baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2589315-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner with projected display
Inventor: Kristian Richard Thomas King
IPC: G03B29/00
Filed: 2019-11-20
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner for cleaning a surface comprises a main body 60, a tool 10 with a connector end for connection to the main body and a cleaner end opposite the connector end, a projection surface 31, provided on the tool, for displaying projected information thereon and a projector 40 for casting a projection comprising the projected information onto the projection surface. Also disclosed is a vacuum cleaner comprising a wand 10 with a connector end and a cleaner end, a cleaner head provided at the cleaner end of the wand, a projection surface (35, fig 6a) for displaying projected information thereon and being configurable to be selectively provided at the cleaner end of the wand or at the connector end of the wand, a slidable mount (91, fig 6a) that is freely movable between the cleaner end and the connector end of the wand and a projector (41, fig 6a), mounted to the slidable mount, for casting a projection comprising the projected information onto the projection surface. Further disclosed is a detachable element configured for attachment to a tool of a vacuum cleaner comprising a projection surface for displaying projected information thereon and a projector for casting a projection comprising the projected information onto the projection surface.
Patent GB-2578529-A (GB)
Title: Power cables for electric submersible pump
Inventor: TOMA MILOUCHEV
IPC: H01B13/32
Filed: 2017-06-09
Abstract: The present disclosure describes a downwell pump three-phase power cable containing three power conductors each provided with at least one extruded polymeric insulating layer made of an insulating polymer selected from an ethylene copolymer or a fiuoropolymer, a metal tube in radial external position with respect to the insulating layer, and an extruded encapsulating layer embedding the three power conductors and made of a fiuoropolymer.
Patent GB-2587687-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for aircraft
Inventor: KAMRAN IQBAL
IPC: B64D33/08
Filed: 2020-03-11
Abstract: A thermal management system 100,200 has a skin portion 208 having a profile, and an energy storage device, such as a battery pack 202, with an outer profile 214 shaped to conform to the profile of the skin portion. Preferably the system is used in an aircraft, for example in a fuselage, nacelle, wing, over-wing fairing, belly fairing or tail cone 204. The skin may have an inner 24,210 and an outer profile 26,212, the profile of the batteries may be shaped to match either of the skin’s profiles, and be close to, preferably touching, the inner profile of the skin, alternatively the battery may itself form a surface of the skin. The skin may have a plate to conduct heat away from the battery along a conductive path toward a cooling fluid temperature regulation region, such as an external airflow. The heat transfer plate may extend partially, or completely, through the skin towards the battery. The system may allow for passive cooling of aircraft batteries in a compact, space-saving manner.
Patent GB-2593452-A (GB)
Title: Use of lactoferrin
Inventor: ZIHUA AO
IPC: A61P31/14
Filed: 2020-03-16
Abstract: A composition comprising lactoferrin for treating and/ or preventing 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in a subject. The daily dosage can be between 1 mg/day to about 50 g/day. The composition can be a nutritional composition. The composition can be intended for a paediatric subject or an adult. The composition can be a synthetic composition. The composition can comprise at least one of or a combination of an excipient, a binder, a disintegrant, a diluent, a glidant, a solubilizer, a lubricant, a flavouring agent.
Patent GB-2581598-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for making content liquid foamy for discharge and systems and methods thereof
Inventor: CHRIS KING
IPC: B05B11/00
Filed: 2018-10-15
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for making content liquid foamy for discharge are described herein. A dispenser for making content liquid discharge foamy by mixing air flow from an air chamber with the content liquid flow from a liquid chamber can be provided. The dispenser can comprise a mixing chamber configured to mix air and content liquid; a porous member between an air passage from the air chamber and the mixing chamber; and a liquid passage from the liquid chamber to the mixing chamber. The liquid passage can have a first liquid passage and a plurality of second liquid passages. The liquid passage can be configured such that content liquid flows from the first liquid passage to the second liquid passages to the mixing chamber. The second liquid passages can be configured to provide flow of the content liquid in at least two directions.
Patent GB-2593742-A (GB)
Title: Coronavirus
Inventor: NEILL MORAY MACKENZIE
IPC: G01N33/569
Filed: 2020-03-31
Abstract: Surfactant protein D (SP-D) or a derivative thereof, is disclosed, but not exemplified, for use in preventing and/or treating a coronavirus infection such as SARS-CoV-2 which has caused one or more of pneumonia, bronchiolitis, bronchitis and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Preferably, the SP-D fragment has carbohydrate binding activity and comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:4 and may be a fusion protein comprising a carbohydrate-binding domain from SP-D fused an anti-inflammatory polypeptide. A composition of SP-D may further comprise Surfactant Protein A (SP-A) or Mannan Binding Lectin (MBL) or an additional anti-viral agent. The composition is further disclosed for use in the treatment of inflammation, testicular dysfunction and pain in a subject infected with a coronavirus. A nucleic acid encoding SP-D for use in treatment and/or prevention of a coronavirus infection in a subject is also disclosed wherein the nucleic acid has at least 70% homology to SEQ ID: NO.1 or NO:3. The use of Surfactant Protein D in an in vitro method of detecting a coronavirus infection is also disclosed but not exemplified.
Patent GB-2584059-A (GB)
Title: Dielectric resonator antenna having first and second dielectric portions
Inventor: Kristi Pance
IPC: H01Q21/06
Filed: 2019-01-15
Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes: a dielectric structure having: a first dielectric portion, FDP, having a proximal end and a distal end, the FDP having a dielectric material other than air; and a second dielectric portion, SDP, having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the SDP being disposed proximate the distal end of the FDP, the SDP having a dielectric material other than air; and wherein the dielectric material of the FDP has an average dielectric constant that is greater than the average dielectric constant of the dielectric material of the SDP.
Patent GB-2592712-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for fixing and transporting crabs during the slaughter thereof
Inventor: Clinton r smith
IPC: B65G17/00
Filed: 2020-12-03
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for fixing, transporting and slaughtering crabs comprising a rotational conveying element 12 guided about deflection and/or drive elements 15 forming upper 13 and lower 14 runs, at least one holding apparatus 16 attached to the conveyor 12 transporting crabs in plane E along a path in direction T from a loading station 102 to at least one processing station. Each holding apparatus 16 comprises a supporting plate (17 fig. 4) for receiving a crab, and at least two holding means (18 19 fig. 7) arranged transversely to the transport direction T for fixing about the body and legs (20 fig. 11) of the crab. The holding means are pivotable relative to the supporting plate 17 about an axis AH, and lying substantially parallel to the transport plane E and transversely to the transport direction T. The holding means are designed to be movable towards and away from each other transversely to the transport direction T to vary their distance, such that crabs of different widths can be secured and centred. The holding means may be contoured, or concave to receive the body of the crab. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.
Patent GB-2601779-A (GB)
Title: Electrolyte material with LiPON-coated particles, battery cell, and method for manufacturing the electrolyte material
Inventor: TOBIAS GLOSSMANN
IPC: H01M10/0562
Filed: 2020-12-10
Abstract: An electrolyte material 1 for a battery cell 2 comprises a plurality of solid particles 7 coated with a lithium-based nitride 8. The lithium-based nitride is preferably a lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON), but may also comprise a lithium silicon phosphorous oxyntride (LiSiPON) and/or lithium silicon phosphorous hydronitride (LiSiPHN). The solid particles are preferably made of a solid sulfide or oxysulfide compound and is preferably a LGPS-type material such as Li10GeP2S12. The nitride coating is preferably applied to the solid particles using atomic layer deposition (ALD). A battery cell comprising a lithium metal anode 4, a cathode 6 and the electrolyte material 1 is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2608094-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing
Inventor: TONI VIKI BRKIC
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2021-01-27
Abstract: A method of operating a tile-based graphics processor that executes a graphics processing pipeline is disclosed. When there are no more primitives left to be provided for processing to the pipeline for a rendering tile, it is determined whether any remaining processing steps for the rendering tile can be omitted, e.g. because they will not affect a buffer that will be output when the rendering tile is complete. When it is determined that a processing step can be omitted, that processing step is omitted.
Patent GB-2596408-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum insulation element for use as a pressure- and impact-resistant, self-supporting element
Inventor: Tobias Bock
IPC: B32B27/42
Filed: 2021-05-17
Abstract: The insulation comprises a supporting body 2 surrounded by foil body 3 and fiber composite 4, which preferably completely encloses the foil 3. The preferred fibrous composite comprises glass, aramid and/or carbon fibres in phenolic, epoxy, polyimide, silicone or cyanate ester resin. The insulation element is preferably a panel that includes a sealed seam 31, recess 11 and edge portion 21. The preferred fibre composite includes threads, metal elements, magnets, retainers and/or hinges. The fibre composite is preferably applied by manual lamination, spraying, winding, prepreg technology or resin transfer moulding. The disclosed supporting body 2 comprises fumed silica, microfibre, perlite or open-cell plastic foam. The disclosed foil 3 comprises metallised plastic film. The vacuum insulation panel (VIP) provides self-supporting, pressure and impact resistant thermal insulation for aviation, aerospace, mechanical engineering, automotive, medical or mechanical engineering, or chemical industry.
Patent GB-2601209-A (GB)
Title: Electrically powered fan engine
Inventor: ROBERT CAMERON BOLAM
IPC: B64D27/24
Filed: 2021-05-19
Abstract: An electrically powered fan engine 10 includes: an energiser chamber 14 between an inlet 12 and an exhaust 16. The chamber houses; a first rotor 38 comprising a plurality of blades 46 configured to rotate at a first velocity; and a second rotor 42 comprising a plurality of blades arranged downstream of the first rotor and configured to rotate at a second velocity. The first velocity may be different from the second velocity. A static guide vane 40 may be arranged between the first rotor and the second rotor, the vane includes a plurality of blades 70 configured to control the incidence angle of the fluid to the blades of the second rotor. Also provided is an aircraft comprising the electrically powered fan engine. The rotors may be contrarotating. The rotors may be independently driven where the speed of the first rotor is different from the speed of the second rotor. The rotors may be axially aligned. The static guide vane and the second motor may each include a hub 72 from which their respective blades extend.
Patent GB-2597591-A (GB)
Title: Floor jack lockout assembly
Inventor: JONATHAN I ANDERSEN
IPC: B66F5/04
Filed: 2020-03-27
Abstract: A floor jack locking assembly includes a locking pin 128 to couple a frame 102 and a lifting link arm 126 of a lifting mechanism for lifting arm 106 by means of lock pin holes 130 in the frame 102 and a handle 104 pivotally coupled to the lifting mechanism, the handle 104 including a cavity or recess 132 to receive and store the locking pin 128. A pin lifting arm hole in the lifting link arm 126 may receive the locking pin 128. Position indicators 136 and corresponding alignment indicators 138 may be provided on the frame 102 and secondary position indicators 134 may be disposed on the frame 102 proximal to the lock pin holes 130. First, second and third lock pin holes 130 may be provided. The locking assembly may be used to mechanically lock out the jack at a specified lift height. The locking assembly may avoid the hydraulic lift cylinder being the only stabilizing component of the jack when supporting a significant load. The locking pin 128 may be coupled to lifting link arms 126, avoiding the need to have the locking pin 128 inserted into or through the lifting arm 106 of the jack.
Patent GB-2595089-A (GB)
Title: Compositions and methods for preventing or treating incontinence, overactive bladder, or menstrual cramping
Inventor: GREGOR REID
IPC: C12R1/225
Filed: 2019-12-20
Abstract: Methods and compositions for preventing or treating incontinence, overactive bladder, or menstrual cramping in a subject are described. A method can include providing a composition. The composition can include a modification agent. The modification agent can include a strain of Lactobacillus or a ferment or a metabolite thereof. The modification agent can provide neuromodulation activity by up-regulating at least one of maoA enzymes, maoB enzymes, and grin-1 genes. The method can also include administering the composition to the subject to prevent or treat incontinence, overactive bladder, or menstrual cramping. In some aspects, the modification agent can decrease a level of extracellular ATP in a target environment.
Patent GB-2610849-A (GB)
Title: Particulate filter diagnostic method and system
Inventor: GARETH JONES
IPC: F01N11/00
Filed: 2021-09-17
Abstract: A method and system of diagnosing the performance of a particulate filter 103 connected to an exhaust line 102, 104 of an internal combustion engine 101 comprises obtaining an indication of the exhaust temperature upstream of the particulate filter as a function of time using a first temperature sensor 105, obtaining an indication of the exhaust temperature downstream of the particulate filter as a function of time using a second temperature sensor 106, obtaining a model of predicted downstream exhaust temperature based on the upstream exhaust temperature, and comparing the rate of change of the indicated downstream exhaust temperature with a rate of change from the model of predicted exhaust temperature. If the rate of change of the indicated downstream exhaust temperature differs from the rate of change from the model of predicted exhaust temperature by more than a selected threshold rate of change, it is determined that the particulate filter is underperforming.
Patent GB-2611119-A (GB)
Title: Learning to identify safety-critical scenarios for an autonomous vehicle
Inventor: James Guo Ming Fu
IPC: G06V20/58
Filed: 2021-12-16
Abstract: A methods and system for learning to identify safety-critical scenarios for autonomous vehicles. First state information representing a first state of a driving scenario is received 702. The information includes a state of a vehicle and a state of an agent in the vehicle’s environment. The first state information is processed with a neural network to determine at least one action to be performed by the agent, including a perception degradation action causing misperception of the agent by a perception system of the vehicle 704. Second state information representing a second state of the driving scenario is received after performance of the at least one action 706. A reward for the action is determined 708. First and second distances between the vehicle and the agent are determined 710 & 712 and compared to determine the reward for the at least one action wherein the reward is greater when the second distance meets the first 714. At least one weight of the neural network is adjusted based on the reward 716.
Patent GB-2607666-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytic interior surface treatment apparatus
Inventor: Robert Stuart Ellis Bell
IPC: C25F7/00
Filed: 2022-03-21
Abstract: Electrolytic interior surface treatment apparatus (100) for the electrolytic treatment of an internal surface (102) of a metallic pipe (1) includes at least two oppositely polarised electrodes (3, 4). The apparatus (100) includes: an electrically insulating centralisation arrangement (106) to keep, in use, the electrodes (3, 4) centred within the pipe (1); and an electrically insulating flexible connection arrangement (104) located between the two electrodes (3, 4) to permit movement of one electrode relative to the other. The centralisation arrangement (106) includes a plurality of spaced apart centralisation devices (5, 6). Each centralisation device (5, 6) includes an electrically insulating mounting (7) for mounting the respective centralisation device (5, 6) to the apparatus (100). Each centralisation device (5, 6) includes a plurality of flexible elements (108), each of which is fixed to the mounting (7) and extends outwardly from the mounting (7).
Patent GB-2607417-A (GB)
Title: Audio system and method of determining audio filter based on device position
Inventor: Vignesh Ganapathi Subramanian
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2022-03-29
Abstract: An audio system and a method of determining an audio filter based on a position of an audio device (Fig. 1, 104) of the audio system. The audio system receives an image of the audio device being worn by a user and determines, based on the image and a known geometric relationship 304 between a datum 306 on the audio device and an electroacoustic transducer 208 of the audio device, a relative position 808 between the electroacoustic transducer and an anatomical feature 804 of the user. The audio filter is determined based on the relative position and may be a head-related transfer function (HRTF). The audio filter can be applied to an audio input signal to render spatialized sound to the user through the electroacoustic transducer, or the audio filter can be applied to a microphone input signal to capture speech of the user by the electroacoustic transducer.
Patent GB-2617373-A (GB)
Title: Fuel supply system for supplying a fuel emulsion to a fuel injection system of an engine
Inventor: Ole Ohrt
IPC: F02D19/08
Filed: 2022-04-06
Abstract: A fuel supply system 12 of an internal combustion engine 14, preferably a marine diesel engine, for supplying a fuel emulsion to a fuel injection system 16 of the engine 14. The fuel supply system 12 includes at least one actuated blending unit 30 configured to blend a primary fuel and a secondary fuel to provide the fuel emulsion prior to being supplied to the fuel injection system 16. The actuated blending unit being power-operated (e.g. pneumatically, hydraulically, or mechanically driven) and configured to process the fuel emulsion such that, upon being discharged from the blending unit 30, the fuel emulsion has a mean droplet size of dispersed phase which is smaller than 100 µm.
Patent GB-2618778-A (GB)
Title: Junction box for electrical conductors
Inventor: SUREJ SOLANKI
IPC: H02G3/16
Filed: 2022-05-11
Abstract: A junction box (figure 3, 10) comprising a rear wall (figure 1, 11) suitable for attachment to a support structure. The junction box comprises a plurality of conductor entry port positions, and a cradle (figure 2, 18) suitable for supporting at least one terminal block (figure 2, 19). The cradle (figure 2, 18) defines a receptacle region suitable for location and support of a terminal block (figure 2, 19) and an attachment region for securing the cradle (figure 2, 19) to the rear wall (figure 1, 11) of the junction box (figure 3, 10), said attachment region comprising a protrusion (figure 2, 20) which, in use, is engageable with a rear wall location formation (figure 1, 25) and wherein when the protrusion (figure 2, 20) is in engagement with the location formation the cradle (figure 2, 18) is free to rotate relative to the rear wall (figure 1, 11).
Patent GB-2618608-A (GB)
Title: A stopper for closing a hole
Inventor: David Fox (deceased)
IPC: E04G23/02
Filed: 2022-05-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to stopper for closing a hole, especially to a flue stopper. The stopper has an elongate body that is received in a hole and an end cap arranged on a proximal face of the elongate body. The body has at least one securement means for preventing removal of the stopper from the hole after insertion. The securement means may be in the form of deformable barbs arranged helically on the out surface of the body. The cap may have an aperture with a cover member. The body may be insulated and may carry an O-ring for sealing with the hole. A displaceable cover may be attached to a distal end of the body. The body may be formed from two or more interlocking sections to allow its length to be adjusted the modular sections may be disc shaped.
Patent GB-2606466-A (GB)
Title: Endpoint security
Inventor: CHRIS DOUGLAS KRAFT
IPC: H04L67/568
Filed: 2018-08-08
Abstract: A computer program product for managing network flows comprising computer executable code embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executing on a firewall of an enterprise network, performs the steps of: receiving, at the firewall, a network message from a process executing on an endpoint; in response to the network message having an unknown source on the endpoint, transmitting a request through a secure connection from the firewall to a local security agent on the endpoint to retrieve identifying information for an application associated with the process from a process cache in a kernel space of an operating system for the endpoint; and in response to receiving the identifying information for the application from the local security agent, applying a security policy for the enterprise network to the network message at the firewall according to the network message and the identifying information. The firewall may execute on the endpoint, a gateway for the enterprise network or a cloud-based security appliance for the enterprise network. The identifying information may include an application type or an application name. A corresponding method is also described at the source endpoint which receives a request for identifying information for the source application/process.
Patent GB-2620767-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for predicting a defined motor state from augmented reality headset data for automatic cue activation
Inventor: HUBERTUS COOLEN
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2022-07-20
Abstract: Determining the likelihood of a freezing of gait 110 by receiving motion data of a user or environmental data relating to their surroundings 102 from sensors on an augmented reality headset and using it to determine one or parameters 104, assigning an output value to the function of parameters 106 and comparing these values to a trained model 108. Based on the determine likelihood, one or more cues may be activated on the AR headset 112 otherwise, the system will continue to receive data 104. The trained model may be an echo-state network (ESN) and the output value may comprise a representation of a user’s motor state. A user profile to identify the user’s historic motor state when walking in a pre-determined location may be accessed and considered when assigning an output value to the determined parameters. The threshold for automatic cue activation may be adjustable for each user. The motion data may be captured by mapping the environment, determining a base line position, and tracking the position of the headset as the wearer moves using an inertial measurement unit.