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Patent GB-2520372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to heat-conducting apparatus
Inventor: HODGSON TERENCE PETER
IPC: F24C15/10
Filed: 2014-06-17
Abstract: The heat conducting apparatus 36 comprises an upper platen 12, lower platen 14 and a cavity 18 defined between the platens. The platens are thermally conductive and heat exchange between them is managed by adjusting the separation between them using an adjustment means 16 regulated by a controller such as a dial 58. The adjustment means ideally comprises a pressure control device 44 including a pump 46 and an air inlet/outlet 48 that fills the cavity with air via a conduit 42 and a through bore 24 to increase platen separation (decrease temperature) and creates a vacuum in the cavity to decrease platen separation (increase temperature). The apparatus may comprise part of a hotplate 10 including a heating element such as a cast iron block 38 heated by a fossil-fuel burner 40 to provide a cooking surface 22 to receive cookware such as pots or pans. The upper platen can be divided into two or more partitions to provide a multiple hob (160, figure 3) hotplate. The apparatus may comprise part of a cooking vessel (310, figure 5) or a heat storage cooking unit (410, figure 6). Methods of controlling the temperature of a cooking surface are also claimed.
Patent GB-2518034-A (GB)
Title: Flat bracket and electronic device
Inventor: KATO NOBORU
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2013-06-27
Abstract: A transmission-line part (10) of a flat cable (60) is provided with the following: a dielectric body (110) provided with a signal conductor (40) in the thicknesswise middle thereof; a first ground conductor (20); and a second ground conductor (30). The first ground conductor (20) is provided with the following: elongated conductors (21, 22) that extend in a lengthwise direction with a gap therebetween in the widthwise direction of the dielectric body (110); and bridge conductors (23) that connect the elongated conductors (21, 22) at intervals in the lengthwise direction. Wide sections (25) that are wider than the elongated conductors (21, 22) are formed at points midway between bridge conductors (23) that are adjacent in the lengthwise direction. Each wide section (25) is shaped so as to protrude towards the opposing elongated conductor (21, 22). Interlayer connection conductors (50) are formed in the wide sections (25), and said interlayer connection conductors (50) connect the first ground conductor (20) and the second ground conductor (30) to each other.
Patent GB-2514739-A (GB)
Title: Methods of manufacture and use of customized flexomaster patterns for flexographic printing
Inventor: OSTRAND DANIEL VAN
IPC: B41F5/24
Filed: 2013-06-11
Abstract: A method of flexographically printing a uniform pattern on a substrate where the ink deposited on the substrate is deposited in the intended location and not in unintended locations. A flexo-master comprises a pattern formed by a plurality of lines including at least one junction, and printing the pattern including the at least one junction in ink on a substrate forming a printed pattern, wherein the printed junction has a different shape than the at least one junction on the flexo-master. In addition to the junction formation, a discontinuous line on the flexo-master may be used to print a continuous line, a single line may be used to print two lines, and two or more lines may be used to print a single line. The flexo-master pattern lines may additionally have a fill pattern comprising various geometries that are used to uniformly print the pattern on the substrate.
Patent GB-2532970-A (GB)
Title: A Connection and Protective Ring Therefor
Inventor: THOMAS KILPATRICK MCLAUGHLIN
IPC: F16L58/18
Filed: 2014-12-03
Abstract: A connection comprising first and second lined tubular members 101,102 having a coincident bore 113,114 and a protective ring 115, the first lined tubular member 101 having a pin end 2 and the second lined tubular member 101,102 having a box end 4, each lined tubular member 101,102 comprising a tubular body 3,5, an annular liner 103,104 and a mortar filled annulus 107,108 there between, characterised in that said cement filled annulus 107,108 has an annular recess 111,112 in at least one of the pin end 2 and box end 4 for receiving a part of the protective ring 115. The protective ring 115 may comprising flanges (fig 4, 118,119) with pointed distal ends (fig 4, 125, 126) to be received within grooves 111,112. Where in use the protective ring 115 reduces the flow of corrosive fluids to the mild steel of the tubular members 101, 102 while allowing for changes in dimensions due to temperature fluctuations.
Patent GB-2522538-A (GB)
Title: Gain control in an echo canceller
Inventor: MANI SENTHIL KUMAR
IPC: H04M9/08
Filed: 2014-12-11
Abstract: A gain control system for dynamically tuning an echo canceller, the echo canceller being configured to estimate an echo of a far-end signal and subtract that echo estimate from a microphone signal to output an echo cancelled signal, the system comprising a monitoring unit configured to estimate an energy associated with an impulse response of an adaptive filter configured to generate the echo estimate from the far-end signal, and a gain tuner configured to adjust an attenuation of at least one of the microphone signal and the far-end signal in dependence on the estimated energy. Embodiments of the invention include a threshold control system for controlling a non-linear processor (NLP) in an echo canceller. An aim of both the threshold control system and the gain control system is to obtain some indication of the stability of the adaptive filter. This indication is then used to automatically tune the operational parameters of the echo canceller the non-linear processor threshold in the case of the threshold control system and attenuation in the case of the gain controller and thus avoid the need to manually tune these parameters.
Patent GB-2533392-A (GB)
Title: Path encoding and decoding
Inventor: FREDERIC BAUCHOT
IPC: H04L9/34
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: An input string of binary characters is encoded by : defining a data structure (e.g. a square) having a plurality (e.g. 64) of cells ; defining one or more paths through the structure (see fig.5A) ; writing a binary character to an empty cell with a predefined initial position; determining a next empty cell in the path by checking cells along the path, where occupied cells may be jumped over to reach the next empty cell ; writing characters into each cell until the structure is filled, and serially reading out the contents of the structure to obtain an encoded version of the input string as a string of alphanumeric characters. Cells may be skipped along the path according to rules defining a number of cells to be skipped depending on the character written in the cell. The method may jump to a second path if a full cell is encountered along the first path.
Patent GB-2527405-A (GB)
Title: Overload detection device for an axle of a vehicle
Inventor: PRATHAP JAI
IPC: G01L1/25
Filed: 2015-04-10
Abstract: The invention relates to an overload detection device (30) for an axle (10) of a vehicle. At least one laser (38) is mounted on a housing (16) of the axle (10), and emits along a centreline of the housing (16). A reflection surface (52) is arranged inside the housing (16) to reflect the emitted laser radiation. This can indicate overload by sensor or use of a transparent plate with circular marking.
Patent GB-2522164-A (GB)
Title: Combined dehydration of gas and inhibition of liquid from a well stream
Inventor: KNUT ARILD MARÃ K
IPC: C10L3/10
Filed: 2012-11-26
Abstract: A method and system is provided for dehydration of a gas phase and hydrate inhibition of a liquid hydrocarbon phase in a produced multiphase hydrocarbon fluid stream containing water, comprising the steps of: i) separating the hydrocarbon fluid stream into a liquid phase and a first gas phase; ii) adding hydrate inhibitor to the first gas phase; and iii) separating off condensed liquids and a second gas phase; wherein the first gas phase has a water dew point which is lower than that of the initial multiphase hydrocarbon fluid stream and the second gas phase has a lower water dew point than the first gas phase; characterised in that the hydrate inhibitor has a water content that is low enough to enable it to dry the first gas phase, said hydrate inhibitor being separated off with the condensed liquids in step iii) and mixed with a part or all of the liquid phase from the separation in step i) to inhibit said liquid phase.
Patent GB-2538750-A (GB)
Title: Method of determining a wind speed and a braking torque of a wind turbine
Inventor: DAVID PARSONS
IPC: F03D7/02
Filed: 2015-05-27
Abstract: A method of determining the wind speed acting on a wind turbine 10 in comparison to a wind speed threshold. The wind turbine comprises a rotor and a brake configured to vary the speed of the rotor. The method includes the steps of; controlling the brake to vary the speed of the rotor; determining a resulting acceleration; and determining that the wind speed is more than or less than the threshold based on the determined acceleration. Also disclosed is an apparatus and a computer program for performing the above method with a controller 100. The comparison of the calculated wind velocity may be compared to the high or low wind speed shutdown thresholds. Also claimed is a method, an apparatus and a computer programme measuring the breaking torque of a turbine by controlling the brake.
Patent GB-2526951-A (GB)
Title: Improving metal contacts to group IV semiconductors by inserting interfacial atomic monolayers
Inventor: HARRISON WALTER A
IPC: H01L29/04
Filed: 2012-10-18
Abstract: A method of forming an electrical contact, comprising depositing, on a surface of a group IV semiconductor, which has been prepared so as to include atoms of a first group V material near the surface, a monolayer of a second group V material, the atoms of the second group V material being epitaxially aligned with a lattice structure of the semiconductor, and depositing a metal on the monolayer of the second group V material. This results in the specific contact resistance of the metal being reduced. In one embodiment the metal may be a ferromagnetic metal. The application further discloses the use of III-V bi layers as well as group III monolayers.
Patent GB-2525520-A (GB)
Title: Water soluble farnesol analogs and their use
Inventor: KOENIG DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: C07C69/40
Filed: 2012-12-27
Abstract: Farnesol analogs, along with their related products (e.g., treatment compositions, wipes, absorbent articles, etc.) and their methods of formation, are provided. The farnesol analog includes a hydrophilic end group (e.g., a hydroxyl end group or a carboxylic acid end group) attached to farnesol via a covalent linkage (e.g., an ester group or an ether group).
Patent GB-2531636-A (GB)
Title: Gas spring
Inventor: PAUL HYNES
IPC: F16F9/36
Filed: 2015-08-14
Abstract: A gas spring 100 comprising: a housing 102; a piston 104 and piston assembly that can reciprocate within the housing 102; wherein a gas chamber is formed within the housing; wherein at a certain range of positions, the piston assembly separates the gas chamber 101 into a primary chamber and a secondary chamber 126 by a seal 106; and wherein the seal 106 is a captive seal. During the reciprocations, the first (1st) and second (2nd) compartments are repeatedly sealed from one another and fluidly joined again.
Patent GB-2535261-A (GB)
Title: Fastened structure
Inventor: TADAHISA SUGIYAMA
IPC: F16B5/02
Filed: 2013-06-28
Abstract: A fastened structure 90 comprises a first member 20 provided with a female screw, a second member 30 provided with an opening 31, and a male screw 10 which fastens the first member 20 and second member 30 with each other. The male screw 10 includes a male screw portion 12 and a head portion 11 having a bearing surface 11b. The male screw portion 12 is threaded in the female screw through the opening 31 of the second member 30. A substantially circular folded portion 41 is provided which is formed by folding back in the direction toward the bearing surface at an angle of 90 degrees or more and 180 degrees or less, and including a curved surface defining the opening 31 and a free end having an edge 42 biting into the bearing surface 11b of the male screw 10.
Patent GB-2530929-A (GB)
Title: Wellbore component life monitoring system
Inventor: KIRKHOPE KENNEDY J
IPC: G01N3/56
Filed: 2013-07-11
Abstract: Wellbore component life monitoring system. A life of a component in a wellbore can be monitored by periodically receiving a load value of a load while the load is being applied to a component in a wellbore. While the load is being applied to the component in the wellbore, a fatigue on the component caused by the load can be periodically determined based, at least in part, on the periodically received load value.
Patent GB-2531177-A (GB)
Title: Gravity-driven water purification system and method for manufacturing a flexible, collapsible water container
Inventor: MIKKEL VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN
IPC: C02F1/44
Filed: 2015-04-08
Abstract: An apparatus for water purification comprises a flexible, collapsible water container (2a, 2b, Fig. 1) to which a purification unit (4, Fig. 1) is connected by a flexible tube (3, Fig. 1). The purification unit comprises purification media 16 configured for purifying water through removal of bacteria and sub-micron particles by gravity-forced flow of water through the purification unit. A pre-filter chamber (23, Fig. 4A) is provided at the bottom 22 of the container, wherein the pre-filter chamber comprises pre-filter material for pre-filtering the water prior to the water entering the tube. The pre-filter material has a porosity of 10 to 120 microns. Suitably, the pre-filter chamber has a lateral extension that is smaller than the lateral extension of the bottom of the container. An opening 31 of the pre-filter chamber may be provided at a height of between 1 and 5 cm above the bottom of the container, thereby providing a volume around the pre-filter chamber, at the bottom of the container, for collecting water with impurities without the impurities having access to the pre-filter chamber.
Patent GB-2544809-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion with asymmetric twin scroll turbine and increased efficiency
Inventor: JOHN RUTLEDGE
IPC: F02B37/10
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: An internal combustion engine 10 comprising combustion cylinders (11 to 16) configured to output exhaust gas to first and second exhaust manifolds 21, 22, and a transfer conduit 70 between the manifolds comprising a balance valve 74 for controlling flow in the transfer conduit. The engine further comprises a valve controller to control the balance valve element position and an asymmetric twin scroll turbine 30 comprising first and second scrolls 31, 32 fluidly connected to respective exhaust manifolds to direct exhaust gas towards the turbine blades 33. The scrolls have different size cross-sectional areas in a plane through an axis of rotation of the turbine shaft 35. The engine further comprises an electrical machine 50, such as a combined motor and generator, which is coupled to the turbine shaft and wherein the electrical machine supplies rotational energy to the turbine shaft, or converts rotational energy of the turbine shaft into electrical energy. The balance valve may also open or close to vary how much electrical power generation occurs.
Patent GB-2537478-A (GB)
Title: Duct arrangement for high-temperature applications
Inventor: MICHAEL PLUSCHKE
IPC: F01N13/14
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: A duct arrangement 1 for high-temperature applications, having a duct element 2 including flexible sections, and having a rigid pipe element 3 extending into the duct element, at least in some sections being spaced apart from the duct element. At the connection end 2a the duct element 2 and the pipe element 3 have a flange portion bent outwards from the axis L of the duct arrangement. The ridged pipe element 3 having at least one slot 4, which slot 4 extending from the flange at the connection end into the duct element 2. The slot allows for thermal expansion and reduces deformation causes by repeated thermal expansion and contraction.
Patent GB-2539065-A (GB)
Title: Pre-filter fragmentation
Inventor: DANIEL JAMES KENNY
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2016-03-21
Abstract: A method of fragmenting ions is disclosed comprising providing a linear ion trap comprising: a first electrode set 4a, preferably in the form of a pre-filter quadrupole; a second electrode set, preferably an analytical quadrupole 4b, arranged downstream of the first; and a third electrode set, preferably a post-filter quadrupole 4c, arranged downstream of the second. A potential difference between at least some of the electrodes making up the first and second, and/or the second and third electrode sets is varied in order to accelerate ions and cause them to fragment through collisions with a gas provided within the ion trap. Preferably, the ions are accelerated into either the pre-filter or post-filter quadrupole devices to collide with gas flowing out of an upstream ion source (2, Fig. 1) or downstream collision cell 6 respectively. A pulsed gas source may also be used in order to temporarily increase the pressure within either the pre-filter or post filter section of the ion trap.
Patent GB-2541267-A (GB)
Title: Child motion apparatus
Inventor: JONATHAN K MOUNTZ
IPC: A47D13/10
Filed: 2016-05-25
Abstract: An infant rocking apparatus comprising a base frame 102 for providing standing support on a floor, a column 104 connected with the base frame, a support arm extending horizontally out from the column at a first end and including a channel, a child seat 200 connected to the support arm at a second end, a vertical actuating mechanism supported by the base frame 102 to drive the column 104 to slide up and down relative to the base 102 and a horizontal actuating mechanism to oscillate the support arm relative to the column 104 with a driving part movable along a circular path to generate movement along the channel. Also disclosed is a rocking device with independent vertical and horizontal movement. The driving mechanism may employ an electric motor, rollers, bearings, pulleys, worm shafts, gears and belts. The seat may have curved feet 208.
Patent GB-2551833-A (GB)
Title: Thruster propeller nozzle mounting arrangement
Inventor: Patrick Lindengren
IPC: B63H5/14
Filed: 2016-07-01
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a thruster (12, Fig 1) for a marine vessel (10, Fig 1). The thruster includes a thruster housing 14 having a thruster housing bore 44. The thruster further includes at least one arm 38 connected to the thruster housing and includes an arm bore 46. The thruster further includes a propeller nozzle 20 including at least two mounting bodies. A first mounting body 48 being located in the thruster housing bore and a second mounting body 50 being located in the arm bore. A fit between the second mounting body and the arm bore is looser than a fit between the first mounting body and the thruster housing bore. First and second fastening members 43A and 43B may be received through the first and second mounting bodies to connect the propeller nozzle to the thruster housing and the at least one arm.
Patent GB-2543129-A (GB)
Title: Sampling device
Inventor: ADAM TOKARSKI
IPC: G01N1/22
Filed: 2016-07-29
Abstract: A sampling apparatus 10 comprising a valve 12 with a sampling channel 34, a transfer channel 36 and an extraction channel 38 a pump 26 operable to pump fluid through at least one of the transfer channel and the extraction channel, and an actuator 18 operable to transition the valve from a sampling position to an extracting position wherein the sampling position comprises a fluid connection between the sampling channel and the transfer channel and the extracting position comprises a fluid connection between the transfer channel and the extraction channel. Preferably the sampling apparatus comprises a filter coupled to an entrance of the sampling channel. Ideally the valve comprises a valve core disposed within a valve body wherein the actuator is connected to the valve core by a shaft, the actuator may be a linear actuator or may be a rotary actuator. Further claimed is a sampling apparatus comprising: a valve comprising a valve core disposed within a valve body and comprising a sampling channel, a transfer channel and an extraction channel, a pump operable to pump and an actuator. A method of extracting a sample in situ is also claimed.
Patent GB-2544853-A (GB)
Title: Structured knowledge modeling and extraction from images
Inventor: SCOTT D COHEN
IPC: G06K9/80
Filed: 2016-09-09
Abstract: Techniques and systems are described to model and extract knowledge from images. A digital medium environment is configured to learn and use a model to compute a descriptive summarization of an input image automatically and without user intervention. Training data is obtained to train a model using machine learning in order to generate a structured image representation that serves as the descriptive summarization of an input image. The images and associated text are processed to extract structured semantic knowledge from the text, which is then associated with the images. The structured semantic knowledge is processed along with corresponding images to train a model using machine learning such that the model describes a relationship between text features within the structured semantic knowledge. Once the model is learned, the model is usable to process input images to generate a structured image representation of the image. An image search could also be carried out using the structured image representation. The structured knowledge may be in the form of tuples such as <subject, attribute>.
Patent GB-2543187-A (GB)
Title: Real-time video extensometer
Inventor: MARTIN A PETERSON
IPC: G01N3/08
Filed: 2015-06-25
Abstract: This disclosure relates to a real-time video extensometer. Typically, the apparatus of the disclosure combines the image source, data processing and electrical output on to a single processing board in order to achieve high frequency images and low latency times on data flow. Further, the video processing engine processes the image on a pixel basis and updating the output the intermediate extension/strain result so that after receipt of the final image pixel, a final extension/strain value is achieved and immediately output for evaluation.
Patent GB-2557276-A (GB)
Title: Voltage regulators
Inventor: SAMULI ANTTI HALLIKAINEN
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: Voltage regulation circuit 2 comprises first 4 and second 6 voltage regulators each arranged to receive an input voltage Vin and a respective reference voltage from first 18 and second 30 reference voltage sources. In a first operation mode low power regulator 4 varies the regulated output voltage in response to a difference between the regulated output voltage Vout and the first reference voltage. In a second operation mode high power regulator 6, which can provide a greater maximum output current than the first regulator 4, varies the regulated output voltage in response to a difference between the regulated output voltage and the second reference voltage. In a third, transitory operation mode low power regulator 4 provides the output voltage and a switch 8 connects the reference voltage source 18 to the high power regulator 6 which provides additional current. The reference voltage sources 4, 6 can be bandgap sources which have differing power consumption, initialisation time and accuracy.