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Patent GB-2527426-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic RF filter apparatus and method of manufacture thereof
Inventor: TINKER JOHN
IPC: H01P11/00
Filed: 2015-06-19
Abstract: The method includes the steps of forming or obtaining at least one ceramic body portion of a required size, shape and/or geometry for the filter apparatus, and applying an electrically conductive coating material to an external surface of said ceramic body portion. The electrically conductive coating material is applied via a physical or plasma vapour deposition (PVD) method. Aspects include a ceramic radio frequency filter apparatus, the apparatus including or consisting of at least one ceramic body portion, and an electrically conductive coating material adhered to an external surface of the body portion, and wherein said electrically conductive coating material has been applied to the external surface of said ceramic body portion via a physical or plasma vapor deposition (PVD) method. The use of the physical or plasma vapour deposition (PVD) coating method for the ceramic filter apparatus is particularly advantageous since it provides a substantially uniform and homogenous coating onto the external surface of the ceramic body portion, irrespective of whether the external surface is substantially flat or if there are one or more recesses, apertures, channels etc defined in the ceramic body portion.
Patent GB-2539941-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for autostereoscopic video wall display
Inventor: BAOLIN TAN
IPC: G02B30/29
Filed: 2015-07-01
Abstract: A grid of display screens 13 together form an autostereoscopic video wall 11. Each display section has an LCD or LED screen 5 and a lenticular lens sheet 3. A video signal transmission system controlling the image display to each screen in synchronization. An alignment system tests that the display screens are aligned correctly to the lenticular lenses, and the screens aligned to each other across the entire video wall. To align the screens, a test image 8 is displayed on the centre of a 2x2 grid of display screens. Each screen can be adjusted in angle and proximity to surrounding screens to achieve alignment. A 3D spatial testing image 6, 7 is used to align the optical lens element and the display screen to achieve a good quality 3D image.
Patent GB-2528396-A (GB)
Title: Methods for use of oil-soluble weighting agents in subterranean formation treatment fluids
Inventor: MCDANIEL CATO RUSSELL
IPC: C09K8/82
Filed: 2014-05-09
Abstract: Methods of treating a subterranean formation including providing a treatment fluid comprising an oil-based fluid component and an oil-soluble weighting agent that comprises a metal, wherein the oil-soluble weighting agent has a density in the range of from about 1.1 g/cm3 to about 22 g/cm3; solubilizing the oil-soluble weighting agent in the oil-based fluid component of the treatment fluid, wherein the oil-soluble weighting agent increases the density of the oil-based fluid component of the treatment fluid; introducing the oil-based treatment fluid into a wellbore in a subterranean formation.
Patent GB-2526489-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus pertaining to the use of group RFID tag information
Inventor: JONES NICHOLAUS A
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2014-03-13
Abstract: A plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for corresponding items are read as a group to provide corresponding group information. This group information is used to determine whether at least some of the corresponding items are loose inventory. If desired, a confidence rating as corresponds to this determination can be determined and even displayed. These teachings can then provide for assigning a physical location within a given facility to each of at least some of these items based upon that determination. And again, if desired, a corresponding confidence rating can be determined and displayed as appropriate.
Patent GB-2536537-A (GB)
Title: Drilling tool including multi-step depth of cut control
Inventor: SHILIN CHEN
IPC: E21B10/43
Filed: 2013-09-03
Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of configuring depth of cut controllers (DOCCs) of a drill bit comprises determining a primary depth of cut for a first radial swath. The first radial swath is associated with a first area of the bit face. The method further comprises configuring a primary DOCC for placement on the bit face within the first radial swath based on the primary depth of cut. In addition, the method comprises determining a back-up depth of cut for a second radial swath. The second radial swath is associated with a second area of the bit face that overlaps the first area of the bit face associated with the first radial swath. The method further comprises configuring a back-up DOCC for placement on the bit face within the second radial swath based on the back-up depth of cut.
Patent GB-2533062-A (GB)
Title: Gate valve seal ring
Inventor: LOC GIA HOANG
IPC: F16K3/02
Filed: 2014-07-23
Abstract: A gate valve (10) seal ring (12) comprising a seat holder (50) comprising a recess (54) and a seat ring (52) disposed within the recess, wherein the seat ring comprises a corrosion resistant and wear resistant material.
Patent GB-2534298-A (GB)
Title: Micro combined heat and power unit
Inventor: JAMES RAWSON
IPC: F02G5/04
Filed: 2012-05-01
Abstract: A micro combined heat and power (mCHP) unit 10 comprises an internal combustion (ic) engine 12 driving an electric generator (14, figure 4). An internal fluid circuit 22 for central heating fluid conveys the fluid so that it extracts heat from a series of components in order of increasing expected normal operating temperature. The coolest component may be the generator (14, figure 4), and the series may comprise the engine crank case (oil sump) 36, cylinder block, cylinder head and exhaust heat exchanger 28, with the exhaust manifold being the hottest component.
Patent GB-2530703-A (GB)
Title: Automatic rotation of display contents of a hand held companion device ridgidly attached to a handheld mobile device
Inventor: BAENTSCH MICHAEL
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2014-07-15
Abstract: The present invention is notably directed to a handheld companion device (10), comprising: a screen (19); rigid physical connection means (13), adapted for rigidly attaching the companion device to a mobile device (20); communication means (13, 13a, 14), adapted for setting up and supporting one or more communication links with one or more external computerized systems (20, 30); and a memory (16), storing computerized methods (162), which are adapted, upon execution at the companion device, for: cooperating (S28, S30) with said communication means to set up said one or more communication links and receive orientation data (Î±, Î³) of the mobile device (20) and contents, from said one or more external computerized systems (20, 30), via said one or more communication links; and re-arranging and displaying (S70) said contents on said screen according to said orientation data (Î±, Î³). The present invention is further directed to related systems and methods for automatically rotating contents displayed on such devices, when rigidly attached on a handheld mobile device.
Patent GB-2543590-A (GB)
Title: A pre-formed insert body
Inventor: BRIAN LEONARD MOORE
IPC: F16L5/10
Filed: 2014-08-20
Abstract: An insert body used in an existing aperture within a building panel, the body defining an aperture with geometry varied relative to the existing aperture, and comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, a front face and a rear face. The inner surface provides an inner side wall of the aperture to be formed, the outer surface provides for an outer side wall of the aperture to be formed and/or of the existing aperture to be varied. The outer side wall in use is located adjacent to the existing aperture side wall. The rear face provides a support surface for location upon the second face of the panel. The inner side wall terminates in at least one rim on the front face. The front face comprises at least one recessed region and each rim having a surface projected from the recessed region as a reference relative to the first face.
Patent GB-2537501-A (GB)
Title: An improved mounting
Inventor: Phillip R Thompson
IPC: F16F9/30
Filed: 2016-04-08
Abstract: An improved shock isolating mounting comprising at least three substantially U-shaped of C-shaped leaf spring members, each leaf spring member comprising at least two leafs arranged to define a space therebetween. In one arrangement, the respective at least three substantially U-shaped leaf spring members are arranged in an array having a substantially equal angular spacing between adjacent spring members. Each leaf spring member may have two or three leafs arranged in layers, with the spaces between the layers being filled with a damping material. This material may be a viscoelastic damping compound, for example a wire mesh. A mount assembly may be created using a plurality of said mounts, wherein the mounts are arranged between spaced apart upper and lower mount rails.
Patent GB-2538413-A (GB)
Title: Blower
Inventor: NOBUHIRA TANAKA
IPC: F04B45/047
Filed: 2015-02-19
Abstract: A piezoelectric blower (100) is provided with a housing (17), a vibration plate (41), and a piezoelectric element (42). The vibration plate (41) constitutes, together with the housing (17), a circular cylindrical blower chamber (31). The vibration plate (41) and the housing (17) are formed so that the blower chamber (31) has a radius (a). The piezoelectric element (42) concentrically bends and vibrates the vibration plate (41) at a resonance frequency (f). A recess (26) which is a part of the blower chamber (31) and which constitutes a cavity (25) communicating with a ventilation hole (24) is formed on the side of the housing (17) which faces the vibration plate (41). If the acoustic velocity of air passing through the blower chamber (31) is c and if a value satisfying the relationship of the Bessel function of the first kind, J0(k0) = 0 or J0'(k0) = 0, is k0, then the radius (a) of the blower chamber (31) and the resonance frequency (f) of the vibration plate (41) satisfy the relationship of 0.8 × (k0c)/(2π) ≤ af ≤ 1.2 × (k0c)/(2π).
Patent GB-2552351-A (GB)
Title: A coupling
Inventor: KEITH JAMES THOMAS
IPC: E21B36/04
Filed: 2016-07-20
Abstract: A coupling 1 is formed between a heating section core 2 and a non-heating section core 3 of an insulated heating cable. The heating section core 2 has a heating section core end portion 10 comprising a cylindrical male element 9 provided with an external screw thread. The non-heating section core 3 has a non-heating section core end portion 4 comprising a female element 5 provided with a screw thread. The male element 9 is inserted into the female element 5 and is rotated so that the male screw thread on the outside surface of the male element 9 engages with the cooperating female screw thread on the inside surface of the female element 5. Thus, the heating section core 2 mates with the non-heating section core 3.
Patent GB-2554751-A (GB)
Title: Measuring fuel in a fuel tank
Inventor: NEIL GORDON
IPC: G01F23/292
Filed: 2016-10-10
Abstract: A method of measuring a height of a fuel in an aircraft fuel tank 21 includes illuminating the fuel in the aircraft fuel tank and detecting reflected light from the fuel. Optical coherence tomography is used to determine the height of a surface of fuel in the fuel tank. The method may comprise identifying a gas / liquid boundary, a tank / liquid boundary, a fuel / water boundary. An embodiment is disclosed wherein the fuel is illuminated from a bottom side of the fuel tank. The method may comprise splitting the light illuminating the fuel into two or more projecting paths using two or more substantially parallel fibre channels and determining a depth profile at two or more positions in the fuel tank. The method may comprise scanning light across a portion of the fuel tank and determining a depth profile at two or more positions in the fuel tank. The attitude of the surface of fuel may be determined from the two or more depth profiles. An apparatus 30 for measuring a height of a surface of fuel in an aircraft fuel tank, and an aircraft fuel tank system with a fuel tank and an apparatus for measuring a height of a surface of fuel in the aircraft fuel tank are also claimed.
Patent GB-2562445-A (GB)
Title: Indicator
Inventor: Paul thomson
IPC: G08B5/00
Filed: 2016-11-23
Abstract: An indicator for a cyclist, comprising a flexible band 1 wearable on a hand, wrist or arm, the band comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes 4, 5, at least two of which are arranged at diametrically opposed locations on the band; a power source; and a mechanical switch 7 for supplying power from the power source to illuminate the LEDs. Preferably there are LEDs spaced equally around the band, and additional LEDs 6 provided at edge portions pointing axially to the arm at right angles to the LEDs 4, 5. Preferably the band comprises a receiver adapted to receive a short-wave UHF signal as part of a warning system. A method of operating the indicator to indicate direction or presence to other road users is also claimed.
Patent GB-2542711-A (GB)
Title: Injection moulding method
Inventor: PETER REGINALD CLARKE
IPC: B29C45/56
Filed: 2015-09-25
Abstract: A method of injection moulding an article comprising the steps of (a) providing an injection mould 2 comprising a plurality of movable mould parts 4, 6 and at least one stationary mould part defining a mould cavity 10; an injection inlet 12; (b) disposing the mould parts in a first configuration so as to define a first intermediate moulding cavity; (c) injecting molten thermoplastic resin material into the first intermediate moulding cavity; (d) closing the injection inlet; (e) moving at least one of the movable mould parts to a second configuration so as to define a second intermediate moulding cavity; and (f) moving the at least one of the movable mould parts to a third configuration so as to define a final moulding cavity; wherein each of first, second and final mould cavities form respective first, second and final articles having an L/T ratio; L being the maximum length of the article and T being the average thickness along the length of the article; wherein the first L/T ratio is lower than the second L/T ratio which is lower than the third final L/T ratio. The method is particularly suitable for moulding articles having thin sections; the article preferably being a substantially planar preform which may be stretch moulded, e.g. by thermoforming, to form a container preferably in the form of a tray.
Patent GB-2562989-A (GB)
Title: Glazing insert bar
Inventor: KEN BROWN
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 2017-01-12
Abstract: A false glazing bar having an internal web or element 1. The web may be perpendicular to the external faces of the bar, it may be centrally located, or offset to the central line of the bar. Two pieces of this false glazing bar may have slots machined into them allowing them to form a lap joint.
Patent GB-2559368-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use within a fire protection system
Inventor: ANTHONY SYDNEY SIMS
IPC: G08B17/113
Filed: 2017-02-03
Abstract: An apparatus 401 for use within a fire protection installation having at least one fire detection sensor comprises an annular frame 402 that has an opening 405 therethrough. The annular frame further comprises an alarm circuit having a controller 408 and a plurality of alarm devices, including at least one visual alarm device 406 and at least one audible alarm device 407. The controller is arranged to receive a fire detection signal from at least one fire detection sensor and to generate an alarm device activation signal in response. The visual and audible alarm devices may be activated in response to the alarm activation signal. The frame may have a fire detection device, such as a smoke detector, that detects a fire condition and the controller receives a fire detection signal from the fire detection device. The fire protection installation may comprise an automatic fire protection device and the controller may receive a fire detection signal derived from the automatic fire protection device. The automatic fire protection device may comprise a temperature sensor, a water spray or mist nozzle. The annular frame of the apparatus may be located around a mounting stem of the water spray or mist nozzle.
Patent GB-2544932-A (GB)
Title: Power management in a cellular system
Inventor: RAYMOND KWAN
IPC: H04W52/34
Filed: 2011-11-28
Abstract: A method of controlling a base station, BS, in a cellular communications network, comprising: for each of a plurality of users, receiving a value representing an initial bit rate requirement for said user; determining a respective downlink power required to be allocated to said users to achieve said respective bit rate requirements; determining a total downlink power requirement as a sum of said respective downlink powers required; and when a total downlink power of the BS exceeds a threshold value, reducing a bit rate requirement for at least one of said users to a value below the respective initial bit rate requirement. Also disclosed are methods of controlling respective transmit powers allocated by a BS to a plurality of sub-bands based on a sensitivity of a utility function in a cell, methods of estimating a spectral efficiency of a sub-band in a BS, based on approximating a CQI by a linear function of a SINR, and methods of calculating a value for a load on a BS, comprising calculating a value for the load, based on the average power and the average bit rate for each user. The BS may be a femto-cell BS (e.g. HeNB).
Patent GB-2563190-A (GB)
Title: An improved pressure relieving support
Inventor: RAY BOOTH
IPC: A61G7/057
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: A pressure relieving support comprising a selectively inflatable cell 201 with upper 220 and lower inflatable portions wherein one of the portions surrounds a solid foam structure 240 and the other doesnt include a solid foam structure. The portions may have a wall 231 or waist between them or be fluidly connected. The foam 240 may be an elongate body with a quadrilateral cross section and there may be longitudinal and transverse cells in an array. A polyurethane cover may also be provided. Also disclosed is a support with an array of cells 200 and a base 110 whose height raises and lowers across the width of the base. The cells 200 may be dynamic such that they are inflated in an alternating pattern to help prevent pressure ulcers.
Patent GB-2561166-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for analysing skin-prints
Inventor: Melanie Jane Bailey
IPC: G01N33/94
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: A substantially planar porous substrate has an end which tapers to a point; the substrate may be triangular. A skin-print and a fluid (perhaps a methanol:water solvent) are applied to the substrate. A voltage (maybe 4.5 kV) is applied to the substrate to generate an electric field. This ionises droplets of the fluid, which are emitted from the point as a Taylor cone and analysed using a mass spectrometer. A developing agent, e.g. Ninhydrin or silver nitrate, may be applied to the substrate and developed using electromagnetic radiation or ultraviolet light, and colourmetric analysis performed. In an aspect, a cartridge comprises a housing and a substantially planar porous substrate having an end which tapers to a point. The cartridge may comprise a shutter which may be moved to enable capture of a skin-print on the substrate, then closed to secure the sample for transport. A tamper-evident feature may be provided.
Patent GB-2551427-A (GB)
Title: Air filter device for filtering the intake air of a combustion engine, in particular for a hand-held small tool
Inventor: MANFRED DORING
IPC: F02M35/10
Filed: 2017-04-19
Abstract: An air filter device for filtering intake air 1 of a combustion engine of a hand-held small tool, such as an angle grinder (100, fig 1), comprises a pre-filter stage having at least one cyclone air filter 10, upstream of a main filter stage having a permeable filter body 11. A pre-separation device 2 is installed upstream of the cyclone air filter and is configured such that separated contaminations can be removed from the outside of the small tool. The pre-separation device may be a labyrinth filter arranged between a hood 13 of the air filter device and the cyclone air filter. The labyrinth filter may be formed from wall elements 15, 16 of a carrier 14 and the hood. A dirt collection area 18 may be located below the labyrinth filter and between the carrier and the hood. A hand-held small tool comprises the air intake filter.
Patent GB-2563567-A (GB)
Title: Intubation devices
Inventor: GHASSEM POORMAND
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: The stylet comprises a body 3 with a pivotable tip portion 5 at its distal end which is movable in either of two opposing directions away from the axis of the stylet and a control mechanism 7 for controlling the pivot angle. The tip portion of the stylet may carry an image acquisition device and the control mechanism may have a hand-operated actuator 9 which may be a wheel, dial, lever or joystick. The stylet may have a port (35, fig 3) for connection to an air or oxygen line. Also disclosed is an endotracheal tube (100, figs 7a-c) having a bending portion (103, fig 7a) possibly comprising a concertina or thinned portion at its distal end to facilitate bending of a distal tip portion of the tube (104, fig 7a) by an inserted pivotable stylet. An intubation kit comprising the stylet and the tube is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2561254-A (GB)
Title: A head-worn mirror device
Inventor: MAREK ADAMCZEWSKI
IPC: G02C7/14
Filed: 2017-05-10
Abstract: A head-mounted mirror device 100, suitable for use as a rear-view mirror for example when riding a bicycle and may block unwanted overlapping images due to parallax when viewing a mirror. The device a longitudinal support 110, a headband 170 attached to the support 110 for mounting the support 110 on a forehead above the users eyes. A mirror 130 is attached to the support 110 which itself comprises a first mirror area 131 located at a first side edge 111 of the support, a second mirror area 132 located at a second side edge 112 of the support, opposite the first edge and a separator 160 having non-transparent and non-reflective surface is located between the mirror areas 131, 132. The separator 160 comprises side areas 161, 162 adjacent to the mirror areas 131, 132 and having lower edges 163, 164 located higher than lower edges 133, 134 of the mirror areas 131, 132 and a protrusion 165 located between the side areas 161, 162 and having a lower edge 166 located lower than the lower edges 163, 164 of the side areas 161, 162 of the separator 160.
Patent GB-2547164-A (GB)
Title: System and method removal of contaminants from drill cuttings
Inventor: MICHAEL KUZNETZ
IPC: E21B43/34
Filed: 2015-12-03
Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method including passing liquid carbon dioxide over drill cuttings carrying contaminants to form a mixture comprising liquid carbon dioxide and a portion of the contaminants; measuring a property of the mixture; and terminating the passing liquid carbon dioxide over drill cuttings based on the measured property.
Patent GB-2563032-A (GB)
Title: Soil and waste pipe
Inventor: DARREN VIRGIL WEBB
IPC: F16L41/00
Filed: 2017-05-30
Abstract: A downpipe branch 100 for use in plumbing installations such as soil and waste systems, especially a low flow soil and waste system where low flow toilets are used. The branch 100 has a downpipe 102 and a connector 104 configured to receive a substantially horizontal pipe. The connector 104 defines a connector centreline 106 and the downpipe 102 defines a downpipe centerline 108, and the connector centreline 106 is offset from the downpipe centerline 108 in a direction mutually perpendicular to the connector centerline 106 and the downpipe centerline 108. The downpipe branch 100 increases rotation of the flow in the downpipe. The downpipe branch connector may have an ovoid shape