baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2512740-A (GB)
Title: Display board assembly
Inventor: KANG SEESONG
IPC: B43K23/00
Filed: 2014-03-07
Abstract: A display board assembly includes a display board 24 having a planar surface 64 and an edge 80 extending along at least a portion of the planar surface. The display board assembly also includes a mounting member 28 coupled to the display board. The mounting member defines a first gap (116 figure 4) adjacent the planar surface of the display board and a second gap (120, figure 4) adjacent the edge of the display board. The display board assembly further includes a display board accessory including a projection (136, figure 5). The display board accessory is removably coupled to the mounting member in one of a first position, in which the projection is received in the first gap, and a second position, in which the projection is received in the second gap. Further apparatus disclosed herein includes a display board with a series of discrete slots formed along an edge, a display board with an easel arm 48 and an easel pad attached thereto and a display board with a tray 208 mounted to the lower edge thereof.
Patent GB-2513484-A (GB)
Title: Window Privacy Screen
Inventor: GILMER SARA
IPC: E06B9/24
Filed: 2014-04-24
Abstract: A screen assembly includes a screen 2 for mounting outside a window 6 of a building to obscure selected outward lines of sight 10 from the window. The screen is movable with respect to the window such that further lines of sight 12, 14 are available from the window and can be changed without making available the selected obscured lines of sight. Preferably, the screen is spaced from the window and dimensions of the screen are selected so that the screen is at least as long as the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle having a base provided by the window and a height determined by the spacing from the window. In a second aspect, a kit of parts comprising a frame and a screen is provided. A building comprising a privacy screen obscuring the view between two windows and an associated method are also provided.
Patent GB-2535425-A (GB)
Title: LNG bunker vessel
Inventor: ANDREW SCOTT
IPC: F17C1/00
Filed: 2014-07-30
Abstract: An LNG bunker vessel 2 having: one or more LNG tanks 4, a first pipeline 10 able to transfer liquefied natural gas (LNG) 12 from a LNG tank on the LNG bunker vessel to an off-vessel LNG receiver tank 8, one or more natural gas compressors 12 on the LNG bunker vessel able to compress natural gas and provide compressed natural gas (CNG), a second pipeline 14 able to transfer natural gas from the off-vessel LNG receiver tank to the one or more natural gas compressors on the LNG bunker vessel; and a CNG storage tank 16 on the LNG bunker vessel to store CNG provided by the one or more natural gas compressors as a fuel source. The apparatus and operation for transforming natural gas from the off-vessel LNG receiver tank into a suitable fuel source as CNG is provided on the LNG bunker vessel, and does not require ancillary equipment and operation at the location or site of every off-vessel LNG receiver tank. Also claimed is a process and a system using such a vessel.
Patent GB-2521697-A (GB)
Title: Near maximum likelihood spatial multiplexing receiver
Inventor: WAN HONG
IPC: H04L25/06
Filed: 2014-08-06
Abstract: A low-complexity Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, MIMO, detector in a wireless communication system with near optimal performance. Initial symbol estimation is performed for a received symbol vector 302. The soft information of the received symbol vector can be more accurately calculated 312 using every candidate symbol vector of a combined set of candidate symbol vectors, wherein the combined set is generated 310 based on the initial estimation. By combining aspects of both the linear detection and the maximum-likelihood, ML, detection, the complexity of the proposed detector becomes orders of magnitude lower than that of a ML detector, but the performance is very close to that of an ML detector. Initial symbol estimation is performed using a linear detector such as a linear MMSE detector or a linear Zero-Forcing, ZF, detector. The initial symbol estimation comprises pre-calculating and storing intermediate variables that need to be computed only once 304.
Patent GB-2529665-A (GB)
Title: Drive train
Inventor: KETTLE RICHARD
IPC: F16H1/28
Filed: 2014-08-28
Abstract: A drive train (10, fig 1), for a tracked vehicle, comprises a transmission (11) having a transmission output shaft (13) which is selectively engaged with a least one final drive assembly 12 via a final drive input shaft 17. A rotatable location shaft 26 is mounted for axial movement within a bore in the final drive assembly and is coupled with the input shaft 17. Manual rotation of a screw member 25 rotates location shaft 26 so that it moves in an axial direction, which moves the input shaft 17 axially into or out of engagement with the output shaft (13). The screw member 25 has a threaded portion 48 which engages with a threaded portion in an axial bore 29. A tool such as a spanner cooperates with a head portion 51 and may be used to rotate the screw member 25 which is rigidly attached to the location shaft 26. Attached to the screw member 25 is a flanged portion 47 which abuts a housing when the input shaft 17 is fully engaged with the output shaft 13.
Patent GB-2525481-A (GB)
Title: Braking device for a vehicle
Inventor: MUTHURENGAN MUTHUKUMAR
IPC: F16D57/04
Filed: 2015-03-03
Abstract: A vehicle braking device 10 comprises a rotor (22, fig 1) connected to a propeller shaft (20, fig 1) of the vehicle in a rotationally fixed manner; a pump wheel 24 configured to pump a hydraulic fluid and a coupling device (26, fig 1) switchable between a coupling position in which the pump wheel 24 is connected to the rotor (22, fig 1), and at least one decoupling position in which the pump wheel 24 is decoupled from the rotor (22, fig 1); and a plurality of hydraulic shock absorbers 28a-c configured to be supplied with the hydraulic fluid by the pump wheel 24 in the coupling position thereby decelerating the propeller shaft (20, fig 1). The pump wheel 24 and the hydraulic shock absorbers 28a-c are preferably coupled via valve unit 38.
Patent GB-2538543-A (GB)
Title: Cyclonic separator
Inventor: Joseph k w lam
IPC: B01D17/038
Filed: 2015-05-21
Abstract: A cyclonic separator comprises a separation chamber in fluid communication with an inlet 2, a fuel outlet 4 and a water outlet 3. The cyclonic separator is adapted to discharge water from the water outlet and relatively less dense liquid fuel from the fuel outlet. The cyclonic separator further comprises a permeation member 22 formed from a water-permeable material such as graphene oxide, which enables water in the separation chamber to flow through the water-permeable material and out of the water outlet, but substantially prevents liquid fuel in the separation chamber from doing so. Preferably the permeation member 22 is carried by a support structure 20. The cyclonic separator may find use in a fuel system such as in an aircraft to separate or concentrate quantities of suspended water, ice and particulate material from fuel before flowing to the engine.
Patent GB-2538738-A (GB)
Title: Control system and method of controlling a driveline
Inventor: ROB JERGER
IPC: B60W50/08
Filed: 2015-05-26
Abstract: A control system configured to control a driveline 5 of a motor vehicle 1 and a corresponding method are provided. The system is configured to receive a brake signal responsive to the application of a braking system 50, the system being configured to cause the driveline to operate in a second configuration (e.g. two-wheel drive) and not a first configuration (e.g. four-wheel drive) in dependence at least in part on the brake signal. In the first configuration a first group of one or more wheels 12, 13 and in addition a second group of one or more wheels 14, 15 are arranged to be driven by the driveline 5 and in the second configuration the first group 21, 13 of one or more wheels and not the second group 14, 15 are arranged to be driven by the driveline 5.
Patent GB-2542755-A (GB)
Title: Glove wearable smartphone
Inventor: CONSTANTINOS POUYIOUKKA
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 2015-08-01
Abstract: A glove or mitt may worn on the hand and secured to the wrist via strap like means 6 and (Fig 2, 10). Dual display screens 1 and 2 which may be color screens are provided. Batteries may be positioned under each touch screen and charging means may be located in the wrist area. The glove may contain multiple loudspeakers 5 and at least one microphone 3. Communication modules to allow connectivity with phone networks, Bluetooth and the like may be provided. Accelerometers may be used. A camera 9 and flash may be used. Biometric sensors, such as heart rate 4 may be provided. A connector cable 8 may link the screen to the wrist. A camera lens (Fig 2, 9) and flash may be fitted to take photographs or videos. An audio jack (Fig 3, 11) may be fitted. The glove may be waterproof and may be made in a range of sizes.
Patent GB-2535608-A (GB)
Title: Compact microwave water-conductivity probe with integral second pressure barrier
Inventor: CHENG-GANG XIE
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2015-12-16
Abstract: A water conductivity probe / electromagnetic sensor for multiphase flow measurement, comprises coaxial probe body 420, first integral pressure barrier 405 and second integral pressure barrier 505. The first barrier may comprise inner conductor 432, insulator 430 surrounding and sealed to inner conductor 432, and a portion of a passageway 409 (Fig. 4A) in the coaxial probe body surrounding and sealed to insulator 430. The second barrier may comprise a coaxial feedthrough connector 500 coupled, maybe interchangeably, to passageway 409 to form a first seal. The coaxial feedthrough connector may comprise a centre conductor 532, a feedthrough insulator 530 surrounding and sealed to centre conductor 532, and a housing 535 surrounding and sealed to insulator 530 to form a second seal 505, the centre conductor 532 coupled electrically to inner conductor 432. The coaxial feedthrough connector may also comprise lateral centre conductors 510 and 510 and dielectric insulators 515 and 515 (Fig. 6A), and RF connector 536 (e.g. QMA).
Patent GB-2535905-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for repairing a pipe
Inventor: JEFFREY M URBANSKI
IPC: F16L55/163
Filed: 2014-10-29
Abstract: An apparatus and method for repairing a pipe utilizing a pipe lining assembly. The pipe lining assembly may have an inflatable bladder with a first surface opposite a second surface defining a sealed chamber for receiving air. The pipe lining assembly may also have a patch with a first edge and a second edge and is positioned on at least a portion of the first and second surfaces of the inflatable bladder such that the first edge of the patch overlaps said second edge of said patch. The inflatable bladder with the patch positioned thereon is configured such that the first surface of the inflatable bladder overlaps the second surface of the inflatable bladder forming a cylindrical shape.
Patent GB-2558526-A (GB)
Title: Paint tray with removable liner
Inventor: LENNOX MARK HUCK
IPC: B65D25/14
Filed: 2016-08-10
Abstract: A paint tray 10 having an outwardly facing surface region, an inwardly facing surface region within the recess and a peripheral edge running between the outwardly and inwardly facing surface regions. The paint tray comprises a flexible removable liner 20 comprising a waterproof layer 20A and a textured surface layer 20B, the removable liner covers the inwardly facing surface region of the receptacle with the textured surface layer being exposed for receiving paint. The receptacle comprises a handle portion 22 and a brush or roller holding bracket 30 on the paint tray base 12.
Patent GB-2553145-A (GB)
Title: Active heave compensation apparatus
Inventor: LEE DAVID SCREATON
IPC: B66C23/52
Filed: 2016-08-26
Abstract: Apparatus for use with a heave motion detecting sensor has a main chassis 105, a drive assembly (fig 2, 210) with a drive gear 215. A lifting column 170 is translatably placed in the main chassis and has a linear gear rack 180 that runs along a longitudinal axis. A pinion (250, fig 2a) is engaged with the linear gear rack such that rotation of the pinion is coupled to translation of the lifting column in main chassis along the longitudinal axis. A control circuitry is operative to command the drive assembly to cause the lifting column to translate in the main chassis based on heave motion detected by the sensor. The drive assembly may comprise an electric motor, an electromagnetic brake and/or a gearbox. A transfer gear may couple the pinion with the drive gear. The associated sensor, which may be mounted to the apparatus, may comprise a motion reference unit. The apparatus may further comprise a battery, a shear stop and a kinetic energy recovery system and a plurality of additional drive assemblies.
Patent GB-2554389-A (GB)
Title: Water energy apparatus
Inventor: CALUM MACKINNON
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2016-09-23
Abstract: Apparatus for extracting electrical power from the vertical movement of water comprises a rotor assembly 6 within a housing 5, the rotor assembly having a plurality of vanes 14 mounted radially around a central rotor shaft 22. A water inlet 7 and water outlet 8 define openings in the housing; the water inlet is positioned in a top horizontal plane above the rotor assembly, and the water outlet is positioned in a bottom horizontal plane below the rotor assembly. An air outlet 11 is positioned below the top horizontal plane and above the central rotor shaft. An air inlet 13 is positioned above the bottom horizontal plane and below the central rotor shaft on the same side of the housing as the air outlet. A water sealing shroud 9 is arranged between the water inlet and the water outlet, and an air sealing shroud 10 is arranged between the air outlet and air inlet.
Patent GB-2556620-A (GB)
Title: Antenna array
Inventor: P B KENINGTON
IPC: H01Q21/00
Filed: 2016-09-27
Abstract: An antenna array 2000 comprises at least a first sub-array 2001 and a second sub-array 2002 of antenna elements. The first and second antenna arrays 2001, 2002 each comprise at least one dual-polarized antenna element 2001a and where the first sub-array 2001 produces a signal with a first polarisation and the second sub-array 2002 produces a signal with a second polarisation and wherein the first sub-array 2001 is not collinear with the second sub-array 2002 and the said sub-arrays share a dual polarised antenna element 2001a. The antenna elements may be in a rectilinear pattern and sub-arrays may be orthogonal where the shared elements may be a central or end element of the sub-arrays. The antenna elements may provide a signal of one or more polarisations. The antenna sub-arrays may include independent electronic beam steering means, such that their beams may be generated to intersect at one or more pointing angles. The beam steering may be used to obtain a maximum signal strength at the sub-arrays. At least two sub-arrays may be operably coupled to at least one channel of a multiple-input, multiple output (MIMO) transceiver. The antenna signals from one access point may be used to accurately identify the location of a user.
Patent GB-2554875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to manual transmission vehicles
Inventor: CHRIS EDWARD PEDLAR
IPC: B60W50/08
Filed: 2016-10-10
Abstract: A system 10 for providing electric creep and electric drive traffic crawl in a manual Transmission hybrid vehicle having adaptive cruise control, the vehicle also being provided with a combustion engine which is the primary source of power under normal operation and an electric motor/generator 60 for providing low speed motive force for the vehicle when one or both of electric creep or electric drive traffic crawl is deployed. The system turns off the combustion engine and enables electric creep when the vehicle is stationary and the vehicle transmission is in neutral; activates electric drive traffic crawl when adaptive cruise control and electric creep are both initiated and the combustion engine is turned off; exits electric drive traffic crawl when the brake pedal is activated; and exits electric drive traffic crawl and electric creep and restarts the combustion engine when the accelerator pedal or clutch pedal is activated. Electric creep may be activated by pressing a button 25 on the gear lever. Driver actions e.g. opening a door, may deactivate the creep or crawl modes.
Patent GB-2551598-A (GB)
Title: Gel compositions for transdermal delivery to maximise drug concentrations in the stratum corneum and serum and method of use thereof
Inventor: WILLIAM BOLOGNA
IPC: A61K47/38
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: Disclosed herein are gel compositions for enhanced transdermal delivery of an active ingredient into a serum of a subject through production of a reservoir of the active ingredient in the stratum corneum of the subject. The gel composition comprises at least one oleogel (organogel), at least one aqueous gel and the active ingredient. The composition further has at least one of the following - (i) the active substance is micronized, (ii) the composition contains a bioadhesive and (iii) the composition contains a C1-8 alcohol in an amount up to 4% w/w. In a preferred embodiment the oleogel is formed from glycerides and ethylcellulose and the aqueous gel is formed from water and sodium carboxymethylcelluose. Exemplary active ingredients include testosterone, estradiol and diclofenac. Also disclosed herein are methods preparing the gel composition, methods of using the gel composition to at least partially ameliorate a condition, and kits comprising the gel composition.
Patent GB-2559400-A (GB)
Title: High Velocity Low Pressure Desalination System
Inventor: MUTHOMI KIRAGU
IPC: C02F103/08
Filed: 2017-02-06
Abstract: A desalination system in which pressurized seawater water is injected 3 at high velocity into a low pressure chamber 4, wherein the low pressure is generated by a turbine system 5. The pressurized sea water vaporizes into water vapor and salt precipitate, and is accelerated by the turbine system into a cyclonic separation chamber 6. The salt precipitate is pushed to the outer edges of the chamber, and the water vapor is extracted via small vents in a tube running down through the centre of the cyclonic chamber powered by a turbine system 11. The remaining water vapor and salt precipitate are accelerated through a narrow opening at the bottom of the cyclonic chamber, wherein the coanda effect launches the salt precipitate outwards and the water vapor inwards into the extraction pipe. Salt is collected at the bottom, and the water vapor is extracted into a condensation system where the condensed water is collected in condensing tanks. Alternatively the water vapor and salt precipitate can be further accelerated using a second turbine 7 within the cyclonic separation chamber 6. The heat generated by all turbine systems is recycled into the cyclonic separator to further increase the temperature of the environment.
Patent GB-2561257-A (GB)
Title: Article tracking system and method
Inventor: ANDREW ERIC MALINOFSKY
IPC: G06K19/07
Filed: 2017-05-26
Abstract: A system and method for tracking an article 102 is disclosed. The article may be baggage or luggage passing through an airport terminal (600) or another venue. The system comprises a beacon (or tag) 101 associated with an article 102, a plurality of relaying bridges 104, and a tracking service 105. Short-range radio signals (e.g. Bluetooth or BLE) including a beacon identifier are emitted by the beacon and are detected by a plurality of relaying bridges. The relaying bridges calculate a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), convert the short-range radio signal to a relay signal and transmit the relay signal including a unique relaying bridge identifier and the RSSI information via a network. The tracking service receives and stores data from the relay signal, attaches a time stamp to the received data, and determines from the received data which of the relaying bridges is closest to the beacon, and hence provides information about the position of the tracked article.
Patent GB-2558017-A (GB)
Title: Method for monitoring an aircraft engine operating in a given environment
Inventor: AURELIE GOUBY
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2015-11-10
Abstract: The present invention relates to method for monitoring an engine (1) of an aircraft (2) operating in a given environment. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the implementation, via means for data processing (31), of the steps of: (a) receiving a sequence of n-tuples (x1- exec... xn- exec; yexec) of physical-parameter values relating to said aircraft (2) engine (1), including at least one endogenous parameter specific to the operation of the engine (1) and at least one exogenous parameter specific to said environment; (b) For each n-tuple (x1- exec... xn- exec; yexec) of the received sequence, calculating, according to a regression model, a standardized value (yexec-norm) of the endogenous parameter in relation to the exogenous parameters; (c) identifying at least one stabilized phase in said normalized sequence of n-tuples (x1- exec... xn- exec:; yexec-norm) from a set of phase signatures; (d) for each stabilized phase, calculating the mean values of the physical parameters on the portion of the sequence of n-tuples (x1- exec... xn- exec; yexec) corresponding to the stabilized phase, in order to obtain an n-tuple (x1...xn;y) defining a recurrent point of said flight of the aircraft (2).
Patent GB-2558381-A (GB)
Title: Activation mode control of oilfield tools
Inventor: Sean C Canning
IPC: E21B47/18
Filed: 2017-10-30
Abstract: Switching a downhole tool between first and second modes of operation by generating respective first and second signals, and receiving these signals at a sensor. There may be a third operating mode activated in response to a third signal. The operation modes may include a sleep mode 704 in which the downhole tool consumes less energy, a twilight or standby mode 908 in which the downhole tool consumes more energy than in sleep mode and/or may perform limited functions, and an awake or active mode 912 in which the downhole tool consumes more energy than in the sleep mode or in the twilight mode and may perform additional tool functions. The signals may be electromagnetic or thermal/temperature/heat signals. Also disclosed is a system comprising a signal source and a downhole tool (fig. 2, 202) having a sensor (fig. 2, 216), controller (fig. 2, 204), actuator (fig. 2, 210) and energy source (fig. 2, 212), wherein the actuator is configured to perform a tool action in response to the sensor detecting a signal.
Patent GB-2570161-A (GB)
Title: Simulation of exclusive instructions
Inventor: ADAM JAMES MCNEENEY
IPC: G06F9/52
Filed: 2018-01-16
Abstract: A simulator executes a program including exclusive load or linked load instructions S70a and conditional store instructions S73a on a computer architecture, which does not support these instructions. It replaces the exclusive or linked load with a normal load instruction S70c and an instruction to store the returned value in a metadata store S71c. It replaces the conditional store instruction with a compare and swap instruction S74c, which uses the value in the metadata store as the compare value. If the compare and swap instruction indicates that the value is not the same as the metadata value, the simulator indicates a failure of the simulated conditional store operation S75c. The metadata store may be in a region of memory that is not accessible to the program being executed on the simulator. The simulator may also store the address, data size or memory attribute of the load operation in the metadata store. It may compare these with the values in the conditional store instruction and indicate a failure of the conditional store if they do not match S73c.