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Patent GB-2575036-A (GB)
Title: Fire ring for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: CHAD PALMER KOCI
IPC: F16J15/06
Filed: 2018-06-25
Abstract: A fire ring 140 to be disposed between the cylinder (102, fig.1) and the cylinder head (104) of an internal combustion engine is non-circular, the distance R1a, R1b, R1c of the inner circumferential surface 148 from the center axis X-X’ and/or the distance R2x, R2y, R2z of the outer circumferential surface 150 from the center axis X-X’ varying in a circumferential direction as a function of one or more engine parameters, eg the number or arrangement of cooling passages 116, and/or the number or arrangement of fastening members 118. The height (thickness) H of the fire ring may also vary circumferentially. The fire ring may be integrally formed or coupled with the head gasket 170, or may be received in an annular slot 126 in the cylinder liner 102. The fire ring may be flat or wavy. The cross-section of the ring may be rectangular, elliptical or quadrilateral.
Patent GB-2560850-A (GB)
Title: Latching device and method
Inventor: PARAMESHWARAPPA ANAND KUMAR SAVANTH
IPC: H03K17/687
Filed: 2016-12-13
Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a data input to receive a data signal. The apparatus further comprises a latching circuitry. The latching circuitry comprises a first Correlated Electron Switch(CES) element and a second CES element. The latching circuitry further comprises a control circuit coupled to the first CES element and the second CES element. The control circuit is configured to program impedance states of the first CES element and the second CES element based on the data signal
Patent GB-2568387-A (GB)
Title: Modular electronic damping control
Inventor: IVAN TONG
IPC: B60W10/22
Filed: 2018-10-01
Abstract: A modular electronic damping control system 100 is provided. The modular electronic damping control system 100 includes a damping component 21-24 located at a vehicle suspension location. The modular electronic damping control system 100 also includes a control system 111 configured to control the damping component 21-24, and determine the type of damping component present. Also, the control system 111 is configured to automatically tune a vehicle's suspension based on the type of damping component present, and automatically monitor the damping component. The control system 111 also determines when a change has been made to the damping component so that the control system 111 can then automatically re-tune the vehicle's suspension based on the change to the damping component.
Patent GB-2578153-A (GB)
Title: Active diffuser mechanism
Inventor: GEORGE TUDOR IORGA
IPC: B62D37/02
Filed: 2018-10-19
Abstract: An active diffuser mechanism (10, Figure 1) for a vehicle is provided with a mounting mechanism 11 for connecting a diffuser body 101 to a vehicle body so that diffuser body 101 is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position, where an airflow surface of diffuser body 101 is further from the vehicle body when deployed than when stowed. The mounting mechanism has a linkage mechanism arranged so the diffuser body follows a linear translation path and a rotational path during movement from the stowed position to the deployed position; this may include a Peaucellier-Lipkin linkage 17, 18, 19 and a four bar linkage with link arms 15, 16, support arm 12 and diffuser body 101. A rotary actuator may be provided, as may shock protection for the actuator in the form of a clutch or damper. The diffuser may be configured to deploy above a first threshold speed and retract below a second threshold speed.
Patent GB-2565688-A (GB)
Title: Chair bracing apparatus
Inventor: ANDRIES JOHAN VAN TONDER
IPC: A47C7/62
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: A chair bracing apparatus(10) comprises four cup-shaped leg holding formations(12) and a bracing structure (4) extending between the leg holding formations for holding the leg holding formations in a fixed special relationship relative to one another. The apparatus (10) is configured for bracing the legs(16) of a chair(18). The bracing structure (14) comprises two elongate bracing struts (22.1) and (22.2) which cross over one another and extend between the leg holding formations (12.2), (12.4) and (12.1), (12.3), respectively. The struts are fixedly connected to the leg holding formations and fixedly connected to one another in the region of the cross over.
Patent GB-2565258-A (GB)
Title: Electric machine having a hollow rotor shaft
Inventor: MATTHIAS VOIGHT
IPC: H02K9/06
Filed: 2017-05-17
Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (1), designed as a motor and/or as a generator, comprising a housing (2), a stator (3) rotationally fixed to the housing (2), and a rotor shaft (5) arranged coaxially and radially within the stator (3), wherein the stator (3) and the rotor shaft (5) support electromagnetically effective components (4; 6), between which a hollow cylindrical air gap (7) is formed, wherein the rotor shaft (5) has a cylindrical inner space (8) which is closed at both axial ends thereof, wherein the rotor shaft (5) has at least one radially oriented inflow channel (20a, 20c) for introducing a cooling fluid into the inner space (8) as well as at least one radially oriented outflow channel (21a, 21c) for discharging the cooling fluid, and wherein the cooling fluid can be directed to the rotor shaft (5) via at least one inlet channel (13) in the housing (2), and away from same via at least one outlet channel (14) in the housing (2). In order to optimise the flowing of the cooling fluid into and/or out of the rotor shaft (5), according to the invention, at least one inflow channel (20a, 20c) and/or at least one outflow channel (21a, 21c) radially and transversely penetrates the wall of the rotor shaft (5) at a setting angle (a, c1, c2).
Patent GB-2566399-A (GB)
Title: A workpiece cleaning device
Inventor: BO ZHANG
IPC: B08B3/02
Filed: 2018-12-27
Abstract: A workpiece cleaning device comprises an all-in box 13, a delivery device (71, fig 1) arranged in the all-in box 13, a cleaning chamber 22 arranged in all-in box 13, wherein the front side of the cleaning chamber 22 is provided with a water-supply cavity 23, and the rear side of the cleaning chamber 22 is provided with a first transmission cavity 20. As the delivery device 71 is arranged in the assembly line, first sprinklers 24 above and below the workpiece in cleaning chamber 22 may reciprocally swing so that the first sprinklers 24 spray water to and fro at 120 degrees from one side to the other to clean the upper surface and the lower surface of the work piece. The work piece cleaning device may also include second sprinklers 67 at the front and back side of the workpiece that move from one side to the other side to clean the front and back surfaces of the workpiece.
Patent GB-2580656-A (GB)
Title: Air:fuel ratio control in a gas engine supplied with a weak fuel gas via a venturi mixer
Inventor: HANS-BERNHARD SNUIS
IPC: F02M21/04
Filed: 2019-01-21
Abstract: An apparatus for supplying fuel gas from a fuel gas source 3 to a gas engine 2 comprises a zero pressure regulator 2, venturi mixer with flow path 21 and first fuel inlet 24, supply duct 7 and enrichment valve 40. The flow path comprises an air inlet region 22 and a mixing region 23, and reduces in cross-section from the air inlet region to the mixing region. The first fuel inlet opens into the mixing region, the mixing region arranged to mix fuel gas and air to form a mixture M. The zero pressure regulator supplies fuel gas from the source to the first fuel inlet at a first static pressure equal to the static pressure of air supplied to the air inlet region. The supply duct receives the mixture M wherein a second fuel inlet opens into the supply duct, downstream of the mixing region, and the enrichment valve controls the supply of fuel from the source to the second fuel inlet at a second static pressure which is higher than the first. Ideally, the apparatus supplies weak fuel gas to an engine, the enrichment valve supplying addition fuel gas in response to increased engine load.
Patent GB-2573034-A (GB)
Title: Drainage bottle with shroud
Inventor: PAUL SCOTT WHITFIELD
IPC: A61M27/00
Filed: 2019-01-24
Abstract: The bottle 201 comprises at least one drainage inlet 209 for receiving drained air and fluid from a patient, at least one suction port 207 for connecting to a suction source, and a shroud 212. In use the shroud is positioned within the bottle, possibly on an inward facing surface of a lid 203. It covers at least an air outlet of the suction port, and possibly an outlet 204 for a pressure relief valve, thus preventing fluid from exiting the bottle through the air outlet whilst permitting airflow between the interior of the bottle and the air outlet. The shroud may comprise inner and outer peripheral walls 213a, 213b, with castellations forming a plurality of air gaps. A non-castellated inner wall (216, fig 3a) may surround a spigot (217) which may be inserted in the suction port for securing the shroud to the bottle.
Patent GB-2573060-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods of tracking products during transport
Inventor: TODD D MATTINGLY
IPC: G01D21/02
Filed: 2017-10-24
Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are configured to track palletized products. Some embodiments comprise: a first array of sensors positioned relative to multiple products collectively arranged on a first transport pallet configured to support the multiple products while being transported; a wirelessly transceiver; and a pallet control circuit communicatively coupled with the wireless transceiver and the first array of sensors, wherein the pallet control circuit is configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors of the first array of sensors, determine a condition of one or more products of the multiple products at least as the multiple products are transported based on the sensor data, and cause condition information to be wirelessly transmitted to a separate notification system configured to provide notification to a worker regarding the condition of the one or more products.
Patent GB-2586775-A (GB)
Title: Rising main pipeline assessment system and method
Inventor: PAUL LINFORD
IPC: G01M3/28
Filed: 2019-06-11
Abstract: A rising main pipeline 100 assessment system 10 and method, system comprising an analysis system 20, a monitoring system 30 and a processing hub 40. The analysis system obtains data 50 externally recorded on the pipeline and, from the data, generate a steady state hydraulic model for the pipeline, the model defining expected performance zones for the pipeline under normal operating conditions and zone boundaries delineating normal and abnormal operating conditions for the pipeline, the analysis system recording the model in a data repository of the processing hub. The monitoring system includes a pressure transducer 31 that is connectable to the pipeline and obtains measurements on the pipeline during operation of the pipeline and generate, for each of a plurality of predetermined time periods, a data record including minimum, maximum and mean measurements obtained in the determined time period, the monitoring system communicating the data record to the processing hub. The processing hub classifies each received data record measurements according to its measurements and the performance zones of the model, the processing hub monitoring the classified data records for each performance zone and generate an alarm upon identifying a predetermined pattern of classified data records.
Patent GB-2581858-A (GB)
Title: Estimating electrical permittvity
Inventor: STEIN OTTAR STALHEIM
IPC: G01V3/38
Filed: 2019-06-11
Abstract: Estimating the water saturation level Sw of a region of a subsurface formation surrounding a drilled borehole comprising obtaining resistivity data determined by analysing the phase delay δ and/or attenuation α of an electromagnetic signal traversing the region and taking into account an estimated electrical permittivity value εLWD. A plane wave approximation is applied to the signal across said region to extract real k­r and imaginary ki parts of a wave number k from the resistivity data and said permittivity estimate. The real and imaginary parts are used to calculate the water saturation. Another aspect relates to determining the electrical permittivity εkf of a region of a subsurface formation comprising obtaining an estimated electrical permittivity εLWD, obtaining a first and second resistivity values Rp and Ra determined by analysing the phase delay δ and attenuation α of an electromagnetic signal traversing the region respectively. The electrical permittivity of the region is calculated from the first and second resistivity values and the estimated electrical permittivity by applying a plane wave approximation to the propagation of said electromagnetic signal across said region.
Patent GB-2575182-A (GB)
Title: Display device
Inventor: MI-NA SHIN
IPC: G09F9/30
Filed: 2019-06-28
Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic display device with a flexible OLED display panel DP. The display panel has a back cover with a plurality of openings that allow the cover to be flexible and relieve the stress applied to the back cover when rolled up. The display panel has a roller unit 151 that winds or unwinds the display panel, and a lifting unit 160 that moves the display panel in a vertical direction. The plurality of openings are disposed in staggered rows. The size of the back cover is larger than a size of the display panel. Also, disclosed are displays with flexible panels and housing HP for the panel and the roller units, and openings in the back cover having a width in the column direction that is smaller than in the row direction. Also, disclosed are displays with a housing and with the back cover including support areas with malleable areas between the support areas. The malleable areas having openings in them. The back cover may have several support areas with malleable areas between them. The malleable areas may have reinforcement areas which extend in the length direction of the openings, and have protrusions on the surface opposite to the display panel. The openings may be rectangular, oval, ribbon, dumbbell or rhombus in shape.
Patent GB-2574953-A (GB)
Title: A modular supportive spinal brace
Inventor: Clint Saban
IPC: A61F5/058
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: A supportive spinal brace easily configurable to support disabled or injured and various chosen postures. The spinal brace comprises a plurality of rotatably interlocking components (101). The rotatably interlocking components are able to interlock together in-line at various user configurable rotational offsets to form a user configurable supportive undulation along the length of the brace. In an embodiment, the rotatably interlocking components define portions which interlock together at medial side (104, 105) thereof and at lateral sides (106) thereof with laterally adjacent plates (108), thereby supporting each interlocking portion at both medial and lateral sides thereof for enhanced structural integrity of the brace.
Patent GB-2588205-A (GB)
Title: Security print media
Inventor: MATT SHORTELL
IPC: B42D25/36
Filed: 2019-10-15
Abstract: A security print medium 1 comprises a core 5 having opposing first and second sides 5a, 5b. The core comprises a radiation-responsive substance distributed within the core across at least a first region (R1, Fig.1) of the core. The radiation-responsive substance being responsive to a predetermined input radiation by producing a predetermined output radiation. The medium includes first and second encoding layers 7a, 7b disposed on the first and second sides of the core respectively. Each of the encoding layers comprises an encoding material that modifies the intensity of the predetermined input radiation and/or the predetermined output radiation. The first and second encoding layers overlap each other across the first region. The optical density of each of the first and second encoding layers varies across the first region in accordance with a predetermined pattern. Also disclosed is an apparatus for authenticating a security document comprising a radiation source (17, Fig.2(c)) configured to irradiate a first side of a security document with the predetermined input radiation; and one or more detectors (21, Fig2(c)) each configured to detect the predetermined output radiation output from the first and/or second side of the security document.
Patent GB-2585395-A (GB)
Title: Improved tool part
Inventor: MARTIN DERRICK INNES
IPC: E21B29/02
Filed: 2019-11-13
Abstract: A tool for manipulating a target with combustion products from a propellant has a housing 2 including at least one outlet 6, 8 for combustion products from at least one propellant source 16 contained within. An ignition mechanism is provided for igniting propellant at the propellant source. The outlet includes a plurality of exit ports 6, 8 on a surface of the tool that is configured to direct combustion products 28 at a target (such as a tubular) 12. The plurality of exit ports 6, 8 includes a principal exit port 6 and one or more secondary exit ports 8. The secondary exit port or ports 8 are spaced apart from and at least partly surround the principal exit port 6. A method for manipulating a target with the tool is provided.
Patent GB-2589127-A (GB)
Title: Card storage device
Inventor: STUART JAMES VINCENT
IPC: B42F13/40
Filed: 2019-11-21
Abstract: A card storage device 10 comprises a box having a flat rigid base wall 12, a side wall 14 extending around the periphery of the base wall and a lid 16 hinged to the side wall for moving between an open position for accessing cards (46, Fig.1) in the box, and a closed position for covering and protecting the cards in the box. There is a plurality of divider walls 40, 42 within the box forming a plurality of internal compartments for receiving the cards; and a spine (32, Fig.2) disposed along a part of the side wall. The spine 32 has a plurality of apertures (34, Fig.2) therethrough, enabling the first box to be held in a ring binder (36, Fig.2). A cutaway (54, Fig.5) may be provided in at least one divider wall for enabling the cards to be eased out of the compartment by a person’s finger. There may also be provided a plurality of ribs (56, Fig.5) on the underside of the lid, which correspond to a plurality of similarly sized recesses (58, Fig.5) in the side wall and divider walls and fit into the recesses when the lid is closed.
Patent GB-2592344-A (GB)
Title: Pond cover
Inventor: ROBERT WALLACE
IPC: E04H4/08
Filed: 2020-01-02
Abstract: A pond cover comprising a plurality of support plates 10. Each support plate comprises at least one edge 30 which is interlockable via complementary interlocking system 40 with an edge on adjacent support plates, and thus allows for the support plates to be locked together. The plates may take the shape of any polygon or set of polygons suitable for laminar tessellation. The support plates may have a trellis-like structure consisting of diamond-shaped cells. The support plates may comprise additional interlocking means such as cable ties, hooks, studs or clips. The pond cover may also comprise support legs 52 (Figure 6) with support members 60 (Figure 6) comprising grooves 64 (Figure 6) which match the trellis-like structure of the support plates such that the two may interlock. Further disclosed is an independent claim for a support leg comprising first and second threads for adjusting the length of the leg.
Patent GB-2579500-A (GB)
Title: Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter
Inventor: ABRAHAM BARZELAY
IPC: B25B23/14
Filed: 2018-07-26
Abstract: A torque wrench is disclosed for use in rotating a range of different sized fasteners. The torque wrench may include an input end configured to receive a torsional input, and a gear train operatively driven to rotate by the torsional input, a driver connected to the gear train and a plurality of clamps disposed at least partially inside the driver. The clamps may be movable to radially engage a range of different sized fasteners by rotation of the driver in either of a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction. The torque wrench may further include a housing configured to enclose the gear train, the driver, and the clamps.
Patent GB-2585739-A (GB)
Title: Cloud usage assisting apparatus and cloud usage assisting method
Inventor: Yosuke HIMURA
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2020-03-20
Abstract: Various storage services are available within various clouds which have different costs and characteristics (e.g. IOPS) which may be represented in a menu table (see Fig. 6A). Various applications are run using these cloud storage services. For each storage service within a cloud the invention models a change (e.g. grade/migration, see Figs. 3a-e) to the use of a cloud S7004/05 and evaluates effects of the changes S7006-09 on application performance/cost, before looping back S7010/11 to model another change. Once all changes for one storage service have been considered, optimal changes are then selected S7012. The process can then be repeated for other storage services in the same cloud S7003 and S7013, and other clouds S7002 and S7014. A further selection of optimal changes is made for an application is made S7015, before the process repeats for other applications S7001 and S7016. Finally, a determination of optimum candidate changes is made and saved S7017. The analysis may also include a monitored history of storage service characteristics.
Patent GB-2580578-A (GB)
Title: Electro-optical device with lateral active regions
Inventor: Charles Caër
IPC: H01S5/00
Filed: 2018-10-23
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a lateral current injection electro-optical device. The device comprises an active region with a stack of III – V semiconductor gain materials stacked along a stacking direction z. The active region may be formed as a slab having several lateral surface portions, each extending parallel to the stacking direction z. The device further comprises two paired elements, which include: a pair of doped layers of III – V semiconductor materials (an n-doped layer and a p-doped layer); and a pair of lateral waveguide cores. The two paired elements may be laterally arranged, two- by-two, on opposite sides of the slab. The elements distinctly adjoin respective ones of the lateral surface portions of the slab, so as for these elements to be separated from each other by the slab. The disclosure may be further directed to related silicon photonics devices and fabrication methods.
Patent GB-2596833-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for detecting markers for surgical guidance
Inventor: QUENTIN JOHN HARMER
IPC: A61B34/20
Filed: 2020-07-08
Abstract: A computer implemented method of detecting a marker 6 in a body comprising receiving, by a processor, an input signal from a probe 10, where the input signa is generated by a probe in response to detecting a marker signal from the marker. The processor determines a marker proximity value based on the input signal where the marker proximity value corresponds to a distance between the probe and the marker. The processor may generate an audio signal based on the marker proximity value for output by a speaker. A range of the marker proximity value is divided into a plurality of predetermined distance bands and wherein at least one parameter of the audio signal is varied discontinuously at a boundary between two adjacent bands of the plurality of bands and outputting the generated audio signal by the speaker. A computer readable medium is also provided for the computer implemented method. A system for detecting a marker in a body is also provided comprising a probe and a base station comprising one or more processors and a memory for performing the above computer implemented method.