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Patent GB-2506017-A (GB)
Title: Blade computer system
Inventor: ROESNER ARLEN
IPC: G06F1/20
Filed: 2011-05-25
Abstract: A blade computer system comprises side-by-side computer blades (44, 144), a connectivity module (50, 150, 350) extending across and connected to each of the plurality of side-by-side computer blades (44, 144) along the ends of the computer blades (44, 144) and at least one first power supply-fan unit (46, 146) extending perpendicular to the first axis and directly connected to each of the first plurality of side-by-side computer blades (44, 144) along ends of the plurality of side-by-side computer blades (44, 144) such that the at least one power supply-fan unit (46, 146) draws air across the first plurality of side-by-side computer blades (44, 144) and into the first connectivity module (50, 150, 350).
Patent GB-2509805-A (GB)
Title: Gas flow test apparatus and method
Inventor: MOORE RAY
IPC: F16L55/12
Filed: 2013-10-01
Abstract: A gas flow test apparatus 10 and method include a flow monitor (32 figure 2) that is selectively connectable to a gas pipeline 12. An air motor driven regenerative blower 44 is used to increase the flow of gas through the around a blockage 28 in the pipeline to simulate an increased gas loading condition on the intake side of the apparatus. The gas drawn from the intake side is not vented to the atmosphere, but rather, is discharged to the exhaust side of the apparatus back into the pipeline. Pipeline pressure is measured on the intake side of the apparatus to ensure that gas supply is adequate for blocking off the pipeline for maintenance.
Patent GB-2508973-A (GB)
Title: Coiled tubing deployed gas injection mandrel
Inventor: BALASUBRAMANIAN GANESH
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2013-10-28
Abstract: A coiled tubing gas injection mandrel 15 includes a housing assembly capable of attachment to coiled tubing, wherein the housing assembly comprises an up-hole end 20, a down-hole end 22, a sleeve 24 longitudinally integrally connected with the up-hole end and the down-hole end, and a slide-through valve receptacle assembly 26 removably connected within the sleeve 24. The slide-through valve receptacle 26 assembly may comprise an up-hole pipe (34, fig 2) with a shoulder (52, fig 3), at least one laterally extending projection (48, fig3), at least one laterally extending port 35, a down-hole pipe (36, fig 2) integrally connected with the up-hole pipe, and a longitudinal bore within the up-hole pipe and down-hole pipe. The up-hole end and down-hole end are capable of attachment with coiled tubing. The slide-through valve assembly 19 and the sleeve 24 form a gas flow passageway, wherein the gas flow passageway controls the flow of gas through a gas lift valve 19 installed in the slide-through valve receptacle 26 for gas being injected into the coiled tubing.
Patent GB-2519946-A (GB)
Title: Active antenna system and methods of testing
Inventor: O'KEEFFE CONOR
IPC: H04B17/29
Filed: 2013-10-29
Abstract: An active antenna test system (AAS) is described which comprises a plurality of transceiver modules 301, each coupled at a baseband side to a processor 308, and each coupled to a respective antenna element 350 feed line at an RF side. A transmission part 304 of each transceiver module performs upconversion from baseband to RF, and a receiver part 306 of each transceiver module performs downconversion from RF to baseband. The AAS of the invention differs from a conventional AAS in that one side of a switch module 325, such as a switch matrix, is coupled to the plurality of antenna element feed lines and another side of the switch module is coupled to at least one external RF test port 371. When external test equipment is connected it may be coupled, through the switch module, to a selected transceiver module for conductive testing in transmit or/and receive modes. The processor operates on digital baseband data and preferably performs beamforming operations.
Patent GB-2512434-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle with a cargo bay, loadable in two loading posiions
Inventor: GAUDIG RALF
IPC: B60P1/00
Filed: 2013-12-20
Abstract: A motor vehicle 1 comprising a cargo bay 2, which may be a vehicle boot and a first loading platform 3 which can be pulled out of the cargo bay and comprises guide rails (4, 4', Figure 1) which are arranged at the top of said loading platform 3 and are fixed thereto for the purpose of lateral guidance of a second loading platform 5 which is displaceable beyond the first loading platform 3 in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle 2. The two loading platforms 3, 5 can jointly be transferred over a rear edge (6, Figure 3) of themotor vehicle 1 in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle to a first loading position for loading the second loading platform 5 and where a transfer from the first loading position to a second loading position for loading the first loading platform 3 can be achieved such a way that the second loading platform 5 is displaceable on the first loading platform 3 into the cargo bay in order to thus expose a rear region 9 of the first loading platform.
Patent GB-2522189-A (GB)
Title: Authentication system, method and label
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT PHILIP
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 2014-01-10
Abstract: The label (2) comprises a surface upon which a machine readable code (6) is provided. The machine readable code is indicative of an address in a database. A visual pattern (4) is also provided on the surface and is unique to the label. An image of the visual pattern can be stored in the database at the address indicated by the machine readable code for authenticating an item to which the label can be associated. The machine readable code may be read by a mobile communications device. An image is captured by the mobile communications device and sent to the server for authorisation. The visual pattern may comprise a one or more graphic symbols, alphanumeric characters or particles suspended in a lacquer.
Patent GB-2507020-A (GB)
Title: Device and method using a spatial light modulator to find 3D coordinates of an object
Inventor: GONG YU
IPC: G01B11/25
Filed: 2012-07-09
Abstract: A method for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object point on a surface of an object, the method including steps of: providing a source, a projector, and a camera; in each of two instances: spatially modulating source light; sending a modulator pattern of light through the projector lens to form light spots; filtering the spots with a pinhole plate; propagating light from the light spots onto the object to produce a fringe pattern; imaging the object point with a camera lens onto an array point of the photosensitive array to obtain first and second electrical data values from the photosensitive array; and determining the three-dimensional coordinates of the first object point based at least in part on the first electrical data value, the second electrical data value, and a baseline length.
Patent GB-2523554-A (GB)
Title: Head-mountable apparatus and systems
Inventor: BENSON SIMON MARK
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2014-02-26
Abstract: A head mountable display (HMD) comprises: a detection arrangement 450, 460 to detect the position of the HMD and supply position data to a game engine 500; a display 510 to display images generated by the game engine at an image orientation responsive to position data supplied by the HMD; and a latency detection arrangement to detect a time period between a change in position of the HMD and a corresponding change in the image orientation of images generated by the game engine, comprising: a position data generator 700, 710, 720 to provide position data to the game engine, in place of that generated by the detection arrangement, which is independent of actual motion of the HMD, and providing first position data 700 followed by second position data 710, 720 indicative of a different position; and an image correlation detector 730, 740, 750 to detect a time period between the second position data being supplied to the game engine and a test image area in the images generated by the game engine moving from an original image position to a new image position displaced by an amount dependent upon a difference between the first and second positions.
Patent GB-2524802-A (GB)
Title: A magnetometer apparatus and associated methods
Inventor: KESANIEMI MARTTI LLMARI
IPC: G01R33/00
Filed: 2014-04-03
Abstract: In one embodiment an apparatus comprises a processor and a memory that are configured to determine whether or not calibration is required of a magnetometer configured to compensate for hard-iron and soft-iron effects. This is achieved by determining whether a plurality of readings received from the magnetometer is consistent with a scaled pre-calibrated matrix describing the soft-iron effect for at least one scaling factor of the pre-calibrated matrix and a pre-calibrated vector describing the hard-iron effect. Further claimed embodiments relate to a method and computer program for the same purpose. There may be multiple sets of pre-calibrated data and a consistency threshold may be applied as part of the comparison. The plurality of readings may be taken at different orientations at substantially the same position and the pre-calibrated matrix may also be independent of, but contain information about, the magnetic field strength corresponding to the calibration.
Patent GB-2525178-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation ducting system and configurable manifold therefor
Inventor: FIGG SIMON
IPC: F24F13/02
Filed: 2014-04-14
Abstract: A ventilation ducting manifold comprises a plurality of manifold components 3a, 3b in fluid connection, at least one of the components comprising a first manifold 3a having first 9 and second 11 primary ports at respective ends of the manifold and a flow path 5 therebetween. One of the primary ports is connected to rigid ducting RD and a secondary port 15 arranged lateral to the flow path is connected to flexible ducting SRD. The rigid ducting may be rigid plastics and the flexible ducting may be semi-rigid ducting. The flow path may be linear. The primary ports may be connected to rectangular or circular ducting. The secondary ports of separate manifolds may face laterally in opposite directions. A rigid ducting spacer component 17 may connect manifolds together. The first and second primary ports may respectively comprise a female connector 21 and male connector 23. The secondary port may comprise a spigot 29. The manifolds may be connected together (fig 5b). A second manifold (16, fig 6b) having an axially aligned primary port (18) and secondary port (19) and blanking plate 31 at a distal end of the manifolds may be used.
Patent GB-2517572-A (GB)
Title: Method for a working region acquisition of at least one working region of an autonomous service robot
Inventor: GRZONKA SLAWOMIR
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2014-06-25
Abstract: A method for a working region acquisition of at least one working region of a robot 10a, in particular of an autonomous lawnmower, by means of at least one capture unit 12a and a generating unit 14awherein in a first method step 16a, 16a, before a working operation of the robot 10a at least one visual media file of the at least one working region is captured by the at least one capture unit 12a and in a second method step 18a a map of the at least one working region is generated by the generating unit 14a from the at least one visual media file. The visual media file may be captured independently of the robot and communicated electronically.
Patent GB-2529689-A (GB)
Title: Radio with a deployable antenna
Inventor: NETHERCOTT DAVID JAMES
IPC: H01Q1/36
Filed: 2014-08-29
Abstract: A radio comprises a radio electronics module and an antenna. The antenna comprises at least one active component that, when extended, converts radio signals to or from electrical signals. The active component comprises an electrically conductive Storable Tubular Extendible Member (STEM) structure 3 that is stored as a coil at 4, and unfurls to become elongate at 5 with an arcuate cross section. The STEM structure comprises a carbon fibre material electrically coupled to the electronics module. The carbon fibre material may be the main source or the sole source of electrical conductivity along the length of the active element. The STEM structure(s) may be deployed in monopole, dipole, crossed dipole or Yagi-Uda configurations. A ground plane of at least three carbon fibre STEM structures may be arranged radially with respect to a monopole antenna to enhance the antenna performance. In use, particularly for spacecraft, the outermost end of the coil is held in connection with the electronics module while the remainder of the coil unwinds to a fully extended position.
Patent GB-2530041-A (GB)
Title: System And Method For Sharing Wireless Connectivity Services By Mobile Subscribers For Fee
Inventor: MESSINGER SAMUEL
IPC: H04W88/04
Filed: 2014-09-09
Abstract: A mobile device is able to share or lease its wireless connection with another device in return for a fee. Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a system for sharing wireless connectivity services to mobile subscribers and mobile users with no subscription for a fee. The system includes a wireless service connectivity manager operable to share a wireless connectivity signal between two or more mobile parties, an electronic payment application service unit configured to collect payments between the two or more mobile parties based on a predetermined tariff for shared the wireless connectivity signal. The subscribers will be earning fees by leasing the wireless connectivity signal through wireless plans. These fees may be used to reduce monthly bills from their carriers, or internet and music credits or cash.
Patent GB-2519441-A (GB)
Title: Retrofit set and retrofit method for heating control
Inventor: POHL JENS
IPC: G05D23/19
Filed: 2014-10-14
Abstract: The kit includes a programmer device (28, Figure 2) having electrical contacts for connection with electrical lines 15 to a heating system to be controlled. The device is configured for generating control signals for the heating system and outputting the signals via the electrical contacts. A thermostat replacement device (30, Figure 3) includes a support body 35, mechanical connection means 36, 37 arranged at the support body for mounting in a region of thermostat wires 16, 17 (serving for a connection of the thermostat with the heating system). Two cable securing devices 31, 32 are electrically connected to each other for holding the two thermostat wires and for providing an electrical connection between these. An environment measuring device 50 may be attached to the device for detecting e.g. room temperature, brightness, air humidity, sound or movement. The measured property may be sent by wireless transmission. The kit may be part of a heating system having a boiler, a control means and a junction box. A retrofitting method uses the heating system and kit to connect the two thermostat wires together, thereby providing a constant electrical connection between the wires.
Patent GB-2536022-A (GB)
Title: Applicator device
Inventor: DAVID SOUTHWARD
IPC: F16L55/28
Filed: 2015-03-04
Abstract: The invention relates to an in-situ applicator device 7 for coating an internal surface of a pipe 1. The applicator device comprises a central body 9 and a centring system 12 which ensures the central body is centred in the pipe. The centring system comprises at least three centring arms 14 that extend radially from the central body 9, with at least one centring arm 14 having an adjustably extendable arm and a cushioning element 13 at the end of the arm 14. The arm 14 can also comprise two tapered mounting blacks 15, 16, the first fixed to the body and the other slidably mounted to the first, the blocks arranged such that their relative movement results in the adjustment of the radial extension of the arm 14. The centring system can comprise five centring arms 14, equally angularly spaced from each other. The cushioning element 13 can comprise a brush with a U shaped carrier, with the brush being made from synthetic fibres. The central body can comprise a motor, resin input tubing and/or a spray head 11.
Patent GB-2524907-A (GB)
Title: A computer system
Inventor: NOLET MICHIEL
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2010-03-05
Abstract: A computer system comprising a creative auditing subsystem including a processor that is coupled to computer readable media having computer readable instructions recorded thereon. The processor is operable to execute the computer readable instructions to enable impression seller members, e.g. publishers, to review and approve creatives to be served on impression inventory associated with respective impression seller members. Preferably, the system further comprises a batch generation computing subsystem including a processor that is coupled to computer readable media having computer readable instructions recorded thereon. The processor of the batch generation computing subsystem may be operable to execute the computer readable instructions to generate incremental real-time updates of the impression seller data store information associated with respective impression seller members; and send the incremental updates of the impression seller data store information to one or more bidding computing subsystems.
Patent GB-2537677-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger in syngas/h2 plants with double expansion bellows
Inventor: JOACHIM CONRAD
IPC: F28F1/00
Filed: 2015-04-24
Abstract: An expansion bellows system 3 for heat exchangers comprising inner bellows and outer bellows configured to define a space therebetween. This double expansion bellows arrangement reduces the risk of leakage and therefore lowers the cost of operation and maintenance.
Patent GB-2538258-A (GB)
Title: Reference voltages
Inventor: CARSTEN WULFF
IPC: G05F3/24
Filed: 2015-05-12
Abstract: A voltage reference circuit comprises a voltage-controlled current source 2,8,10; a first reference metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) 4 and a second reference MOSFET 6, wherein the threshold voltage of the two MOSFETs are different; a current mirror 12; and a load 18. The voltage-controlled current source generates a first current proportional to a difference between the threshold voltages of the first and second MOSFETs, and the current mirror 12 generates a second current, that is a scaled version of the first current, through the load 18 so as to produce a reference voltage. The voltage controlled current source can be an operational transconductance amplifier and the threshold voltage of the first MOSFET 4 can be higher than the threshold voltage of the second MOSFET 6. The reference transistors can be diode-connected and there may be a resistor 14 in series with the drain of the second MOSFET 6 having the lower threshold, the difference in threshold voltage being generated across the resistor. The current mirror can comprise transistors of different widths whose gates are connected to a common voltage. The load can be a resistor that is variable in steps using a digital control signal.
Patent GB-2526035-A (GB)
Title: Carpal tunnel relief device
Inventor: SON JAE S
IPC: A61F13/10
Filed: 2014-01-29
Abstract: A carpal tunnel relief device is configured for adhesive application to a skin area above the median nerve of the distal forearm, wrist or a palm of the subject and includes a middle curved portion (102) shaped to pull the skin and surrounding soft tissues away from the median nerve therefore releasing compression of the median nerve and pain associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. Resilient flexible member may be incorporated with the device or inserted in a pocket of a flexible fabric after its adhesion to the skin.
Patent GB-2542186-A (GB)
Title: Modular structure for combining cash input and cashless terminals
Inventor: ANDREW LLOYD
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2015-09-11
Abstract: A modular wagering apparatus comprises a cashless betting terminal 102 able to detect cashless instruments e.g. vouchers or tickets created at a betting counter, and supported on a horizontal surface 104 e.g. a desk or bench. A cash-input terminal 106 e.g. for inputting coins at least partially supports the surface e.g. forming part of a leg of the table. Coins or currency are inserted into the cash-input terminal and the equivalent value is transmitted to the cashless terminal, which receives and transmits wagers on a betting event to a value covered by the transmitted value. The cashless module may include a display, printer, barcode reader, card reader and radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The cashless terminal may be removably or adjustably fixed e.g. such that it can swivel, tilt and slide. A secure and comfortable betting terminal can thus be provided in a sports bar or the like, the player sitting on a chair or bar stool to place bets.
Patent GB-2530196-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for characterizing sporting activity
Inventor: SOH CHENG LOCK DONNY
IPC: A63B71/06
Filed: 2014-04-28
Abstract: A system is proposed for characterizing the performance of a sportsman. The system is capable of using motion data it receives describing a movement during the sport, to distinguish the type of sport, and type of stroke, which is being played. The system can furthermore detect the quality of a stroke involving an impact (e.g. an impact between an item of sports equipment and a ball), based on the observation that a good stroke will be in a "sweet spot" in which the amount of vibration caused by the impact is limited.
Patent GB-2569937-A (GB)
Title: A magnetic head provided spin torque oscillator with low drive voltage for microwave assisted magnetic recording
Inventor: KATSURO WATANABE
IPC: G11B5/31
Filed: 2016-01-06
Abstract: A microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head 210 includes a spin torque oscillator 230 (STO) with a first surface 256 at a media facing surface where a portion 258 of the first surface has a trapezoidal shape. Having this configuration, the acute angles θ of the trapezoidal shaped portion provide a greater width of the STO at the media facing surface, which protect the main pole 220 from over-etching during the fabrication of the STO. In addition, the acute angles of the trapezoidal shaped portion of the first surface are large enough to keep a low STO driving voltage and provide the MAMR head with a long operation lifetime and higher reliability. A main pole can include a surface 222 in contact with the STO where the width of the main pole at the media facing surface can be greater or smaller than a width of a base of the trapezoidal shaped first portion.
Patent GB-2546789-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement with battery system for providing electric energy to a vehicle
Inventor: ROLF MULLER
IPC: H02J7/04
Filed: 2016-01-29
Abstract: A method of operating a battery system for providing electric energy to a vehicle wherein · sensor signals representing physical quantities of individual cells 13 and/or individual modules 12 of at least one battery of the battery system are generated, · the sensor signals are transferred to first and second system controllers 15a, 15b, · both of the first and second system controllers evaluate the sensor signals and control the battery system, depending on corresponding evaluation results, · the first and second system controllers 15a, 15b operate in combination with respective monitoring devices 17a, 17b, · the first monitoring device 17a monitors an operation of the second system controller 15b and the second monitoring device 17b monitors an operation of the first system controller 15a, · depending on monitoring results of the first monitoring device (17a) and of the second monitoring device (17b), the battery system is controlled.