventor: JOHN AJO
IPC: B62D43/04
Filed: 2015-02-06
Abstract: A mount 23 for a spare wheel 11 on a vehicle structure 24 comprises a mounting structure 25 carrying spare wheel 11, and a driving unit 26 comprising a motor 2, preferably an electric motor, for moving mounting structure 25 in a vertical direction z using the motor and also for translationally moving mounting structure 25 in a direction y at an angle to vertical direction z. Preferably, direction y is in the longitudinal or transverse directions of a vehicle, and motor 2 provides movement in direction y. Motor 2 may move with mounting structure 2 in direction y. The mount is particularly suitable for use for mounting a heavy spare wheel, for example weighing 65 kg to 70 kg, under the load compartment of a commercial vehicle such as a bus or a truck.
Patent GB-2520872-A (GB)
Title: Panel seal systems
Inventor: JONES BRAD
IPC: E06B7/20
Filed: 2013-03-13
Abstract: A moveable wall panel system is disclosed. The movable wall panel system may include a bottom drop seal assembly that maintains a constant force relative to a floor portion of an environment through a damper. The movable wall panel system may include an automatic top seal assembly that seals a gap between the movable wall panel system and a ceiling of the environment without an actuation from an operator space of the environment, the top seal assembly being positioned above the operator space of the environment. The moveable wall panel system may include a plurality of seals positioned between adjacent panels to seal a gap between the adjacent panels.
Patent GB-2537359-A (GB)
Title: Converter
Inventor: Pablo Briff
IPC: H02M7/797
Filed: 2015-04-10
Abstract: A multi-phase AC-DC voltage source converter comprises: first and second DC terminals 32, 34 for connection, in use, to a DC network; a plurality of AC terminals 36, each of the AC terminals 36 for connection, in use, to a respective phase of a multi-phase network; first, second, third and fourth converter limbs 1-4; and a plurality of switching blocks. The first and second converter limbs 1, 2 are operatively connected to the first DC terminal 32 and include a respective first waveform synthesiser (e.g. multi-level waveform synthesizer). The third and fourth converter limbs 3, 4 are operatively connected to the second DC terminal 34 and include a respective second waveform synthesiser. Each switching block 38 is arranged to interconnected each converter limb and a respective one of the AC terminals 36 and is arranged to be switchable to selectively switch each converter limb into, and out of, circuit between the corresponding DC terminal 32, 34 and the respective AC terminal 36, independently of the switching of each other converter limb into, and out of, circuit between the corresponding DC terminal 32, 34 and the respective AC terminal 36.
Patent GB-2536312-A (GB)
Title: Fence post assembly
Inventor: VINCENT MICHAEL DEMAREST
IPC: E04H17/22
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: The fence post assembly comprises a H-section post 1 formed from folded sheet steel, having a central web formed by two overlapping sections, and two channels 2, 3 to hold fencing panels 11; there is also an anchor 7 which the pole slides into and is held in an upright position. The I-section post may be made from two C-shaped bars attached back to back, or from a single sheet of metal bent into shape. Lips 5, 6 may be formed at the leading edge of the post so that spring clips 12 can secure the fencing. The anchor may be formed from two U-section brackets 9, 10 placed back to back, with a gap between them into which the post slots, or it may be formed from a tube (fig. 5, 15) formed from two flanged halves (fig 5, 15a, 15b) which is filled with a granular material (fig. 5, 16) such as gravel, shingle or sand to allow draining of rainwater away from the post. A method of installing the fencing is also included.
Patent GB-2526027-A (GB)
Title: Storage system and storage control method
Inventor: WASHIYA KOJI
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2013-09-05
Abstract: A storage system according to the present invention comprises: an expander series, which is a series connection of a plurality of expanders, a plurality of storage devices connected to the expander series, first and second initiator devices connected to the expander series, and a processor. When a command is to be transmitted to a destination device selected from among the plurality of storage devices and the plurality of expanders, the processor selects an optimum path from among the optimum path and a slower path and transmits the command to the destination device via the optimum path, where: the optimum path extends between one of the initiator devices and the destination device, the slower path extends between the other initiator device and the destination device, and the optimum path includes fewer expanders than the slower path.
Patent GB-2541671-A (GB)
Title: Providing count value between domains
Inventor: ALEX JAMES WAUGH
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2015-08-25
Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus 200 with control circuitry 140 that receives a first N-bit count value 102 in a first domain, and to determines an M-bit difference indicating value, based on the first N-bit count value and a reference value 104, where M<N. Boundary circuitry 160 provides the M-bit difference indicating value to a second domain. In the second domain, updating circuitry 150 updates a second N-bit count value based on the difference represented by the M-bit difference indicating value provided by the boundary circuitry. The control circuitry may determine the M-bit difference indicating value as an update to be applied to a set of the least significant bits of the N-bit count value. The count value may be any value that counts the occurrences of some event in a processing system, eg a timestamp which counts the number of elapsed processing cycles, the number of executed instructions, number of exception events or interrupts of a given type, number of errors detected, number of accesses to given region of memory etc.
Patent GB-2543354-A (GB)
Title: Roller tappet for a fuel unit pump of an internal combustion engine
Inventor: DAVIDE DI NUNNO
IPC: F04B1/04
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: A roller tappet 1 for a fuel unit pump 180 of an internal combustion engine 110 provided with a roller tappet bore 111 for inserting the roller tappet 1 within the internal combustion engine 110, the roller tappet 1 comprising a roller tappet body (10, Fig. 4), having a body longitudinal axis (BLA), for connecting the roller tappet 1 to a reciprocating element 180b of said fuel unit pump 180, and a cam roller 12 for contacting a cam lobe 135a of a rotatable shaft 135 of the internal combustion engine 110, the cam roller 12 being rotatably mounted to the roller tappet body (10, Fig. 4) around a cam roller rotation axis (RA), wherein the external surface (10a, Fig. 4) of said roller tappet body is configured to allow tilting of the roller tappet 1 within the roller tappet bore 111 to align the roller tappet 1 with respect to the cam lobe 135a of the rotatable shaft 135. The roller tappet body may have a varying width to allow the tilting to occur, an arrangement that is intended to reduce the stresses in the system and the effects of machining errors and misalignment.
Patent GB-2544353-A (GB)
Title: Pressure-sensitive touch panel
Inventor: SIMON BANKS
IPC: G06F3/044
Filed: 2015-12-23
Abstract: A combined capacitance and pressure measuring device 48, and associated method, including a plurality of first terminals 13 for a touch panel 36, 53, 58, 80, comprising a piezoelectric material 12 between a plurality of sensing electrodes 10, 31 and a common electrode 11; a plurality of second terminals 14 for a touch controller 5; a plurality of separation stages 2, 70, 76, each connecting one first terminal to a corresponding second terminal, and including a first filter 15 for filtering signals 21, 33, 34 between respective first and second terminals; and a plurality of amplification stages 3, 71, 77, each having at least one input and an output configured to provide an amplified signal 20, wherein the number of amplification stages is less than or equal to the number of separation stages and each amplification stage input is connected to one or more of the first terminals through the respective separation stage(s). Each amplification or separation stage includes a filter (16) for filtering signals between the respective first terminal and an amplification stage input. Each first filter is configured to pass signals from the touch controller and each second filter is configured to attenuate signals from the touch controller.
Patent GB-2546965-A (GB)
Title: The STAK tool (Self Treatment Assisted Knee Flexion Tool)
Inventor: Sara Kate Aspinall
IPC: A63B23/04
Filed: 2016-02-03
Abstract: An apparatus for the physiotherapeutic treatment of arthrofibrosis of the knee comprises; a base 12 for supporting a foot of a patient; a connection 26 at one end of the base so that it can be connected to a chair leg and to restrict movement of the base relative to the chair; a toe abutment portion 20 movable along the base; and clamping means 22, 24 for clamping or locking the abutment in the desired position. The base may comprise guide means, such as grooves or rails 14, which allow the abutment to slide along the base. The base may additionally be connected to a second chair leg 36 via an elasticated tension cord or tether 34. An anti-slip mat [40, fig. 3] may be placed underneath the base. In use, the patient sits on the chair, and places the toes of one foot against the abutment means which maintains the knee in flexion, and repeated stretching using the apparatus may help improve the range of motion/movement (ROM) of the knee.
Patent GB-2540644-A (GB)
Title: Master starter
Inventor: JOHN ERNEST ANDERSON
IPC: H05H1/24
Filed: 2016-01-29
Abstract: Apparatus for providing a pulse of electromagnetic energy is disclosed comprising a shock cavity 53 filled with gas 54 at a high pressure. Detonation of an explosive lens 51 causes the dissociation of said gas thereby generating said electromagnetic radiation, which is directed out of the cavity 53 via either a diaphragm 55 or an array of fibre-optic cables 58 by the mirrored inner surfaces 31, 33 & 35 of said cavity. The pulse of electromagnetic energy generated may be used, for example, to initiate inertial confine­ment fusion or for propulsion means. Alternatively, said pulse may be used to detonate the explosive lenses of further devices of a similar design.
Patent GB-2537019-A (GB)
Title: A system and/or method for determining the location of a transmitter
Inventor: Joshua Langford
IPC: G08B21/22
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A system is disclosed comprising a transmitter which is to be located, at least 3 receivers and a control unit. The receivers are arranged for determining the location using trilateration and time-of-flight (TOF) information, and the control unit is arranged to generate an output signal in response to the transmitter being determined as not located in a pre-determined zone. The transmitter may be a wireless tag with a unique identification, worn for example as a wristband or neck pendant, or placed on marine equipment. In one embodiment, the system is a maritime tracking system wherein the receivers are mounted on a vessel or ship, and the system is used to assist crew members in man overboard situations in which the pre-determined zone is a safe area i.e. aboard the vessel. The system may also include a memory unit and/or GPS module, and the receivers may be arranged in a triangular layout in a plane parallel or a plane perpendicular to the plane of the pre-determine region.
Patent GB-2534762-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for determining and using gas extraction correction coefficients at a well site
Inventor: MATHEW DENNIS ROWE
IPC: G01N33/22
Filed: 2013-11-25
Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring, analyzing, and characterizing well bores and reservoir fluids in a subterranean formation are provided. In particular, methods and systems for determining and using correction coefficients for quantitative analysis of gas samples extracted from fluids at a well site based on Fick's laws of diffusion are provided. In one embodiment, the systems comprise: a gas trap configured to extract one or more gaseous samples from a fluid at a well site; a gas analyzer configured to receive one or more gaseous samples from the gas extraction system and generate data regarding the amount of one or more gas species in the gaseous sample; and an information handling system communicatively coupled to the gas analyzer that is configured to use data received from the gas analyzer to determine an extraction efficiency coefficient for the gas species.
Patent GB-2551703-A (GB)
Title: Bath lift
Inventor: KEVIN GROOM
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 2016-06-21
Abstract: A bath chair is connected to the lifting mechanism by way of an arm 13 cantilevered from the vertical column of the lifting mechanism, to which it is connected by way of a sleeve 12. The cantilevered arm can be arranged on either the left hand side or the right hand side of the vertical column and has two horizontal parallel bars 16, 17, the topmost of which engages with a hook (10, fig 3) on the rear of the chair seat, the lower bar resting against the back of the chair to help stabilise any rotation in the chair about a horizontal axis. A spring-loaded latch (11, fig 3) secures the hook against accidental disengagement.
Patent GB-2541527-A (GB)
Title: Animal claw shearing apparatuses and methods of using the same
Inventor: MICHAEL J BIHLMAIER
IPC: A45D29/02
Filed: 2014-01-13
Abstract: Apparatuses disclosed herein aid in shearing animal claws. Specifically, the present invention provides a shearing apparatus having at least one curved blade, but preferably two curved blades, allowing cutting of the animal's claw from opposite sides of the animal's claw, and at least one well for placing the animal's claw therein, wherein said two curved blades are disposed at an aperture located at the bottom of the well. The well and aperture combination stops the animal's claw from being sheared too close to nerve endings and the animal's blood supply, preventing or minimizing the incidence of injury and suffering to the animal. Methods of using the apparatus are further disclosed herein.
Patent GB-2542466-A (GB)
Title: Security Fence Assembly Method For Ballistic Purposes
Inventor: Franco Correzzola
IPC: F41H11/08
Filed: 2016-07-13
Abstract: A security fence for ballistic purposes, wherein it ensures safety and protection against the danger from kinetic energy expressed by objects thrown at high speeds, as projectiles or splinters, and from the expansion of gases of an explosion or launch, wherein a modular system of panels composed of steel wire mesh of different thickness are set in order to allow the destabilisation of a bullets trajectory and its angular momentum at the impact. Each of the meshes may be made of steel wire with a different diameter, and positioned axially offset from each other, creating a closed perspective to the straight line motion of the projectile. The meshes may offer a curved surface at impact. The steel wires may create quadrangular cells in the mesh that may be welded or woven. Sensors may be inserted into the spaces between the meshes or individual modules to report impacts whilst providing control and maintenance.
Patent GB-2556617-A (GB)
Title: Imitation candle device with enhanced control features
Inventor: XIAOFENG LI
IPC: H05B37/02
Filed: 2016-08-03
Abstract: An imitation candle device has enhanced features that aid operation and usage of electronic candles. The features include blow sensors such as a microphone or flow sensor that are positioned inside of the imitation candle device 102, or within an associated remote control device 106, to enable the electronic candle to be turned on or off remotely when a user blows into the candle or the remote control device. Additionally, the imitation candle can be turned on or off, or other functions can be controlled by a simple user action, such as touching the imitation candle device to complete a capacitive circuit.
Patent GB-2538903-A (GB)
Title: Dual stripper apparatus
Inventor: KIM W CHRISTENSEN
IPC: E21B33/08
Filed: 2015-03-24
Abstract: A workover riser arrangement designed to allow installation/retrieval of a coiled tubing suspended Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP) into live wells is described. The installation takes place by the use of a coiled tubing as a running string that extends through respective apparatuses in said workover riser arrangement and further down towards the well bottom. The workover riser apparatus comprises a first (upper) dual stripper apparatus through which said coiled tubing is to extend, a second (lower) dual stripper apparatus through which said coiled tubing is to extend, a surface BOP, if required, and a surface flow tree arranged between the first and second dual stripper apparatus, an EDP, LRP and an XMT arranged below the second dual stripper apparatus.