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Patent GB-2501462-A (GB)
Title: Structural fixing
Inventor: MULLINEAUX STEVEN
IPC: E04B1/41
Filed: 2012-03-26
Abstract: A structural fixing 101 for strengthening a wall, comprises: an elongate body (201, Fig 1) including a plurality of helical fins 203a, 203b, 203c, wherein at least one of the fins 203a has a greater radial dimension L from the longitudinal axis of the body than the other fins. Also defined is a method of making a structural fixing which comprises the steps of: providing a wire, and drawing the wire through rollers, wherein the faces of the rollers are configured to form the wire into a plurality of fins, wherein at least one of the fins has a greater radial dimension from the longitudinal axis of the body than the other fins.
Patent GB-2500622-A (GB)
Title: Tool for temporarily retaining bush on bolt
Inventor: ORTIZ JOSE LUIS LOPEZ
IPC: F16B41/00
Filed: 2012-03-27
Abstract: A tool 1 temporarily retains a bush or washer 3 on each of one or more bolts 5, for example during assembly of parts 9 to vehicle engines. The tool includes spaced first and second engagement members (11, 13, Figure 1), which define a slot (14, Figure 1) open at one end (14L, Figure 1). Preferably, the tool 1 slides into valleys (17, Figure 3) between teeth (16, Figure 3) on the bolt thread(s) (19, Figure 3). The tool 1 may have a handle 15, and may be moulded plastic, stamped or cut metal, or of composite construction. There may be three or more engagement members defining two or more slots, and each slot may be tapered and/or curved at the open end. An assembly system and method are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2501469-A (GB)
Title: Elevating security privileges for creation and use of component object model (COM) objects without escalating to administrator profile.
Inventor: GOODRIDGE JOHN
IPC: G06F9/54
Filed: 2012-04-16
Abstract: Component object model (COM) objects are created and used by a user without the need to upgrade to administrator privileges by using a black and white list of COM policies which is administered by software which sits between existing software structures, intercepts calls to create and use COM objects, and allows/denies them according to the predefined security policies. This bypasses the need for a user to obtain administrator privileges by customising the security access control to a much more granular level than the standard Microsoft (RTM) user account control (UAC) system. A COM creating unit 800 intercepts a request for creation of an elevated COM object by a first user process, determines whether the first user process is entitled to access the COM object, and creates the COM object without elevated privileges. A COM implementing unit intercepts a second user process that implements the COM object, confirms that the second user process is entitled to access the COM object and elevates the privilege level of the second user process to implement the elevated COM object.
Patent GB-2491693-A (GB)
Title: Structural health management with active control using elasticity measurement.
Inventor: HINNANT HARRIS O JR
IPC: B64C13/16
Filed: 2012-05-15
Abstract: A system and method for actively controlling a structure identifies a non-optimal event in real-time based on at least one real-time elasticity measurement if an event threshold exceeds a predetermined value. This could be an elasticity measurement of the body of an aircraft in response to external forces acting on the aircraft. An active control command is then fed to a control mechanism in real-time to compensate for the non-optimal event. A stored database of aeroelsatic measurements may be used and updated in real time.
Patent GB-2491045-A (GB)
Title: Determining damage to, or remaining useful life of, rotating machinery eg drive trains, gearboxes and generators of wind and water turbines
Inventor: POON ANDY
IPC: F03D11/00
Filed: 2012-05-21
Abstract: A method for predicting remaining useful life of a wind or water turbine or a component thereof determines in step 116 an accumulated damage and compares this in step 118 to preset damage limit obtained in step114. This provides a simple approach to estimating remaining useful life, giving the turbine operator an indication of the condition of turbines or farms under management. A method of determining damage to a wind turbine, water turbine or a component thereof, comprises providing data relating to at least one operating condition (eg temperature, lubricant contamination level, lubricant age); providing at least one damage coefficient relating to the operating condition(s), and calculating the damage as a function of the operating condition(s) and the damage coefficient(s). The damage coefficients are obtained from assessing damage to the wind or water turbine or a component thereof under field operating conditions and under rated operating conditions, respectively, of the same duration.
Patent GB-2503664-A (GB)
Title: Processing links
Inventor: FRANKS RICHARD
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2012-07-02
Abstract: A method of link processing in a browser comprises receiving a web page, such as search results from a search engine, scanning the page for a link to a first predetermined address and modifying the link so that a user using the link is routed to a second predetermined address. The method may be performed by a program downloaded via a site or delivered in another way, the method further comprising routing the user to the first predetermined address together with information identifying an entity associated with the site or alternative delivery method.
Patent GB-2504778-A (GB)
Title: Automated gas pressure regulator
Inventor: SEARLE MATTHEW
IPC: A61B17/135
Filed: 2012-08-10
Abstract: An automated pressure regulator 60 includes an inlet port 72 configured to engage a pressurized gas bottle 58 to receive pressurized gas therefrom, and an outlet port 74 that may be sealably coupled to an inflatable bladder. The inlet port 72 is in fluid communication with the outlet port 74. The pressure regulator 60 further comprises a moveable check valve, such as a piston 64, disposed between the inlet port 72 and the outlet port 74. A gas seal 88 is engageable with an outer surface 90 of the check valve 64 and is configured so that, upon positive engagement by the check valve 64, the inlet 72 is isolated from the outlet 74. A spring 76 abuts the inner surface 80 of the check valve 64. The spring 76 positively biases the valve 64 against the seal 88 to selectively isolate the inlet port 72 and outlet port 74 when a predetermined closure pressure is exerted on an inner surface 80 of the check valve 64, by a combination of bias applied by the spring 76 and a gas pressure acting on the internal surface 80.
Patent GB-2498861-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat back rest having remote operating unit
Inventor: PLESKOT ANDRZEJ
IPC: B60N2/22
Filed: 2013-01-21
Abstract: A motor vehicle seat 200 which has an adjustment arrangement 100 for adjusting a motor vehicle seat 200, in particular a discontinuous adjustment device 100 for adjusting a backrest position of the motor vehicle seat 200. The seat 200 comprising at least one locking arrangement (110, Figure 1) with a rotation axis 150a, about which a backrest part 10 and a seat part 20 are able to be folded with respect to one another. An adapter arrangement (40, Figure 1) is provided, by which an operating unit 120 is able to be arranged remote form the rotation axis 150a. Preferably the adapter (40) is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the locking arrangement (110). The operating unit 120 unit comprise an actuatable lever. A translation unit (140, Figure 1) may be provided to realise a force translation from the operating unit 120 to the rotational axis 150a. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting a vehicle seat having at least two locking arrangements.
Patent GB-2510197-A (GB)
Title: Fan assembly nozzle
Inventor: STANIFORTH MARK JOSEPH
IPC: F24F8/30
Filed: 2013-01-29
Abstract: A fan assembly comprises a nozzle 14 having first 16 and second 18 casing sections, at least one air inlet (28, fig 7) at least one air outlet 30, 60, and an interior passage (46, 68) for conveying air from said at least one air inlet to said at least one air outlet. The nozzle defines a bore 20 through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by air emitted from the nozzle (induced). The nozzle is detachably mounted on a body 12, which comprises a flow generating means (fan) (90, fig 11) for generating an air flow through the interior passage. The first casing is detachable from the second casing, with the first casing defining, at least in part, the interior passage. The first casing is detachable from the second casing only when the nozzle is detached from the body. The first and second casings may be connected by snap fit connections (52). The first casing may comprise a base 56 graspable by a user to detach the first casing from the second casing. The nozzle may be attached to the body by a nozzle retention means (220, 228, figs 17 & 18).
Patent GB-2510393-A (GB)
Title: An envelope-tracking amplifier with a linear amplifier having an output offset current for improved efficiency
Inventor: WIMPENNY GERARD
IPC: H03F1/02
Filed: 2013-02-01
Abstract: The dissipations in the sourcing 250 and sinking 252 output portions of a linear amplifier in an envelope tracking power supply are made equal, despite the asymmetric nature of the envelope waveform (figure 4), by providing an offset current Ios that makes the average pull-up current less than the average pull-down current, thereby improving the efficiency of the output stage. The offset current may be fed through an inductor 256 from a controlled voltage Vsupply2 provided by a switch mode converter under control of a loop (figure 8) acting to equalise the dissipations in the sourcing and sinking parts. Alternatively the control loop may apply an offset current proportional to the difference between the mean and mid-point voltages of the envelope waveform
Patent GB-2513540-A (GB)
Title: Device for improving aerodynamics of vehicles
Inventor: DHIR ASHWYN
IPC: B62D37/02
Filed: 2013-02-08
Abstract: A device to manipulate a fluid flow around a towed vehicle 200 comprises a deflecting member 300 and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is configured to attach the deflecting member proximate a front side edge 212/214 of the towed vehicle. The deflecting member is configured to control flow around the front side edge of the vehicle, such that a wake extending from the side of the vehicle is reduced. The flow may be delayed in separating from the side of the vehicle. The device may be integral or removable from the vehicle, and may be designed to extend around a portion of the front side edge of the vehicle. The device may be in the shape of a tear drop aerofoil. There may be a gap of between 2-30cm between the device and the towed vehicle, defining a duct with an inlet and outlet, wherein the inlet may be 20%-50% larger than the outlet. There may be another device positioned on the same front side edge of the towed vehicle. The towed vehicle may be a caravan.
Patent GB-2512097-A (GB)
Title: Glove love
Inventor: HEATH KATHRYN
IPC: A41D19/00
Filed: 2013-03-20
Abstract: An article of clothing such as a mitten 5 includes a band 10 around the opening. The band 10 is provided with a first part of a two-part fastening device such as a zip, hook-and-loop material, stud fasteners or magnets. An attachment strap 15 is provided with the second part of the two-part fastening device. In use, the mitten 5 is put on the hand and the attachment strap 15 is looped tightly around the wrist of the wearer so that it cannot be pulled off. The two parts are then fastened together to secure the mitten 5 onto the wearer which may be useful for a child who is averse to wearing mittens 5. The band 10 and attachment strap 15 may be linked by a connecting strap 20 to prevent loss of the attachment strap 15 when it is not in use. Embodiments of the invention may also be used to secure gloves, socks, slippers, shoes and other garments for the extremities.
Patent GB-2513557-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent write caching for sequential tracks
Inventor: BEARDSLEY BRENT CAMERON
IPC: G06F12/12
Filed: 2011-08-18
Abstract: In a computing storage environment for destaging data from nonvolatile storage (NVS) to a storage unit, write caching for sequential tracks by a processor device is provided. When a first track is determined to be sequential, and an earlier track is also determined to be sequential, a temporal bit associated with the earlier track is cleared to allow for destage of data of the earlier track. If a temporal bit for one of a plurality of additional tracks in one of a plurality of strides in a modified cache is determined to be not set, a stride associated with the one of the plurality of additional tracks is selected for a destage operation. If the NVS exceeds a predetermined storage threshold, a predetermined one of the plurality of strides is selected for the destage operation.
Patent GB-2514110-A (GB)
Title: Electronic sight tube for visualising multiphase flow in a pipe
Inventor: HUNT ANDREW
IPC: G01N27/22
Filed: 2013-05-13
Abstract: A system for an electronic sight tube for visualising multiphase and other flows in industrial processes comprises a method and apparatus for monitoring one or more materials flowing in a pipe comprising a monitoring module coupled to the pipe and a calculation module adapted to provide output data representing mass per unit volume of one or more materials or mixtures of materials in the flow over at least a portion of the cross-sectional area of the interior of the pipe by processing at least one variable representing electrical permittivity of the material flowing in the pipe. Preferably the monitoring module comprises a transmitter system adapted to transmit electromagnetic signals and a receiver system adapted to receive electromagnetic signals, the transmitter and receiver systems comprising a plurality of electrodes located at angular positions around the circumference of the pipe; an analyser adapted to determine the difference between the transmitted and received electromagnetic signals; and a calculation module adapted to process the data representing the difference to provide output data representing density of one or more materials or mixtures of materials in the flow, the processing including at least one variable representing electrical permittivity of the mixture of the materials.
Patent GB-2499933-A (GB)
Title: Multilayer microfluidic probe head with immersion channels and fabrication thereof
Inventor: DELAMARCHE EMMANUEL
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2011-10-18
Abstract: The invention is directed to a microfluidic probe head (100) with a base layer (120) comprising: at least two processing liquid microchannel (123, 124) in fluid communication with a processing liquid aperture (121, 122) on a face of the base 10 layer; and an immersion liquid microchannel (223, 224) in fluid communication with a immersion liquid aperture (221, 222) on a face of the base layer, wherein the microfluidic probe head is configured to allow, in operation, processing liquid provided through the processing liquid aperture to merge into immersion liquid provided through the immersion liquid aperture. An additional layer can be provided 15 to close the microchannels. Such a multilayered head is compact and easier to fabricate than heads made with unitary construction. The head can further be interfaced with tubing using e.g. a standard fitting for tubing port.
Patent GB-2498911-A (GB)
Title: Inverter array with localized inverter control
Inventor: JOHNSON BRIAN
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 2011-11-18
Abstract: An apparatus for delivering AC power to an AC load may include a plurality of inverters to receive direct current (DC) power from a respective DC power source and respectively provide AC power to an AC load. The apparatus may further include a first controller to generate a first control signal based on total AC current and total AC voltage being delivered to the AC load by the plurality of inverters. The apparatus may further include a plurality of secondary controllers to each receive the first control signal and each produce a respective secondary control signal based on the first control signal. The respective secondary control signal for each of the plurality of secondary controllers is configured to control a corresponding one of the plurality of inverters to provide a portion of the AC power.
Patent GB-2518344-A (GB)
Title: Radar system
Inventor: HOBDEN MERVYN KEITH
IPC: H01P5/12
Filed: 2013-07-02
Abstract: A head unit for a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) millimetre-wave radar, which uses a waveguide assembly to couple transmit and receive ports to an antenna. The waveguide 102 comprises a right cylinder made of dielectric material with a quarter-wave air gap 104 along the axis of the cylinder acting as a beamsplitter, a transmit port 106 to direct radio waves from a source to the antenna, a receive port 108 that directs the return signal from the antenna to a receiver, an output port 107 that is directed to the antenna, and a load port 109 which is tuneable to optimise power transfer and minimise noise. The transmit, receive and load ports are coupled to the waveguide by means of conical impedance-matching transformers 110, 116. The beam path exiting the waveguide into the antenna partially shares a path with the return signal from the antenna, the antenna being able to rotate along an axis that is co-axial with the shared path.
Patent GB-2506961-A (GB)
Title: Vehicular ultrasonic sensor
Inventor: SCHUMANN MICHAEL
IPC: G01S15/931
Filed: 2013-07-18
Abstract: The sensor (30) of a vehicle 1 has a transmitter/receiver 2 and a second receiver 3 operating in a multistatic sonar configuration. The sensor determines the position of a target by measuring the times of flight of ultrasonic signals that are reflected from the target, and hence the distance to each receiver. If multiple reflectors 5, 6 are present, echoes at the different receivers 2, 3 may be incorrectly associated, leading to incorrect target positions 7, 8 being assumed. To correctly associate targets, the amplitude of the various returns at each receiver are compared, and returns of similar amplitude are assumed to come from the same target. Alternatively the integral of amplitude (energy) of the returns may be compared. Amplitudes may be corrected for range / propagation time. Targets may be stationary or static. The speed of the vehicle may be taken into account.
Patent GB-2510932-A (GB)
Title: An improved decoder for low-density parity-check codes
Inventor: OWEN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H03M13/11
Filed: 2013-08-27
Abstract: A configurable LDPC decoder, which supports many different LDPC codes having any sub-matrix size, comprises several independently addressable memories (504) which are used to store soft decision data for each bit node. The soft decision data is passed to the check nodes by a shuffling system (508). The decoder further comprises a number, P, of check node processing systems (304) which generate updated soft decision data. The updated values are then passed back to the memories via a further shuffling system (510). If the number of check nodes processed in parallel by the check node processing systems is PCNB (where Pâ¥PCNB) and the soft decision data for a bit node is of word size q bits, the total width of the independently addressable memories is larger than PCNB*q bits.
Patent GB-2518382-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus, method and computer program for capturing media items
Inventor: LEPPANEN JUSSI ARTTURI
IPC: G06K9/72
Filed: 2013-09-19
Abstract: An apparatus (1), method and computer program, the apparatus comprising: processing circuitry; and memory circuitry including computer program code; the memory circuitry and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to perform the following steps. Obtain 51 information (e.g. meta-data) associated with a plurality of media items (e.g. photos, videos or audio) wherein the plurality of media items are associated with a user of the apparatus, and the information provides an indication of situations which relate to each of the plurality of media items. Determine 52 a situation associated with the user of the apparatus. Compare 53 the determined situation with the situations indicated by the obtained information, and check 54 whether the determined situation differs from the situation indicated by the obtained information by at least a predetermined threshold value. If they do, identify a media item suggestion, and provide 56 this to the user of the apparatus. The media items could be created by another user. The situation associated with the user could comprise, among other things, a location, time of day, date or weather. The media item suggestion could take the form of recommendations for taking a photograph.
Patent GB-2518840-A (GB)
Title: A battery powered AC power source
Inventor: SMALES SHARLEIN
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2013-10-01
Abstract: A wireless AC power supply apparatus comprises a power supply unit 10 and a battery charging unit. The supply unit comprises two batteries 18, 20 that are each separately removable from docking points 14, 15 in the device for charging in a dedicated charging unit, a plurality of appliance sockets 22, a switch to allow power to be supplied to the sockets from one of the batteries through an inverter and battery charge indicators 24a, 24b for displaying remaining battery charge in each of the batteries 18, 20. Thus the power supply unit can supply AC power to a plurality of outlets from one battery whilst the other is charged in a dedicated charger unit. This eliminates the need for trailing cables when providing AC power to appliances a substantial distance away from a wall mounted mains outlet. The apparatus may additionally comprise resonance RF or magnetic induction wireless power transmission means to transmit power from the charger unit to the power supply unit 10.
Patent GB-2519605-A (GB)
Title: Image guided radiation therapy apparatus
Inventor: ARBER PHILIP LEE
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2013-10-28
Abstract: A radiation therapy apparatus with a radiation source has a ring shaped gantry with a static ring component and a dynamic ring component 1 upon which the radiation source is mounted. The dynamic ring component is rotatable about the ring centre and is provided in multiple arcuate parts 2a, 2b, 2c which can be assembled together to form the dynamic ring. Each arcuate part preferably includes bores tangential to the ring which align when it is assembled, to receive connector bolts (8,10,11, figure 3B). The bolts may engage with threaded pegs (9, figure 3B) which lie perpendicular to the bolts. Shim plates may be inserted between the arcuate parts and may have apertures for the passage of the bolts. The arcuate parts may be marked to identify their proper position and/or orientation in the assembly. They facilitate transport or movement of the gantry. The radiation therapy apparatus may be an image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) device incorporating a linac and an MRI device.