baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2496597-A (GB)
Title: Cartridge for containing a sample
Inventor: COKER RAYMOND
IPC: G01N21/03
Filed: 2011-11-14
Abstract: A cartridge for containing a sample, for example a sample to be analysed in a spectroscopic analyser, comprises an upper member 11 including a reservoir 12, and a lower member 13, said upper and lower members being interconnected by a capillary tube (14, figure 2) for containing the sample, and the lower member including a coupling 18 for connection to a driven rotary means of said analyser whereby the cartridge may be rotated about its longitudinal axis. Locking means 24 enable the cartridge to be secured to the analyser, and the upper member is generally cylindrical. A sheath 36 is also provided extending between upper and lower members to protect the capillary tube 14. The capillary tube has an inside diameter between 0.2 and 2.5mm.
Patent GB-2485754-A (GB)
Title: A heat exchanger, methods therefor and a nuclear fission reactor system
Inventor: MCWHIRTER JON D
IPC: G21C1/03
Filed: 2010-09-22
Abstract: A heat exchanger, methods therefor and a nuclear fission reactor system. The heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger body defining an exit plenum chamber therein shaped for uniform flow of a hot primary heat transfer fluid through the chamber. A plurality of adjacent heat transfer members are connected to the heat exchanger body and spaced apart by a predetermined distance for defining a plurality of flow passages between the heat transfer members. The flow passages open into the exit plenum chamber. Spacing of the heat transfer members by the predetermined distance evenly distributes flow of the primary heat transfer fluid through the flow passages, across the surfaces of the heat transfer members and into the exit plenum chamber. Each heat transfer member defines a flow channel therethrough for flow of a cooler secondary heat transfer fluid.
Patent GB-2492263-A (GB)
Title: Reduced size multi-pin female receptacle connector
Inventor: SLOEY JASON
IPC: H01R24/58
Filed: 2009-09-29
Abstract: A receptacle connector for connecting to a corresponding male plug connector includes an insulator core; a plurality of contact locations spaced apart in a single row and located on first surface of the insulator core; and a plurality of contacts 800 located in at least a portion of the plurality of contact locations. Each contact 800 has a first section located within the insulator core, and the first section of at least one contact has sides 850 that are substantially parallel to each other except for one or more recesses 810, and wherein a side of the at least one contact faces another contact. An insulating material of the insulator core fills in the one or more recesses 810 and portions of a side of the first section before and after a recess 810 lie in a same plane.
Patent GB-2505963-A (GB)
Title: A fuel cell stack assembly
Inventor: WILSON ANTONY RICHARD
IPC: H01M8/24
Filed: 2012-09-18
Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell stack assembly and an associated method of assembling the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack assembly comprises a plurality 5 of fuel cell assemblies (102) adjacent to one another, a first end plate (104) at a first end (106) of the plurality of fuel cell assemblies, a second end plate (108) at a second opposing end (110) of the plurality of fuel cell assemblies and a tie rod (112, 212) configured to engage the first and second end plates (104, 108) and thereby apply a compression force to the plurality of fuel cell assemblies (102). The tie rod (112) is a unitary component that comprises a first engagement surface (214) that engages with the first end plate (104) and a second engagement surface (16) that engages with the second end plate (108).
Patent GB-2495593-A (GB)
Title: Marine anchor with a fluke and a shank having a pivotal and remotely lockable connection
Inventor: BRUCE PETER
IPC: B63B21/22
Filed: 2012-09-21
Abstract: A marine anchor 1 is described which has a plane of symmetry 6 and comprises a fluke 4 with a shank 13, 17 and 27 pivotably attached thereto. The shank is remotely lockable pivotably and subsequently remotely unlockable pivotably with respect to the fluke. The shank may be pivotably lockable and subsequently unlockable in a position where a load application point 43 in said shank defines a minimum fluke angle of said anchor, which may be in the range of 26Ë  to 32Ë . The means for enabling the remote locking and unlocking of the fluke from the shank may comprise a pivotable four-bar linkage.
Patent GB-2507816-A (GB)
Title: Calculating timeout for remote task execution from network delays and processing duration on local application/hardware replica
Inventor: FONTI LEDA
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2012-11-13
Abstract: The invention calculates time-outs/cut-offs for the performance of tasks by applications on remote machines 122.1/2. A server 111 obtains a hardware, application and resources profile of a remote computing device 122.1/2. Using the profiles the server configures a local duplicate of the remote device. The local duplicate may be hardware 133.1-3 or a virtual machine (VM) 137. The task application 135 is run on the local device and the time taken measured. The server also measure the latency of network 131 using pings/echo requests. The server determines the remote processing time-out from the measured local task duration and network delays, for example by addition plus a safety margin.
Patent GB-2504186-A (GB)
Title: Joint-deconvolution of migrated and mirror migrated data
Inventor: SOUBARAS ROBERT
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2013-05-17
Abstract: A method for deghosting seismic data collected with a seismic system, the seismic data being related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes receiving 500 the seismic data recorded by detectors distributed along a variable-depth profile; calculating 502 migrated and mirror-migrated gathers based on the seismic data, wherein the migrated and mirror-migrated gathers depend on a feature characterizing a configuration of the seismic system; applying 504 a joint deconvolution model to the migrated and mirror-migrated gathers to calculate a single deghosted gather; and generating 506 a final image of the subsurface based on the single deghosted gather. The feature is not present in a gather after a step of stacking that is performed prior to generating the final image. The single deghosted gather may be stacked to eliminate the feature. The feature may be an offset between a seismic source and the detectors.
Patent GB-2516042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to Boot Uppers
Inventor: GIRLING MICHELLE E
IPC: A43B5/00
Filed: 2013-07-09
Abstract: An upper 4 for a leisure boot 2, the upper comprising an elongate calf contacting portion 8 and an ankle covering portion 10, the calf-contacting portion comprises four quadrants, namely the forward saddleside quadrant 16, the forward open-side quadrant 18, the back saddle-side quadrant 20 and the back open-side quadrant 22, and wherein the back open-side quadrant only comprises an elongate elasticated portion, running longitudinally along the boot. The elasticated portion may be a continuous portion, having a tapered lower region, and an edge of the elasticated portion may have an inverted S shape. The upper may further comprise a zip 60, and may also comprise a strap 62 and associated fastener.
Patent GB-2516444-A (GB)
Title: Switching controller
Inventor: ELLIOTT ZACHARY
IPC: H02J7/34
Filed: 2013-07-22
Abstract: A switching controller for coupling one of a plurality of voltage sources such as battery 206 and fuel cell stack 204, to a load 214 sets a proportion of a switching period during which each voltage source is connected to the load based on a received characteristic of one of the voltage sources. The received characteristic can be a fuel cell voltage, or a fuel cell stack voltage current, temperature or pressure. The switching frequency can be less than 1 KHz or 100 Hz. Current drawn from a fuel cell source can be increased, when it generates a voltage that exceeds a threshold, and supplied to a charge a battery as the other source. Load 214 can receive power from the voltage sources using a DC-DC converter 212 and be connected to the sources using switches 208, 210, which can be field effect transistor switches. During the proportion of switching period assigned to a source the controller may connect only that source to the load.
Patent GB-2501423-A (GB)
Title: Medication calculator and recorder
Inventor: MCDONALD PETER
IPC: A61J1/03
Filed: 2011-12-22
Abstract: The invention provides a device for recording information relating to, and/or calculating a required medication dosage on the basis of, a plurality of variable factors influencing a medication requirement, in particular for the management of diabetes. The device comprises a substantially cylindrical body and at least one annular dial mounted to the body and selectively rotatable about the circumference thereof.
Patent GB-2517187-A (GB)
Title: Multipass spectroscopic absorption cell
Inventor: SAWYERS CRAIG GEORGE
IPC: G01N21/03
Filed: 2013-08-14
Abstract: A multipass spectroscopic absorption cell comprising at least a first reflector 40 and a second reflector 42 that are configured to reflect a beam of light multiple times through a sample volume V. At least one of the reflectors 40, 42 defines a principal optical axis through the sample volume V. An optical folding system 52 comprising of at least one prism is located on the principal optical axis between the first and second reflectors, being configured to fold the principal optical axis through an angle greater than 0Â°. The optical folding system may fold the optical axis once or more through an angle of approximately 180Â° and the first and second parts A1, A2 of the optical axis may be displaced by a distance D. The prisms may be made of low loss material and may have an antireflective coating. The cell may be a Herriott cell or a White cell and may comprise a light source S and detector D for measuring the optical absorption spectrum of light transmitted through the sample.
Patent GB-2517931-A (GB)
Title: Radar apparatus for a ship
Inventor: DAVY TERRY
IPC: G01S7/03
Filed: 2013-09-04
Abstract: A radar apparatus for a ship comprises a solid state transmitter and/or receiver 20 enclosed within a housing 10, and an antenna 60 coupled to the solid state transmitter and/or receiver 20. The external shape of the housing 10 is substantially frusto-pyramidal. The housing may have a pentagonal, hexagonal or heptagonal base and the sides may be angled between 10 to 35 degrees from the plane of the base. The housing may have a monocoque structure and may be made from composites. The housing may electromagnetically shield the solid state transceiver 20 from the outside environment. One of the sides may comprise a removal panel and one or more components of the apparatus may be mounted on the inside of the panel. The housing 10 may comprise a re-entrant bottom surface shaped as a second frustro-pyramid and sharing a common base and the sides may be between 5 and 45 degrees from the common base plane.
Patent GB-2508500-A (GB)
Title: Hazard warning system for protecting a bicycle from a motorised vehicle
Inventor: AYLING DARREN
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2013-10-15
Abstract: The invention relates to protecting a non-motorised vehicle 20 (e.g. bicycle, tricycle, scooter or skateboard) from a motorised vehicle 10 (e.g. car, van, bus or truck). It comprises a communication device such as an RFID tag 21 on the non-motorised vehicle. The communication device emits a signal 23, e.g. identifying a hazardous situation. A monitoring device 11 in the motorised vehicle receives the emitted signal when the two devices are within a predetermined distance of one another and emits a hazard signal in response. The hazard signal may be an audible or visual warning to the driver of the motorised vehicle. Alternatively the emitted signal may be received by an item of street furniture, e.g. road sign 30, and the hazard signal may be a warning message 35 displayed there-on. In another embodiment, the first signal is emitted when the non-motorised vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the motorised vehicle.
Patent GB-2519341-A (GB)
Title: Data transmission from mobile radio communications device
Inventor: HANEJI HAYATO
IPC: H04W4/70
Filed: 2013-10-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to data transmission from a mobile radio communications device, such as those commonly referred to as User Equipment (UE) according to 3GPP specifications and scenarios requiring the transmission of small amounts of data. In particular, a mobile radio communications device for communication within a mobile radio communications network is provided, the device being arranged for operation with at least one application requiring network access for data transmission and the network access including a Small Data Transmission (SDT) feature. The device is further arranged to receive reference application information by means of which it can be determined if an application seeking network access can employ the Small Data Transmission feature for its data transmission. The invention allows for the network to control, in the UE, the applications which can or cannot used the SDT feature and this is achieved by reference to a SDT feature allowed applications list or the same barred list.
Patent GB-2510269-A (GB)
Title: Substrates for synthetic diamond manufacture
Inventor: DODGE CARLTON NIGEL
IPC: C23C16/27
Filed: 2011-12-14
Abstract: A substrate 400, 402, 404, 406 comprises a cylindrical disc of a carbide forming refractory metal (e.g. Mo, W, Nb, or alloys thereof) having a flat growth surface on which CVD diamond is to be grown and a flat supporting surface opposed to the growth surface, wherein the disc has a diameter of at least 80mm, and the growth surface and supporting surface both have a flatness variation of no more than 100 Âµm, preferably no more than 1 Âµm. Preferably the surface roughness of the growth surface is in the range 1 nm to 1 Âµm, most preferably 50 nm to 100 nm. The edge of the substrate around the growth surface may be sharp (fig 8a), chamfered (fig 8b) or rounded (fig 8c). A circular trench may be provided in the growth surface (fig 8d). A method of manufacturing a synthetic diamond material using a CVD process is also disclosed. The diamond material may be a polycrystalline diamond wafer which is spontaneously delaminated from the substrate on cooling. A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2510296-A (GB)
Title: Repository redundancy implementation with comparison between local and remote timestamps of events
Inventor: BARRETO TOMAS
IPC: G06F11/16
Filed: 2013-05-06
Abstract: A method for repository redundancy in a system which incrementally updates remote clients with events that occurred in a cloud-enabled platform, each remote client being associated with a collaborator, comprises: comparing 720 a local timestamp of an event in an action log with a remote timestamp of the event; and if the remote timestamp is more recent then generating 830 a second event 834 in the action log, which includes a second local timestamp that is updated based on a current time of the system. A system incrementally updates remote clients processes events from an action log, with each log entry including an identifier, a local timestamp, and one or more remote timestamps for an event. A system dispatches events from an action log: when operating in an active mode (Figure 7A), the local timestamp is updated if the remote timestamp is more recent; and when operating in a passive mode (Figure 7B), a remote timestamp associated with an active remote system is copied into the local timestamp. A system comprises a control module to select a data center to act as an active data center upon detecting failure of one or more data centers.
Patent GB-2512548-A (GB)
Title: Equalizing bandwidth for multiple requesters using a shared memory system
Inventor: SCHAFFER SCOTT JEFFREY
IPC: G06F9/54
Filed: 2012-12-10
Abstract: A method for equalizing the bandwidth of requesters using a shared memory system is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes receiving multiple access requests to access a shared memory system. Each access request originates from a different requester coupled to the shared memory system. The method then determines which of the access requests has been waiting the longest to access the shared memory system. The access requests are then ordered so that the access request that has been waiting the longest is transmitted to the shared memory system after the other access requests. The requester associated with the longest-waiting access request may then transmit additional access requests to the shared memory system immediately after the longest-waiting access request has been transmitted. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2517591-A (GB)
Title: Ink jet printing
Inventor: RUNACRE ANGELIQUE
IPC: C09D11/30
Filed: 2014-07-31
Abstract: A printing process comprises applying a radiation-curable ink onto a substrate using an inkjet printer and curing the ink, the printer comprising a nozzle plate with a surface energy (SE) >25 dynes/cm and a piezoelectric actuator operating at a frequency (F) of â‰¥20 KHz. The ink comprises less than 5 wt.% organic solvent and has a polarity (P) satisfying Equation 1 and a surface tension (ST) (measured in dynes/cm at 25Â°C) satisfying Equation 2: wherein: D isÂ the average droplet volume (picolitres) created by the piezoelectric actuator. A radiation-curable ink is also disclosed which comprises 40-80 pbw compound having one ethylenically-unsaturated group (preferably N-vinylcaprolactam with 2-phenoxy ethyl acetate), 1-10 pbw curable compound having two ethylenically-unsaturated groups and 1-20 pbw curable compound having three or more ethylenically-unsaturated groups (preferably urethane diacrylate oligomer combined with ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate and propoxylated neopentylglycol diacrylate), 0-4.9 pbw organic solvent, 0.1-15 pbw colorant, and 0.1-15 pbw photoinitiator.
Patent GB-2524126-A (GB)
Title: Combining paths
Inventor: PARK JUNG-WOOK
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2014-08-28
Abstract: A data processing system comprises: a processor operable to execute a program partitioned into a plurality of discrete instructions, the processor comprising a plurality of processing elements 105 to 108, each processing element capable of executing n instructions per cycle, where n is greater than 1; and an interface configured to, on detecting a branch operation by a program creating m number of branches (102, 103 in Figure 1a) each having a different sequence of instructions, combine an instruction from one of the branches with an instruction from at least one of the other branches so as to cause a processing element to execute the combined instructions during a single cycle; see cycles 5 to 10. The processor may be a single instruction multiple thread SIMT processor, and/or an n-way VLIW processor; alternatively, a superscalar processor could be used. The invention addresses a problem of underutilisation of processing elements due to branch divergence in SIMD processing (Figure 1b).
Patent GB-2520389-A (GB)
Title: Probe assembly for attaching a chromatography device to a mass spectrometer
Inventor: O'BRIEN STEVE
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: A probe assembly comprises an inlet for receiving an eluent from chromatography system and an outlet 120 for delivering the eluent to a mass or ion mobility spectrometer. An insulating fluid line 118 is joined to a conductive capillary 124. The joint is downstream of an attachment device/member 122 for attaching the assembly to the spectrometer. The conductive capillary 124 is in electrical contact with a conductive member 126 which may surround the conductive capillary 124. Upon attaching the attachment member 122 to the spectrometer, an electrical connection is made to the probe assembly. For example, the attachment device 122 may comprises a ferrule 127 that connects an electrical contact on the body of the mass spectrometer to the conductive member 126. The probe assembly may be an electrospray capillary which may be removably inserted into an ion source orifice of the mass spectrometer.
Patent GB-2532799-A (GB)
Title: Improved bicycle crank set
Inventor: SIMON SHARP
IPC: B62M3/00
Filed: 2014-11-28
Abstract: A bicycle crank shaft set comprising a hollow shaft 1 with cylindrical splines 2 at each end, crank arms (3a, bb) with matching splines 6, tapered plugs 4 to be inserted into each end and end caps 5 for finishing the assembly. The splines 2 may have longitudinal slots therein, and the tapered plugs 4, when installed, cause the splined end of the shaft 1 to expand and firmly hold the crank 31, 3b.
Patent GB-2517380-A (GB)
Title: Digital image capture under conditions of varying light intensity
Inventor: SPIELBERG ANTHONY CAPPA
IPC: H04N5/238
Filed: 2013-06-25
Abstract: An approach is provided to adjust a camera shutter lag. In the approach, data is collected that corresponds to an ambient light found in a physical environment with the ambient light being controlled using a pulse-width modulation (PWM). The pulse-width modulation corresponds to a PWM timing model. When an exposure request is received, the camera shutter lag is calculated using the PWM timing model. The calculated shutter lag is based on a future point in time at which the ambient light of the physical environment is predicted to be at a selected light output level, such as a power level selected by the user of a camera. When the calculated camera shutter lag has expired, a shutter of the camera is opened causing a camera lens to be exposed that results in a captured exposure.
Patent GB-2534244-A (GB)
Title: Near isothermal machine
Inventor: MICHAEL DAVID CROWLEY
IPC: F04B53/14
Filed: 2015-05-27
Abstract: A machine 1 for compressing or expanding gas comprising controlling temperature by moving a heat absorbing and releasing structure 18 into and out of a fluid and the gas such that the temperature of the fluid is maintained at a substantially constant temperature. Preferably a piston 10 operates downwards in a compression stroke with respect to an inclined or vertical cylinder and upwards with respect to the cylinder in an expansion stroke, where the piston may have a heat absorbing and releasing structure attached to its bottom face. There may be a gap between the piston and the base of the cylinder when the gas volume in the cylinder is at its minimum, such that the gap contains a hydraulic fluid which absorbs heat from the heat absorbing and releasing structure. In one arrangement the heat absorbing and releasing structure comprises thin sheets of aluminium attached orthogonally to the bottom face of the piston.
Patent GB-2528569-A (GB)
Title: Lubricating oil compositions
Inventor: STRONG ANTHONY JAMES
IPC: C10M163/00
Filed: 2015-06-08
Abstract: The use of a polymeric friction modifier as an additive in an effective minor amount in a lubricating oil composition to reduce and/or inhibit the corrosion of the nonÂ­-ferrous metal containing engine components during operation of the engine. The polymeric friction modifier is the reaction product of only (i) one or more polyalkylenes functionalized with at least one diacid or anhydride functional group, e.g. PIBSA, (ii) one or more polyalkylene glycols, (iii) one or more polyols and (iv) one or more monocarboxylic acids. ZDDP may also be present in the lubricating oil composition.