baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2418212-A (GB)
Title: Drilling a wellbore
Inventor: ALBERTY MARK W
IPC: E21B33/138
Filed: 2004-09-18
Abstract: A method of drilling a wellbore through a subterranean formation and of strengthening the wall thereof using a drilling assembly comprising a drill string having a compaction tool 7 attached to the lower end thereof above a conventional drill bit, the compaction tool comprising a compacting means for exerting a lateral mechanical force on the wellbore wall and having a fluid passage for passing a drilling mud from the drill string to the drill bit, the method comprising: drilling the wellbore through the formation by passing the drilling mud through the fluid passage in the compaction tool to the drill bit and returning the drilling mud to the surface through an annulus formed about the drill string and simultaneously rotating the drilling assembly to effect rotation of the drill bit and of the compaction tool wherein the compacting means strengthens the wellbore wall by exerting a lateral mechanical force on the wellbore wall as the compaction tool is rotated.
Patent GB-2406686-A (GB)
Title: Enabling access to a subset of content addressable memory fields
Inventor: SIMHA KULDEEP
IPC: G06F12/10
Filed: 2004-09-23
Abstract: A content addressable memory (CAM) system comprises at least one entry 20 having a plurality of fields 22, 24, 26, 28, at least one input selector 30 that enables access to only a subset of fields and a match evaluator 40 that compares the enabled subset of fields to a search value. This system could be a translation look-aside buffer and could be used in a memory cache system for a processor.
Patent GB-2403423-A (GB)
Title: Infant feeding and storage system
Inventor: RENZ CHARLES J
IPC: A61M1/06
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: A breast milk feeding and storage system is provided. The system has a liner (20) having an open end, a holder (30) having an open end, and an adapter system (100). The liner open end and the adapter system are engageable with the holder open end to allow a user to selectively insert breast milk into the liner, feed the breast milk from the liner or store the breast milk in the liner.
Patent GB-2422569-A (GB)
Title: Rotary hammer
Inventor: STIRM MICHAEL
IPC: B23B45/00
Filed: 2005-01-26
Abstract: A rotary hammer comprising a housing, a motor mounted within the housing, a cutting tool holder rotatably mounted on the housing, a striker(142) freely slideable mounted within the housing for repetitively striking an end of said cutting tool at a relatively low frequency via a slideably mounted beat piece (120). The striker and beat piece are reciprocatingly driven by the motor. There is further provided a pair of co-operating ratchet plates (151, 154). The first ratchet plate(154) is rigidly connected to the peat piece (120) and the second ratchet plate (151) is connected to the housing. When the first and second ratchet plates (151, 154) are engaged and the beat piece (120) is rotatingly driven by the motor, the ratchet plates superimpose high frequency impacts onto the low frequency impacts generated by the striker.
Patent GB-2423478-A (GB)
Title: Golf tee
Inventor: HAGUE CHRISTOPHER PAUL
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 2005-02-23
Abstract: A golf tee comprises a supporting base with a pillar or tube attached at one end so that the ball sits on top.
Patent GB-2424794-A (GB)
Title: Improving the use of pre-configuration in a wireless communication network
Inventor: VELDE HIMKE VAN DER
IPC: H04W48/20
Filed: 2005-03-30
Abstract: A mobile communication device entering a new cell, keeps its last assigned radio resource configurations if it is not already pre-configured with radio resource parameters.
Patent GB-2427043-A (GB)
Title: Online system offering aggregate product and services data with corresponding propensity analysis
Inventor: GARDNER SEAN
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2005-05-26
Abstract: An information system having various databases (30-40 and 50-52) for storing data relating to products or services, and risk data models or propensity models. A web server (48) provides web pages (20) through which a user is able to express choices, which result in querying the product database (32) to provide a raw result set, and filtering of the raw result set based on a risk model to eliminate results not having a likelihood of a successful outcome. The filtered result set is displayed. A propensity model database may be provided for storing data modelling the propensity of an outcome in relation to related products or services, e.g. based upon demographic or lifestyle data. A tracking tool may be used to define past behaviour of the user. It is also possible for third party data to be used in refining the risk model.
Patent GB-2427096-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for Data Extraction.
Inventor: MILNE ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: G06F13/00
Filed: 2005-06-01
Abstract: An apparatus and a method for data extraction from data units comprising a means for managing the extraction and determining if the data unit is of a predetermined type that a client desires to collect data from. The data unit types further comprising information fields which relate to data within the data unit wherein the information fields can be uniquely identified by a numeric tag. The numeric tag allows the apparatus and method to be dynamically modified by a user.
Patent GB-2428903-A (GB)
Title: Salient pole electrical machine with reduced material of housing adjacent magnets
Inventor: DEODHAR RAJESH PRANAY
IPC: H02K1/17
Filed: 2005-08-03
Abstract: The salient pole electrical machine comprises a salient pole passive rotor (1) and a stator (5). Each slot of the stator has a winding about a permanent magnet (9) which extends radially through the stator. The permanent magnet is polarised circumferentially. A housing of conductive material encompasses the stator. The housing has zones (20), adjacent the magnets, in which the material of the housing is reduced compared to zones intermediate the magnets.
Patent GB-2429306-A (GB)
Title: A controller for a parallel connected inverter
Inventor: KELLY JAMIE
IPC: H02M1/084
Filed: 2005-08-17
Abstract: A controller 2 for regulating an inverter 13 that produces one or more phases 15 of AC power derives a phase frequency reference signal 23 and resolves relative to it both in-phase and quadrature phase components of current and voltage. The phase and quadrature components are compared to target values and inverter 13 is controlled in response. The target values of direct and quadrature components are determined from a desired droop characteristic for the generator. Controller 2 enables inverter 13 to be parallel connected to another inverter, a generator, a converter or a distribution network. Phase reference signal 23 may be derived from the mean phase of output voltages 15 by a phase locked loop 3.
Patent GB-2420682-A (GB)
Title: Shipping container inspection system with CT scanning function
Inventor: HU HAIFENG
IPC: G01N23/04
Filed: 2005-11-18
Abstract: A container inspection system with CT tomographic scanning function, which is related to a large container inspection system for Customs, is disclosed, comprising: a radiation source; an annular rotatable rack with the radiation source provided at the outside thereof and rotated with it; an annular rack body for supporting the annular rotatable rack in a vertical plane; a driving device for rotating the annular rotatable rack; a detector array provided in the inner side of said annular rotatable rack and opposed to a side where the radiation source is provided; a transmission device passing through the annular rotatable rack and annular rack body, and transmitting a container truck to be detected in linear movement; a remote control device for controlling the operations of the radiation source, the driving device and the transmission device, and receiving/displaying the image signal obtained by the detector array. The transmission system may be a two part conveyor having and synchronous or reciprocating movement relative to each other.
Patent GB-2420901-A (GB)
Title: Video slot machine with selectable matrix cells
Inventor: YANG ARDEN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2005-11-21
Abstract: A video slot machine includes a display unit having a screen, a game-processing unit performing consecutive steps of a slot machine gaming method, and an input unit allowing input by a player. The slot machine gaming method includes: (a) displaying on the screen a matrix of cells (30); (b) allowing a player to select a cell number and to make a betting point decision; (c) performing cell selection according to the cell number; (d) consecutively displaying indicia in the cells (30), and maintaining display of the indicia last appearing in the cells (30) after a predetermined time; (e) determining if the last-appearing indicia comply with winning criteria; and (f) if so, awarding points to the player on the basis of the winning criteria and the betting point decision.
Patent GB-2418277-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for object-oriented management of multi-dimensional data
Inventor: SCUMNIOTALES JOHN
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2004-05-19
Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and analyzing multi-dimensional data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Meta-Object Data Management System "MODMS," which enables users to arrange and to rearrange the hierarchical relationships of the data on an ad-hoc basis and allows the data to be analyzed using any set of attributes (dimensions) while the system is running. The MODMS represents heterogeneous data in a normalized (standardized) fashion using an object type management system that allows the arbitrary coercion of one type of object into another different type of object and automatically resolves attribute dependencies. In one embodiment, the MODMS comprises an object type management subsystem; a meta-object instantiation sub-system; one or more data repositories that hold, for example, the data used to populate objects and object type definitions; and an input/output interface. These components cooperate to allow the creation, management, and analysis of relationships between many different types of single and multi-dimensional data. In one embodiment, the MODMS is used to implement an enterprise portfolio management system.
Patent GB-2440366-A (GB)
Title: Solar cell formed on an optical fibre
Inventor: JANSEN SPENCER WILLIAM
IPC: H01L31/042
Filed: 2006-07-22
Abstract: A method of making a solar cell comprises depositing a photovoltaic material onto a fibre optic or light tube. The fibre optic is preferably treated so that light escapes through the surface of the fibre and falls on the photovoltaic cell formed on the surface of the fibre optic. The surface treatment may include surface texturing or optically matching the refractive index of the optical fibre and the photovoltaic coating. The solar cell may further comprise a lens and reflector mounted at opposing ends of the optical fibre. The optical fibre may also include an electroluminescent dopant. Preferably, the photovoltaic coating is applied using a reel-to-reel process. Many coated optical fibres may be bundled to form a larger solar cell and water pipes provided between fibres to provide cooling.
Patent GB-2427408-A (GB)
Title: Circuit Materials Circuits Multi Layer Circuits And Method Of Manufacture
Inventor: SETHUMADHAVAN MURALI
IPC: C08G77/04
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: An electrical circuit material having a conductive layer disposed a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an organic or inorganic polymer comprising a covelently bound polyhedral silsesquioxane (POSS). The substrate may further comprise an additional dispersed POSS, any other fillers including fibrous webs. Use of covelently bound POSS allow for flame retardancy in compositions having acceptable dielectric constants and dissipation factors.
Patent GB-2429353-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for optical performance monitoring
Inventor: LOOK CHRISTOPHER M
IPC: H04B10/20
Filed: 2005-02-23
Abstract: An optical network including multiple optical network devices, or nodes, is provided. At each node, an optical performance monitor (34) analyzes dispersion while a dispersion compensation module (38) reduces the amount of dispersion in the signals. Information about the dispersion and the amount of compensation performed by the dispersion compensation module is generated by the optical performance monitor and stored in a memory. If the bit error rate of a particular path between nodes becomes too high, a new path is used. A monitoring computer then accesses the information about the dispersion stored in at least one node of the old path. The information allows a user to determine where along the path the greatest amount of dispersion is occurring.
Patent GB-2431358-A (GB)
Title: Apical constriction locator
Inventor: MARTYNAITIS JONAS
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 2005-07-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to instrumentation and method for determining the distance between a dental probe located in a root canal of a tooth and the apical constriction. Two excitation signals are applied between the dental probe and an electrode located in electrical contact with oral mucosa and using these two signals comprising alternating voltages of different frequencies a signal is measured and a lower frequency signal is used to cancel errors due to media dependencies by applying an error signal obtained from a low frequency signal to the high frequency component using an analogue negative feedback system. The high frequency signal then contains all distance information and is error eliminated. Thus by sampling only the high frequency signal an accurate and stable measure of the distance is obtained.
Patent GB-2446614-A (GB)
Title: A valve audio power amplifier with desirable dynamic compression and harmonic distortion effects at reduced output power levels
Inventor: KEIR BRUCE
IPC: H03F3/181
Filed: 2007-02-01
Abstract: A valve amplifier often sounds best when working at full output power because of dynamic compression and harmonic distortion effects, but these tend to become smaller when output power is reduced. A push-pull audio power amplifier has a control circuit which measures the average rectified output signal as sensed through a potentiometer VR2b and adjusts the screen and control grid bias potentials of the output valves so that a pleasant-sounding distortion is achieved even at low output power levels. The power reduction controls VR2a and VR2b are ganged so that the sensitivity to clipping is maintained as power output is reduced.
Patent GB-2433764-A (GB)
Title: Flow diverter
Inventor: MACFARLANE ALASTAIR HENRY WALT
IPC: E21B37/08
Filed: 2005-08-08
Abstract: A downhole tool (10) comprises a body (12) defining a fluid inlet and two or more fluid outlets. A valve arrangement (22) cycles the proportion of fluid directed from the inlet to each of the outlets. One of the outlets may be associated with a fluid pressure responsive device (110), such as a cleaning blade.
Patent GB-2447493-A (GB)
Title: User-controllable operation of local outgoing and incoming message stores
Inventor: LEWIS MARCUS
IPC: H04M1/72433
Filed: 2007-03-15
Abstract: A messaging system comprises a mobile telephone apparatus 10 and an earpiece 14, in the form of a speaker 18 and a housing 16, in which is housed an outgoing message store (30 fig.2), an incoming message store (32 fig.2) and control means (26 fig.2) operable to control the operation of the outgoing and incoming message stores. As well as allowing a user to make and receive mobile telephone calls in a hands-free manner, the user may press an actuator (34 fig.2) to instruct the control unit (26 fig.2) to play an outgoing message to the caller, mute the microphone (28 fig.2) and store an incoming voice message to the incoming message store (32 fig.2). Hence, voice messages may be stored locally for ease of retrieval and a user is able to screen incoming calls, diverting unwanted calls to the local message store.
Patent GB-2439811-A (GB)
Title: Corner fitting for cable trunking
Inventor: ROMERO BORIS DANIEL
IPC: H02G3/04
Filed: 2007-06-25
Abstract: The fitting, for either an external corner or an internal corner comprises a base member and a cover member, the base member being adjustable about an axis perpendicular to the direction of cabling to accommodate corners of varying angles about an expected 90 degees. The base member has shelves (82a,82b,84a,84b,86a,86b) for supporting cables around the corner, and the cover member covers the gap between facing ends of associated lengths of the cable trunking. The base member is constructed with a living hinge (87) between two sections to provide the angular adjustment. The cover member is similarly adjustable but by means of pins on one section in apertures of the other section to provide hinging. A cover member for an internal corner is also provided on an interior surface with formations for guiding the cable around the corner.
Patent GB-2437872-A (GB)
Title: Component navigation system for a sailing vessel
Inventor: JONES JOHN E
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 2005-02-05
Abstract: A component navigational system comprising a video interface unit and multiple purpose-built printed circuit boards that are presented in a card cage unit. A number of the printed circuit boards will be further connected to input sensors for measuring various parameters while other printed circuit boards will be connected to specific output devices. The individual units are comprised of computer and/or electronic and/or electromechanical devices. The video interface unit provides single point access to all navigational data as well as providing a user interface for the system. The card-cage unit has multiple bus structures with a plurality of sockets for connection to a power supply, a central processing unit and the purpose built printed circuit boards. The purpose-built printed circuit boards and the central processing unit will communicate bidirectionally by means of a parallel signal bus. The central processing unit will thus be able to process input data, display appropriate information and logically control a specific output device.
Patent GB-2457926-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for supplying heat extracted from a cooling operation
Inventor: MENZIES PAUL
IPC: F25B27/02
Filed: 2008-02-28
Abstract: A heat exchange system comprises a heat exchanger and thermal storage device 3 arranged to extract the heat generated by a cooling operation 1, such as a refrigeration system. The heat exchanger and thermal storage device are connected to at least one heat utilising device 5, where the heat extracted from the cooling operation is supplied to the heat utilising device. A heat dump 2 may be provided to release heat to the atmosphere. If insufficient heat is generated by the cooling operation, a heat pump (4, fig.3) may be used to provide the additional heat energy required. The heat utilising device may involve underfloor heating, central heating or hot water supply. Preferably, the heat utilising device is a heated seat, where the seat has means for enabling heated fluid to be circulated below the seating surface. The system is preferably used to provide heating for bar and restaurant outdoor areas such as smoking areas, and alfresco dining areas for drinking and eating and outside. Alternatively, the heat extracted from the cooling operation may be supplied to a heat engine (6, fig.4) to drive a mechanical appliance (7, fig.4), such as a generator (8, fig.5), which may power an electrical appliance (9, fig.5).
Patent GB-2443771-A (GB)
Title: Speculum
Inventor: DAGLEISH MARK
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 2006-08-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for insertion into body passages. In particular, the present invention provides a device for facilitating access to a surface or particular location of a body passage for the purposes of, for example, sampling or examining the tissue of the body passage.
Patent GB-2450592-A (GB)
Title: A printed circuit board assembly including an interposer
Inventor: WILKINSON JOSEPH M
IPC: H01L23/498
Filed: 2008-05-15
Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board 22 having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, an integrated circuit die 24 having a base formed from a material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, and an interposer 30 having a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate the first and second coefficients of thermal expansion for electrically connecting the board 22 and the die 24. The interposer may be formed from a sheet of material with through holes 32 for electrically connecting the die to the board when a conductive material 26, 28 fills the holes. Alternatively, the interposer may have legs for connecting the die to the board (figure 5). The interposer may be formed from a powdered metal injection molding compound or a polyimide of bismuth telluride. The interposer may be used to connect a silicon based switch such as a field effect transistor to a glass epoxy based PCB.
Patent GB-2446330-A (GB)
Title: Radiation absorbing compositions, methods and articles made by applying such compositions
Inventor: CONNOR DANIEL M
IPC: C07C251/22
Filed: 2008-05-20
Abstract: Infrared (IR) radiation absorbing compounds of metal or metalloids with ligands are beneficial for many applications. Schiff base biquinone (SBB) ligands surrounding a metal or metalloid center may be used for laser welding applications, as one example, wherein effective infared radiation absorption and heat resistance are required. These compounds may be known as Schiff base biquinone metal complexes (SBBC's). The compositions and methods of this invention provide examples of many different NIR absorbing compounds that exhibit high NIR absorbing strength, good thermal stability, and relatively low visible color. These NIR absorbing compounds may have application in many different applications, including laser welding of thermoplastics, and in IR reflecting fabrics.
Patent GB-2460459-A (GB)
Title: Symbol interleaver for DVB-T2 which checks read and write address validity against variable number of sub-carriers
Inventor: ATUNGSIRI SAMUEL ASANBENG
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 2008-05-30
Abstract: The DVB-T2 standard has several operating modes (0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32k) which have different numbers of sub-carriers in the OFDM symbols, and systems can switch between modes. The systems interleave symbols on to sub-carriers and in order to minimise memory requirements operate a system wherein symbols for one time period are written into the memory locations where a symbol for the previous time period has just been read. Therefore symbols alternate between being written sequentially and then read out in a pseudo random order, and being written in the pseudo random order and read sequentiallys8. When systems switch modes the quantity of sub-carriers and therefore the use of the interleaver memory changes. The invention checks memory addresses generated against the mode of both the symbol being read outs10/12and the symbol being written ins22/24and only performs the read/write operation at the address if it is valid for the symbol mode.