baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2543876-A (GB)
Title: Ducting for a traction motor cooling system of a rail vehicle, traction motor cooling system and rail vehicle
Inventor: JONATHAN EDWARDS
IPC: H02K9/04
Filed: 2016-06-17
Abstract: Running gear 10 of a rail vehicle is provided with a first wheel set 14, a second wheel set 16, a first traction motor 32 for driving the first wheel set 14, a second traction motor 34 for driving the second wheel set 14, the first traction motor 32 being provided with a first cooling inlet 62, the second traction motor 32 being provided with a second cooling inlet 62 (64). A ducting 70 of a traction motor cooling system comprises a first duct 72 for connecting a first fan outlet 58 of a fan unit 46 with the first cooling inlet 62 (figs 2,3 not shown) and a second duct 74 for connecting a second fan outlet 60 of the fan unit 46 with the second cooling inlet 64 (figs 2,3 not shown). The second duct 74 has two parallel branches 84, 86, a portion of the first duct 72 being located between the two parallel branches 84, 86. The duct outlets78,90 line up with the motor inlets, flexible connections 66 (figs 2,3 not shown) link the ducting to the inlets of the motors. Figs 6-11 (not shown) disclose the glass reinforced resin plates arranged to create the ducting.
Patent GB-2553310-A (GB)
Title: Writing data to printed matter with embedded wireless devices
Inventor: Nick Ludlum
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 2016-08-31
Abstract: A system for writing digital data to wireless communication chips 7 contained in printed business cards 1 in a printed sheet 10, comprises a data writing apparatus 24, an identification code reader 26 for receiving information about the data writing, a projector 28 for visually identifying inactive or write-fail chips, and a central processing unit 22 for controlling the data writing. The apparatus comprises a housing with a container having a plurality of recesses each receiving a wireless communication device, and a flat upper surface for receiving a printed sheet to ensure close proximity with the wireless communication devices (figure 4). Also disclosed is a system for calibrating a digital data writing system comprising a plurality of wireless communication devices for writing data to wireless communication chips in a printed sheet. The calibration system comprises an identification code reader for receiving configuration data relating to the wireless communication devices, and a calibration sheet having a second plurality of wireless communication chips, wherein each of the calibration chips contains data of the chip location that is extracted by each wireless communication device, and the system associates each communication device with the location data of each calibration chip. Data may be written using near-field communication (NFC) technology.
Patent GB-2554373-A (GB)
Title: Blinds
Inventor: BENJAMIN SOPER
IPC: E06B9/388
Filed: 2016-09-22
Abstract: A head rail or foot rail for a blind comprising: a first rail portion 60 and a second rail portion 62, the first and second rail portions being adjustably interconnectable by way of a first one of the first and second rail portions comprising a projection 68 and a second one of the first and second rail portions comprising a plurality of recesses 76 adapted, in use, to engage the projection, wherein the relative positions of the first and second rail portions, and hence a height (64, figure 3) of the head or foot rail can be adjusted by the selective engagement of the projection into a selected one of the recesses.
Patent GB-2555636-A (GB)
Title: Initiator unit
Inventor: TIMOTHY MARTIN HADDON
IPC: F42B4/00
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: An electronic initiator unit includes an actuation module comprising electrically in series afirst conductor 3, an electronic actuator 7, and a second conductor 5. An engagement module 21 includes a first electrical connector 13 conductively connected to the first conductor 3 and defines a first connector contact portion 23 spaced remotely from the first conductor 3 and a second electrical connector 15 conductively connected to the second conductor 5 and defines a second connector contact portion 25 spaced remotely from the second conductor 5. A shunt module 31 includes a first shunt connector defining a first shunt contact portion 33, a second shunt connector defining a second shunt contact portion 35, and a conductive shunt connection 39 between the first and second shunt connectors spaced remotely from the shunt contact portions 33, 35. The engagement module 21 and the shunt module 31 are co-operably configured so as to be engageable together such as to effect when so engaged an electrical connection between the first connector contact portion 23 and the first shunt contact portion 33 and between the second connector contact portion 25 and the second shunt contact portion 35.
Patent GB-2546388-A (GB)
Title: Port Control
Inventor: Andrew Murray Scholan
IPC: A61B34/30
Filed: 2015-11-24
Abstract: A locator for a surgical port, the locator comprising: a base 84 for attachment to a portion of a patient support 76; an interface 82 for coupling to the surgical port 76; a support mechanism 80 linking the base 84 and the interface 82, the support mechanism 80 permitting at least one of translational and rotational movement of the interface 82 relative to the base 84; and a controller for controlling at least one of the position and orientation of the interface 82 relative to the base 84 in dependence on the position of the robot arm.
Patent GB-2558238-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus
Inventor: GUILLAUME JEGOU
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2016-12-22
Abstract: A method comprises using a scintillator 4 to measure first and second quantities associated with first 5 and second 7 radiation respectively, the first radiation being actively emitted by a generator 6, the second being passively emitted by a radioactive source 8 within cargo to be inspected. This method may be used in a cargo inspection system for detecting hidden objects, such as weapons or dangerous material, within vehicles. The radiation may be X-rays, gamma rays, or neutrons. Separate acquisition lines 9, 10 may be used to acquire data from each radiation, for example the second acquisition line 10 for passive radiation might be activated only when the generator is not emitting pulses of radiation, in order to measure passive radiation only. The scintillator may be connected via optical fibres to an optical sensor to detect the re-emitted light. The sensor may be a photomultiplier tube, an avalanche photodiode, or a photodiode.
Patent GB-2558645-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring system and method
Inventor: TIM HUGHES
IPC: G08B21/22
Filed: 2017-01-13
Abstract: A system 100 that monitors the location of a vulnerable person 1000 comprises a wearable tag 120 attached to the vulnerable person, a reader that detects the presence of the wearable tag 130 and a sensor 140 that detects the presence of the person at a defined location. When the wearable tag is detected by the reader and the sensor detects the presence and subsequent absence of the person at the defined location, an alert signal is transmitted from a transmitter 150 to a receiver 160. The system may further comprise a second wearable tag 170 that is detectable by the reader. When the presence of the second wearable tag is detected by the reader, the transmission of the alert signal from the transmitter to the receiver may be inhibited. The sensor may be an infra-red sensor and the wearable tags may be RFID tags. The sensor may detect the presence and subsequent absence of the person by monitoring the movement of the vulnerable person, for example movement from a sitting position to a standing position or from a lying position to a sitting or standing position. The transmitter and receiver may be wireless.
Patent GB-2559141-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for monitoring and detecting tyre wear
Inventor: KUDZAYI JOSH CHIWOKO
IPC: B60C23/06
Filed: 2017-01-26
Abstract: A method and system for determining the degree of tyre wear in a vehicle (100, see fig 1b), comprising: a processing means for obtaing one or more date sets containing acoustic data relating to tyre noise associated with one or more parameters; detecting acoustic tyre noise with an audio sensor from one or more tyres on the vehicle; a machine learning process for determining a degree of wear and an output module for providing an output. The output may comprise a signal indicative of the determined degree of tyre wear. The system may comprise a vehicle control system for controlling one or more driving parameters, such as speed, brake, throttle or steering. The machine learning process may be configured to learn an acoustic response for a predetermined type of tyre or predetermined conditions. The machine learning process may also comprises a neural network with an input layer, a hidden layer and an output layer. Finally, the audio sensor may be a shotgun microphone.
Patent GB-2550659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tools
Inventor: TONY GOULD
IPC: E02D7/14
Filed: 2017-03-22
Abstract: A tool 1 suitable for lifting and driving a support element, which may be a trench sheet (A, Fig. 1A). The tool 1 has a machine engagement component 7, the machine preferably being an excavator, an orientation component 5 and a support element engagement component 3. The support element engagement component 3 provides a support element receiving location (between fingers 57). The tool 1 has a support element lifting state (Figures 5c and 5d) and a support element driving state (Figure 5e). The support element remains in the receiving location during the transition from the lifting state to the driving state. There are disclosed several other aspects. The support element being in first and second positions in the receiving location for the lifting and driving states, the force applied in the lifting and driving states passing through the machine engagement, orientation and support element engagement components, the machine engagement component being connected to the orientation component which is connected to the support element engagement component during the lifting and driving states, and the receiving location providing lifting and driving locations. There are also methods and a transportation stand relating to the use of similar tools.
Patent GB-2553027-A (GB)
Title: Filter apparatus for treatment of fluids and a gasifier for use in a gasification process
Inventor: MARK HARRADINE
IPC: F27B9/40
Filed: 2017-06-20
Abstract: Apparatus for filtering hot gases comprises a housing 17 having a gas upstream zone 18, a gas downstream zone 19 and a removable filter cartridge 24. The cartridge supports at least two filter elements (26, Fig 3) each defining a path along which gas can flow from the upstream zone into the downstream zone through the filter elements.The filter cartridge further includes at least two sets of scrapers 30, each set being associated with one of the two filter elements. A drive mechanism 28 is provided for moving the two sets of scrapers relative to the filter elements, to displace material adhering to the filter element. Also disclosed are further inventions directed to a gasifier (15, Fig 7) for use in a pyrolysis process for the treatment of organic solids by a process of gasification, the gasifier characterised by a rotary screw conveyor or a radar sensor.Providing a removable cartridge allows for simple maintenance or replacement of the filter elements, scrapers and drive mechanism.
Patent GB-2569774-A (GB)
Title: Method for virtual testing of real environments with pedestrian interaction and drones
Inventor: MICHAEL HARTMANN
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2017-10-20
Abstract: A method for testing of self-driving or autonomous vehicles A and their algorithms in situations with pedestrian interactions comprises providing a drone B controlled by a test person C. The control of the drone B comprises applying motion capture techniques and providing a walking platform to the test person C. The drone B comprises a camera, the images being wirelessly transmitted to the test person C, and the movement of the test person in response to the images tracked and used to control the drone B. There may be traffic between the drone and the vehicle. The method may be carried out in real time.
Patent GB-2558734-A (GB)
Title: Child Safety Seat
Inventor: Kyle mason
IPC: B60R22/10
Filed: 2017-11-08
Abstract: A child safety seat having a seat back 12, a seat bottom 14 and comprising a safety harness 16. The harness comprises two shoulder strap 30 and a central adjusting strap 28, and a bridge plate 18 having a slot 32 and a bent portion 34. Rear ends of the shoulder straps are permanently coupled to each other through the slot. The central adjusting strap is detachably attached, hooked, to the bent portion 34. The two shoulder straps may be sewn together. Also disclosed are two clamping doors (38, figure 3) hinged at the front of a seat back for releasably clamping the shoulder straps of the safety harness. Also disclosed is a strap clamping mechanism (50, figure 5) in the seat bottom and comprising a housing (52), a clamping plate (54) and a pushbutton (56). The pushbutton causes the clamping plate to immobilise the central adjusting strap. Also disclosed is the safety harness having an anchor portion (26, figure 9) connected to the seat bottom and detachably connected to each shoulder strap, and may comprise a guide rail structure 64 and a slidably positioning plate 66 that adjusts the length of a connection strap 68 of the anchor portion.
Patent GB-2557743-A (GB)
Title: Circular buffer descriptor for describing and/or accessing a circular buffer
Inventor: Bryant E Sorensen
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2016-06-21
Abstract: Accessing a circular buffer in memory from a processor may be performed with the aid of precomputed values stored in a pointer descriptor field of a processor storage element, such as a register. The pointer descriptor may store a precomputed value for calculating a memory address in the circular buffer, which may include two values, in which the two values are based, at least in part, on the size of the circular buffer, but neither be the size of the circular buffer. The first value may be used to derive a starting memory location for a circular buffer. The second value may be used in combination with the first value to calculate an end memory location. The start and end locations or addresses, along with the precomputed stored values, are then used to calculate the next address based on the current address of a circular buffer in an efficient manner.
Patent GB-2560441-A (GB)
Title: Automatically delaying playback of a message at a device
Inventor: MICHAEL STIMPSON
IPC: H04M3/53
Filed: 2018-02-28
Abstract: A captioning device (e.g. for a hearing-impaired user) comprising obtaining a request to playback audio of a message (e.g. voice or video message); automatically delaying the playback of the audio of the message until: an establishment of a network connection between the captioning device and a captioning system (e.g. remote call assistant) (e.g. in order to allow the captioning system to receive the audio of the message from a beginning of the audio of the playback of the message) and obtaining, over a network, captions generated by the captioning system using the audio of the message; and presenting the captions on the display concurrently with the playback of the audio of the message. Aspects include automatically delaying the playback of the audio of the message until: the earlier of: an establishment of a network connection between the captioning device and a captioning system; and an expiration of a particular time period (e.g. 1 to 5 seconds) even if no connection is established between the captioning device and the captioning system.
Patent GB-2572534-A (GB)
Title: Conversion kit having interchangeable barrel liners
Inventor: Parag Mehta
IPC: F41A21/04
Filed: 2018-03-02
Abstract: A conversion kit (1) for converting a firearm to fire a plurality of different types of non­lethal training ammunition comprises a single barrel (2) and a plurality of interchangeable barrel liners (3) which can be used in place of each other. The barrel (2) defines a bore (4) which receives one of the barrel liners (3) for firing non-lethal training ammunition and each barrel liner (3) is specific for a type of non-lethal training ammunition.
Patent GB-2557783-A (GB)
Title: A novel carbon allotrope: Protomene
Inventor: LARRY BURCHFIELD
IPC: H01L29/66
Filed: 2016-08-07
Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful synthetic carbon allotrope which contains multiple clusters of carbon atoms dispersed throughout the carbon allotrope. These clusters contain carbon atoms which are bonded to four other carbon atoms by sp2 hybridized bonds. The allotrope further contains multiple surrounding carbon atoms, which are bonded to each other by sp3 hybridized bonds. One of the multiple clusters of carbon atoms is centrally located within the carbon allotrope.
Patent GB-2571969-A (GB)
Title: A liquid ring pump manifold
Inventor: ANDRIES DANIEL JOZEF DE BOCK
IPC: F04C7/00
Filed: 2018-03-14
Abstract: A liquid ring pump manifold 10 comprising at least one integrated spray nozzle 22, the at least one integrated spray nozzle 22 being configured to spray a liquid into the liquid ring pump manifold 10, the liquid ring pump manifold may comprise at least one socket 40 in which the at least one integrated spray nozzle 22 is accommodated, the at least one socket 40 may be integrally formed with the liquid ring pump manifold 10.
Patent GB-2572421-A (GB)
Title: Titration of mandibular advancement device
Inventor: Richard Wiffen
IPC: A61C7/36
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: The invention is concerned with the titration of a mandibular advancement device 10 used for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea and related snoring. The invention relates to the processing of audio data captured by a microphone 34, which is placed by the bed during sleeping, to derive snoring data using signal processing logic 36. Titration logic 38 then receives the snoring data and uses it to determine a required setting or adjustment to the mandibular advancement device 10 for it to be effective in the alleviation of the snoring. Information concerning the necessary adjustment/settings of the mandibular advancement device 10 is then output through an interface 40 for implementation. The output is preferably either delivered to a user in the form of adjustment/setting directions displayed on a screen, or to control a device capable of automatic adjustment of the mandibular advancement device 10. The recording of the snoring is preferably carried out using the microphone of a smartphone, with the smartphone running an application which performs both the processing of the snoring data and the communication of information concerning the necessary adjustment of the mandibular advancement device, preferably through displaying adjustment instructions on the screen of the phone.
Patent GB-2570355-A (GB)
Title: Expandable seat for a vehicle
Inventor: IAN GUY
IPC: B60N2/02
Filed: 2017-06-09
Abstract: An expandable seat 101 comprises a support structure 103 being movable between an expanded state and a contracted state. The support structure 103 forms a seating region (107, figure 1D) that is greater in size when the support structure 103 is in the expanded state than when the support structure 103 is in the contracted state. A flexible covering 105 is movably coupled to the support structure 103. The support structure 103 and the flexible covering 105 cooperate to ensure that the flexible covering 105 covers the seating region (107) in both the expanded and contracted state. The support structure 103 comprises at least one hinged portion 117 configured to adjust the angle of the support structure at the side or lateral edge of the seat 101. The seating area is therefore variable in size and contour. The hinged portion 117 may be an extension of a portion 115 which slides laterally relative to a fixed portion 113 of the support structure 103. The flexible covering 105 may be moveably coupled to the hinged portion 117 to cover the hinged portion 117 in both the expanded and contracted states.
Patent GB-2558836-A (GB)
Title: Device for converting thermal energy in hydrocarbons flowing from a well into electric energy
Inventor: TOM LAURENT HUBERT FRIJNS
IPC: F25B39/02
Filed: 2016-11-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for generating electrical energy, the system comprising: - a circuit containing a working fluid: - an evaporator configured for boiling the working fluid, - a turbine driven by the vaporized working fluid and an electric generator coupled to the turbine for creating electric energy, - a condenser for condensing the working fluid which flows from the turbine, and - a pump for pumping the working fluid through the circuit, wherein the evaporator, the turbine, the condenser and the pump are positioned along the circuit, and - a hydrocarbons pipeline connected to a well, wherein the hydrocarbons pipeline transports hydrocarbons having a hydrocarbon temperature from the well, - a seawater intake configured for taking in seawater having a seawater temperature, wherein the hydrocarbon temperature is higher than the seawater temperature, - a seawater discharge configured for discharging the seawater, wherein the seawater intake is in fluid communication with a water channel in the condenser, the condenser being configured to condense the working fluid with the seawater, and wherein the condenser is in fluid communication with the seawater discharge for discharging the used seawater back into the sea, wherein the hydrocarbons pipeline is in fluid communication with a hydrocarbons channel in the evaporator, wherein the evaporator is configured for transferring heat from the hydrocarbons which flow through the hydrocarbons channel in the evaporator to the working fluid in the evaporator in order to boil the working fluid.
Patent GB-2573530-A (GB)
Title: Subsea clearing apparatus
Inventor: Paul Anthony Crowther
IPC: E02F5/28
Filed: 2018-05-08
Abstract: A subsea clearance apparatus 1 featuring a chassis 2, fore 3 and aft 4 supports spaced along a principal axis P of the apparatus and one or more engaging elements 5 depending from the chassis and arranged transversely with respect to the principal axis. The chassis is spaced, in use, from the seabed by the supports as the apparatus is propelled therealong such that the engaging elements engage and deflect away from the principle axis obstructions which are larger than a predetermined size and/or which protrude by a predetermined amount from the seabed. The engaging elements can be plurality of tines which depend from flanks 22a, 22b. In an alternative embodiment, there is provided method for clearing a seabed, by lowering a subsea clearance apparatus from a vessel to a seabed and propelling the apparatus along the seabed. Then, one or more engaging elements engage and deflect away from a principal propelling axis obstructions which are larger than a predetermined size and/or protrude by a predetermined extent from the seabed.
Patent GB-2574213-A (GB)
Title: Work machine with travel mode and secondary steering controls
Inventor: OLIVER VON BORNSTAEDT
IPC: B62D1/22
Filed: 2018-05-30
Abstract: A work machine (1, Figure 1) has a tool actuation system and primary and secondary steering controls 60, 61, for example a steering wheel 60 and a joystick 61, and is operable in both low and higher speed modes (typically a first and a second gear) in both work mode and travel mode. A user operable travel mode control 50' is arranged to disable both the tool actuation system and the secondary steering control 61 when travel mode is selected, optionally by depressurising a common pilot supply 17 of pressurised fluid to pilot valves 11, 64 of the tool actuation and steering systems. Typically, the secondary steering may be disabled by a deselector control 51', operated before travel mode can be selected. In one embodiment, the vehicle is limited in the work mode to a maximum speed above that of first gear but below the maximum travel speed of the machine.