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Patent GB-2497649-A (GB)
Title: MEMS capacitor devices, capacitor trimming thereof and design structures
Inventor: STAMPER ANTHONY K
IPC: B81B3/00
Filed: 2012-12-05
Abstract: Micro-electro-mechanical structure (MEMS) capacitor devices, capacitor trimming for MEMS capacitor devices, and design structures are disclosed. The method includes identifying a process variation related to a formation of micro-electroÂ­mechanical structure (MEMS) capacitor devices across a substrate. The method further includes providing design offsets or process offsets in electrode areas of the MEMS capacitor devices across the substrate, based on the identified process variation. This method compensates for the variance in capacitance during fabrication of the MEMS capacitors across an array of capacitors on a single substrate.
Patent GB-2510145-A (GB)
Title: An electrofusion fitting
Inventor: MUCKLE DEREK JOHN
IPC: B29C65/34
Filed: 2013-01-25
Abstract: An electrofusion fitting 10 for a plastics pipeline 11a, comprising: a moulded plastic body having an exterior surface and an interior fusion surface; and an electrofusion element 15 occupying an area at or near the fusion surface, said electrofusion element being adapted to form a fused joint between said fitting and said plastic pipeline,characterised in that: said exterior surface includes a substantially plain-profiled indicator region 18a, 18b located above said EF element area. The indicator region is preferably bounded by a variation in profile 20 on the surface of the fitting, such as flanges, or raised edges, on either side of the indicator region. The indicator region acts as a guiding means for the accurate location of a non-destructive examination tool 30 such as ultrasonic or microwave tools. Engagement means which may have an area of high coefficient of friction and / or a plurality of teeth are preferably provided for engaging the tool. A non-destructive examination tool for inspecting an electrofusion fitting is further provided, the tool having an engaging end 31 for engaging the fitting at the indicator region. At least one reference point for use in inspection may be provided. A non-destructive assessment method for an electro-fusion joint is also provided.
Patent GB-2496548-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for channel reservation
Inventor: LI NAN
IPC: H04W74/08
Filed: 2011-06-23
Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for channel reservation, the method includes: a transmitting station transmits a request message for the channel reservation to a receiving station on a first amount of fundamental channels, wherein the first amount is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1, and the fundamental channel is a minimum-bandwidth channel defined in a system in which the transmitting station and the receiving station locate; the receiving station transmits an acknowledge message for the channel reservation to the transmitting station on a second amount of fundamental channels, wherein the second amount is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1; and after receiving the acknowledge message for the channel reservation, the transmitting station completes the channel reservation with the receiving station. With the present invention, interferences caused by other transmitting stations can be avoided.
Patent GB-2513552-A (GB)
Title: Air duct
Inventor: LAWSON JOHN C
IPC: F24F13/18
Filed: 2013-03-20
Abstract: An air vent duct 114, preferably for a generator door 112, comprises a base 302, a pair of side walls 304, and a back plate 306 connecting the base and side walls such that air flows through a top portion of the duct. The duct may be made of plastic. A flange 312 may extend from at least one of the side walls and/or the base, to allow the duct to be mounted to a door. A plurality of ribs 310 may extend between the side wall(s) and/or base and the flange to provide stiffness to the duct. The base plate and/or side walls may be inclined. A plurality of channels 308 may be provided in the back plate to provide stiffness. A layer of foam may be provided on an inner surface, preferably within the channels, of the duct to provide sound insulation.
Patent GB-2498486-A (GB)
Title: Prediction of remaining life in a heat exchanger
Inventor: HUYSE LUC
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2011-09-19
Abstract: In one embodiment, a method implemented by a processor that receives a first set of inputs comprising values associated with wall thickness, the values ascertained through an inspection method for a first zone of a heat exchanger, the first zone comprising a plurality of inspected and uninspected tubes; computes a respective estimate of a likelihood of a leak occurring at the plurality of inspected and uninspected tubes over a time continuum based on the first set of inputs, an age of the inspected tubes, and an accuracy of the inspection method; and provides a visualization of an estimate for a total likelihood of a leak for the heat exchanger based on the estimate for the first zone.
Patent GB-2502721-A (GB)
Title: Locate apparatus having advanced features for underground facility locate operations
Inventor: NIELSEN STEVEN
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2010-02-11
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a locate transmitter for performing a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of an underground facility, the locate transmitter comprising: transmitter circuitry configured to generate an applied signal to be applied along the underground facility; an input device to provide an output signal indicative of at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the locate transmitter is located; a memory to store processor-executable instructions and a target value or range of values; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the input device to receive the output signal from the input device wherein, upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor: A) compares the output signal to the target value or the range of values to determine if an out-of-tolerance condition exists.
Patent GB-2501846-A (GB)
Title: Case for a device
Inventor: BAILEY BRENT
IPC: A45C11/00
Filed: 2011-01-14
Abstract: A case (20) for a device (100) configured to couple with a mounting fixture (462) is provided. The case (20) includes a first housing (22) and a second housing (24). The first housing (22) and the second housing (24) are cooperatively shaped to enclose a first portion (424) of the device (100) when the device (100) is coupled to the mounting fixture (462). The first housing (22) and the second housing (24) form an opening when coupled together and expose a second portion of the device (100) that comprises the coupling hardware (120) for attaching the device (100) to the mounting fixture (462). A third housing (28) is removably coupled to the opening wherein the third housing (28) is cooperatively shaped to receive the second portion of the device (100) and enclose the device (100) when the device (100) is removed from the mounting fixture (462).
Patent GB-2502914-A (GB)
Title: Electronic sewing machine
Inventor: TAKAUCHI MITSUYOSHI
IPC: D05B19/00
Filed: 2012-01-26
Abstract: An electronic sewing machine (M) for causing a needle bar to move up and down via a sewing machine main shaft driven by a sewing machine motor of a sewing machine body is provided with an illustration data storage unit (15) for storing a plurality of illustration data, a display unit (4) for displaying the illustration data stored in the illustration data storage unit, an audio data storage unit (20) for storing audio data corresponding to the illustration data, and an audio outputting unit (21) for outputting the audio data stored in the audio data storage unit. The audio data corresponding to the illustration data is outputted from the audio outputting unit while the illustration data is displayed on the display unit. As a consequence thereof, illustration data capable of reducing the number of times the screen changes and lessening user burden without any increase in the size of the display unit is data for describing how to use the sewing machine, and the audio data is preferably descriptive text data corresponding to the illustration data.
Patent GB-2515652-A (GB)
Title: Sports equipment
Inventor: FEENEY STEPHEN PATRICK
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 2013-06-25
Abstract: Golf club head 13 with a sighting aid, the sighting aid comprising a sighting body 17 having a straight sighting line 4 marked or formed upon it. The sighting line is intercepted along its length by an up or down step (5 figure 9) wherein the sighting line runs parallel to the face of the golf club head 14. The sighting line allows for the user to better aim the shot as well as to help overcome parallax error. The line may run for the majority or the entirety of the length of the sighting body and/or sighting aid.
Patent GB-2527318-A (GB)
Title: Estimation of level-thresholds for memory cells
Inventor: MITTELHOLZER THOMAS
IPC: G11C16/26
Filed: 2014-06-17
Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining level-thresholds (5 figure 1) for q-level (multi level) memory cells such as NAND FLASH or Phase Change Memory cells. A group of the memory cells are read to obtain respective read signal components 20. The read signal components are processed in dependence on signal level 21 to produce a signal level vector (figure 3), comprising a series of elements, indicative of the distribution of read signal components in order of signal level. A plurality of possible sets of qâˆ’1 elements corresponding, respectively, to qâˆ’1 level-thresholds which partition the signal level vector into q segments, is then defined 22. The qâˆ’1 level-thresholds for the group of memory cells are then determined by selecting from the possible sets that set for which a predetermined difference function 23, dependent on differences in signal level for elements in each of said q segments for the set, has an optimum value. For example the difference function may be dependent on differences in signal level of the elements within the q segments and the optimum threshold values chosen would be based on minimizing the overall difference values between all considered elements. The first and second threshold estimation process may include hierarchical dichotomization. A computer program method for the implementation of the threshold estimation method is also included.
Patent GB-2531255-A (GB)
Title: Secure authentication token
Inventor: HANSEN KRIS
IPC: G06Q20/34
Filed: 2014-10-13
Abstract: A system for secure, contactless financial transactions. A security token 1 (e.g. a smart card) comprises a secure processor 2 and a plurality of wireless communication technologies 3a, 3b, 3c. A mobile computing device is configured for wireless communication with the token, and also for wireless communication with an electronic payment device. The secure processor 1 may be a crypto-processor, for encrypting data with RSA. The wireless communication may include Near Field Communication (NFC) 3a, Bluetooth (RTM) 3c, ZigBee (RTM), RFID 3b, iBeacon (RTM) or Ultra-wideband. The security token may be paired with one or more electronic devices, and thus the token may have one or more antennae 4. The token may connect wirelessly to a digital wallet. The token may also contain a photo-voltaic means (e.g. solar power) for generating electricity, which may be stored in a battery.
Patent GB-2531328-A (GB)
Title: Insulated liquid storage vessels
Inventor: BENSON MARTIN
IPC: F24H1/18
Filed: 2014-10-17
Abstract: A thermally insulated liquid storage vessel 11 of which the insulation comprises a coating 12 of an insulating material comprising glass microspheres in an aerogel matrix. The coating may be applied directly as a paint which may be water-based to a surface of the vessel. The coating may also be applied to a plastic film 14 comprising of an electrically conductive film constituting a resistance heater to heat the vessel. The conductivity of the film is as the result of inclusions such as grapheme, carbon black or other forms of carbon. The film may be in the form of a sheet or ribbon. The sheet may have opposed edges comprising of terminals for the supply of current (fig.2). A tape having endwise terminals 15 may be wrapped helically around the vessel. The vessel may be a domestic hot water tank controlled by a smart thermostat or may be any liquid container, including flasks for beverages, cryogenic vessels and other laboratory or clinical equipment, and such vessels may also incorporate a heating film or even a thermoelectric or Peltier effect cooling element. A safety cut-out may be provided to prevent overheating if there is a loss of water from the tank.
Patent GB-2518091-A (GB)
Title: Creation and exposure of embedded secondary content data relevant to a primary content page of an electronic book
Inventor: FARAGO PETER
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2013-06-24
Abstract: Disclosed are several methods, apparatus, and a system to create, expose, and hide embedded secondary content data relevant to a primary content page of an electronic book generated by a content generating device. The method, system, and apparatus is enabled through a Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to a notification region of the primary content page such that the secondary content data is made visible when the Y-axis slide apart gesture is applied to the notification region. The method, system, and apparatus is also enabled through a Y-axis pinch close gesture that is applied to a boundary of an exposed pane that is appearing in the primary content page such that the Y-axis pinch close gesture collapses the exposed pane in which the secondary content data is made visible. In one embodiment, the system comprises an association server, an electronic book distribution server, and a content rendering device.
Patent GB-2533403-A (GB)
Title: Data repository for a distributed processing environment
Inventor: MICHAEL DAVID BROOKS
IPC: G06F11/30
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: Status data repository operable with a distributed processing environment 100 comprising a plurality of processing regions 110. The status data repository comprises a data storage unit 120 adapted to store status data representative of the availability of the plurality of processing regions which may comprise of at least one server. The status data repository is adapted to share stored status data with a client device 130 so as to enable the client device to obtain information regarding the availability of one or more of the plurality of processing regions. Status data may comprise information indicative of whether a processing region 110 is running, stopped, unavailable, available, inactive or busy. The status data therefore provides useful information for making decisions about routing workload and/or controlling connections within the distributed processing environment. Each of the plurality of processing regions 110 may comprise a memory unit to store status data or the status data repository may comprise a shared memory unit accessed by the processing regions 110.
Patent GB-2529025-A (GB)
Title: A universal repeater, a method of operating a universal repeater and a network including the same
Inventor: BIRLIK FIRAT
IPC: H04W40/22
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: A Universal Repeater (UR) 300 is configured to pair with an uplink in a network. The UR may include an interface configured to interface with a uplink along a selected route between the UR and an access point (AP) 200 in a network; and to determine the uplink (step S715, figure 7) based on data received from a plurality of candidate uplinks (UL), and instruct the interface to pair with the uplink. Data received from a plurality of candidate uplinks is indicative of the end-to-end throughput of data from the UR to the AP via each of the plurality of candidate uplinks. A UR 300-2 may determine whether a respective end-to-end throughput is greater through a direct connection to an AP 200, Rd, or through an indirection connection through another UR 300, R2 + R1. The processor may determine the uplink based at least in part on a number of hops between the UR and the AP and a signal strength and/or Physical Layer bit-rate between the UR and the plurality of candidate uplinks. The number of hops may be determined by analyzing an information element (IE) field of received beacon packets from the candidate uplinks.
Patent GB-2539906-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection system for internal combustion engines
Inventor: STEPHEN RICHARD TERRY
IPC: F02D41/30
Filed: 2015-06-30
Abstract: A fuel injection system is connected electrically and hydraulically to improve the combustion efficiency and emissions of an internal combustion engine configured to be fuelled with a primary lower octane fuel and a controlled quantity of a secondary higher octane fuel 24. A method of supplying the secondary fuel includes the steps of determining the primary fuel flow rate for an engine combustion cycle, processing engine or primary fuel injection signals to obtain timing, determining the engine speed, measuring the secondary fuel pressure 26 and temperature 27 at the fuel inlet, computing a quantity of the secondary fuel, providing an injector signal for a proportional valve 22 to supply said calculated quantity of secondary fuel and injecting said secondary fuel either as a single point injection at an air intake into an inlet manifold or sequentially at close proximity to an inlet valve for each chamber of the engine.
Patent GB-2542174-A (GB)
Title: An intermediate network entity for controlling bandwidth for an adaptive bit rate stream
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER BROWN
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2015-09-10
Abstract: There is described a method for controlling bandwidth between a client and a content server in a data network. The method is implemented by an intermediate network entity that is between the client and the content server in the data network. A dataflow between the content server and the client is monitored and based on the monitoring, the dataflow is categorised as being an Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) streaming dataflow that comprises segments of media data of a particular quality variant of a plurality of quality variants potentially available at the content server. A different quality variant of the plurality of quality variants is selected as a target quality variant and a bandwidth value is determined to apply to the dataflow to try to cause the client to request segments of media data of the target quality variant for the dataflow. The determined bandwidth value is applied to the dataflow.
Patent GB-2544303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tyre testing procedures
Inventor: HENNING OLSSON
IPC: G01M17/02
Filed: 2015-11-11
Abstract: A method of performing a test on a tyre to record data for parameterisation of a tyre model, wherein the method is performed on a tyre mounted on a wheel on a mobile axle with respect to a movable testing surface. The method includes steering the tyre with respect to the test surface such that the slip angle moves to a first position; and varying the load applied to the tyre from a first load to a second load whilst the tyre is at the first slip angle position. The second applied load may be higher than the first load, i.e. the load increases. A third load may be applied whilst the tyre is steered which may be equal to the first load. The load may be reduced after the second, higher load has been applied. The first load may be between 500 N and 2000 N whilst the second load may be greater than 8 kN, preferably greater than 10 kN. The first slip angle position at which the load is varied may be between 15 and 30 degrees, preferably between 18 and 25 degrees.
Patent GB-2532652-A (GB)
Title: Nursing bottle having air return function
Inventor: QINGYANG SUN
IPC: A61J11/02
Filed: 2014-06-10
Abstract: A nursing bottle having an air return function, comprising a bottle body (5), a fixing cover (2), and a nipple (1), said bottle body (5) being open at one end and closed at one end; further comprising: a venting component, used for exchange of gas between the interior of bottle body (5) and the exterior of bottle body (5); an airway (4), which is a gas-directing device open at both ends, the first opening (41) thereof and said venting component being connected; a flexible check valve (7) disposed at the second opening (42) of airway (4) and located inside airway (4), and a cutout (71) arranged on flexible check valve (7); a fixing member (6) disposed at the second opening (42) of airway (4) and used for fixing flexible check valve (7); the air return device constituted by the venting component, airway (4), flexible check valve (7), and fixing member (6) is located inside bottle body (5). Using the nursing bottle reduces the occurrence while an infant is nursing of phenomena such as spitting and choking on milk and bloating; furthermore, the production process for the nursing bottle is simple, facilitating large-scale commercial production; the structure is simple and the nursing bottle is easy to clean.
Patent GB-2549292-A (GB)
Title: Glazing bar for a window or door
Inventor: MERVYN MONTGOMERY
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 2016-04-12
Abstract: A glazing bar for securing and separating adjacent panels of glass in a window or door, said glazing bar comprising a pair of first 20 and second 22 head portions arranged to be located on opposite sides of the window 11 separated by a central rib 24 extending between the first and second head portions and between the adjacent glazing panes. In use at least one of said first and second head portions incorporates an elongate slot 26 in a base for receiving a distal edge of the central rib to secure the at least one of the first and second head portions to the central rib. The central rib may also be received in respective slots in both the second and first head portions. Also disclosed within are a glazing frame comprising said glazing bar and a window or door assembly comprising said glazing frame.
Patent GB-2550921-A (GB)
Title: Cooling system
Inventor: BRUNO OLIVER HOFFMANN
IPC: F25B49/00
Filed: 2016-05-31
Abstract: A cooling system 1 comprises a compressor 2, condenser 3, expansion valve 4 and evaporator 5 connected in a loop. An internal heat exchanger 6 has a first conduit 7 in thermal contact with a second conduit 10, wherein the first conduit is part of a first (high) pressure fluid line 8 & 9 and the second conduit is part of a second pressure fluid line 11 & 12 that is at a pressure that is lower than the first. A bypass line 13 connects the first pressure fluid line with the second pressure fluid line for injecting an amount of liquid fluid from one to the other and a valve 14 is arranged to open or close the bypass line. A temperature 15 and / or pressure sensor monitors the load point of the compressor and a controller controls the valve. The bypass line is preferably arranged in the internal heat exchanger (figure 2). The bypass valve may be a back pressure or thermostatic valve.
Patent GB-2553114-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption
Inventor: PAUL SILCOCK
IPC: H02P29/40
Filed: 2016-08-23
Abstract: An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption of a compressor. A first operating voltage is applied to the compressor, an operating power of the compressor at the first operating voltage is determined, and a second operating voltage of the compressor is then determined. The second operating voltage is based on the operating power so that the operating power of the compressor is reduced. The apparatus comprises: a voltage regulation module having an input terminal for connection to an AC supply and an output terminal for connection to the compressor, the voltage regulation device being operable responsive to a voltage control signal on a control input to control an operating voltage of the compressor at the output terminal; a power measurement module for measurement an operating power of the compressor and outputting a power signal indicative thereof; and a control module arranged to receive the power signal and to output the voltage control signal, wherein the control module is arranged to control the operating voltage of the voltage regulation module in dependence on the power signal to reduce the operating power of the compressor. The compressor may be used in a refrigeration unit.