baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2517689-A (GB)
Title: Stent-Graft
Inventor: O'DONNELL LINDA ANN
IPC: A61F2/07
Filed: 2013-08-26
Abstract: An endoprosthesis has a graft sleeve of a first diameter (d1, figure 3), and at least one undersized ring stent 1g-1l attached thereto having a second, smaller diameter: preferably, its internal diameter is smaller by at least 1%. Oversized sinusoidal or saddle-shaped ring stents 1b-1e (and figure 2) may also be included to increase axial and torsional stiffness and to provide a controlled collapse at strategic points of the prosthesis. The undersized ring stents ensure that the fabric of the graft sleeve is held at a smaller diameter. Where the stent-graft is to be deployed in a tortuous location (such as a bend within a blood vessel like the aorta), the undersized ring stents cause any bunched up fabric (crimps) of the graft sleeve to be creased outwardly, away from the lumen of the graft sleeve thus avoiding partial occluding of the lumen. The undersized stent rings may be formed from nitinol wire and may be placed either side of a fenestration in the graft sleeve.
Patent GB-2521808-A (GB)
Title: Biological production of methane utilising the molecular mechanisms and proliferation in methanogenic archaea for use as a renewable fuel
Inventor: EYRE ADRIAN J
IPC: C12P5/02
Filed: 2013-10-14
Abstract: Methane is produced using methanogenic microorganisms in a reaction vessel containing hydrogen and dissolved carbon dioxide. The dissolved carbon dioxide is provided by dissolving calcium carbonate, and the hydrogen is supplied via a feed from a hydrolysis unit. The methane produced is removed to a storage tank.
Patent GB-2522907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wheel hub electric motors
Inventor: TAHIR SHAMSUL ANWAR MOHD
IPC: B60K7/00
Filed: 2014-02-10
Abstract: A wheel hub electric motor assembly 10 for a wheeled vehicle. The wheel hub electric motor assembly 10 comprises an electric motor 18 having a rotor 36, a stator 34 and a hub assembly (21, Figure 5) having formations which enable a vehicle wheel to be connected thereto. The hub assembly (21) has a base member 76, a rotor member 78 and bearing 80 disposed therebetween. The base member 76 of the hub assembly (21) is releasably connected to the stator 34. The rotor member 78 of the hub assembly (21) is coupled for rotation with the rotor 36 of the electric motor 18. The wheel hub electric motor assembly 10 further includes a bearing arrangement 64 provided between the rotor 36 and the stator 34 of the electric motor 18. Preferably the hub assembly (21) can be removed from a wheel hub electric motor assembly 10 without affecting the alignment if the rotor 36 and stator 34, the alignment of the rotor 36 and stator 34 being maintained by the bearing arrangement 64.
Patent GB-2507905-A (GB)
Title: Wire harness and method of manufacturing same
Inventor: TAKAHASHI YUTEN
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 2012-06-07
Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to allow, when winding a non-woven member around a wire, easy and inexpensive anchoring of the wire and the non-woven fabric, and alleviation of the generation of waste. A wire harness comprises a wire bundle and a non-woven fabric which winds around and encloses the wire bundle while extending in the longitudinal direction of the wire bundle. With the wire harness, the initial end part and/or the terminal end part in the direction of the winding of the non-woven fabric is welded, thereby anchoring the non-woven fabric to the wire bundle.
Patent GB-2523146-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring apparatus
Inventor: WEBSTER NORMAN
IPC: A62B9/00
Filed: 2014-02-14
Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is provided for monitoring a wearer of breathing apparatus 2 including a source of breathable gas 4, which in use is supplied to a delivery device 6 via a fluid line 8. The monitoring apparatus comprises: a breathing detector 38 arranged to determine if breathing using the breathing apparatus has commenced; and a mobile monitoring device 20 arranged to be associated with the wearer and which can be activated to monitor the motion of the wearer. The apparatus is arranged to activate the mobile monitoring device when it is determined that breathing has commenced. Preferably, the breathing detector is arranged to determine if breathing has commenced based on a pressure signal generated by a pressure transducer 12 in fluid line 8. A gas supply detector 36 may be provided, which is arranged to determine if breathable gas is being supplied to the delivery device. Preferably, the mobile monitoring device provides the functions of a PASS (Personal Alert Safety System) or ADSU (Automatic Distress Signal Unit).
Patent GB-2525839-A (GB)
Title: Method of and system for collecting data relating to road irregularities
Inventor: STRANO GIOVANNI
IPC: B60W40/06
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure relates to a vehicle comprising a system for mapping irregularities in surfaces upon which the vehicle is driven. The system comprises: a detector for detecting the presence of an irregularity in a surface upon which a vehicle is driven whilst the vehicle is driven over the irregularity, the detector being mounted to or being formed as part of the vehicle; a means for determining the location of the irregularity; a means for determining the severity of the irregularity; a control unit; and a data storage means comprised within and/or associated with the system. The control unit is configured to categorise the irregularity and/or to quantify the severity of the irregularity and wherein the system is configured to store data relating to the location, the category and/or the severity of the irregularity.
Patent GB-2514035-A (GB)
Title: Seal molding sleeve
Inventor: HENCH ANDREW JEREMIAH
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 2012-11-28
Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing seals (e.g., metal end cap (MEC) seals) having inner and/or outer surfaces that include grooves are provided. In particular, seal mold assemblies may include removable, flexible, non-metallic annular mold inserts 96, 98 (e.g., sleeves) that may be inserted into annular mold cavities of inner and outer annular mold rings 70, 72. As such, the mold inserts may be used interchangeably and modularly to create many different types of grooved seals, without the need to use different inner and outer annular mold rings. Using mold inserts in this manner eliminates the need for secondary machining processes on the inner and/or outer surfaces of the grooved seals, thereby reducing overall manufacturing costs and time as well as providing greater consistency and repeatability between manufactured grooved seals.
Patent GB-2529686-A (GB)
Title: High-speed comparator for analog-to-digital converter
Inventor: KULL LUKAS
IPC: H03M1/46
Filed: 2014-08-29
Abstract: A latching comparator for a successive approximation analogue-to-digital converter comprises a differential amplifier pair 14a,14b which discharges the pre-charged nodes N1,N2 in dependence on the input potentials sn,sp. When the potential of one of the nodes N1, N2 falls sufficiently to turn on one of the transistors 13a or 13b regenerative operation of the inverter pairs 12a,13a and 13a,13 provides a logical output signal at nodes O1, O2. Charge is injected onto the nodes N1, N2 through capacitors 31a,31b shortly after the comparator is enabled, so that it takes longer for regenerative action to occur, thereby providing a longer integration time. The regenerative inverter pair is thus subjected to a larger differential voltage when regeneration finally commences, which allows a faster overall comparison to be obtained.
Patent GB-2534404-A (GB)
Title: Pellicle
Inventor: ALBERT SCHNIEDERS
IPC: G03F1/62
Filed: 2015-01-23
Abstract: A pellicle 400 for a lithographic device (100 Fig 1) comprises a carbon-based film 405 having at least one layer of cross-linked aromatic molecules, heteroaromatic molecules, polyyne-based, or polyene-based amphiphilic molecules. The carbon-based film 405 has a periphery 402 and a centre portion 404 with the centre portion 404 being transparent to the radiation beam (130 Fig 1). A support structure 410 is coupled at least to the periphery 402 of the carbon-based film 405. The pellicle may be functionalised at a surface and may also have a further film attached, which may be chosen from a carbon based film, a silicon film or a graphene layer. Also provided is a lithographic device utilising the carbon film pellicle. The pellicle is used to protect the patterning device from contamination particles. The use of a carbon pellicle was found to result in good transmissive properties in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and to also be less susceptible to thermal damage.
Patent GB-2526186-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for testing cloud based applications in a production environment using fabricated user data
Inventor: BISHOP THOMAS
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2015-03-20
Abstract: A system for testing cloud based applications in a production environment using fabricated user data where an application is implemented in the production environment in which the application will be used 203. Fabricated user data associated with the application implemented in the production environment is then generated 205 and provided to the application as implemented in the production environment 207. The fabricated user data is then processed by the application in the production environment to transform the fabricated user data into fabricated user results data 209. In one embodiment, the fabricated user results data is then analyzed to evaluate the production environment and/or operation of the application in the production environment 211. If the operation of the application in the production environment is satisfactory based on the fabricated user results data then actual user data is provided to the application in the production environment.
Patent GB-2527414-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic systems and methods for adjusting data values
Inventor: NAYAK AMARESH
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: Dynamic pricing systems determine, based on the occurrence of first and second events 402, 406, whether price data relating to an item or service should be adjusted 410 and, if so, determines the new price 412. The system may also determine events unrelated to a particular user and, if the event is a valid event, normalise price data dependent on the event and relevant item, adjusting the price of the item if necessary. An alert may be sent to the user when a price is adjusted or dependent on location data e.g. to provide notice or a coupon when the customer is in proximity to a store. Events may be detected by a trend analyser, which may detect historical trends in changes, average profit, inventory change, social buzz, competitor changes, promotional events, seasonal changes and the like. The merchandiser may apply a weight to different types of events to determine the amount they affect item price. Thus pricing can be dynamically adjusted based on events, such as the release of a new model of the item or proximity of a customer, and is not limited to competitor pricing.
Patent GB-2524408-A (GB)
Title: A sheet template for folding to form a wallet, a wallet, and a method of making a wallet from a single sheet template
Inventor: HEUMANN MICHAEL MUELLER
IPC: B65D5/00
Filed: 2013-08-30
Abstract: A single sheet template or blank for folding to form a wallet or billfold having at least one card pocket, said template including: a wallet edge fold line 18b along which first and second portions of the template can be folded; a slit or slot 28a, 28b in the first portion, arranged to form an opening of a card pocket; and a flap 24a, 24b extending from the second portion and arranged for folding to engage with the slit when said first and second portions are folded along the wallet edge fold line 18b, thereby to prevent unfolding along said wallet edge fold line 18b. There is also provided a wallet formed from such a template and a method of forming the wallet.
Patent GB-2541253-A (GB)
Title: Dual processing paths for differential mode and common mode signals for an adaptable analog-to-digital converter (ADC) topology
Inventor: Ramin Zanbaghi
IPC: H03M3/04
Filed: 2015-09-17
Abstract: An analogue-to-digital converter for microphone signals comprises separate conversion paths 322,312 for differential and common-mode signals at nodes Vxp and Vxn. Positive and negative digital output signals Dp and Dn are provided by the combiner circuit 332 comprising sum and difference circuits 534 and 536. The controller 550 may monitor the signals Dp and Dn to determine whether the microphone is connected in a fully-differential configuration (figures 1A and 1C) or in a pseudo-differential configuration (figures 1B and 1D), and may similarly distinguish between AC-coupled (figure 1B) and DC-coupled (figure 1D) pseudo-differential configurations. The ADC may be configured by the controller 550 to suit the detected microphone configuration, so that microphones having different configurations may be used with a single self-adapting ADC circuit.
Patent GB-2526756-A (GB)
Title: Ticket dispenser
Inventor: BARRETT JOHN
IPC: G07B3/04
Filed: 2014-07-09
Abstract: A ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket from a pack of tickets having first and last tickets at opposite ends of the pack and each ticket having opposed first and second edges, the ticket dispenser comprising: a ticket rack assembly having a rack with a support platform for receiving the pack of tickets with first edges against the support platform, and a ticket pack biasing mechanism configured to bias against a face of the last ticket of the pack and to urge the last ticket towards the first ticket; a ticket housing for preventing unauthorised external access to the pack of tickets, the ticket housing comprising a ticket dispensing slot; and a ticket dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the first ticket from the pack of tickets, the ticket dispensing mechanism comprising a dispensing control member connected to a ticket ejector, the ticket ejector having a ticket edge engagement feature configured to engage with a first edge of the first ticket, the ticket ejector being operable by movement of the dispensing control member to slide the first ticket from the pack and away from the platform and to dispense the second edge of the first ticket through the ticket dispensing slot.
Patent GB-2543807-A (GB)
Title: Trailer for transport of other vehicle
Inventor: STUART DAVID WHARTON
IPC: B60P3/073
Filed: 2015-10-29
Abstract: An engagement mechanism (20, fig 1) to retain a vehicle, such as a pedestrian roller 62, during transport on a trailer 10, 12. The engagement mechanism comprises; at least one jaw component 26 defining a slot 49 for reception of a bar 60 arranged on the vehicle, and a second component, for example latch 28, which co-operates with jaw component 26 to retain bar 60 in slot 49 in a closed condition of the mechanism. The jaw component 26 is pivotably mounted relative to the trailer 10,12 to move between an open condition of the mechanism and the closed condition, and is further arranged, in the open condition, to be contacted by the bar 60 of the vehicle and thereby moved into the closed condition. At least one of the jaw component 26 and the second component 28 is held under spring bias 30 in the closed condition of the mechanism. The engagement mechanism may further comprise a release arm (42, fig 4) movable between a first and second position to release the second component from a slot closing condition.
Patent GB-2544965-A (GB)
Title: Protection for plants in containers
Inventor: MICHAEL GLOVER
IPC: A01G13/10
Filed: 2015-11-20
Abstract: A method of controlling vine weevil attack on plants in containers, comprises the provision of a barrier extending from the container to a stem of the plant, the barrier being of a material resistant to penetration by adult vine weevil; meeting the container to form a weevil resistant connection; and meeting the stem of the plant to form a weevil resistant connection. Also disclosed is a plant container having a barrier 4 extending inwardly from a rim 2 of the container 1, towards the stem 3 of a plant. The container and container may be a unitary body
Patent GB-2546815-A (GB)
Title: Animating a virtual object in a virtual world
Inventor: ALBERTO AGUADO
IPC: G06T13/40
Filed: 2016-02-01
Abstract: Method for use in animating parts of a virtual object, the method comprising obtaining joint data for joints A-E associated with parts of a virtual object, joint data including length data defining a vector length from the joint to a next joint and corresponding to a length of an associated part; accessing data for a target curve 710 defining target locations for the joints. An initial target location is computed at a distance along the curve from a first joint defined on the curve, the distance being equal to the length defined for the first joint and an initial location for a second joint is computed at the length defined for the first joint along a line through the initial target location. A difference between the initial location for the second joint and the initial target location is computed and used, with the initial target location, in computing a target location for the second joint on the curve. The vector from the first to the second joint may be rotated to the target location. The method may be repeated for successive joints to fit them to target locations on the curve. The method may be used in inverse kinematics.
Patent GB-2532632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cushions
Inventor: GEMMA JENSEN
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 2012-05-04
Abstract: A cushion including a pillow portion 2 useable for supporting the head of a user of the cushion and an elongate trunk portion 4 that extends away from the pillow portion and which is usable for supporting the chin of the user. Wherein the pillow portion is shaped so that it is useable to extend from at least a position on the back of the neck of a user whose head is being supported by the pillow portion that is less than three centimetres from the mid-point of the back of the neck to at least a position where it contacts an ear of the user. The trunk portion having a hooked configuration such that a terminal end 6 of the trunk is positioned adjacent the head support surface 3.
Patent GB-2535347-A (GB)
Title: Simultaneous plasticization and compatibilization process and compositions
Inventor: JAMES HONGXUE WANG
IPC: C08L51/06
Filed: 2014-08-26
Abstract: A continuous process for manufacturing a blended polymer includes mixing a native starch, a polyolefin, and a compatibilizer; and forming the blended polymer from the resulting mixture using an extruder. The process can also include mixing the native starch, the polyolefin, and the compatibilizer in the extruder. The polyolefin can be a petroleum- or bio-based polyethylene, and the compatibilizer can be a maleic anhydride grafted polyolefin. The process can further include mixing a processing aid such as glycerin, and forming the blended polymer into a film.
Patent GB-2542227-A (GB)
Title: Temperature controlled storage system
Inventor: LARS SVERKER TURE LINDBO
IPC: B65G1/06
Filed: 2016-06-03
Abstract: Rails 22 form an orthogonal grid above an array of stacked containers 10. Robots 30 have two sets of wheels, one set engagable with an adjacent parallel pair of tracks 22a and the other set engagable with a perpendicular adjacent parallel pair of tracks 22b. The wheels are independently movable to allow only one set to engage their track and independently driven enabling the robot to move anywhere on the grid. There is a gas heater or chiller and a fan to circulate the air around the containers and a plenum. Ideally the plenum has an opening adjacent the stacks and a reservoir of air can be formed above the stacks before being circulated around them by the fans. The gas can be air. Raising the set of wheels could disengage them from their track 22. The containers can have vent holes to allow gas to circulate around and through them. The gas can pass through ducts 40 in the walls of the grid. The gas can be controllable to a precision of 2.5 degrees C in the range -30 to +30 degrees C. Plants or other living organisms could grow in the containers.
Patent GB-2543143-A (GB)
Title: Windshield wiper
Inventor: CLAUS STELLER
IPC: B60S1/48
Filed: 2016-08-22
Abstract: A windshield wiper for a motor vehicle comprises an elongate wiper blade 4 and asupply conduit (5, see figure 1) for cleaning fluid leading to at least one respective outlet opening 6 on both sides of the wiper blade. The windshield wiper may comprise multiple outlet openings which are distributed along the wiper blade, the outlets being supplied by a distribution line 13 which extends along the wiper. Additionally, the wiper may have a directional control valve which restricts water flow when the blade is travelling in either operational direction. The wiper blade may be tiltable about its longitudinal axis in a mounting. The wiper blade may be accommodated in a groove 7 of the wiper bracket 3, and at least one sidewall 11 of the groove and a flank are spaced apart from one another. Finally, the groove may feature an undercut inner region 8, into which a leg 9 of the wiper blade engages in a form fitting fashion.
Patent GB-2539584-A (GB)
Title: A cable marking arrangement for electrical cables
Inventor: ANTHONY BRIAN DOYLE
IPC: H01B7/36
Filed: 2014-07-22
Abstract: A first cable marker arrangement for marking electrical cables comprises a pair of spaced apart resiliently flexible arms 54 interconnected at one end by a bridging section 52, the free ends of the arms being expandable to receive and grip a cable. Indicia (28, Fig. 7) are provided on the bridging section. The arms may project away from the bridging section in a first section and be bent inwardly in a second section 62. The free ends may be provided with barbs 68. A locating arm 70 may also be provided extending between the arms and arranged to locate smaller diameter cables between the free ends of the arms and to be flexible to accommodate larger diameter cables. Further defined is a second cable marker (22, Fig. 7) with a collar having external indicia. The collar has an internal channel extending from a first opening diameter to a second smaller opening diameter in order to prevent passage of the sheath of a cable through the collar while allowing internal wires to pass through. The first and second cable markers may interengage via a spigot (74, Fig. 7) receivable in a recess (76, Fig. 7).
Patent GB-2544655-A (GB)
Title: A blow torch, a blow torch nozzle and a swirler for a blow torch nozzle
Inventor: DARREN CHALKLY
IPC: F23D14/52
Filed: 2016-11-17
Abstract: A blow torch nozzle 10 having a swirler 26 bounded by a cylindrical shape. The swirler has at least one passageway (28, figure 4) extending through it, defined in part by a wall surface of the swirler. At least a part of the wall surface extends at an angle to the axis of the nozzle to impart a rotary motion to gases which pass through the swirler when the blow torch is in use. The wall surface opens out onto a side of the swirler (42, figure 6) in such that the wall surface defines a recess extending inwardly from the side of the swirler. The swirler may be provided with a short tube or ring (50, figure 8) which surrounds the swirler and has ends which are substantially flush with those of the swirler. The swirler may be held within the tube or ring by means of an interference fit. Alternatively, the blow torch nozzle can have a swirler where the side wall is U shaped, where said passageway is defined on its side by a part cylindrical surface of the swirler, which is at a uniform distance everywhere from the outer surface of the swirler.