baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2549480-A (GB)
Title: Pipe handling apparatus
Inventor: Sorin Barbu
IPC: F16L1/20
Filed: 2016-04-18
Abstract: Pipe handling apparatus with an insert 4 configured to be inserted into a pipe to be handled 23. One or more clamping members 19 are moveably mounted relative to the insert. One or more actuators 17 are operable to urge the clamping member(s) 19 towards the insert thereby to grip the wall of the pipe to be handled. Multiple clamping members 19 may be spaced around the insert and each may extend axially along the insert. Each clamping member 19 may have a clamping surface which can comprise teeth, grooves, or other formations such as ball bearings, to increase the grip between the clamping members 19 and the pipe 23. The insert 4 may have recesses to which the clamping members 19 are directed. The pipe handling apparatus forms part of a flexible pipeline recovery tool. The pipe handling apparatus is used by introducing the insert into an end of the flexible pipe which comprises multiple layers of metal strands, and then operating the actuator to grip the pipe.
Patent GB-2549535-A (GB)
Title: Armoured occupant recovery
Inventor: Timothy Ivor Stacey
IPC: F41H5/04
Filed: 2016-04-22
Abstract: An armoured flexible panel stretcher (71, Fig 8) (for occupant recovery from an armoured vehicle, vessel or craft) comprises at least one armoured flexible panel (72, Fig 8) made from at least one fibrous armour material (e.g. Kevlar), encapsulated in a polymer binder matrix. The armour material may also comprise a shear thickening fluid. The stretcher may be made from at least two armoured tiles/panels 82a which are secured together by articulated joints 85, allowing the stretcher to be folded. A method of extracting an occupant from a vehicle using the stretcher is also anticipated, wherein the stretcher is deployed and then manoeuvred along a labyrinthine path within the said vehicle to avoid one or more protruding features, optionally utilising a pulley and line operatively linked with the pulley.
Patent GB-2546703-A (GB)
Title: Compounds
Inventor: PARVEZ IQBAL HARIS
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to arsenic compounds, particularly arsenobetaine and arsenosugar analogues and derivatives and their use in therapy, particularly for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer.
Patent GB-2550754-A (GB)
Title: Substrates, laminates, and assemblies for flexible heaters, flexible heaters, and methods of manufacture
Inventor: JIANHUA ZOU
IPC: H05B3/36
Filed: 2016-03-29
Abstract: A substrate for a flexible heater comprises a polyimide layer; a primer layer disposed on a first side of the polyimide layer; and a high-consistency silicone rubber adhesive layer calendered onto the first side of the polyimide layer.
Patent GB-2574241-A (GB)
Title: Networked application orchestration
Inventor: SIMON BEDDUS
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2018-05-31
Abstract: A method to deploy applications and virtualised network functions (VNF) to meet a service specification with a specified security profile. A user’s specification for an end-to-end service with security constraints is defined, 20. A plurality of candidate configurations of network resources are assessed for ability to meet the customer requirement with known characteristics and vulnerabilities of the services. A security analysis 21 is performed on the candidate solutions and used to select a configuration of network devices, applications and functions, 22. The deployment is orchestrated and network resources are adapted to meet the specified security profile prior to deployment, 23. The deployed system may be continually monitored to ensure that the service continues to operate within requirements. Should an incident such as a network attack or failure occur the system may be re-analysed against the original requirements and re-configured or repaired. Complex services and especially micro-services are defended against attack by building security into their design.
Patent GB-2560293-A (GB)
Title: Biochip and method for manufacturing biochip
Inventor: HYUK-KEE SUNG
IPC: G01N33/545
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: Disclosed are a biochip capable of detecting and analyzing the multiple bonds of a protein from a single bond and a method for manufacturing the same. A biochip according to an embodiment comprises: a hydrogel functional layer on which a binding mediator is formed and of which the physical properties are changed by a reaction between a target protein to be administered and the binding mediator; and a transducer for transmitting a displacement signal corresponding to the change in the physical properties of the hydrogel functional layer to an analysis instrument, wherein the reaction is multiple bonds of the target protein and the binding mediator, and de-swelling occurs in at least a portion of the hydrogel functional layer by the multiple bonds.
Patent GB-2564310-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus of video coding
Inventor: JING YE
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 2017-02-24
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a method for video coding. The method includes receiving input data associated with a current block in an image frame, generating an inter predictor of the current block, and generating an intra predictor of the current block based on samples of neighboring pixels and an intra prediction mode that locates the samples of neighboring pixels. The method further includes generating a final predictor of the current block by combining the inter predictor and the intra predictor according to one or more intra weight coefficients associated with the intra prediction mode, and encoding or decoding the current block based on the final predictor to output encoded video data or a decoded block. The one or more intra weight coefficients indicate one or more ratios that corresponding one or more portions of the intra predictor are combined with the inter predictor, respectively.
Patent GB-2579648-A (GB)
Title: Injection device
Inventor: Martin Derek Baker
IPC: B01F5/04
Filed: 2018-12-10
Abstract: An injector comprising a tube 2 with one or more orifices 3 and a sliding member 4 which can move to vary an occluded proportion of the orifices, for injecting a first fluid, such as a liquid hydrocarbon, into a second fluid. The sliding member may move axially along the tube which preferably comprises at least two orifices circumferentially spaced around the tube and/or at a common axial position along the tube. The sliding member can be shaped to occlude part of or all of just one orifice and can have a leading portion that is not wholly perpendicular to the tube. The sliding member can be within the tube or can be a sheath outside. The orifices may have tapered inner bores, a changing radial cross section or can comprise non-linear walls between an outer and inner tube surface. An actuator may move the sliding member to control the differential pressure, flow rate or spray pattern. A system is also described comprising the injector and a vessel, e.g. a pipeline, wherein the injector can be inside the vessel. A method of injection is also disclosed, which can include atomization of the first fluid by passing it through the orifices.
Patent GB-2570778-A (GB)
Title: Setting unit for a self-piercing rivet device, self-piercing rivet device and method for connecting component parts
Inventor: Andre Philipskoetter
IPC: B21J15/12
Filed: 2018-12-11
Abstract: A setting unit 70 for a self-piercing rivet device 10 into which a rivet 20 is introducible. The setting unit comprises a vibration system 39 comprising a vibration converter 30, which is connectable to a vibration generator 32, and a sonotrode 15, and with a stamp 80 by means of which a force F can be applied to the rivet. The stamp 80 is distinct from the sonotrode (or ultrasonic horn) and is in, or is moveable into, operative connection to the sonotrode. The setting unit may comprise a guide 16 with bushing (figure 7, 87). The stamp may be held against the sonotrode using a retention device 81, which may be a magnet. The stamp may be cylindrical or have portions of varying diameter, with step or conical transitions (figure 5). Preferably, the stamp is between 50 and 200mm in length, chamfered and/or coated. The setting unit may comprise a rivet feeder 90 and a counterholder 18. The self-pioercing device may have a frame 60 or an X-clamp design (figure 2, 60’). A method for connecting component parts 11, 12 is given.
Patent GB-2569918-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for testing rolling resistance
Inventor: MORRISON JUST
IPC: G01M99/00
Filed: 2017-10-19
Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing rolling resistance of a mattress by rolling a cylindrical weight across at least a portion of the mattress and measuring torque of the cylindrical weight moving across the mattress. The apparatus is preferably automated and preferably continuously measures torque as the cylinder is continuously moved across the mattress at a constant speed.
Patent GB-2583136-A (GB)
Title: Reinforced wall face panel
Inventor: ANTONY GINLEY
IPC: E04C2/38
Filed: 2019-04-18
Abstract: A panel for forming a face of an earth bank, e.g. at a roadside/bridge, the panel comprising a flexible attachment member embedded in a composite material, preferably concrete, forming the body 312 of the panel, an attachment portion 325a of the attachment member protruding from a first surface 318 of the panel for engaging with a support material 340 to which the panel is coupled in use. There may be two protruding attachment parts 325a/b, spaced apart on the surface 318, which may be a plastic, metal or composite mesh or grid. In use the concrete panel may be placed vertically into bottom soil 350, the support material, e.g. aggregate/cement, poured behind the panel with the attachment portion extending into to the support material to provide a secure coupling. A geotextile sheet 382 may separate the support material from surrounding soil to prevent erosion. A drainage aggregate 370 may be placed below top soil 360, and a PVC drainage pipe 380 placed at the base. Also claimed is a wall assembly and a method of manufacturer.
Patent GB-2583717-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle wheel system
Inventor: DANIEL ALAN CAIN
IPC: B62J17/00
Filed: 2019-04-30
Abstract: A bicycle wheel system 101 comprises a bicycle wheel 102 and at least one wheel cover 104. The bicycle wheel 102 comprises attachment means (112, figure 2) for removably attaching the wheel cover 104 to the bicycle wheel 102. The wheel cover 104 is interchangeable with wheel covers of different dimensions (e.g. rim depths, profiles and/or widths) such that the wheel cover 104 fitted to the bicycle wheel 102 is suited to the riding conditions. The wheel cover 104 can be chosen to minimise the aerodynamic drag of the bicycle wheel 102 and/or how readily the bicycle wheel 102 might catch a cross-wind, which can be two competing considerations. The wheel cover 104 may be formed in two or more sections such that it can be interchanged with another wheel cover 104 (or simply removed) without removing the wheel 102 from the bicycle frame.
Patent GB-2588075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to fire suppression
Inventor: RICHARD GEOFFREY FRANKLIN
IPC: A62C37/11
Filed: 2019-06-24
Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire suppression apparatus 100 for use with pumps and to pump assemblies comprising fire suppression apparatus. In one embodiment there is provided a fire suppression apparatus 100 comprising a cover member 200 for installation over a pump and a suppressant member 300. A part of the suppressant member 300 is mounted to the cover member 200 and, in use, exposure to a fire causes a part of the suppressant member 300 to rupture permitting suppressant media to be released.
Patent GB-2576631-A (GB)
Title: Bearing device and rotating machine using the same
Inventor: YUJI KAWAAI
IPC: F16C17/08
Filed: 2019-07-26
Abstract: A bearing device 10 and a machine 11 using such a bearing device are provided. The bearing device 10 comprises: a base plate 21; a plurality of sliding pads 22; and support members 26, 27. The sliding pad 22 is movable relative to the base plate 21. The support members 26, 27 are located between the base plate 21 and the sliding pad 22. The support members 26, 27 shift a position of a load supporting point in a circumferential direction of the base plate 21. The load supporting point serves as a point for supporting a load received from the sliding pad 22. When any virtual flat surface perpendicular to a rotating shaft member 12 is considered as a reference surface, and when a distance from the reference surface through the load supporting point to an end of the sliding pad 22 at the opposite side to the base plate 21 is defined as a setting distance, a position of the load supporting point is shifted in a circumferential direction of the base plate 21 with no change in the setting distance.
Patent GB-2578812-A (GB)
Title: Voltage regulation of multi-phase permanent magnet generator
Inventor: GREGORY I ROZMAN
IPC: H02P25/22
Filed: 2019-09-09
Abstract: A generator comprising: a multiphase permanent magnet generator (PMG) 302 providing at least three three-phase outputs 106, 108, 110; at least three rectifiers 116, 118, 120, each connected to one of the three-phase outputs; a DC-DC converter 202 whose negative output 206 is connected to a negative supply rail 194; a common local output bus 220; a controller that detects winding voltage Vac_a-c and controls switches SW1-7 to couple one or more of the first, second and third rectifiers to the output rails 192, 194. This arrangement provides a constant load voltage when PMG speed changes. The input of the DC-DC converter may come from: a battery 280; or a fourth set of windings connected through a rectifier (112, 122, Fig. 1). The DC-DC converter’s duty cycle may be adjusted to provide a constant load voltage. The PMG’s speed may be determined from the input signal’s frequency. Switches may be opened or closed in various combinations to: stack the first three rectifiers 116, 118, 120; sum of the outputs of the rectifiers; or charge the battery. Outputs of the rectifiers may be set so Vdc1=2Vdc2=4Vdc3=8Vdc4. The generator may be used in an aircraft.
Patent GB-2587634-A (GB)
Title: Wireless power supply
Inventor: VLADIMIR KINDL
IPC: H02J50/12
Filed: 2019-10-02
Abstract: A wireless power transmission system suitable for a door includes an alternating current electrical power supply, a transmitter 3, a receiver 6. Transmitter 3 has a first electromagnetic circuit 2 comprising a first core 15 with a surrounding first antenna element 14 operatively coupled to the power supply and receiver 6 has a second electromagnetic circuit 5 comprising a second core 15 with a surrounding second antenna element 14. The receiver 6 and transmitter 3 are in loose resonant coupling. The cores 15 may be E-shaped or C-shaped, and the antenna coil 14 may be made from litz wire. The antenna coil 14 may be formed from stacked layers of printed circuit boards (PCBs), each having a printed conductive motif on its face which connects to that of another layer of the stack.
Patent GB-2576282-A (GB)
Title: Hardware unit for performing matrix multiplication with clock gating
Inventor: CHRIS MARTIN
IPC: G06F17/16
Filed: 2017-11-03
Abstract: Unit (100) to perform a matrix multiplication, comprising: a multiplier stage (102) comprising a plurality of multipliers (110), each configured to multiply first and second data elements (d1 & d2) to produce a multiplication data element; one or more adder stages (104, 106, 108) following the multiplier stage (102) that form an adder tree to produce a sum of the multiplication data elements, and comprising one or more adders (112) configured to add at least two data elements output by a previous stage to produce an addition data element. At least one multiplier (110) and/or at least one adder (112) is preceded by a storage element (202) corresponding to each bit of the data elements input to the at least one adder (112) or multiplier (110). Also, control logic (302, 402, 602) configured to: (i) clock gate all or a portion of the storage elements (202) corresponding to a data element in response to determining that all or a portion of that data element can be treated as having a zero value; and (ii) for each storage element (202) that is clock gated, cause a zero bit to be provided to the corresponding multiplier (110) or adder (112).
Patent GB-2581014-A (GB)
Title: Sensor data management
Inventor: Tuomas Hapola
IPC: G06V30/10
Filed: 2019-12-04
Abstract: A multi-sensor apparatus (110, Fig. 1) that determines a wearer’s action by: storing sequences of sensor data (210, 220, Fig. 2); deriving, from time aligned sequences of sensor data, sensor data segments (203-205, 207, Fig. 2); and labelling the sensor data segments (e.g. step, jog-step, run-step, leap etc.) to obtain a sequence of labels. The sequence of labels can be processed by the apparatus, or a server, to obtain a performed user activity. The sequence of labels may be transferred to the server via a network node (130, Fig. 1). The apparatus may receive from the server an update, such as an executable program or script, that allows segment labelling to be performed with greater accuracy. The sequences of data may originate from at least one sensor. Data segments may be derived using a trained artificial neural network.
Patent GB-2579915-A (GB)
Title: A tool assembly for friction stir welding
Inventor: GEOFFREY ALAN SCARSBROOK
IPC: B23K103/04
Filed: 2019-12-05
Abstract: A tool 100 assembly for friction stir welding, comprising; a) a tool holder comprising a tool post 102 and an annular joining collar 106 mountable about the tool post, and, b) a puck 104 comprising a stirring pin 20; wherein the annular joining collar couples the tool post and the puck in axial alignment, and, the puck and joining collar taper inwardly towards the tool post, with the tool post and the joining collar tapering correspondingly inwardly towards the puck. The puck and tool post may taper at an angle in the range of 2o to 15o. The tool post, puck or joining collar may be a polygon in axial (i.e. lateral) cross-section. The joining collar may comprise a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 11 ppm/oC for temperatures up to 600oC. The puck may be detachable from the tool post. The tool my comprise an ejector rod wherein the tool comprises a central bore to slidably receive the ejector rod for the purposes of ejecting the puck from the joining collar.
Patent GB-2589884-A (GB)
Title: Processing optical spectra
Inventor: AYRAT MURTAZIN
IPC: G01J3/28
Filed: 2019-12-11
Abstract: A template for use in processing two-dimensional optical spectra, such as echelle spectra 1, which comprise sections having a relatively high intensity, representing spectral orders 2, separated by borders having a relatively low intensity. The method comprises denoising the optical spectrum, preferably total variation denoising (TVD), searching for a series of neighbouring local extrema, e.g. using edge detection, and fitting a line through them, e.g. by applying a Hough transform, each line representing a section. These may define borders between sections, being orders, or approximate mid-lines of the sections and are stored as a template. Peaks 5 and their respective locations are identified along with possibly their intensity and/or which section they are in. The template may be used in analytical atomic spectrometry and may save computational effort in determining sections for individual spectra, allowing processing in semi real-time.
Patent GB-2585464-A (GB)
Title: Aluminum alloy miniature cartridge fuses
Inventor: RAMDEV KANAPADY
IPC: H01H85/045
Filed: 2020-05-04
Abstract: A high-capacity miniature cartridge fuse 100 with ferrules 104, 106, fabricated from nickel-plated aluminium alloy. The fuse comprises: a cylindrical housing 102; a fusible element 112 positioned inside the housing; first and second deep-drawn aluminium alloy ferrules (or end-caps) 104, 106, the ferrules being attached respectively to first and second ends 130, 132 of the housing, and being electrically connected to first and second ends of the fusible element. The ferrules comprise a side wall 116 with a thickness of approximately 0.5mm or less, and an end wall 118 of greater thickness than the side wall, the walls define an interior receptacle sized to receive and close an end of the cylindrical housing. The end wall includes a boss 120 extending towards an interior of the housing. The nickel plating may be electroless plating. The aluminium alloy may have tensile strength of 138MPa or higher, yield strength of 117MPa or higher and melting point of 590C or higher. The fuse may be configured as a time-delay fuse. A method of fabricating a fuse of such construction is also claimed. Use of specific aluminium alloys instead of copper reduces manufacturing costs while retaining the necessary performance of the fuse.
Patent GB-2597087-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus
Inventor: John Tuckett
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2020-07-14
Abstract: A method for inspecting a first part of a surface of an article having an axial length ‘L’ extending in a first dimension and a cross-sectional profile in mutually transverse second and third dimensions comprises providing a set of non-contact profilometers 100 including a first profilometer 100A and defining a first measurement area. The article is then moved in the first dimension through the first measurement area by a conveyor. The first profilometer acquires a first segment of a set of segments of a first measured cross-sectional profile of the set of measured cross-sectional profiles of the displaced, moving article in the first measurement area. The first segment comprises a first set of coordinate data, in the second and the third dimensions, of the first part of the surface of the article. The profilometer transmits the first set of coordinate data to a computer. The computer determines the first part of the surface of the article based, at least in part, on the first segment. The computer further generates a first part of the surface of the article using the determined first part of the surface and compares the determined first part of the surface and the generated first part of the surface so as to inspect the article based on a first result of the comparison between the two. In use the method is suitable for the inspection of hot-rolled steel profiles to detect imperfections, occlusions and out of tolerance profiles caused by mill scale.
Patent GB-2599079-A (GB)
Title: A backfill device for a trencher and a method of backfilling a trench
Inventor: JACK GEELHOED
IPC: E02F5/22
Filed: 2020-09-10
Abstract: A method of backfilling a trench 24 comprising a first auger 4 and second auger 6 coupled to a machine 20 and driving the augers to drive earth from a dug trench back into the trench to thereby backfill the trench. The machine may be a trenching machine arranged to cut a trench in the ground. Preferably one of the first and second augers comprises a second thread out of phase and smaller in amplitude than the first thread. Preferably the first and second augers are at acute angles relative to the longitudinal direction of the trench. Preferably the first and second augers are arranged in a chevron or staggered.
Patent GB-2600746-A (GB)
Title: Balcony developments
Inventor: TIM HILL
IPC: E04B1/24
Filed: 2020-11-09
Abstract: The balcony 10 is attachable to one or more beams extending from a building. The balcony includes a floor 30. A clamping mechanism 100 below the floor ang engageable with a beam. The clamping mechanism includes a clamping arm such as bar 101 for engagement with a beam. An adjuster 117 adjusts the clamping bar. The floor includes an aperture 70a in and the adjuster is aligned with the aperture. The aperture being between 5-30mm in in one dimension and between 5-500mm in another direction. The aperture may be a drainage weep aperture and defined between two adjacent floor portions that may be in abutment to each other. The clamping mechanism may have a number of bars which are linked to adjusters is accessible through the aperture. Also claimed is a building with a balcony and a method of installing the balcony.