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Patent GB-2575502-A (GB)
Title: A powertrain mount assembly
Inventor: MEL COLDWELL
IPC: B60K5/12
Filed: 2018-07-13
Abstract: A vehicle powertrain mount assembly has a link arm 130 connectable to the powertrain; an end of the link arm coupled to a main resilient element 140; a first body 110 supporting the main resilient element 140, the first body 110 connectable to a vehicle frame (e.g. at side rails 2a, 2b); a second body 120 (separate from the first body 110) connectable to the vehicle frame at a spaced apart second location (e.g. to cross piece 150), and the second body 120 having an abutment surface 122 to limit movement of the end of the link arm (e.g. in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle). Movement in other directions can also be limited (figs 3-5), providing a separate load path for larger forces from the powertrain to be transmitted to the vehicle frame 102, and the size of the first body 110 reduced, improving the crumple performance of side rails 2a, 2b. Abutment surfaces can have auxiliary resilient elements.
Patent GB-2577524-A (GB)
Title: Plumbing fitting
Inventor: SAMUEL CHARLES WHITE
IPC: F16K43/00
Filed: 2018-09-27
Abstract: A plumbing fitting 1 has a body 2 having a flow path 3 extending therethrough, and a receptacle 4 disposed in the body 2. The receptacle 4 is arranged to releasably receive a valve mechanism 5. The receptacle 4 is movable between a first, operational, position in which the flow path 3 extends through the receptacle 4 and the mechanism 5, and a second position in which the flow path 3 bypasses the mechanism 5. In the second position the mechanism 5 can be released from the receptacle 4 whilst a fluid flows through the flow path 3. This enables the mechanism 5 to be easily accessed for repair without disconnecting the plumbing fitting 1 from the system to which it is attached.
Patent GB-2580292-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft seat and cabin arrangement
Inventor: CLEMENT AART IJJE HEINEN
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2018-10-30
Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat (1) comprising a seat pan (103) and a back rest (105) in which the pan (103) is moveable between a deployed position in which the seat pan (103) occupies a first space and wherein a passenger can sit on the seat pan (103), and a stowed position in which the seat pan (103) is moved out of the first space such that a passenger can stand in the first space. The back rest (105) is moveable between an upright position and a reclined position. The back rest may be able to recline to a position parallel to the seat pan to form a bed configuration. The seat pan may be able to recline to a position in which a zero gravity seating arrangement is achieved. An aircraft passenger seat comprising a movable table usable in both sitting and standing positions and an aircraft passenger seat comprising a display screen mounted on a telescopic arm are also claimed. An aircraft passenger seat comprising a seat pan which can move between a deployed position and a stowed position by the rotating the seat pan such that the rear edge of the seat pan rotates away from the backrest.
Patent GB-2571176-A (GB)
Title: Damping device
Inventor: PHILIPPE GERARD EDMOND JOLY
IPC: F01D5/26
Filed: 2018-12-13
Abstract: A turbomachine assembly 1 comprising a first rotor module 2 comprising a disk 21, a first blade 20 being mounted on the external periphery of the disk 21, the first blade 20 comprising a platform 25 and a support 27, a second rotor module 3, connected to the first rotor module 2 by means of at least two attachments 22 and comprising a second blade of smaller length than the first blade 20, and a damping device 4 attached to the attachment 22 between the first 2 and the second 3 rotor module so as to dampen their vibrational movements during operation, and comprising: a head 40 comprising a first radial external surface 42 supported with friction against the platform 25, and two attachment feet 41 extending on either side of the support 27 of the first blade 20.
Patent GB-2583438-A (GB)
Title: Signal processing device for headphones
Inventor: Richard James Hollinshead
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2019-01-09
Abstract: A method of processing stereo sound comprising receiving a left input signal L and a right input signal R. A first transfer function H1 is applied to the left and right input signals to generate left L’ and right R’ intermediate signals. A second transfer function H2 is applied to the left and right intermediate signals to generate left L’’ and right R’’ output signals, which are output to the corresponding transducers in headphones. Each of the left and right output signals is generated as a weighted combination of at least one of the right and left input signals, at least one of the right and left input signals modified by the first transfer function, at least one of the right and left input signals modified by the second transfer function, and at least one of the right and left input signals modified by both the first and second transfer functions. Preferably the first transfer function is improves depth perception, and the second transfer function provides lateral localisation of individual voices.
Patent GB-2568640-A (GB)
Title: Inorganic fibre compositions
Inventor: CRAIG FREEMAN
IPC: C04B35/624
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: A sol is provided for the production of inorganic fibres comprising precursors for aluminium oxide, silicon oxide, strontium oxide, wherein the precursors are present in proportions suitable to yield inorganic fibres having a composition comprising:- 70 ≤ Al2O3 ≤ 80 wt%; 10 ≤ SiO2 ≤ 20 wt%; 10 ≤ SrO ≤ 20 wt% wherein the sum of Al2O3, SiO2 and SrO is at least 95 wt%.
Patent GB-2569741-A (GB)
Title: Guardian system in a network to improve situational awareness of a crowd at an incident
Inventor: Maciej Stawiszynski
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: A process for improving situational awareness at an incident scene includes first receiving audio or video of a user and detecting, in one or both of the audio and video, an instruction directed to a crowd. A compliance metric associated with the instruction is then accessed and one or more available second cameras having a field of view that incorporates a current location of the crowd are identified. One or more video streams from the second cameras are received that include the crowd. From the one or more video streams, determinations are made that the crowd as a whole meets a minimum level of compliance with the instruction and that a level of compliance of a particular other user in the crowd has fallen below a threshold level of compliance. In response, a computing device performs a noncompliance action.
Patent GB-2584994-A (GB)
Title: An in-line device and a method for controlling an electrical appliance
Inventor: PETER DAVIES
IPC: H02J13/00
Filed: 2019-06-18
Abstract: An in-line device 106 is located along a cable which couples an electrical appliance to a power supply. The device 106 may include sensors 206, 207, 210 for sensing voltage, current, temperature, and may determine power consumption and supply frequency. It may include communication modules 208, 209 for communication with a remote user device, and for communication with the appliance by imitating the signals from the appliance remote control. The device 106 has a control module for changing the status of the electrical appliance by connecting/disconnecting the appliance from the power supply with a relay 202, or by communicating with the appliance. The device 106 may change the status of the appliance in response to a feature of the sensed information, such as temperature exceeding a threshold, a fault in the appliance, a drop in power supply frequency, or in response to a demand response signal. Features in the sensed data may be used with a machine learning system to identify appliances or to identify faults.
Patent GB-2584502-A (GB)
Title: Furnace control method
Inventor: MATTHEW JOHN COUSINS
IPC: F27B15/18
Filed: 2019-08-30
Abstract: A method and system suitable for controlling a furnace 10 comprising catalyst-containing tubes 12 heated by a combustion gas generated by burners 14 is claimed. Path-averaged combustion gas temperatures 32 on multiple paths 26 through the furnace are measured using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), and surface temperatures within the furnace are periodically measured to obtain periodic surface temperature information 44. The path-averaged combustion gas temperatures and periodic surface temperature information are entered into a computer model of the furnace to obtain optimised parameters 46 suitable for controlling the furnace. TDLAS may be performed with a tunable laser diode 24 and a detector 28, and the periodic surface temperature measurements made with a pyrometer or thermal imaging camera 38. Information on the composition of the combustion gas may also be determined by TDLAS and entered into the computer model. The furnace is typically a fired steam reformer.
Patent GB-2578838-A (GB)
Title: Motion restriction device
Inventor: Kevin James Thomson
IPC: A61G13/12
Filed: 2019-11-06
Abstract: A patient restraint assembly, and table incorporating the assembly, includes a head restraint configured to extend around a patient's head, at least one securement member 4 extending from the first end of the head restraint, and at least one securement member 5 extending from the second end of the head restraint; the said securement members releasably securing the head restraint to a support table. An adjustment unit 15 is provided to adjust the tension in the securement member{s), applying the same force simultaneously to the securement member(s) at the first end and second ends of the head restraint. A kit including a table and the restraint assembly and a method of securing the head of a patient utilising the device is also included herein.
Patent GB-2578069-A (GB)
Title: Automated shade control system utilizing shadow or reflectance modeling
Inventor: JOEL BERMAN
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2013-10-23
Abstract: A method comprises modelling, by a control system, at least a portion of a building and at least a portion of the surroundings of a building to create at least one of a shadow model or a reflectance model; using, by the control system, the at least one of the shadow model or the reflectance model to calculate the presence of at least one of calculated shadow or calculated reflected light at a location of interest; communicating, by the control system and to a building management system, the information regarding the presence of the at least one of the calculated shadow or the calculated reflected light at the location of interest, wherein the building management system adjusts interior environment settings associated with the location of interest based on the information regarding the presence of the at least one of the calculated shadow or the calculated reflected light at the location of interest
Patent GB-2592904-A (GB)
Title: Photonic integrated circuit and method
Inventor: Steven Everard Filippus Kleijn
IPC: G06F7/58
Filed: 2020-01-31
Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit, PIC, for use in generating a random number. The PIC comprising: light source 2 on a substrate; a light detector 4 on the substrate configured to, in response to receipt of light from the light source, output an electrical signal for use in generating the random number; and a light guidance system 8 on the substrate configured to direct light from the light source to the light detector. The substrate may be of at least one of: a III-V semiconductor compound, or Indium Phosphide. The PIC may also include a light attenuation system 10a, 10b on the substrate configured to, between the light source and the light detector, attenuate an intensity of light from the light source such that fluctuations in the intensity of light detected by the light detector are dominated by Poisson statistics.
Patent GB-2592950-A (GB)
Title: Barrier for preventing liquid entry to an area
Inventor: ANTONIOS TOUMAZIS
IPC: E04H9/14
Filed: 2020-03-11
Abstract: A barrier for preventing the entry of liquid 20 into an area 10, with a buoyant body and a roll-up shutter (110 figure 1a) that has an upper end rotatably fixed relative to the buoyant body 130 and a lower end fixed relative to the ground, so that when the buoyant body is raised the shutter is unrolled. The barrier may have a guide for the shutter and the buoyant body may be in front of the shutter. The barrier may have a housing 200 below ground which may have a cover 140 over the shutter that supports traffic, and upright elements 132 to transfer traffic load to the ground. The barrier may have a structure 150 that expands vertically that resists horizontal movement when the shutter is unrolled. The vertically expandable structure may be connected to the buoyant body and be at the rear of the shutter and may be formed from a scissor lift (150 figure 5c) or telescopic shafts (152 figure 5d). The barrier may have a roll-up seal (160 figure 1d) and a prop (170 figure 4b) with a ratchet mechanism (172 figure 4b) that resists downward movement. A method of use is also claimed.
Patent GB-2592976-A (GB)
Title: Generator coupling system
Inventor: ANTHONY KELLY
IPC: F16D11/14
Filed: 2020-03-12
Abstract: A generator input shaft assembly comprises a generator input shaft assembly129 having a generator input shaft 160, arranged to receive a drive input to the generator (3, fig 5), and a disconnect input shaft 120 arranged to deliver a drive input from the generator input shaft 160 to a disconnectable drive transfer means 116. The drive transfer means 116 is configured to transfer rotational drive from the generator input shaft assembly 129 to a rotor 110 of the generator (3). The generator input shaft assembly 129 is configured such that the generator input shaft 160 can float, e.g. via splines 123, 163, axially relative to the disconnect input shaft 120 and/or drive, e.g. via crowned splines 123, 163, the disconnect input shaft 120 with an axis of rotation of the generator input shaft 160 non-parallel to an axis of rotation of the disconnect input shaft 120, so as to compensate for a misaligned input to the generator input shaft 160. Other aspects of the invention relate to a generator and a system comprising the generator input shaft assembly.
Patent GB-2580269-A (GB)
Title: Wireless optical communication and imaging systems and methods
Inventor: JOHANNES HERRNSDORF
IPC: H04B10/114
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: A wireless optical communication system for use in manufacturing operations comprises an optical transmitter arrangement, a first optical receiver arrangement for attachment to a first apparatus, a second optical receiver arrangement for attachment to a second apparatus, and a controller configured to control the optical transmitter arrangement to transmit a first signal using a first light beam to the first optical receiver arrangement and to transmit a second signal using a second light beam to the second optical receiver arrangement. The first optical receiver arrangement is configured to detect the first light beam and determine the first signal from the detected first light beam and the second optical receiver arrangement is configured to detect the second light beam and determine the second signal from the detected second light beam. The first signal includes one or more commands or instructions for causing the first apparatus to perform a first manufacturing operation and the second signal includes one or more commands or instructions for causing the second apparatus to perform a second manufacturing operation. A wireless optical communication method for use in manufacturing operations and a system and method for use in photometric stereo- imaging are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2598556-A (GB)
Title: Device and associated method for triggering an event during capture of an image sequence
Inventor: TIMO SMUTS
IPC: H04N5/272
Filed: 2020-08-26
Abstract: Triggering a filming event during image sequence capture, comprising: receiving an indication of a beacon’s position at a location; superimposing the beacon position on an image of the location; determining an object’s location at the location; determining, based on the indication and object location, whether the object is in a trigger region associated with the beacon; triggering the filming event if the object is within the trigger region. Also disclosed: networking the beacon with, and transmitting its location to, a controlling beacon; tracking object movement using an attached second beacon. Objects may be vehicles or stuntmen. Images of the recording location may be displayed on a device, eg. smart phone, tablet, film camera. Beacon position may be determined by: determining distance and vector between the beacon and device; using global navigation systems, eg. GPS, GNSS, GIS, GLONASS, BEIDOU, GALILEO. Probabilistic models may estimate velocity and predict future location of objects moving at high speed. Image processing may: detect objects and planar surfaces; form and stitch point clouds to represent topography. Trigger regions may be a threshold radius surrounding beacon location. Filming events such as explosions or cars flipping may be controlled automatically. Applications include safety during stunts and special effects.
Patent GB-2592454-A (GB)
Title: Re-injection of a produced hydrocarbon gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir without gas drying
Inventor: BJØRGULF HAUKELIDSÆTER EIDESEN
IPC: E21B43/16
Filed: 2020-09-07
Abstract: A system and corresponding method for re-injecting produced hydrocarbon gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir for pressure support of the hydrocarbon reservoir are provided. The system includes a separation apparatus 8 for receiving a produced fluid from a hydrocarbon reservoir via pipeline 1a and separating the produced fluid into a gas and a liquid phase. The separation apparatus is fluidly connected to an injection apparatus 13 by one or more conduits such that the gas phase can be passed to the injection apparatus and is configured to process the produced fluid such that the gas phase is outside the gas hydrate forming envelope for conditions within the system, thereby avoiding significant formation of gas hydrates. This is achieved in the conduits by insulating, heating or keeping the conduits sufficiently short that the content does not enter the hydrate envelope. The produced fluid is pressure reduced 4 and cooled prior to separation 8 to control the dew point. Components such as a separated gas compressor 10 for boosting gas to re-injection pressure or a flash gas separator (18, Fig. 3) are arranged above the separator so that it performs as a sump to receive condensed water under gravity.
Patent GB-2598755-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus
Inventor: MICHAEL A COWIN
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 2020-09-10
Abstract: Fingerprint sensor for smartcards, comprising: laminar dielectric substrate 16, first sensing zone 22 and second sensing zone 24; wherein first and second sensing zones are folded around a smartcard to provide a double-sided fingerprint sensor. The laminar dielectric substrate may be folded through a slot (14,Fig.1) in the smartcard or folded around an edge of the smartcard (Fig.2). First and second sensing zones may comprise a matrix of pixels (TFT stacks) 18,20. The matrices may comprise columns, each first sensing zone column connected to a respective second sensing zone column via conductive tracks 36 that span a fold in the substrate. An interface (13,Fig.4) may provide power to the fingerprint sensors from the smartcard and provide signals from the fingerprint sensor to the smartcard. Smartcard (Fig.5) comprising: a laminar body having a readout circuit 32 and a laminar substrate 16 carrying a TFT array (26-30,Fig.5) on a first surface, the TFT array arranged to provide a sensing area on a second surface of the substrate 24. A smartcard (Fig.6) comprising: inner dielectric substrate layer (600,Fig.6) having a TFT array (26-30,Fig.6); and first and second outer layers (602,604,Fig.6), wherein the TFT array accessible through windows in the outer layers (606,Fig.6).
Patent GB-2602841-A (GB)
Title: Image generation system and method
Inventor: FABIO CAPPELLO
IPC: H04N13/344
Filed: 2021-01-19
Abstract: An image generation system for a virtual or augmented reality head mounted display comprises an image rendering unit operable to render a first image for display to a first one of a user’s eyes, an image obtaining unit operable to obtain a second image for a second one of the user’s eyes wherein the obtained image has been rendered for display at an earlier time. An image reprojection unit operates to reproject the first image from a viewpoint associated with the first one of the user’s eyes to a viewpoint associated with the second one of the user’s eyes and an image generation unit then operates to generate an output image for the second one of the user’s eyes in dependence upon the reprojected first image and the obtained second image.
Patent GB-2597120-A (GB)
Title: Skin disinfectant
Inventor: THOMAS DÖRING
IPC: A61Q19/10
Filed: 2021-04-07
Abstract: Cosmetic product for hand disinfection comprising: 50-95 % C1-C4 alcohol; 2-15 % triethyl citrate; and 0.5-8 % glycerine; and/or 1,2-propanediol. The product may comprise: up to 45 % water; 50-95 % ethanol, isopropanol and/or n-propanol; 0.01-0.5 % non-greasing, non-film-forming skin care additive; 0.01-0.5 % ethylhexylglycerine; 0.1-1.5 % 2-butyloctanoic acid; and less than 0.1 % (preferably 0 %) perfume). Also disclosed is a cosmetic procedure for skin disinfection (preferably of hands) where the product is applied to skin and evenly distributed by rubbing. The product is used to combat/eliminate pathogenic microorganisms, preferably viruses, especially sheathed viruses. Also disclosed is the use of triethyl citrate in prolonging the antimicrobial (preferably antiviral) efficacy of a 50 % alcohol skin disinfector, and the use of triethyl citrate in improving skin compatibility, especially reducing skin dehydration, of such compositions.
Patent GB-2606010-A (GB)
Title: A charging inlet and a plug connector incorporating a heating system
Inventor: CHRISTIAN SCHÄFER
IPC: B60L53/16
Filed: 2021-04-22
Abstract: A charging inlet 200 and a plug connector 300 for an electric vehicle (EV) incorporate a respective heating system. The EV may be connected to a charging station via a charging cable 400 having, at each end, a plug connector that cooperates with corresponding charging inlets of the EV and the charging station. The charging inlet has an inlet housing 203 with an inlet power terminal portion 201 that cooperates with a corresponding connector terminal portion 303 of the plug connector for the supply of electrical power to the EV. Each of the charging inlet and the plug connector include a heating system 600 with at least one heating element 610 which, when operated by a respective control module, is configured to heat one or more heat zones of the respective inlet housing and connector housing to a target temperature above a water freezing point. Each heating system may include a set of temperature sensors 620 integrated into the respective inlet housing and connector housing for monitoring one or more temperature parameters. One or more heat temperature sensors 620a monitor the temperature of the heat zones and at least one ambient temperature sensor 620b monitors ambient temperature.