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Patent GB-2509804-A (GB)
Title: Multi-core armoured downhole cable uses fluoropolymer insulation
Inventor: PATEL DARREN LINDSAY
IPC: H01B3/44
Filed: 2013-09-18
Abstract: The cable comprises three or more conductors 1 and respective insulator layers 2. The conductors and the insulators extend helically along a longitudinal axis of the cable and the insulator layers are axially external to the conductors. A barrier layer 5 and a jacket layer 6 may also be present. The armouring layers consist of oppositely-helically-wound layers of a plurality of wires 7, 8. The first insulator layer comprises a first fluoropolymer. Many polymer and copolymer compositions are described and claimed. A method of manufacturing said cable, and a method for transmitting electricity downhole using the cable are both described.
Patent GB-2519374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to foam filled honeycomb structures
Inventor: MEYER FRANCIS
IPC: B29D99/00
Filed: 2013-10-21
Abstract: Spherical heat foamable pellets 2 are used for reinforcing honeycomb structures 4. The pellets 2 are of average diameter from 0.5 mm to 0.9 mm and preferably at least 80% of the pellets 2 have a diameter in this range. The pellets 2 can form a free flowing stream 3 which can be poured into the cells of the honeycomb 4 where they can be foamed by heating to form a reinforcing foam which can also bond the honeycomb structure 4 to facing sheets. It is preferred that the pellets 2 are based on a thermosetting resin and contain a curing agent that can cure the foamed resin to produce an integral rigid reinforcing foam within the cells of the honeycomb.
Patent GB-2510015-A (GB)
Title: Shear blade adjustment
Inventor: STONECLIFFE DAVID
IPC: B23D15/00
Filed: 2013-01-18
Abstract: A method of operating a side trim or slitting shear comprising a first blade 6 and a second blade 7 comprises determining parameters of a material to be sheared and storing the determined parameters. In a control system the determined parameters are used to control adjustment of an angle formed between the first and second blades, which may be in the plane of the material. The determined parameters may include material thickness, strength, elongation to fracture, temperature and cutting feed length. The stiffness of the shear itself may be used as a further parameter for the control. In an alternative arrangement the shear may comprise a controller which controls a dynamic blade gap adjuster which may receive feedback from a downstream edge quality sensor which may comprise a laser scanner. The shear may include a mechanism to back-off the blade following a cutting stroke and prior to a return stroke. The back-off and gap adjuster may comprise the same hydraulic cylinders 102.
Patent GB-2520354-A (GB)
Title: Coring apparatus, kits and methods
Inventor: DUNMORE STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: E21B15/00
Filed: 2013-11-19
Abstract: A coring apparatus, generally used for coring a road surface, comprises a coring drill L for drilling out a core from material located underneath the drill and a mounting K for said drill; wherein the apparatus comprises a stabilisation system that can be used to maintain the drill at a desired orientation for drilling out said core. The stabilisation system comprising a ground contacting base G, with means for applying pressure to the base, A support E that can support weights, or on which a person can sit stand or kneel, may be part of the system. A pivotally mounted upright shaft or column may be part of the system and may be used to apply pressure directly or indirectly to the base. Also claimed is the ability of the coring drum to pivot about a vertical axis so that coring can be carried out at a second location.
Patent GB-2513455-A (GB)
Title: Generating checklists in a process control environment
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN DANIEL DEAN
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2014-02-27
Abstract: A method executed in a process control environment automatically generates, displays, and tracks check-lists according to assigned work items. The work items include information such as equipment, safety equipment, tools, target function, and target equipment. The check lists indicate the required equipment, tools, devices, parts, maintenance materials, manuals, and/or documents that are necessary to perform the target function on the target equipment. A check list is displayed on a user interface device, which tracks, internally or in cooperation with a supervisor engine, whether a user of the user interface device has checked off the items on the check list.
Patent GB-2525663-A (GB)
Title: Support for a device
Inventor: THOMPSON JOHN
IPC: H04M1/11
Filed: 2014-05-01
Abstract: A support 1 for a handheld communication device 3, the support has a first connector 5 arranged to connect to an electrical fitting (such as a light bulb socket) and a second connector 7 arranged to connect the support to a handheld communication device so that the device can be supported by the electrical fitting. Aspects include: the first connector may be electrically connectable to the electrical fitting; an electrical connector (23) may be provided for making an electrical connection with a communication device mounted on the support; a charging circuit (25) may be arranged between the first connector and the electrical connector.
Patent GB-2526287-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for determining reactant purity
Inventor: PROVOST MICHAEL
IPC: H01M8/06
Filed: 2014-05-19
Abstract: Fuel cell apparatus 10 configured to determine reactant purity, such as hydrogen 5. The hydrogen can be refined via a purifier 26 from a hydrogen source 5. The apparatus comprises; a first fuel cell 11 configured to generate electrical current from the electrochemical reaction between two reactants, with a first reactant inlet 13 configured to receive a test reactant comprising one of the two reactants from a first reactant source. The first cell 11 may be a reference cell and may also comprise a number of individual fuel cells located in a series connected configuration as a reference fuel stack 11. A second fuel cell 12 may be a test fuel cell which is configured to generate electrical current from the electrochemical reaction between the two reactants, having a second reactant inlet 14 configured to receive the test reactant from a second reactant source. The second fuel cell 12 may also comprise a number of individual fuel cells in a test fuel cell stack. A controller 20 is configured to apply an electrical load to each fuel cell11,12 and determine an electrical output 17,18 difference, ODt, between an electrical output of the first fuel cell 17 and an electrical output of the second fuel cell 18, and determine a difference between a predicted output difference ODt-1 and the determined electrical output difference. The controller is also configured to provide a purity output indicative of the test reactant purity at least based on the difference between the predicted and determined output difference.
Patent GB-2526585-A (GB)
Title: User location tracking
Inventor: CHAMI YOUSSEF
IPC: H04W4/90
Filed: 2014-05-28
Abstract: User location determining in a cellular network may be provided. It has application in a disaster or emergency situation. Geographical location information for one or more mobile terminals of the cellular network is received at a network entity (location service centre) of the cellular network from one or both of: a core network part of the cellular network; and a network management part of the cellular network. A message for communication from the network entity to another entity is then generated based on the received geographical location information. For instance, this may allow one or mobile terminal locations to be tracked and their locations may be reported.
Patent GB-2510786-A (GB)
Title: Channel lock filter fastening system for use with an air intake structure
Inventor: SIMMONS RANDY
IPC: B01D46/42
Filed: 2012-11-15
Abstract: A fastening system for applying a covering material over an opening of a structure. At least one elongated rail is secured to a fascia of the structure in extending fashion proximate the opening and exhibits a shape with a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a narrowed slot. A plurality of fasteners each include a planar shaped base installable through an accessible end location of each of the rails so as to be traversable along an interior channel defined in the rail. A further rotatable portion of each fastener projects from the base through the outwardly facing slot to be rotated from a first position aligning with and seating over perimeter defined receiving apertures of the covering material to a second position in order to affix the material.
Patent GB-2518720-A (GB)
Title: Control device for the pitch of blades and propeller
Inventor: FABRE ADRIEN JACQUES PHILIPPE
IPC: B64C11/30
Filed: 2014-07-21
Abstract: A control device of the pitch of blades of a rotor of a propeller comprises a radial shaft 6 and a pivot 8 connected to the foot 4 of a blade. Rotation of the radial shaft 6 drives the rotation of the pivot 8 for the modification of the pitch of the blade. The device includes an insert 12 fixed rigidly to the pivot 8. The radial shaft 6 is configured to drive in rotation the insert 12. At least one peg 24 passes through the insert 12 and the pivot 8 for transmission of the rotation of the insert 12 to the pivot 8. A heat insulation element 15 is arranged between the insert 12 and the pivot 8. The thermal conductivity of element 15 is less than the thermal conductivity of the pivot 8 and of the radial shaft 6.
Patent GB-2529188-A (GB)
Title: Computer controlled furniture and method
Inventor: THOMASON ANDY
IPC: A63F13/28
Filed: 2014-08-12
Abstract: A re-configurable item of furniture comprises at least a first reconfigurable portion comprising in turn a plurality of deformable cells , each having electrically operated valves to control a gas inflow to the respective cells from a gas inflow source 80, and a gas outflow from the respective cells, to thereby modify the pressure within respective cells, and a control unit 120 arranged to transmit control signals to a plurality of the electrically operated valves to modify the pressure within a plurality of the cells in a coordinated manner selected to generate a new configuration of support for a user of the furniture. The re-configurable item of furniture may be a chair which gives a physical feedback to the user in response to on-screen action in a video game. Also disclosed is a remote device 120 for generating instructions representative of a new configuration of the furniture in response to visual content being output by the remote device.
Patent GB-2532034-A (GB)
Title: A 3D visual-audio data comprehension method
Inventor: AARON LEE SMILES
IPC: G11B27/34
Filed: 2014-11-05
Abstract: A visual display (on eg. a touch screen device) allows visual data elements (eg. 3D shapes or voxels, fig. 11) representing objects, eg. waveforms (fig. 12) or musical phrases (fig. 16), to be manipulated via a users gestures (eg. screen swipes) in order to modify the data element for aural output. Figures 2 & 3 show the large sphere being made louder (ie. coming closer to a listener) and three smaller spheres becoming quieter (more distant). The data elements may form part of a soundstage for live performance.
Patent GB-2532288-A (GB)
Title: Integrated panel
Inventor: GIOVANNI BETTI
IPC: F24D3/12
Filed: 2014-11-17
Abstract: A panel comprising: a plurality of light sources 14, one or more fluid conduits 16 and a plurality of fins 12. The fluid conduits are thermally coupled to at least one fin; and each fin is arranged to diffuse light emitted by the light sources. The panel is bounded by an edge enclosing a panel area and the fins and light sources are disturbed throughout the panel area. The fins may form a discontinuous layer and comprise perforations. The panel may further comprise acoustic damping means 20 in the form of a passive acoustic absorbing material arranged above the fins. A substantial temperature gradient may be created between the fins and the ambient air. The total surface area of the fins may be greater than the area of the panel. The panel may be modular to define a continuous surface. The fins may be non-planar and comprise a light reflector portion 128. The panel may further comprise thermally conductive support members 22 to support and couple the fluid conduits and the fins.
Patent GB-2524377-A (GB)
Title: A data processing apparatus and method for multiplying floating point operands
Inventor: LUTZ DAVID RAYMOND
IPC: G06F7/499
Filed: 2015-01-30
Abstract: A floating point unit multiplies two normalized floating point numbers. The input exponents are used to calculate the result exponent for a normalized value. If this exponent indicates that the result will be subnormal, then a rounding value is shifted by the number of leading zeroes in the subnormal result. The rounding value is then added to the partial products produced by a Booth multiplier from the input mantissas. The result of the addition is then shifted by the same amount in the opposite direction to produce the subnormal result. A mask may also be shifted by the same amount as the rounding value, in order to identify guard and sticky bits in the result mantissa. These may then be used to adjust the value of the result mantissa. The unit may have normalization circuitry to ensure that the input values are normalized. The rounding constant may be dependent on the rounding mode.
Patent GB-2529271-A (GB)
Title: Meteorological hazard identification apparatus, moving craft and methods
Inventor: TRACHTMAN EYAL
IPC: G08G1/09
Filed: 2015-02-23
Abstract: A meteorological hazard identification apparatus which performs a method comprising receiving a plurality of measurement sample tracks, each of the measurement sample tracks having been generated by a moving craft, such as an aircraft, using a measurement device mounted on the craft. Each of the measurement sample tracks comprises a plurality of captured samples of one or more meteorological parameters, such as particle concentration, measured with respect to geographical co-ordinates providing a location of the captured sample. The method includes storing the plurality of sample tracks into a data store, retrieving each of the measurement tracks from the data store, combining the plurality of measurement tracks, to form, with respect to mapping information, a representation at geographical locations within a region, of a variation in the one of more meteorological parameters with respect to displacement within the region, and generating a representation of the variation of the one or more meteorological parameters with respect to displacement within the region with respect to a map of the Earth for access by one or more devices for display to users. Also disclosed is a method of protecting an aero engine in accordance with the hazard identified.
Patent GB-2536652-A (GB)
Title: Door arrangement
Inventor: HOWELL MORSE
IPC: E06B5/11
Filed: 2015-03-24
Abstract: The arrangement for preventing access through an opening in an enclosure comprises a door 2, a hinge 4, a first shoulder 14 fixed relative to the enclosure, and a second shoulder 16 projecting from the door, wherein the shoulders abut if the door is withdrawn perpendicularly to the plane of the opening. The arrangement may have a frame 10 secured to the enclosure adjacent the opening. The first shoulder may be aligned with the hinge, and extend into the opening from a majority or the entire peripheral edge of the frame. The arrangement may have a locking arrangement 18 comprising a spring 22 and handle 20. The door may comprise a composite material including a body 34 encased by a skin 30. There may be reinforcing elements 32, 36 between the body and the skin. Also claimed is an enclosure wherein the door arrangement occludes an opening in the enclosure.
Patent GB-2543346-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic router functionality in cellular networks
Inventor: TIMOTHY JAMES SPEIGHT
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: A wireless remote communication unit for communicating with a cellular network node and other wireless remote communication units is described. The wireless remote communication unit comprises: at least one transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular network node using either a first technology employed with mesh connectivity via at least one other wireless remote communication unit or a second technology employed with a direct connection; and a processor coupled to the at least one transceiver and arranged to: determine when the wireless remote communication unit moves out of coverage of the cellular network node 508 and, in response thereto, configure the wireless remote communication unit with mesh router functionality 518 that transfers data from one node to another node within a mesh network using the first technology based on, at least in part, information obtained from received first messages 516 using the first technology employed with mesh connectivity from at least one other wireless remote communication unit. The invention is suitable for overlaid cellular and Wi-Fi mesh networks, with devices that can connect to both radio access technologies, wherein a device can enter a mesh communication mode when it leaves cellular network coverage areas.
Patent GB-2530944-A (GB)
Title: Dryer having woven wire belt conveyor system
Inventor: BLACKOWIAK STEVE
IPC: F26B23/02
Filed: 2014-06-27
Abstract: A dryer (100A) includes a housing (102,104) and a woven wire belt conveyor assembly that extends through a drying chamber of the dryer. The woven wire belt is trained around a drive drum and a tensioning drum. To support the woven wire belt, there is provided a plurality of removable rollers or supports that engage the woven wire belt and support the same as the woven wire belt is driven through the drying chamber.
Patent GB-2546243-A (GB)
Title: Biomass, thermal pressure hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion
Inventor: CHRISTIAN ANDREW IAN TOLL
IPC: D21B1/36
Filed: 2015-12-23
Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a low density, fibrous primary lignocellulose biomass, particularly straw 10 for anaerobic digestion at large scale, i.e. >2 MWtb, which comprises a step that greatly increases the density of the straw through size reduction, moisture adjustment and compression, preferably in a horizontal auger ahead of loading and subsequent agitation of the resultant biomass in a pressure vessel 36 through an atmosphere of saturated steam providing heat for thermal-pressure hydrolysis and recovering treated biomass from the vessel. The primary lignocellulose biomass may be prepared in admixture with secondary biomass which may be manure-based. There is also provided a feedstock for anaerobic digestion comprising a fibrous primary lignocellulose biomass in a finely divided state, a secondary biomass providing anaerobically digestible nitrogen and aqueous liquid, the primary biomass having a disrupted cellular structure such that its inherent buoyancy in aqueous liquid is lost and digestible carbon is released and the mixture being in the form of an aqueous slurry in a sterilized state. The feedstock after thermal pressure hydrolysis may be anaerobically digested e.g. by wet mesophilic anaerobic digestion to achieve a high unit throughput and biomethane output thus allowing the deployment of the system at large scale within the anaerobic digestion industry.
Patent GB-2536115-A (GB)
Title: Intra-zone wear leveling for heat-assisted magnetic recording - shingled magnetic recording (HAMR-SMR) type storage devices
Inventor: ZVONIMIR Z BANDIC
IPC: G11B20/12
Filed: 2016-01-20
Abstract: A head-assisted magnetic recording shingled magnetic recording (HAMR-SMR) type storage device includes a control module and one or more magnetic recording layers partitioned into zones 70A, 70B. The control module is configured to write initial data 86A beginning at an initial logical address 1 of a zone. The initial logical address of the zone corresponds to an initial physical address 1 of the zone. Responsive to receiving a command from a host associated with the HAMR-SMR type storage device to reset the zone and write subsequent data 86B, the control module is further configured to reset the initial logical address 1 of the zone to a subsequent physical address 3 of the zone, and after resetting the initial logical address, write the subsequent data beginning at the initial logical address of the zone where the subsequent physical address may be different to the initial physical address.
Patent GB-2539772-A (GB)
Title: Hands-off steering wheel governed by pedestrian detection
Inventor: TIMOTHY D ZWICKY
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2016-05-04
Abstract: A vehicle may be steered without a driver's hands being on a vehicle steering control mechanism, typically a steering wheel 115. A presence of an object, such as a pedestrian, within a predetermined distance of the vehicle may be detected using data from at least one object detection sensor 110, for example a camera, radar or lidar, providing data to a passive safety system, a lane control system, a speed control system or a brake control system. A steering control mechanism hands-on mode can then be enabled based at least in part on the presence of the object, and optionally in part based on the vehicle speed or data from a remote server 125 or navigation system 111. Preferably a message is provided to the driver if the drivers hands are detected to not be on steering control mechanism 115.
Patent GB-2554039-A (GB)
Title: Coated Food Products
Inventor: HERMANN AUGUST SCHULTZ
IPC: A23P20/10
Filed: 2016-05-06
Abstract: A method for preparing a coating material for a food product comprises (i) a gel preparation stage in which a composition comprising an anionic polysaccharide is maintained at a pH of from 3.3-3.9 to increase its viscosity and (ii) a coating formation stage in which the gel is homogenised. The anionic polysaccharide is preferably an alginate. The polysaccharide may be present in the composition in an amount of from 1 to 10%, preferably 3 to 6%. The composition may include an acidic buffer, preferably selected from citric, lactic, acetic or ascorbic acids and their respective sodium salts. The coating material may include starches, plasticisers, smoke derivatives, hydrocolloids and/or insoluble fibres. The viscosity of the coating material may be least 20%, preferably at least 100% greater than the viscosity of the composition. The food product is preferably a skinless sausage, and may be co-extruded with the coating material. The method may include strengthening the coating by contacting with group 2 metal ions, preferably calcium. A coating composition or components thereof provided in kit form is also claimed. An apparatus for preparing a coated food product comprising a tank, a homogeniser, a coating device and a storage area is also claimed.
Patent GB-2535126-A (GB)
Title: Compressor shroud comprising a sealing element provided with a structure for driving and deflecting discharge air
Inventor: CHRISTOPHE SCHOLTES
IPC: F04D29/56
Filed: 2014-12-17
Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor shroud for an aircraft turbomachine, said shroud (20) being arranged between two rotating bladed wheels (16) and radially perpendicularly to a stator (12), and comprising a sealing device (30) comprising at least one sealing element (32), one of which is a downstream sealing element (32a) whereon a downstream-projecting structure (44) for driving and deviating air is provided, said structure being designed to axially straighten the discharge air coming from the sealing element (32a).