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Patent GB-2366101-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent car battery jump leads which warn against and stop series battery connection
Inventor: HUNG KUANG-FU
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2000-08-16
Abstract: Cables for connecting a failing car battery 112, 122 in parallel to a normal car battery 111, 121 so as enable jump starting, have circuitry to ensure correct connection of positive and negative cables to the positive and negative battery terminals. A relay RY1 2141 is switched on by transistor circuitry 34 to close and to thus connect the positive cables only if triggering elements HC1 HC2 341 342 are forward biased by the correct connection of the cables to the respective battery terminals. The relay remains open if either pair of cables for the failing or normal side are reversed. One-way biased indicating elements, 211 212 such as LEDs are connected across the positive and negative cables for both the failing side and normal side. A buzzer and one-way indicating means 213 2131 2132 are reverse connected on the failing side of the cables. A power on one-way indicating means 346 may be connected to the relay switch on circuitry 34.
Patent GB-2367365-A (GB)
Title: Detecting a wheel flat or an overloaded axle on a train
Inventor: FAULKNER P
IPC: B61K9/12
Filed: 2000-10-02
Abstract: A method of detecting wheel flat or an overloaded axle on a train travelling on a track comprising storing the outputs of a plurality of sensors 300, 302, 312, 306, 314, 308, 310, 342, 320, 322, 332, 324, 334, 326, 328, 340, 344 fitted to a bridge 30 over which the track passes when a train passes over that track and comparing the stored outputs with calibration data to derive at least one parameter indicative of a wheel flat or an overloaded axle. In one embodiment a logging apparatus is provided to store the outputs of the plurality of sensors. The sensors can comprise strain sensors and at least one acceleration sensors. If a wheel flat of overloaded axle is detected then an alarm is provided. A sensor can also be provided for detecting a side impact on the bridge, and a digital camera mounted on the bridge for recording visual information about passing trains.
Patent GB-2353077-A (GB)
Title: Breech lock fitting joint
Inventor: KENNEDY JR HAROLD
IPC: F16L21/08
Filed: 1999-03-19
Abstract: A pipe joint for connecting a plain pipe end (2). The joint has a bell which has a socket (1) defined therein. The socket (1) includes an axis, a conical surface (1a), a first cylindrical surface (1d) of smaller diameter extending from one end of the conical surface (1a), a bottom (1c) of the socket (1) adjacent the first cylindrical surface (1d) for seating the pipe end (2), and a second cylindrical surface (1e) of larger diameter extending from the other end of the conical surface. A gasket (4) is disposed adjacent the conical surface (1a) prior to sealing with the conical surface (1a) acting as a gasket seat during sealing of the gasket. A gland (3) is provided and has a radially extending handle (9) for rotating the gland (3) from outside the bell. A breech lock mechanism is provided which includes internal segments (1b) on the second cylindrical surface (1e) of the socket (1) and corresponding, cooperating external segments on the gland (3), the internal and external segments having matching, mirrored inclined plane surfaces for engagement with each other.
Patent GB-2366573-A (GB)
Title: Holder for washing footwear
Inventor: DURHAM JAMES SINCLAIR
IPC: D06F95/00
Filed: 2000-11-03
Abstract: The holder 10 has a receiving means 12 for an item such as a training shoe. The holder has grid members 12A which contain apertures or open regions 16 that allow a fluid such as water or air to pass if inserted into a washing machine or dryer. The holder may be formed of a resilient, a foamed, or an inflatable material to provide cushioning to the item within. The holder is secured at its rear 18 by tabs 20 and apertures 22 that can receive laces of a shoe. Alternatively, the securing may be achieved by a hook and fleece fastener or a drawstring. The grid members at the front 23 of the holder are closed to prevent the item from falling out. A valve 24 may be provided to allow inflation of the holder. An alternative holder (figure 7) has a cylindrical outer casing 114 with an inner mesh 116 that combine to form pockets 120 in which shoes can be inserted.
Patent GB-2361907-A (GB)
Title: Tissue container assembly
Inventor: ROONEY FRANCIS JOSEPH
IPC: A47K10/42
Filed: 2000-11-21
Abstract: A tissue container assembly 30 comprises a container body 32, a removable lid 34 and a plurality of tissues 12 arranged in at least one stack 10, each tissue in the at least one stack being staggered relative to its neighbours and at least partially folded, the uppermost corner 22 of a majority of the tissues protruding from the container body when the lid is removed. The tissues may be rectangular, may consist primarily of wood-pulp, may be moisturised and the at least one stack of tissues may comprise tissues that are displaced relative to each other such that the uppermost corners of the tissues lie on a substantially straight line. The container may be cylindrical, may be reduced in width at one end, may be conical or may be oval in cross-section. The container may include retaining means, such as at least one toothed rib arranged on the inside of the container, for resisting removal of the stack of tissues from the container. In use, the tissue container assembly may be inserted into the centre-tube of a roll of household tissue. A second embodiment (figures 7 and 8, not shown) is adapted for insertion into a cup-holder such as those which may be found in a vehicle or a bathroom.
Patent GB-2371839-A (GB)
Title: Control for selecting automated transmission system shift strategy
Inventor: STASIK ANTHONY
IPC: B60W10/10
Filed: 2001-02-01
Abstract: A control for an automated mechanical transmission system including an automated master clutch (20, fig 1). The system controller will sense the vehicle operating conditions to command the most appropriate of dynamic shifts performed wit the master clutch engaged or dynamic shifts performed by disengaging and then re-engaging the master clutch.
Patent GB-2371782-A (GB)
Title: A safety belt arrangement
Inventor: INGEMARSSON ANDERS
IPC: B60R22/34
Filed: 2001-06-12
Abstract: A safety-belt arrangement for use in a motor vehicle has a safety-belt (5), one end of which is connected to a retractor (8), a sensor (11) generates a signal representative of the amount of safety-belt paid-out from the retractor. A force limiter (10) is associated with the retractor to permit safety-belt to be paid-out with a variable force limiting effect. A control arrangement (12) changes the level of force applied by the force limiter (10) by determining a reference point either by measuring a period of time following sensing of a predetermined parameter relating to a crash, and then determining when a specific length of safety-belt has been paid-out, or by sensing when the first level of resistive force is applied by the force limiter, and optionally then determining when a predetermined length of safety-belt has been paid-out, the control arrangement then measuring a predetermined period of time after the reference point has been reached before effecting the change of level of force applied by the force limiter (10).
Patent GB-2368025-A (GB)
Title: Turf repair tool with pivot member
Inventor: CAMERON DON T
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 2001-09-27
Abstract: Golf turf repair fork 20 comprises base member 22, a first portion 23 with at least one ground engaging extension 25, a second, handle portion 24, and a pivot member (11, fig. 1). The first portion may be angled with respect to the second portion, with the angle being between 135{ and 175{. Extension 25 may include prongs 27, 26 forming a U-shape, with prong 27 being longer than prong 26. The prongs may have different tip ends with different cross sectional areas (see fig. 5). The pivot member may comprise an integral arcuate extension (35, fig. 6) or a cylindrical member (11, fig. 1) disposed between the first and second portions, and the second portion may include a roughened, concave thumb recess 51 on its upper surface. Fork 20 may be collapsible by folding the first portion towards the second portion (see fig. 8), and may include a hole (10, fig. 1) for attaching a chain or thread. The fork may also be used for cleaning a club face.
Patent GB-2383375-A (GB)
Title: Spring clip
Inventor: HAMILTON IAN
IPC: F16B21/06
Filed: 2001-12-21
Abstract: A spring clip 1 comprising a planar body 2 which has an outer periphery 3 and an inner periphery 4 defining a central aperture 5 about an axis of the spring clip, the outer periphery 3 having a plurality of resilient projections 7 extending outwards and the inner periphery having a plurality of inward projections 6 extending into the central aperture 5. The spring clip may form a variety of shapes but is preferably annular. Each of the resilient projections may comprise a portion which extends out of the plane of the body of the spring clip. The clip may be used in combination with a first member having a protrusion received in an opening in a second member, as a means of securing the two members together. The clip may be used for securing a front plate to a back plate in an electrical socket or switch.
Patent GB-2369578-A (GB)
Title: Three dimensional body-conforming bladder for an absorbent article
Inventor: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2000-08-24
Abstract: An absorbent article having a multi-layer material having a front section, a back section and an intermediate section connecting the front section and the back section, wherein the multi-layer material comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent layer disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one three-dimensional resilient fluid-filled chamber is disposed in the absorbent layer or between at least a portion of the absorbent layer and the backsheet. The three-dimensional resilient fluid-filled chamber, or bladder insert, is a sealed compartment between a generally upper and a generally lower layer of material which is impermeable to its contents. Suitable fluids for use in the resilient fluid-filled chamber include water, air, gelatins, hydrogels, colloids, suspensions and combinations thereof.
Patent GB-2386885-A (GB)
Title: Micro chip indicating person's identity
Inventor: LOW JOHN MCKAY
IPC: A61B5/117
Filed: 2002-03-27
Abstract: A micro chip 2 carrying information regarding a person's identity is implanted under the skin of the person, eg in a wrist.
Patent GB-2379019-A (GB)
Title: Noise suppression for MRI apparatus
Inventor: WESTPHAL MICHAEL
IPC: G01R33/385
Filed: 2002-04-02
Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus comprising a main field magnet system with a tubular opening for receiving the object to be investigated and at least one tubular mechanically oscillatory component, disposed in this opening in particular a gradient coil system, at least one cylindrical element of electrically conducting material surrounded by the main field magnet system, which is rigidly mechanically connected to at least the gradient coils or forms an integral mechanical component thereof, the sum of the products p of the electric conductivities   s  , the cylinder radii R and the wall thicknesses d of the cylindrical element per mechanically oscillatory component is between 1 Am/V and 10,000 Am/V, preferably between 10 Am/V and 1000 Am/V, and particularly preferred between 20 Am/V and 500 Am/V. This produces good noise damping in an inward direction.
Patent GB-2377262-A (GB)
Title: Leakage preventing pressure holding valve and a vehicle braking system using the same
Inventor: NAKANO KEITA
IPC: F16K17/04
Filed: 2002-05-23
Abstract: A pressure-responsive type pressure holding valve 20 is proposed which serves to hold the hydraulic pressure in a circuit connected to a spool valve. A piston valve 30 biased by a spring 36 is mounted in a housing 21 formed with a valve chamber 23, a small-diameter bore 24 and a large-diameter bore 25. The outer periphery of a small-diameter portion 31 of the piston valve is sealed by a seal member 35. A first port 26 opened by pressure above a predetermined level on a valve head 32 at the tip of the piston valve is connected to a circuit that needs pressure holding, a second port 27 to a circuit in which a minute leak can occur (eg. around a brake spool valve 4a, fig 3), and a third port 28 to a source of hydraulic pressure for selectively opening the valve (eg. to apply brakes) against the spring force. Thus loss of pressure from an accumulator (2b, fig 3) of a brake system due to leakage can be prevented when an electric pump is not operating.
Patent GB-2382754-A (GB)
Title: a network intrusion protection system (ips) which runs on a management node and utilises other nodes running ips software
Inventor: TARQUINI RICHARD PAUL
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2002-10-22
Abstract: A network (200) having an intrusion protection system comprising a network medium (200B), a management node (85) connected to the network medium (200B) and running an intrusion prevention system management application (279 figure 5), and a plurality of nodes (215-219 figure 7) connected to the network medium (200B) and running an instance of an intrusion protection system application (91), at least one of the nodes having an identification assigned thereto based on a logical assignment grouping one or more of the plurality of nodes (215-219 figure 7), each node sharing the identification being commonly vulnerable to at least one network exploit is provided. Preferably the management node 85 forwards security updates to select nodes, via a router.
Patent GB-2381102-A (GB)
Title: System and method for scheduling events and associated products and services
Inventor: BREITENBACH MATTHEW
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2001-06-19
Abstract: A system and method that allows an individual event participant to schedule and/or status an event and the provisions of one or more ancillary tasks associated with the event. The scheduling of the provisions of the event and ancillary tasks associated with the event are performed by the event participant without intervention of a centralized event planner using a system that provides for integrated scheduling of resources and calendaring of people within a common event-based scheduling system. The event-based scheduling system provides vertical integration of multiple sub-casks (67) within an individual task (66) and horizontal integration of each sub-tasks across multiple tasks. The event-based scheduling system and method include an event-based scheduling application (4) which automates and integrates all the task and sub-tasks required to plan, conduct, status and report a complex event (13) or process (60). The system and method allow real time scheduling and status monitoring of the event and the products and services associated with the event. The system components and subsystems are interconnected via a network and may be accessible via, for example, Internet.
Patent GB-2398594-A (GB)
Title: Impact absorbing structure
Inventor: SCOTT TOMMY
IPC: E01F15/10
Filed: 2003-02-20
Abstract: The impact absorbing structure 10, primarily for use as a crash barrier in motor and winter sports, on public highways, for military applications or for protecting people or objects falling from a height, comprises at least one inflatable element 21,22 that conforms a flexible cover to produce a chamber, the chamber deforming when impacted by a moving body to provide controlled deceleration of the body. The cover preferably includes a front wall 11 supported by the inflatable element(s). The front wall preferably has a front and rear surface with the inflatable element(s) comprising a number of inflatable struts which extend from the rear wall 13 of the chamber to the rear surface of the front wall at an angle to the horizontal plane. The chamber preferably has the shape of a parallelepiped with parallel front and back walls interconnected by parallel side walls 15,16 with one side wall forming an acute angle with the front wall and the opposite side wall forming an obtuse angle with the front wall. The chamber is preferably a closed chamber filled, in use, with air to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, with the inflatable struts being inflated to a pressure greater than that in the chamber. At least a portion of the cover is preferably formed by an inflatable second chamber that also contains at least one inflatable element and which is itself, in use, inflated to a pressure greater than that in the chamber. The front wall is preferably covered by a protective cover which may comprise a third inflatable chamber inflated to the same pressure as the inflatable struts. Also claimed is a barrier formed from a number of the impact absorbing structures.
Patent GB-2387968-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetically operated valve
Inventor: WYGNANSKI WLADYSLAW
IPC: F16K11/02
Filed: 2002-04-23
Abstract: A valve comprises a chamber 22 with passages to at least one inlet and outlet for fluid flow through the chamber 22. A magnetic armature with a closure member 24 is located in the chamber 22 and arranged to seal with a valve opening associated with an outlet of the chamber. Permanent magnets 10, 12 include pole pieces 14, 16, 18, 20 which create opposite polarity magnetic fields transverse to the direction of the armature movement. An electro-magnetic drive coil 26 and the permanent magnets 10, 12 are arranged for bistable actuation of the said armature to change the state of the valve. The armature may be a roller with a closure member 24 formed around it. The closure member may have a spherical-like outer surface which conforms to the surface with an opening such that it can seal off the said opening. Gravity, inlet fluid pressure and /or spring force may be used to bias the roller and the closure member 24 toward the chamber surface with the outlet opening(s). A leaf spring 28 may be linked to a shaft 29 associated with the roller armature to bias the armature to a central position in the chamber 22. . Other details include magnetic return paths 32, 34; non-magnetic spacers 44, 46, 48, 50 and that the pole pieces may have ends which conform to the shape of the armature.
Patent GB-2408577-A (GB)
Title: Tilt sensor for a lifting position monitor
Inventor: PELLING JOHN PHILIP
IPC: G01C9/06
Filed: 2003-11-25
Abstract: The tilt sensor includes an elongate housing 1 containing a fixed magnet 3 and a movable magnet 5 which are separated by magnetic repulsion. As the housing is tilted the movable magnet travels along the housing until, at a critical tilt angle, the moving magnet operates a reed switch 7. The sensor is suitable to be mounted in a lifting position monitor which has an elongate case for attachment to a wearer's clothing. When the wearer adopts an unsafe lifting position the critical angle is exceeded causing the switch 5 to operate a warning sounder.
Patent GB-2409911-A (GB)
Title: Control of a moveable barrier
Inventor: JURADO CARLOS
IPC: E05F15/16
Filed: 2004-01-06
Abstract: A movable barrier operator having a motor controller 10 and motor 11 that control movement of a movable barrier 12, and also has an obstacle detector 14 that utilizes an automatically determined excess force threshold value to permit reliable detection of an obstacle. A wide variety of operational circumstances such as, changing physical circumstances, aging components, temperature variations, and motor runtime may be detected by the obstacle detector. Preferably, a characteristic force value for the system is frequently updated as a function of actual measured force requirements (and further compensated, with respect to other conditions such as temperature and motor runtime  .This characteristic force value is then utilized to determine the excess force threshold value.
Patent GB-2411714-A (GB)
Title: An inertia operated brake warning light
Inventor: BRACKEN GERALD
IPC: B60Q1/44
Filed: 2004-03-06
Abstract: An inertia operated brake warning light for attachment to vehicles, particularly bicycles. Housed in a compact case (fig; 1, 10) the system comprises a display of light emitting diodes (fig; 1, 15), mounted in an "X" shaped pattern on a printed circuit board 20, the LED's are illuminated upon deceleration of the vehicle on which the system is mounted. A battery provides the electrical power for the system and acts as the movable mass of an inertia switch by pivoting around an offset axis 17 positioned at its lower end, when thrown forward due to deceleration a metal shoe 24, attached to the positive terminal of the battery, contacts a leaf spring 19. The leaf spring 19 absorbs the deceleration force and simultaneously closes the electrical circuit between the battery and the LED's. The battery returning to its rest position and breaking the electrical circuit when the vehicle is stationary, accelerating or maintaining a constant speed.
Patent GB-2412487-A (GB)
Title: A method of improving a mass spectrum
Inventor: MALEK ROBERT
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2004-03-26
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of improving a mass spectrum collected from a mass spectrometer comprising a detector for collecting a mass spectrum from ions stored in or released from an ion trapping volume, wherein assignment of masses to peaks appearing in the mass spectrum is sensitive to an experimental parameter related to the mass spectrometer or the operation thereof, such as ion abundance, the method comprising: determining a positional value of a peak; determining the experimental parameter associated with the mass spectrum; comparing the determined positional value with positional values of peaks contained in a calibration dataset; and improving the determined positional value of the peak from adjacent peak positional values by interpolation thereby to provide a corrected mass assignment for the peak. The present invention also provides a method of calibrating such a mass spectrometer.
Patent GB-2413189-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for measuring the exposure of a machine operator to potentially harmful vibration
Inventor: THOMPSON MARTIN
IPC: G01H1/00
Filed: 2004-04-16
Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring the exposure of a machine operator to potentially harmful vibration comprises a container 4 for an LCD display and electronics. A sensor, electronics, display and battery are within the container 4. The container 4 has a strengthening support plate 5 which joins one end of a finger grip 6 and sits above the fingers, whilst a contact bar 7 is attached to the other end of the finger grip 6. The contact bar 7 sits between the fingers and the surface that is being gripped and includes two contact buttons 8 that ensure good contact with the vibrating surface.
Patent GB-2397440-A (GB)
Title: Deformation-resistant mounting for a circuit board in a portable device
Inventor: MIZUSAKI MANABU
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 2001-11-14
Abstract: A circuit board 103 in a portable telephone or like device has a mounting which protects it against deformation on dropping or pressure against the device, the mounting comprising bosses 106 on a casing or chassis 101, elongate slits 104 in the circuit board and fastening screws 1-5 which pass through the holes and are capable of movement therein. In another embodiment the screws may be on the bosses and engage nuts above the circuit board. The upper portions of the bosses may comprise narrower pillars which slide in the slots. The bosses may have axial flanges on which the circuit board is seated.