baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2468588-A (GB)
Title: A process for producing a dry lime and aggregate mix
Inventor: PRITCHETT IAN JOHN
IPC: C04B2/06
Filed: 2010-03-10
Abstract: A process for producing a dry Lime and sand mix comprising aggregates and a lime-based binder is disclosed which is characterised by the successive steps of:a) admixing a pre-determined quantity of calcium oxide (CaO) containing compound with wet aggregates, said aggregates having a predetermined free water content;b) providing a period of storage; andC) admixing at least one hydraulic component or binder wherein the amount of calcium oxide used is in the range of 109 to 280 wt% of said free water content or, alternatively, of 35 to 90 mol% of said free water content. The lime may be in the form of quicklime. The hydraulic binder may be Portland cement, ground granulated blast furnace slag, fly ash, silica fume, metakaolin or natural hydraulic lime.
Patent GB-2469555-A (GB)
Title: Sharing space on a storage device designated to be used by a specific computer system
Inventor: UCHIDA KOSUKE
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2010-04-01
Abstract: A storage system 101 has a storage area V to be shared between computer systems S, such as servers. The shared storage area may be distributed over a number of shared storage devices Da. The storage system detects that there is unused space on a dedicated storage device Db attached to one of the computer systems. It then makes that space part of the shared storage area. If the rate of use of the space on the dedicated storage device, which is not part of the shared storage area, is greater than a predetermined rate, then the shared are may be removed from the dedicated storage device.
Patent GB-2466421-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for rust-preventing of cable supporting bridge
Inventor: YAMANE MITSUHIRO
IPC: E01D11/00
Filed: 2008-07-14
Abstract: A suspension bridge is supported by a cable with one or more cable bands. The rust-preventing device comprises one or more covers for so covering the cable that the gaps allowing a gas to longitudinally flow along the outer surface of the cable are formed between the inner peripheral surfaces of the covers and the outer surface of the cable, and an air blower which is in airtight communication with the gaps and supplies air into the gaps after drying it.
Patent GB-2481783-A (GB)
Title: Data presentation and annotation software for genetic copy number analysis.
Inventor: PETROV ANTON
IPC: G16B45/00
Filed: 2010-06-26
Abstract: Software is disclosed for displaying the results of the genetic analysis of a (human) patient sample obtained from a SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism, point mutation) array or a CGH (comparative genome hybridisation) array in order to visualise the copy number at individual genetic loci to facilitate the visualisation of regions of unusual genetic copy number such that DNA anomalies may be more easily observed. The method comprises obtaining SNP or CGH array data for the sample and plotting log-ratio measurements to represent deviation of patient's copy number state from the norm, for instance: regions of LOH (loss of heterozygosity) or gain/loss of copy number are superimposed on a diagram representing their chromosomal position. Preferably the software comprises databases for annotation of genetic loci with details of clinical disease association, gene/protein function and known SNP or CGH copy-number variants.
Patent GB-2476138-A (GB)
Title: Phonics cubes
Inventor: LEE MING CHANG
IPC: G09B1/04
Filed: 2010-10-14
Abstract: The present invention utilizes the cooperation between vowel letter surfaces 12 on vowel cubes 10 and the letter surfaces 22 on consonant cubes 20 to provide an aid for spelling practice. A serial vowel area 111 and a serial consonant area 211 on the single vowel cube 10 and on the single consonant cube 20 could help users swiftly find the letters on faces that are hidden from view. Serial numbers 110,210 on each of the single vowel cubes 10 and on each of the single consonant cubes 20 enable speedy placement in a frame housing the set of cubes.
Patent GB-2486641-A (GB)
Title: A sealed fluidic component comprising two PAEK materials
Inventor: DEHMER BERNHARD
IPC: B01D15/22
Filed: 2010-12-20
Abstract: A sealed fluidic component 280 for use in a fluidic flow path comprises: a composite material 300 comprising a first material 305 and a second material 310, wherein the first material 305 and the second material 310 are different PAEK (polyaryletherketone) materials with the first material 305 having a lower melting point than the second material 310 and wherein the composite material 300 has been heated in order to provide a sealing by the first material 305. The PAEK material may be polyetherketone (PEK), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), polyetheretherketoneketone (PEEKK) or polyetherketoneetherketoneketone (PEKEKK). The disclosed components (and methods of providing them) may afford improved sealing of fluidic components, in particular for HPLC applications. The difference in melting point between the first and second materials may allow the processing of the first material during heating to be plastifyable (plasticisable) while the second material is still solid and retains its shape (thus keeping a guiding or alignment function for one or more further components).
Patent GB-2487908-A (GB)
Title: A base station receives uplink data from mobile terminals on a first and second group of subcarriers over a first and second bandwidth
Inventor: MCNAMARA DARREN PHILLIP
IPC: H04L5/00
Filed: 2011-02-04
Abstract: A base station 1401 of a network 1408 receives uplink data transmitted from mobile terminals 1402, 1403 over a radio interface using a plurality of subcarriers. Mobile terminals of a first type 1402 transmit uplink data on a first group of subcarriers over a first bandwidth and mobile terminals of a second type 1403 transmit uplink data on a second group of subcarriers within the first group of subcarriers over a second bandwidth smaller than the first bandwidth. The mobile terminals of the second type 1403 may be machine-type communication (MTC) terminals that utilize the network for reduced complexity communications over a reduced number of subcarriers. The base station 1401 may receive random access request messages of the mobile terminals of the second type 1403 on subcarriers within the second group of subcarriers or on frequencies outside of the second group of subcarriers but within the remaining subcarriers of the first group of subcarriers.
Patent GB-2479077-A (GB)
Title: Ultrafast method for creating aged wood flavored alcoholic beverages
Inventor: WATSON DANIEL MARTIN
IPC: C12C11/00
Filed: 2009-10-08
Abstract: A method of creating an aged, ethanol-contaming beverage using pressure for distinct periods of time of less than 3 months and at least one wood piece to create a wood flavored alcoholic beverage similar to beverages aged 10 years to 30 years without losing any volume of product during the method.
Patent GB-2477888-A (GB)
Title: Display
Inventor: HOLMES PAUL
IPC: H04N5/445
Filed: 2009-12-21
Abstract: A control means for a pixel display, for displaying pixel images provided as rows of data to a row driver, includes a shift register for transposing each row of data so that it is written to the row driver in a manner that causes each pixel of the row of data to be translated by a number of pixels distance across the screen, and also includes a fill data means for writing a blank; signal to the pixels which the row of data would be written too had it not been translated. A second fill data means is included for writing a blank signal to the pixels on the opposite side of the row of data to the blank: pixels written by the first fill data means. The amount which the shift register transposes the rows of data may be varied.
Patent GB-2480926-A (GB)
Title: Public Space Lighting
Inventor: HARRISON RICHARD
IPC: H05B37/02
Filed: 2011-06-06
Abstract: A device 2 for controlling public space lighting comprises means 12, 12, 22 for providing a first (decreased) voltage or a second (increased) voltage to a public space light 18 and a transmitter and a receiver 26 to communicate with other devices; the device 2 supplies the second (increased) voltage to the light 18 when the presence of a person or vehicle is detected by a sensor 28 of the device 2; or when another similar device indicates that such a presence has been detected via the transmitter and receiver 26. When the presence of a person or vehicle is not detected for a pre-set period of time, the first (decreased) voltage is supplied to the light 18. The detector is preferably an infra-red motion sensor and the decreased voltage is preferably supplied by the output of autotransformer whose input is supplied by the increased voltage.
Patent GB-2481895-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle instrument dial with scale indicia and a light-diffusion structure formed therein
Inventor: DEMMA DINO
IPC: B60K35/00
Filed: 2011-06-30
Abstract: A scale element 3 (e.g. dial) for a display instrument (e.g. speedometer 2, Fig.1) comprises a scale which is impressed in the volume of the scale element; and optionally a diffusion strucÂ­ture 12 likewise impressed therein. The scale element may comprise a transparent glass disk 8 with a central hole 9 to accommodate a pointer. Graduation marks 4 and indicia 5 may be formed as groups of voids or hollow bodies in different planes therein (e.g. by laser shot or etching); thus constituting diffusion centres which allow them to stand out visually. The diffusion structure may similarly consist of multiple shot surfaces which scatter light within the disk. The pointer may be formed by a light beam (20, Figs. 5, 6) in the diffusion structure or in a separate diffusion disk (21, Fig. 6); or by a gap in an opaque disk (24, 23, Fig.7).
Patent GB-2494619-A (GB)
Title: Automated creation of online communities, message boards, social networks, email distribution lists or other virtual hubs
Inventor: DARWISH KAREEM
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2011-08-26
Abstract: A method for creating a virtual hub for a community of users with common interests to interact in over a network comprises: data mining multiple topical interests from a set of input sources queried over the network to determining common shared interests; computing a measure representing a prominence of the topical interests, selecting the most common interest, i.e. the one with the highest favourable rating determining people who are interested in this topic or members with the same interest using an interest measure metric score for users; and instantiating creating a hub, message board, mailing list, social network site or website on the world wide web or network for interested parties. Content for inclusion in the hub may be selected automatically from user posts, recommendations, likes, favourites or content. Content may be added by users or interested parties and access to the hub may be controlled by its user base.
Patent GB-2494722-A (GB)
Title: Control mechanism for drawer slide assembly
Inventor: CHEN KEN-CHING
IPC: A47B88/04
Filed: 2011-12-16
Abstract: A control mechanism for a drawer slide assembly which includes a first slide member 10 and a second slide member 12. The control mechanism includes an adjustment member 28 and a pair of stop members 30, 32. The adjustment member is rotationally connected to the second slide member, and the pair of stop members are connected to the adjustment member and each have a stop portion 50, 64 located corresponding to the first slide member. The first slide member includes a catch portion 76, 78 which is located corresponding to one of the stop portions. The pair of the stop members are moved by rotation of the adjustment member. When the second slide member is retracted relative to the first slide member, the first and second stop portions are respectively adjusted and are engaged with the catch portion of the first side member to position the second slide member.
Patent GB-2499782-A (GB)
Title: LED lamp having shell structure
Inventor: DENT NIGEL ALASTAIR
IPC: F21K99/00
Filed: 2012-02-21
Abstract: An electric lamp 10 comprises a plurality of electrically-powered light sources 34 (such as LEDs); at least one electrical connector 54 electrically connected to the light sources; and a structure to which the light sources are mounted with different orientations and to which the connector(s) is/are mounted. The structure has the form of a shell 100 with apertures 108 therethrough so that ambient air can pass through the apertures and circulate into and out of the shell. The shell is assembled from a plurality of separately formed shell portions 88,90. The light sources are mounted in thermal contact with mounting portions of the shell, and the mounting portions are thermally conductive so that they can dissipate heat away from the light sources. By mounting the light sources on and in thermal contact with apertured shell, heat can readily be dissipated from the light sources, and the light sources can conveniently be oriented in different directions.
Patent GB-2500703-A (GB)
Title: Cooling devices for photovoltaic modules
Inventor: PAREDES STEPHAN
IPC: F24S23/71
Filed: 2012-03-30
Abstract: A chip module cooling device (25, figure 1) comprises an inlet fluid circuit and an outlet fluid circuit, each comprising an arrangement of orifices O and channel portions CP forming a tree structure that extends through at least three levels, wherein branches of the tree structure represent the orifices and nodes represent the channel portions, the circuits being in fluidic connection with each other via channel portions corresponding to leaf nodes, several nodes having a same parent node being sibling nodes, which are parallel to each other and are not parallel to a channel portion corresponding to their parent node, and channel portions of the inlet and outlet fluid circuits being parallel to and interdigitated with each other. Preferably channel portions corresponding to sibling nodes are parallel to channel portions corresponding to a grandparent node of said sibling nodes. Also disclosed is a photovoltaic receiver (20, figure 10) comprising a photovoltaic module (21) to which the cooling device of the invention is thermally connected.
Patent GB-2487172-A (GB)
Title: Microelectronic package and method of manufacturing same
Inventor: GUZEK JOHN S
IPC: H01L23/12
Filed: 2010-09-20
Abstract: A microelectronic package includes a first substrate (120) having a first surface area (125) and a second substrate (130) having a second surface area (135). The first substrate includes a first set of interconnects (126) having a first pitch (127) at a first surface (121) and a second set of interconnects (128) having a second pitch (129) at a second surface (222). The second substrate is coupled to the first substrate using the second set of interconnects and includes a third set of interconnects (236) having a third pitch (237) and internal electrically conductive layers (233, 234) connected to each other with a microvia (240). The first pitch is smaller than the second pitch, the second pitch is smaller than the third pitch, and the first surface area is smaller than the second surface area.
Patent GB-2502300-A (GB)
Title: Customisation of client service data exchange and communication to provide/communicate only data relevant to a requested service
Inventor: FEILLET PIERRE DENIS
IPC: G06N5/04
Filed: 2012-05-22
Abstract: A distributed decision service, e.g. determining load eligibility, comprising: receiving a call from a client requesting a decision service; building, in advance or in real time, a thin data model of the data required for that decision service; sending the thin data model to the client; receiving a thin data set from the client; forming a decision by performing the decision service on the thin data set; and sending the decision to the client.
Patent GB-2503884-A (GB)
Title: LCD display unit with neutral density filter
Inventor: WEINDORF PAUL FREDERICK LUTHER
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2012-07-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to a display unit, and in particular relates to a display unit for a motor vehicle, having a display area (A) with a back-lit liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and also to such an LCD device bounded by a border area. The display unit comprises a light source (S), and behind the display area a liquid crystal cell (G1, LC. G2), a first polariser (P1) and a second polariser (P2), the light source being configured to provide back-light illumination to the cell and the polarisers forming a pair of polarisers on opposite sides of the cell such that, in use, the first polariser (P1) polarises the illumination and the second polariser (P2) either passes or blocks this illumination when the polarisation of the illumination is rotated by the cell. A first cover sheet extends over said cell, and a second cover sheet extends over the first cover sheet. One of these first and second cover sheets comprises a third polariser (P3) and the other of these cover sheets comprises a neutral density filter (ND), the third polariser being aligned with the second polariser such that the illumination passed by the second polariser is passed by the third polariser, and the first cover sheet is separated from the display area of the LCD device by a gap (D1), such that ambient external light (LA) incident on the LCD device and reflected or scattered (R) back towards the viewer from the display area (A) is attenuated by two passes through the neutral density filter (ND), and by two passes through the third polariser (P3).
Patent GB-2504985-A (GB)
Title: Managing interference between a plurality of sub-carriers on the basis of interference indications contained in measurement reports
Inventor: ALSUSA EMAD ADRIAN
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2012-08-16
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates to managing interference between users of base stations (e.g. macro-cells, micro-cells pico-cells, femto-cells) on the basis of interference indications contained in measurement reports. Managing interference between a plurality of subcarriers, comprises the steps of: receiving measurement reports associated with a plurality of users of the sub-carriers; the measurement reports providing an indication of interference regarding respective sub-carriers; establishing rank for each base stations associated with the subcarriers according to a criterion (such as the number of users with service areas of the base stations); allocating the ranked base stations one or more subcarriers from a set of subcarriers for use in serving respective users; the subcarriers being allocated on the basis of the interference indications contained in the measurement reports. Allocated sets, forbidden sets and priority sets of subcarriers for one or more users may be established.
Patent GB-2505648-A (GB)
Title: Hand grip sleeve for golf putter
Inventor: CHEN YUNG-SHEN
IPC: A63B53/14
Filed: 2012-09-05
Abstract: A hand grip sleeve or cover for wrapping about a grip of a golf putter comprises a flexible sleeve 1 defining a sleeve hole 11 extending from a front end 12 to a rear end 13, a longitudinal opening 14 cutting through a peripheral wall, and a fastener 15 at two opposite sides of the longitudinal opening to open or close the opening. The fastener may be selected from hook and loops, zipper or snaps. The sleeve may be made of a foam plastic having a surface layer 2 selected from plastic sheet, leather or synthetic leather bonded to an outer perimeter. The sleeve may further comprise an end cap (16, fig 9) and an anti-slip structure (17, fig 11) at an inner surface of the sleeve hole. The sleeve increases the diameter of the grip area and enhances wrist stability during golf putting.
Patent GB-2505704-A (GB)
Title: Passive lubricant pressure control for cylinder seal
Inventor: CROWLEY MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: F03B13/18
Filed: 2012-09-10
Abstract: A seal 16 for use in a piston and cylinder arrangement 1 includes a reservoir 20 supplying lubricant between parts that are in sealing contact and in motion relative to each other. The reservoir 20 is provided with pressure adjusting means 21, 22, 24 which vary the lubricant pressure within the reservoir in response to the changing pressure of a working fluid e.g. in the chamber 12. Part of the reservoir wall may be flexible 21 and in fluid communication with the working fluid via a passage 24. Since the lubricant and working fluid are at the same pressure, leakage or contamination of the lubricant can be reduced and a wiper seal 26 may be designed for only low pressure use. The arrangement may be used in hydraulic systems for wave or tidal energy conversion.
Patent GB-2496738-A (GB)
Title: Dual orientation connector
Inventor: TERLIZZI JEFFREY J
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2012-11-07
Abstract: A dual orientation connector has a connector tab 44 with first and second major opposing sides bearing two sets of electrical contacts. Each individual contact in the first plurality of contacts may be electrically connected within the tab or body to a corresponding contact in the second plurality of contacts. In some embodiments (eg Fig 11A) contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are in a cater cornered relationship with each other are coupled together, so that the connector can be coupled either way up. In some other embodiments (eg Fig 9A), contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are directly opposite each other are coupled together, and circuitry (150, Fig 17) detects which way up and switches as a result. Alternatively, one contact of the connector is used as an ID contact, and circuitry participates in a handshaking algorithm over this contact to establish a communication protocol (eg USB) to use over data contacts. Alternatively, power contacts can be intermingled with data contacts. Alternatively, a connector can be manufactured by soldering contacts to a PCB and overmoulding it. The connector may have a conductive frame (52, Fig 5A) around the tab, and may be built into a docking station (170, Fig 21).
Patent GB-2511827-A (GB)
Title: Control unit for a vehicle suspension
Inventor: GUEST PHILIP
IPC: B60G17/0185
Filed: 2013-03-14
Abstract: A control unit 49 for controlling a motor vehicle suspension 3 is provided. The suspension 3 has a plurality of adjustable height suspension units 19, 21, 23, 25 and a suspension control means 53 is provided to control the suspension units 19, 21, 23, 25. The control unit 49 has a receiver for receiving height data from height sensors 41, 43, 45, 47 to provide respective height measurements for each suspension unit 19, 21, 23, 25. A suspension modelling means is provided for modelling the height of each suspension unit 19, 21, 23, 25. The control unit 49 is configured to detect an unrequested suspension height change when the difference between the modelled height hE and the measured height hM of one or more suspension units 19, 21, 23, 25 exceeds a threshold. The present application also relates to a motor vehicle; and a method of detecting an unrequested suspension height change.