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Patent GB-2573900-A (GB)
Title: Operation of internal combustion engine with improved fuel efficiency
Inventor: SUBIR ROYCHOUDHURY
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2017-12-06
Abstract: A process of operating a spark-ignited internal combustion engine (SI-ICE) with improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions including under steady state and under lean-operating conditions at high overall air to fuel (AFR) ratios. A first supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel, such as gasoline or natural gas, and a first supply of oxidant are fed to a fuel reformer to produce a gaseous reformate with a reforming efficiency of greater than 75 percent relative to equilibrium. The gaseous reformate is mixed with a second supply of oxidant, after which the resulting reformate blended oxidant is fed with a second supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel to the SI-ICE for combustion. Steady state fuel efficiency is improved by more than 3 percent, when the reformate comprises from greater than about 1 to less than about 18 percent of the total volume of reformate blended oxidant fed to the engine.
Patent GB-2586982-A (GB)
Title: Food products
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER FUNG
IPC: A23L7/161
Filed: 2019-09-10
Abstract: A dry composition for preparing a food product comprising instant grain(s) and texturizing agent(s), wherein a concentration ratio of the texturizing agent(s) to the instant grain(s) is at least 1.00:49.00, preferably between 1.00:4.25 and 1.00:3.00. Preferably, the at least one texturizing agent is a puffed grain, a (second) instant grain, a flaked grain, and/or a baked grain product. Preferably the instant grain(s) and the texturizing agent(s) are selected from the group consisting of rice, oat, wheat, quinoa, millet, barley, corn, triticale, sorghum, rye, spelt, wild rice, chia, amaranth, and buckwheat. Preferably, the oat flakes have an average thickness of greater than 0.508 mm and an average thickness of 0.36-0.4 6mm. The food product may be congee and the puffed grain may be puffed rice. The invention also relates to a ready-to-eat food product and methods of manufacturing a dry composition and preparing a ready-to-eat food product.
Patent GB-2590618-A (GB)
Title: Secure update propagation with digital signatures
Inventor: Shuichi Katsumata
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2019-12-20
Abstract: A method of securely propagating updates comprises publishing, at a distributor, a plurality of updates, each update being signed to generate an associated digital signature for the update, receiving, at a subscriber, update data for the plurality of updates and a combined digital signature, the combined digital signature being a combination of a plurality of digital signatures for the plurality of updates and verifying the plurality of updates using the combined digital signature. The plurality of digital signatures and the combined digital signature are generated using a set-homomorphic digital signature scheme. The method may comprise generating the combined digital signature by aggregating the plurality of digital signatures, wherein aggregating the plurality of digital signatures comprises applying an associative and commutative binary operation, summing the plurality of digital signatures, or multiplying the plurality of digital signatures.
Patent GB-2580258-A (GB)
Title: Energy transfer mechanism for wellbore junction assembly
Inventor: DAVID JOE STEELE
IPC: H02J50/12
Filed: 2017-12-19
Abstract: A unitary multilateral junction for deployment in a wellbore, wherein the multilateral junction permits electrical power and communications signals to be established in both a lateral wellbore and a main wellbore utilizing capacitive coupling and a cavity resonator. The unitary junction assembly generally includes a conduit with a first upper aperture, a first lower aperture and a second lower aperture where the first lower aperture is defined at the distal end of a primary passageway extending from a conduit junction and a second lower aperture defined at the distal end of a lateral passageway extending from the conduit junction. A lower wireless energy transfer mechanism in the form of a capacitive coupler is positioned along at least one of the passageways between the distal end of the passageway and the junction. A cavity resonator is adjacent the capacitive coupler to enhance the electric field signal of the capacitive coupler.
Patent GB-2595653-A (GB)
Title: A tool
Inventor: JENNY WESTWOOD
IPC: B25B13/48
Filed: 2020-06-01
Abstract: The tool (99, Figure 1) includes a substantially parallel pair of jaws 8 and a central core 4, extending along a first axis A. The jaws are connected to the core by pivots 5, 15. When the core moves along the first axis, the pivots drive the jaws along a second axis B orthogonal to the first axis. The core and jaws may be elongate. The tool may include a handle with an internal screw thread. The core may comprise a screw threaded bar (13, Figure 3). The handle may comprise a handgrip 1 and a rotatable collar 2, arranged axially along the first axis. The pivots may comprise a pivot member fixed at a distal end 5 to a jaw and at a proximal end 15 to the core. The tool may be used for screwing or unscrewing items such as nuts and bolts in hard to reach places.
Patent GB-2595908-A (GB)
Title: Electrostatic precipitator
Inventor: JAMES HANN
IPC: B03C3/80
Filed: 2020-06-11
Abstract: An electrostatic precipitator comprises: a chamber having an inlet for an effluent stream (20, fig. 1) and an outlet for a treated effluent stream (20’, Fig. 1); and an electrode structure (40, Fig. 1) housed within the chamber, the electrode structure operable to generate a corona for treating the effluent stream, wherein the electrode structure comprises at least one comb structure having a shaft 50 and a plurality of teeth 70 extending from the shaft, the corona being generated at a free tip 75 of each tooth in response to a voltage applied across the electrode structure and the chamber. The electrode teeth provide a reduced area from which the corona is generated, thereby improving the corona, and provides a reduced area for the accumulation of particulates and facilitates the shedding of those particulates from the electrodes. Preferably, a distance between adjacent teeth is greater than a width of each tooth. At least a portion of each tooth may have parallel sides. The free tip may be tapered, e.g. a taper angle of 45°. A plurality of comb structures may be placed circumferentially around the chamber. A method of manufacture of an electrostatic precipitator is also claimed.
Patent GB-2596557-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing apparatus
Inventor: Ronis Perdios
IPC: A47K5/12
Filed: 2020-06-30
Abstract: The dispenser comprises a body (e.g. elongate) for housing a reservoir 170, a pump 160 actuated by pedal 120, and a nozzle 140 for directing cleanser onto a user’s hands. The pump may be connected to a base of the reservoir by an inlet tube 180. The pedal may be movable between a first configuration wherein the pump is actuated, a second wherein it is presented for pressing by a foot, and a third which exposes a region beneath the pedal for cleaning. There may be a closable inlet 150 for refilling the reservoir, optionally located on an opposite side of an upper portion of the body from the nozzle. Optionally, an actuator 162 is configured such that it returns to a starting position after being moved by the pedal, e.g. under its own weight. The reservoir may be located adjacent the pump and/or arranged to remain fixed when the pump is operated.
Patent GB-2598138-A (GB)
Title: Container and method
Inventor: Donald Bruce Christianson
IPC: G06F21/86
Filed: 2020-08-20
Abstract: A tamper evident container that has one or more Destructive Read Memory (DeRM) elements 10 that are configured to store content, and are such that the content stored by each of the DeRM elements is greater than the content that is revealed when the DeRM elements are destructively read. The data loaded onto the container may be verified by having a sender send to a recipient a randomised confidential content, then establish that the recipient has received the container, the sender then revealing to the recipient an additional piece of information regarding a subset of data from the content of the container. The recipient then uses that additional piece of information to obtain the subset of data, and sends a summary of it to the sender. The sender then compares a summary computed from his copy with the summary the recipient sent and sends the outcome of the comparison to the recipient.
Patent GB-2599394-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for sputter deposition
Inventor: Sven Gauter
IPC: H01M4/04
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: A helicon plasma reactor (100, figure 1) comprises a process chamber, a device for holding a substrate (118) or a target material 206 or both, a helicon plasma source (102a) defining a plasma generating zone and comprising one or more antennae 230, and one or more permanent magnets 240 arranged to generate a unidirectional magnetic field of uniform strength and having an average flux density of between 50 and 100 gauss across the plasma generating zone. The permanent magnets preferably comprise a ring magnet 240 or a ring of magnets (544, figure 12) defining an interior region extending radially inwardly of the rings in which the plasma generating zone is at least partially located. The one or more magnets may be arranged to generate a magnetic field that includes a field-reversal region (262, figure 3) acting as a boundary to generated plasma. The apparatus may be used to sputter deposit a layer of conducting or semiconducting material forming part of a multilayer sheet of an electronic component, preferably a battery or an energy storage device.
Patent GB-2603771-A (GB)
Title: Novel crystalline form of pyroxa-sulfone, methods for its preparation and use of the same
Inventor: JAMES TIMOTHY BRISTOW
IPC: C07D411/12
Filed: 2021-02-11
Abstract: A crystalline modification of pyroxasulfone, exhibiting at least three reflexes as 2θ±0.2 degree in an X-ray powder diffractogram (XRD), recorded using Cu-Kα radiation at 25° C selected from 9.94, 19.95, 20.36, 20.76, 22.02, 22.77, 25.11, 25.52, 27.05, 30.27 and 31.53. The modification exhibits an infrared spectrum (IR) with characteristic peaks at one or more of wavenumbers (cm-1, ±0.2%) 2987.05, 1572.09, 1488.51, 1375.02, 1329.55, 1251.06, 1168.65, 1125.87, 1102.30 and 1050.31 cm-1, and displays a melting point of form 131.7 to 134.1 °C. The crystalline modification may be used in a composition for controlling plant growth, as a herbicide. Also provided is a method for preparing the crystalline form of pyroxasulfone preferably comprising forming a solution of pyroxasulfone in a solvent system by heating, cooling the solution to precipitate the solid, and isolating the modification by filtration. Amorphous pyroxasulfone may be used. The solution may be cooled to a temperature from -20 to 10 °C when being precipitated. The solvent system preferably comprises dichlorodiethyl ether (bis(chloroethyl) ether) or n-butyl acetate.
Patent GB-2609387-A (GB)
Title: Sign mounting for barrier post
Inventor: Peter James Crawley
IPC: G09F7/18
Filed: 2021-05-28
Abstract: The sign mounting comprising a body 5 having an inner side 6 for positioning against a barrier post and an outer side 7 for supporting a sign; and a mounting channel formed on the inner side of the body. The mounting channel 8 allows the sign mounting to be mounted onto, and be supported by, a spline 3 of the barrier post. The mounting channel is open at a lower end 11 and closed at an upper end 12 and has: a relatively narrow vertical opening 13 at an inner side extending from the lower end to the upper end for a spline to extend through; and a relatively wider inner portion extending laterally beyond the opening on each side of the vertical opening within which a spline can be positioned. The sign mounting may form part of a sign mounting kit comprising a sign mounting and a barrier post having one or more shims at or near an upper end.
Patent GB-2597221-A (GB)
Title: Improved 3D sensing
Inventor: ANDREW BENJAMIN SIMPSON BROWN
IPC: G01B11/25
Filed: 2020-05-21
Abstract: An apparatus (100) for use in a device for generating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a scene. The apparatus (100) comprises an emitter module (104) having an emitter for emitting a plurality of waves in a predetermined pattern, wherein the pattern has a primary axis. The apparatus (100) further comprises a static portion and a movable portion (116). The movable portion (116) is configured to allow the emitter module (104) to emit the predetermined pattern in a plurality of different arrangements depending on the position and/or orientation of the movable portion (116). A mechanical element (150) of the apparatus (100) constrains movement of the movable portion (116) so as to provide a predictable orientation of the primary axis relative to the static portion in one or more of the different arrangements.
Patent GB-2597231-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing hollow glass, and hollow glass
Inventor: TAKUJU NAKAMURA
IPC: C03C27/06
Filed: 2020-05-21
Abstract: Sheet glasses (11, 12) made from the same material are laminated on each other in such a manner that a hollow part (H) can be formed between the sheet glasses, then the laminated sheet glasses (11, 12) are heated to a temperature which is equal to or lower than the softening temperature of the sheet glasses and at which the material can be diffusion-bonded under a predetermined pressure or higher, and then the heated laminated sheet glasses (11, 12) are pressed using a die (D) to a predetermined pressure or higher and a gas is fed to the hollow part (H) to apply a gas pressure simultaneously with the pressing with the die (D) to the predetermined pressure or higher or subsequent to the pressing with the die (D) to the predetermined pressure or higher. Subsequently, the laminated sheet glasses (11, 12) in which the gas pressure has been applied to the hollow part (H) are cooled to a strain point while holding the sheet glasses (11, 12) with the die (D).
Patent GB-2614092-A (GB)
Title: Modular downhole tool reservoir system
Inventor: SAM NOAM SCHROIT
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 2020-07-02
Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which enables the downhole provision of fluid to downhole tools that require fluid for pressurization. The system is prefilled with fluid at surface, is modular in design with a first module delivering fluid to second module and may additionally be mounted below the downhole tools requiring the fluid. Methods are disclosed which utilize the system in a bottom hole assembly during downhole operations for isolating segments of a borehole.
Patent GB-2615134-A (GB)
Title: Thermal transfer sticker and system and methods of preparing same
Inventor: Bakmeege Nishantha Kumara
IPC: B41M3/12
Filed: 2022-01-31
Abstract: A thermal transfer sticker 100 comprises a carrier layer 102 having an inner side 102A, treated with a release coating, and an outer side 102B, treated with an anti-static coating; an ink layer 104 having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side of ink layer is secured to the inner side of carrier layer; a primer layer 106 having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side of primer layer is secured to the second side of ink layer; and an adhesive layer 108 having an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side, the inner side of adhesive layer is secured to the second side of primer layer. Each of the carrier layer, the ink layer, the primer layer and the adhesive layer comprises a chemical composition below ecotoxicological cut-off. There is also disclosed a system and method for preparing a thermal transfer sticker which incudes a graphic design source, a first screen to receive a first ink, a second screen to receive a second ink, and a third screen to receive a graphic design from the graphic design source.
Patent GB-2615136-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle mountable winch, a vehicle, and methods
Inventor: JULIAN PHILLIPPO
IPC: B66D1/36
Filed: 2022-02-01
Abstract: A vehicle mountable winch 1 for recovering network cables and the like comprises a base 4, 5 for securing the winch 1 to a vehicle (32 figure 5), a frame 2 and a drum 18 mounted to the frame 2, a driver or winch 17 for driving, in use, the rotation of the drum 18 to wind a cable about said drum 18, wherein the frame 2 is pivotally mounted relative to the base 4, 5 such that the winding direction may be altered in order to wind the cable onto the drum from a plurality of directions (figure 5). The frame 2 may include a guard mesh (31 figure 3) surrounding the drum 18 and a guide roller 13 opposite the winch 17. Legs 6 may adjust the height of the base 4,5 relative to the vehicle. The winch 17 may be hydraulically driven from a mechncicla connection to a vehicle gear box.
Patent GB-2614578-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle state estimation augmenting sensor data for vehicle control and autonomous driving
Inventor: AHMED H EL-SHAER
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2022-02-03
Abstract: Calculating cornering stiffness (ability for tyre to retain shape when corning, slope of curve for lateral force against tyre side-slip angle) based on received lateral acceleration and steering angle sensor data, predicting a lateral velocity based on the cornering stiffness, and generating a set of vehicle state variables by inputting lateral velocity to a recursive filter. The cornering stiffness may be updated periodically based on the set of vehicle state variables, and in turn lateral velocity and the vehicle state variable sets iteratively. The cornering stiffness may comprise a front and a rear cornering stiffness; lateral velocity may be calculated using a kinematic bicycle model and/or GPS. Vehicle state variables may be outputted to a control, planning, localisation, or prediction system to control the movement of the vehicle. Bias removal may be performed on sensor data. Vehicle velocity, lateral force and normal force may be used to calculate cornering stiffness.
Patent GB-2602734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the provision of data analytics in a telecommunication network
Inventor: David Gutierrez Estevez
IPC: H04W24/08
Filed: 2020-05-29
Abstract: A method of providing slice-specific data analytics in a telecommunication network,comprising: a service consumer subscribing to an analytics service provided by a network data analytics function (NWDAF), including providing a network slice identifier; the NWDAF requesting data from a Network Function (NF); the NF providing the NWDAF with the requested data in response; the NWDAF subscribing to a service data subscription service in connection with an Application Function (AF); the AF providing service data to the NWDAF in response; and the NWDAF processing the data received from the NF and AF to provide data analytics related to a network slice to the service consumer. The step of the NWDAF requesting data from the NF may include requesting application identifiers. The data received from the AF may be aggregated. The method may comprise the NWDAF mapping the received data from the NF and AF such that the data analytics output is related to the network slice; the mapping may be performed on the basis of one or more of Single–Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), Subscription Permanent Identifier (SUPI) and applications active on the network slice.
Patent GB-2619969-A (GB)
Title: Optical device and method
Inventor: RORY THOMAS ALEXANDER MILLS
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2022-06-24
Abstract: An optical device designed for augmented reality includes a combiner 408 and multiple optical elements in a lens assembly 404 for transmitting light from a light source for display on an eye 400 of a user. The lens assembly is off-axis from the light source and the combiner receives light from a first at least partially mirrored device 406 directing the light to form a virtual image at an exit pupil at the position of the eye. A second optical device 412 is positioned mainly orthogonal to the first at least partially mirrored device to which it transmits light and is located between the lens assembly and the first at least partially mirrored device. The second optical device may be partially transmissive and be a second at least partially mirrored device. The first at least partially mirrored device and second optical device may be tilted about their respective axes and may in combination define an aperture for the light emitted by the light source. Their shape and size may also have a correlation to the shape and size of the exit pupil and they may aperture down the light. A binocular optical device and worn device may include these devices.
Patent GB-2610759-A (GB)
Title: A packaged redeemable code system and a method of packaging an insert with a redeemable code
Inventor: JEREMY VANSLETTE
IPC: B65D73/00
Filed: 2021-06-09
Abstract: A packaged redeemable code system is disclosed. The packaged redeemable code system includes a paper insert having a front surface with a removable item, and a rear surface with redeemable code. The packaged redeemable code system further includes a paper sleeve having an interior that encloses the paper insert and conceals the redeemable code. The paper sleeve also having a ripcord configured to open an edge of the paper sleeve to provide an access point for removal of the paper insert. The paper sleeve further having a front surface with a cutout extending therethrough. The cutout aligns with and provides visual access to the removable item. The removable item is a different color than or provides contrast with the front surface of the paper sleeve. The paper sleeve further having a rear surface with an activation code that is associated with the redeemable code.
Patent GB-2621224-A (GB)
Title: Cache replacement control
Inventor: ANDREW DAVID TUNE
IPC: G06F12/126
Filed: 2023-06-06
Abstract: Cache replacement control circuitry to select, in response to a cache request specifying a target address missing in the cache, a victim 5 cache entry to be replaced with a new cache entry. The cache request specifies a partition identifier indicative of an execution environment associated with the cache request. The victim cache entry is selected based on re-reference interval prediction (RRIP) values for a candidate set of cache entries. The RRIP value for a given cache entry is indicative of a relative priority with which the given cache entry is to be selected as the victim cache entry. Configurable replacement policy configuration data is selected based on the partition identifier, and the RRIP value of the new cache entry is set to an initial value selected based on the selected configurable replacement policy configuration data. The partition identified selection may be based on information specified in a configurable register, and a static initial RRIP value set by a higher level cache or a bimodal RRIP mode based on chance dependent test. A security state associated with the cache request may be used to select replacement policy for a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit with a shared cache.
Patent GB-2616782-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method to measure flare burner fallout
Inventor: KONSTANTIN MIKHAILOVICH SERDYUK
IPC: F23G7/08
Filed: 2021-12-14
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure fallout from a liquid flare burner. An example apparatus includes a device configurator to invoke a first control valve to isolate the liquid flare burner from a test fluid source, and invoke a second control valve to fluidly couple the liquid flare burner to a hydrocarbon source to generate unburned fallout droplets to be captured by first and second measurement surfaces in first and second measurement regions, a parameter calculator to calculate first and second fallout volumes associated with the unburned fallout droplets captured by the first and second measurement surfaces, and determine a fallout efficiency of the liquid flare burner based on the first and second fallout volumes, and a burner configurator to, in response to the fallout efficiency not satisfying a fallout efficiency threshold, adjust a configuration of the liquid flare burner based on the fallout efficiency.