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Patent GB-2566579-A (GB)
Title: System and method for operating a bulk superconductor device
Inventor: JOHN R HULL
IPC: H02J15/00
Filed: 2018-06-27
Abstract: A bulk superconductor device 130 (and method of use) comprising, a bulk superconductor 136 disposed within a cryogenic chamber 132; and a (first) heating element 134 coupled to the bulk superconductor and preferably included in a superconductor magnetic energy storage system (SMES) 160 in which the cryogenic chamber includes (for example) liquid/solid nitrogen. A reinforcement structure 320 (fig 3) may be coupled to the bulk superconductor 136. A second bulk superconductor and coupled second heating element may also be disposed within the chamber (figures 11,12). The first and second heating element may be proximate to a first and second opposing sides of the bulk superconductor. A cooling element (390 fig 3) may conductively cool the bulk superconductor. A second bulk superconductor may be disposed within the chamber. Another aspect includes a bulk superconductor system comprising a plurality of switches electrically coupled to a plurality of bulk superconductors, and in a first configuration the switches/bulk superconductors are coupled in series, and in a second configuration coupled in parallel (figs 13A-D). The plurality of superconductors may be arranged toroidally (fig 10) whilst the first and second superconductors may be stacked (fig 11). The bulk superconductor may be a large single grain block or a sintered structure. Bulk High Temperature superconductor HTS may have large specific energy and utilised as a magnetic field trapped device. The superconductor may be charged to store energy and this may be released as a high specific power (current) in a surrounding coil on application of the heat. A pulsed laser load may accordingly be driven and used in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Patent GB-2577528-A (GB)
Title: Railway vehicle
Inventor: Timoteo Badalotti
IPC: B61D49/00
Filed: 2018-09-27
Abstract: A railway vehicle comprises a leading car, the leading car comprises a nose having a nose tip (1, figure 1), a bogie 2, nose bottom equipment (5, figure 1), a skirt 6 that encloses the vertical sides of the bottom equipment (5), and a deflector 3 configured to deflect foreign objects on rail tracks which is positioned between the skirt 6 and the bogie 2 on a piston (4, figure 1); the railway vehicle comprises a front component 7 being a cover that is positioned below the skirt 6 and extends over the skirt 6 up to the deflector 3 which allows the deflector 3 to vibrate; and a rear component 8 being a cover which spans the whole width of the nose and is positioned between the bogie 2 that is closest to the nose and the deflector 3 at a distance sufficient to allow the deflector 3 to vibrate. Consequently, aerodynamic drag and aerodynamic noise can be diminished without hindering the movement of the deflector 3, which moves vertically and oscillates back and forth with respect to the car body.
Patent GB-2579391-A (GB)
Title: A pouch for containing a beverage
Inventor: ZAMY AGHA
IPC: B65D75/58
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: The application discloses a pouch 50 comprising a receptacle for storing a beverage and nitrogen. There is also a method claim for making a pouch for containing a beverage wherein liquid nitrogen is added. Once the pouch is sealed, the liquid nitrogen evaporates or boils off increasing the internal pressure and providing additional rigidity to the pouch. Preferably, the pouch comprises an in-built straw region 20 and is self-standing on base 18 even when most of the beverage (preferably up to 95%) has been consumed.
Patent GB-2574303-A (GB)
Title: Button
Inventor: OLIVER HARMS
IPC: H01H13/02
Filed: 2019-03-28
Abstract: A button which may be used in electronic musical instruments comprises a button unit 2 suspended movably vertically in the Z direction in a fixed frame 1. The button unit has a button body 2a with an upper actuating surface 2b and at least one central shaft 3 extending downwardly from the button body and extending at its upper end horizontally into an extension (20). The shaft and the extension consist of a translucent material, preferably the same as that used for the button body e.g. silicone pigmented with titanium dioxide or aluminium oxide, and form a light guide fixedly connected to the button body. A light source 21 is vertically below the shaft. A first optical device 22 such as a free form conical lens is disposed in the vertical upper area of the light guide above the shaft and deflects the light into the plane of the extension 20. A second optical device such as a free form collecting lens may be disposed in the lower area of the shaft for collimating light in the direction of the first optical device.
Patent GB-2569756-A (GB)
Title: Loader and method for processing a resource bundle
Inventor: RICHARD LIVINGSTON
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2017-11-02
Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a loader is operable to download a resource bundle from a server to a user device and process/load at least one resource included in the resource bundle before the whole resource bundle is downloaded. A novel data structure for the resource bundle header and the resources of the bundle allows the loading of the resources into a program as the resource bundle continues to be downloaded, thus decreasing the time between a start of the download and a time at which the resources included in the resource bundle are available for use by the program.
Patent GB-2584661-A (GB)
Title: Flow terminal for a container dip tube
Inventor: PHILIP ANDREW WALTON
IPC: B67D1/12
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: A flow diverting device 1 is suitable for provision at an end of a dip-tube D in a bag-in-keg container which is filled top-side-down, e.g. with beer. The device 1 in use reverses the incoming flow so that it may run smoothly back down J the outside of the dip tube, gently into the already pooled beer thus minimising any fountain effect and turbulence. The device 1 can also be used with single-wall kegs to reduce the dispensing of sediment and allow more beer to be withdrawn without fobbing (Fig. 11). The flow terminal 1 may comprise a mesh (Fig. 15).
Patent GB-2580199-A (GB)
Title: Ion Injection to an electrostatic trap
Inventor: MIKHAIL BELOV
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2016-05-23
Abstract: A method of injecting ions into an electrostatic trap 70 (e.g. an orbital trapping mass analyser OrbitrapRTM) comprises applying an ejection potential to an ion storage device 50, and applying one or more injection potentials to an electrode associated with the electrostatic trap (e.g. central electrode 72 of the electrostatic trap and deflector electrode 65), in order to cause the ions ejected from the ion storage device to be captured by the electrostatic trap. Application of the ejection potential and the one or more injection potentials are each started at different times, the time difference or delay being selected based on desired values of mass-to-charge ratios of ions to be captured. Furthermore, an RF potential with a predetermined frequency is generated, for example as a potential for confining ions within the ion storage device. The difference between respective start times of applying the ejection and injection potentials is measured using the predetermined frequency of the RF potential, for example by counting periods of the RF potential.
Patent GB-2589582-A (GB)
Title: Electrical generator
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER PETER DEVEREUX
IPC: H02K21/24
Filed: 2019-12-02
Abstract: An axial flux permanent magnet electrical generator 10 has two rotors 22a, 22b either side of a stator 12 that comprises winding bundles 18 wrapped around an annular disk core 14. Each rotor comprises permanent magnets 26 annularly arranged on a disk core 24. An upper surface profile of each magnet 26 facing the stator is contoured with a non-uniform height such that a gap 34 between the magnet and stator is not uniform across the area of the magnet. The magnet height can be a minimum at a width that is tangential to a radius of the rotor. The upper surface profile of the magnet can be stepped or curved and define a non-circular ellipse, a half-ellipse, or a sinusoid function. The magnet height can vary in only one circumferential direction across the magnet or across more than one direction. The windings can be equal in number; matching the arrangement of the magnets; and be trapezoidal in shape.
Patent GB-2578056-A (GB)
Title: Methods for integrative diagnosis and treatment and a kit for their implementation
Inventor: MARTHA DENSMORE
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2018-06-28
Abstract: A kit and method for individual psychological wellness diagnosis and a treatment for health enhancement are disclosed, the diagnosis being based on Carl Jung's concepts of archetypes and synchronicity theory, and the treatment based on aromatherapy science and acupuncture theory. The kit includes a box and the box includes a plurality of containers, each containing a unique aromatic substance and a label on the side with one traditional tarot archetype. The method of the invention involves presenting the open box to the person being assessed so that only the uniform top enclosures of the containers are visible, and timing their blind pick of one container. The picked archetype plus the timed number are both diagnostic; each supplies syntax for a psychological diagnosis of wellness health. A time map supplies integrative diagnosis word components that bear like diagnostic meaning in three sciences: nursing, acupuncture, and Christian Science healing.
Patent GB-2590976-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor based temperature sensor
Inventor: Marijan Herceg
IPC: G01K7/01
Filed: 2020-01-13
Abstract: An apparatus 100 comprises a transistor 110, a capacitor 120 and an operational amplifier (op amp) 160. The capacitor is configured to store a first gate-to-source (VGS) voltage of the transistor during a first phase of a measurement cycle. The operational amplifier is configured to determine a potential difference between the first gate-to-source voltage stored in the capacitor and a second gate-to-source voltage of the transistor during a second phase of the measurement cycle, the potential difference corresponding to a temperature of the transistor. The transistor may be a metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and may be biased with a first bias current during the first phase of a measurement cycle, wherein a first and second switch 130a, 130b are closed and a third switch 130c is open. The transistor may be biased with a second bias current during the second phase of the measurement cycle, wherein the third switch is closed and the first and second switches are open.
Patent GB-2593518-A (GB)
Title: Image coding system and method
Inventor: SAHIN SERDAR KOCDEMIR
IPC: H04N19/17
Filed: 2020-03-26
Abstract: An encoding system and method comprising a triangle strip identification unit 610 operable to identify a plurality of triangle strips representing at least a portion of a three‐dimensional object mesh, a restart identification unit 620 operable to identify one or more restart indices used to signify the start of a new triangle strip, a structure identification unit 630 operable to identify one or more arrangements of triangles within the triangle strips, a data generation unit 650 operable to generate data comprising a set of indices representing the plurality of triangle strips, information identifying the start of a new triangle strip, and information identifying a structure of a given triangle strip for one or more triangle strips, wherein the information identifying the start of a new triangle strip and the information identifying a structure of a given triangle strip are not provided in the set of indices, and a content encoding unit operable to encode the generated data for output (Fig. 5, 530). The mesh may represent a three-dimensional object to be rendered and displayed and the arrangement of triangles may be in a fan structure (Fig. 4, 400). Further disclosed is an associated decoding system and method.
Patent GB-2594712-A (GB)
Title: Vane assembly for gas turbine engine
Inventor: HOWOONG NAMGOONG
IPC: F04D29/54
Filed: 2020-05-04
Abstract: A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising two rows of outlet guide vanes (Preferably fan outlet guide vanes in a bypass duct) wherein a first row of vanes 530 has a first sweep angle α, and a second row of vanes 540 has a second sweep angle β such that at least one first row vane and at least one second row vane overlap axially relative to the central longitudinal axis 515. The sweep of the vanes is intended to mitigate interactions between the vanes and the fan (Relative to straight radial vanes), while the crossed overlap provides greater structural strength than a single row of swept vanes. The vanes may overlap at about the vane midsections, at the vane tips or at the vane roots. The vanes may be angled at a range of ±0-70°. The second row of vanes may have alternately axially offset root positions, or have at least one second vane proximate a pylon.
Patent GB-2587468-A (GB)
Title: Force compensation method and device
Inventor: JASON HOWARD BEAN
IPC: G05G9/047
Filed: 2020-06-18
Abstract: A method to obtain total compensation force information of a user input device comprising: obtaining velocity information 310 of a portion of the user input device, obtaining acceleration information 330 of the portion of the user input device, obtaining damping force information force based on the velocity information 320, obtaining inertial compensation force information based on the acceleration information 340 and combining 350 the damping compensation force and inertial compensation force to provide the compensation force information 360 of the user input device. The method may be used in active inceptor systems.
Patent GB-2589183-A (GB)
Title: Voltage control
Inventor: GARY ROBERTSON
IPC: H03K17/0812
Filed: 2020-08-05
Abstract: An audio driving circuit 100 includes a power supply module 106, a voltage generator 111P and a voltage clamp 114P. The power supply module generates at least a first supply voltage VPOS and is operable such that, in use, a voltage magnitude at a source terminal of at least a first transistor (e.g. Fig.3 306, 309 or Fig.6, 603, 605) of the audio driving circuit can exceed its gate-source voltage tolerance. The voltage generator, or controller, generates at least a first intermediate voltage VSAFEP to an intermediate voltage path for use as a gate control voltage for at least the first transistor, to maintain its gate-source voltage below tolerance. The voltage clamp selectively clamps the intermediate voltage path to a voltage level to maintain the magnitude of the gate-source voltage of the first transistor below tolerance. An integrated circuit comprising the voltage generator and voltage clamp is also provided. In different arrangements, the voltage clamp is enabled by a reset condition of the audio driving circuit, a reset signal of the integrated circuit or inoperability of the power supply module. The circuit may be used to maintain safe voltages for transistors in audio driving circuits or integrated circuits that are operable in a high voltage mode.
Patent GB-2589196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in shearing combs
Inventor: SELWYN WILLIAMS
IPC: B26B19/24
Filed: 2020-08-26
Abstract: A shearing comb 12 has a plurality of spaced apart teeth 14 formed integrally therewith and projecting forwardly therefrom, at least two grooves 32 formed between adjacent teeth 14, and at least one lateral channel 44 extending across two or more of the adjacent grooves 32. The grooves and the lateral channel are recessed into the skin-facing outer surface 26 of the comb plate. The transverse channel 44 is said to help disperse the waxy build-up of lanolin deposited between the teeth during sheep shearing. The comb plate may further include one or more front-to-rear channels 48a, 48b, 52a, 52b which may further help to guide any collected grease away from the teeth of the shearing comb.
Patent GB-2598372-A (GB)
Title: Processing method of an intelligent transport system
Inventor: JULIEN SEVIN
IPC: H04W12/02
Filed: 2020-08-28
Abstract: A method of an Intelligent Transport System, ITS. The method comprises, at a receiving ITS station: determining that a first ITS station, with a first identifier, is located at a first location (510,515): receiving a message indicating that a second ITS station, with a second identifier, is located at the first location (520); and if, during a limited period of time, the receiving ITS station receives another message identifying the station with the second identifier (530) and does not receive another message identifying the station with the first identifier, determining that the first and the second ITS stations are a same station (545). Alternatively, if, during the limited period of time, the second message identifies the first station with the first identifier, the second ITS station is identified as malicious. The method allows for identifiers to be updated in a system with identifier update, or pseudonym changing. If reuse of identifiers is not allowed, reuse can indicate malicious stations. The messages can be Cooperative Awareness Messages, CAM.
Patent GB-2598747-A (GB)
Title: Subsea control and power enclosure
Inventor: Steinar Hommedal
IPC: H05K5/06
Filed: 2020-09-10
Abstract: An enclosure 10 for a subsea control and power arrangement 12 comprises: a cannister 14 and a lid 16, a connector assembly 20, a first volume compensator 22 and a second volume compensator 30. The cannister 14 and the lid 16 form an enclosure volume 18. The first volume compensator 22 is mounted to the enclosure 10 outside the enclosure volume 18 and has a first variable volume chamber 23. The second volume compensator 30 having a second variable volume chamber 31. The connector assembly 20 extends through the lid 16 and into the enclosure volume 18 and comprises a housing 24 forming a third chamber 26 and a connector part 28. The first chamber 23, the second chamber 31 and the third chamber 26 are liquidly connected to one another to form a compensator volume between the enclosure volume 18 and ambient 54, the enclosure 10 thereby forming at least two sealing barriers between ambient 54 and the enclosure volume 18. The first and second variable volume chambers may be in the form of bellows, balloons or deformable membranes.
Patent GB-2585601-A (GB)
Title: Textured planar M-type hexagonal ferrites and methods of use thereof
Inventor: YAJIE CHEN
IPC: H05K9/00
Filed: 2019-04-09
Abstract: A grain-oriented M-type hexagonal ferrite has the formula MeFe12O19, and a dopant effective to provide planar magnetic anisotropy and magnetization in a c-plane, or a cone anisotropy, in the hexagonal crystallographic structure wherein Me is Sr2+, Ba2+ or Pb2+, and wherein greater than 30%, preferably greater than 80%, of c-axes of the ferrite grains are aligned perpendicular to the c-plane.
Patent GB-2587110-A (GB)
Title: Designing a wellbore cement sheath in compacting or subsiding formations
Inventor: SIVA RAMA KRISHNA JANDHYALA
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2018-08-01
Abstract: A method to design a wellbore cement sheath in compacting or subsiding formations is provided. The method may include performing a field scale analysis on a formation surrounding a wellbore. The field scale analysis may output boundary conditions including a pore pressure of the formation and a three-dimensional movement of the formation. The method may also include performing a wellbore scale analysis based on the boundary conditions, a wellbore scale model, wellbore conditions, and cement material properties. The wellbore scale analysis may output an indication of stress applied over time to a cement sheath within the wellbore. Further, the method may include determining cement material properties of the cement sheath to withstand the stress applied over time output by the wellbore scale analysis, and the method may include installing the cement sheath within the wellbore. The cement sheath may include the cement material properties.
Patent GB-2590540-A (GB)
Title: A modular system for constructing a pallet
Inventor: DENZIL JULIAN GRIFFITHS
IPC: B65D19/18
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: A modular system for constructing a pallet 1, the system comprising: a plurality of slats 11, and a plurality of beams 3. Each beam 3 has a first end 25 which can interlock with the end of another similar beam, and one or more slat recesses 9. In use, four beams 3 can be interlocked to form a pallet frame. Each slat recess 9 can receive a portion of a slat 11. In use, a slat 11 can be mounted on and extend between at least two of said beams 3 to form a side wall 60 and/or deck 4 of a stillage (55, fig 5). A pallet like base is connected to two upwardly extending posts with slats passing between the arms to form a side wall. An upwardly extending arm interlocks with a pallet like base by sliding in a direction parallel to the surface of the pallet.
Patent GB-2600725-A (GB)
Title: Exercise device for deep squat and body stretch
Inventor: YI-TZU CHEN
IPC: A63B23/08
Filed: 2020-11-06
Abstract: An exercise device for deep squat and body stretch comprises a device body 10, a damping assembly 22, and a pedal set 30. The damping assembly has a tube 21, a pneumatic cylinder 22 which has multiple positioning through holes 222, and a seat 23. The pneumatic cylinder 22 is mounted in the tube 21. A seat height adjusting component 212 is able to extend through the tube 21 and is mounted with one of the positioning through holes 222. The seat 23 is connected to the pneumatic cylinder 22 so as to assist the user when performing deep squat exercises. The pedal set 30 is assembled on the device body 10, and has two pedals 34, 35 rotatably mounted on the device body 10. Elastic rings 36 provide resistance to movement of the pedals. Each pedal includes an angle sensor (40, figure 3) mounted thereto.
Patent GB-2593568-A (GB)
Title: Computer case and method of attaching an expansion card to a computer case
Inventor: AUGUST SCHERER
IPC: G06F1/18
Filed: 2020-12-03
Abstract: A computer case 1 comprises a rear panel 14 with a slot field 15 and an expansion card 16 with a slot bracket 5, which is fixed laterally to the slot field by means of a screw 6. An opening 4 is cut out on the rear panel next to the slot field, dimensioned in such a way that the screw 6 for fixing the expansion card 16 is easily accessible and can be easily mounted with a corresponding tool, such as a screwdriver. The opening may extend to the side wall of the computer case so that the screw can be reached with the screwdriver in direct alignment, not at an angle. The opening may be closed with a hinged cover 7 fixed to the case by a snap lock.
Patent GB-2606210-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust valve actuation unit for a multi-valve engine
Inventor: INIGO GUISASOLA
IPC: F01L1/26
Filed: 2021-04-29
Abstract: An exhaust valve actuation unit 26 for a multi-valve engine, comprising a rocker arm 46 pivotably actuatable by a camshaft 40, and a valve bridge 58 connected to the rocker arm wherein the bridge has a first arm 60 configured to actuate a first exhaust valve 22 and a second arm 62 to actuate a second exhaust valve 24. Both valves are associated with the same cylinder 12. The actuation unit is configured such that during an operation cycle of the cylinder, the first exhaust valve is opened prior to the second valve upon actuation of the rocker arm. The bridge may be designed such that a first gap between the first arm and the first valve stem is smaller than a second gap between the second arm and the second valve stem. The stem of the first valve may be longer than that of the second valve. The first and second valves may be biased closed by first and second springs respectively, the biasing force of the first spring being less than the second spring. The second valve may be connected to the second bridge arm by a damper unit.