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Patent GB-2555123-A (GB)
Title: Passenger seating with partition assembly
Inventor: AARON ROBINSON
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2016-10-19
Abstract: Passenger seating 110 (preferably business or first class seating for aircraft, train, bus or boat) comprising at least one row of seats with at least one seat 12 located beside a partition assembly 22 comprising a partition wall 24 at a side of the seat (e.g. forming a vertical barrier), the wall 24 including an opening 25 and a screen 26 that is slidably movable with respect to the wall between open and closed states in which the opening is exposed and closed by the screen respectively. The partition wall may be located at the end of a seat row, or alternatively between two seats wherein an occupant can open the screen to interact with adjacent passenger, or close the screen for privacy. The partition wall may extend to at least the height of a seat top. The screen panel may comprise rollers, wheels or rails and be actuated e.g. hydraulically, pneumatically, electrically powered or biased by compression spring or gas spring to move into closed or open states. Locking apparatus (50, figure 12) may be operable to prevent or allow screen movement. The screen may extend telescopically and fit around or within an upper portion of the partition wall.
Patent GB-2561565-A (GB)
Title: Lid grabbing device
Inventor: MURDOCH IAN CARPENTER
IPC: B67B7/00
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: A lid grabbing device 100 for placing beverage cup lids on cups (see figure 4, not shown), the device comprising a ring portion 130 defining a ring axis. A plurality of lid retaining features 140 are arranged around the ring and are substantially parallel to the ring axis, each retaining feature including an axis facing surface. The axis facing surfaces form a generally circular profile which is complementary to the shape of a beverage cup lid, such that when the device is placed over the lid the retaining members grip the lid. The retaining features may include notches (160, fig 1D, not shown) and guide portions 150 and the device may further comprise an integral handle 110 attached to framework 120, the framework being attached to the ring portion. The retaining features, framework and handle may each be composed of any combination of plastic, metal, resin, wood and the handle may also be composed of rubber.
Patent GB-2547150-A (GB)
Title: Circuitry for biasing light shielding structures and deep trench isolation structures
Inventor: SWARNAL BORTHHAKUR
IPC: H01L27/146
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: An imaging system (100) may include an image sensor die (102) stacked on top of a digital signal processor (DSP) die (104). Through-oxide vias (TOVs) (128) may be formed in the image sensor die (102) and may extend at least partially into in the DSP die (104) to facilitate communications between the image sensor die (102) and the DSP die (104). The image sensor die (102) may include light shielding structures (126) for preventing reference photodiodes (116') in the image sensor die (102) from receiving light and in-pixel grid structures (200) for preventing cross-talk between adjacent pixels (116). The light shielding structure (126) may receive a desired biasing voltage through a corresponding TOV (128), an integral plug structure (190), and/or a connection that makes contact directly with a polysilicon gate (192). The in-pixel grid (200) may have a peripheral contact (200') that receives the desired biasing voltage through a light shield (210), a conductive strap (210), a TOV (300), and/or an aluminum pad (450).
Patent GB-2562771-A (GB)
Title: Power distribution system with snubber plate
Inventor: LEWIS HUGHES
IPC: H02B1/056
Filed: 2017-05-25
Abstract: A power distribution system unit, e.g. for an aircraft, includes a housing with an internal bus structure and a door assembly 32 which includes a set of circuit breakers 50 having plugs 54 to be received in sockets of a set of printed circuit boards mounted on the internal side of the door assembly. A snubber plate 60 having apertures 62 surrounded by grommets 68 is secured to the external side of the door assembly, a conical portion and an operator 52 of each circuit breaker extending through the apertures to the external side of the door assembly, the circuit breakers being retained in place by the cover plate and the grommets.
Patent GB-2549674-A (GB)
Title: Main valve with grooved rigid internal structure
Inventor: MATTHEW SLIGER
IPC: F16K1/36
Filed: 2016-01-26
Abstract: Disclosed is a main valve for a hydrant including an internal rigid structure including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a locating feature, the locating feature defined in a one of the top surface and the bottom surface; and an outer shell at least partially enclosing the internal rigid structure and interacting with the locating feature.
Patent GB-2556366-A (GB)
Title: Onshore wave energy converter
Inventor: RAJENDRANATH BALKEE
IPC: F03B13/18
Filed: 2016-02-15
Abstract: An Onshore Wave Energy Converter, used anywhere on land/dry place, including a flywheel(l) with cords(9), wrapped round ratchet wheel(3) on axle(2) of flywheel(l) connected to one end of lever/crane arm(8) and cord(12) connected to other end of lever/crane arm(8) and to weighted float(l 1) on sea waves which can provide power, turn a generator and other output device.
Patent GB-2550814-A (GB)
Title: Connection system for subsea pipelines
Inventor: JOHAN LARSSON
IPC: F16L1/26
Filed: 2016-02-29
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for landing or retrieving a pipeline end on the seabed, the device comprising an outboard connecting part (2) being adapted to connect with the pipeline end and lowered from the surface towards a landing structure (3) on the seabed or alternatively lifted from the landing structure (3) on the seabed towards the sea surface. The invention is distinctive in that the outboard connecting part (2) comprising a pair of guide funnels (5a, 5b) adapted to engage with a pair of corresponding guideposts (4a, 4b) arranged on the landing structure (3), at least one fin (8) is attached to the outboard connecting part (2) and is adapted to bear against the landing structure (3), said pair of guide funnels (5a, 5b) are adapted to be in contact with the corresponding pair of guideposts (4a, 4b) when the outboard connecting part (2) is resting on the landing structure (3).
Patent GB-2556693-A (GB)
Title: Sealing system
Inventor: DUNCAN GODFREY MERVYN THOMPSON
IPC: E21F17/107
Filed: 2017-10-18
Abstract: A system for forming a seal against a surface, the system featuring a frame 10 arranged to fit against the surface, wherein the frame has a perimeter 18 featuring at least one aperture 22. At least one pliant element housed adjacent to the perimeter of the frame and a means (figure 4A, 30) for providing an overpressure to the at least one pliant element (figure 4A, 40) are provided. In use, initiating the means for providing an overpressure forces the at least one pliant element to extrude outwardly through the at least one aperture of the perimeter and mould to the surface to form a seal against the surface. Optionally, the perimeter has a plurality of apertures that are spaced around the perimeter and are uniformly arranged in the perimeter to provide a mesh. Optionally, the system is used for plugging and sealing an orifice, which can be a railway tunnel. Optionally, the means for providing an overpressure is an inflatable element, which can be an air pump.
Patent GB-2555537-A (GB)
Title: Device for fragmenting sample
Inventor: HIDEKI HASEGAWA
IPC: G01N30/88
Filed: 2016-03-30
Abstract: A device for fragmenting a sample, said device comprising a liquid feeding pump 2, a sample injection section 3 and a separation column 6 that are connected to each other by a pipeline for speeding up the fragmentation of the sample such as a protein or peptide and improving the introduction efficiency thereof into a detector such as a mass spectrometer. The device further comprises: a heating section 4 that heats the pipeline between the sample injection section 3 and the separation column 6; and a pressure regulating section 5 that is disposed between the heating section 4 and the separation column 6 and regulates the internal pressure in the pipeline heated by the heating section 4.
Patent GB-2558741-A (GB)
Title: Mass spectrometer with laser system for producing photons of different energies
Inventor: Jens Boßmeyer
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2017-11-13
Abstract: The invention relates to mass spectrometers with a pulsed or continually emitting laser, the laser light from which can be used for ionization by laser desorption, for the fragmentation of ions by photodissociation, for the initiation of ion reactions, and for other purposes. A laser system 110 for a mass spectrometer 100 is disclosed comprising a pump light source 112 and laser-active medium 114 producing primary photons, and a multiplier system 116 to condition the primary photons to a plurality of different photon energies ω1 & ω2, at least one of which is higher than the energy ω0 of said primary photons, thereby allowing at least two laser beams 118a & 118b of different frequencies/wavelengths to be generated and guided for use at different points along an ion path from an ion source 102 to an ion detector in the mass spectrometer.
Patent GB-2569298-A (GB)
Title: Sealing device for sealing a cold-end part of a thermocouple wire arrangement that is based on a mineral-insulated cable and thermocouple temperature sensing
Inventor: Tomás Gajdarus
IPC: H02G15/04
Filed: 2017-12-12
Abstract: A sealing device 16 for sealing the cold-end part of a thermocouple wire arrangement that is based on a mineral-insulated cable 10 comprises a sealing element 17 made of or containing an electrically insulating material, having through-holes 18 for passing through wires 12 and a sealing ring 23 at its outer rim 22 to fix the sealing device to the sheath 11 or a support tube (31, Fig 7) of the cable. The sealing device also includes an electric temperature sensing element T for sensing an absolute temperature of the cold-end part. The reading from this is combined with the thermocouple reading to calculate the absolute temperature of the hot-end of the thermocouple. The temperature sensing element may be resistive, capacitive or inductive.
Patent GB-2559477-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine facility with multiple combustion gas streams
Inventor: YASUNORI IWAI
IPC: F23R3/00
Filed: 2015-12-17
Abstract: A gas turbine facility with multiple combustion gas streams. A combustor 20 is located within a casing 70. A turbine 25 is rotated by a combustion gas. A heat exchanger (24, figure 1) cools the combustion gas and reheats part of the combustion gas for use as a working fluid in the combustor 20. A high temperature combustion gas supply pipe 42 guides combustion gas reheated by the heat exchanger (24) to the combustor 20. A passage 103 between the combustor 20 and the casing 70 is provided to guide high temperature combustion gas to the combustor 20. A low temperature combustion gas supply pipe 41 guides cooled combustion gas to the space between the casing and the combustor. A pipe 45 exhausts a remaining part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger (24) to the outside. A downstream end portion of the passage 103 may communicate with a dilution hole 65 of the combustor 20. The casing 70 may be constituted by an upstream casing 71 and a downstream casing 72, and the high temperature combustion gas supply pipe 42 and the low temperature combustion gas supply pipe 41 may both be coupled to the upstream casing 71.
Patent GB-2565408-A (GB)
Title: Bassinet locking mechanism, bassinet releasing mechanism, foldable bassinet apparatus
Inventor: PETER R TUCKEY
IPC: A47D9/00
Filed: 2018-06-08
Abstract: The foldable bassinet has two frames 14, two connection modules 16 on respective frames 14, and a centre tube 12 connected between the connection modules 16. One of the connection modules 16 has a locking mechanism 28 that when unlocked permits the centre tube 12 to move upwards as the bassinet moves from a deployed to a folded configuration. The connection modules 16 may have two tubes 24, 26 rotatably connected by hinge components, where the centre tube 12 passes through a hole in one of the hinge components. A locking hub may be located on the centre tube and slidably engageable between the hinge components, where the locking hub permits rotation when fully retracted into one hinge component and prevents rotation when partially protruding. There may be a releasing mechanism to actuate the locking mechanism 28. The releasing mechanism may have a pull wire inside of the centre tube to retract the locking hub into the hinge component. Also disclosed is the locking and release mechanisms in isolation of the foldable bassinet.
Patent GB-2563745-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible cone for an expandable liner hanger system
Inventor: GARY ALLEN KOHN
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2016-02-29
Abstract: An expandable liner hanger system and method of installing same. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes positioning the expandable liner hanger system within a casing string, the expandable liner hanger system including a setting tool disposed within a hanger body, the setting tool including a cone mandrel defining a tapered external surface and an expansion cone defining a tapered internal surface; engaging the tapered external surface with the tapered internal surface; radially expanding the hanger body to engage the casing string by displacing the cone mandrel and the expansion cone in a first axial direction and relative to the hanger body; displacing the cone mandrel in a second axial direction and relative to the expansion cone to disengage the tapered internal surface from the tapered external surface, thus permitting the expansion cone to bell radially inward from the hanger body; and extricating the expansion cone from the hanger body.
Patent GB-2565919-A (GB)
Title: CMAS-Resistant protective layer
Inventor: RAVISANKAR NARAPARAJU
IPC: F01D5/28
Filed: 2018-08-20
Abstract: A protective layer against calcium-magnesium-aluminium-silicates (CMAS), consisting of oxides of iron, yttrium and silicon. Preferably, the proportion of oxides of yttrium is from 25-85 atomic percent, and more preferably from 40-70 atomic percent. Preferably, the proportion of oxides of silicon is from 2-35 atomic percent, and more preferably from 5-25 atomic percent, or up to 20 atomic percent. Preferably, the proportion of oxides of iron is from 1-35 atomic percent, and more preferably from 2-20 atomic percent. The protective layer may have thickness of 10-200 µm, and preferably from 20-100 µm. A CMAS-resistant article comprising: a basic structure made of a refractory material with a surface, a first coating on this surface, and the aforementioned protective layer applied immediately to this first coating. The article may be a turbine, especially a gas turbine or components thereof. The first coating may be a thermal insulation layer (TBC) or environmental barrier coating (EBC). A process for preparing the article where the protective layer is applied to the first coating by means of sputter technology or PVD is disclosed.
Patent GB-2568144-A (GB)
Title: Automatic door seal improvements
Inventor: NEIL ANDREW RAVEN
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 2018-09-12
Abstract: The assembly 1 comprises at least one magnet 50 for securing with respect to either the doorway or floor area 150 within the doorway, a door edge assembly 10 for mounting with respect to an edge of the door. The edge assembly comprises a base 12, at least one elastic element 20 depending from the base and at least one sealing strip assembly 30 comprising at least one ferromagnetic part 33 and depending from the elastic element so as to be moveable between a retracted and extended position relative to the base. In use, the elastic element biases the sealing strip assembly toward the retracted position and clear of the doorway or floor and the or each magnet overcomes the bias of the elastic element to draw the sealing strip assembly into the extended position as the door reaches its closed position, to seal the sealing strip assembly directly against both the magnet and the floor. Also disclosed is a door top assembly and a door bottom assembly.
Patent GB-2579783-A (GB)
Title: Method
Inventor: GRAHAM ALEXANDER YOUNG
IPC: A23L3/28
Filed: 2018-12-13
Abstract: A method for increasing shelf life of fruit having a high dry-matter content comprises treating the fruit with UV light from a UV light source, packaging the fruit in a modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) film, and storing the packaged fruit. The MAP film has an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of 8000-45000 cc/m2/day. The method may be capable of increasing the shelf life of the packaged fruit by at least one day when the packaged fruit is store at chilled, ambient, or chilled followed by ambient temperature. The fruit may have a dry-matter content of at least 26%. The fruit may be avocado, such as ripen-at-home avocado. The MAP may have an increased or decreased oxygen concentration. The MAP may comprise ozone. The method may result in reduced softening and/or rot of the fruit. The UV treatment may be before or after packaging the fruit. A fruit treated using the method is also claimed. An apparatus for packaging fruit comprising a UV light source 40, a MAP fruit packer 30, and a conveying surface 20 for holding and moving the fruit between the UV light source and the MAP fruit packer, is also claimed.
Patent GB-2570047-A (GB)
Title: Drill bit with wear shield
Inventor: BERND HEINRICH RIES
IPC: E21B10/56
Filed: 2019-01-03
Abstract: This disclosure relates to a drill bit 100 having one or more exhaust ports or vents 110 in an impact face, and a wear shield 112 situated adjacent to and on a trailing side of each exhaust port. The hard-facing wear shield is situated radially behind the exhaust with respect to the direction of rotation, an arrangement which protects against the effects of body wash, where exhaust fluid from the port flushes debris and cuttings across the impact face of the bit. This can help prevent stud pop-out or loss in drill bits having polycrystalline diamond (PCD) studs or buttons.
Patent GB-2582316-A (GB)
Title: Turning tool for screw or bolt with a cross-slotted head
Inventor: JOHN WILLIAM MIJALSKI
IPC: B25B23/10
Filed: 2019-03-19
Abstract: The tool 10 for turning a screw or bolt (20, Figure 3) with a cross-slotted head 21 has a turning tip 11 which includes projecting cruciform drive blades 12 for driving engagement in cruciform slots of the screw or bolt. A cylindrical protecting and reinforcing shroud 13 in the form of a projecting wall 14 encircles the blades and is fixedly connected therewith at their mutually remote ends. The projecting wall is coterminous with the blades and is provided intermediate each two circumferentially adjacent distal ends of the blades with a respective sighting and orientation window 15. The window is a recess 16 open at the free end of the wall to permit sighting and orientation of associated segments of the blades during engagement in the slots. The tool may be a screwdriver, or a socket or bit for attachment to a manual or power tool. The wall may be integrally connected with the blades. Each recess may be defined by a scallop formed by an arcuate concavity. A method of producing the tool includes providing a blank of solid material and forming the cruciform blades and shroud by removing material such as by an erosion or mechanical excavation process.
Patent GB-2569067-A (GB)
Title: System level testing of entropy encoding
Inventor: ALI DUALE
IPC: H03M7/40
Filed: 2017-09-25
Abstract: An aspect includes receiving a symbol translation table (STT) that includes input symbols and their corresponding codewords. An entropy encoding descriptor (EED) that specifies how many of the codewords have each of the different lengths is also received. Contents of one or both of the STT and the EED are modified to generate a test case and an entropy encoding test is executed. The executing includes performing a lossless data compression process based on contents of an input data string that includes one or more of the input symbols, and on contents of the STT and the EED; or performing a data expansion process based on contents of an input data string that includes one or more of the codewords, and on contents of the STT and the EED. A result of the entropy encoding test is compared to an expected result.
Patent GB-2582653-A (GB)
Title: Cooling arrangement
Inventor: SIMON DAVID HART
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: A cooling arrangement for power semiconductor devices has one or more baffles 150 between a base plate, capping plate and side walls 104 of a fluid tight cavity 130 through which cooling fluid may flow. The baffles 150 deflect the cooling fluid to provide tortuous, meandering, labyrinthine flow between an inlet 110 and outlet 120 of the cavity 130. An array of pin fins (140, figure 7) which may be cylindrical or tapered, protrude from the base into the cavity 130, over which the cooling fluid may flow. The baffles 150 have at least one through hole 160, which may be circular or star shaped, through which the cooling fluid may also flow. The through holes 160 may provide turbulent flow for heat transfer, and may reduce a pressure drop between the inlet 110 and outlet 120, reducing the pressure required to drive the cooling fluid through the cavity 130.
Patent GB-2571643-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for measuring distance
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JAMES WILKES
IPC: G01S15/88
Filed: 2017-10-03
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for measuring separation and/or orientation between two relatively movable members (e.g., two flanges). The apparatus measures at least one of separation and orientation between a first member and a second member that are movable relative to each other. The apparatus comprising at least one distance measuring device, which comprises a first assembly removably attachable to the first member and a second assembly removably attachable to the second member. The first assembly and the second assembly are configured to provide the distance between the first member and the second member. A method for measuring separation and/or orientation between a first member and a second member is also provided, comprising the steps of: providing a distance measuring device comprising a first assembly removably attachable to the first member and a second assembly removably attachable to the second member; attaching the first assembly to the first member and attaching the second assembly to the second member; measuring the distance between the first assembly and the second assembly; and determining the distance between the first member and the second member, wherein the first assembly and the second assembly are configured to provide a distance between the first member and the second member.
Patent GB-2569722-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic pulse actuation arrangement having a reluctance reduction configuration and method
Inventor: CARLOS PRIETO
IPC: H01F27/00
Filed: 2017-08-18
Abstract: A magnetic pulse actuation arrangement including an inductor, a workpiece spaced from the inductor, a reluctance reduction configuration in magnetically operable communication with the inductor and the workpiece. Also included is a method for completing a borehole including running an arrangement as in any prior embodiment into the borehole, configuring the arrangement to reduce reluctance, generating a magnetic pulse, and moving a workpiece.