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Patent GB-2388959-A (GB)
Title: A semiconductor device barrier layer
Inventor: MERCHANT SAILESH MANSINH
IPC: H01L23/532
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: A barrier layer for a semiconductor device metallization component provides a silicon nitride film 29 formed in a component recess and a refractory metal film 30 formed over the silicon nitride film. The device component includes a dielectric material and a recess formed in the dielectric. The surface of the dielectric material within the recess is exposed to nitrogen under controlled parameters. A section of the dielectric material adjacent an interior of the recess is converted to silicon nitride. The refractory metal is then conformed deposited along the recess sidewalls. A seed layer 33 is then deposited over the refractory metal film, and a conductive metal 27 is then deposited within the recess. The device is then polished to remove excess metal outside the recess and planarize the device.
Patent GB-2382393-A (GB)
Title: A fastening element
Inventor: CHEAL JONATHON PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: F16B37/14
Filed: 2002-09-23
Abstract: A fastening element is provided, which is adapted to cooperate with a tie member to exert a compressive force on first and second components, the fastening element comprising an inner portion (50) resiliently joined to an outer portion (52), such that when a tensile reaction force is applied to the tie member as a result of the compressive force, the reaction force causes the outer portion (52) to be displaced relative to the inner portion (50). The fastening element may further comprise a washer (56) rotatably attached to the outer portion (52) by a cage (54). An indicator element for use with such a fastening element is also provided, together with a method of securing a first component to a second component by means of such a fastening element.
Patent GB-2395003-A (GB)
Title: Sensing method and apparatus for a lift car
Inventor: CURZON JOHN VIGURS
IPC: B66B1/34
Filed: 2002-10-30
Abstract: A method of sensory control for a lift car 12 located in a shaft 11 which defines at least two stations 11A to 11E, wherein the method comprises providing a scanner 21 for the car, an independent scanning extension means at each station, e.g. 17L, and wherein on or following the arrival of the car at one of the stations, the scanner 21 and the extension means 17L are juxtaposed to form an operable combination, thereby allowing a predetermined access region, e.g. 17A to be scanned and thereby providing a signal representing the occupancy or otherwise of the predetermined region, and using the signal to regulate subsequent operation of the car. The scanner 21 may be a camera and the scanning extension means 17L may incorporate a reflective or refractive component. Also included is an independent claim to an apparatus.
Patent GB-2395346-A (GB)
Title: Flute embouchure
Inventor: MCCALMONT JOHN NOEL
IPC: G10D7/026
Filed: 2002-11-15
Abstract: A flute having an embouchure with a blow hole conforming basically to a circle but wherein the blow edge is straight, so that the blow hole is somewhat "D" shaped. Preferably the blow edge 23 is coincident with a tangent to the basic circle and extends to intersect two other tangents to the circle at about 110{. Also the blow hole 22 is preferably coincident with the basic outer surface of the embouchure, there is no undercut and a bevel 24 is formed in the embouchure so that the cutting angle is acute. The invention is also applicable to other musical instruments, such as the piccolo, where the sound is formed by blowing across the embouchure.
Patent GB-2395464-A (GB)
Title: A resilient non-slip grip for a writing implement
Inventor: FURUSAWA MICHIO
IPC: B43K23/008
Filed: 2002-11-19
Abstract: A writing implement, such as a ball point pen, with a resilient non-slip grip 10 on its barrel 20 provides a good fit between the grip and fingers, to give a comfortable grasping touch. The grip 10 is made from an elastic resin. It is formed as a cylinder whose inner surface is fitted over the outer surface of a grasped area of the barrel 20. Open ended hollows or passageways 11 pass axially through the peripheral wall 12 of the cylinder. These hollows 11 are arranged circumferentially in parallel. The grip 10 is fined on to the barrel to form an annular vent passage c at an end of the grip for communication between the hollows and the outside. This may be covered partially by a collar 42, separated from the outer surface of the grip 10 by a small gap.
Patent GB-2398501-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning and/or sterilising device
Inventor: CLAYTON PATRICK BRIAN
IPC: A61L2/07
Filed: 2003-02-24
Abstract: A cleaning or sterilising device 1 comprising a cylindrical pressure chamber 26, such as an autoclave. The pressure chamber is provided with internal fluid dispensing means in the form of elongate spray bars 6 and 7 adapted to move around the items 10 to be sterilised or cleaned. The items 10, which may be dental equipment, are placed in a removable wire basket 9 which is supported by a frame 8 which rests on the chamber floor at one end, and is supported at the other by the spray bar hub assembly 16. The spray bars 6 and 7 are constructed from substantially "L" shaped pipes, which extend radially from the hub 16, then along the length of the chamber. During operation the spray bars are rotated around the basket and support frame, thereby providing jets of fluid 25 which are directed all around the equipment 10 to be cleaned. The cleaning process is followed by a sterilisation process, in which steam is administered via valve 14 and the chamber temperature and pressure controlled. The hub assembly may be provided with one or more central fluid cavities (34, Fig. 2) to which items with a lumen (38, Fig. 2) may be attached to clean the inside of said lumen. Ultrasonic fluid treatment means may be provided in the central cavity. Lubricating fluids may be introduced into the chamber during the cleaning and/or sterilising processes. Apertures may be provided in a wall of the pressure chamber, and a manifold may be releasably attached to the outside of the wall to enable components to access the apertures.
Patent GB-2392392-A (GB)
Title: A baby walker
Inventor: COLEMAN FREDERICK PAUL
IPC: B62B7/06
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: A baby walker comprises two bars 4,5 attached to an axle. One bar ends in a handle 3 suitable for use by an adult to guide the walker. Bar 5 ends in a frame 7 having a harness consisting of straps 1 and a crotch strap 2 which secure and support a child in the walker. Further wheels (Fig 4) may be added at to the frame 8 to convert the walker into a push chair.
Patent GB-2382739-A (GB)
Title: Non-standard coding systems
Inventor: SHEN-ORR CHAIM
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 2001-08-28
Abstract: A method for transforming content from a standard form coded in accordance with a standard coding scheme to content in a non-standard form coded in accordance with a non-standard coding scheme. The method includes providing content coded in a standard form in accordance with a standard coding scheme, the standard coding scheme including at least one syntax element; and altering the content coded in the standard form in accordance with a non-standard syntax modification scheme, thereby producing content encoded in a non-standard form in accordance with a non-standard coding scheme. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.
Patent GB-2383659-A (GB)
Title: Quality control cube for seismic data
Inventor: JONES NEIL
IPC: G01V1/34
Filed: 2001-09-25
Abstract: Attributes of a seismic data set that are indicative of the quality of the seismic data are displayed in a quality control (QC) hypercube. The axes of the hypercube may be the source position, the source line, the receiver position and a processing step. In a pre-migration QC cube, two of the three axes of the cube are defined by the locations of seismic data. In a migrated QC cube, two of the three axes are defined by the migrated output bin position of processed seismic data. The third axis of the cube contains information about the quality of the data. The QC attributes may be simple amplitudes, or they may be attributes derived from the amplitudes of the seismic data, such as RMS values and/or spectral values. In a migrated QC cube, the attributes may include seismic velocity, seismic fold and distribution of source-receiver azimuths.
Patent GB-2399972-A (GB)
Title: Common interface controller and method of descrambling transport stream channels
Inventor: MILNER JONATHAN RICHARD
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 2003-03-26
Abstract: A common interface controller and a method of descrambling channels of first and second transport streams using a conditional access module for descrambling channels of a transport stream as identified by respective PIDs wherein an intermediate data stream is provided by time multiplexing at least a part of the first transport stream with at least a part of the second transport stream, the part of the first transport stream including a first channel and the part of the second transport stream including a second channel, and wherein the original value of a PID identifying the second channel is changed to an intermediate value not used by any PID of any respective channel in said at least a part of the first transport stream such that the intermediate data stream forms an intermediate transport stream for processing by the conditional access module.
Patent GB-2388980-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for establishing synchronization with a synchronization signal
Inventor: CHEN WEIZHONG
IPC: H04L7/04
Filed: 2001-11-06
Abstract: A synchronization signal includes a plurality of predetermined synchronization symbols shaped by a predeter-mined symbol pulse. A receiver (100) receives (202) a signal including the synchronization signal, and a processor (106) determines (204) a first plurality of cross-correlations between the predetermined symbol pulse and the received signal. The processor calculates (206) a plurality of sums of products of the plurality of predetermined synchronization symbols and a predetermined subset of the first plurality of cross-correlations. The plurality of sums are mathematically equivalent to a second plurality of cross-correlations between the synchronization signal and the received signal. The processor locates (208) a peak of the plurality of sums to establish receiver synchronization.
Patent GB-2403416-A (GB)
Title: Prosthesis with artificial ligament
Inventor: SCOTT ROBERT
IPC: A61F2/38
Filed: 2003-07-02
Abstract: A prosthetic device comprising a bearing component 2, 4 for connection to a bone 3, 6, the bearing component 2, 4 replacing part or all of a human or animal joint, and a prosthetic ligament 8 which is connected to or passes through the bearing component 2, 4. The bearing component 2,4 may be provided with a peg or bollard 10 to which the prosthetic ligament 8 is attached. Preferably, the joint comprises a human knee joint and the first and second bearing components comprise a tibial bearing component 4 and a femoral bearing component 2 respectively, and the prosthetic ligament 8 at one end is connected to or passes through the tibial component 4 and at the other end is connected to or passes through the femoral component 2. The present invention can be used with a fixed bearing prosthetic knee or a mobile bearing knee using a meniscal component (40).
Patent GB-2392914-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive for water-soluble packagings
Inventor: HOFFMANN SANDRA
IPC: C09J131/04
Filed: 2003-07-24
Abstract: Hot-melt adhesives for gluing water-soluble packagings comprise polyvinyl alcohol and plasticizer and at least one particulate additive selected from porous substances with a BET surface area (multiple point determination of the BET surface area by means of N2 adsorption in accordance with DIN 66131) above 50 m<2>/g and/or substances with a water uptake capacity above 0.02 g/g. The plasticizer may be selected from water, glycerol, ethylene glycol, sorbitol, mannitol and mixtures thereof. Examples of the particulate additive may be pyrogenic silica, homo-and/or copolymers of acrylic acid and one or more cross-linked, swellable polymers (superabsurbes). Also shown is a process for the preparation of hot-melt adhesives.
Patent GB-2394040-A (GB)
Title: Maintaining the temperature in a oocyte or embryo handling tube
Inventor: BATEMAN TIMOTHY
IPC: A61B17/435
Filed: 2003-08-14
Abstract: Oocyte extraction apparatus or embryo replacement apparatus has a flexible tube 110 along which the oocyte or embryo passes within an outer jacket which maintains the temperature in the tube. In one embodiment the jacket (20,30 fig 1) is a thermally insulating foamed plastic, and can also cover a flushing syringe (11, fig 2) and a test tube (40, fig 3). Another embodiment has warmed fluid circulated through the jacket 113, which may be of extruded plastic with webs 117,118 bisecting a concentric passage around a central bore 116 to form C shaped channels 119,120. The fluid is electrically heated in a warmer 111, and an end cap 124 allows a return flow through one of the channels. The recovery tube 100 is a close fit in central bore 116, and may be coated in gel to improve thermal conduction. A needle 103 may be combined with the end cap. In other embodiments, the jacket contains a wax or gel that changes phase at about body temperature, or an electric heater.
Patent GB-2406144-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine blade retention system using a key
Inventor: UDALL KENNETH FRANKLIN
IPC: F04D29/32
Filed: 2003-09-19
Abstract: A system 10 for retaining a blade 20 within a gas turbine engine comprises a support 12 having a channel (14, Fig 2A), a blade 20 having a root 22 for reception within the channel 14 and a retention key 30 within the channel 14 between the support 12 and the blade root 22. The key 30 is rotatable between a first orientation for retaining the blade 20 in the support 12 and a second orientation for inserting and/or removing the blade 20 from the support 12. The key 30 may extend from one side of the blade root to the other and may have a body portion 36 which may have a cross sectional area reducing from its ends toward its centre. The key 30 may be prevented from rotation by a fixture 40. The invention also relates to a method of securing the blade 20 to the support 12.
Patent GB-2394198-A (GB)
Title: Sanding plate for a hand-held electric sanding machine and process for its production
Inventor: WUENSCH STEFFEN
IPC: B24B23/02
Filed: 2003-10-13
Abstract: A sanding plate made of an elastic material for a hand-held electric sanding machine which, has a lateral surface (13) with a pagoda-shaped contour (14), the lateral surface extending from the plate border (111) of the upper plate surface (11) to the lower plate border (121) of the lower plate surface (12). To produce such a sanding plate, a plate body 10 is punched out of an elastic material and a round bar 20 placed along the upper plate border (111) at a distance therefrom, and is pressed into the plate body 10, so that the elastic material bulges out from under the round bar 20. Then, the bulging border material is cut off along the outer edges of the round bar 20 with a separating cut running at right angles to the plate surfaces (11, 12) and the round bar 20 is removed.
Patent GB-2395988-A (GB)
Title: Variable displacement compressor control system
Inventor: IZAWA SATOSHI
IPC: F04B27/18
Filed: 2003-11-27
Abstract: A compressor system includes a variable displacement compressor 1 having a refrigerant inlet 1 d, a refrigerant outlet 1 e and a piston to compress the refrigerant. The compressor also has a control pressure chamber 1b connected to the refrigerant inlet and outlet wherein the pressure of the refrigerant in the control pressure chamber regulates the stroke of the piston. The compressor system is characterised by a control valve6, that changes the degree of communication between the control pressure chamber and either of the refrigerant inlet or outlet, and a pressure sensing means 7d which measures either the refrigerant intake pressure or the outlet pressure and a signal outputting means which outputs a signal based upon the refrigerant intake or outlet pressure when the displacement of the compressor apparatus is greater than a pre determined value based on the refrigerant pressure. Also claimed is the use of a temperature sensor 7a in place of the pressure sensor to give an indication of the compressor displacement. The compressor may be of the swash plate type.
Patent GB-2398878-A (GB)
Title: NMR well logging
Inventor: HEATON NICHOLAS J
IPC: G01V3/32
Filed: 2004-01-09
Abstract: A NMR data is acquired for a fluid sample located either in a borehole or in a laboratory environment. From the set of NMR data, a multi-dimensional distribution is calculated using a mathematical inversion based on a maximum entropy principle. A graph of a multi dimensional dataset produced is generated, for example D plotted against T2 on a logorithmic scale.
Patent GB-2398555-A (GB)
Title: A transporter
Inventor: CASIMATY GABRIEL
IPC: B62D7/02
Filed: 2004-02-18
Abstract: A transporter 10 having an elongate trussed frame 11 supported at each end by a pair of wheel assemblies 15, 16 the frame being adapted to support an elongate heavy structure suspended therefrom, the frame comprising at least two telescopically mounted sub-frames 12,13 one positioned within the other to facilitate variation in the length of the transporter 11 each wheel assembly 15,16 being coupled to the frame to be vertically displaceable relative to the frame and means adapted to effect the vertical displacement through at least two metres. The wheel assembly can comprise a yoke supported by a column, and the vertical displacement can effectuated by a hydraulic system. The transporter is used to transport heavy elongate articles, e.g. cricket wickets or race track crossings.
Patent GB-2411820-A (GB)
Title: Self driven cleaning device
Inventor: HAMMOND GEOFFREY ROBERT
IPC: A47L9/00
Filed: 2004-02-18
Abstract: A cleaning device (10) incorporates drive means (14) and cleaning means (20), wherein the drive means (14) are operable to drive the cleaning means (20) across a surface to be cleaned, and wherein the drive means (14) are operable to adopt first and second driving modes, the first driving mode being a travelling mode and the second driving mode being a turning mode, wherein locking means (40, 42) of the drive means (14) allow selection between the first and second driving modes. In the embodiment, the drive means comprises a carriage 36 rotatable about a vertical axis, carrying a pair of wheels 15, which are driven via a gear train 28 30, by a motor 34 which is mounted on the main body of the cleaning device. In normal travel mode the carriage is prevented from rotating by a locking pin 42 on the main body and indent 40 on the carriage, being engaged, urged to do so by spring 46. On encountering an obstruction, bumper 48, via a suitable linkage, causes the locking arrangement 42, 40 to disengage. Since the cleaner is unable to advance, the motor, instead of driving the wheels 15 causes the carriage to rotate until the wheels can again advance the cleaner. As it moves off, the whole body tends to rotate and realign with the moving direction, whereupon the lock automatically re-engages when the pin and recess 40 re-align with themselves. The cleaning unit may simply be a dusting pad or a wet cleaning device fed by liquid from a reservoir.
Patent GB-2404508-A (GB)
Title: An adaptive polynomial predistorter for phase-modulated RF signals with low peak-to-average ratios
Inventor: WHITE PAUL E
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 2004-07-09
Abstract: A single-channel phase-modulated RF signal s(t) is predistorted in combiner 22 by polynomial functions produced in polynomial generator 20. The polynomial generator 20 operates on the input signal amplitude or power as determined by envelope detector 18. The combiner may be either a vector modulator, or an attenuator and a phase shifter. In a low-cost arrangement, only a phase shifter is provided, wherein only one polynomial generator is required (figure 3). The input signal may have a low peak to average ratio, thereby allowing power-efficient use of an amplifier 12 operating close to saturation. The input signal may be a GSM or EDGE signal. The Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) and the Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) are reduced.
Patent GB-2401967-A (GB)
Title: Dual cache system
Inventor: SPERBER ZEEV
IPC: G06F12/0897
Filed: 2000-11-07
Abstract: A computer system having a caches interconnected in parallel includes a first and a second cache module directly coupled to an address generating line for parallel lookup of data and directly connected to a data generating line.
Patent GB-2407594-A (GB)
Title: Hydro-pneumatic tensioner with stiffness altering secondary accumulator
Inventor: MCCARTY JEFFREY KIRK
IPC: F16F9/06
Filed: 2004-10-15
Abstract: A tensioner comprises a primary accumulator (52, 128) with a fluid at a pressure P1 and a secondary accumulator (98, 121) with a fluid at a pressue P2, each separated by a fluid separator such as a piston (92), a bladder (figures 9 and 14) or a valve (figures 10 and 15). Retraction of a piston (82) into the primary accumulator increases its pressure P1 until it is greater than the pressure P2 in the secondary accumulator when the fluid separator (92) is activated. The secondary accumulator may be within a piston rod (32) of the piston (82) of the primary accumulator, or it may be externally housed (figures 6-17).
Patent GB-2409761-A (GB)
Title: Transflective type liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
Inventor: YANG JOON-YOUNG
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2004-11-09
Abstract: A CMOS-TFT array substrate and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed, by a low-mask technology to decrease the usage count of masks, which includes a substrate (111) comprising an active area having a plurality of pixel regions and a driving circuit area for driving the active area, each pixel region having a transmitting part and a reflective part; a first semiconductor layer (154a) having first source/drain regions (115a, 115b) formed in the pixel region; a second semiconductor layer (154b) having second source/drain regions (125a, 125b) formed in the driving circuit area; a gate insulating layer (113) on an entire surface of the substrate (111) including the first and second semiconductor layers (154a, 154b); first and second gate electrodes (112, 122) on the gate insulating layer (113) above the first and second semiconductor layers (154a, 154b); a storage electrode (119) in the pixel region; an insulating interlayer (123) on the entire surface of the substrate (111); a transmitting electrode (117b) on the insulating interlayer (123) of the transmitting part; a passivation layer (116) on the entire surface of the substrate (111) including the transmitting electrode (117b); a reflective electrode (117a) on the passivation layer (116) of the reflective part; first and second source/drain electrodes (115c, 115d; 125c, 125d) being in contact with the first and second source/drain regions (115a, 115b; 125a, 125b); and a liquid crystal layer between the substrate (111) and another facing substrate.
Patent GB-2420557-A (GB)
Title: Cover for a drinking vessel such as a bottle
Inventor: MANSBRIDGE FELICITY BRIDGET GO
IPC: B65D47/32
Filed: 2004-11-27
Abstract: A cover for a drinking vessel such as a bottle 1 or like fluid container comprises a body portion 12 having an outer surface adapted to fit closely into the neck portion 3 of the drinking vessel and a top portion 13 which fits over the open end 4 of the drinking vessel's neck and which is provided with a drinking aperture 18 and a venting aperture 19 to allow air to enter the drinking vessel to replace liquid which has been drunk via the drinking aperture, both the drinking and venting apertures extending through the body portion. The drinking aperture may pass through an annular section of the body portion. The drinking aperture and the venting aperture may be positioned on opposite sides of the top portion.