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Patent GB-2542780-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for controlling an air conditioner
Inventor: LANE WESTLUND
IPC: F24F11/02
Filed: 2015-09-29
Abstract: A method for controlling an air conditioner 2 comprises performing a power state determination procedure comprising the steps of sending a first control signal that is not an on-off control signal using infrared transmission means of a control device 1, measuring sounds with a microphone of the control device, determining with electronic control and evaluation means of the control device whether an audio acknowledgment signal of the air conditioner is measured with the microphone subsequent to sending the first control signal and judging whether or not the air conditioner is in an off state. The method preferably comprises sending a second control signal. The method may further comprise performing a set-point temperature calibration procedure. Also disclosed is a control device for performing the method. A smart phone 4 may be used to enter desired air conditioner settings, which are then sent by the smart phone to the controller. The method and device may be useful when a user is not in a position to verify whether a desired air conditioner state has been properly set by looking at a display of the air conditioner.
Patent GB-2528599-A (GB)
Title: A polymer composite comprising an interfacially modified fiber and particle
Inventor: HEIKKILA KURT E
IPC: C08J5/10
Filed: 2014-03-13
Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a composite material including about 10 to 80 wt.% of a polymer phase, the polymer phase comprising a thermoplastic polymer with a density of less than about 1.9 g-m-2; and about 20 to 90 wt.% of a dispersed mixed particulate phase, the dispersed mixed particulate phase comprising a mixed particulate and about 0.005 to 8 wt.% of a coating of at least one interfacial modifier. The mixed particulate including a portion of a reinforcing fiber and a portion of a particle. The composite material having a Young's modulus of greater than 700MPa. In various embodiments, structural building components made from the composite are included as well as additive manufacturing components made from the composite.
Patent GB-2544741-A (GB)
Title: Clamp for holding a workpiece for machining
Inventor: TIMOTHY ROBERT SHILLABEER
IPC: B25B5/14
Filed: 2015-11-24
Abstract: The clamp (1) comprises a frame comprising a base (2), a first arm (3), and a second arm (4), each mounted to the base (2) at an inner end such that they are parallel with one another, and a set of opposed vices (5, 6, 7, 8) mounted at facing sides of the frame to hold a workpiece. The set of vices consist of three self-centering vices (5, 6), two mounted at the first side of the frame and one mounted at a second opposing side of the frame. The first arm and the second arm may be moveably mounted to the base. Preferably there are floating vices (7, 8) located on each arm. A top bar (41, figure 17) may be mounted to the outer ends of the arms. The sides of the frame may be the arms of the frame or the sides of the frame may be the base and the top bar. The clamp (1) is useful in picture-frame machining as it permits unencumbered access to both sides of the workpiece (12) without needing to remove the workpiece (12).
Patent GB-2544993-A (GB)
Title: Trolley
Inventor: OLIVER KARL BUHLINGER
IPC: B65G7/04
Filed: 2015-12-02
Abstract: An assembly line trolley 100 for transporting stator and/or rotor machinery of an electric motor during manufacture, the trolley comprising a plurality of support blocks 102a, 102b configured to support a load to be transported and a link 104 connecting the plurality of support blocks and configured to allow a separation between the plurality of support blocks to be adjusted. The support blocks may be mounted on wheel assemblies 106a, 106b, where four wheels form a bogie supporting the corresponding support block. The link may comprise a plurality of telescopic sections (116 figure 2), and the support blocks may be raised or lowered independently by means of hydraulically operated screw jacks (136a, 136b figure 6). The support blocks may comprise rollers (126a, 126b) for rotational adjustment of the load.
Patent GB-2529124-A (GB)
Title: Processing tool and hemming device
Inventor: YOSHIMICHI HITOSHI
IPC: B21D39/02
Filed: 2014-02-06
Abstract: A hemming device (10) wherein a processing tool (14) is equipped with: a base part (24) moved by means of a robot (16); a processing unit (26) having a hemming roller (40) and a guide roller (42); and a floating mechanism (28) that is attached to the base part (24) and elastically supports the processing unit (26) with six degrees of freedom.
Patent GB-2535865-A (GB)
Title: Centralizers for centralizing well casings
Inventor: SCOTT E JEWETT
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 2014-07-23
Abstract: A centralizer for centralizing a pipe downhole in a well is provided. The centralizer includes a plurality of arcuate cuffs having first and second ends. The cuffs are affixed adjacent to the pipe's exterior wall, and positioned circumferentially adjacent around the pipe. The cuffs are flexible so as to be positioned in a first condition wherein the cuffs are retracted radially inward so as to be substantially flat against the pipe's exterior wall. The centralizer includes a lock for maintaining the cuffs substantially flat against the pipe's exterior wall until the centralizer has been transported downhole. Further, the centralizer includes an actuator for unlocking the lock so as to allow the cuffs to expand radially outward to form a loop wherein the loop has a central axis parallel to pipe's longitudinal axis. Preferably, the centralizer includes a collar causing the cuffs to all expand or retract together.
Patent GB-2546806-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle air suspension switch
Inventor: PHILIP GUEST
IPC: B60G17/016
Filed: 2016-02-01
Abstract: A suspension height adjustment system (Fig.1, 10) comprises a front suspension height adjustment mechanism at a front end of the vehicle 12 and a rear suspension height adjustment mechanism at a rear end of the vehicle. The system is configured to control the suspension height adjustment mechanism in response to a user or manual input to: increase the height of at least the rear end of the vehicle to a first predetermined vehicle height corresponding to a High tow hitch height 90; and decrease the height of at least the rear end of the vehicle to a second predetermined vehicle height corresponding to a Low tow hitch height 92. Both the first and second predetermined vehicle heights are accessible from one or more other vehicle heights. When decreasing the vehicle height from the High tow hitch height to the Low tow hitch height, the height of the front end of the vehicle is decreased less than the height of the rear end of the vehicle. The user input device may be a switch mounted in the boot (Fig.1, 18) or the driver cabin (Fig.1, 20).
Patent GB-2538130-A (GB)
Title: Three-way catalyst and its use in exhaust systems
Inventor: HSIAO-LAN CHANG
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A three-way catalyst comprising a silver-containing extruded molecular sieve having disposed or coated thereon [a] a palladium component comprising palladium and a ceria-zirconia-alumina mixed or composite oxide, and [b] a rhodium component comprising rhodium and a zirconia-containing material. The silver-containing extruded molecular sieve is a flow-through substrate, such as a filter substrate. Also disclosed is an exhaust system for internal combustion engines comprising the three-way catalyst and a method for treating an exhaust gas using the three-way catalyst. The three-way catalyst results in improved hydrocarbon storage and conversion, in particular during the cold start period.
Patent GB-2531479-A (GB)
Title: Mid-long term cooling method and system for containment and spent fuel pool in nuclear power plant after occurring accident
Inventor: YANG TING
IPC: G21D3/06
Filed: 2013-11-23
Abstract: A mid-long term cooling method and system for a containment and a spent fuel pool in a nuclear power plant after occurring an accident. The cooling method comprises discharging the waste heat from the heat exchangers of a nuclear island upstream user group through the mid-long term cooling system consisted of a middle cooling loop and a terminal cooling loop to the atmosphere, and all of the electrical appliances of the middle cooling loop and the terminal cooling loop adopt an individual backup power supply. The cooling method and system can come into operation when an ultimate heat sink failure arises in the nuclear power plant, so as to discharge the waste heat from a reactor core and the spent fuel pool to the environment safely and effectively.
Patent GB-2547665-A (GB)
Title: Safety knife
Inventor: PETER JONATHAN MARSHALL
IPC: B26B1/08
Filed: 2016-02-24
Abstract: Safety knife comprising; a tubular knife body 12, blade carriage or carrier 16 that is at least part cylindrical in cross-section and located within the knife housing, a spring 40 applying biasing load to retract the knife, an actuator 36 secured to the carriage and projecting through a slot 34 formed in the body to allow the carriage to be driven against the biasing load. The slot comprises a first 34a and second 34b sections, in the intermediate section 34c between 34a and 34b the blade carriage undergoes angular movement relative to the body. The knife blade may be scalpel like with an actuator of rectangular cross-section. The actuator may be configured so that movement through intermediate section can only occur after adjusting the orientation of the actuator. The knife body may be metallic, textured or patterned.
Patent GB-2534076-A (GB)
Title: Smart television operation system
Inventor: FENG ZOU
IPC: H04N21/81
Filed: 2014-09-10
Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart television operation system. The system includes: an application framework layer, an application execution environment layer, a component layer, a hardware abstraction layer and a Linux kernel layer, wherein the application framework layer is used for assembling and re-encapsulating each of component interfaces and logics of the component layer to simplify the mechanism for reusing the components of the component layer; the application execution environment layer is used for providing environment for executing and interpreting application codes; the component layer includes digital television-related components for supporting smart television applications, and each of the components provides standardized universal component interfaces for the application framework layer; the Linux kernel layer is used for managing process, managing memory, implementing network protocols and providing drivers for a hardware platform of the smart television; and the hardware abstraction layer is used for abstracting hardware functions of the Linux kernel layer, hiding hardware interface details and providing a virtual hardware platform, so as to provide a unified interface for the component layer and enable the Linux kernel layer to be hardware-independent, thereby facilitating transplant of the Linux kernel layer onto multiple platforms.
Patent GB-2537745-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for determining lens shading correction for a multiple camera device with various fields of view
Inventor: BY-HER W RICHARDS
IPC: H04N5/357
Filed: 2016-03-30
Abstract: Lens shading correction for a multiple camera device 130, comprising; capturing a flat field image 160 using a first camera 140, of a multiple camera device, with a first lens 142; ascertaining a first lens shading correction ratio for the first camera; determining a second lens shading ratio for a second camera 150, of a multiple camera device, with a second lens 152, where the second camera 150 has a different field of view (FoV) to the first camera 140; the second lens shading correction ratio is based on the first lens shading correction ratio and the flat field image acquired by the first camera. The second camera may have a narrower or wider field of view than the first camera. The embodiment is to calibrate the lens shade correction for two cameras such that they can be merged without the difference in shade correction causing imperfections in the image.
Patent GB-2540264-A (GB)
Title: Navigation lights
Inventor: TIMOTHY JAMES LYSONS
IPC: B64D47/06
Filed: 2016-06-06
Abstract: A navigation light 10 comprises an aerodynamically profiled housing 11A, 11B fittable to an appropriate flat surface on an aircraft, ship or land vehicle, the housing 11A, 11B enclosing a light source 21 or having means to access the light from a separate light source and an optical diffuser 15. The optical diffuser 15 has a window 13 forming part of the aerodynamic profiling and the geometrical design of the diffuser 15 is such that all light passed into it is emitted uniformly throughout the angles prescribed by regulations for that aeroplane, ship or land vehicle. The diffuser15 may surround the light source 21 and reflectors 17, 18 may be provided to prevent glare and to ensure that all light emitted from the light source 21 emerges from the diffuser 15. The light source(s) 21 could be light emitting diodes (LEDs) and the housing 11A, 11B is designed to be considerably smaller than present designs so reducing aerodynamic drag. The combination of diffuser 15 and LEDs 21 offers great improvements in reliability and reduced maintenance and the diffuser 15 is adapted to eliminate glare. A plurality of lights sources 21 may be arranged side by side or in an elongated matrix. A variation of the design uses an adjacent light source with the light taken into the housing via either fibre optics or a light transmitting element (25 fig. 11).
Patent GB-2552487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to driving aids
Inventor: FILIP KRNJA
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: A flow corridor detection system (300, Figure 3) for use on a vehicle comprises one or more sensors, which may be ultrasonic parking sensors or otherwise combined with a collision warning system and which measure available space in front of the vehicle, a data module with vehicle trajectory data for predicting the trajectories of other vehicles, a memory comprising vehicle dimension data and a dynamic memory comprising driver behaviour and skill data. A processor combines sensor measurements with data from the data module, memory and dynamic memory and detects a corridor 130 through which the vehicle can proceed and to quantify the risk level associated with the corridor. The location and risk level of corridor 130 is then displayed to the driver on a display 360, for example with gates 100, 110, 120 coloured to represent the risk. The system may be used when travelling between adjacent lanes of traffic and is particularly suitable for use with a two-wheeled tilting vehicle such as a motorcycle.
Patent GB-2538651-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for transferring and processing blank
Inventor: CHUL LEE
IPC: B65G15/14
Filed: 2015-03-05
Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for transferring and processing a blank. The present invention includes a pressurization means for pressurizing a non-contact section of a conveyer belt so that an inclination zone is formed on the non-contact section when a box is folded, thereby increasing utilization, and is capable of decreasing malfunctions and reducing an error rate since a tap portion of the blank is automatically opened by means of a height difference of the conveyer belt when the box is folded. The apparatus for transferring and processing a plate-like blank of the present invention comprises a conveyer belt for transferring the blank, and a plurality of transfer rollers for moving the conveyer belt, wherein the conveyer belt comprises: a transferring means having a non-contact section which is not in contact with the transfer rollers; and a pressurization means for applying pressure to the non-contact section of the conveyer belt to form an inclination section on the conveyer belt, thereby allowing a tap of the blank to be processed to protrude.
Patent GB-2542908-A (GB)
Title: Shelter
Inventor: PATRICK VERLINDEN
IPC: E04H6/02
Filed: 2016-08-11
Abstract: The shelter comprises poles 2 which cooperate with supporting beams 3 to support a roofing sheet (9 fig.1), the end of each pole having a longitudinal groove 13 which cooperates with a lip-shaped protrusion 14 on the end 4 of each supporting beam, wherein the angle A between the posts and supporting beams is changable by sliding the lip-shaped protrusion in the groove. Each pole may have two grooves and each supporting beam two lip-shaped protrusions. Each pole may have a ball element 6 upon which the grooves are located, and a shaft 16 upon which a bolt (15 fig.3) is hingedly connected. The bolt may have a hook at its free end for gripping a cutaway 23 in the supporting beams. The supporting beams may have supporting profiles 10 for supporting the roofing sheet. The supporting profiles may have gutters 32. The supporting beams may be curved. The shelter may be a carport.
Patent GB-2541594-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for preparing surfactant polyelectrolyte complexes for use in subterranean formations
Inventor: LIANG XU
IPC: E21B43/16
Filed: 2014-08-01
Abstract: Systems and methods for creating surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes at a well site are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a first solution comprising at least one surfactant and a second solution comprising at least one polyelectrolyte; using a stop-flow mixing apparatus at a well site to mix the first and second solutions to form one or more surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes; using a low-dose pumping apparatus at the well site to transfer the one or more surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes from the stop-flow mixing apparatus to a blending apparatus at the well site; using the blending apparatus to mix the one or more surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes with an aqueous base fluid to form a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation at the well site.
Patent GB-2561142-A (GB)
Title: Determination of isobaric interferences in a mass spectrometer
Inventor: JOHANNES SCHWIETERS
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: Methods of determining isobaric interference during, for example, mass analysis in a mass spectrometer are provided. The methods comprise comparing interference-free reaction profiles of a chemical species to reaction profiles of the same chemical species that may comprise isobaric interference, wherein a determination of a difference between the profiles is an indication of isobaric interference being present. The reaction profiles are profiles of a chemical reaction across a range of experimental conditions, e.g. the pressure/flow rate of a reaction gas within a collision cell 3. Methods of quantifying the isobaric interference are also provided, including methods of correcting isotope ratios determined in the presence of isobaric interference.
Patent GB-2558593-A (GB)
Title: Cranial radiotherapy apparatus
Inventor: PER CARLSSON
IPC: G01R33/20
Filed: 2017-01-09
Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus 10 and method is claimed. The apparatus 10 comprising a treatment radiation source 20 ( which may comprise a linear accelerator), a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device 24 located in proximity to but outside the radiation field of the radiation source 20, and a moveable patient support 30 for supporting and translating a patient between a position in which a selected treatment area of the patient is capable of being imaged by the MRI device 24 (figure 1) and a position in which the selected treatment area is capable of receiving radiation from the radiation source 20 (figure 2). The apparatus 10 may include electromagnetic shielding for isolating the radiation source 20 and the MRI device 24.
Patent GB-2560332-A (GB)
Title: Cover for wireless-charging unit
Inventor: JULIE CORGIER-PATTBERG
IPC: B62D25/20
Filed: 2017-03-07
Abstract: A cover 200, 500 is provided for a wireless-charging unit (300, Figure 6a) of an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle. Cover 200 comprises a bottom plate 210 and preferably also an outer rim 220 surrounding bottom plate 210. A plurality of reinforcement members 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, which may be in the form of cuboid recesses protruding from an inside surface of bottom plate 210, are distributed along at least parts of the perimeter of bottom plate 210 and may significantly increase the structural integrity of cover 200; further longitudinal reinforcements 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 may be provided on cover 200 in the driving direction. Cover 200 may be made of plastic, plastic composite or fibre reinforced plastic. An assembly comprising cover 200 and a wireless-charging unit may be provided and parts of the wireless charging unit may be received in a receptacle in cover 200.
Patent GB-2548286-A (GB)
Title: Children drift car
Inventor: HUI CAI
IPC: B62K9/00
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: A children drift car comprises a car frame (1), a wheel assembly disposed on the bottom of the car frame (1), a seat (2) disposed on the car frame (1), a driving mechanism and a direction control mechanism. The wheel assembly comprises a driving wheel assembly, and the driving wheel assembly comprises driving wheels (3), and an axle (4) fixedly connected to the driving wheels (3). The driving mechanism comprises a driver and a transmission device driven by the driver to move. The direction control mechanism comprises a steering yoke rotatably disposed on the front portion of the car frame (1), a steering wheel (5) fixedly connected to the steering yoke and a steering gear separately connected to the steering yoke and the driving wheel assembly. The driving mechanism further comprises a main shaft (6) that is disposed on the car frame rotatably along the axis of the driving mechanism and that is driven by the transmission device to rotate. The main shaft (6) is connected to the axle (4) through a universal joint (8). By means of the children drift car, the speed of the driving wheels (3) is not affected when the driving wheels (3) turn, so that a higher drifting speed can be achieved.
Patent GB-2563930-A (GB)
Title: Injector closed loop control
Inventor: DIVJOT SINGH
IPC: F02M57/00
Filed: 2017-06-30
Abstract: Electrical connector 48 having a plastic moulded body defining a central main member 50 for engaging a complementary connector. Two lateral mounting bush 52 each being provided with a hole 54 for engaging a fixation screw (56, figure 2) tightened in a face of a fuel injector (12, figure) and wherein, a knock sensor 60 delivers data representative of the operation of the fuel injector is integrally over-moulded in one of the mounting bush. The knock sensor comprises a piezoelectric member (62, figure 4) arranged between a base member (64, figure 4) and a seismic member (66, figure 4). The members may have a washer-like shape defining a hole to receive the screw. The electrical connector preferably includes memory storage circuitry. A fuel injector, fuel injection equipment, a closed loop method and electronic unit are also claimed.