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Patent GB-2524787-A (GB)
Title: Energy recovery system
Inventor: BOWEN RYAN
IPC: F04B1/29
Filed: 2014-04-02
Abstract: Kinetic energy recovery system (e.g. KERS / KHERS) for a vehicle having swashplate compressor 110 comprising pistons 115 and cylinders 118 aligned with compressor axis, and air outlet 118b for outputting compressed air. Swashplate 112 can tilt relative to compressor axis between no-compression and maximum compression positions in which pistons 115 move between top dead centre and bottom dead centre, swashplate 112 coupled to, aligned with, and rotating in tandem with a shaft of the vehicle. First air tank 130a receives compressed air, from which motor 140 extracts mechanical work / energy. Heat exchanger 132 may heat compressed air using heat energy recovery circuit 200 including closed loop ducting for transferring exhaust gas heat. An intermediate compression position may be used. The no-compression position may locate pistons 115 at top dead centre. Swashplate 112 may be mounted to rotate with / tilt relative to base 120, via linear actuators 122. Swashplate 112 may have anular track around which pistons 115 or cylinders 118 travel. A second air tank 130b may be included.
Patent GB-2509647-A (GB)
Title: Testing transaction applications
Inventor: JONES FRANK
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2012-10-17
Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for testing transaction applications is described. A method may comprise importing, via one or more computing devices, one or more web service components configured to exchange, at least in part, testing data between a testing application and a transaction application. The testing application may be configured, at least in part, to test the transaction application. The method may further comprise testing, via the one or more computing devices, the transaction application using, at least in part, the one or more web service components to exchange testing data between the testing application and the transaction application.
Patent GB-2527296-A (GB)
Title: A method for restoring data in a HSM system
Inventor: HAUSTEIN NILS
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2014-06-16
Abstract: Methods of versioning or backing up data a hierarchical storage management, HSM, system which includes at least a first storage tier and second storage tier managed by a HSM client and HSM server respectively, wherein the HSM server and the HSM client are interconnected via a network of the HSM system, wherein a data item stored in the HSM system is associated with a HSM status parameter that is stored in the HSM client, the HSM status parameter having a first, second or third value, the first value indicating a pre-migrated state of the data item in which the data item is stored in the first and second storage tiers, the second value indicating a migrated state of the data item in which the data item is stored in the second storage tier, the third value indicating a resident state of the data item in which the data item is stored in the first storage tier, wherein in case the HSM status parameter has at least one of the first and second values the data item is further associated with a predetermined initial object ID that is stored in the HSM client and the HSM server, the initial object ID corresponding to a first version of the data item, the HSM server being configured with a data structure comprising an object ID field comprising at least the initial object ID and a newly created parent object ID field comprising the initial object ID.
Patent GB-2515912-A (GB)
Title: Switching power transformers
Inventor: VIZARD GARY
IPC: H02M5/12
Filed: 2014-07-03
Abstract: A transformer 10 comprises a primary winding 12 and secondary winding 14 disposed around a core 16. The primary and secondary windings have a different number of turns and are connected in series between the input 18 and output 20 phase terminals of the transformer. A switch means 44, 46, 48 is associated with the primary winding for selectively connecting or disconnecting it from the phase supply terminal. The core may be a toroidal core and may have a plurality of primary windings, each having a different number of turns. A control circuit is suitably provided for independently switching the or each primary winding into, or out of, the transformer. The control circuit may comprise a first switch 44 interposed between the primary winding and the input phase terminal, a second switch 46 in a shunt around the primary winding, a resistor 42 wired in series between the primary winding and the phase output terminal, and a third switch 48 in a shunt around the resistor.
Patent GB-2528253-A (GB)
Title: Braking system for machine
Inventor: KETTLE RICHARD
IPC: F16D65/28
Filed: 2014-07-14
Abstract: A braking system includes a brake device 114 coupled with a lever assembly 124 to cause a braking force to be applied to the machine. A first linear actuator 138, preferably a hydraulic piston/cylinder, and a second linear actuator 122, preferably a worm screw 148 driven by electric motor 146, is actuated from a retracted position to an extended position based on a first braking input, preferably a brake pedal, and a second braking input, preferably a parking switch, respectively. A lever assembly 124 is actuated by one of the first linear actuator 138 and the second linear actuator 122. The lever assembly 124 includes a base that includes a slot 152. The second linear actuator 122 is slidably received within the slot 152, by pin 149. A first arm 172 and second arm 174 extends from the base is coupled to the first linear actuator 138 and the brake device 144, respectively. The first linear actuator 138 causes the lever assembly 124 to rotate independently from the second linear actuator 122 when the second linear actuator 122 is in the retracted position.
Patent GB-2528278-A (GB)
Title: Cable tap
Inventor: RIJSSEMUS MARTIEN
IPC: H04N7/10
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: The invention relates to a cable tap device, 70, for a Cable TV (CATV) network comprising a microstrip directional coupler, 72, connected between input, 16, and output terminals, 16, 18. The coupled port of the microstrip directional coupler is connected to a splitter device, 34, with a plurality of tap ports 44, 46, 48, 50. The device may further include a tilt compensating circuit, 80, connected between the microstrip directional coupler and the splitter device. A feedback path, 81, comprising resistive, inductive and capacitive elements may connect the isolated port, 76, of the microstrip directional coupler to the input port of the microstrip directional coupler. The inductive element in the feedback path may comprise a 180 degree transformer, 84, connected to an inductor, 86. The feedback path may further include a restive element, 82, connected between the isolated port and the transformer and a capacitive element, 88, connected between the transformer and input port of the microstrip directional coupler.
Patent GB-2528449-A (GB)
Title: A compressed air energy storage and recovery system
Inventor: CONEY MICHAEL WILLOUGHBY ESSEX
IPC: F02C6/16
Filed: 2014-07-21
Abstract: A compressed air energy storage (CAES) and recovery system is provided. The system comprises a plurality of compression stages 1, 37 each driven by an external supply of electrical power 31, 35 provided to compress air, a heat exchanger 5, 9 configured to remove heat from the compressed air, and a compressed air energy storage facility 12. During a storage phase the heat of compression is removed from the compressed air flow by two or more liquid media, the heat being stored in the liquid media used for heat transfer. The first liquid media is capable of thermal storage at temperatures above 350 Centigrade. The second liquid media is capable of thermal storage below 250 Celsius. During an energy recovery phase heat is returned to the air by the same liquid media, and same heat exchangers as those used in storage phase. The reheated compressed air is expanded in at least two separate stages of expansion in which electrical power is generated. Molten salt, or thermic oil may be used as the first liquid media, water may be used as the second liquid media.
Patent GB-2520105-A (GB)
Title: A pressurised refill canister with an outlet valve
Inventor: HEARN ALEX
IPC: A24F42/60
Filed: 2013-03-26
Abstract: A pressurised refill canister (5, figure 5A) contains a composition including a propellant. The canister has an outlet valve (20) having a stem (6) biased to a closed position by a first resilient member. The stem 6 has a maximum outer diameter of greater than 3mm. At the outlet end of the stem, within a circle having a diameter of 1.5mm, there is a feature present, such as a pin 62. Also claimed is a combination of the canister and a device to be refilled. The device comprises a reservoir with a fill valve with a seat (48) to receive the stem. The valve is biased by a second resilient member (38) having a spring force which is less than that of the first into a position in which it closes the fill valve. The valve projects into the seat to such an extent that it displaces the fill valve element to open a vent flow path around the valve element and around the outside of the stem. Further pressure urging the device and canister together causes the stem to land in the seat and the refill outlet valve to open, creating a flow path into the reservoir.
Patent GB-2514946-A (GB)
Title: Reflector-backed RFID slot antenna with a cosecant-squared-like radiation pattern
Inventor: JAFFRI REHAN
IPC: H01Q19/10
Filed: 2013-02-11
Abstract: An antenna method and apparatus includes a slot antenna (40) configured within a ground plane (42), a feed (46) coupled to the slot antenna, and a conductive reflector (48) backing the slot antenna and configured to reflect RF energy. The slot antenna, ground plane, and the reflector cooperatively form a reflector-backed slot antenna and a radial-mode waveguide providing an inverse, mirrored, substantially cosecant-squared radiation pattern.
Patent GB-2539864-A (GB)
Title: Butterfly valve design and method of attaching and driving the disc by means of the shaft
Inventor: Terence John Jones
IPC: F16K1/22
Filed: 2014-10-13
Abstract: A butterfly valve connection 3, 4 that comprises of a feature that allows the stem and disc to connect wherein the feature is either a six sided connection or an eight sided one that allows forces/pressure to be distributed equally along the feature. The connection method will preferably be incorporated on all types of valve discs and stems and will allow easy assembly/dis-assembly. The valve design will also preferably cover the stem to keep it from being eroded or corrupted by media carried by the valve. The design will also preferably reduce hysteresis between the disc and stem. The valve will also preferably comprise a method of locking the disc centrally in the valve by means of a removably threaded pin.
Patent GB-2521043-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle Speed Control System
Inventor: KELLY JAMES
IPC: B60W40/105
Filed: 2014-10-21
Abstract: Speed control (cruise control) system controls a vehicle according to input target speed, receives user input target speed and user input request of incremental increase / decrease in speed (e.g. hand / foot operated), and applies torque accordingly, where the incremental value depends on either instantaneous vehicle speed, or travel terrain. May have electronic processor and memory storing programmed instructions, and possibly a look-up table. Terrain mode may be user selected, or automatically detected using environmental sensors. Increment value may also depend on target speed, where lower speeds result in lower increments. A method of use and electronic controller are also described.
Patent GB-2532008-A (GB)
Title: Novelty item
Inventor: Peter Ruddock
IPC: F25D3/12
Filed: 2014-11-04
Abstract: A table decoration or novelty item for creating a flow of dry ice vapour. The item has a base housing or receptacle 10 to be filled with water Y through opening 11, and a cover member or lid 30, which when assembled have the overall shape of a champagne bottle. A removable chamber or tube 20 to hold dry ice Z sits largely inside the base housing, with a tapered projection 21 at one end to sit over the opening of the base housing, and a removable screw cap 22 at the opposing end of the tube. Apertures 23 in the walls of the tube allow liquid in the receptacle to mix with dry ice in the tube. This will generate dry ice vapour or mist which then can flow from the tube, through the gap 33 between cover member and receptacle, creating a display of mist or white smoke.
Patent GB-2536192-A (GB)
Title: An improved LED skin therapy device and apparatus
Inventor: PATRICK BOWLER
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2015-01-29
Abstract: A pad 10 for a light emitting diode (LED) skin therapy apparatus has an enclosure 40 formed by an upper and a lower casing 20,30. The enclosure houses one or more LED arrays 45. The lower casing formed from a rigid material has two or more predetermined fold lines 32a,32b disposed in different directions. The upper casing comprises one or more rigid panels 22 mounted in a flexible framework 24, where each panel is disposed above an LED array. The lower casing which may comprise a container wherein the fold lines may define two or more intercommunicating chambers 40 within the container, may also comprise a series of hinged planar members, one for each chamber. Each chamber may receive an LED array or a substrate plate such as printed circuit board (PCB) 46, where the LED arrays and any PCB may be interconnected by fold lines 47. The framework may comprise a smooth moulded shape, where the rigid panels may be provided in apertures of the framework. The framework may have predetermined bending areas that may correspond with the lower casing fold lines. Also an LED skin therapy apparatus comprising one or more pads. The pads may be releasably interconnected.
Patent GB-2539193-A (GB)
Title: Satellite dish
Inventor: SIMON WATTS
IPC: H02S40/38
Filed: 2015-06-05
Abstract: A satellite dish 1 comprises a reflector surface 29 which is at least partially covered by a photovoltaic coating 7. A battery 9 is used to power a satellite receiver or modem 10, both mounted outdoors with the parabolic aerial 1 on a support 8. The dish may be oversized relative to the requirement from the link budget in order to generate more power for an electronic device, such as a mobile user terminal with a charging socket. The modem may provide an internet or television network connection through a local communications interface to at least one, possibly public, user terminal. Information on local information or landmarks may be cached in memory accessible via user terminals and conditions may be transmitted and monitored using temperature, pressure, moisture, light or chemical sensors or microphones or video cameras. Orientation may be via a vehicle mounted motorised turntable or face a fixed direction such as north when in the southern hemisphere.
Patent GB-2530418-A (GB)
Title: Roller cone seal failure detection using an integrated computational element
Inventor: CHEN SHILIN
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2013-05-22
Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the effectiveness of bearing seals in s roller cone drill bit. The bit includes a sensor in optical communication with the bearing lubricant. The sensor includes a light source, an optical filter, and an optical detector arranged so that light interacts with the lubricant, is filtered, and detected, wherein the detected light is indicative of the amount of contaminant within the lubricant. The optical filter is preferably an integrated computing element that filters preselected orthogonal components from the light.
Patent GB-2543825-A (GB)
Title: Mobile information processing
Inventor: Maria Cuevas Ramirez
IPC: H04W88/08
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: An interface server is used for connecting mobile terminals to a mobile telecommunications network. The interface server is capable of installing computing applications for co-operation with the mobile terminals attached to the interface server, wherein the server identifies computing applications that attached terminals require to operate and, if the server does not already have the required computing applications installed, downloads programme information from a programme store to allow the required capability to be installed. The required applications may be identified when a mobile attaches to the network through the interface server. The required applications may also be identified by interrogating the mobile terminal or a network based subscriber database. When a terminal requires an application already stored by the interface server, the interface server may determine whether an updated version of the application is stored in the programme store, and download such an updated version if it exists. Applications may be deleted from the server if they have not been accessed by users for a predetermined period.
Patent GB-2529781-A (GB)
Title: Method of detecting a clogging of a fuel injector in an internal combustion engine
Inventor: CLAUDE PAUL LEONARDO
IPC: F02M65/00
Filed: 2015-12-01
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting clogging of a fuel injector 160 of an internal combustion engine 110 equipped with a plurality of fuel injectors, comprising the steps of: testing each injector by switching off the injector, adjusting a requested value of a fuel quantity to be injected by the other injectors to operate the engine in idle mode, measuring a value of an oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas, and estimating a value of a fuel quantity that has been injected as a function of the oxygen concentration; calculating a fuel quantity drift of each injector as a function of the requested values and the estimated values provided by all the testings; and using each fuel quantity drift to identify if the corresponding injector is clogged. Also claimed is a computer programme and an automotive system related to detecting clogging of a fuel injector. The method allows for a clogged injector to be identified independently of the other injectors and provides a test procedure that can be implemented without the need for external hydraulic units.
Patent GB-2545398-A (GB)
Title: Data processing system
Inventor: MICHAL BOGUSZ
IPC: G06F12/1027
Filed: 2015-12-08
Abstract: A display controller 30 includes a memory read sub-system 31 reading data of input surfaces to be used as its input layers to generate a composited output surface. The sub-system 31 prefetches address translation and protection data for input surfaces it knows that the display controller will require into a cache for memory pages, e.g. a translation lookaside buffer, TLB. The sub-system 31 selects the memory pages to prefetch based on information about the input surface that will be required to generate the output surface. The information comprises: the order in which input surface data will be required; the vertical and horizontal size of the input layer that the input surface will be used for; an indication of any flipping or rotation of the input surface; whether decoding or decompression is to be performed; the way plural input surfaces will be composed. Unnecessary pre fetching of page access data is avoided.
Patent GB-2547200-A (GB)
Title: Tool center point setting method for articulated robot
Inventor: Steven Challinor
IPC: B25J11/00
Filed: 2016-02-09
Abstract: In an articulated robot 10, a first axis of rotation 22 is disposed on a first arm member 16, the first arm member 16 and a second arm member 18 being connected through a second axis of rotation 24, a coordinate detecting jig 34 is rotatable about the first axis of rotation 22, an image capturing unit 36a, 36b is rotatable about the second axis of rotation 24. In setting a tool centre point the coordinate detecting jig 34 is moved to a focal point P of the image capturing unit 36a, 36b by rotating the first arm member 16, and the coordinates of a tool center point are determined by setting the angle of rotation of the first axis of rotation 22 at this time to 0°. The coordinate detecting jig 34 may be a linear body which can be fabricated simply, occupies a small volume and can be attached easily to the first arm member 16.
Patent GB-2547261-A (GB)
Title: Improved syphon
Inventor: Ian Thornewell
IPC: E03D1/14
Filed: 2016-02-12
Abstract: The syphon 100 comprises a pumping chamber 50 having an outlet 54, and a reservoir 10 having a drain 20 with an exit 22, wherein the reservoir comprises an openable inlet to the outlet of the pumping chamber and the extent of the exit is variable. The exit may be located on a base of the reservoir and be discretely or infinitely variable. A slidable door 24 may vary the extent of the exit. The door may have a gripping portion 26 with tactile or visual markings. The drain and door may have corresponding notches and protrusions 25 to hold the door. The reservoir may be integral with or removably coupled to the pumping chamber. The exit may be openable to the exterior of the pumping chamber. Also claimed are a door and a reservoir for use with the syphon. Adjusting the position of the door over the exit alters when syphonic flow is cut off.
Patent GB-2541479-A (GB)
Title: System and method for charging portable electronic devices within a vehicle
Inventor: MATT JONES
IPC: H02J50/90
Filed: 2016-02-15
Abstract: A system for charging an electronic device within a vehicle, comprising a plurality of chargers at predetermined locations within the vehicle, at least one transmitter associated with a device emitting a wireless signal, and a controller that uses information from the plurality of detectors 62 within the vehicle to determine the location 64 of the transmitter relative to the chargers and controls a charger to start charging 66 based on the proximity of the charger to transmitter. The chargers may work using inductive charging. The controller may determine the orientation of the device and monitor charge levels and rate of charge. The system may determine whether the device will be charged by the end of the current journey, and provide an indication of whether to change the position of the device if it will increase the likelihood of achieving a complete charge by the end of the journey.
Patent GB-2548164-A (GB)
Title: Electromechanical relay device
Inventor: DINESH PAMUNUWA
IPC: H01H59/00
Filed: 2016-03-11
Abstract: An electromechanical relay device 100 comprises a beam 104 electrically coupled to a source electrode 102 and having a first contact 110, a drain electrode 108 having a second contact 112, and a gate electrode 106 arranged to cause the beam to deflect to couple the first and second contacts. The first and second contacts are each coated with a layer of nanocrystalline graphite (NCG). The device is formed by evaporating a nickel layer onto a layer of device silicon on a wafer, patterning the nickel layer/device silicon using lithography, stripping the nickel and releasing the relay beam by etching and critical point drying, and blanket depositing a layer of NCG onto the device silicon using plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition. The beam and source electrode may be integrally formed as a single unit. The beam may have a forked section comprising first and second branches (304b,304c, figure 3), a second gate electrode 306b. a second drain electrode 308b, and auxiliary gate electrodes 314a,b, where the gate electrodes and auxiliary electrodes may be arranged to deflect the beam into one of two switching states. The device may be a nano-electromechanical (NEMS) relay device.