baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2516092-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for implementing a bit array in a cache line
Inventor: STEINMACHER-BUROW BURKHARD
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2013-07-11
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for implementing a bit array 318 in a cache line 211 of memory system 128 that includes memory storage 208 and controller 206. Each bit of the bit array may represent a lock in a set of locks shared by multiple threads whereby operations (e.g. atomic operations) on the bit array may allow a thread to become an owner of a resource by setting the value of the corresponding bit or bits. The method includes configuring in the cache line the bit array, wherein the configuring further comprises defining a value of each bit in the bit array; receiving, by the controller, a request 210 for an operation (e.g. an atomic operation) on the bit array wherein the request is indicative of a location (i.e. address) of the cache line in the memory storage and information specifying the request; identifying, by the controller, for the operation one or more actions on the bit array using the information, wherein the one or more actions are encoded in the controller; and in response to receiving the request, performing the request by executing the one or more encoded actions.
Patent GB-2518881-A (GB)
Title: Solar cell manufacturing method
Inventor: MAJOR JONATHAN
IPC: H01L31/18
Filed: 2013-10-04
Abstract: A process for treating a CdTe solar cell comprising the steps of treating an exposed surface of a CdTe layer of a partially constructed solar cell stack with a chloride source, and then heating the partially constructed solar cell stack, wherein the chloride source is selected from a group consisting of MgCl2, NaCl, CaCl2, CuCl, KCl, SbCl3 and NH4Cl. The chloride source may be a solid, wherein the solid may be in pellet, granular, particulate or powder form. Wherein treating the surface may further comprise heating the chloride source under a vacuum in the presence of the solar cell stack, such that a film of evaporated chloride source is deposited on the exposed surface of the CdTe layer. The chloride source may also be dissolved in a solvent. The process provides a non-toxic and inexpensive alternative to currently-employed solar cell post-growth processing techniques.
Patent GB-2520487-A (GB)
Title: Blood-flow sensor apparatus
Inventor: MANGIERI EDUARDO
IPC: A61B5/026
Filed: 2013-11-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to blood-flow sensors, in particular, to optical blood-flow sensors, such as photoplethysmographic sensors. In one aspect the present invention provides blood-flow sensor apparatus, comprising a blood-flow sensor probe 11 connected to signal processing apparatus, a housing, for receiving a body part of a subject, a light source 5 and a photodiode 6, mounted to the housing wherein the housing has a shaped surface 12, 13 which is shaped to conform, at least in part, to the shape of the body part. In embodiments the shaped surface can be an angled or curved surface, which can be shaped to receive a human digit. In other aspects the housing can form a clip. In other aspects the housing can provide a deformable pad 14 for cushioning the body part to be received. Further aspects provide blood flow sensor probes and methods for processing bloodflow data using a finite impulse response filter, such as a bandpass filter.
Patent GB-2509445-A (GB)
Title: Allocating an area to a vehicle
Inventor: SMART BILLY JAY JUNIOR
IPC: H04W4/024
Filed: 2012-09-14
Abstract: A method of directing a vehicle (100) to an allocated area (126) includes obtaining (204) data representing a current geographical location of the vehicle; using (208) the geographical location data to identify at least one destination location (122), each said destination location having a set of allocatable areas; checking (208) availability of the allocatable areas at the at least one destination location in order to allocate a said available allocatable area to the vehicle, and generating data for use in directing (214) the vehicle to the area allocated to the vehicle.
Patent GB-2525244-A (GB)
Title: A regulating device of drawer panel
Inventor: NG WAI TAI
IPC: A47B88/00
Filed: 2014-04-17
Abstract: The present invention relates to a regulating device for securement and positional adjustment of a drawer front panel (12, figure 3) with respect to a drawer body. The regulating device comprises a stationary frame 2 depending from the drawer side (13, figure 3) and an adjusting bracket 1 depending from the stationary frame and with respect to which the drawer panel is releasably secured. An attachment arm or jointer 31 is fixed to the rear of the front panel and includes a horizontal regulating screw 32 for lateral adjustment of the drawer panel with respect to the drawer side. A vertical regulating cam screw 42 for longitudinal adjustment of the drawer panel with respect to the drawer side is provided on the adjusting bracket. The regulating device further comprises a spring-biased releasable locking component 41 for connecting the jointer to the regulating device.
Patent GB-2527515-A (GB)
Title: Control system for hybrid vehicle and method
Inventor: OWEN Simon
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2014-06-23
Abstract: A system controls a hybrid vehicle 10 having a primary and a secondary power source such as an electric motor (30 see fig 1) and an internal combustion engine (20 see fig 1) respectively connectable to a driveline. The systems control unit causes pre-emptive engine initiation and subsequent connection to the driveline. The control unit (100 see fig 1) determines when the vehicle 10 is in a first driving mode with the engine (20) disconnected and not initiated and with the electric motor (30) and battery pack (34 see fig 1) delivering torque to the driveline in response to driver demand. The control unit can determine if a steering angle and situational status are indicative that an expected driver demanded torque will not be met by the primary power source alone. In response, the control unit (100) automatically and pre-emptively causes the engine (20) to be initiated and connected to the driveline at a time before the actual driver demanded torque reaches or exceeds said expected driver demanded torque. The invention ensures that the vehicle is ready for a task such as a reverse uphill manoeuvre.
Patent GB-2528053-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for coupling tubulars
Inventor: TVERLID STEINAR WASA
IPC: E21B17/08
Filed: 2014-07-07
Abstract: A mechanism for coupling together a first tubular 1 and a second tubular 3 is described. The first tubular 1 has a first substantially frustoconical mating surface provided at an end. The first mating surface has formed thereon a plurality of circumferentially extending and axially spaced grooves 2. The second tubular has a second substantially frustoconical mating surface provided at an end, the second mating surface having formed thereon a plurality of circumferentially extending and axially spaced ridges 4. Respective ridges 4 and grooves 2 are configured to interlock with one another to sealingly couple the first and second tubulars together such that the interlocking is effected by elastic deformation of the mating surfaces as the surfaces are pushed axially together. The plurality of grooves 2 and ridges 3 have an aperiodic spacing along a main axis of the tubulars so that wherein a spacing of at least one corresponding interlocking groove and ridge is such that a width of the groove is different to a width of the corresponding ridge.
Patent GB-2514976-A (GB)
Title: Micro pilot valve
Inventor: BUSTGENS BURKHARD
IPC: F16K99/00
Filed: 2013-03-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a micro pilot valve (1) for generating a pneumatic control pressure at a valve outlet (3), characterised by a micro cavity (2) which is connected to the valve outlet (3), a first micro bore (4) between the micro cavity (2) and a first pressure level (5), a second micro bore (6) between the micro cavity (2) and a second pressure level (7) a closure part (8) in the micro cavity (2), which closure part is movable between the micro bores and in a first end position closes the micro bore (4) and in a second end position closes the micro bore (6), wherein the control pressure in the first end position assumes the value of the second pressure level (7) and in the second end position assumes the value of the first pressure level (5), and a micro actuator (10), which by means of a transmission element (9), which extends right through at least one of the micro bores, activates the closure part (8).
Patent GB-2531518-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger
Inventor: Timothy Hattrell
IPC: F28D9/00
Filed: 2014-10-20
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a layered structure of a plate-fin heat exchanger comprises stacking (figure 8) a first sheet 150, second sheet 154 and third sheet 152 such that the third sheet 152 is positioned between the first 150 and second sheets 154. Regions of the third sheet 152 are bonded to the first sheet 150 and the second sheet 154. Recesses 162 are provided in an outer surface of the first sheet 150 and/or the second sheet 154 at a position corresponding to the respective regions bonded to the third sheet 152. The first sheet 150, second sheet 154 and third sheet 152 are placed in a die and a hollow structure is formed (figure 9) so that the third sheet 152 spans a gap between the first 150 and second sheets 154 to define channels of the heat exchanger. The first 150 and/or second sheet 154 are pressed against a surface of the die so as to remove the recesses therefrom (see figure 10).
Patent GB-2534193-A (GB)
Title: Ablation Apparatus with Thrombus Detachment Mechanism
Inventor: RUNE TORE PAAMAND
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2015-01-16
Abstract: RF ablation apparatus 10 includes an anode electrode assembly 12 including an anode terminal 20 housed within a catheter 30. The catheter 30 includes a distal end wall 34 which is disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of the catheter 30. The anode electrode 22 is slidably received within the cathode 30 and can be extended out beyond the distal end 32 of the catheter 30 to provide at least a first terminal for an ablation circuit. The distal end wall 34 is sized and shaped to hold a thrombus formed on the anode electrode 22 so that the anode electrode 22 can be withdrawn from within the thrombus formation and into the catheter 30, without the thrombus formation being pulled with the anode terminal 22. The outer surface of the catheter 30, or at least at the distal end 32 thereof, is made of an insulating or non-conducting material, such that a thrombus does not form over the catheter 30. The assembly allows for the generation of a thrombus to occlude a vessel 60 and without the risk of pulling any formed thrombus with the apparatus upon retrieval of the apparatus from the patient.
Patent GB-2525285-A (GB)
Title: Catalyst arrangement
Inventor: FARNELL PETER WILLIAM
IPC: C01B3/40
Filed: 2015-02-17
Abstract: A catalyst arrangement disposed within a vertical reaction tube comprises a structured catalyst within an upper part of the reaction tube, a particulate catalyst beneath said structured catalyst in a lower part of said reaction tube, and a catalyst support device located between the structured catalyst and the particulate catalyst, wherein the catalyst support device comprises a cylindrical body having a first end adapted for connection to the structured catalyst, and the second end, and the cylindrical body has a diameter 17-90% of the internal diameter of the tube and a length/diameter ratio in the range 0.5-2.5. The first end may comprise a rod, pins or other locating projections that match appropriate orifices in the structured catalyst. A process for carrying out a reaction using the catalyst arrangement is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2537860-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft steering system
Inventor: Xavier Guery
IPC: B64C25/48
Filed: 2015-04-28
Abstract: An aircraft 1 having left and right main landing gear 2,3 includes a steering system based on differentials applied to the wheels of the left and right main wheels. The aircraft includes has powered wheels for ground taxiing and the landing gear also includes regenerative braking. The main landing gear are each provided with motor-generator assemblies to provide drive and regenerative braking and are controlled by wheel actuators 105,106. Ordinarily when the aircraft is in driving mode the wheels of both main landing gears are driven. In order to generate a yawing force for steering in an emergency mode, if nose wheel steering fails, a braking force is applied to one set of landing wheels which generates power through regenerative means. The regenerated power is used to help power the wheels of the opposite landing gear. Thus a differential steering force is generated.
Patent GB-2538548-A (GB)
Title: Power take-off system for a wave energy device
Inventor: JOHN WILFRID PHILLIPS
IPC: F03B13/14
Filed: 2015-05-21
Abstract: A power take-off system 102 for a wave energy device uses a hydraulic or pneumatic transmission with a reciprocating output drive member 120 to drive a generator. The drive assembly may comprise a ram 104 with a piston 108 and cylinder 106. The reciprocating drive member 120 may be connected to a rotary generator 132 via a rack 124 126 and pinion 134, or it may drive a linear generator directly (figure 5).
Patent GB-2527679-A (GB)
Title: Watch band
Inventor: YANG SUN JONG
IPC: G04G21/00
Filed: 2015-06-23
Abstract: A watch band having a rigid curved band body 2, an hinge snap adapter 3d to attach to a watch, an adjustable band 5 and a clamp 4 attaching the adjustable band 5 to the band body 2. Ideally the clamp is a push button release and lock or a multi-prong, bilaterally released clamp. The band body may comprise a display unit 6b, a printed circuit board, a microphone 8, a sensor unit 9, a battery pack 10, a notification alert unit, a health sensor or a speaker. The sensor 9 may include a heart rate sensor, a glucose level sensor, or a moisture sensor. The health sensor may be a pedometer or may measure calories burned. The band may have a sim card slot or a projector beam. The display screen may be LCD, LED, OLED or AMOLED and may be flat or curved.
Patent GB-2532617-A (GB)
Title: Making diodes
Inventor: MAOLONG KE
IPC: H01L29/861
Filed: 2014-07-08
Abstract: A method of making a diode from a wafer 2 of semiconductor material having a front side 4 on which an anode 8 of the diode is formed and a back side 6 on which a cathode of the diode is formed. The method includes the step: irradiating the wafer 2 with electrons thereby to create recombination centers evenly distributed through the wafer 2; and heating the wafer and at the same time laser annealing the wafer 2 from the back side 6 thereby to form a region in the wafer 2, adjacent the back side 6, with an increased lifetime. The method may include one or more of the steps; grinding the back surface of the wafer; forming a buffer layer; localized lifetime killing; annealing; and dopant implantation. The wafer may be heated using a heated chuck. The annealing may be performed using pulsed or continuous laser light at a wavelength between 300 nm to 1100 nm.
Patent GB-2552383-A (GB)
Title: Gear packaging for robotic joints
Inventor: James Oliver Grant
IPC: B25J17/02
Filed: 2016-07-22
Abstract: A robot arm comprising first and second arm segments coupled to each other by a first revolute joint having a first rotation axis 305 and a second revolute joint having a second rotation axis 306 that is non-parallel to the first rotation axis 305 and a joint mechanism 30 for articulating the first arm segment relative to the second arm segment about the first and second rotation axes 305,306. The joint mechanism 30 comprises: a first driven gear 312 on an axle on the first rotation axis 305, the axle being fast with the first arm segment; a first drive gear 314 in engagement with the first driven gear 312 to rotate it about the axle; a second driven gear 313 on the second rotation axis 306 and fast with both the second arm segment and the first driven gear 312; a second drive gear 315 driving the second driven gear 313 in rotation about the second rotation axis 306; and an intermediary gear arrangement 316 disposed on the first rotation axis 305 and engaging with both second drive gear 315 and the second driven gear 313. The first and second revolute joints may be wrist joints.
Patent GB-2549167-A (GB)
Title: RFID-based power status and battery management
Inventor: HONG ZHAO
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 2017-01-30
Abstract: A mobile device 100 comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag 112 which is interrogated by an RFID reader 118, the antenna of the tag being disabled when the device is powered-on and enabled when it is powered-off such that the device is determined to be powered-on when no response to an interrogation signal 116 is received from the tag, and powered-off when a response is received from the tag. A memory 114 of the tag stores context information associated with the device, which includes a processing system 102 to execute a power manager 124 and interface with the tag via a communication bus 126. The power manager determines if the device is stowed, e.g. in packaging, based on information from one or more sensors 134, and communicates the stowed status and device power state to the tag to be stored. The battery level and power-state indicator of the device may be determined and stored in the RFID tag when the device is powered down. The RFID tag may receive a power-off command from the reader, and the power manager may comprise an output signal line 138 for powering down the device in response to the power-off signal.
Patent GB-2562453-A (GB)
Title: System and method for contextual mobile web page redirection
Inventor: RAVIV NADAV
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2017-02-14
Abstract: A method and system for contextual mobile web page redirection comprising, receiving a user device request for access to a web page, and obtaining information identifying a number of candidate landing pages, wherein each of the candidate landing pages relates to different offerings related to the web page and directed at different user demographics. Obtaining metadata from the user device, obtaining correlation data regarding correlations between metadata values and user demographics, analyzing the metadata obtained from the user device using the obtained correlation data to determine the likelihood that a user of the user device corresponds to each of the different user demographics, and selecting one of the candidate landing pages as a landing page for the request for access based upon the determined likelihoods. An example of such being the determination of whether a user is of a low 101a, average 101b or high 101c spending demographic and directing them towards a landing page tailored to their determined demographic. The metadata may be publicy available metadata and may be obtained by placing a HTTP call to the user device.
Patent GB-2550663-A (GB)
Title: Pressurized composite fluid lines and method
Inventor: MOUSHUMI SHOME
IPC: F16L11/08
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: A fluid line 30 adapted to contain a pressurized fluid imposing varying loads on the line comprises a tube 32 formed of a fibre reinforced plastic. The fibres (52, 54, Fig. 4) are locally tailored along the length of the tube. A fuel line 30 comprises a first tube 32, with this tube including laminated layers of a braided composite (50, Fig. 3). Apparatus for consolidating a composite laminate tube 32 comprises a volumetric chamber (74, Fig. 15) into which the laminated tube is placed. The chamber includes internal compartments within which sections of the tube can be contained. It further comprises vacuum seals separating the internal chambers from each other, and valves in communication with the internal chamber compartments. The valves are coupled to sources of pressure to apply different levels of compaction pressure to the sections of the laminated tube. A fuel line 30 is fabricated by braiding sleeves of fibre reinforced plastic on a mandrel, with the fibres being tailored to meet local load requirements that vary along the length of the fuel line. The sleeves are consolidated by subjecting them to heat and pressure. The mandrel is them removed from the tube after the consolidation.
Patent GB-2549027-A (GB)
Title: Cartridge and electrophotographic image forming device
Inventor: YOSUKE KASHIIDE
IPC: G03G21/18
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: In a cartridge structure that uses a coupling member which can tilt and which can couple with a rotational force transmitting part of an electrophotographic image forming device, in a case where the attaching and removing direction and the development/separation direction of the cartridge with respect to the electrophotographic image forming device are different, the coupling member can't couple with the rotational force transmitting part of the electrophotographic image forming device. In the present invention, provided are: a coupling lever 55 that, in unison with the attachment or detachment of a development cartridge B1, abuts and retracts from a coupling member 180; and a coupling spring 56 that causes the coupling lever 55 to impart an impelling force to the coupling member 180.
Patent GB-2564403-A (GB)
Title: Canister device for producing sclerosing foam
Inventor: DAVID DAKIN IORWERTH WRIGHT
IPC: B65D83/62
Filed: 2017-07-06
Abstract: A canister device for producing sclerosing foam for intravenous injection in the treatment of varicose veins and other venous disorders. The canister comprises a pressurisable chamber containing sclerosant liquid 7 and physiologically acceptable gas 8 with a foam pathway from the chamber to the exterior of the device, including a gas-liquid interface 4 at which the liquid 7 and the gas 8 are mixed and foam is formed. A stem valve 6 may open and close the pathway. An expandable compartment 10a is located within the chamber and is not in fluid communication with the liquid 7 or the gas 8. The internal space of compartment 10a is in fluid communication with the exterior of the device through inlet 21 and fluid is introduced to expand the compartment and pressurize the chamber. Inlet 21 may be a one-way valve and may include a gas tight connection 20 or it may include a vent. Compartment 10a may be an elastic membrane 11 made of silicone, PVC, PET, polyester or polyurethane. The device may be pressurized at the point of use with the aid of a pressure indicator.
Patent GB-2566066-A (GB)
Title: Database system and method providing data integrity
Inventor: PIOTR COFTA
IPC: G06Q50/06
Filed: 2017-09-01
Abstract: A database system having a write host for receiving streams of data and a database server write host for receiving write requests to the database to write data to the database. The write host conveys the data in data records and inserts signature records such that each data record contains data (e.g. metrology data from an energy router) and a link which is generated using information known to the server and information inherited from a write request. Each signature record contains a reference to a previous signature record and a digital signature. The records are block-chained to form a write chain such that a number of data records and a signature record form a block with a common digital signature. Every record may contain the unique identifier (key) of the previous record from the same stream. For data verification purposes the signatures from other streams may also be included in the same write chain and so the record that precedes the data record may be a signature or a cross signing signature record.