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Patent GB-2531656-A (GB)
Title: Conference calls
Inventor: DEAN PAUL ELWOOD
IPC: H04M3/56
Filed: 2015-10-14
Abstract: A method of generating a conference bridge for a conference call accessible by a users number (e.g. PSTN number or mobile phone number), comprising enabling said bridge, and at least some calls to said users number being diverted to said bridge automatically for as long as said bridge is enabled and access thereto is allowed. Another aspect includes a method of generating a conference bridge accessible by a users number, comprising: receiving a request to generate the conference bridge; generating said conference bridge; and automatically redirecting calls to said users number to said conference bridge for as long as said bridge is enabled and access thereto is allowed. Aspects include the request to generate the conference bridge: comprises a predetermined shortcode dialled by the user; comprises a user generated request from a user interface; is generated automatically from an email and/or calendar event. By requiring only the users telephone number to access the conference bridge, the participants do not need any knowledge of the system in use in order to participate in a conference call, and simply act as if they are making a normal one-to-one call.
Patent GB-2543794-A (GB)
Title: Plastic extrusion having improved strengthening
Inventor: MARTIN ALTHORPE
IPC: E06B3/22
Filed: 2015-10-28
Abstract: The extruded frame 100 comprises a chamber 110, and the reinforcement member 200 is adjustable between first and second configurations. In the first configuration the reinforcement member is insertable into the chamber, and when in the chamber in the second configuration a portion of the reinforcement member presses against the chamber. The reinforcement member may be adjustable between its two configurations from an end. The first configuration may have a smaller profile than the second. The pressing portion may extend from a first to a second end of the extruded frame. The reinforcement member may have cams 210 which are rotated using a hex key in cavities 212. There may be a plurality of pressing portions. Also claimed is a method of reinforcing the extruded frame using the reinforcement member.
Patent GB-2534006-A (GB)
Title: Compressor cooling
Inventor: IVAN POPOVIC
IPC: F02C7/18
Filed: 2015-10-29
Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a compressor drive cone 48 in a gas turbine engine comprises an annular cavity 62 defined by the drive cone 48, a portion of a compressor rotor disc 44 and a downstream cavity wall 52, with a recirculation zone 66 at its radially outermost region. Cavity 62 ingests hot working gas radially inwardly into recirculation zone 66 and an annular array of pipes 70 penetrate wall 52 near the radially inward extent of recirculation zone 66. Each pipe 70 comprises a pipe extension 78 that penetrates into recirculation zone 66 towards drive cone 48 and rotor disc 44. Pipes 70 are coupled to a supply of cooling fluid, typically a compressor off-take, compressor bleed, bypass duct or diffuser zone, and direct cooling air across recirculation zone 66 towards drive cone 48. Each pipe 70 may be angled. An annular fin 74 may be radiused on its surface facing recirculation zone 66. A seal may be adjacent to fin 74 to control ingress of hot working gas. A heat exchanger 82 may cool cooling fluid.
Patent GB-2528221-A (GB)
Title: Quality check identifying source of service issue
Inventor: JOSHI VARAD V
IPC: H04M3/30
Filed: 2014-06-18
Abstract: A quality check of service received by a CPE device within a first customer premise is initiated, and if the results of the quality check indicate a problem with the service received by the CPE device, one or more CPE devices within one or more customer premises sharing upstream network resources with the first customer premise is identified and a quality check of service received by the one or more identified CPE devices can be conducted. If the results of the quality check of the one or more identified CPE devices indicate a problem with the service received by the CPE devices, a determination can be made that a problem exists at a network component upstream from the first customer premise and the other one or more customer premises.
Patent GB-2529963-A (GB)
Title: Lofting Algorithm for discrete network meshing
Inventor: WARD STEVEN BRYAN
IPC: G06T17/20
Filed: 2013-07-02
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating hybrid computational meshes around complex and discrete fractures for the purpose of reservoir simulation. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes a method that comprises receiving a set of 3D fracture surfaces with geometry that has been discretized in a 2D manifold by a collection of polygons. The method defines a family of non-intersecting 2D slicing surfaces for slicing the set of 3D fracture surfaces. The method then uses the intersection of the 2D slicing surface with the 2D manifolds defining the fracture surfaces to create a set of 2D fractures on each slicing surface. Following a series of steps, the method generates three-dimensional shells connecting a set of stadia corresponding to each fracture on each 2D slicing surface to a corresponding set of stadia on a neighboring 2D slicing surface for creating a three-dimensional model.
Patent GB-2545699-A (GB)
Title: Smart lead acid battery module
Inventor: PETER WILLIAM DALE BISHOP
IPC: H01M10/48
Filed: 2015-12-22
Abstract: A lead acid battery module 10 comprises a sensor 30 for sensing at least one parameter indicative of an operating condition of the lead acid battery module, and battery management circuitry, which may be in the form of a microprocessor 35, operable to generate a management signal in response to an output received from the sensor. A power supply system comprising a plurality of battery modules, at least one of which comprises such an intelligent module 10, is also claimed. The battery module 10 may also include an isolating switch 20, which may be provided in an open, closed or bypass mode, which switch is operated by a signal from the battery management system 35. A data store 40 for sensed data, and an indicator 60 for indicating a current state of the battery module 10, may also be provided. The at least one parameter preferably comprises at least one of temperature, charging current, output current, voltage, time period for which the battery module is operational or being charged, specific gravity of the electrolyte, and conductance. The battery module 10 may also include communication circuitry (55, figs 2 & 3) for communication between battery modules.
Patent GB-2536808-A (GB)
Title: Connecting rod and internal combustion engine
Inventor: MICHAEL PAUL
IPC: F16C7/06
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: A connecting rod for an internal combustion engine, with a small end bearing eye for attachment thereof to a piston of a cylinder, and an eccentric adjusting device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length. The eccentric adjusting device has eccentric rods 16, which engage with an eccentric lever 14 of the eccentric adjusting device by a connecting pin 36, which extends through apertures in the eccentric lever and in the respective eccentric rod. The aperture 37 in the respective eccentric rod and/or a section of the respective connecting pin has/have arched contours, at least in some section or sections. This allows for some articulation of the joint, and allows the connection to be less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances.
Patent GB-2539086-A (GB)
Title: Portable vacuum chamber and an associated automated test system and method for the testing of electronic devices
Inventor: DAVID HENDERSON
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 2016-04-20
Abstract: A vacuum tray 10, system and method are disclosed for testing a device under test 50 (DUT). A vacuum chamber 12 defines a sealed vacuum around the DUT and a support 30, possibly a pedestal, supports the DUT within the chamber during testing. An electrical test interface 40 is configured to connect between the DUT 50 and testing system and a vacuum interface 24 is configured to connect to a vacuum pump. A sealable access door 16 may allow loading of the DUT. The DUT support 30 may comprise a vibration engagement interface 36 extending out of the chamber, with a sealing extension passage 37, for use in vibration testing of the DUT in the vacuum environment. A frame may define storage and test positions and a transport vehicle (109, figure 7), together with possible wheels 22 on the vacuum tray may provide for an automated test equipment (ATE).
Patent GB-2538418-A (GB)
Title: Tubing hanger with shuttle rod valve
Inventor: DEAN PORTER
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2015-01-08
Abstract: A completion system for a well includes a tubing hanger movable into a landed position within an internal bore of the completion system. The tubing hanger includes a hanger bore formed through the tubing hanger, an auxiliary passage formed through the tubing hanger outside of the hanger bore, and a shuttle rod valve including a rod movable in a cavity that is capable of being in fluid communication with the auxiliary passage to control the flow of fluid through the auxiliary passage.
Patent GB-2542273-A (GB)
Title: Silent computers having external heat sinks and portable RAID docks
Inventor: QINGYUAN LI
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2016-09-08
Abstract: Disclosed is a computer in which the fan 22 is manually controlled so that it can be silent. The computer also has a case 8, 10 that allows heat sink fins 1 or heat pipes, on the CPU, GPU and the power supply unit 5, to stick out of the case. The computer also the computer has an external RAID dock 6, a replaceable mating dock 18 to be mounted on RAID drives 20 and a protective case 21 for the drives. The computer also has graphics cards 9 and adapter cables 26 that enable the cards to be installed parallel to the plane of the motherboard 2 and the plane of the computer case. The computer also has hard disk drive bays 29. The case may be enclosed with a top cover with a hole in the centre, ie a square ring, or the top cover may be integrated with the heat sink. The RAID dock may be replaceable and could be adapted to any type of mass storage interface.
Patent GB-2540708-A (GB)
Title: Passive safe cooling system
Inventor: XIANGANG FU
IPC: G21C15/18
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: A passive safe cooling system comprises a water replenishing tank (110), an advanced safe filling tank (120), a built-in material replacing water tank (130), a pressure releasing system (140), a passive emergency water supply system (150), and a passive safe housing cooling system (160). The water replenishing tank (110), the advanced safe filling tank (120), the built-in material replacing water tank (130) and the pressure releasing system (140) are all disposed in a safe housing (200) and are separately communicated with a pressure container (210). The passive emergency water supply system (150) sealedly penetrates through the safe housing (200), corresponds to a steam generator (220) disposed in the safe housing (200) and is used for implementing water supply reflowing and heat output of the steam generator (220). The passive safe housing cooling system (160) sealedly penetrates through the safe housing (200) so as to enable the heat in the safe housing (200) to be output out of the safe housing (200). Without intervention of an active system and an operator, the passive safe cooling system can be used for effectively implementing safety functions such as reactor core reactivity control, afterheat output and radioactive substance containment under accident conditions, and for ensuring that a reactor core can be effectively cooled and maintained in a safe shutdown state, so that the safety of a nuclear power station is improved and the building cost and operating cost of the nuclear power station are greatly reduced.
Patent GB-2557975-A (GB)
Title: Secure log-in procedure
Inventor: TUOMAS MIKAEL KARKKAINEN
IPC: G06Q20/40
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: Method and system for providing access to a service via a mobile communications device. User details are entered at a user interface on a user device. The service access is authorised through the use of a personal identification code and/or a bio-credential of a user. An authorisation request message is sent using real-time push signalling for activating the mobile communications device or an application on the user device. A response message indicating the authorisation has been verified successfully is sent by the mobile communications device thereby allowing a user to log-in to the service. The service may relate to a payment transaction. The bio-credentials may involve a fingerprint, facial features, iris recognition or DNA genetic information. The system may maintain a log of a given mobile device used. The user device may be a personal computer or a smart watch.
Patent GB-2551867-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle mirror protection
Inventor: LILLO GIANFRANCO BANETTA
IPC: B60R1/06
Filed: 2017-02-03
Abstract: A protective case (201) for a vehicle mirror, the protective case (201) having a forward-direction facing side (F) and a reverse-direction facing side (R), and defining a chamber (301) for receiving a mirror therein, the chamber open to the reverse-direction facing side (R) for allowing a surface of a mirror received within the chamber to be viewed from the reverse-direction facing side (R). The protective case (201) comprises at least one resilient forward-direction protrusion (202) extending forwardly of the chamber for providing an impact point ahead of a mirror received within the chamber, and at least one resilient reverse-direction protrusion (203) extending rearward of the chamber for providing an impact point ahead of a mirror received within the chamber. The reverse-direction protrusion may be a rib which extends to form a continuous border around a rim (206) of a main body (204). The forward-direction protrusions may be a plurality of transverse ribs spaced apart in a vertical direction. The lowermost transverse rib may be softer than the other transverse ribs. Also disclosed is a vehicle provided with the abovementioned protective case, in particular a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or public service vehicle.
Patent GB-2548710-A (GB)
Title: Radiographic method and apparatus for detection of cracks, defects, or leak pathways in materials and assemblies
Inventor: KEVIN O GAW
IPC: G01N23/18
Filed: 2017-02-27
Abstract: A method, apparatus and controller for the detection of cracks, leaks, voids or other defects in a part under test. The method comprises exposing the part to a radioactive or isotope-labelled fluid under pressure and after the exposure detecting the presence or absence of the fluid entrained within the part. The part may be exposed to a vacuum before exposure to the fluid. The exposure may occur in a chamber. The fluid may be a gas or a liquid and may be reclaimed after the exposure. The detector may be an x-ray detector or a Geiger counter that may be connected to the chamber. There may be an indicator responsive to the detection of the fluid. The part may be further tested by a second technique on detection of the fluid.
Patent GB-2570266-A (GB)
Title: 3650 bean grinder wooden platform
Inventor: MARTIN JOHN NICHOLSON
IPC: A47J42/42
Filed: 2017-05-17
Abstract: A bean grinder 1 has a body Fig 1,2 and a base 81 having a plurality of wooden feet 86. In use coffee beans 61 may be ground by inner and outer burrs 3 and 4 and the grounds 85 pass via a spout 64 into a collecting vessel 83. The vessel is located on a wooden platform 83. The use of a wooden platform and wood feet electrically insulates the grinder from the surface it rests upon, for example a kitchen worktop. It is intended that that wood counteracts a build-up of static electricity caused by the grinding of beans and prevents the grounds from sticking to the burrs and remaining within the funnel 47 and spout 64.
Patent GB-2563047-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for locating energy harvesting devices in an environment
Inventor: HUGO JOHN MARTIN VINCENT
IPC: H02S99/00
Filed: 2017-06-01
Abstract: When placing an indoor solar energy harvesting electronic device, e.g. photovoltaic cells, in an environment 20, such as a room inside a building, the amount of light energy that will be available at different locations in the environment is predicted (34) by using a lighting model to simulate the interaction of light from light source 21, 22, 23 or sources in the environment with the geometry 25, 26 in the environment 20. The predicted amount of light energy at different locations in the environment is then used to generate a display (42) to the user indicating the suitability of locations in the environment for a light energy harvesting electronic device that is to be positioned in the environment, i.e. away from shade. In a preferred embodiment an image is taken of the environment and image analysis is used to generate the light distribution.
Patent GB-2553408-A (GB)
Title: Locking mechanism
Inventor: BRIAN MATTHEW CORBETT
IPC: E05C9/18
Filed: 2017-06-16
Abstract: A locking mechanism has a first and second oppositely driven drive bars 14 each driving a respective locking bolt 20 in a direction perpendicular to extend from an aperture 36 in a housing 12. The drive bars have angled guides 42 which engage with angled guides 44 on the bolts such that sliding movement of the drive bars is converted to perpendicular movement of the locking bolts to extend/retract from the housing. The drive bars may include serrated connectors 16 for coupling to further locking mechanisms. Preferably locking bolt aperture 36 includes a wide section 50 and a narrower section 52 and the locking bolt includes a thin section 56 and a thicker section 54 such that a two stage movement of the locking bolt is produced, first to extend the bolt out of the housing and second movement to slide laterally. The first and second drive bars may be identical as may be the locking bolts.
Patent GB-2553420-A (GB)
Title: Objective lens attachment
Inventor: Sorin Stanescu
IPC: G02B27/58
Filed: 2017-07-13
Abstract: An objective lens attachment 10, suitable for use in a super-resolution microscope, positions a microsphere lens 13 between the objective lens 2 and a sample. The objective lens attachment 10 comprises a cap 14 which may have a substantially tubular body 15 and a top 16. A support sheet 11 is affixed to the cap 14. Upon the support sheet 11 is provided an adhesive layer 12. Affixed to the adhesive layer 12 is a microsphere lens 13, the microsphere lens being aligned with the centre of the objective lens 2. The microsphere lens 13 may comprise a microsphere or a truncated microsphere. The cap 14 may be fitted within a dedicated socket in a scanning stage operable to control the location of the cap relative to the objective lens 2. A microscopy apparatus including the objective lens attachment is also claimed. A method of constructing the attachment is also claimed as is a method of machining using the microscopy apparatus along with a laser beam source.
Patent GB-2567243-A (GB)
Title: High load Fastener
Inventor: JAN NIKLEWICZ
IPC: F16B19/10
Filed: 2017-10-09
Abstract: A fastener comprises a hollow tubular body 106 with a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis. A hollow leg member 104 has a proximal end and a distal end, and is translatable within the body 106 along the central axis of the body 106. The leg member 104 has a plurality of resilient legs (504a-f, see figure 5A) at the distal end and each leg has a head at the distal end for engaging with a work-piece. An actuating member with a proximal end and a distal end biases the resilient legs. The actuating member comprises a profiled tip 103 at the proximal end and a threaded part 102. A bolt 101 having a proximal end and a distal end has a threaded part at the distal end for engaging with the threaded part 102 of the actuating member, such that rotation of the bolt 101 in one direction causes the actuating member to be drawn into the body 106 and bias the legs radially outward. The profile of the tip 103 includes a ramp for expanding the legs and a stop (409, see figure 4B). The stop and legs are arranged such that, when the actuating member is being drawn into the body 106, the stop engages with an end surface of the legs to draw the legs further into the body 106 and not bias the legs radially outward.
Patent GB-2558041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to continuous inkjet printers
Inventor: Christopher Adrian Chapman
IPC: B41J2/12
Filed: 2017-10-13
Abstract: A method of calibrating a zero voltage level in a continuous inkjet printer comprises: measuring a voltage on a charge electrode at a time B, D when it is expected to be zero; comparing with zero volts and minimizing the difference between the measured voltage and ground. A continuous inkjet printer is also disclosed that includes control means to compare the voltage on a charge electrode with a reference voltage when the voltage on the charge electrode has been at a predetermined value for a predetermined time. The printer preferably compares voltages between prints A, E and phase tests C.
Patent GB-2571912-A (GB)
Title: Connecting method
Inventor: DAVID JOHN THOMAS
IPC: E06B3/964
Filed: 2018-02-06
Abstract: The method comprises locating an insert 16 extending between hollow members 12 such that the insert interconnects the hollow members. The insert may be profiled. The insert may comprise a first part located in a first of the hollow members and a second part inclined relative to the first part and locatable in a second of the hollow members such that the first and second members are inclined relative to each other. The insert may be substantially L shaped so as to perpendicularly interconnect the hollow members. The hollow members may comprise lengths of profiled sections and may be formed by extrusion. The ends of the hollow members may be inclined such that they provide a mitred joint therebetween. The hollow members may be formed of a plastic material such a UPVC or made of a metal such as aluminum or wood. The inserts may be made of a plastic material such as PVC.
Patent GB-2562844-A (GB)
Title: Controlling side-view mirrors in autonomous vehicles
Inventor: AED M DUDAR
IPC: G03B17/56
Filed: 2018-03-21
Abstract: A method includes capturing a first image of a first vehicle mirror deployed to a first position by a second vehicle. The second vehicle captures a second image of the mirror deployed to a second position and analyzes the first and second images to determine an operational status of the mirror. The operational status may be a mirror: stuck in a first position, stuck in the second position, stuck in between the first and second position, and the mirror deployable in each of the first and second positions. Additionally, the method may include, receiving, prior to capturing the first image, a request to participate in a mirror verification. Once verified, determined that the second vehicle is within a range to detect the mirror and transmit a response to the first vehicle agreeing to participate in the mirror verification based on the determination that the second vehicle is within the range to detect the mirror.
Patent GB-2557821-A (GB)
Title: Beneficiating weighting agents
Inventor: Katerina V Newman
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2015-12-07
Abstract: Beneficiating particulate additives by removing contaminants or minerals that impact the quality and specific gravity of the particulate additives may be achieved via dry solids separation technologies. For example, an air classifier, an electrostatic separator, and a combination thereof may be used to produce a beneficiated particulate additive comprising less than 40% of drill solids by weight of the beneficiated particulate additive.