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Patent GB-2552608-A (GB)
Title: Turbine ring assembly made from ceramic matrix composite material
Inventor: LUCIEN HENRI JACQUES QUENNEHEN
IPC: F01D25/24
Filed: 2016-03-15
Abstract: The invention concerns a turbine ring assembly comprising a plurality of ring sectors (1), each ring sector being made from a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material and intended to be mounted on a metal ring support structure (3). The ring support structure comprises two lugs (32, 34) extending radially towards a flow channel of the gas stream; each ring sector comprises a first part forming an annular base (12) and two parts forming lugs (14, 16) extending radially outwards and axially gripping the lugs (32, 34) of the ring sector with a cold contact. The ring sectors are also held to the support structure by pins (40); said pins (40) pass through holes (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) in the lugs of the ring sectors, said holes being larger than the diameter of the pins.
Patent GB-2567172-A (GB)
Title: Grouping and transport of audio objects
Inventor: Lasse Juhanni Laaksonen
IPC: G06F3/16
Filed: 2017-10-04
Abstract: Audio signal processing of audio objects within an audio scene, such as a virtual/augmented reality environment, comprising: defining for at least one time period at least one contextual grouping comprising at least two audio objects and at least one further audio object outside of said contextual grouping; and defining with respect to the contextual grouping at least one first parameter and/or parameter rule type which is configured to be applied with respect to a common element associated with the two audio objects and wherein the first parameter and/or parameter rule type is configured to be applied with respect to individual element associated with the further audio object outside of the contextual grouping, the first parameter and/or parameter rule type being applied in audio rendering of both the at least two of the plurality of audio objects and the at least one further audio object. The audio rendering may be six-degrees-of-freedom audio rendering.
Patent GB-2574569-A (GB)
Title: Material processing system and method
Inventor: CHRIS DODSON
IPC: B01J8/14
Filed: 2017-11-07
Abstract: A method of processing particulate material comprises: introducing the material into a chamber 3; providing a fluid flow into the chamber via inlets at a lower end of the chamber; and providing a fluid exhaust at upper outlet 8b. The chamber comprises a processing zone (Fig 1; 5) having a circular transverse cross-section, the fluid is introduced into the processing zone at a non-perpendicular angle such that the fluid flows helically. Particulate entrained by the fluid exits the processing zone in a radially outward direction, circulates to a base of the chamber and then returns to the processing zone in a repeated cycle. Individual particulate material can increase in mass/aggregate to form a larger mass which exits the processing zone through an opening 8a at the chamber base under gravity. A toroidal bed reactor is provided, characterised by a sensor for measuring the oxidising agent content of the chamber, and a mixer for modulating the oxidising agent amount in a fluid supply to the chamber based on the sensor measurement. In a further aspect, a toroidal bed reactor has a recirculation device to recirculate exhaust fluid to a fluid supply, and a heater increases the temperature of the recirculated fluid.
Patent GB-2565608-A (GB)
Title: Window frame member
Inventor: PHILIP GREGORY
IPC: E06B3/44
Filed: 2017-12-14
Abstract: The profile is a frame member 10 for a sliding sash window having laterally offset longitudinally extending first and second mounting channels 42,90 and a longitudinally extending installation 54 channel between the first and second channels, the member including a stiffener cavity 50 for receiving a stiffening member 52 adjacent the installation cavity. The member may be provided with an elongate installation cover 70,72 mountable over the installation channel. Also claimed is a method of installation, wherein fasteners are passed through holes formed in the installation channel and stiffening member into the underlying wall, and the cover is fastened over the channel to conceal the fasteners. The cover may be provided with a seal member engageable with a window sash in use, and may be secured in the channel by snap fit means. Also claimed is a sash window including the frame member. The member may be a plastic extrusion.
Patent GB-2561945-A (GB)
Title: Tissue stain and use thereof
Inventor: Robert G Whalen
IPC: G01N1/28
Filed: 2018-02-14
Abstract: A tissue staining composition comprises from 0.025 to 2.0% (w/v) carbon particles having a mean particle diameter less than 0.3µm in diameter, and an optional anti-settling agent selected from hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, dextran and guar gum, at 0.025 to less than 5.0% (w/v). A mucoadhesive agent may also be included in the composition, which may be the same as the anti-settling agent. Preferably, the carbon particles have a mean diameter of from 0.05µm to <0.2µm. The composition may also comprise from 0.005% to 1.0% (w/v) of an anti-foaming agent selected from dimethicone and simethicone; and from 0.01% to 2.0% (w/v) of a surfactant selected from a polyoxyethylene sorbitan esterified with a fatty acid. The carbon particles may be selected from carbon black, activated carbon, or unactivated carbon, and may be produced by sonicating or homogenizing carbon particles having a mean diameter of greater than 5µm in diameter. Preferably the composition is for use in a method of staining a region of tissue in a subject, where it is injected into the region of interest so as to be visible by visual inspection.
Patent GB-2572778-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for enhancing fire safety
Inventor: RICHARD MICHAEL RENSHAW-PANTING
IPC: G08B17/10
Filed: 2018-04-10
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detecting smoke / fire or an overheat condition in an electrical distribution board / consumer unit / fuse box or similar enclosure. The apparatus comprises a device 1 arranged to clip onto a conductive rail / DIN rail 1003 of the unit 1000, the device 1 having wired connections 4 and 5 respectively to connect to a smoke detector and alert means 2 and a temperature sensor 3. The temperature sensor 3 may be attached to the neutral bar of the unit 1000. The smoke detector and alert means 2 is fitted / screwed into an external wall of the unit via a knock out panel / hole on the unit exterior. The alert means which may comprise an LED is located on the outer wall so as to be visible, whilst the smoke detector is located internal to the unit. A wireless output means is further provided to allow remote communication of an alarm condition.
Patent GB-2573309-A (GB)
Title: Ciphertext based quorum cryptosystem
Inventor: MARTIN TOMLINSON
IPC: G06F21/40
Filed: 2018-05-02
Abstract: Quorum-based information recovery, comprising: receiving minimum number n+1 of ciphertexts, each generated by encrypting information using a session encryption key whose value equals a polynomial, at a distinct point, and in which the value of said polynomial at each of the other distinct points is encrypted to produce a ciphertext; determining a reconstructed session key by decrypting the ciphertexts to produce key fragments which are weighted and added together; and using said reconstructed session key to decrypt the information. Also further comprising: receiving 2n+1 of ciphertexts, each generated where the value of the polynomial evaluated at each one of the other distinct points is encrypted using an encryption key which has been encrypted into a ciphertext; decrypting the ciphertexts using private decryption keys to produce decryption keys which are used to decrypt the remaining ciphertexts to produce key fragments. Also generating quorum-based key fragments, comprising: initialising coefficient values of a key generator polynomial for deriving values for computing devices; computing a fragment value for each device by evaluating the polynomial at a respective distinct index value; encrypting the fragment values using a symmetric key of the corresponding computing device; and transmitting the encrypted fragment value to the corresponding computing device.
Patent GB-2573534-A (GB)
Title: An electrical element comprising a multilayer thin film ceramic member, an electrical component comprising the same, and uses thereof
Inventor: PETER MARDILOVICH
IPC: H01L41/04
Filed: 2018-05-08
Abstract: An electrical element for use in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) comprising: a thin film ceramic member formed of a plurality of layers 06,04 of predominantly perovskite material; a first 06 of the plurality of layers being doped with one or more transition metal ions capable of Jahn-Teller distortion of the perovskite crystal structure and/or one or more metal ions which have a lower oxidation state and/or preferential reduction rate compared to the B-site cation of the perovskite material; and a second 04 of the plurality of layers which is not doped with the above metal ions; and first 01 and second 02 electrodes disposed adjacent to the thin film ceramic member, the electrodes 01,02 having relatively higher and lower electrical potentials and either being disposed either side of the ceramic member 06,04 such that the lower potential electrode 02 contacts the first of the layers 06 or both electrodes 01,02 being formed on a single side of the ceramic member contacting the first of the layers 06.
Patent GB-2565196-A (GB)
Title: Display device
Inventor: ROBERT JAMES CLEMENTS
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2018-05-30
Abstract: Disclosed is a work system, with two work areas 100, 101, and a display device 99 with two interdependent display screens 1, 2, on opposite sides. The two screens are to serve the two work areas, with the two display screens in a vertical or portrait orientation, with the shortest edges of the display screens being horizontal. The work areas may be horizontal co-planar work surfaces. The screens may share a single common housing 73. The screens may be tilt-able about a horizontal axis, near one of the shortest edges, relative to each other. The screens may be horizontally and vertically tilt-able about a ball joint between the centre of the screens. The screens may have a scroll wheel in the side edge of the housing to allow the user to move the operational area of their screen up and down, relative to the housing.
Patent GB-2576359-A (GB)
Title: Controlling display of images
Inventor: TIMOTHY MARK EDMONDS
IPC: G06F3/14
Filed: 2018-08-16
Abstract: Controlling display of at least one image from one or more client devices 13, such as a laptop, on at least one remote display panel 11, such as a touchscreen display panel. Information regarding an interaction at the remote display panel 11, such as a touch gesture performed by a user, is detected and compared to stored information regarding predetermined known interactions. If the performed interaction corresponds to a predetermined known interaction, then the display panel 11 is controlled according to the instructions associated with the predetermined known interaction. If the performed interaction does not match any predetermined interactions, then the one or more images displayed on the display panel 11 associated with the performed interaction are detected, the one or more client devices 13 from which the images were received are determined, and the information regarding the performed interaction is sent to the one or more client devices. The invention may be embodied by a touch intermediator machine (TIM) 12.
Patent GB-2579810-A (GB)
Title: Assay Analysis
Inventor: STEPHEN KILFEATHER
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 2018-12-14
Abstract: A method for modelling calibration data for an assay is provided, the method including the steps of detecting signals resulting from the reaction of captured analytes with detection molecules, applying a mathematical transformation function to the signal results, and using a computer to mathematically model a biphasic standard curve of analyte concentration vs transformed detected signal. A method for determining the amount of an analyte in a sample, and a computer programmed to mathematically model a biphasic standard curve of analyte concentration vs transformed detected signal is also provided.
Patent GB-2571179-A (GB)
Title: Improved garments, method of manufacture and use thereof
Inventor: GERIADA KEFFORD
IPC: A41D15/00
Filed: 2018-12-14
Abstract: A garment 2 having at least one removable fabric extension portion 8 thereon, configured to provide an additional portion or section of fabric material that can be selectively attached to at least one or more positions or locations on the garment. The removable fabric extension portions include attachment means (12, figure 2a) on the removable fabric extension portion, and one or more sections of fabric material extend or depend substantially laterally from the attachment means. The garment is preferably a beachwear or sun-wear garment such as a bikini. The garment preferably comprises complementary attachment means to which the fabric extension portion can be attached, and the fabric extension portion can preferably be attached at two or more portions on the garment. Also disclosed are a method of modifying a garment by attaching a removable fabric extension portion and a method of construction of the extension portion.
Patent GB-2566661-A (GB)
Title: Reduced fat spread
Inventor: Joanne Lesley Akhurst
IPC: A23D7/015
Filed: 2017-06-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a reduced fat spread, particularly a reduced fat spread which does not require added emulsifiers, and a spread product obtained by such a method.
Patent GB-2570094-A (GB)
Title: Valve module and filter
Inventor: ANDRE VAN SCHALKWYK
IPC: A61M16/20
Filed: 2017-10-18
Abstract: A filter for an apparatus for delivering a flow of gas, the filter comprising: a filter body, wherein the filter body has a main compartment and a sub-compartment at least partly within the main compartment, wherein the main compartment is in fluid communication with a main compartment gases inlet and the sub-compartment is in fluid communication with a sub-compartment gases inlet; and a filter medium associated with both the main compartment and the sub-compartment, and that is arranged to filter gases in, or exiting, the main compartment and the sub-compartment.
Patent GB-2584674-A (GB)
Title: Prevention of freezing in a condensate discharge pipe
Inventor: DAVID SMITH
IPC: F24H9/16
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: Thermal insulation for a condensate discharge pipe 230 comprising a tubular sleeve 100 arranged to fit around the discharge pipe 130. The sleeve comprises a closed-cell foam 110 defining a radially outer surface coated with paint 120, the paint coating comprises an internal layer extending radially inwards from the outer surface of the sleeve. Also provided is a fitting for coupling with a boiler discharge pipe comprising a first pipe 130 and the thermal insulation fitted to the pipe. The insulation may comprise first section (222a, figure 4) and a second section (222b) adhered by a silicone polyurethane hybrid sealant 220. A second pipe 310 may extend within and couple with the first pipe. The first pipe may comprise a first section and a second section wherein the second pipe extends within the first section and overhangs the second section.
Patent GB-2576419-A (GB)
Title: Infant highchair
Inventor: JONATHAN K MOUNTZ
IPC: A47D11/02
Filed: 2019-07-05
Abstract: An infant highchair 100A includes a standing frame 102, a seat 104 and a locking mechanism. The seat 104 is pivotally connected with the frame 102 and has a seating surface 118. The seat 104 is rotatable between first and second positions, and the lock secures the seat in the two positions. The first position allows a child to sit on the surface 118, and the second position is suitable to receive installation of a removable child seat over the seat while disabling seating of a child on the surface 118. The seating surface 118 may move around a platform 124 of the frame 102 such that the platform 124 is uncovered in the second position. The seat 104 may have adjacent and opposing backrest and calf support portions, the backrest being deployed in the first position and the calf support usable in the second.
Patent GB-2586016-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic Interference suppression
Inventor: TIM HEIMRICH
IPC: H02K11/02
Filed: 2019-07-26
Abstract: A power tool having a conductive tube 102, a battery interface 120 having a plurality of terminals located in a rear unit, a motor 114 located in a front unit, and at least one power line 204 supplying power from the rear unit to the front unit with at least a portion of the power line being located within the tube; in which electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression is achieved by connecting the tube to the battery interface via a first terminal of the plurality of terminals. The connection may include a resistor located in the rear unit. The motor may be a permanent magnet brushless motor, a switched reluctance motor, a flux switching motor, or other types of brushless motor. A motor controller 202 having a switching element for switching the direction of electric current flowing in the power line may be connected to either the motor or the battery interface. The first terminal may be a negative terminal or ground. The power tool may be a pole sander, string trimmer, poled hedge trimmer, poled chainsaw or poled blower.
Patent GB-2585958-A (GB)
Title: System and method for copy number variant error correction
Inventor: TIMOTHY RAYNER
IPC: G16B50/30
Filed: 2019-11-04
Abstract: A system for managing a copy number variant (CNV) reference panel is disclosed, wherein the system includes a database arrangement configured to store a plurality of sample genomic DNA sequences and metadata associated with each of plurality of sample genomic DNA sequences. The system further includes a computing arrangement communicatively coupled to the database arrangement. The computing arrangement renders a user interface to receive a target genomic DNA sequence along with interpretation request for calling CNVs in target genomic DNA sequence. The computing arrangement compares the plurality of characteristic attributes in the interpretation request with the metadata associated with each of plurality of sample genomic DNA sequences. Furthermore, the computing arrangement identifies a set of sample genomic DNA sequences as a reference panel, based on the comparison. Moreover, the computing arrangement utilise the reference panel for calling CNVs in the target genomic DNA sequence. The user interface allows submission of target genomic DNA sequence separately at a timepoint that is different from a timepoint when the reference panel is identified and specified for use as the reference panel for the target genomic DNA sequence.
Patent GB-2580526-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle seat platform
Inventor: ANDREW CHATWIN
IPC: B60N2/07
Filed: 2019-12-02
Abstract: A slidably supporting vehicle seat platform 1 mounted to the vehicle cabin floor 4 comprising a floor component configured to form or support the cabin floor (fig 9, 39); the component 4 having a plurality of through slots 5; a carriage mounting means to slidably mount a carriage (7) beneath the floor component where the support struts extend through the slots from above and engage with the carriage (fig 10, 7); wherein the carriage mounting permits a sliding movement of the carriage parallel to the slots 5. Further features may include an integral carriage, and seat platforms extend left and right at an angle to the vehicle centre line.
Patent GB-2582862-A (GB)
Title: Fence panel
Inventor: VLADO BUCARIZZA
IPC: E04H17/16
Filed: 2020-03-03
Abstract: The fence panel 10 comprises a rectangular sheet of mesh material 12 and a number of deterrent components 14 fixed to the sheet between its edges 18,20,22,24. The sheet is preferably reinforced by elongate strips of flat bar 56 attached to the sheet. The sheet may be formed with a number of spaced apart and substantially parallel reinforcing formations 40, preferably channels with V- or U-shaped cross-sections, which are fabricated by bending the sheet and which, in use, extend in a horizontal direction. The deterrents preferably project from the plane of the panel and may comprise spikes and may project from either one or both sides of the sheet. The deterrents are preferably fixed to the mesh material at locations which are at or close to each reinforcing formation.
Patent GB-2593919-A (GB)
Title: Two-way valve for controlling a temperature of a coolant for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: HENNING LUETJE
IPC: F01P7/16
Filed: 2020-04-09
Abstract: A cooling system for controlling a temperature of coolant for an internal combustion engine 1 comprises a cooling circuit ‘A’ and a bypass ‘B’. The bypass is fluidly connected to the cooling circuit and is operable to circumvent a portion ‘A’’ of the circuit. The system also includes a two-way valve 12 (i.e. isolation/shut-off valve) to regulate coolant distribution along the portion of the cooling circuit and the bypass. In one aspect coolant in the cooling circuit ideally flows sequentially through the engine, a Y-type conduit junction 16, the two-way valve, a cooler 20 (e.g. high-temperature cooler), a pump 22, and another device for absorbing or dissipating heat (e.g. air charge cooler 18) when the two-way valve is closed, and circumvents the HT cooler along the bypass when the two-way valve is open (figure 1c). The Y-type conduit junction may have a second conduit 161 located within a first conduit 162 so when the two-way valve is closed coolant in the first conduit is redirected by the valve in a reverse-flow direction into the second. In another aspect a second two-way valve (12b, figure 2) is provided. The system is ideally for a ship engine or a power plant.
Patent GB-2584579-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for assessing a condition of a vehicle refrigeration system
Inventor: KENNETH ALAN PISTONE
IPC: F25B49/00
Filed: 2015-04-27
Abstract: A system for servicing a vehicle refrigeration system (100, fig 1) comprises at least one sensor 130 for connecting to a portion of the system and the sensor(s) being located in situ with the operating fluid (refrigerant) in the system; and user equipment 132 in electronic data communication with the sensor(s). The user equipment may communicate the data via an electronic signal, a wireless signal, a short range wireless signal, or a wired cable. A fluid source 144 may be coupled to the user equipment /sensor and provides fluid to a low pressure port 120 of the refrigeration system. User equipment may include a cellular phone, tablets, computer, a controller and processor, and used to charge a power supply of the sensor(s). Servicing may assess a fluid level in the system based on subcooling and charging with additional fluid if required into the low pressure port. The vehicle may be an automobile. The sensor(s) may be located downstream of a condenser (118) and may be positioned in a high pressure port 122. A temperature sensor on an air vent of the vehicle measuring air flow temperature may be provided.