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Patent GB-2470165-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to treat well stimulation fluids in-situ
Inventor: SMITH DAVID RANDOLPH
IPC: C09K8/68
Filed: 2009-02-14
Abstract: A method and apparatus for the management of injection and production of well fluids ui a subterranean well is described to optimize the use of stimulation fluids to enhance their compatibility with subterranean reservoirs and the surface environment and thereby reducIng the damage said fluids induce in subterranean reservoirs and upon flow back to the surface reduce their dam age to the environment is described. More specifically, this method is directed to the subterranean treatment of injection fluids.
Patent GB-2476353-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow control device
Inventor: BARNHAM JAMES WESLEY
IPC: E03C1/242
Filed: 2009-03-27
Abstract: A fluid flow control device 1, particularly an automatic fluid flow device configured to operate when an oversupply condition occurs comprises a port 11 defined by a wall of the device, said wall having an external surface that is provided with a tactile formation 141, and a removable coupling 13 for attachment to the port, the coupling having a tactile formation (129, Fig. 22) formed on the exterior of a peripheral wall thereof. The arrangement is such that the coupling is properly attached to the port of the fluid flow control device when the tactile formation on the exterior of the coupling wall is aligned with the tactile formation on the exterior of the device wall.
Patent GB-2476726-A (GB)
Title: Cooling fan with micro-porous sound absorber
Inventor: BELTMAN WILLEM
IPC: F04D29/66
Filed: 2010-12-23
Abstract: A cooling fan 102 is located within a blower housing 100. A micro-porous panel 104 covers at least part of the housing, with an air gap 106 beneath the panel (between the panel and the housing). The micro-porous panel absorbs fan noise. The air gap may be dynamically adjusted by an actuator 108, which may be a piezoelectric actuator, as the fan operates at different speeds. The fan may comprise an optimal number of blades having a blade pass frequency associated therewith. The micro-porous panel characteristics (e.g. thickness, pore diameter, pore density and air gap size) may be chosen based on the blade pass frequency. The fan may have between 20 and 27 blades, preferably 25 blades. The fan may be for a thin form factor computing device such as a notebook. Other applications of micro-porous absorbers include chassis, casing, enclosure and heat exchanger designs.
Patent GB-2480348-A (GB)
Title: Providing data communication to moving objects such as a vehicle
Inventor: CARROLL CALEB
IPC: H04W36/14
Filed: 2011-02-19
Abstract: A method of providing data communication to a first device which is a moving object such as a vehicle. The method comprises establishing a plurality of connections, each connection being between a first device and one of a plurality of second devices. A plurality of virtual connections are established, each virtual connection being between the first device and one of a plurality of third devices through one of the second devices. One or more of the virtual connections is selected based upon data indicating characteristics of the virtual connections. The invention is applicable to providing data communications to users in public transport, buses, trains or other vehicles whilst on the move, whilst making efficient use of resources.
Patent GB-2488364-A (GB)
Title: Fastener for use in electrodeposition
Inventor: WITHINGTON NEILL
IPC: F16B33/00
Filed: 2011-02-28
Abstract: A fastener such as a weld nut 10 is adapted for electrodeposition in that the fastener 10 has an internal cavity 16 with a substantially airtight sealed top end 12 provided by a friction fitted or friction welded sealing cap 22 and an open bottom end 14. In use the positive pressure 26 of trapped air 24 in the internal cavity 16 defined by the sealed top end 12 and the open bottom end 14 prevents entry of electrodeposition fluid 18 into the internal cavity 16 of the fastener 10.
Patent GB-2489419-A (GB)
Title: Verification of an information source in multi-party information exchange and archiving
Inventor: HARTWELL KEITH
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2011-03-25
Abstract: A web server receives and stores data defining a subject domain pertaining to a subject party. A request is received from a provider party to upload information, such as an employment reference, relating to the subject party to the domain, and the server grants access to the domain. A unique identifier token is automatically assigned to the uploaded information indicative of the source of the information being the provider party. The server grants a referrer party access to the domain, to verify the source of the information by virtue of the associated unique identifier token. This may be used for employment references, especially high-level vetting of employees and where there is a significant employee churn. It enables a secure, centralised archive of an employee's employment history, with reference sources being easily verified. The providerâ  s identifier may be defined using details such as their address, name, contact details, payment details such as bank account or card numbers, and similar.
Patent GB-2491615-A (GB)
Title: An exercise device in a vacuum chamber with an isolated enclosure for its electronics
Inventor: EGAN FIONA MARY
IPC: A61H9/00
Filed: 2011-06-08
Abstract: An exercise device comprising an exercise chamber 5 with a door, an exercise unit 9 located in the chamber 5, a vacuum pump 11 to create a negative pressure in the chamber 5 and a control means 17 for controlling the exercise unit 9 and pump 11 wherein the control means 17 is positioned in an enclosure 19 with a ventilation means such that it is isolated from the negative pressure. A fan may be provided to cool the electronic controls. There may also be separate controls for the exercise equipment 9 and pump 11 which are situated in their own individual enclosures. The casing may have a hinge to allow it to be open and a gas strut to hold it open. The exercise device may be a treadmill.
Patent GB-2492336-A (GB)
Title: Means on a backpack or garment for carrying an electronic device
Inventor: HOSFORD STEWART
IPC: A45C13/18
Filed: 2011-06-28
Abstract: A carrying unit 1 for a tablet electronic device 10 comprises a hands-free holding module 2 capable of holding the tablet electronic device 10 between the back face 3 of a backpack 5 carried on the shoulders of a wearer and the back of the wearer. The holding module 2 may take the form of a number of straps 7a, 7b (or 17a-d in fig 2), an open mouthed receptacle (22, fig.3), or a pocket (32, fig 4). The holding module may be permanently mounted to a backpack or may be demountably attached by fasteners. The carrying unit allows an electronic device to be slid into the holding means without the need to unsling the backpack to do so. Alternatively, such a holding means may be attached to a garment.
Patent GB-2494634-A (GB)
Title: Wavelength tunable gain-switched optical comb source
Inventor: ANANDARAJAH PRINCE
IPC: H04B10/50
Filed: 2011-09-12
Abstract: This application is concerned with the generation of an optical comb signal using an externally seeded gain-switched multi-modal laser diode 2, such as a Fabry-Perot laser. An RF signal input through a bias-tee provides the gain switching, the frequency of which determines the comb spacing. The external seeding is provided by a tunable single mode laser 4 which provides injection seeding into the lasing cavity of the multi-modal laser. Preferably the seeding is input through a circulator, CIR. The wavelength of the single mode laser determines the centre frequency of the comb (Fig. 6). Fine tuning may be provided through temperature adjustment of the multi-modal device. In one embodiment external phase modulation (PM) is used to extend the width of the comb signal.
Patent GB-2486354-A (GB)
Title: Vortex Type Multi-media Filter
Inventor: YU JINHAI
IPC: B01D36/04
Filed: 2011-07-21
Abstract: A vortex type multi-media filter is disclosed. The filter includes a shell (22), a water inlet pipe (10), a drainage pipe (9), a water outlet pipe (5), a filter layer, and a vortex machine (11). The vortex machine (11) is divided into an upper part and a lower part, the upper part is cylindrical, and the lower part is in the shape of a conical frustum. The vortex machine (11) is arranged in the shell (22), and an upper end of the vortex machine (11) is connected to the top of the shell (22); the water inlet pipe (10) and the drainage pipe (9) are horizontally arranged, the former above the latter, and are in communication with a middle section of the shell (22); the water inlet pipe (10) is tangential with the circular arc of the inner wall of the lower part of the vortex machine (11), and is in communication with the lower part of the vortex machine (11); the drainage pipe (9) is in communication with the bottom end of the lower part of the vortex machine (11); a chemicals feed inlet (21) is arranged on the upper wall of the water inlet pipe (10).
Patent GB-2501083-A (GB)
Title: Method of estimating fuel leakage into oil in an internal combustion engine
Inventor: AVOLIO GIOVANNI
IPC: F02D41/22
Filed: 2012-04-11
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of estimating fuel leakage into oil in an internal combustion engine 110 equipped with a high pressure fuel pump 180 integrated into the engine 110 for pumping fuel to a fuel rail 170. The method comprises the steps of setting a starting value Qpmp of a parameter indicative of a fuel leakage into oil, determining a variation â  Qpmp of this parameter as a function of an engine speed value Espeed and of a fuel rail pressure value PRail, correcting the variation    Qpmp with a correction factor CFFQ,CFFT,CFmD,CFAGE to obtain a corrected variation value LQ*pmp, adding the corrected variation value    Q*pmp to the starting value Qpmp to obtain an estimated value Q*pmp of the fuel leakage into oil and repeating the preceding steps setting as a starting value the estimated value Q*pmp. If the amount of fuel leaking in to the oil is larger than a reference value then a fuel leak warning light is lit. An engine control unit, automotive system and computer program for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2490998-A (GB)
Title: Panel element for a water box of a motor vehicle, having channel to stop water accumulation
Inventor: SCHNEIDER JA RG
IPC: B60S1/50
Filed: 2012-04-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to a panel element for arrangement on a water box 30 of a front wall of a motor vehicle body, with a fastening edge 14 for forming a fastening of the panel element arranged upstream of the water box 30 in travelling direction x of the motor vehicle and adjoining the water box 30 and with at least one water-conducting depression 22 for the controlled discharge of accumulating water. The water-conducting depression 22 may be a series of interconnected channels or grooves and may be provided with a slope running towards the fastening edge 14.
Patent GB-2501297-A (GB)
Title: Two-stage storage of potatoes using carbon dioxide
Inventor: TERRY LEON A
IPC: A23B7/148
Filed: 2012-04-19
Abstract: A method of storing potatoes comprises: providing a plurality of endodormant or ecodormant potatoes; in a first storage step, storing the potatoes in a first gaseous environment including carbon dioxide in an amount of from 0.03 to 5 mol %; and in a second subsequent storage step, storing the potatoes in a second gaseous environment including carbon dioxide in an amount of from 0.03 to 2 mol %, wherein the first and second gaseous environments have different carbon dioxide contents. There is also disclosed a method of storing potatoes comprising storing the plurality of potatoes in a first gaseous environment including carbon dioxide; monitoring the dormancy of the potatoes; in response to eye movement of at least one of the potatoes, changing the first gaseous environment to a second gaseous environment including carbon dioxide. In the second storage step, the potatoes are stored whilst maintaining the level of carbon dioxide in the second gaseous environment below a selected threshold to control the sugar content of the potatoes. The methods aim to extend dormancy of the potatoes whilst controlling conversion of starch to sugars which can cause browning when the potatoes are fried.
Patent GB-2501896-A (GB)
Title: Aerodynamic fork
Inventor: KATSANIS DIMITRIS
IPC: B62J17/00
Filed: 2012-05-09
Abstract: A cycle having a pair of front forks 63 aligned generally downwards from their tops 66 to where the front axle may be mounted characterised in that the forks 63, have an aerofoil cross section The aerofoil may be chosen to divert air flowing behind the forks outwards by up to about ten degrees. The cycle forks may be parallel to one another and airflow over the fork crown 61 may be directed upwards on passing the forks by about five degrees.
Patent GB-2503486-A (GB)
Title: Managing changes to files
Inventor: MARLAND SAM
IPC: G06F17/22
Filed: 2012-06-28
Abstract: An apparatus for managing changes to one or more files, wherein a link is associated with changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files, the apparatus comprising: a changed section determiner operable to determine which sections associated with the one or more files have changed and operable to determine metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections; a metrics generator operable to use the metadata to generate a first weight associated with each of the changed sections; and a mapping record generator operable to generate a mapping record for each of the changed sections, wherein a first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight; is associated with a particular version of the one or more files; and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.
Patent GB-2503516-A (GB)
Title: A refrigeration compressor for a vehicles HVAC device with a water cooling jacket connected to the vehicles engine coolant circuit.
Inventor: GANGUMALLA VENKAT RAO
IPC: B60H1/32
Filed: 2012-06-25
Abstract: A refrigeration compressor 5 for a vehicle HVAC device comprises a compressor body surrounded by a cooling jacket (fig 2a, 6) with inlet 7 and outlet 8 connectors, the jacket having a rectangular cross section. The compressor forms part of a refrigerant circuit with a condenser 1, an expansion valve 11 and an evaporator 2. The jacket connects to the engine coolant circuit 9 comprising, a charge air cooler 4, a low temperature radiator 3, a pump 6 and downstream of the pump a junction 10 where the jacket inlet is connected and another junction 10 between the radiator and the charge air cooler where the jacket outlet connects. The coolant used may be water.
Patent GB-2494755-A (GB)
Title: A stroller wheel device including a shock absorbing mechanism
Inventor: LI DAO-CHANG
IPC: B60B33/04
Filed: 2012-07-31
Abstract: A stroller wheel device (200) includes a wheel (2), a frame -connecting member (3), a wheel -connecting- arm (4), and a resilient member (5). The frame-connecting member (3) includes at least one first pressing portion (30), The wheel-connecting arm (4) includes upper and lower ends connected respectively and pivotally to the frame-connecting member (3) and the wheel (2), and at least one second pressing portion(40) spaced apart from the first pressing portion (30). The resilient member (5) is disposed between and abuts against the first and second pressing portions (30,40). When the wheel-connecting arm (4) rotates relative to the frame-connecting member (3), the first and second pressing portions (30, 40) move toward each other to compress the resilient member (5).
Patent GB-2506451-A (GB)
Title: Chirp data channel synchronisation
Inventor: HISCOCK PAUL DOMINIC
IPC: H04B1/69
Filed: 2012-10-05
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to estimating timing and/or frequency offsets between chirp transmitters and receivers by comparing the magnitudes of peaks in correlation results. A chirp receiver receives a chirp signal with a gradient g of magnitude greater than one. The receiver correlates the received chirp, or a signal derived from the received chirp, with a reference chirp to produce a set of correlation results. The receiver identifies from the correlation results a main or prompt peak, at time tp, having the greatest correlation peak, and one or more additional peaks, at times tp-1 and tp+g. The additional peaks are due to time or frequency offsets. The timing or/and frequency offset is estimated based on a comparison of the relative magnitudes of prompt peak and one or more additional peaks. The relative timing or frequency of the chirp receiver and a chirp transmitter are adjusted to reduce the offset(s).
Patent GB-2508332-A (GB)
Title: Exterior panel interlock
Inventor: PARRY-WILLIAMS DAN
IPC: B60J1/08
Filed: 2012-10-11
Abstract: A latching mechanism is provided for securing exterior panels, particularly in a vehicle such as a high performance car. A security element, suitably a catch 203, is moveable, preferably rotatably by hand, between first and second configurations when a first exterior panel, for example a removable window (102, Figure 1), is fitted in place. In the first configuration, security element 203 engages a first fixed element to latch the first exterior panel in place. In the second configuration, security element 203 releases the first exterior panel and physically obstructs fitting a second exterior panel, for example a hinged door or panel (103, Figure 1) for closing a fuel tank, in place adjacent to the first exterior panel; in addition, a spring strut 204 may provide an unmistakeably visible indication that the first panel is not secured. The mechanism may prevent loosely secured panels from being forced open at speed.
Patent GB-2496271-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner base
Inventor: MORGAN CHARLES J
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2012-10-19
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner base comprises a beater bar housing include an air outlet 210, a volute 170 which includes a volute air inlet 212 disposed parallel to the beater bar housing, and a volute air outlet disposed orthogonal to the beater bar housing, and an air duct connecting the volute air inlet and the air outlet of the beater bar housing. The air outlet 210 of the beater bar housing 116 and the volute air outlet are substantially collinear. Preferably a centre of the volute air outlet and a centre of the air outlet 210 of the beater bar housing are collinear with the air duct flaring as the air duct approaches the beater bar housing. Additionally a vacuum cleaner 100 comprising a unibody mount bracket is described.
Patent GB-2496492-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle cross member providing stowage space
Inventor: THORSTEN POHL
IPC: B60K1/04
Filed: 2012-10-24
Abstract: A cross member is provided for a motor vehicle body which is designed for forming a load-transmitting connection between two side members 12, (13 see fig 1) of the body and can be structurally connected to these, wherein the cross member comprises at least one floor portion 26 that is depressed relative to a marginal rim 22, 30, which together with at least one side wall 24, 26 adjoining thereon forms at least one stowage space 36 for receiving items (40 see fig 1) such as a battery. The hollow cross-member provides for stowage and for efficient space utilization.
Patent GB-2507302-A (GB)
Title: Purge tee assembly
Inventor: MUCKLE DEREK JOHN
IPC: F16L47/03
Filed: 2012-10-25
Abstract: A purge tee assembly (10 figure 1) for purging a plastics mains pipeline comprises a saddle 18. It includes an electro-fusion element (24 figure 1). There is a hollow body 12 integral with the saddle and provided with an axial bore (26 figure 1) and an externally screw threaded end (30 figure 1) distal to the saddle. The threaded end receives a first screw cap (34 figure 1). A cutter (28 figure 1) is disposed within the bore and is advanceable and withdrawable to cut a hole in the mains pipe when the saddle is fitted thereto. There is a tubular spigot (22 figure 1) integral with the hollow body and having a spigot bore (22a figure 1) in fluid connection with the axial bore of the body. The spigot has an externally screw threaded distal outlet (22b figure 1) and a second screw cap (40 figure 1). The assembly further comprises a vent sleeve 50 having a first section 51, a second section 53 and means 55 for fixing the vent sleeve to the hollow body when the second screw cap is removed. The first section of the vent sleeve is locatable on the spigot with its longitudinal axis substantially parallel the spigot bore and the second section of the vent sleeve extending substantially parallel the axial bore of the hollow body
Patent GB-2503057-A (GB)
Title: Bayonet connecting flexible tent pole
Inventor: HORSLEY WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: E04H15/40
Filed: 2012-12-11
Abstract: A modular tent pole comprises means of locking the sections to each other to avoid unwanted separation of the sections when using the elongate object. An L shaped slot in a sleeve on a male end of a pole section is engaged with a pin or dimple on the inside wall of sleeve on a mating female end of a pole section. The male end has an insert which extends the length of the L shaped slot and engages the pin or dimple when the two parts are connected. The two sections are connected by a pushing and twisting action. The tent pole sections may be hollow and have elastic running through and between them. The poles may be of fibreglass or carbon fibre. The end sleeves may be of metal or plastic. The sleeves may be glued to the pole sections.
Patent GB-2511729-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus
Inventor: SPURRELL SHAUN
IPC: E01C11/04
Filed: 2013-01-18
Abstract: An apparatus for forming a joint between concrete floor slab panels, the apparatus comprising: a divider plate 2 for bounding a side of a concrete floor slab panel; and first and second top strips 4 & 4 respectively, the first top strip 3 being connectable to the divider plate, and the second top strip 4 being frangibly connectable to the divider plate and/or the first top strip. Each of the first and second top strips comprises: an elongate concrete engagement member 9; and a top section 11 comprising an elongate top face 12 presenting an elongate edge 13 configurable to lie at the level of the top surface of a concrete floor slab panel; and an elongate concrete abutment face 14 extending from the elongate edge of the top face, the elongate concrete abutment face extends downward from the elongate edge of the top face at an angle such that the angle between the abutment face and the top surface of an abutting concrete floor slab panel is from 65Â° to 135Â°
Patent GB-2517436-A (GB)
Title: Coating or sealing an internal surface of a workpiece
Inventor: LAOR MARSEL ARIE
IPC: C23C16/04
Filed: 2013-08-19
Abstract: An apparatus for providing a vapour deposition coating to a cavity surface has at least one sealing element 1a to seal the cavity 7 and a vacuum port 9a for connection with a vacuum pump 9. Preferably, the cavity 7 takes the form of a tubular member 2, which is also sealed at its other end by a further sealing element 1. The apparatus also includes a vapour deposition reactor 20 which is positioned within the cavity 7, the reactor having a vaporizer 5 to provide a deposition vapour from a precursor. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a reactor transporting mechanism to move the reactor 20 within the workpiece cavity 7. This mechanism may include a motor 8, which may operate a spool 6a for a cable 6 to move the reactor 20 along the cavity 7. In an alternative arrangement, the cable can be replaced by a rigid shaft. In some embodiments the reactor includes a pyrolysis chamber 4. A method for coating the cavity surface is also disclosed.