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Patent GB-2517164-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling a fuel injection
Inventor: TORDIN SERENA
IPC: F02D41/40
Filed: 2013-08-13
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling an amount of fuel to be injected by a fuel injector 160 into a cylinder 125 of an internal combustion engine 110. A map 515 stories values of a fuel injection quantity drift of said injector, with map points 520 of the map 515 being arranged along an x-axis and along a y-axis representing engine operating points, the engine operating points being defined by different values of engine speed and requested amount of fuel to be injected by the fuel injector. The method comprises the steps of estimating a fuel injection quantity drift and storing it in a corresponding map point 520' to a current engine operating point, selecting a set of map points 520" whose distance from said corresponding map point 520' is smaller than a given distance, modifying all map points of said set of map points 520" by multiplying their entries by a radial weighing factor, defining the amount of fuel to be injected by the fuel injector to be the requested amount of fuel corrected by means of thecorresponding entry of the map.
Patent GB-2518670-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and system for detecting a cooling system leak
Inventor: MACDONALD BENJAMIN
IPC: G01L7/08
Filed: 2013-09-30
Abstract: The pressure cap 21 is particularly for a degas tank 20 or radiator of a vehicle engine cooling system and has a deformable, pressure-sensitive membrane 28 and an electrical contact switch 27. When a pressure inside the degas tank is equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure limit, e.g. 0.5-0.7 bar, the membrane causes the switch to obtain a first operating state. Otherwise, the switch is in a second operating state. The switch preferably comprises first 29 and second 30 electrically conductive contact surfaces whereby deforming of a resilient portion 31 of the membrane upwards urges the second contact surface into connection with the first, placing the switch in the first state. The cap may include an aperture 33 to introduce air at atmospheric pressure into the cap and a releasable fastener for connection to a neck 20n of the degas tank. An engine system comprising the pressure cap is also claimed whereby a processor preferably compares the operating state of the switch with an expected state based on sensed engine speed and coolant temperature to determine whether there is a coolant leak. A method of preventing a vehicle engine from overheating is also claimed (figure 3).
Patent GB-2504437-A (GB)
Title: Spin torque mram using bidirectional magnonic writing
Inventor: ABRAHAM DAVID W
IPC: G11C11/16
Filed: 2012-04-03
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for bidirectional writing. A stack includes a reference layer on a tunnel barrier, the tunnel barrier on a free layer, and the free layer on a metal spacer. The apparatus includes an insulating magnet. A Peltier material is thermally coupled to the insulating magnet and the stack. When the Peltier/insulating magnet interface is cooled, the insulating magnet is configured to transfer a spin torque to rotate a magnetization of the free layer in a first direction. When the Peltier/insulating magnet interface is heated, the insulating magnet is configured to transfer the spin torque to rotate the magnetization of the free layer in a second direction.
Patent GB-2505793-A (GB)
Title: Secure transfer of files between applications on a mobile device using keys supplied by a server
Inventor: TAN SIMON
IPC: G06F21/31
Filed: 2013-09-06
Abstract: A first application 405, such as a cloud storage application, initiates a session with a server 100. The session is validated using user credentials 428 and the application receives an authentication token 426. A second application 410, such as an editor, requests a file from the first application. The first application obtains an encryption key from the server, encrypts the file and passes the file to the second application 422. The second application may obtain the key 424 from the first application or the server. The second application modifies the file, encrypts the new version and passes it back to the first application 430. If the session expires before the file is passed back, the first application prompts the user for the credentials and starts a new session. The first application may use a background service to prompt the user without the user manually switching to the first application.
Patent GB-2520742-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for treatment of liquid
Inventor: RITCHIE DANIEL THOMAS EXLEY
IPC: C02F1/463
Filed: 2013-11-29
Abstract: A flow-through assembly for electrocoagulation treatment of a liquid has a replaceable cartridge (19, Fig. 2) with sacrificial electrodes (22, Fig. 4) held in a chamber 4 arranged for flow of the liquid over the sacrificial electrodes. The chamber has a pivoting door 5 which can be opened for removal and replacement of the cartridge. The chamber door comprises a first electrode (27, Fig. 2) on its inner face and the chamber comprises a second electrode (25, Fig. 3) positioned relative to the first electrode such that the sacrificial electrodes of the cartridge are located between the first and second electrodes when the chamber door is closed. A method of replacing sacrificial electrodes in the flow-through assembly is also claimed, which comprises the steps of releasing and pivoting the chamber door to an open configuration, removing the depleted cartridge, inserting a replacement or refurbished cartridge into the chamber and then pivoting the chamber door into a closed configuration.
Patent GB-2507218-A (GB)
Title: Connection fixture
Inventor: MILNER WAYNE
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2011-11-25
Abstract: A connection fixture (10) for interconnecting at least two tubular members (18, 20), the connection fixture (10) including: a mounting fixture (18) configured to be secured around a section of a first tubular member, the mounting fixture (18) including a first connection section (30) including a first connection aperture (36, 37); at least one receiving element (20) configured to receive an end section of a second tubular member, each receiving element (20) including a second connection section (45) including a second connection aperture (46); and at least one connector (22) configured to be received through the first connection aperture (36, 37) and the second connection aperture (46) of at least one of the receiving elements (20) to secure that receiving element (20) to the mounting fixture (18), and allow the receiving elements (20) to pivot relative to the mounting fixture (18), wherein each mounting fixture (18) and receiving element (20) include: at least one threaded fastening aperture (28, 53) configured to receive a threaded fastener (31) for friction fitting the respective mounting fixture (18) or receiving element (20) to the respective first tubular member or second tubular member; and at least one fixing aperture (33, 54) configured to receive a fixing element which forms a mechanical connection between the respective mounting fixture (18) or receiving element (20) to the respective first tubular member or second tubular member.
Patent GB-2508741-A (GB)
Title: System and method for correction of downhole measurements
Inventor: SCHUBERTH FRANK
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2012-09-19
Abstract: A system for estimating downhole parameters includes: at least one parameter sensor disposed along a downhole component and configured to measure a parameter of one or more of a borehole and an earth formation and generate parameter data; and a processor in operable communication with the at least one parameter sensor, the processor configured to receive the parameter data and deformation data relating to deformation of the downhole component. The processor is configured to: generate a mathematical model of the downhole component deformation in real time based on pre-selected geometrical data representing the downhole component and the received deformation data; estimate, in real time, an alignment of the at least one parameter sensor relative to at least one of another parameter sensor and a desired alignment; and in response to estimating a misalignment of the at least one parameter sensor, correct the parameter data based on the misalignment.
Patent GB-2508747-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic network adapter memory resizing and bounding for virtual function translation entry storage
Inventor: CARDONA OMAR
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2012-07-13
Abstract: An approach is provided which a system selects a first virtual function from a plurality of virtual functions executing on a network adapter that includes a memory area. Next, the system allocates, in the memory area, a memory corresponding to the first virtual function. The system then stores one or more translation entries in the allocated memory partition, which are utilized to send data traversing through the first virtual function. As such, the system sends, utilizing one or more of the translation entries, the data packets from the network adapter to one or more destinations. In turn, the system dynamically resizes the memory partition based upon an amount of the memory partition that is utilized to store the one or more translation entries.
Patent GB-2519179-A (GB)
Title: Exchanging configuration information wirelessly
Inventor: KNOWLES IAN
IPC: H04W84/12
Filed: 2014-03-24
Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless stations to wirelessly exchange configuration information using the vendor specific field of management frames (e.g. Wi-Fi probe request frames, Wi Fi beacon frames or Wi-Fi probe response frames). Each wireless station can then use the configuration information to configure itself for a particular application or task. For example, the wireless stations may use the configuration information to determine the appropriate topology of a collection of wireless stations for the application or task. Using the management frames to exchange configuration information allows the wireless stations to exchange configuration information without being fully connected to a wireless network. This then allows the wireless stations to exchange configuration information while they are operating in a low-power mode (e.g. in a mode where the network stack is disabled).
Patent GB-2524728-A (GB)
Title: Injection molded preform and manufacture thereof
Inventor: CLARKE PETER REGINALD
IPC: B29C45/56
Filed: 2014-03-28
Abstract: An injection moulded thermoplastic preform 2 for blow moulding to form a container, comprises a closed base portion 4 comprising a central portion 14 which extends over at least 50% of an internal radius of a lower end 16 of a hollow body portion and is either substantially flat or has a shallow concave or convex internal curvature. A transition portion 8 comprises an upwardly and radially outwardly tapering portion 24 extending away from the central portion to connect to the hollow body portion, the tapering portion being inclined at an angle of from 1-20degrees to a longitudinal axis L of the preform and the tapering portion increasing in thickness from the central portion to the hollow body portion. A method of injection moulding a thermoplastic preform is further provided characterised by moving of a core rearwardly during the injection and moving the core forwardly after at least a proportion of the thermoplastic material has been injected into the mould cavity.
Patent GB-2526380-A (GB)
Title: Contact lens assessment
Inventor: YASHIV YUVAL
IPC: G06T7/60
Filed: 2014-05-24
Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an image to determine a size of a contact lens suitable for a human or animal subject. The image comprises a plurality of pixels forming an image of at least part of one eye of the subject. The apparatus comprises: an iris detector configured to determine a size of an iris of the subject; a cornea determiner configured to determine a size of a cornea of the subject based on the determined size of the iris; and a contact lens determiner configured to determine a size of contact lens for the subject based on the determined cornea size.
Patent GB-2528651-A (GB)
Title: Packaging assembly
Inventor: BLANCHARD ROBERT JOHN
IPC: B65D85/20
Filed: 2014-07-18
Abstract: A packaging assembly 10 comprising first and second parts 14, 16, which can when closed define a space to locate an elongate item such that the first part can engage against the end of the item, while the other end is suspended in the assembly clear of the first and second parts. The assembly parts may be telescopically mountable together. The assembly may have formations 22, 40 for retaining the parts at a desired relative telescopic position. A profiled part 28 can be provided at one end of the second part 16 to locate the head of a tablet tool (12, fig. 8) such that the tool is suspended within the second part 16 with the tip (42, fig. 8) of the tool clear from the closed end of the second part 16. The assembly may be made from a plastic material, and the first and/or second parts may be integrally-formed.
Patent GB-2514936-A (GB)
Title: Method, user equipment, and access point for uplink power control
Inventor: LIU KUNPENG
IPC: H04W52/46
Filed: 2012-12-20
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, user equipment, and access point for uplink power control. The method comprises using various uplink power control mechanisms to control, respectively, the power of various uplink signals so as to determine the transmission power for each of the various uplink signals; and using said determined transmission power to send the various uplink signals. In embodiments of the present invention, various uplink power mechanisms can be used for various corresponding uplink signals so that the appropriate transmission power is used to transmit each of the various uplink signals. This increases the precision with which various access points are able to conduct channel measurement on the basis of a corresponding uplink signal.
Patent GB-2528722-A (GB)
Title: Method for the wireless transfer of electronic receipts for storage or for further transfer
Inventor: BIRDI BALDEV RAJ
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2014-07-30
Abstract: A method for the wireless transfer of electronic receipts for storage or further transfer in which an electronic sales register is used to transmit wireless confirmation, of an Electronic Receipt ER, for the payment of goods or services, directly to any wireless device 5 belonging to a customer. The ER can be saved on 5 or can be further transmitted from 5, by WDT, to an ERBS after the customer has subscribed to a service via an APP preinstalled or downloaded on 5. The ER can be retrieved from an ERBS, by WDT, back to 5 or any other wireless device belonging to the customer, on which the APP has been downloaded. The App on 5 may also allow the ER to be sent to the customer's own personal email account.
Patent GB-2529408-A (GB)
Title: Display system and method
Inventor: STRANO GIOVANNI
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2014-08-18
Abstract: The invention relates to a display system, 1, for generating a composite view of a region behind a vehicle, V, towing a trailer, T. A first camera, C1, mounted in a rear-facing orientation to the vehicle outputs first image data whilst a second camera, C2, mounted in a rear-facing orientation to the trailer outputs second image data. An image processor combines the first and second image data to generate a composite image. The composite image may be formed by overlaying a semi-transparent image of the first image onto the second image to create a ghost or phantom image of the trailer overlaid on top of the image of the road behind the trailer. The processor may identify and match common features present in the first and second images in order to correctly overlay the images and the images may be subject to image processing such as rotation, cropping, scaling, skew correction and/or translation. Also disclosed is a system in which a graphical representation of a trailer is overlaid onto an image showing the view behind the trailer to produce an augmented image for display.
Patent GB-2514296-A (GB)
Title: Managed Multi-phase Operation
Inventor: DALEY DANIEL J
IPC: H02P13/06
Filed: 2013-03-01
Abstract: Systems and methods for maximum deviation multi-phase operation provide techniques for controlling voltage regulators and tap changers in a multi-phase system to operate within a maximum deviation window. The maximum deviation window comprises a low boundary value and a high boundary value. In an example embodiment, systems and methods provide techniques for setting the low boundary value and the high boundary value. In another example embodiment, systems and methods provide techniques for optimized power factor correction in a multi-phase system.
Patent GB-2520617-A (GB)
Title: RC-IGBT with freewheeling SiC diode
Inventor: RAHIMO MUNAF
IPC: H03K17/567
Filed: 2014-10-07
Abstract: A semiconductor module 10 comprises a reverse conducting transistor 12a,b, which is an RC-IGBT or a BIGT, with a gate 26a,b, a collector 16a,b and an emitter 18a,b. The transistor provides an integral reverse conducting diode 24a,b between collector and emitter. The module 10 also comprises at least one freewheeling diode 28a,b connected anti-parallel to the transistor, the diode 28a,b having a forward voltage drop higher than that of the reverse conducting diode of the transistor 12a,b in a static state. The freewheeling diode may be an SiC diode. The module 10 also comprises a controller (32, fig.2) which applies a positive pulse (46, fig.3) to the gate of the transistor 12a,b before the reverse conducting diode 24a,b enters a blocking state, such that in a dynamic state, in which the reverse conducting diode 24a,b enters the blocking state, the forward voltage drop of the reverse conducting diode is higher than that of the freewheeling diode 28a,b. The disclosed combination of semiconductors has the effect that applying a positive gate pulse prior to reverse recovery leads to a redirection of current before reverse recovery.
Patent GB-2521927-A (GB)
Title: 3D printing techniques for creating tissue engineering scaffolds
Inventor: LEIGHTON ROGER
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 2014-11-20
Abstract: A method for printing a three-dimensional tissue scaffold comprises printing a first layer of scaffold fibres 135 with a printer onto a base gel substrate 110 and disposing a first gel layer over the first printed layer. The method may further comprise printing a second layer of scaffold fibres over the first gel layer and further disposing a second gel layer over the second printed layer. The scaffold fibres may comprise contiguous droplets of biodegradable polymer 160 wherein the method may further comprise ejecting a plurality of droplets of a solution of a biodegradable polymer from a printer nozzle 150 to form at least one scaffold fibre during printing of the first layer. The base gel layer may comprise a gel layer disposed over a porous substrate 100 and may comprise hydrogels, naturally-derived degradable polymers and synthetic degradable polymers. Disclosed hydrogels include those formed of Matrigel (RTM), Geltrex (RTM), poly(ethylene oxide), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(acrylic acid), agarose, alginate, chitosan, collagen, fibrin, gelatine, hyaluronic acid. Disclosed synthetic polymers include poly(glycolic acid), poly(lactic acid), poly(Îµ-caprolactone), polyurethanes, poly(ortho esters) poly(anhydrides_ poly(vinyl alcohol). The method may include printing a first and second sacrificial scaffold fibre and printing the first scaffold fibre between said sacrificial fibres.
Patent GB-2532749-A (GB)
Title: Method for preparing a nucleic acid for sequencing
Inventor: ROBERT OSBORNE
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2014-11-26
Abstract: Described is a method for preparing a nucleic acid for sequencing. The method comprises a) amplifying a nucleic acid template using a dNTP mix that contain 5-methyl dCTP, thereby producing product nucleic acid molecules that contain methylcytosines; b) digesting the product nucleic acid molecules with a MspJI family restriction endonuclease, thereby cleaving the product nucleic acid molecules at sites that are adjacent to at least some of the methylcytosine, and producing fragments of the product nucleic acid molecules; and c) ligating double-stranded adaptors onto the ends of the fragments to produce adaptor-ligated products. The enzymes used include MspJI, FspEI, LpnPI and SgeI. The amplification method may be PCR or isothermal amplification. Also described is a kit for carrying out the method including a dNTP mix containing 5-methyl dCTP, one or more MspJI-family restriction endonucleases, and double-stranded adaptors.
Patent GB-2518772-A (GB)
Title: Method for preparing a semiconducting layer
Inventor: NEWSOME CHRISTOPHER JAMES
IPC: H01L51/50
Filed: 2013-06-17
Abstract: A method for preparing a semiconducting layer of an organic electronic device comprising: (i) depositing said semiconducting layer from a solution comprising a polymeric semiconductor, a non-polymeric semiconductor, a first aromatic solvent and a second aromatic solvent, wherein said second aromatic solvent has a boiling point that is at least 15 Â°C higher than the boiling point of said first aromatic solvent; and (ii) heating said deposited layer to evaporate said solvent, wherein said first aromatic solvent is of formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from C1-6 alkyl and OC1-6 alkyl; and R2 and R3 are each independently selected from H and CC1-6 alkyl.
Patent GB-2524366-A (GB)
Title: Sheet stacking apparatus, sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
Inventor: MATSUMOTO YASUAKI
IPC: B65H1/12
Filed: 2015-01-15
Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus or cassette 2 includes a sheet restricting portion 24 having an abutment portion 242 for pressing against the ends of sheets S, the abutment portion 242 being movably attached to a holding portion 241, biased by bias member 243 and configured such that a movable range of the abutment portion 242 is restricted to a range R2 by a second restricting portion 244b on a first restricting portion 244 engaging a first projecting portion 242b on the abutment portion 242 when the first restricting portion 244 is retracted from an engaged portion 211 of the cassette 2. A releasing portion 248 releases the restriction of the holding portion 241 by retracting and extending the first restricting portion 244 to determine the position of the holding portion 241 by engaging and disengaging with the engaged portion 211 of the cassette 2. The releasing portion 248 may include a lever 245 having a cam portion 245a engaging a cam follower 244a on the first restricting portion 244.
Patent GB-2525730-A (GB)
Title: Security documents and methods of manufacture thereof
Inventor: GREEN STEPHEN BANISTER
IPC: D21H21/48
Filed: 2015-03-02
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a security document 1 comprising a fibrous substrate 2 comprises: (a) providing a fibrous substrate 2 formed by deposition of fibres onto a porous support, the fibrous substrate 2 comprising a window feature 3 formed during the formation of the fibrous substrate 2; wherein the window 3 is an aperture through at least a portion of the thickness of the fibrous substrate 2, through which an insert incorporated within the fibrous substrate is exposed; and/or an aperture through the full thickness of the fibrous substrate 2; (b) detecting from the fibrous substrate 2 the location of the window feature 3on the fibrous substrate 2; and (c) applying a security feature 5 to the fibrous substrate 2 and/or the insert at a position referenced to the detected location of the window feature 3, such that the security feature 5 and the window feature 3 are registered to one another. A security document having the features of a window 3 in a fibrous substrate 2 and a security feature 5 registered to the window 3 is also disclosed; as is an apparatus for forming a security document including a transport assembly and a detector module for detecting a window feature 3 in a fibrous substrate 2.