baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2525565-A (GB)
Title: A carrier for storing an item
Inventor: MELOV ANTHONY
IPC: A45C13/30
Filed: 2014-01-31
Abstract: A carrier is provided for storing an item, the carrier including: a) a band portion, the band portion being configured to be retained around a body part of a wearer in use; and, b) a flap portion, the flap portion extending from the band portion, the flap portion having a pocket for storing the item therein, the pocket having an opening for removably inserting the item, wherein the flap portion is moveable between an extended position and a retained position, where when in the extended position, the opening is accessible for removably inserting the item, and when in the retained position, at least a part of the flap portion is positioned in use between the band portion and the body part of the wearer to substantially retain the item in the pocket.
Patent GB-2542432-A (GB)
Title: Inductively transferring electric energy to a vehicle using consecutive segments which are operated at the same time
Inventor: CHRISTIAN WIRTH
IPC: B60M7/00
Filed: 2015-09-21
Abstract: An arrangement for inductively transferring electric energy to a vehicle comprises a plurality of consecutive conductor segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5; fig 6), extending in the direction of travel of the vehicle. Each of the segments carrys a phase of an alternating current and has a controller (31, fig 7) controlling the operation of the segment independently of the other segments. Neighbouring segments are inductively coupled to each other. The arrangement includes a controllable coupling (S1, fig 10) for coupling one segment to a load (RL, fig 9). The coupling has a first operating state in which the segment is coupled to the load so that any induced alternating electric current in the segment (41a) which is produced by operation of the preceding segment is damped by the load. In a second operating state the segment is not coupled to the load. The coupling is switched to its first state before, while and/or after a period in which the segment is not operated under control of its controller and in which the preceding segment is operated under control of its controller.
Patent GB-2533476-A (GB)
Title: Brake pad assembly
Inventor: TREVOR MICHAEL MENNIE
IPC: F16D65/092
Filed: 2015-11-25
Abstract: A brake system comprising a brake pad (20) having a braking surface (24) and a pressurised fluid supply in fluid communication with the braking surface (24) of the brake pad (20), wherein the system is configured such that fluid from the pressurised fluid supply is provided to the braking surface (24) of the brake pad (20) under non-braking conditions and the pressurised fluid supply or means for supplying gas is configured to supply pressurised fluid at a first pressure and/or flow rate for a first time under non-braking conditions and at a second pressure and/or flow rate for a second subsequent time during that same instance of non-braking, and said second pressure and/or flow rate is less than said first pressure and/or flow rate.
Patent GB-2549932-A (GB)
Title: Recommendation entity for a communications network
Inventor: Steven Vickers
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2016-04-27
Abstract: A method for recommending an action at an electronic terminal 130 in a communications network. The method comprises providing a notification profile to the electronic terminal 130 and receiving a report message at a controller 120, including operational information associated with the electronic terminal in accordance with the notification profile. At least one item of network data is obtained at the controller and a recommendation message is generated in accordance with the operational information and at least one item of network data. The recommendation message is transmitted to the electronic terminal. The notification profile may include a predetermined list of specific events for monitoring. The operational information may include which applications are running, whether they are in the foreground or background, how much data is being used, device status or communication conditions.
Patent GB-2547959-A (GB)
Title: Communication interface for start-stop systems and methods
Inventor: MARTIN T BOOKS
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) 108 controls an internal combustion engine (ICE) 102 that drives a vehicle 100 and provides power to other components of the vehicle such as a hydraulic motor 104 that may control a blade 106. The ECU includes a start-stop module (302, fig.3) and interfaces with an OEM hardware interface module 112 to send and receive data from other components of the vehicle such as hydraulic pump controller 110. The engine may be stopped after a period of inactivity in order ot conserve fuel but the start-stop system may be inhibited if a component is determined as having a demand on the engine such as the hydraulic motor, steering or joystick input, PTO or air conditioning requirements. The ICE may be part of a hybrid powertrain.
Patent GB-2551970-A (GB)
Title: Determining the position of an object in a scene
Inventor: Luke Dodd
IPC: G06T7/55
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: In a stereogrammetric method of locating a plurality of objects, markers or light spots, a field of view is viewed by multiple cameras. Part of the field of view is divided into a plurality of voxels (volume elements, volume portions) and the position of each voxel (e.g. the position of a corner of each voxel) in each image is determined; if an image of an object, marker or light spot is within a predetermined distance of the position of the voxel in a plurality of images then the position of the object, marker or light spot is assumed to be the position of the voxel. Camera characteristics may be corrected, and bundle adjustment may be used. The measured surface profile of an object (e.g. vehicle) may be compared with a model. Application is to motor racing, tennis courts or other sporting events.
Patent GB-2554734-A (GB)
Title: Control unit
Inventor: ASHUTOSH TOMAR
IPC: H05K5/06
Filed: 2016-10-07
Abstract: A control unit 10 for an apparatus, the control unit 10 comprising a circuit-carrying member 14 provided with a printed electronic circuit 38 configured to provide a function of the apparatus; and an injection moulded layer 22 encapsulating at least a part of the printed electronic circuit 38. The control unit may comprise a presentation surface visible to a user of the apparatus, the presentation surface may be defined by the circuit-carrying member. The control unit may also comprise a thermally conductive element (70, figure 10) encapsulated at least partially within the injection moulded layer 22 and configured to conduct heat to or away from the printed electronic circuit. The control unit 10 has particular application as a control unit in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2543668-A (GB)
Title: Float valve with resettable auto-fill
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER J MERICAS
IPC: E21B33/14
Filed: 2014-08-12
Abstract: A float valve can include a selection mechanism having an open configuration in which flow into and out of the valve is permitted, and a closed configuration in which flow out of the valve is permitted and flow into the valve is prevented. The selection mechanism can be actuated from the closed configuration to the open configuration. A method of actuating a float valve can include actuating the valve from a closed configuration in which flow into the valve is prevented but flow out of the valve is permitted, to an open configuration in which flow into and out of the valve is permitted. The valve can actuate from the open configuration to the closed configuration, and from the closed to the open configuration, in response to a flow rate through the valve being greater than a predetermined level.
Patent GB-2557244-A (GB)
Title: Amplifier with configurable final output stage
Inventor: XIN ZHAO
IPC: H03F3/217
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: The output stage 24 of an audio amplifier 16 comprises a class-AB output stage 44 and a class-D output stage 42, the class-AB stage being enabled when the signal amplitude is low and the class-D stage being enabled when the signal amplitude is high. Efficiency and dynamic range are improved. Audio artefacts occurring at output stage switchover may be reduced by matching of characteristics of the two configurations. The use of a common input stage 22 and feedback network 26 assists matching. The control circuit 28 may improve matching of the gain and offset of the output stage 24 by monitoring the stage's input and output and then adjusting the output stages 42, 44. When the class-AB stage has been enables the input stage 22 and the feedback network 28 may be adjusted to reduce the noise floor.
Patent GB-2547522-A (GB)
Title: Seal assembly
Inventor: LARS THOMAS JOHANSSON
IPC: F16J15/3248
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: A bearing seal has an inner seal 308 sealing inside an circular relatively rotating body (fig 3a) and an outer seal 301 fixed relative to an outer body, an inner circular circumferential of the outer seal 301 having a common seal interface (320a, 320b, fig 3a) with the inner seal 308, the inner and outer seals being relatively rotatable. The common seal interface and the inner seal contact (320c, 320d, fig 3a) have a common product of frictional coefficient, circumferential length and normal load, so that frictional moments and relative circumferential speeds of both sealing areas are substantially the same, the circumferential speed decreasing from the inner to the outer seal. The seals can be sprung elastomeric or polymers lips with a metal counterface, the bodies bearing rings or a shaft.
Patent GB-2548676-A (GB)
Title: Recommending a transition from use of a limited-functionality application to a full-functionality application in a digital medium environment
Inventor: Sachin Soni
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2017-01-17
Abstract: Monitoring interactions by a user with a limited-functionality application 104 to generate/edit creation 110, detecting based on interactions that user needs a functionality that is not available in the limited application but is supported by a full-functionality application 108, displaying a recommendation to transition the creation to the full application, and if the user selects to do so, performing the transition. The interactions may comprise a keyword search, gestures or inputs to a user interface, and detecting may comprise determining that they correspond to previous patterns of interaction. The applications may be at different devices and the creation communicated over a network 116 between them; the limited-functionality application may be a mobile application and the full-functionality application a desktop application. If it is determined that the user needs a functionality not available at the limited-functionality application, a service 112 may be queried to determine whether it is available at the full-functionality application; the service may also provide a preview 114 of the creation after applying the functionality for display alongside the recommendation. Also provided is a method for determining whether a functionality not supported by a limited-functionality application is supported by a full-functionality application.
Patent GB-2559577-A (GB)
Title: Spring element for securing a railway rail to a railway chair
Inventor: STEFAN LIENHARD
IPC: E01B9/58
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: A spring element 12 secures a railway rail 14 to a railway chair 16 by being wedged between a web 38 of the rail and an upstanding wall 18 of the chair. The spring element includes a spring piece 22 that may be compressed to provide a biasing force, and/or some sort of vibration dampening. The spring piece is placed against the web of the rail and a wedge piece 26 which is forced between the upstanding wall of the chair and the spring piece to wedge the spring piece against the web of the rail. Also provided is a method of securing the railway rail to the railway chair using the spring element; in this embodiment the railway chair comprises a jaw 20 opposed to the upstanding wall wherein the railway rail is positioned against the jaw. Also provided is a method of disassembly of the spring element from the railway chair; here the wedge piece is dislodged in an upward direction relative to the upstanding wall thereby releasing the wedge of the spring element.
Patent GB-2562032-A (GB)
Title: Educational apparatus
Inventor: THOMAS MICHAEL ANDERSON
IPC: G09B17/00
Filed: 2017-03-20
Abstract: Educational apparatus comprises a book, part of a board game, newspaper, advertising material, or an App or computer game, for presenting puzzles. The puzzles comprise incomplete anagrams i.e. anagrams with a letter missing, preferably a vowel and a passage of text i.e. a story, containing one or more incomplete anagrams. For each incomplete anagram, a user has to form an anagram using a missing vowel and rearrange the letters to form different words. The user selects the appropriate word for the designated location of the incomplete anagram in the text, in order to understand/make sense of the passage of text. Preferably each vowel can only be used once, and each story will have between 1 to 5 different incomplete anagrams i.e. one for each vowel. The answers are provided on an answer sheet/page (see fig 3/3). The word length of the anagram is not limited, and alternatively the missing letters may be consonants that increases the difficulty of the puzzle. When the puzzle is provided in a book, the user can record their answers on a narrow page, adjacent to the page presenting the puzzle.
Patent GB-2550047-A (GB)
Title: Modular pro TBA knob for open storage areas
Inventor: ERICK MICHAEL LAVOIE
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: A vehicle trailer backup assist control module, for use in an open area of a vehicle such as a cupholder (450, Figure 4), comprises a device that can mate mechanically and electrically with an adapter (430, Figure 4) for allowing removable positioning of the module in the open area. The module also comprises a user interface 410, including a rotary dial 416 which may be solid-state, for receiving gestures from a user and providing feedback to a user, which may for example be haptic or visual feedback, and a data port 419 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the module to control a trailer backup assist function of the vehicle. Also disclosed are arrangements with wireless communication from device 410. Device 410 may contain a rechargeable battery and an inductive charger may be provided.
Patent GB-2551262-A (GB)
Title: A garment
Inventor: NICHOLA HULME
IPC: A41D13/12
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: A garment formed of a plurality of parts comprising a torso portion 2 with attachment means 14 for receiving a pair of detachable sleeves 3 themselves having torso attachment means 14; and attachment means (not shown) for receiving trousers 18 having torso attachment means (not shown), the trousers including an opening 7 to permit access to the wearer without removal of the garment; foot portions 5 being attachable to a distal end 15 of each trouser leg; wherein the garment is formed from an anti-allergy material suitable for washing at 60 degrees centigrade. Preferably it also comprises a hood 1 attachable to the torso portion. Preferably the torso portion has an opening 11 to permit access without removing the garment. Preferably the garment comprises an insulating layer, and is formed from a material with a pore size of less than 9 microns. In use an infant or infirm person can be dressed in the outfit and an attendant can dress them more easily and access their body for hygiene etc.
Patent GB-2548264-A (GB)
Title: Shoot bolt assembly
Inventor: STYLIANOS PELEKANOS
IPC: E05D15/26
Filed: 2014-12-18
Abstract: The invention relates to a shoot boll assembly for mounting in a groove formed in a side edge of a panel, the assembly including a handle mechanism, a shoot bolt and a rod to connect the handle mechanism to the shoot bolt so that, actuation of the handle mechanism causes the shoot bolt to extend and retract from a top or bottom edge of the panel, wherein the assembly includes a hinge block arranged to fit in the groove, the hinge block having a deck with attachment holes for a hinge and fixing platforms that secure the block to a base of the groove, wherein a passage is provided beneath the deck and platforms for the rod to pass through. The invention also relates to a hinge block for the shoot bolt assembly, a folding panel system and a method of constructing a panel.
Patent GB-2565135-A (GB)
Title: Bipolar surgical instruments
Inventor: MARNO NAGTEGAAL
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2017-08-04
Abstract: A bipolar surgical instrument (figure 1, 1) comprises a body (2), first and second opposed jaws 18, 20 located at the distal end of a shaft (10), the first jaw 18 being movable with respect to the second jaw 20 between open and closed positions. The first and second elongate jaw members 18, 20 define a longitudinal axis, and have first and second substantially planar electrodes 24, 26. The first and second jaw members 18, 20 each have a convex curved outer surface on which third 50 and fourth 52 electrodes are positioned. The first and second electrodes (24, 26) are electrically operable independently of the third and fourth electrodes (50, 52). The first and second electrodes can apply a sealing waveform whereas the third and fourth electrodes can provide a coagulating waveform.
Patent GB-2560779-A (GB)
Title: Marine or other door apparatus
Inventor: Cameron Lawson
IPC: E05C9/06
Filed: 2017-08-17
Abstract: A bulkhead door 10, comprising a frame 14, in an aperture 10, defines an aperture plane (100p, figure 2a), and a door 12. A frame side 12f of the door closes and locks against a doorside (14d, figure 2a) of the frame. A closed frame ring 16 runs around the frame, and defines a closed box section (24, figure 2a) supporting the bulkhead and frame but allowing expansion in the event of a blast force, and a support ring (20, figure 2a) on the far side of the door, which comprises a second box section on the far side of the door, and which is connected to the closed frame ring. Also disclosed are door frames with a plurality of locking dogs 60 about the periphery, comprising a rotary shaft journalled in the jamb surface, which may be simultaneously articulated through eyes 56 in the door, by a helical cam surface, (88, 89, figure 3a)
Patent GB-2556415-A (GB)
Title: Plus-two belt reminder system
Inventor: ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY
IPC: B60R22/48
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: A plus-two belt system and method is provided. The plus-two belt system is a supplement to a traditional three-point belt system. The plus-two belt system has a longitudinal webbing 22 anchored at a first end and coiled on a retractor 36 at a second end. The webbing has a magnetic strip 42 which is detected by a sensor 40. An alarm is set when the magnetic strip is detected. This can be indicative that the belt is not properly engaged. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and the Hall effect sensor can be located adjacent the guide 44 of the retractor. The magnetic strip may be a wire mesh or may be a strip sewn into the webbing. There may be a delay, for example of 4 or 5 seconds, between when the magnetic strip is detected and the alarm is actuated. The method disclosed may additionally include detecting whether a seat is occupied and whether the vehicle is on.
Patent GB-2567193-A (GB)
Title: Image guided radiation therapy apparatus
Inventor: PHILIP LEE ARBER
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2017-10-05
Abstract: An image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) apparatus has ducting for directing cool air from a heat exchanger 5 to a gap between a gantry 1 and a medical imaging device such as an MRI scanner. The gantry may be in segments, each having one or more apertures (15, figure 4), and may contain a water conditioning system 12. Fans 11 draw cool air through the apertures to cool heat exchangers (13, figure 2) of the water conditioning system. Preferably an annular duct 3 channels the cold air into the gap; the gantry may be freely rotatable about the imaging device and about the annular duct. An inlet for the cool air may be positioned near the base of the annular duct in the pit 7 in the floor of the treatment room. The annular duct may be formed from curved segments (figure 5). The gantry may have radial baffle plates (10, figure 4) for directing air from the annular ducting radially outward towards the outside of the gantry.
Patent GB-2560800-A (GB)
Title: Cable Connector
Inventor: ZUBAIR HASSAN
IPC: H02G15/08
Filed: 2018-01-19
Abstract: A shielded cable connector comprises a conductive housing 110 to join the shields of two cables, an insulator 130 and a busbar 150 to join the cores. A ring 211 may be crimped to the shields, and spring clamps 162 attach the cores to the busbar.
Patent GB-2556744-A (GB)
Title: Pipe coupling
Inventor: ROBERT D RYAN
IPC: F16L25/12
Filed: 2016-08-19
Abstract: A pipe coupling for coupling a first pipe to a second pipe wherein a gap exists between a first pipe end and a second pipe end. The pipe coupling includes a tubular insert configured to fit within the gap and match an inside diameter and outside diameter of the pipes, thereby providing a through-butt joint between the insert and the pipes. The pipe coupling also includes a half-tubular first fitting section and a half-tubular second fitting section, configured to snap-lock and form a tubular shape over the insert, the first pipe end and the second pipe end. In some embodiments, the insert is integral with the fitting sections.
Patent GB-2571557-A (GB)
Title: A method of mounting a rotor assembly to a frame of an electric motor
Inventor: DAVID IONS
IPC: H02K7/08
Filed: 2018-03-01
Abstract: A method 100 of mounting a rotor assembly 12 to a frame 14 of an electric motor 10, the method comprising 102 a rotor assembly with bearing 26, a frame with bearing seat 44, the seat comprising an aperture 48, and the bearing and/or an internal surface of the seat comprising an annular groove 34, locating the bearing within the seat, injecting an adhesive through the aperture into the groove, affecting relative movement 108 between the bearing and the seat, and curing 110 the adhesive. The movement may be in an axial direction. The groove may be located on the bearing, and locating the bearing within the seat comprises locating the bearing such that the aperture and the annular groove are aligned. The movement is such that the aperture and the groove are at least partially misaligned. Locating the bearing within the seat may be such that opposing edges of the annular groove are coincident with corresponding opposing points on the perimeter of the aperture. The adhesives maybe cured using heat. A tacking adhesive may be applied at an interface between the bearing and an external surface of the seat, and curing the tacking adhesive before curing the adhesive, where the tacking adhesive comprises using a UV curing process. An electric motor comprising these features where the annular groove may be at least partially misaligned with the aperture.
Patent GB-2558105-A (GB)
Title: Power distribution module for a rack for electronic equipment
Inventor: PIERRE-OLIVIER SALLA
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 2016-10-06
Abstract: The invention relates to a power distribution module (16) for a rack (10) for electronic equipment comprising at least one power network (12), and at least one connector for electrically connecting the at least one power network to at least one power network (12', 12'') of a power distribution module (16', 16'') of another rack (10', 10''), wherein the at least one connector is located at a side of the power distribution module (16) such that it is coupled to a corresponding connector of the power distribution module (16', 16'') of the other rack (10', 10'') if both racks (10, 10', 10'') are placed side by side.