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Patent GB-2350502-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for concurrent synchronization and improved automatic frequency control in a communication device
Inventor: FROEHLING TIMOTHY P
IPC: H04L27/227
Filed: 2000-05-16
Abstract: A method (1400) of enabling automatic frequency control (AFC) concurrent with time alignment of information in a communication device includes a first step (1402) of providing a data stream to an AFC. A second step (1404) includes applying multiple frequency offsets to the data stream. The offsets are separated from each other by about Ò2  f  /2<SP>m</SP> radians with m being the number of bits per symbol in the modulation system. A third step (1406) includes correlating each frequency offset signal with a predetermined symbol sequence until correlation is found. A fourth step (1408) includes coupling the correct data stream of the branch with the found correlation to an AFC logic circuit indicating AFC lock. A fifth step (1410) includes simultaneously supplying the correct data stream to the communication device along with the fourth step (1408) such that time alignment can take place concurrently with AFC in the communication device. The communication device may use a QPSK system, may be a radiotelephone or may include a pager, electronic organizer or computer.
Patent GB-2350091-A (GB)
Title: Bellows of a connecting corridor
Inventor: MOBUS WILHELM
IPC: B61D17/22
Filed: 2000-05-19
Abstract: A bellows of a connecting corridor with an intercommunicating gangway between two vehicles hinged to each, is made of a metallic material. It may be a concertina or expansion bellows and may be one piece or multi-port.
Patent GB-2352407-A (GB)
Title: Toy racing car track section with obstacles
Inventor: NGAI KAM FAI
IPC: A63H18/02
Filed: 2000-07-03
Abstract: A track section 200 is provided in a toy racing car track system formed by a loop of track sections connected end-to-end together. The track section comprises a body 210 having a substantially flat upper surface 220 formed with recesses 250 adjacent at least one side of the rails for positioning respective obstacles 240 for riding over by the wheels of the toy car. The obstacles (Fig 1, 140) of one type are rotatable, and the obstacles 240 of a different type are fixed. The recesses are preferably staggered.
Patent GB-2367536-A (GB)
Title: Strap connection
Inventor: ORAL RIDVAN
IPC: B60R21/232
Filed: 2000-10-03
Abstract: A strap connection consists of an aperture (1) having a relatively large region (2) and a smaller region (5). A strap (6) is provided having an end part (7) which is folded back and stitched (8) to have a dimension greater than the corresponding dimension of the main part of the strap. The connection is effected by inserting the end of the strap into the large region (2) of the aperture and moving the strap so the end part of the strap of greater dimension is located adjacent the second or smaller region (5) of the aperture.
Patent GB-2369018-A (GB)
Title: Control channel interference cancellation for a CDMA receiver
Inventor: THURSTON ANDREW
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2000-11-10
Abstract: A CDMA (code division multiple access) rake receiver removes interference caused by control channels. The receiver estimates the amplitude of the control channel in a received signal and subtracts this estimation from the signal prior to recovering the spread channels. Preferably the estimation is a scaled locally held replica of the control channel. The effects of more than one channel may be cancelled, e.g. both the primary synchronisation channel (PSC) and the secondary synchronisation channel (SSC) may be subtracted from the signal. Application is to a UMTS radio system.
Patent GB-2370011-A (GB)
Title: A dispenser for foil or film
Inventor: NEW GRAHAM JAMES
IPC: B26B27/00
Filed: 2000-12-15
Abstract: A dispenser for foil or film, such as plastics wrap film, comprises a container for receiving a roll of the film. The container has a flange 22 over which film can be drawn from the roll. The flange 22 includes a channel 28 serving as a guide track for a cutter device 42. The cutter device can be moved along the track to sever a length of film drawn from the roll. The cutter device comprises a guide shoe 68 which runs in the channel 28, and retaining means 60 which includes a foot 64 for retaining the cutter device on the flange 22.
Patent GB-2372151-A (GB)
Title: Switch assembly
Inventor: BURNHAM WILLIAM H
IPC: H01H19/11
Filed: 2001-02-09
Abstract: A rotary switch includes a rotatable actuator having a shaft 14 with a profiled section 16 . The switch has a stable moulded inner housing 26 which functions as a detent mechanism. The actuator of the switch has electrical contacts 22 which are recessed. This reduces the amount of moving parts, simplifies assembly and improves switch performance and reliability.
Patent GB-2357436-A (GB)
Title: Multi-layered wound dressing
Inventor: JACQUES ELIZABETH JOAN
IPC: A61F13/00
Filed: 2000-01-07
Abstract: A multi-layered wound dressing comprising: (a) an absorbent layer having high absorbency but low lateral wicking rate; and (b) a transmission layer having a high moisture vapour transmission rate overlying the side of said absorbent layer furthest from the wound.
Patent GB-2374670-A (GB)
Title: Vibration analysis of rotating blades using timing probe and single strain gauge
Inventor: LOFTUS PETER
IPC: G01H1/00
Filed: 2001-04-17
Abstract: A method an apparatus of characterising the vibration of a plurality of rotating blades 12. A single strain gauge 16A on a single blade 12A, and one or two tip timing probes 22A, 22B on a casing surrounding the blade are provided. Strain gauge data allows the vibration of the single blade to be fully characterised, while the tip timing data allows the amplitudes or velocities of vibration of all the blades to be determined. The relationship between strain and timing data is established and assumed to apply to all blades, thus allowing stresses induced in all the blades by the vibrations to be determined. The blades may be turbine blades in a gas turbine engine.
Patent GB-2375043-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable article
Inventor: RICHARDS PAUL
IPC: A47C16/00
Filed: 2001-05-02
Abstract: An inflatable cushion is formed from two layers of material that are seam-welded together. The seam is provided with a local weakness such that upon a predetermined excess internal pressure of the cushion over the ambient pressure, the cushion deflates in a controlled manner. The cushion may be divided into two communicating compartments, and finds particular application as a neck support or as foot-exercising cushion for use in pressurised aircraft.
Patent GB-2363776-A (GB)
Title: Invertable lid for containing an ingredient
Inventor: OLIVER MICHAEL
IPC: B65D51/28
Filed: 2001-05-04
Abstract: A container 20 for food or other products has a mouth 12 and a lid 30 which has a cavity 31 in the outside of the lid top for containing a food ingredient. The lid 30 is constructed to be invertable on the mouth 12 and to be attachable in its inverted position so as also to close the mouth 12 in this position. The cavity 31 may initially closed by an aluminium foil, heat sealed to an upper edge of a skirt 35, the foil being remove so that the ingredient in the cavity 31 may be poured into the container 20 for mixing with a liquid. The lid 30 may then be inverted and replaced on the container.
Patent GB-2375798-A (GB)
Title: A gas turbine engine fan blade containment assembly
Inventor: UDALL KENNETH FRANKLIN
IPC: F01D21/04
Filed: 2001-05-16
Abstract: A fan blade containment assembly 138 for a turbofan gas turbine engine comprises a generally cylindrical or frustoconical containment casing 140 having a rib 142 at its upstream end which extends circumferentially around the containment casing 140, and an intake casing 146 with a bulkhead 160 at its downstream end which extends circumferentially around the intake casing 146. The bulkhead 160 is directly fastened to the rib 142 of the containment casing 140, and curved ribs 156, 158 which extend circumferentially around the containment casing 140 are connected at their radially outer ends 166, 168 to the outer end 164 of the bulkhead 160. The ribs 156, 158 have spring fingers 172, 176 which allow for ease of assembly and removal. In an alternative embodiment, three curved ribs (156-158, Fig.5) are bonded or welded at their radially inner ends to the containment casing. A V-shaped projection 188 on door 186 engages in a V-shaped groove 184.
Patent GB-2364107-A (GB)
Title: CVT controller with standardized software and hardware
Inventor: KATO YOSHIFUMI
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2001-06-14
Abstract: A controller, for a CVT 4, may be used with various different engines/vehicles types since it is possible to tune an ECU 8 to each engine, thereby achieving standardization in terms of hardware and software. A manager ECU 10 controls a gear ratio of the CVT 4 on a basis of target gear ratio and an input torque transmitted from the manager ECU 10 by way of a communication line L which may be a network of a carrier sense multiple access system (eg a CSMA/CR system). The ECU 10 is in mutual communication, via line L, with an engine ECU 6 and a CVT ECU 8 each having processing units 6a, 8a and communicating units 6b, 8b. Processing units 6a, 8a receive information from various sensors, such as an accelerator pedal sensor, intake air sensor, rotational speed sensor, vehicle speed senor etc, and execute control of the engine and CVT in accordance with a control program stored in a memory.
Patent GB-2377889-A (GB)
Title: Subcutaneous tunnelling
Inventor: KONG ANDREW S
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 2001-07-25
Abstract: A tunnelling device 2 for creating a subcutaneous tunnel comprises a stylet 6 and a malleable tubular cannula (4). The stylet 6 has a cutting tip 8 at its proximal end and a handle 10 at its distal end. The cannula (4) sheathes the stylet 6, along a portion of the stylet's length between the handle 10 and the cutting tip 8. The cutting tip 8 projects beyond the proximal end 14 of the cannula (4), and the stylet 6 is axially movable within the cannula (4).
Patent GB-2372860-A (GB)
Title: Authentication system using position information
Inventor: FUJII SATORU
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2001-10-04
Abstract: The user of a credit card 212 can be authenticated by determining whether the position of the user's mobile telephone 211 accords with the point of use of the card 202. An authentication unit 201 of the card company calculates information on the position of the card reader 202 by referring to a database 205 which stores identification information and corresponding locations of card readers. The authentication unit searches a card user database 204 for the telephone number of the card user's mobile telephone and a position-acquiring unit 206 acquires information on the position of the telephone on the basis of its telephone number. Authentication of the user is based on a comparison of the position of the point of use of the card and that of the user's telephone. The user can be notified via his mobile telephone that the card is used at a position remote from him or by a person other than him. In another embodiment (Fig. 4) a PIN entered at a doorlock is likewise authenticated by determining whether the position of the PIN-holder's mobile telephone coincides with the position of the doorlock.
Patent GB-2363681-A (GB)
Title: Solid electolytic capacitor
Inventor: WHEELER DAVID A
IPC: H01G9/052
Filed: 2000-05-18
Abstract: Capacitor elements made with a solid polymeric electrolyte show reduced leakage current when reformed at about 60-85% of formation voltage during the impregnation phase between successive layers of polymeric electrolyte.
Patent GB-2382613-A (GB)
Title: Flood protection barrier
Inventor: KNILL HARRY
IPC: E02B3/10
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: The barrier comprises a plurality of free-standing posts 10 on bases and panels 12 to be secured between adjacent posts 10. The posts 10 and panels 12 include inter-engaging formations 20 to allow the panels 12 to be secured to the posts 10 in a substantially watertight manner. Between a pair of spaced posts 10 three superposed panels 12 can be provided, interengaging by horizontal tongue and groove connections, the lowermost having a base portion extending between the post bases. Ballast weights 50 aid retention. Each base has a bottom layer of compliant, e.g. semi-hard foamed, material.
Patent GB-2383390-A (GB)
Title: Fastener
Inventor: CARPENTER RONALD DENNIS
IPC: F16B15/04
Filed: 2001-12-19
Abstract: A fastener (A) for joining parts has a tubular body (3) is located in a blind hole (2) in one of the parts. The fastener (A) is driven into the hole (2), reducing the length of the body (3) by contact of the fastener (A) with an end of the hole (2). The body (3) deforms at a weakened section (8 - see figure 2) causing segments (5) to move outwardly of the body (3) and grip the hole (2). When the fastener (A) is installed in the hole a solid section (14) of the body (3) is an interference fit with an inside surface of the segments(5).
Patent GB-2370321-A (GB)
Title: Pumping set for a vehicle hydraulic brake system
Inventor: ALAZE NORBERT
IPC: F04B17/03
Filed: 2001-12-21
Abstract: A pumping set 10 for a vehicle hydraulic brake system comprises an electric motor 12 and a reciprocating pump 14, driveable by the electric motor. An eccentric sleeve 36 is pressed onto the motor shaft 18. The eccentric sleeve is supported via the motor shaft by a pump adjacent motor bearing 26 and via a pump bearing 38, disposed in the eccentric sleeve, by a pump shaft 40. The pump bearing 38 and the pump adjacent motor bearing 26 are disposed either side of a pump plunger 48 which is set in reciprocating motion by the rotation of eccentric sleeve 36.
Patent GB-2384605-A (GB)
Title: Road traffic warning signal
Inventor: MANSELL PAUL RICHARD
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2002-01-29
Abstract: A road traffic warning system, for use in reduced visibility areas, comprises a roadside sensor 1 and a sign 2 housing a flashing light with a directional indicator. The sensor may be positioned to detect vehicle B in an area 5 obscured from an approaching road 4 and relay an activating signal to the illuminating warning sign located on that road. The sensor may be a pressure sensor fitted to the road or a kerb sensor with a reflective badge.
Patent GB-2375125-A (GB)
Title: Shock absorber apparatus
Inventor: MASON GUY HARVEY
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2002-05-03
Abstract: A shock absorber apparatus for use with a tool string comprises two terminal members 10, 20 free to move independently in relation to each other, between which a body 40 is supported by two springs 30, 50. Energy of any shockwaves is absorbed by the free oscillation of the body. The body may constitute a piston assembly 40 suspended between the two springs 30, 50. Deformable plugs 424 disposed in piston casing 402 are acted upon by piston 418 to provide a further damping force. A stranded steel rope 70 may be slidably attached to one end member, passed through the springs and the oscillating body and rigidly secured to the other end member to prevent the springs being extended beyond their elastic limit.
Patent GB-2393150-A (GB)
Title: Automatically controlled divers surface marker buoy
Inventor: BRIZIO PAUL
IPC: B63C11/26
Filed: 2002-09-17
Abstract: A divers surface marker buoy device, comprises a surface marker buoy attached to a line, the length of which is controlled by an automatic retractor reel. This allows automatic extension and retraction of the line to maintain the surface marker buoy at the surface of a body of water, while the diver ascends or descends within the body of water below. The device may hold up to 100 metres of line and it maybe provided with a lock to fix the length of the line during decompression stops, made by the diver. The retractor reel may have a durable, lightweight plastic outer casing which may be provided with a clear plastic window to indicate how much of the line has been deployed at any given point. The retractor reel may use a spring tension mechanism to retract the line. The device may be provided with a compass.
Patent GB-2384425-A (GB)
Title: Hair treatment device with indicia
Inventor: ROSSI CHRIS
IPC: A45D19/00
Filed: 2002-11-29
Abstract: The device comprises two strips 2,3 of eg foil or plastics, foldable at their connection to isolate a portion of hair to be treated, eg highlighted. One sheet carries indicia 9 (see Fig 2) for determining the length 10 and/or thickness 11 of hair to be treated. Strip 3 may be transparent to enable the indicia to be read through it. Adhesive portions 7,8 grip the hair and seal the strips when folded. An indicator line 12 shows the limit of where treatment liquid should be applied so as to avoid skin damage.
Patent GB-2379204-A (GB)
Title: Holder and dispenser for spools,tube-shaped devices, and cylindrical devices with recessed ends
Inventor: BRAGINSKY MICHAEL
IPC: A61B17/06
Filed: 2001-06-20
Abstract: Featured is a device for holding spools, tube-shaped devices with various cross-section configurations, and cylindrical devices with recessed ends such as surgical suture spools and a means of manufacturing the device, wherein the device provides greater stability to the spool, tube-shaped device or cylindrical device with recessed ends and the means of manufacture does not require any major modifications to the current packaging process for the spool, tube-shaped device and cylindrical device alone. Moreover, when the device is a holder and dispenser for armed surgical sutures, the surgical suture needle is visible and readily accessible.
Patent GB-2385294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to a banding tool
Inventor: BLANKS STEVEN JOHN
IPC: B65B13/34
Filed: 2003-01-16
Abstract: A banding tool for tensioning, cutting and fastening the head of a metal banding fastening comprises three rotary shafts 29, 35, 45 which are driven in sequence to respectively tension and temporarily clamp the strap 14 of the fastening, cut the strap 14 remote from the head 10 of the fastening, and fold the cut strap back over the head 10. The cut strap 14 is positioned on an inclined surface 23 of the tool prior to cutting. The strap 14 is then conveniently folded by advancing a folding bar 46 towards the underside of the strap 14 in the direction of the head 10. A jaw 21 on the tool constrains the head 10 against movement in the direction of movement of the folding bar 46. V-shaped projections on the jaw 21 of the tool are arranged to engage with complimentary v-shaped notches 60 in the edge of the head 10, to ensure that the fastening engages correctly with the tool and to prevent the fastening from displacing during tensioning.
Patent GB-2386609-A (GB)
Title: System for the cell-specific and development-specific selection of differentiating embryonic stem cells adult stem cells and embryonic germline cells
Inventor: FLEISCHMANN BERND
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 2001-12-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a system for selecting differentiating embryonic or adult stem cells or embryonic germline cells in a cell-specific and development-specific manner, using a combination of resistance genes and detectable reporter genes under the common control of a cell-specific and/or development-specific promoter.
Patent GB-2404374-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for holding a disk shaped article and a security device therefor
Inventor: PIJANOWSKI STEFAN ALEXANDER
IPC: G11B33/04
Filed: 2003-07-26
Abstract: Apparatus or kit of parts for holding an article such as a disk,e.g. CD or DVD, the apparatus comprising a hub (5) for holding the disk; a cap (7) moveable between a first position in which it permits the disk to be received by the hub (5) and removed therefrom and a second position in which it prevents the hub from releasing the disk and/or inhibits removal of the disk therefrom; and a security device (8) engageable with the apparatus so as to interact with the cap to secure the cap (7) in said second position. The cap (7) may be a separate item, hinged to the apparatus or carried by a lid portion of the apparatus.
Patent GB-2395865-A (GB)
Title: Connecting a conference telephone call
Inventor: NHAISSI ELI
IPC: H04Q3/66
Filed: 2000-10-23
Abstract: A system for connecting a conference call at a universal exchange, comprising the steps of receiving a telephone call at said universal exchange from a person who is a customer of first and second carriers and wishes to make a conference call, routing a first call to a first exchange of said carrier for connecting a first participant to said conference call, and routing a second call to a second exchange of said second carrier for concurrently connecting a second participant to said conference call. Alternatively the customer may pre-pay for the conference call and obtain two PIN numbers, with the PIN numbers then being used to connect first and second participants to respective exchanges.
Patent GB-2417140-A (GB)
Title: Superconducting machine with stator between two superconducting rotors
Inventor: LEWIS CLIVE D
IPC: H02K16/02
Filed: 2004-08-09
Abstract: First and second rotor assemblies 2,4 are located to rotate so as to surround the stator assembly 14 and are spaced from the stator assembly by an air gap. The first and second rotor assemblies 2 and 4 have at least one superconducting field winding that is cooled by a cooling system incorporating a cryocooler and supplied from a brushless exciter 26. The superconducting field windings may be formed from a High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) material e.g. BSCCO-2223 or YBCO or a Medium Temperature Superconductor (MTS) e.g. MgB2. Low Temperature Superconductor (LTS) options are also disclosed e.g. Nb3Sn or NbTi. The stator is ironless and electromagnetic shields 20 shield the rotors from stay AC stator fields. Applications include direct drive wind turbine generators or marine propulsion motors.
Patent GB-2407569-A (GB)
Title: Steam treatment of contaminated material
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN A
IPC: A62D101/02
Filed: 2004-09-23
Abstract: A process for the low temperature, non-incineration decontamination of contaminated materials, such as chemical weapon components containing residual quantities of chemical warfare agents. The process includes the steps of (a) contacting the contaminated materials with steam at substantially ambient pressure in a substantially dry first heated vessel 12 for a period of at least 15 minutes, the steam being at a temperature of at least 560{C, (b) removing condensible and non-condensible gases from the first heated vessel through discharge line 16 and heating them in a second vessel at substantially ambient pressures 18 to temperatures of at least 500{C for a period of at least one second in an atmosphere containing steam, and (c) catalytically treating non-condensible gases from the second vessel in the presence of oxygen so as to reduce the concentration of chemical warfare agents to less than about 1.0 mg/m; at standard temperature and pressure.
Patent GB-2421108-A (GB)
Title: Controlling access in response to a function of a mobile device being disabled
Inventor: WOODSEND KRISTIAN
IPC: H04M1/72463
Filed: 2004-12-08
Abstract: A barrier such as a turnstile A controls access into an area O to a person carrying a mobile device D, such as a mobile phone, allowing access once a function of the device D (e.g. a camera or the ring tone) is disabled. The access control may be combined with a ticketing system in which a ticket controller M in the mobile device D communicates with a function controller L and communication between the device D and the turnstile control allows access once it has been determined that the function controller has disabled the particular function.
Patent GB-2427042-A (GB)
Title: Location checker
Inventor: CALDWELL IAIN
IPC: G06Q99/00
Filed: 2005-05-26
Abstract: An electronic device which includes a bendable arm 1 which is both attached to the device 3 and a fixing bracket 2. The device is attached to shelving/displays within the store and is used to identify specific locations of products and items within large department stores, DIY stores, supermarkets by both members of the general public and staff members. The device may also have information about related products, recipes, and add on sales.