baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2478498-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for fine adjustment of a percutanous valve structure
Inventor: RICHTER YORAM
IPC: A61F2/24
Filed: 2010-01-13
Abstract: The invention provides a device for fine adjustment of a prosthetic valve device and a method of adjusting the position of a prosthetic valve after implantation. The adjustment mechanism includes complementary structures on a valve member and device frame that cooperate to provide relative axial and/or angular motion between the valve member and device frame (and thus the native vessel). The adjustment mechanism of the invention may also include a means for selectively maintaining the relative position of the valve member and device frame. The device and method are particularly applicable for use with a modular prosthetic valve device that is assembled in the body lumen.
Patent GB-2493035-A (GB)
Title: A wall mounted martial arts pad with hemispherical pads and cylindrical protrusions
Inventor: DEEN SAJID
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2011-10-27
Abstract: A martial arts training device comprising a back plate 9 with means 7 to mount it to a wall, a plurality of hemispherical striking surfaces 10 integrated with the plate 9, an extrusion 13 with a slot or track mounted to and running transversely across a width of the plate and a protruding cylinder 14 adapted to be mounted in the slot or track. The striking surfaces 10 may be made of foam or rubber and the track from metal or wood. The protrusions 14 may have integrated flexible resetting devices made from steel or wood. The device may be used for Wing Chun Kung Fu and the convex surfaces allow a user to strike from a variety of angles.
Patent GB-2496174-A (GB)
Title: Post exercise suit
Inventor: TROTTER TRACEY
IPC: A41D7/00
Filed: 2011-11-04
Abstract: The invention provides a post-exercise suit including at least an upper body top and lower body trousers; wherein the suit includes an absorbent inner that acts to wick liquid from a wearer's body. The inner may include toweling and the outer may include breathable waterproof fabric. An easy loosening limb covering 1,3 may further be provided.
Patent GB-2484421-A (GB)
Title: Mounting field coil structures in a rotor or a stator of a superconducting electrical machine
Inventor: EUGENE JOSEPH
IPC: H02K55/00
Filed: 2007-10-25
Abstract: A rotor 1 (or a stator) for a superconducting electrical machine includes a mounting 2 that is maintained at substantially ambient temperature during operation of the electrical machine; a field coil support structure 3 carrying a plurality of superconducting field coils 4 maintained at cryogenic temperatures during operation; and at least one coupling element 5 is used to fix the field coil support structure 3 to the mounting 2, where the at least one coupling element 5 is a linear strut. The field coils 4 are preferably formed of high temperature superconducting coils. The field coil support structure 3 may be formed of a substantially cylindrical sleeve formed around the mounting 2 having first and second axial ends.
Patent GB-2489772-A (GB)
Title: Determining whether a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size has changed
Inventor: KUBOTA KEIICHI
IPC: H04W28/06
Filed: 2012-02-06
Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are provided to efficiently and effectively recover from security de-synchronisation. In the context of a method, a size of a Radio Link Control (RLC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is determined (30). The method may detect whether the RLC PDU size has changed (32), and, in response to detecting that the RLC PDU size has changed, a RLC RESET procedure is initiated (34). In addition, and also in the context of another method, an uplink transport channel type may be determined to have changed before determining the RLC PDU size and whether it has changed. RLC PDU size may be equal to the transport block size minus the Medium Access Control (MAC) header size.
Patent GB-2499838-A (GB)
Title: Biological test device
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES
IPC: A61B5/145
Filed: 2012-03-02
Abstract: A biological test device with at least one zone containing a biosensor and/or reagent media to accept a sample of a biological material, where the zone is covered until use by a removable humidity resistant cover. The cover may be slidably removable or have a peel-off configuration and may incorporate a desiccant material. The cover may also act as an actuator associated with electronic timing and/or signaling components carried by the device. In a preferred embodiment, device 10 comprises first and second zones (25, 32) each containing respective biosensor means and/or reagent media, and respective humidity resistant covers 16, 18 are associated with each zone. The sample of biological material to be tested may be blood, saliva, or urine and is preferably blood. Device 10 may further comprise means for sensing and recording temperature and humidity. Device 10 may be used as a glucose tolerance testing device.
Patent GB-2493585-A (GB)
Title: Scanning probe microscopy cantilever comprising an electromagnetic sensor
Inventor: HOFRICHTER JENS
IPC: B82Y15/00
Filed: 2012-05-03
Abstract: The invention is notably directed to a scanning probe microscopy cantilever (10), comprising a body (15) and an electromagnetic sensor (20) having a detectable electromagnetic property varying upon deformation of the body. It further concerns a scanning probe microscope, a detection apparatus and a detection method using relying on such a cantilever. The sensor may comprise an optical waveguide and may comprise a closed loop ring resonator or racetrack resonator. The sensor 20 may be a Mach Zehnder interferometer.
Patent GB-2489142-A (GB)
Title: Connection system and method for subsea cables in severe enviroments
Inventor: NICHOLSON JOSEPH ALAN
IPC: E21B17/02
Filed: 2010-11-04
Abstract: A technique facilitates the reliable connection of cables in subsea environments. A cablehead system is designed to reliably connect cables to subsea components while providing long term protection of the connection in potentially harsh, subsea environments. The cablehead system comprises a cable clamp housing which may be coupled to a bulkhead assembly by a cavity housing which provides space for routing of internal communication lines. One or more additional protective components are incorporated into the cablehead system to ensure a reliable connection and to further protect the internal communication lines from exposure to the surrounding environment.
Patent GB-2504672-A (GB)
Title: Processing and transmitting video data in a multiple display system
Inventor: CLOSSET ARNAUD
IPC: H04N5/04
Filed: 2012-08-03
Abstract: A method of processing video data in a multi-display (e.g., multiple video projector (VP) display) system, including plural display devices that collectively display video in a combined display area, comprises obtaining a display allocation map 404 associating a spatial subpart of a source video stream to be displayed in the combined area with corresponding display destination information, i.e., whether the subpart is displayed (locally) by a first display device or whether it is displayed (remotely) by another display device. The display allocation map determines whether video data is stored in a local display buffer 407 or in a transmission buffer 408 of the first display, for subsequent transmission to other display devices (projectors). Input video data may be discarded if local or remote display is not specified (e.g. data is outside combined display area); blended (i.e., not tiled) video subpart data may be stored in both local and remote (transmission) buffer memories. A further disclosed method assigns display time slots 411 to the plural displays, with intended reception and display times for spatial parts of the input video stream (Figure 5). The spatial video subparts may be indexed macroblocks.
Patent GB-2508812-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of sound attenuating floor covering
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT NB
IPC: B29C44/24
Filed: 2012-11-23
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a decorative heterogeneous floor covering 10 comprising a sound attenuation effect with an acoustic impact sound reduction of at least about 15 decibels and sustainable slip-resistance properties. The method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a print layer 13 comprising a print decoration/ design thereon; (b) providing a wear layer 15 over said print layer 13 to provide a print/ wear layer intermediate; and (c) providing a foam backing layer 11 on the intermediate, the backing layer 11 being capable of providing said sound attenuation effect; wherein between steps (a) and (b), the method comprises inverting the print/wear layers intermediate before applying the backing layer to a reverse side / base thereof. The wear layer 15 may comprise embedded particles 16, such as aluminium oxide.
Patent GB-2497670-A (GB)
Title: Reciprocating saw with slip clutch
Inventor: WATTENBACH BRIAN
IPC: B23D49/10
Filed: 2010-07-23
Abstract: A reciprocating saw comprises a motor positioned within a housing. The motor includes a pinion 96. A drive mechanism within the housing includes a gear 100 coupled to and driven by the pinion, a hub 104 coupled for rotation with the gear. A spindle 116 reciprocates relative to the housing assembly, and a connecting rod 112 extends between the hub and the spindle to transmit rotation of the hub into reciprocation of the spindle. A slip clutch assembly 132 transmits drive force from the gear to the hub, and includes a first disk 136 coupled to the gear, a second disk 140 coupled to the hub, the couplings preferably being by splines. A biasing member 144, preferably in the form of a spring disc, is positioned between the hub and the gear to bias the first and second disks into frictional engagement. The clutch assembly also includes a fastener extending through the gear and threadingly engaging the hub to couple the hub to the gear and pull the hub toward the gear to preload the biasing member and clutch members. The clutch members, hub and biasing member are preferably located in an opening 108 in the gear.
Patent GB-2513422-A (GB)
Title: Removable curved bag for use as storage inside hard hat helmet
Inventor: PERFECT DELLA
IPC: A42B3/10
Filed: 2013-04-28
Abstract: A curved removable storage bag 1 for a helmet 7, the bag arranged to fit inside the contours of a helmet. The bag may be attached to the helmet using hook and loop fasteners 2, and may have a finger loop 3 to aid in removal of the bag from the inside of the helmet.
Patent GB-2511874-A (GB)
Title: Nuclear fusion method and device
Inventor: STANKO TARAS VASILOVICH
IPC: G21B1/05
Filed: 2013-06-24
Abstract: A nuclear fusion device comprising a vacuum chamber and a negatively charged magnet 4 located between two positively charged anodes 2. Alternatively, instead of said negatively charged magnet, a cathode electrode may be provided in a central region of the device near to the magnet. Ions of fusion fuel isotopes, such as hydrogen isotopes, are injected from an injection sub-system 1 through a hole in one of the anodes 2 and are trapped longitudinally within the device by electrostatic forces, and magnetically in all other directions. The magnet 4 is arranged so that the magnetic force field is greater in a central reaction region than in the region in which ions are injected, thereby increasing the density of the ions in the reaction region.
Patent GB-2516027-A (GB)
Title: Injection needle cartridge with integrated sealing force generator
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN HANS-PETER
IPC: G01N35/10
Filed: 2013-07-08
Abstract: An injection needle cartridge 300 for a sample injector for injecting a sample fluid into a mobile phase in a fluidic path of a fluid separation system between a mobile phase drive and a separation unit comprises, an injection needle 302 configured for aspirating the sample fluid from a fluid container when the injection needle has been moved to the fluid container, and for injecting aspirated sample fluid into the fluidic path when the injection needle is sealingly accommodated in a needle sea. A sealing force generator 304 is configured for applying a sealing force to the injection needle for sealingly accommodating the injection needle in the needle seat. The injection needle cartridge is configured for being substitutably mountable on a handling robot of the sample injector for handling the injection needle cartridge between the fluid container and the needle seat.
Patent GB-2508493-A (GB)
Title: Image detector array having respective bias and output line select transistors
Inventor: ANAXAGORAS THALIS
IPC: H04N5/3745
Filed: 2012-02-13
Abstract: A detector comprises a pixel element array, comprising a column of pixel elements 510, each further comprising a source follower input transistor 531; pixel elements apply a potential to a gate terminal of the source follower input transistor based on cumulative charge carriers generated by the pixel element. A source of each source follower input transistor 531 is connectable by a bias line select transistor 531S1 to a bias current BIAS1 signal line of the column having a bias current portion 550 (e.g. constant current source). The source follower input transistor 531 and bias current portion 550 form a source follower arrangement via the bias line select transistor, the source of the source follower being further connectable by means of a respective output line select transistor 532S1 to a column output signal line OUTP1 separate from the bias signal line. The column may comprise respective first and second (plural) bias current signal lines, each with a bias current portion; respective first and second (plural) output signal lines (with potential applied to both at same time) may also be provided. Bias and output signal line electrical connectors may be provided along a single common side of the detector.
Patent GB-2504628-A (GB)
Title: Body adhering absorbent article with a shell having at least a portion that is free from body facing adhesive
Inventor: KRAUTKRAMER CANDACE DYAN
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2010-01-29
Abstract: A feminine care absorbent article comprises an absorbent structure 321 that is configured for disposition adjacent a female wearer's vaginal region to absorb bodily discharged fluids. A shell 314 supports the absorbent structure 321 at the vaginal region and has an adhesive 344 on its body-facing surface for adhering the shell 314 directly to the wearer's body. At least a portion of the body facing surface is free from adhesive for maintaining at least some of the breathability of the shell 314. Preferably the adhesive 344 is breathable, has a non-uniform pattern or a non-uniform adhesive strength across the shell 314. Other disclosed absorbent articles comprise: a body facing surface with an adhesive with a pattern and a visual cue associated with the adhesive; a body facing adhesive with a non-uniform adhesive pattern; an adhesive applied to first and second areas of the body facing surface to provide first and second adhesive strengths; and a body facing surface with a first region having a first adhesive formulation and a second region having a second, different adhesive formulation.
Patent GB-2519153-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchangers
Inventor: BOND ALAN
IPC: F28D7/04
Filed: 2013-10-11
Abstract: A heat exchanger having a plurality of first conduit sections 108 suitable for the flow of a first fluid in heat exchange with a second fluid in a flow path which passes the first conduit sections, each of the first conduit sections comprising a plurality of tubes 120 extending in a spiral shape and radially spaced from another in rows, and at least one load element 130 is provided between the tubes in the radially spaced rows and is suitable for countering aerodynamic load applied to the tubes. The first conduit section may comprise spiral sections that may spiral inside one another. At a first location the at least one first conduit section is mounted on a support (84, fig 6) and the at least one conduit section at a second location is moveable relative to the support in response to thermal change. The support is capable of accepting high radially inward load and includes at least one circular ring 86, 88 in a cylindrical perforated drum structure, longeron members 90 and X-shaped bracing (104).The heat exchanger may be used in a vehicle engine for an aircraft or orbital launch vehicle.
Patent GB-2530469-A (GB)
Title: Cushioning and flotation for suspended work platform apparatus and method
Inventor: SANDERSON SIMON
IPC: E02B17/00
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: Suspended work platforms are used on offshore wind turbines and other structures. One problem is they have to be transferred from the heaving deck of a vessel, limiting the sea state in which they can be transferred due to high shock loadings. The platform makes this process quicker, safer and easier allowing it to be transferred in higher sea states by carrying the suspended platform on the vessels deck with one or more cushioning and flotation devices 3 attached under it. The platform is attached to the offshore structure with suspension cables 1 and preferably lifts itself onto or off the deck with its winches 5. During this process the platform cushions any impacts between it and the vessels deck. Additionally, if the platform ends up in the water, the flotation of the device will keep it afloat. The cushioning and floatation devices 3 may be inflated tubes or other inflatable structures.
Patent GB-2524568-A (GB)
Title: Plyometric box
Inventor: RUSCOMBE-KING WILLIAM
IPC: A63B71/00
Filed: 2014-03-27
Abstract: A plyometric box comprising a rigid body 11 having one or more recessed edges 11a, each of the one or more recessed edges being filled by a resilient component 12 that is attached to a surface of the recess. The resilient material may be any of a foam runner, closed-cell polyethylene foam, open-cell polyethylene foam, or cross-linked polyethylene foam. The resilient material may be attached using tacks, pins, staples, hook and loop fastener or adhesive. The rigid body and or the resilient components may be covered with a flexible non-slip material as shown in figures 4 and 5, which may consist of flexible vinyl or polyurethane leather. The shape of the box may be a cubiod or a frustum, more precisely a square cuboid, rectangular cuboid or a pyramidal frustum or a conical frustrum, as shown in figures 6-8. The cross sectional shape of the recessed edges and the resilient component may be a regular quadrilateral.
Patent GB-2527126-A (GB)
Title: Noise cancellation with dynamic range compression
Inventor: NOORALAHIYAN AMIR
IPC: H04R25/00
Filed: 2014-06-13
Abstract: An audio processor (200, fig 1) for a hearing device has a noise estimator (100, fig 1), an adaptive noise canceller 110, and a dynamic range compressor (120, fig 1) to provide a gain according to a signal strength of an input signal. A signal strength processor 130 determines a signal strength dependent noise cancellation parameter, and the adaptive noise canceller provides noise cancellation of the input signal according to an estimated noise from the noise estimator, and according to the signal strength dependent noise cancellation parameter, so as to provide less noise cancellation when the input signal has higher signal strength than when the input signal has a lower signal strength. This helps retain the desirable environment or ambient type noise, present when the signal strength is higher, while providing more cancellation of undesirable circuit type noise when there is low input signal strength.
Patent GB-2515197-A (GB)
Title: Improved extraction apparatus
Inventor: MALKIN HUGH
IPC: B01F11/00
Filed: 2014-07-10
Abstract: Apparatus for distributing a solid, gel, powder, granular liquid or viscous liquid test substance in an extraction fluid comprises a flow cell 2 for holding the test substance 16 wherein the cell comprises a extraction chamber 8, a grinding surface 10, an extraction fluid inlet 4 and an extraction fluid outlet 6, a grinding head 9 disposed within the extraction chamber and a re-circulating pump 14 for driving extraction fluid into the flow cell via the extraction fluid inlet through the extraction chamber and back to the flow cell via the extraction outlet. The grinding head is mounted on a rotatable, reciprocating spindle such that the grinding head, whilst rotating, moves towards the grinding surface so that a test substance such as a drug capsule, pill or tablet is crushed, ground and pulverized. The grinding surface comprises a plurality of teeth 11. The grinding head is loose fitted within the extraction chamber so that fluid can flow around the grinding head.
Patent GB-2528126-A (GB)
Title: Downhole apparatus recovery
Inventor: GRINDHAUG GAUTE
IPC: E21B17/06
Filed: 2014-07-11
Abstract: A disconnection sub for connection into a drill string comprises an upper body 2 and a lower body 3, and is configured so that torque can be transferred from the upper body 2 to the lower body 3 possibly by use of fingers 4 which engage in recesses 5. The upper 2 and lower 3 bodies are axially coupled by means of an axial coupling, possibly in the form of a sleeve 8 that is arranged to fracture when placed under a predetermined tension. Once fractured, the upper body 2 can be separated from the lower body 3.
Patent GB-2525260-A (GB)
Title: System and method of material handling using one or more imaging devices on the transferring vehicle to control the material distribution into the storage
Inventor: BONEFAS ZACHARY
IPC: B65G67/24
Filed: 2013-02-11
Abstract: First imaging device collects first image data, whereas second imaging device collects second image data of a storage portion. A container identification module identifies a container perimeter of the storage portion in at least one of the collected first image data and the collected second image data. A spout identification module is adapted to identify a spout of the transferring vehicle in the collected image data. An image data evaluator determines whether to use the first image data, the second image data, or both based on an evaluation of the intensity of pixel data or ambient light conditions. An alignment module is adapted to determine the relative position of the spout and the container perimeter and to generate command data to the propelled portion to steer the storage portion in cooperative alignment such that the spout is aligned within a central zone or a target zone of the container perimeter.
Patent GB-2529683-A (GB)
Title: Image display
Inventor: HODGE STEVEN JAMES
IPC: G08G5/04
Filed: 2014-08-29
Abstract: A method for displaying guidance symbols to a pilot, to assist with landing an aircraft on an aircraft carrier. A Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) (Fig. 2, 24) shows a Ship Relative Velocity Vector (SRVV) scale 34, as a first image component. The system determines if the image display is offset from a desired position. A further image component, Offset Feature 50, indicates a range of possible positions for the first image component. The offset feature gives a visual representation of the probability of landing at any point within that range, shown by, for example, the distance between the arms at any point of a V shape.