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Patent GB-2476689-A (GB)
Title: Energy-saving power converter
Inventor: WANG KUAN CHUN
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2010-03-26
Abstract: The energy-saving power converter 4 has a suspend or standby mode. The power converter includes an output port 45 for being electrically connected to the electricity consuming device, e.g. a laptop computer; a voltage-transforming or converting unit for outputting an output voltage appropriate to the needs of the electricity consuming device; a sensor (47, fig 4) for assessing the electricity consuming mode of the electricity consuming device in accordance with the output of the transforming or converting unit and a switch (460, fig 4) for user-selectively determining whether the sensor is to be powered. A mechanical, micro-power wake-up unit 49 is further provided to generate a wake up signal for activating the voltage-transforming unit to provide power normally. The invention therefore solves the problem of unnecessary energy consumption resulted from a constant voltage conversion during the course when the electricity consuming device need not be supplied with power.
Patent GB-2479535-A (GB)
Title: Current limiter for a vehicle power distribution network
Inventor: PALETHORPE BENJAMIN
IPC: H02H3/02
Filed: 2010-04-13
Abstract: An electrical power distribution network for an aircraft or watercraft 1, 20 comprises an electric storage element 6, 26, 36, a solid state current limiter 2, 22 configured to limit an electric current between a load and a generation element and/or the electric storage element, the electric current passing through the solid state current limiter 2, 22, and a solid state switch 3, 23 configured to interrupt the electric current that passes through the solid state current limiter 2,22. The switch is an active device. It may be coupled within a rectifier bridge to allow bi-directional control.
Patent GB-2481862-A (GB)
Title: Food management device having a label printer
Inventor: O'BRIEN PAUL JASON
IPC: B41J3/407
Filed: 2010-07-10
Abstract: A food management device 100 comprises an actuator 108 that is responsive to operation by a user to generate an actuation signal; a clock module (106, Fig.1) configured to output a clock signal indicative of the current date; a printer (110, Fig.1) for printing the current date on an adhesive label 121 and to dispense that printed label 121 to a user; and a controller (104, Fig.1) coupled to the actuator 108, the clock module (106, Fig.1) and the printer (110, Fig.1). The controller (104, Fig.1) is configured to determine the current date from said clock signal, and is responsive to the actuation signal from the actuator 108 to control the printer (110, Fig.1) to print the current date on an adhesive label 121 and dispense said printed adhesive label 121 to the user. The user can then affix the label to a partially consumed food item so that they subsequently know exactly when that food item was opened. The device 100 may be mounted onto a refrigerator or freezer via magnets (126, Fig.3).
Patent GB-2468464-A (GB)
Title: Articles of clothing
Inventor: ASHMORE CLARE ELIZABETH
IPC: A41B11/12
Filed: 2009-10-01
Abstract: An article of clothing, or a part thereof or an accessory therefor, comprises a fabric formed at least partly from fibres having a diameter of up to 1 µm.
Patent GB-2470327-A (GB)
Title: Visual inspection device
Inventor: SCHNEIDER SCOTT
IPC: G02B23/24
Filed: 2009-03-06
Abstract: A visual inspection device includes a body having a support portion and a grip portion extending from the support portion. The body defines a cavity. The device also includes a flexible cable having a first end portion coupled to the body and a second end portion, and a camera assembly coupled to the second end portion of the flexible cable. The camera assembly includes an image sensor and a light source. The image sensor is operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable. The device further includes a display supported by the support portion of the body. The display is electrically coupled to the flexible cable to display images captured by the image sensor. The device also includes a rechargeable battery pack removably coupled to the body.
Patent GB-2472159-A (GB)
Title: Fibre Optic Connector Assembly with resilient leg, guard cover and notches and/or protrusions
Inventor: ADAMS DARREN
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2009-02-26
Abstract: A fibre optic connector has connector plug(s) 10 and resilient leg(s) 20 depending from the connector plug and having one or more lugs 25 formed thereupon for engagement with a flange of a fibre optic socket; and a guard cover 30 configured to prevent access to a distal end of the resilient leg in its direction of depression, but to permit access to the resilient leg in a longitudinal direction for its depression. The guard cover has a bridge over the resilient leg with supports surrounding the resilient leg and a span joining the supports and spaced from the resilient leg. The underside of the bridge span has one or more notches and/or one or more protrusions. A kit comprising the connector and an associated tool (100, Figure 3) or a cap for removal of the connector from a socket is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2470704-A (GB)
Title: Isolation valve with corrosion protected and heat transfer enhanced valve actuator and closure apparatus and method
Inventor: GROUT KEVIN
IPC: F16K27/02
Filed: 2009-04-06
Abstract: An isolation valve (10) includes a shield (130) that surrounds and protects the valve closure actuator components (78, 82, 84) from exposure to corrosive fluids that flow through the valve (10) when the valve is open.
Patent GB-2484539-A (GB)
Title: Thermal energy store for use with a heating or cooling system
Inventor: LIPINSKI THOMAS
IPC: F24H7/02
Filed: 2010-10-15
Abstract: The thermal store comprises a vessel 2 and a heat exchanger 10. The heat exchanger is mounted within the vessel and includes first and second fluid flow paths that are separate from one another. The vessel is adapted to receive a liquid phase change material and may include a lid 3 that forms a hermetic seal with the vessel. The heat exchanger may be removable from the vessel and comprise a plurality of laminar plates 11, wherein each plate includes a first and a second conduit on either side of the plate, the conduits being arranged in a spiral pattern and forming part of the first and second fluid flow paths. The plates may include connection elements 12 to interconnect the plates to form a modular heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be submerged in the phase change material. The thermal store may be incorporated in a heating or cooling system, in which the first fluid flow path is used to charge the thermal store and the second fluid flow path to discharge the thermal store. A modular heat exchanger plate and method of installing a thermal energy store are also claimed.
Patent GB-2474589-A (GB)
Title: Improved glove for sports people and tradesmen
Inventor: MCDONALD MARTIN ANTONY
IPC: A41D19/015
Filed: 2008-04-16
Abstract: A gfove (10) for use by sports people and tradesmen includes a partial hand covering portion (12) having openings through which fingers and thumb can protrude. There is also a wrist covering portion (14) connected to the hand covering portion. The hand and wrist covering portions are adapted to absorb sweat. The glove also includes gripping means (18) formed on the palm side of the hand covering portion, and means for retaining the position of the glove during hand movement at locations where the hand covering portion meets the fingers and thumb and where the wrist covering portion meets the arm.
Patent GB-2486016-A (GB)
Title: Control of storage devices in an electric power network
Inventor: RUTHERFORD CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H02J3/32
Filed: 2010-12-02
Abstract: A method of controlling the transfer of electricity between a collection of a plurality of electricity storage devices 110, having a communication line therebetween, and an electrical power network comprises receiving a message at a first electricity providing device 110A from a controlling device 310 and, in response to the message: transferring electricity between the first storage device and the power network; and sending, from the first storage device 11A to a second electricity storage device 110B, a second message containing data in response to which the second electricity providing device transfers electricity to or from the electrical power network. The controller 310 can be a server or a further storage device and receive an acknowledgement from the first device in response to the transfer of electricity and receipt of an acknowledgement form the second device. Storage devices can store an identifier that identifies the second storage device, which can be updated depending upon the reliability of its communication line, which therefore influences the routing of messages through a collection of supply nodes. The storage devices can comprise a battery bank (fig 2, 210) which transfers energy to or from the network and whose energy can be periodically measured and sent with an identifier to the first device.
Patent GB-2478862-A (GB)
Title: Marine barrier system incorporating an optic fibre net
Inventor: IFFERGAN DAVID
IPC: B63G9/04
Filed: 2011-03-18
Abstract: A marine barrier system 10 for establishing a secure marine perimeter comprises at least two uprights 34 extending to a predetermined height and an optic fibre net 14 extending from a first predetermined point above the surface of the body of water to a second predetermined point below the surface of the body of water. The optic fibre net includes at least one optic fibre (108, Fig 7) with an input end (112, Fig 7) and an output end (116, Fig 7). The barrier system also comprises a light transmitter (114, Fig 7) connected to the input end to introduce an input optic signal into the optic fibre, a light receiver (118, Fig 7) connected to the output end to receive an output optic signal from the optic fibre, and a processor (120, Fig 7) to compare the output optic signal with the input optic signal and generate an alarm if a difference between the input optic signal and the output optic signal exceeds a predetermined alarm threshold. A marine barrier system supported by a subsea buoy is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2478083-A (GB)
Title: Method of deep resistivity transient measurement while drilling
Inventor: REIDERMAN ARCADY
IPC: G01V3/28
Filed: 2009-11-16
Abstract: A transient electromagnetic signal is recorded in an earth formation in the presence of a pipe having a finite conductivity. A portion of the signal dominated by the pipe signal is analyzed to determine a functional representation, extrapolated back to a time interval where the formation signal is present and subtracted from the recorded signal to provide a corrected signal.
Patent GB-2493537-A (GB)
Title: Forming a layered structure
Inventor: SIDHU JAGJIT
IPC: B23K5/18
Filed: 2011-08-10
Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a layered structure. At least one raised 5 area (202) is formed on a work piece (200 e.g. by casting forging or cold working, a structure (302) is formed on the raised area using an Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) process e.g. by laser sintering of metal powder or by solid wire arc deposition.
Patent GB-2484778-A (GB)
Title: Commutation control of an electrical machine
Inventor: HANPING DAI
IPC: H02P6/00
Filed: 2011-09-21
Abstract: A method of controlling an electrical machine comprises commutating a phase winding of the electrical machine at a time T_COM(1) after a first edge and at a time T_COM(2) after a second edge of a rotor-position signal. T_COM(2) is defined by the equation: T_COM(2) = T_COM(1) + T_AVE â   T_PD, where T_AVE is an average period between edges of the rotor-position signal, and T_PD is the period between the first and second edges. The electrical machine may be a brushless motor having a four-pole permanent magnet rotor and a stator comprising a pair of c-shaped cores that define four stator poles. A control system comprises a rectifier, a DC link filter , an inverter, a gate driver module, a current sensor, a rotor position sensor and a controller. The rotor position sensor may be a Hall-effect sensor, an optical encoder or based on the back EMF induced in a non-excited phase winding.
Patent GB-2497599-A (GB)
Title: Tent for motorcyclists
Inventor: SEAMAN JOHN
IPC: E04H15/00
Filed: 2012-01-26
Abstract: A tunnel-shaped tent with a semi-elliptical profile that can accommodate a motorcycle and a motorcyclist standing upright as well as providing space for sleeping, optionally within a separate inner tent or on a separate groundsheet. Requiring minimal flexible poles, pegs and guy ropes, the tent is quick and easy to erect while still being small and light enough when packed to be safely carried on a touring motorcycle. The tunnel shape ensures the tent can withstand occasional inclement weather.
Patent GB-2486099-A (GB)
Title: System and method for anchoring an expandable tubular to a borehole wall
Inventor: WUBBEN ANTONIUS LEONARDUS MARIA
IPC: E21B23/01
Filed: 2010-08-26
Abstract: The present invention provides a system for anchoring an expandable tubular to a borehole wall. The system comprises a support member having a first end fixed relative to the outside of the tubular and a second end comprising a ramping surface. An anchor member has a first end fixed relative to the outside of the tubular and a second end extending toward the support member, said second end being movable relative to the outside of the tubular. Said support member includes a ramp surface that tapers in the direction of said anchor member. Expansion of the portion of the expandable tubular between the first support end and the first anchor end causes the axial device length to shorten, wherein the difference in length is sufficient to cause the second anchor end to move radially outward and engage the borehole wall as a result of engagement with said ramping surface.
Patent GB-2485937-A (GB)
Title: Bearing support system for free-piston stirling machines
Inventor: BERCHOWITZ DAVID M
IPC: F02G1/043
Filed: 2010-09-02
Abstract: A bearing support system for a piston and its connecting rod in which the bearing system supports the combined piston and connecting rod by only two bearings, a gas bearing at the power piston (or displacer) and a radially acting spring bearing at its connecting rod. The spacing between them meets prescribed relationships and preferably exceeds a calculated value based upon chosen engineering parameters. A non-compliant connecting rod is fixed to an end of a piston which has a clearance seal length in the range of 0.3 times the diameter of the piston and 1.5 times the diameter of the piston. The distance from the gas bearing to the effective point of connection of the radially acting spring bearing to the connecting rod is greater than the seal length of the piston.
Patent GB-2501767-A (GB)
Title: Noise cancelling headset
Inventor: BENSON SIMON MARK
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2012-05-04
Abstract: A noise cancelling headset 10 has a pair of earpieces 20,30 so that, in use, a user is inhibited from hearing sounds from the user's environment. The earpieces 20,30 have transducers 50 for reproducing sounds from an input audio signal. A microphone 70 generates a captured audio signal of sounds from the user's environment. A detector 100 detects the presence of characteristic sounds, for example an alarm, in the captured audio signal and a controller 110 transmits the captured audio signal to the transducers 50 in response to a detection of a characteristic sound. The headset 10 may be used in a head mounted display HMD (fig 6).
Patent GB-2489119-A (GB)
Title: Inductive downhole tool having multilayer transmitter and receiver and related methods
Inventor: DAVIES EVAN L
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2009-10-09
Abstract: A downhole tool including a transmitter coil assembly and a receiver coil assembly. The coil assembly includes at least one first coil having a first support member with a first single layer of wire wound therearound. The coil assembly further includes at least one second coil. The second coil includes a second support member having a second single layer of wire wound therearound. The first support member is disposed within the second support member, and the first single layer spaced apart from the second single wire by a distance of D.
Patent GB-2492904-A (GB)
Title: Fibrous structures
Inventor: MANIFOLD JOHN ALLEN
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2011-02-02
Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Flexural Rigidity (GM Flexural Rigidity or GMFLex) as measured according to the Flexural Rigidity Test Method described herein to Dry Burst (DB) as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method described herein ratio (GMFlex/DB ratio) of less than 0.26 and a Density of less than 0.10 g/cm3 as measured according to the Test Methods described herein are provided.
Patent GB-2502177-A (GB)
Title: A fifth wheel coupling device
Inventor: MCCORD PAUL
IPC: B60D1/01
Filed: 2013-02-14
Abstract: A fifth wheel coupling device 14 comprising a latching mechanism 20 operable into and out of a latching state, and a locking system. The locking system comprises a locking device 52 for locking the latching mechanism in a latched state, and wireless communication means for communicating wirelessly with a user device 71, for example a mobile telephone. The locking system is provided with an activation means 56 operable in response to a signal received wirelessly from the user device to operate said locking device. The coupling device may comprise a body shaped to define a socket 16 for receiving a male coupling member, for example a kingpin 18, and the latching mechanism is operable into and out of the latched state in which it prevents the coupling member from being decoupled from the body. The coupling device may comprise a global positioning device receiver or transceiver 69. The activation means may be operable based on determination of location based on data received from the global positioning device.
Patent GB-2500316-A (GB)
Title: Self-aligning spherical backseat assembly
Inventor: PRACHAKVEJ THEERAPONG
IPC: F16K3/02
Filed: 2013-03-08
Abstract: A gate valve assembly 11 comprises a body 13, a gate 17, a stem 21, and a backseat 45 for sealing between the stem 21 and the body 13. The backseat 45 is an annular member (47, Fig. 2) with a complementary surface on its inside that fits over a spherically shaped section of the stem 21, thus allowing the backseat 45 to rotate and pivot with respect to the stem. An outer surface of the backseat is bevelled for sealingly engaging a stem passage 22 formed through the body 13. A flex element (67, Fig. 2) is provided for sealing a surface adjacent the backseat. The flex element forms a seal between the backseat member 47 and the stem 21or between an annular retainer (63, Fig. 2) and the backseat.
Patent GB-2503634-A (GB)
Title: Facilitating routing by selectively aggregating contiguous data units
Inventor: HAYNIE HOWARD MICHAEL
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2012-05-09
Abstract: Aggregation of contiguous data packets, such as contiguous I/O adapter stores, is disclosed. Commensurate with receiving data packets to be written to a memory, multiple contiguous data units of the data packets are aggregated into an aggregated data block. The aggregated data block is validated for writing to memory responsive to either the aggregated data block reaching a size which with inclusion of a next contiguous data unit in the aggregated data block would result in the aggregated data block exceeding a configurable size limit, or a next data unit of the plurality of data units to be written to memory being non-contiguous with the multiple contiguous data units.
Patent GB-2520761-A (GB)
Title: Pyrotechnic torch
Inventor: REID JOHN NICHOLAS
IPC: F42B33/06
Filed: 2013-12-02
Abstract: A pyrotechnic torch has a casing 12, a propellant 16 comprising a fuel and an oxidising agent within the casing 12. A starter mixture 22 which is ignitable at a lower temperature than the propellant 16 is arranged at one end of the casing 12. Also present is an igniter 24 for initiating combustion of the starter mixture 22. The igniter 24 comprises an electrical resistor and an electrical circuit for applying a high energy electric current pulse through the resistor to raise the temperature of the resistor to the ignition temperature of the starter mixture 22.
Patent GB-2508109-A (GB)
Title: Detection of abnormal operation caused by interrupt process
Inventor: SHIRATORI TOSHIYUKI
IPC: G06F11/00
Filed: 2012-07-25
Abstract: The invention provides a controller that controls an interrupt process in a multiple-interrupt system. The controller (100) has: multiple watchdog timers (WDTs; 21 to 23), each provided for each of multiple interrupt priority levels; interrupt priority level selectors (11 to 13) that receive an interrupt request signal, and in accordance with the interrupt request signal's priority level, output a start signal to the corresponding WDT; and an interrupt process circuit (31) that when a WDT times out, outputs an interrupt request signal having a priority level at least one level higher than the priority level corresponding to the applicable WDT, to a processor. If multiple interrupt causes have been assigned to a single interrupt priority level, the interrupt process circuit gives priority to an interrupt request signal that is caused by a timeout of a WDT with a lower priority level than said single interrupt priority level, thereby detecting that abnormal operation has occurred in an interrupt process having said lower priority level.
Patent GB-2525164-A (GB)
Title: Travel bag system
Inventor: MACINTYRE LEANNE JANE
IPC: A45C13/02
Filed: 2014-03-11
Abstract: A travel bag system comprises a bag (10, figure 2) having a substantially rectangular base and an opening at the top, the system further comprises at least one substantially rectangular, rigid or semi-rigid, tray 38 having at least one compartment 38c, said tray being fixed or removably received within the bag. The travel bag system is particularly useful for the storage and transport of equipment and clothes required for babies and young children. Also disclosed is a travel bag system including a rucksack (24, figure 2) removably attachable to one end of a bag. Further disclosed is a travel bag including a cover which may lie substantially flat on a surface when the cover is in an open configuration (figure 3). Further disclosed is a portable wardrobe (figure 11).
Patent GB-2526767-A (GB)
Title: Combined inhibition of caspase-2 and caspase-6 in neuroprotection and axon regeneration
Inventor: AHMED ZUBAIR
IPC: C12N15/113
Filed: 2014-03-11
Abstract: The use of agents for the inhibition of caspase-2 and caspase-6 in the protection of central and peripheral neurons is disclosed. In particular, the invention comprises an inhibitor of caspase-2 for use in the treatment of a disease, a disorder or an injury of the nervous system by combined, sequential or separate administration with an inhibitor of caspase-6. Further provided is a composition comprising an inhibitor of caspase-2 and an inhibitor of caspase-6. The diseases may include ocular disorders or injuries, including ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) or other optical neuropathies.
Patent GB-2509662-A (GB)
Title: Automatically configurable video systems with multiple sources and method of configuring video systems
Inventor: JEDRZEJEWSKI MARK J
IPC: G06F3/14
Filed: 2011-10-27
Abstract: An automatically-configurable video system having multiple video sources. Upon system powerup, if an external video signal is present, it is automatically routed to a display. If it is not present, and if a graphics subsystem video signal is present, that signal is automatically routed to the display, and if the graphics subsystem video signal is also not present, a video signal from a primary video subsystem is routed to the display.