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Patent GB-2510663-A (GB)
Title: Outside mirror assembly
Inventor: ACKER ADRIAN
IPC: B60J10/08
Filed: 2013-11-11
Abstract: An outside mirror assembly for a motor vehicle has a mirror 22, a mirror housing 24 encasing the mirror 22 and a fastening element 26. The fastening element 26 is for fastening the mirror housing 24 to a motor vehicle body and comprises a seal 30 on which in a pre-assembly state of the outside mirror assembly a sealing part 32 is detachably fastened. Prior to fastening the mirror housing 24 to the motor vehicle body 2 the sealing part 32 can be detached and separately fastened to the vehicle body.
Patent GB-2520782-A (GB)
Title: Container closure
Inventor: MURRAY MICHAEL
IPC: B65D83/46
Filed: 2013-12-02
Abstract: A container (12 figure 2a) has an opening 22 and a closure 10 movable between a first position and second position, opened and closed. The closure comprises a closure flap 30 and a pivot arm 32 which has a weight 44 at one end. The pivot arm is pivotally mounted within the container by a support member 34 and pivot point 33, this pivot point is located between a first arm portion 40 and a second arm portion 42, and these arm portions are at an obtuse angle to one another. The weighted portion biases the closure flap to close the opening, first position. When the container is tilted the weighted portion causes the pivot arm to pivot and bias the closure flap away from the opening. The closure also includes a locking mechanism operable by the user when desired and in any orientation of the container to optionally keep the closure flap in the closed position (figures 4 to 7). The locking means can consist of a locking arm which interacts with a projection on the closure flap to prevent movement of the closure flap, or a blocking member which prevents pivotal movement of the pivot arm.
Patent GB-2515651-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric replacement for a glass drinking container
Inventor: FENELON PAUL J
IPC: A47G19/23
Filed: 2012-10-18
Abstract: A polymeric replacement vessel, or container, for glassware and glass containers and a method of making the same, polymeric drinking container simulates a glass drinking container having a glass drinking container volume. The polymeric drinking container comprises a base and an enclosed wall composed of the polymer. The wall is formed with the base and extends from the base while defining an opening opposite the base. The enclosed wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface. The base and enclosed wall form a polymeric drinking container volume made of the polymeric material. This polymeric drinking container volume is equal to the glass component drinking container volume plus an amount equal to the glass component drinking container volume multiplied times the ratio of the specific gravity of the glass to the specific gravity of the polymer.
Patent GB-2529395-A (GB)
Title: Composition
Inventor: COLLINS PATRICK
IPC: C09K8/00
Filed: 2014-08-15
Abstract: A buoyant fluid comprising a base fluid, microspheres and a viscosifying agent, the viscosifying agent comprising a block copolymer. The base fluid may be oil or water and low toxicity to marine life. The buoyant fluid may contain a viscosifying agent which may be a polysaccharide, a dispersant such as imidazoline or poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) dioleate. The block copolymer may be a diblock copolymer, preferably a linear dibock copolymer of styrene and one or more of ethylene, propylene and butadiene where the styrene content is from 20 -35 wt%. The copolymer may form a plurality of micelles with the core made of styrene heads.
Patent GB-2529652-A (GB)
Title: Friction component
Inventor: ZHOU XIAO BO
IPC: F16D69/02
Filed: 2014-08-28
Abstract: A friction component 1 for a clutch, preferably a friction disc, friction gear or friction plate. The friction component 1 comprises a metal substrate 2, preferably steel or cast iron, with a ceramic layer 3 thereon, preferably tungsten carbide (WC). The ceramic layer 3 has an outer facing friction surface 4 having pores 5 therein, at least some of the pores 5 in the friction surface 4 are filled or partially filled with an elastomeric material 6, preferably hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR). An adhesion promoter, preferably Cr, Ni, Ti, Co and/or W, may be used between the ceramic layer 3 and the metal substrate 2.
Patent GB-2530077-A (GB)
Title: Thermally insulated containers
Inventor: AUSTERBERRY SEAN JAMES
IPC: F25D23/06
Filed: 2014-09-12
Abstract: A thermal conditioning wall panel 10 for use in a thermally insulating container comprises a panel body (22, fig 3) having a channel (26, fig 5) formed therein along one face thereof for receiving one or more thermal conditioning elements 12. At least one foot (32, fig 5) is formed at the lower end of the body (22) for engagement within a socket (60, fig 13a) provided on the thermally insulating container. The panel further comprises thermal conditioning element retaining elements (40, fig 5) provided adjacent the longitudinal edges (29, fig 5) of the channel (26), the retaining elements (40) projecting over a peripheral portion of the channel (26) for retaining the thermal conditioning elements 12 within the channel (26). The container may include a base panel 4, which may be mounted on or attached to a pallet 6. The base panel 4 may include the socket (60), top panels 14 may be provided and may receive blocks of thermal conditioning material 16. Outer side wall panels 8 may be provided and a lid 20 may be mounted to the panels 8. The lid member 20 may comprise two lid portions 20a, 20b hingedly connected by a hinge (110, fig 1).
Patent GB-2522766-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner suction nozzle with height adjustment and bleed valve
Inventor: STAF HÃ KAN
IPC: A47L9/06
Filed: 2014-12-11
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner nozzle assembly having an inlet opening 314, a height adjustment mechanism 310 configured to adjust a vertical position of the inlet opening 314 relative to a surface to be cleaned, a suction passage (500, fig 5A) fluidly connected to the inlet opening 314, a bypass opening (502, fig 5A) fluidly connected to the suction passage (500, fig 5A), and a bleed valve 336. The bleed valve 336 has a closed position in which the bleed valve 336 blocks the bypass opening (502, fig 5A), and an open position in which the bleed valve 336 does not block the bypass opening (502, fig 5A) to allow a flow of air through the bypass opening and into the suction passage (500, fig 5A). The bleed valve 336 is configured to move from the closed position to the open position in response to an adjustment of the height adjustment mechanism 310. The height adjustment mechanism 310 may move through one or more intermediate positions.
Patent GB-2537411-A (GB)
Title: Brake discs
Inventor: DAVID EGGLESTON
IPC: F16D65/12
Filed: 2015-04-15
Abstract: Composite brake disc 20 having hub 22 securable to a road wheel or vehicle axle and made of a first material, and brake member comprising integrally formed annular friction ring 24 (having inner and outer radii 20a, 20b) and axially extending hollow cylindrical flange 28, made from a second material. The first material has lower density and melting point, and possibly a higher coefficient of linear thermal expansion, than the second material. Hub 22 is formed by casting the first material over flange 28. The first and second materials may be aluminium alloy and cast iron respectively. Friction ring 24 and flange 28 may be integrally formed by casting. Annular friction flange may have radial / axial castellations (28a), nubs (28b), and or holes (28c). Hub 22 may extend through the inner radius 20a, and axially outward, of friction ring 24. A method of manufacture is also included, including performing, moulding, casting, machining, and forming holes.
Patent GB-2523276-A (GB)
Title: Busbars
Inventor: O'CONNOR STEPHEN
IPC: H05B3/86
Filed: 2015-01-09
Abstract: A busbar comprises a length of electrically conductive material 2 having solder material 3 secured along at least part of its length. The conductive material may be copper 21 with a thin coating 22 of tin. The solder may be dimensionally invariant (ie constant width). It may be added as a solid or as a paste, and may be secured by heating. Alternatively it can be added by a wheel (70, Fig 7) rotating in a bath of molten solder. The wheel has inclined shoulders (74, Fig 6B). The busbar may be used in a heated vehicle windscreen.
Patent GB-2540438-A (GB)
Title: Device for controlling the release of gas from a pressurised container
Inventor: Stephen J Cornall
IPC: F17C13/06
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: A device for controlling the release of gas from a pressurised container comprises a plug 10 with a passage therethrough and a diaphragm 40 within said passage. The diaphragm is configured to initially prevent flow of gas through said passage. A screw 20 located within said plug and comprising a lance 30 is configured to move towards said diaphragm upon rotation of said screw and rupture or displace said diaphragm so as to allow flow of gas through said passage and out of said plug, once said screw is rotated a predetermined amount. The lance may have a square cross section.
Patent GB-2543733-A (GB)
Title: Energy conversion apparatus
Inventor: BRIAN BILCHRIST MURRAY
IPC: H02K35/02
Filed: 2015-08-03
Abstract: An energy conversion apparatus employs a rolling or oscillating magnet for deriving small amounts of electrical current from ambient movement or vibration. The apparatus comprises a first magnetic or magnetised element, such as a ball 3, provided with at least one magnetic pole pair and a finite longitudinal pathway, such as a magnetically transparent cylinder 1, along which the magnetic element 3 experiences pendular or rolling movement. A conductive coil 4 is adjacent at least a portion of the pathway, and a current is induced in the coil 4 by movement of the first element 3. A second magnetic or magnetised element 5a, 5b is fixable in position relative to the pathway, and imposes a net magnetic attraction force on the first element 3. The second magnetic or magnetised element may be a fixed element such as coiled or annular wire 5b or a protrusion (7, figure 2) or it may be an adjustable element such as screw 5a facilitating a variable magnetic flux density B.
Patent GB-2541194-A (GB)
Title: Self priming pump system
Inventor: Oliver Jenkins
IPC: F04D9/04
Filed: 2015-08-10
Abstract: A self priming pump system comprises a pump having a pump chamber 110, a pump drive 116 and a vacuum generator 118,120. An inlet of the vacuum generator is connected to an enclosed volume or priming chamber 16 of the pump system via a conduit or priming duct 134. The enclosed volume is coupled to the pump chamber. The conduit comprises a valve 122 for interrupting a vacuum generated by the vacuum generator. The pump drive is selectively engageable, for example by a clutch 128, with the vacuum generator for driving the vacuum generator. The vacuum generator may comprise a venturi pump 120 and a compressor 118. The valve may be a breather valve which has a selectively openable vent to the atmosphere. A fluid probe may be used for measuring a fluid level within the enclosed volume. The valve may be operable and/or the pump drive may be selectively disengageable from the vacuum generator in response to the fluid probe measuring a predetermined fluid level. A control system may be provided to control the breather valve and the engagement of the pump drive with the vacuum generator.
Patent GB-2527711-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent articles comprising stretch laminates
Inventor: SCHOENBECK MARCUS
IPC: A61F13/49
Filed: 2014-04-30
Abstract: An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate that has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces, and an adhesive disposed between the skin and the cover layer. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone, the skin that is located in the stretch zone has a plurality of wrinkles that are substantially perpendicular to a stretch direction of the stretch laminate, and the wrinkles have furrows, and at least some of the adhesive is disposed in at least some of the furrows.
Patent GB-2544308-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for replacing coolant for vehicle
Inventor: TIEN-TSAI TSENG
IPC: F01P11/02
Filed: 2015-11-12
Abstract: An apparatus for replacing coolant comprises a communication unit 12 and a vacuum producer 4. The communication unit has a first port (121, figure 2) connected with a flexible tube 21 leading to a conical plug 22, a second port (122, figure 2) connected with a valve 3 comprising a switch (32, figure 2) and a quick coupling device (34, figure 2), and a third port (123, figure 2) connected to a pressure gauge 14. The switch selectively allows or stops fluid communication between the quick coupling device and the second port. The vacuum producer comprises a pump 42 that includes an insert 44 extending from the pump and adapted for connection to the quick coupling device to produce a vacuum in the valve. The pump may be manually driven by a pump handle 46 or driven by supply of pressurised air at an air-pressure joint 48. The communication unit ideally comprises a chamber (123, figure 2) to receive the pressure gauge and a slot (125, figure 2) to permit access of a tool (T, figure 3). An apparatus comprising a liquid conduction unit 5 in place of the vacuum producer is also claimed.
Patent GB-2545642-A (GB)
Title: Traction battery charging method and apparatus
Inventor: JEREMY GREENWOOD
IPC: B60W10/26
Filed: 2015-12-15
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle 1 having an electric traction machine 2; a traction battery 6 for storing energy; and an inverter 12 for electrically connecting the electric traction machine 2 to the traction battery 6. The vehicle 1 includes an internal combustion engine 3 operable to charge the traction battery 6 depending on the speed of the vehicle. The internal combustion engine 3 having an electric starter motor 8 which is selectively energized by the traction battery 6. A controller 12 includes at least one processor 13 and a memory device 14. The at least one processor 13 is configured to control charging of the traction battery 6 by the electric traction machine 2 while an external driving force is applied to propel the vehicle 1. The at least one processor 13 is configured to control an electrical load on the electric traction machine 2 in dependence on a determined vehicle speed. The present disclosure also relates to a controller 12 for charging a traction battery 6; and to a method of charging a traction battery 6 also dependent on vehicle speed.
Patent GB-2546281-A (GB)
Title: Connecting cable for a composite battery
Inventor: DONALD PI HSIANG WU
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2016-01-13
Abstract: A connecting cable, Z, for forming a composite battery (aggregate battery) including: a cable (cord, lead) with positive, L1, and negative, L2, output terminals, at least three tapping points, 10, connected in series in the cable body and each connected in parallel to at least two connectors (terminals), 20, for forming electrical connections to battery assemblies, B, and a short circuit member, 30, made of conductive material, electrically connected to one of the connectors. There may be two short circuit members. The tapping points may be separated from each other by a cable body section, L3, placed therebetween. The short circuit members allow unused connections to be bypassed therefore permitting the batteries to be combined in various alternative patterns such that a desired voltage or capacitance may be produced.
Patent GB-2550939-A (GB)
Title: Flexible hose
Inventor: ROBERT BECK
IPC: F16L11/118
Filed: 2016-06-01
Abstract: A flexible hose 10 comprises a flexible conduit 30 for carrying a pressurised fluid, a flexible inner support 20 for supporting the conduit 30, and a compression layer 40 surrounding the flexible conduit 30. The hose 10 can include an outer sleeve 50, which can be formed from a polymer material, and can be heat shrunk on to the hose. The inner support 20 can be a flexible and chemically stable polymer material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The conduit 30 can comprise stainless steel tubing, and the compression layer 40 can comprise a sleeve of braided material. The inner support 20 can have a coil or thread formation on its outer surface and the conduit 30 can have a complimentary coil or thread formation on its inner surface, such that when the hose 10 is assembled the coil or thread formations engage to maintain the conduit 30 in position relative to the inner support 20.
Patent GB-2541781-A (GB)
Title: Short circuit fault tolerant permanent magnet machine
Inventor: STEVEN JOSEPH GALIOTO
IPC: H02K15/06
Filed: 2016-06-27
Abstract: A permanent magnet (PM) machine 10 includes a rotor 12 and a stator 14 assembly. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets 16 disposed about an axis of rotation. The stator assembly includes a stator body 40, a plurality of coil sides 18 and a plurality of sintered iron magnetic wedges 46. The stator body includes a plurality of stator teeth 42 defining a plurality of stator slots 44, each stator slot having an inside position and an outside position, such that each of the plurality of stator slots includes a first plurality of inside positions, and a first plurality of outside positions. The first plurality of coil sides are disposed in each of the first plurality of inside positions and the first plurality of outside positions. The first plurality of coil sides correspond to a first power phase. The first plurality of coil sides are electrically coupled to one another by a first plurality of end-coils. The plurality of sintered iron magnetic wedges are disposed at the openings of at least one stator slot of the plurality of stator slots. The arrangement produces a short circuit fault tolerant permanent magnet machine.
Patent GB-2542254-A (GB)
Title: Drive mechanisms for robot arms
Inventor: THOMAS BATES JACKSON
IPC: B25J17/02
Filed: 2016-07-22
Abstract: A robot arm comprises a joint mechanism for articulating one limb 310 of the arm relative to another limb 311 about two non-parallel rotation axes 102, 103, the mechanism comprising: an intermediate carrier 104 attached to a first one of the limbs 310 by a first revolute joint having a first rotation axis 102 and to a second one of the limbs 311 by a second revolute joint having a second rotation axis 103; a first drive gear 107 disposed about the first rotation axis 102, the first drive gear 107 being fast with the carrier 104; a second drive gear 108 disposed about the second rotation axis 103, the second drive gear 108 being fast with the second one of the limbs 311; a first drive shaft 111 extending along the first one of the limbs 310 and having a first shaft gear 118 thereon driving the first drive gear 107; a second drive shaft 112 extending along the first one of the limbs 310 and having a second shaft gear 113 thereon driving the second drive gear 108; the second drive shaft 112 comprising a prismatic joint 116 which may be in the form of a sliding, splined coupler whereby the length of the shaft 112 can vary in response to motion of the carrier 104 about the first axis 102. Shaft 112 may include flexible joints 114, 115 either side of the prismatic joint 116.
Patent GB-2543613-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat assembly with entertainment system
Inventor: BEN GOUGH
IPC: B60R11/02
Filed: 2016-08-16
Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly 10 having an entertainment system (12, fig 1), comprising a seat back 14, a display screen attachment 18 rotatably attached to the seat back and moveable between a stowed position wherein the screen faces forwards and a use position wherein the screen faces rearwards, and a speaker 28, 30, 32 associated with the display screen arrangement, disposed in the seat back and positioned to be covered by the screen arrangement when the arrangement is in the stowed position. In other embodiments the seat back has a cavity (16) in which the screen arrangement can be stowed and a speaker arrangement is located behind the cavity, or the means of rotating the screen arrangement are a pair of hinges (46, 48, fig 5), wherein the seat back has a cavity in which the screen arrangement can be stowed and a speaker arrangement is disposed in the seat back.
Patent GB-2542041-A (GB)
Title: Multilateral production control methods and systems employing a casing segment with at least one transmission crossover arrangement
Inventor: MICHAEL S BITTAR
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: A multilateral production control method includes casing a first borehole with a casing tubular having at least one transmission crossover arrangement, each transmission crossover arrangement having an adapter in communication with a coil antenna that encircles the casing tubular. The method also includes completing a second borehole with an inflow control device. The method also includes deploying, inside the casing tubular, a conductive path that extends from a surface interface to the at least one transmission crossover arrangement. The method also includes communicating between the surface interface and the inflow control device using the at least one transmission crossover arrangement.
Patent GB-2540095-A (GB)
Title: Casing segment having at least one transmission crossover arrangement
Inventor: MICHAEL S BITTAR
IPC: G08C17/04
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: A casing segment includes a conductive tubular body and at least one transmission crossover arrangement. Each transmission crossover arrangement has an inductive adapter in communication with a coil antenna that encircles an exterior of the tubular body.
Patent GB-2558578-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for securing a tube to a port
Inventor: CARL ROBERT MELLINGS
IPC: F16L37/133
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: A fitting for a fluid delivery system comprises a tubular main body 48 with a first 48a and a second 48b end, the second end being insertable in a port of a tubular housing 46 of the fluid delivery system. It further comprises a first seal arrangement 58 to provide a fluid tight seal between a tube 44 and the fitting, and a second sealing arrangement 50 to provide a fluid tight seal between either the interior 46b or exterior 46a surface of the housing and the fitting. A retaining part 64 secures the fitting to the housing, and has a first end face 66 which engages with the first end of the main body to prevent the main body from being removed from the port. The retaining part also comprises a retaining formation, such as diametrically opposite arms (72, Fig. 2), which engages with a retaining formation (70, Fig. 2) provided on the other of the interior or exterior surface of the housing so as to releasably secure the retaining part to the housing. A fluid delivery assembly comprises the fitting, a tube, and a housing enclosing a port, the housing having an exterior surface and an interior surface.