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Patent GB-2497961-A (GB)
Title: Releasable water turbine mount with electrical connector
Inventor: VIGARS PAUL
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2011-12-23
Abstract: An underwater structure 1 comprises a power generation unit such as a turbine 4, attached to a support structure 2 via a mounting portion 31. The mounting portion connects to the support by continuous support surfaces e.g. annular flanges 32, 51, which can engage in any relative rotational position, thereby reducing the need for accurate alignment during installation. An actuator 39 moves electrical connectors 57 in rotation to the correct alignment, and linearly to make up the connection. One of the connectors may be provided with positional float, e.g. through flexible mountings (figures 9-14) to allow for any misalignment due to manufacturing and assembly tolerances. The electrical connector 57 of the support part may be removable by locking actuators 53, 54 e.g. to allow for maintenance without requiring underwater cutting and welding.
Patent GB-2498514-A (GB)
Title: Introducer assembly and method of sterilising such an assembly
Inventor: HANSEN SEBASTIAN
IPC: A61B17/32
Filed: 2012-01-04
Abstract: The assembly 10 includes a sheath 24 which is impermeable to gas and liquid for a substantial part of its extent. At a distal end 16 of the sheath 24 there is provided a device holding zone 26 which includes a plurality of holes 28 allowing the passage of sterilisation gas but not the passage of liquid therethrough. The introducer assembly 10 may hold a variety of medical devices, including implantable medical devices such as stents, stent grafts, vena cava filters as well as other implantable medical treatment devices and diagnostic tools. The holes 28 in the device holding portion 26 of the sheath 24 provide faster sterilisation of the contents of the introducer assembly 10.
Patent GB-2500665-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerator Food Spoilage Inhibitor Utilising an Ozone Generating Device
Inventor: HOLMES PETER
IPC: F25D17/04
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: A refrigerator with storage compartments has an integrated food spoilage inhibitor utilising an ozone generating device 14. The device has an electronic unit housed within a rigid polymer casing, and is fitted with a discharge needle assembly and a grid, which when supplied with electrical power, generates and passes both anions and ozone, at predetermined controlled levels, into the atmosphere of the storage compartment. The device is microprocessor controlled, and the device may include a power supply 11, a microcontroller 15, a voltage stabiliser 12, a power generation stage 13 and timing components 16, 17. In use, the ozone generated by the device destroys food spoilage agents, such as ethylene and pathogenic microbial agents, usually present as either airborne or surface contaminants, and thus extends the storage life of perishable foodstuffs.
Patent GB-2494500-A (GB)
Title: Light source for guiding a user's attention directly to an article in a home environment
Inventor: PETRI BENJAMIN
IPC: G08B5/36
Filed: 2012-07-03
Abstract: A device 11 is provided for supporting a person 12 in a home environment 10. The device 11 has a light source 13 for projecting a luminous object 14,15,16,17 onto different articles 20,21,22,23 in the home environment 10. The luminous object 14,15,16,17 may be a light marker to highlight articles, or an area of light 28 on a projection surface 27 to display instructions. The light source 13 may comprise a spotlight, a laser and/or a projector. The articles may include a moveable everyday article including an RFID tag 35. The articles may comprise a clock, a television set, and/or a pair of spectacles. The invention is particularly suited for drawing a users    attention directly to a task to be performed, or for assisting a user in locating a lost article.
Patent GB-2504110-A (GB)
Title: Data slicing level and timing adjustment
Inventor: SIMPSON RICHARD DAVID
IPC: H04L7/033
Filed: 2012-07-18
Abstract: Attenuation and spread caused by a lossy transmission channel to a pulse signal waveform, having a peak h0 at t0 and sampled at Unit Intervals (UI), is measured and compensated for by dynamically adjusting the slicing threshold (21) and the timing at which the peak is sampled (22) according to the size of the eye diagram (55) at whose corners (51-54) extra test samples are taken. The data slicing level 21 and time 22 together define a data slicing point 20. Points 51 & 52 determine the slicing threshold and offset, while points 53 & 54 determine the clock recovery period and offset.
Patent GB-2504753-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector
Inventor: WONFOR COLIN JAMES
IPC: H01R13/46
Filed: 2012-08-09
Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a body portion (10) of a first material and a coating (12) of a second material on at least part of the body portion (10). The first material has an electrical conductivity less than 0.1% of that of the second material. The first material may be carbon fibre reinforced plastic, glass fibre reinforced plastic, ceramic, plastic or glass. The second material may be nickel, copper, gold, silver, rhodium, platinum, tellurium or alloys of these materials.
Patent GB-2494773-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus at a flat card or roller card having a clothed cylinder and at least one adjacent clothed doffer
Inventor: LEINDERS CHRISTOPH
IPC: D01G15/18
Filed: 2012-09-13
Abstract: In an apparatus at a card having a clothed cylinder, clothed doffer 19a and a stripper roller 6, which co-operate with one another at a work spacing, a side screen 18a is arranged at both ends of the cylinder and immovably mounted on a frame 24. A displacement device 21a is provided for the doffer in order to set a predetermined work spacing using a setting device. In order to keep substantially constant, in use, the working gap between, on the one hand, doffer and cylinder and, on the other hand, doffer and stripper roller, the side part 18a is coupled to the holding element 19a for the doffer by at least one force transport device 21a, and mechanical means 28 are associated with a holding device for the stripper roller, by which means the work spacing between the doffer and the stripper roller can be set.
Patent GB-2497621-A (GB)
Title: Polarization glasses type stereoscopic image display
Inventor: KIM JINYEONG
IPC: G02B30/25
Filed: 2012-09-20
Abstract: A Polarization glasses type stereoscopic image display has a thin film transistor array substrate110; a colour filter array substrate 120 having black matrix patterns 130 formed on a first plane facing the thin film transistor array substrate 110; black stripe patterns 165 that are aligned in a first direction correspondingly to the black matrix patterns 130 opposite to the first plane and a patterned retarder 180 disposed over the second plane of the colour filter array substrate 110. A width of the black stripe pattern 165 is different depending on a display position with respect the first direction, wherein the first direction is directed from the upper side of the display to a lower side of the display. The object of the display is to minimise decreases in aperture ratio and luminance, widen vertical viewing angle and decrease 3d crosstalk.
Patent GB-2506362-A (GB)
Title: Planar RF multipole ion guides
Inventor: GRINFELD DMITRY
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2012-09-26
Abstract: An ion guide comprising: two opposing planar surfaces 2 & 4 of dielectric material; and an electrode arrangement disposed on each planar dielectric surface, each electrode arrangement including at least one, preferably planar, RF electrode 6a-6d, and also a number of planar DC electrodes 12a-12f. At least one of the RF electrodes is arranged to overhang an exposed portion 14 of the dielectric surface on which it is located such that there is no direct line of sight from an ion flow path 10 to said exposed portion 14. This shadowing results in a reduction in the charging-up of exposed dielectric surfaces, while the overall planar construction of the ion guide reduces the amount of collisions between neutral species and electrodes. Preferably, the dielectric surfaces are formed from planar printed circuit boards (PCBs) with the respective electrode arrangements being formed thereon by conventional micro-fabrication techniques.
Patent GB-2509304-A (GB)
Title: Fabricating, Pressure Testing and Monitoring a Double Layer Hose Assembly
Inventor: JONES STUART GRANT
IPC: F16L11/08
Filed: 2012-11-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a double-layer hose with an end fitting (with a flange) sealed to one end of the hose, there being means to allow a pressure test or monitoring of the condition of the inner layer/tube 2 or outer layer/tube 3 of the double layer hose; an embodiment may also include an over-braid 5. An (inner) end of the end-fitting insert 1 is inserted into and sealed against one end of the hose. A loose flange If is externally located around insert 1. A threaded aperture/hole 1d extends from the insert outer surface 1a to its inner surface 1c, with a flat-face 1b at its outer end (the end opposite the inserted (inner) end) onto which the inner tube 2 has been externally 'flared-out' 2a. At the radial outer surface 1e of the inner end of the insert 1, the outer tube 3 and over-braid 5 are securely externally fastened by a 'swaged' ferrule 4 creating a pressure-resistant seal between outer tube 3 and radial outer surface 1e. The aperture/hole 1d is used for applying a pressure medium (eg gas or liquid) to the space between the inner and outer tubes.
Patent GB-2497707-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for displaying computer-generated images on a head mounted device
Inventor: RAPOPORT LOREN W
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2011-09-07
Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying computer-generated images on a head mounted device are provided. In some embodiments, a system for displaying computer- generated image is provided and may include transparent surface including a coating and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a computer-generated image, determine the type of computer-generated image, vary a voltage applied to the coating of the transparent surface based on the determined type of computer-generated image, and display the received computer-generated image on the transparent surface.
Patent GB-2519928-A (GB)
Title: Flexible plastic packaging box
Inventor: YANG JINGMIN
IPC: B65D43/10
Filed: 2013-03-01
Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible plastic packaging box (100), comprising a box cover (20) and a box body (10) with one open end. The box cover (20) comprises a box cover main body (21) and an arc-shaped edge (22) around the periphery of the box cover main body (21). An arc-shaped edge roll (122) is provided around the outer wall of the box body (10) on the rim of the open end of the box body (10). The arc-shaped edge (22) matches the arc-shaped edge roll (122) to make the box cover (20) detachably provided on the box body (10) and seal the open end of the box body (10). The arc-shaped edge (22) of the box cover (20) around the periphery of the box cover main body (21) forms a snap-groove (23) around the periphery of the box cover main body, whereby, by means of the arc-shaped edge roll (122) of the open end of the box body matching the arc-shaped edge (22) and the elasticity of the flexible plastic material per se, the box cover (20) is made to fix relatively reliably on the box body (10) and seal the open end of the box body (10).
Patent GB-2502000-A (GB)
Title: Ratchet tensioner
Inventor: YOSHIDA OSAMU
IPC: F16H7/08
Filed: 2012-02-22
Abstract: Provided is a ratchet tensioner for easily releasing the engagement between a plunger and a ratchet during engine maintenance, reducing the flapping sound by reliably engaging the plunger and the ratchet when starting the engine, and preventing the plunger from becoming damaged. A ratchet tensioner (100) in which a ratchet releasing mechanism for releasing the engagement of the ratchet teeth (151) of a ratchet (150) and the rack teeth (122) of a plunger (120) by means of a tool pin (T) is configured from: a ratchet-releasing pin leading hole (114) formed on a housing main body (110) and for sticking the tip (P1) of the tool pin (T) towards the plunger-side tip region of the ratchet (150); and a ratchet-releasing pin engaging hole (155) formed on the plunger-side tip region of the ratchet (150) and for leading and engaging the tip (P1) of the tool pin (T) that was inserted into the ratchet-releasing pin leading hole (114).
Patent GB-2518007-A (GB)
Title: Lock and aircraft landing gear assembly
Inventor: BENNETT IAN ROBERT
IPC: E05D11/10
Filed: 2013-09-10
Abstract: A mechanical lock 10 for a vehicle assembly such as an aircraft landing gear assembly enables or prevents movement between two components. A first component includes a first part 12 pivotal about an axis 14 and has a generally circular peripheral surface 12a and a bearing surface 12b. A second component includes a second part 16 pivotal about an axis 18 and has a generally circular peripheral surface 16a and a bearing surface 16b. When the two components are in a lockable configuration the second part can be manually rotated to a condition (fig 2b) where the two components 32,34 cannot be moved relative to one another. The lock is either pivotally mounted and substantially mass balanced, or part of an aircraft landing gear assembly 30 and arranged to be mechanically operated from the ground by a mechanical actuation device.
Patent GB-2519071-A (GB)
Title: Marker Deployment
Inventor: MUHAMMAD YUSUF
IPC: G08B15/00
Filed: 2013-10-02
Abstract: A system is disclosed which is operable to supply fire suppressant material (6) and marker (7) to at least one spray head unit (2) for producing spray having a droplet size less than 1000 Âµm. The system may be operable in two modes. The system may be operable in fire suppressing mode to supply fire suppressant material to the one or more spray heads and in marker deployment mode to supply fire suppressant material and marker to the one or more spray heads. In fire suppressing mode, the system supplies the fire suppressant material for a long period of time, for example, a few tens of minutes. In marker deployment mode the system supplies the fire suppressant material and marker to the spray heads for a short period of time, for example, a few tens of seconds.
Patent GB-2520004-A (GB)
Title: Convertible Carrier
Inventor: COOK SUSAN
IPC: B65D71/28
Filed: 2013-11-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a convertible carrier 101 suitable for carrying a bottle and glasses comprising: a base 112 ; at least two sidewalls 114, 115; said base and sidewalls defining a cavity; a handle 130 means attached to a top end of at least one of said sidewalls, said handle means provided with an orifice 134 suitable for receiving a bottle and a glass receiving region 120; wherein, when said handle means is in a first configuration (fig 6a) said carrier can securely hold a bottle and at least one glass within said cavity, and when said handle means is in a second configuration (fig 6b) said bottle can be held in said cavity and one or more glasses can be securely held in said glass receiving region. The glass receiving region can be provided on the handle means, or separate from them.
Patent GB-2509385-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible snowboarding pole and attachment means
Inventor: GLOVER ELLIOT ROBERT
IPC: A63C5/03
Filed: 2013-11-28
Abstract: A system for use by a snowboarder to travel on a snowboard across a sports surface, said system comprising a collapsible pole 1 having an upper and a lower handle region 2, 3 towards one end of the pole and a sports surface engaging region 6 at the other end of the pole, wherein the arrangement is such as to allow the snow boarder to hold the pole in gloved hands and exert a driving force through the pole to the sports surface engaging region so as to achieve propulsion, and a releasable securing means for holding said pole when not in use wherein said securing means is located between the snowboarder's boots or to the side of one of the boots and orients the pole along the length of the board ready for use without requiring additional securing means and so as to accommodate flexing of the board along its length.
Patent GB-2526044-A (GB)
Title: Methods relating to wool treatment
Inventor: HAWKES JAMIE ANTHONY
IPC: D06P3/14
Filed: 2014-01-10
Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula E-L-Q+ is applied to the material, preferably polyamide fibres or wool, wherein: E is an electrophile, preferably with chloro (Cl), bromo (Br), sulphate (SO4) or sulphonate (SO3) leaving group, or methacrylate; L is a linking moiety, preferably alkylene, optionally substituted by a hydroxy group; and Q+ is a quaternary ammonium (N+(R)3) residue. The exemplified composition comprises 3-chloro-2-hydroxy-propyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and triethanolamine (to adjust the pH of the liquor to 10.5) and it was applied for 5-10 minutes at 50-70Â°C. The treated material is then dyed with an anionic dye.
Patent GB-2524570-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing alkanolamines useful in removal of acid-gas from a gaseous stream
Inventor: ATKINS MARTIN PHILIP
IPC: C07C215/10
Filed: 2014-03-27
Abstract: A process for preparing an alkanolamine compound of formula I and/or formula II, or salts thereof: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen and a substituent; said process comprising the following steps: i) preparing glycidol in a one-pot reaction of glycerol with dimethylcarbonate, at a temperature of from 100Â°C-160Â°C and a molar ratio of glycerol to dimethylcarbonate of from 1:4-1:10, in the presence of an ionic liquid catalyst having the formula: [Cat+][X-] wherein: [Cat+] represents one or more cationic species, and [X-] represents one or more anionic species; ii) reacting the product of step i) with an amine of formula III, wherein: R1 and R2 are as defined for formula I and II. These alkanolamines are useful in the removal of CO2 and/or H2S from a CO2 and/or H2S containing gaseous stream. The preparation of the alkanolamines is conducted using selected ionic liquids under selected reaction conditions.
Patent GB-2509644-A (GB)
Title: Sonar apparatus
Inventor: BLAKE COLIN DESMOND
IPC: G01S15/42
Filed: 2012-03-15
Abstract: Sonar apparatus for the location and display of features on the underwater floor in front of a boat comprises port and starboard transducer units 2, 4 each containing a plurality of transducer arrays. A transducer interface 6 and a visual processor 8 process signals from the transducer arrays to generate image data that is displayed on display 10. The transducer arrays emit sound waves into non-overlapping segments of water 12, 14, 16, 18, and the underwater floor within these segments reflects the sound waves back to the transducer arrays, which convert them to electrical signals. The electrical signals are processed to calculate a three- dimensional position of each point on the underwater floor within the segments 12, 14, 16, 18 which reflected the sound waves. Furthermore, the sonar apparatus performs interpolation using the three-dimensional positions of the reflecting points within the segments to calculate three-dimensional positions of points on the underwater floor between these segments. The interpolation includes applying a weighting based on the distance to the reflection position. The three-dimensional positions of the points are then used to generate image data for display showing the underwater floor in front of the boat 50.
Patent GB-2525237-A (GB)
Title: Reorder buffer permitting parallel processing operations with repair on ordering hazard detection within interconnect circuitry
Inventor: LAUGHTON ARTHUR
IPC: G06F13/40
Filed: 2014-04-17
Abstract: Â Disclosed is an interconnect circuitry that communicates transactions between sources and destinations. The interconnect has a reorder buffer serves to buffer and permit reordering of received access transactions. Processing circuitry, coupled to the buffer, performs operations in parallel upon a given access transaction taken from the reorder buffer. Hazard detection and repair circuitry serves to detect an ordering hazard arising between the processing operations and if necessary cancel and repeat that processing operation. The access transactions and the reorder buffer are such that access transactions other than the access transaction for which a hazard has been detected may proceed independently of the necessity to cancel and repair that transaction. The access transaction may be directed to memory addresses and the processing circuitry includes point-of-serialisation circuitry that maintains a consistent ordering of transaction access to given memory region.
Patent GB-2516723-A (GB)
Title: A side door for a motor vehicle
Inventor: STAINER DUNCAN
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 2014-05-06
Abstract: A side door 10 for a motor vehicle (5, Figure 1 having a stiff structural reinforcing member 11 extending along an outer surface 13 of an outer panel 12 of the side door 10 in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle (5). The stiff structural member 11 is mounted on the outer surface 13 of the outer panel 12 of the side door 10 so as to be positioned adjacent the outer surface 13 of the outer panel 12 and is provided to aid early sensing of a side impact. The stiff structural member 11 being concealed from view by a body side moulding 14. A method for controlling the activation of a safety system is also disclosed where a signal indicative of a lateral acceleration is generated and sensed and a safety device is deployed when the signal is indicative of a side impact, preferably if the signal is above a predetermined threshold.
Patent GB-2516535-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle traction control
Inventor: FAIRGRIEVE ANDREW
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2014-05-16
Abstract: A method implemented by a control system launches a vehicle (10 see figure 1) and maintains motion over a driving surface, with brake torque continuing to be applied after motion starts. The method comprises initiating motion control, including application of brake torque and drive torque to one or more wheels such that the vehicle (10) is held stationary, and subsequently initiating motion from rest whilst wheel brake torque continues to be applied. Ongoing slip between at least one wheel and the ground is maintained by the system. The strategy can maintain vehicle progress on low friction surfaces. Sensed precipitation and can be used in friction coefficient estimation. The driver may be commanded via a human machine interface (18 see figure 1) to vary a control input, such as accelerator pedal (1 see figure 1) position, to facilitate the maintaining of progress. The invention is of assistance when a driver has not correctly determined the terrain type such as snow, gravel, mud or sand.
Patent GB-2513256-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for recycling domestic greywater
Inventor: GREEN MARRETT ALEXANDER
IPC: E03C1/00
Filed: 2012-11-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for recycling domestic greywater. Greywater is drawn from a greywater waste pipe through an overflow pipe of a sanitary fixture, thereby, permitting greywater to be collected for reuse without the need for complicated and expensive retrofitting and/or reconfiguration of existing plumbing infrastructure. The system and method of the present invention can easily operate independently or be integrated with domestic utility systems to supply these utility systems with greywater.