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Patent GB-2528290-A (GB)
Title: Battery management
Inventor: HARDY JOHN LESLIE GORDON
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for managing a battery comprising a plurality of series connected cells 2. The plurality of series connected cells 2 is statically balanced when the battery is first prepared to allow the battery to be run in a substantially balanced state without the need to rebalance the battery frequently and is designed to remove sources of cell imbalance. A substantially identical load is imposed on all of the cells in use, by removing or disconnecting voltage monitoring apparatus, in order to maintain the balance. A battery charging controller 26 is used for controlling the charging of the battery and is arranged to terminate charging prior to the cells 2 reaching their maximum state of charge. The cells 2 may also be pre-qualified to exclude cells which have soft shorts. Temperature sensors 20 may be included to monitor the battery cells 2.
Patent GB-2534337-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring of the multiphase flow in a pipe
Inventor: ANDREW HUNT
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2014-09-29
Abstract: A monitoring apparatus and method for monitoring a multiphase flow in a pipe using magnetic induction tomography are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises an annular array of transmitting elements 36 disposed around a pipe, two annular arrays of receiver elements 41 and 37 and two annular arrays of guard elements 42 and 43. The annular arrays of elements may be an annular array of transmitting coils, annular arrays of receiver coils and annular arrays of guard coils. In the preferred embodiment, a coil from the array of transmitting coils and a coil from each of the arrays of guard coils are driven with the same signal to generate magnetic fields for a period of time. The driven coils are in a line parallel with the axial line of the pipe, e.g. 44, 313 and 45 in fig. 5. After the period of time, a new set of coils become the active driven set of transmitting coils, the coils again in a line parallel with the axial line of the pipe. Magnetic fields generated by the transmitting and guard elements / coils induce current in components of the multiphase flow 13, 47. The induced currents in turn generate secondary magnetic fields which are detected by receiver elements / coils in arrays 41 and 317. The arrays of guard coils / elements have the effect that coils of receiver array 41 are only affected by flow components in zone 2 of fig. 5 and the coils of receiver array 317 are only affected by flow components in zone 3 of fig. 5. Flow components nominally outside the monitoring apparatus (46 and 321) therefore do not affect the measurements at the receiver coils. Measuring velocity of components of the multiphase flow may be performed by cross-correlating measurements made at arrays 41 and 317.
Patent GB-2536722-A (GB)
Title: Locating devices
Inventor: HUGO JOHN MARTIN VINCENT
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2015-03-27
Abstract: A system for automatically ascertaining the location of wireless functional devices, such as lights and switches, in a building, uses information from the devices generated by receipt of electromagnetic signals from other devices, to calculate a best fit for the relative location of the devices in relation to each other. Preferably a map of the building is adduced to refine the location process, for instance by tying the location of a light switch to a wall or a light to a ceiling. The information is used to ascertain that two devices are in the same room and can be associated with each other (a light fitting and corresponding switch for example). Account can be taken of variable features of the building such as partition walls, to update device settings. There is thus no need to survey the building manually.
Patent GB-2538076-A (GB)
Title: An aluminium-air cell, an aluminium-air battery and a motor unit comprising an electric motor and an aluminium-air battery
Inventor: TREVOR JACKSON
IPC: H01M12/06
Filed: 2015-05-05
Abstract: An Aluminium-air cell 10 comprises a casing 12 within which is provided an air cathode 23 spaced from an Al or Al alloy electrode 27 with an electrolyte chamber 45 for liquid electrolyte therebetween, liquid electrolyte being stored in a reservoir 36 and delivered to the electrolyte chamber 45 through a conduit 37 using an impeller 35 for drawing and pumping the liquid electrolyte from the reservoir 36 to the electrolyte chamber 45. An Al-air battery comprising a plurality of linked Al-air cells 10, 11, and a motor unit (50: fig 4) comprising the Al-air cell or the Al-air battery (10, 11, 40, 41, 42; fig 4) along with an electric motor (51, fig 4) are also described. The casing also includes a rotatable shaft 15 for driving the impeller, which preferably comprises an Archimedes helical screw 35 provided on the outer surface of the shaft 15. A fan (20, fig 2) for provided a current of air to the air cathode 23 may also be provided on the rotatable shaft 15. In further aspects, the reservoir 36 includes an absorbent foam mass for retaining the liquid electrolyte which can be compressed to release the electrolyte when needed, and the casing 12 comprises at least two parts which are releasably attached to each other. This latter arrangement enables easy replacement of used parts.
Patent GB-2539924-A (GB)
Title: A separating apparatus
Inventor: RICHARD DAVID NICOLAOU
IPC: B01D46/04
Filed: 2015-07-01
Abstract: A surface treating appliance comprises a regenerative filter having at least one filter (90, fig 6), the regenerative filter being removably mounted to the surface treating appliance, the at least one filter (90, fig 6) being movable from a filtration zone to a regeneration zone where it is cleaned, the filtration zone being spaced from the regeneration zone, and a control mechanism for moving the at least one filter (90, fig 6) between the regeneration zone and the filtration zone in response to the regenerative filter being removed from or mounted onto the surface treating appliance. The filter (90, fig 6) may be mounted on a frame which is moveable between the filtration zone and the regeneration zone. The control mechanism may include a rack and pinion drive, and a pawl drive collar 132. The control mechanism is preferably arranged to ensure that the at least one filter (90, fig 6) can only move in one direction between the filtration zone and the regeneration zone.
Patent GB-2525551-A (GB)
Title: Boosting remote direct memory access performance using cryptographic hash based approach
Inventor: NORONHA RANJIT MARIO
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2014-01-08
Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for performing a remote direct memory access operation. Responsive to receiving in a network interface controller a hash value of data to be copied from a source address in a source node to a destination address in a destination node in the remote direct memory access operation, the network interface controller performs a lookup operation in a translation protection table in the network interface controller to match the hash value to a hash value for data existing in memory of the destination node. Responsive to the network interface controller finding a match in the translation protection table, the network interface controller completes the remote direct memory access operation without transferring the data from the source node to the destination node.
Patent GB-2541458-A (GB)
Title: Fall protection
Inventor: OWAIN JONES
IPC: F16G11/14
Filed: 2015-08-21
Abstract: A fall protection system comprises a karabiner (having a frame 3 and an pivoting gate 5) and a divider clip 2 which is secured to the karabiner frame by a collar 7; allowing rotation of the karabiner on the clip. The divider additionally includes three clip fit connection points 6a, 6b, 6c which attach the divider to at least a portion of the frame and which divide the karabiner into a plurality of areas 11a, 11b, 11c for connection of the at least one component of a harness arrangement and at least one fall arrest device. The clip fit connection points can comprise of open jaws which face in a common direction, the collar and jaws being provided at separate corners of the central body portion.
Patent GB-2532133-A (GB)
Title: Cerium-modified manganese octahedral molecular sieves as catalysts for selective catalytic reduction
Inventor: JOHN KILMARTIN
IPC: B01J37/08
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: Catalysts and articles useful for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) are disclosed. The catalyst comprises a cerium oxide and an octahedral molecular sieve (OMS) comprising manganese oxide. The catalysts, which comprise 0.1 to 50 wt.% of cerium, can be made by doping, ion-exchange, deposition, or other techniques. Also disclosed is an SCR process in which a gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen oxides is selectively reduced in the presence of a reductant and the cerium-modified OMS catalyst. The cerium-modified manganese oxide OMS catalysts offer unexpected advantages for selective catalytic reduction, especially NH3-SCR, including improved thermal stability and improved activity for NOx conversion, especially at relatively low temperatures (100°C to 250°C).
Patent GB-2545170-A (GB)
Title: GPU virtualisation
Inventor: DAVE ROBERTS
IPC: G06F12/1072
Filed: 2015-12-02
Abstract: A method of GPU virtualization in a computing system 100 comprising: CPU 102 running virtual machines (VMs) controlled by a hypervisor; graphics processor unit (GPU) 104; VM driver/firmware interface memory, e.g. RAM 124; GPU register 114; and two-stages memory management comprising guest management units 110, 118, for virtual to guest address translation, and root or system management units 120, 122, controlled by the hypervisor, for guest to physical address translation. Dedicated portions 132, 126 of memory resources 124, 114 are provided for each VM. GPU virtualisation is realised by allocating each VM an identifier by the hypervisor and using it to tag transactions related to the GPU on system bus 116. Access control to the dedicated memory resources 124, 114 by the root management units 120, 122 is based on the identifier. The latter can be inherited from CPU triggering transactions such as writing to a kick register.
Patent GB-2542215-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic power measurement using formal
Inventor: IAIN SINGLETON
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2016-01-18
Abstract: Apparatus and method used to verify that an integrated circuit hardware design 202, for example a system-on-chip which may contain a D-type flip-flop 102, meets a power requirement 204. The power requirement 204 may be that the number of power-consuming transitions, or the related power consumption, is less than a predetermined value or less than that of another hardware design or chip. The claimed method includes: detecting whether a power consuming transition has occurred for one or more flip-flops 102 of the IC; updating a count of power consuming transitions; and determining whether the power requirement 204 is met at a particular time by evaluating properties that are based on the count of power consuming transitions. Apparatus is claimed comprising: transition detection logic units, used to detect the power consuming transitions; counter update logic units, such as hardware monitor 208, to count the number of transitions; and a property verification logic unit, which may be a formal verification tool 212, to determine whether the power requirement 204 is met based on the number of transitions. A scenario 206 may define, a formal verification language, circumstances under which the power requirement 204 is met.
Patent GB-2547034-A (GB)
Title: Biological methods and materials for use therein
Inventor: AJIT LALVANI
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A method for diagnosing active tuberculosis (ATB) in an individual comprising of the steps of; providing a sample to be tested from the individual; measuring the expression in the test sample of GBP6 (guanylate binding protein 6) and/or BATF2 (basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor 2), wherein the expression in the test sample of GBP6 and/or BATF2 is indicative of the presence of active tuberculosis in the individual. In some embodiments, the levels of expression in the test sample are compared to the expression in a control sample from a healthy individual and/or an individual afflicted with active tuberculosis (ATB). Also claimed is a binding agent specific for GBP6 or BATF2, for determining the presence of ATB in an individual. Additionally, a nucleic acid molecule encoding GBP6 or BATF2, or a binding moiety specific therefor, for determining the presence of ATB in an individual. A kit for determining the presence of an ATB infection in an individual is also disclosed, comprising one or more binding agents against GBP6 or BATF2 or other additional biomarkers and instructions for performing the claimed method.
Patent GB-2542497-A (GB)
Title: Bearing device for crankshaft of internal combustion engine
Inventor: SHIHO TANAKA
IPC: F16C17/04
Filed: 2016-08-24
Abstract: A bearing device including a crankshaft 11, a pair of half bearings 7 each having crush reliefs 73 adjacent to both circumferential ends thereof, a bearing housing having a retaining hole, and one half thrust bearing 8 arranged adjacent to the retaining hole. The half thrust bearing has a bearing alloy layer and a resin slide layer which constitutes a slide surface for receiving an axial force of the crankshaft. There may also be a back metal layer. The half thrust bearing has thrust reliefs 82R, 82F adjacent to both circumferential end portions of the sliding surface which make the half thrust bearings thickness thinner toward the circumferential end surface 83. A thrust relief length at an inner end portion of the thrust relief positioned on a rear side 82R in the crankshaft rotational direction is formed to be longer than a thrust relief length at an inner end portion of the thrust relief positioned on a front side 82F. The rear side thrust relief 82R may have a thrust relief length longer than a crush relief length of a corresponding crush relief 73 on one of the half bearings 7.
Patent GB-2545322-A (GB)
Title: Off-set tubing string segments for selective location of downhole tools
Inventor: DANIEL LORNG YON WONG
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2014-09-30
Abstract: A system and method for selective isolation of multiple wellbore intervals that can include an isolation mandrel interconnected in a tubing string, where the isolation mandrel includes an entry bore, a transition chamber, and an exit bore, the transition chamber being positioned between the entry and exit bores, and the transition chamber being radially enlarged relative to the entry and exit bores. An isolation device, with a predetermined length, is displaced through the tubing string to the isolation mandrel, where the length of the isolation device relative to a length of the isolation mandrel can determine if the isolation device passes through the isolation mandrel or lands in the isolation mandrel.
Patent GB-2547741-A (GB)
Title: Piston position installation device of brake cylinder
Inventor: MING-YU WANG
IPC: F16D65/00
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: A piston position installation device of a brake cylinder has a main rod 10 with a first driving portion 11 and a first threaded section 12 along an axial direction and toward the first driving portion. The main rod also has an interior hole 13 with a second threaded section 14, the screwing directions of the first and second threaded section being counter to each other. An abutting rod 20 with a second driving portion 21, a restricting portion 22, and an exterior threaded portion 23 is screwed within second threaded section. A force exerting member 30 has first 31 and second 32 force exerting portions which are engageable with the first and second driving portions respectively. A socket 40 is screwed with a first threaded section of the main rod and a blocking board 50 protrudes laterally outwardly from the socket. The force exerting member may have a lateral sliding rod 33. The force exerting portions may be arranged on opposite ends of the force exerting member. The socket may have a ring portion 42 at one end and a rotating portion 43 at the other. A piston position installation device may also be called a brake wind-back/rewind/reset tool.
Patent GB-2552063-A (GB)
Title: Medical scope accessory, medical scopes comprising the accessory, and use thereof
Inventor: PATRICK AXON
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: A cover 1 for the shaft of a medical scoping device, and a medical scope with such a cover, comprises the provision of tubular member 2 arranged for application on the distal tip of the medical scoping device (an inner surface of which grips the shaft of the device) and a plurality of projecting elements 3 spaced apart circumferentially around the tubular member; each having a base portion 13 which is pivotally mounted in the tubular member. The tubular member is further provided with a region/feature which is impacted upon during pivoting motion of the projecting element. For example, the elements may have an arm 14 which extends from the base portion and the base portion a detent 20, located such that pivoting movement of the projecting element (for moving the arm portion in a distal direction) causes the detent to impact a contact region (21, Fig 4) of the tubular member. Alternatively, the tubular member may have a contacting protuberance (23, Fig 4) wherein pivoting of the projecting element causes the protuberance to impact on the base portion of the element.
Patent GB-2552739-A (GB)
Title: System and method of manufacturing suspension seating
Inventor: ETHAN MCGRAW
IPC: D06H1/00
Filed: 2017-06-12
Abstract: A method of manufacturing suspension seating comprising providing a suspension member blank 16 with a non-visible marker, illuminating the marker with an excitation source, using a sensor to read the marker and adjusting the blank based on the information read from the marker to achieve a desired characteristic. Also disclosed is a stretching machine to perform this method. The adjustment may relate to the tension of the blank 16, the alignment of fibres or its orientation. Clamps may be used as tensioning mechanisms to create zones of varying tension. The non-visible markers may be illuminated using an infra-red or ultra-violet source and the sensor may include a camera. The device may be used in a seat portion 2 or a backrest portion 4 with a carrier 18 moulded onto it.
Patent GB-2563413-A (GB)
Title: Processing display data
Inventor: PATRICK DAVID COOPER
IPC: H04N19/63
Filed: 2017-06-14
Abstract: A display system for displaying display data includes a host device, which generates at least a portion of a frame of display data to be displayed on a remote display. The host device compresses the display data by determining a scaling factor of 4x where x is a positive integer, performing a predetermined number of encoding passes using a Haar transform, each encoding pass producing a set of display coefficients, which are then quantised and rounded to produce encoded display data. A display control device decodes the encoded display data using a hardware decoder by performing a predetermined number of decoding passes, but at least two, of an inverse Haar transform, such that the predetermined number of decoding passes is the number of encoding passes plus the number x additional decoding passes, and wherein the decoding uses display coefficients having a zero value for each additional decoding pass.
Patent GB-2548756-A (GB)
Title: Fresnel lens system
Inventor: XIAOPING HU
IPC: G02B3/08
Filed: 2014-11-25
Abstract: A Fresnel lens system, comprising at least two tooth faces (501, 502) located on the same light path; each of the tooth faces (501, 502) comprises at least one Fresnel unit, each Fresnel unit being a Fresnel refraction surface formed by an original curved surface; at least one of the two tooth faces (501, 502) is a complex Fresnel refraction surface or a filled Fresnel refraction surface, or the two tooth faces (501, 502) are at a same physical interface and an element located thereon has a reflective back surface. The Fresnel lens system can adequately utilize the advantage of thinness of Fresnel lens, thus better adjusting the light path without a significant increase in the thickness of the system.
Patent GB-2550713-A (GB)
Title: Forward and reverse scanning-type gate driving circuit
Inventor: JUNCHENG XIAO
IPC: G11C19/00
Filed: 2015-01-13
Abstract: The text for the abstract is on the WIPO Front page of WO2016106847 which  I have found on an Espacenet search, here it is:A forward and reverse scanning-type gate driving circuit for liquid crystal display. The gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of cascaded GOA units. Each level of GOA unit comprises a pull-up control circuit (100), a pull-up circuit (200), a pull-down circuit (400), a pull-down holding circuit (500), a reset circuit (600) and a bootstrap capacitor (Cb). The scanning direction of the liquid crystal display is controlled through forward and reverse scanning control signals input by the pull-up control circuit (100), and whether the GOA units output scanning signals sequentially from top level to bottom level or output scanning signals sequentially from bottom level to top level is determined. Furthermore, through double-end dependence of circuit points P(N) and K(N) of the pull-down holding circuit (500) and the brand-new design of a three-segment voltage dividing structure, it is guaranteed that the pull-down holding circuit (500) is at the appropriate potential in the acting and non-acting periods, and a key node Q(N) and a gate output signal G(N) can be effectively maintained in the low-potential holding state at the low potential.
Patent GB-2566551-A (GB)
Title: Subsea storage of crude oil
Inventor: SIGBJØRN DAASVATN
IPC: E21B43/36
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: A method of storing crude oil subsea for offloading comprising introducing oil 94 containing gas into a subsea storage tank 22, floating the oil above a variable-volume column of seawater 96 to trap the oil between the seawater and a top wall of the tank, the seawater being under hydrostatic pressure and applying that pressure to the oil, trapping gas emerging from the oil in a pocket between the oil and the top wall and venting a portion of said gas, offloading a portion of the oil, and causing seawater to flow into and out of the tank in response to venting the gas and introducing or offloading the oil. A second independent claim of a subsea storage tank 22 for storing crude oil comprising an external wall enclosing an internal volume, a seawater inlet 76 and outlet 78, an oil inlet 80 and outlet 82, a gas vent 86, wherein the oil inlet and outlet open to the internal volume at a level beneath where the gas vent opens and above a level at which the seawater inlet or outlet opens.
Patent GB-2552124-A (GB)
Title: Biofeedback system with remote muscle activity inference
Inventor: CHARLES NDUKA
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2013-07-01
Abstract: Facewear such as eyewear 200 includes biosensors 208 on the earpieces 204 which are arranged to detect activity of the posterior auricular muscles (102, figure 1), from which zygomaticus muscle activity is inferred, to identify facial expressions e.g. a smile, which are then fed back to the user. The biosensors preferably detect electrical activity via e.g. electromyographic (EMG) sensors, or could detect the movement or tension of skin overlying a muscle via e.g. optical, ultrasound or photoelectric means. Other muscle group activity such as temporalis, orbicularis, frontalis or glabellar muscles could be monitored or inferred. The intensity of the facial expression may be identified from the magnitude of the activity and the feedback could be visual (e.g. flashing lights or variable colour), auditory including computer-generated speech and frequency of repetition, amplitude, color or brightness might indicate the detected intensity. Control of muscle activation can be improved through use of biofeedback.