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Patent GB-2425409-A (GB)
Title: MEMS package with electrical feedthru
Inventor: EVANS CLIFF
IPC: H01R13/52
Filed: 2004-08-19
Abstract: A micro-electronic-mechanical-system (MEMS) with a cavity for receiving a feedthru 300, the feedthru comprising an insulating core with one or more electrical traces 408 on the outside of the core. Preferably the traces are flush with surface of the core or may be situated in channels running in the surface of the core. A polymer moulding may be disposed over the core. A sensor chip or microchip may be wire bonded to the electrical traces. Also claimed is a method for manufacturing an electrical feedthru by forming a channel in an insulating core and places a conductive material in the channel and machining the core or conductive material until the surface is flush.
Patent GB-2440121-A (GB)
Title: Sudoku game device
Inventor: MAWLE AMANDA
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 2006-07-15
Abstract: A device enabling the blind to play the game of Sudoku comprises a base and a plurality of wheels 13 rotatably mounted to the base for rotation about respective parallel axes, each wheel 13 carrying an identical set of Braille numbers 15 positioned at respective angular positions around the axis of rotation thereof. The base is divided into 3 x 3 arrays of 3 x 3 sub-arrays of locations (12, figure 1), each having three wheels 13. In use, the player is able to feel the surface relief markings using their sense of touch. The game is played in a similar manner to the conventional game of Sudoku by turning the wheels 13: the outer wheels 13 in each location (12) can be used to indicate different possible candidates for the solution. Also, the outer wheels 13 in each location can be used to mark given locations or locations which the player believes to have been set correctly.
Patent GB-2428946-A (GB)
Title: Addressing of groups of broadcast satellite receivers within a geographic area of the satellite footprint
Inventor: EARNSHAW NIGEL CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H04H40/90
Filed: 2006-08-01
Abstract: A method and system enables the selective addressing of groups of broadcast receivers within part of a satellite footprint. It uses two satellites 10,12 having a common transmission band to transmit respective signals, and at receivers 50,50' in the footprint the phases of the signals received from the two satellites are compared. This phase difference is dependent upon receiver location, but by measuring phase difference no absolute timing or phase measurement is required. A common key is generated at the receivers in a certain area. The output of selected receivers 50' is fed back to the broadcast control centre 30 and is used to encode the location-based services for that area. Preferably the operation is conducted on multiple frequencies and in multiple rounds of such frequencies. A multibit keyword can be directly generated at the receivers by use of a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and combining its outputs for different rounds.
Patent GB-2428286-A (GB)
Title: Instantaneous water heater inlet control
Inventor: RENFREW ANDREW BOULTON
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 2004-07-16
Abstract: An instantaneous water heater 351 includes a heater tank 352 with a water inlet 353 connected to an incoming cold water supply via a flow control valve 356 for adjusting the water flow rate through the heater tank to provide a desired outlet water temperature from the heater tank according to user selection of any selected one of a range of outlet water temperatures. A control valve 361 responsive to the outlet water 355 temperature is operable to provide an additional separate input 354 of cold water to the heater tank 352 if the outlet water temperature exceeds a pre-determined safe limit.
Patent GB-2446181-A (GB)
Title: Detachable bill acceptor mounting arrangement
Inventor: YANG YA-HUEI
IPC: G07D11/00
Filed: 2007-01-30
Abstract: A detachable bill acceptor 1 mounting arrangement includes a face panel 2 of a vending machine, the face panel 2 having two protruding locating plates 23 at two sides and an angled guide groove 24, 25 at each protruding locating plate 23, and a bill acceptor formed of a lower unit 11 and an upper unit 12, the lower unit having two recessed locating portions 115 detachably coupled to the protruding locating plates 23 of the face panel 2 and two pair of stub guide rods 116 insertable into the angled guide grooves 24, 25 to secure the lower unit 11 to the face panel2, the upper unit 12 having two flat pivot rods 121 detachably coupled to a respective pivot hole 112 on the lower unit 11 and two hooks 123 releasably hooked in a respective retaining slot 114 on the lower unit 11 to lock the upper unit 12 to the lower unit 11.
Patent GB-2437170-A (GB)
Title: A debouncer circuit with low latency
Inventor: KEJRIWAL ABHAY
IPC: H03K5/1252
Filed: 2007-04-11
Abstract: In conventional debouncer circuits the temporary return of the input signal to the original state may not cause the debouncer to be reset. Further, the delay through the circuit may be excessive. To reduce latency, the input synchronisation circuit 51,52 is clocked by the high frequency system clock. Each delay circuit in a cascade of delay circuits 53,54 has an output portion 60,70 clocked by the high frequency system clock and an input portion clocked by a low frequency pulse signal TICK. Each delay circuit has feedback from the output portion to the input portion. Short glitches on the input DATA will reset the debounce circuit. Circuits which debounce both positive and negative transitions are disclosed (figures 10-12). In some variants the debounced output may be taken directly from the output of the last delay circuit (figures 8 and 12). The circuit may be used in debouncers for mechanical switches or may be used in supply voltage monitors to reject transient voltage dips.
Patent GB-2437176-A (GB)
Title: Method of selecting and purchasing products using a mobile handset
Inventor: LACY MICHAEL
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2007-04-12
Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless system and method for mobile handset users, which facilitates the browsing and booking of travel related products whilst also providing a secure payment means. The system securely interfaces directly into a vendor's product database in real-time such that the information displayed on the mobile handset is entirely up-to-date. The system allows the user to book and pay for the product, receiving confirmation thereof, so that the user can be assured that the transaction has occurred. In the method, the user's MSISDN is encrypted at the vendor's server to provide a unique identification used as a primary key. A link is sent to the mobile handset allowing the user to browse the vendor's product catalogue, select a product, pay and receive confirmation.
Patent GB-2437001-A (GB)
Title: Painting trim tool and tray system
Inventor: FUTO DENNIS M
IPC: B05C17/02
Filed: 2007-07-03
Abstract: A trim tool and paint tray system for use in dispensing paint. The system includes a trim tool having a paint applicator to apply paint to a surface to be painted and at least one edge guard to shield adjacent surfaces that are to remain free of paint from the applicator. The system also includes a paint tray having a paint-receiving well and at least one slot free of paint. The paint tray is configured to receive the trim tool such that the paint applicator is received in the paint well to charge the paint applicator with paint and the edge guard is received in the slot so the edge guard remains free of paint.
Patent GB-2441415-A (GB)
Title: Fob utilising GPS coordinates for directing a user to a vehicle
Inventor: LUO YI
IPC: G01S5/00
Filed: 2007-08-15
Abstract: A vehicle locating system is disclosed comprising a fob 12 for directing a user to a vehicle 14. The system comprises GPS units 24,26 included in the vehicle 14 and the fob 12 that are respectively configured to determine GPS coordinates for the vehicle 14 and the fob 12 whereby the GPS units 24,26 are configured to activate at approximately the same time such that the direction to the vehicle may be determined based on the commonly inaccurate GPS coordinates associated with the units 24,26. The fob 12 may be configured to determine the direction to the vehicle 14 upon transmission of the vehicle GPS coordinates to the fob 12 when it is within a predetermined range relative to the vehicle 14. The fob 12 may futher determine the direction to the vehicle 14 based on GPS coordinates previously stored for the vehicle if the fob is beyond a predetermined range to the vehicle 14.
Patent GB-2452481-A (GB)
Title: Categorising the speed of a mobile terminal
Inventor: HURST MICHAEL STEPHEN
IPC: G01S11/02
Filed: 2007-09-01
Abstract: A method of categorising speed of a terminal (202) in a wireless communications network (116) comprising monitoring a first factor associated with allocation of a radio-frequency (RF) resource that is not related to mobility of the terminal (202). The first factor is then offset against a second factor, the second factor being potentially indicative of mobility of the terminal (202). The speed of the terminal (202) is then approximated using the result of offsetting the first factor against the second factor. The second factor having correlation with the mobility of the terminal provides a capacity to mitigate a non-mobility influence upon the first factor.
Patent GB-2441096-A (GB)
Title: Oxygenation of aqueous systems
Inventor: ORLEBEKE DAVID
IPC: C25B1/04
Filed: 2007-12-10
Abstract: Methods for electrolytic oxygenation of aqueous systems, including substantially immersing an anode and a cathode in an aqueous medium, injecting oxygen into the aqueous medium, and applying a current to the electrodes.
Patent GB-2455550-A (GB)
Title: Front-mount type sliding rail interlocking structure for drawers
Inventor: HUANG KUO-SHENG
IPC: E05B65/464
Filed: 2007-12-13
Abstract: A front-mount type sliding rail interlocking structure for drawers includes a fixing bracket 1 affixed to the front side of a sliding track assembly 9, a rotary interlock actuating member 2 rotatably coupled to the fixing bracket 1, a braking slide set (10) formed of two eccentric braking slides 31,32 and bilaterally slidably coupled to the fixing bracket 1, and a guide plate 4 affixed to the sliding track assembly 9 and movable with the sliding track assembly 9 for rotating the rotary interlock actuating member 2 to move the eccentric braking slides 31, 32 between the locking position and the unlocking position.
Patent GB-2457108-A (GB)
Title: Portable collapsible structure for use as a pool
Inventor: YU TERESA
IPC: A47D13/06
Filed: 2008-03-28
Abstract: A portable structure, configurable between stored and erected conditions, comprises a base, one or more sides, a resilient frame and one or more spacing members. The base and the one or more sides comprise a flexible material. The resilient frame is located at the interface of the base and one or more sides. The resilient fame is connected to the flexible material to provide a shape to the base in the erected condition. The one or more spacing members support the flexible material of the one or more sides in a raised manner in the erected condition so as to form a container for receiving water, bounded by the flexible material of the base and one or more sides. The resilient frame is bendable and the one or more spacing members is/are foldable to allow the portable structure to adopt its stored condition. Bending of the resilient frame and/or folding of the spacing members provides energy for moving the portable structure from the stored condition to the erected condition.
Patent GB-2449992-A (GB)
Title: Thin disk laser
Inventor: SUMIDA DAVID S
IPC: H01S3/06
Filed: 2008-06-05
Abstract: A thin disk laser 155 (155 Figure 1A, 285 Figure 2B, includes a thin disk of a host material 151 (101 Figure 1A), incorporating a laser gain medium. The disk has opposite first 160 and second surfaces 165 at least one of which is non-planar for example, concave or convex. The first surface 160 is coated with a high reflectivity coating HR 162. The second surface 165 has an anti-reflection coating AR 167 thereon. Any mismatch of the coefficients of thermal expansion between the disk laser and the mount may not affect scaling of the laser to larger size disks for higher power lasers. The disk may comprise a portion 170 adjacent to the first surface 160 that is heavily doped with laser gain material, and a portion 180 adjacent to the second surface that comprises un-doped host material. The host gain medium may be Yb doped YAG or may be Lu2O3, YVO4, LuVO4, Sc2O3 , LaSc3(BO3)4, KGd(WO4)2 and KY(WO4)2.
Patent GB-2461124-A (GB)
Title: Edible food container
Inventor: AZAIR JACKY
IPC: A21D13/00
Filed: 2008-06-25
Abstract: An edible food article comprises an edible food shell for containing a food filling. The shell is preferably a cone or pyramidal shape with an opening at its widest end and a flat base at its narrow end. A sleeve may be provided to support the food container vertically. The walls of the shell may be straight, curved or concave and a lid may be included.
Patent GB-2449789-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spade Type Bit
Inventor: DURFEE LAVERNE R
IPC: B23B51/00
Filed: 2007-10-31
Abstract: The bit (1) comprises a shank (2) having a longitudinal axis and a cutting member located at a distal end thereof, said cutting member (6)having a pair of faces and being helically shaped and extending around the longitudinal axis such that each of said pair of faces is helically shaped for the entire extent thereof and an axially extending pilot screw screw, said pilot screw defining a screw thread and said cutting member defining a forward cutting edge.
Patent GB-2471258-A (GB)
Title: System for matching users with service providers
Inventor: SIMS STEPHEN CHARLES
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2008-08-15
Abstract: A method for matching users with service providers comprises receiving (S101) a request for a service from a user comprising at least one attribute specifying the nature of a specified service (e.g. restaurants); compiling (S103) a list of service providers from a plurality of service providers; sending (S104) the list to an electronic means such as a mobile telephone (WAP, Java application), or a personal computer (web browser); receiving an edited list from the electronic means; contacting (S106), by a telephony application, at least one service provider on the edited list to refer the request; determining if a contacted service provider accepts a referral of the request; and if so, sending (S108), by a telephony application, a confirmation message to the user indicating that the contacted service provider accepts the referral. The user may edit (S105) the list, optionally by changing the order of service providers in the list or to preclude service providers from whom the user does not wish to receive a service.
Patent GB-2464963-A (GB)
Title: A display comprising cranked light guides
Inventor: EDWARDS LEE JAMES
IPC: F21V8/00
Filed: 2008-10-31
Abstract: A cranked lightguide (light pipe) is provided to carry light from a first location at which light emitting devices, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), are provided to second location offset relative to the first. This provides a more convenient location of the light emitting devices. In a preferred embodiment a shroud is provided to prevent coupling (cross talk) of light from one light guide to an adjacent light guide.
Patent GB-2466621-A (GB)
Title: Sorting matter in a flow by comparing reflectance intensities at different wavelengths
Inventor: DEEFHOLTS BENEDICT
IPC: B07C5/342
Filed: 2008-12-23
Abstract: Sorting foreign matter in a flow, comprising identifying objects within a flow; for each object, determining reflectance intensities in at least two different wavelengths or ranges of wavelengths; and for each identified object, comparing the reflectance intensities at the at least two different wavelengths or ranges of wavelengths to a reference intensity profile. The object is characterized as foreign matter when the reflectance intensities at the at least two different wavelengths or ranges of wavelengths fall within a predetermined region of the reference intensity profile. The object may be deflected from the flow when it is identified as foreign matter. Images may be acquired and processed to identify the objects in the flow, these images may be in the near or short infra-red spectrum. An illumination source 7 may be used to illuminate the flow. The objects may be food, and more specifically they may be frozen vegetables. A Camera unit 11 comprising of at least two detectors 17a, 17b and a beam splitter 21 are used to measure the reflectance intensities.
Patent GB-2455915-A (GB)
Title: Providing service to an end user terminal
Inventor: NAKAGAWA IKUO
IPC: H04N21/222
Filed: 2008-12-24
Abstract: A system comprises a service anchor apparatus configured to hold an original of an application program for providing a service; an end-user accommodation apparatus configured to connect with a terminal of an end user; and a relay apparatus located on a route between the service anchor apparatus and the end-user accommodation apparatus. The system creates, via the relay apparatus, a copy of the application program in the end-user accommodation apparatus, and the end-user accommodation apparatus runs the copy of the application program, thereby providing the service to the terminal of the end user. Virtual middleware is preferably installed on each apparatus, whereby an identical copy of the application program can run on more than one of the apparatus. The relay apparatus may further connect with a terminal of a second end user, and function as a second end user accommodation apparatus. The invention enables a user to access server software.
Patent GB-2467106-A (GB)
Title: A portable exercise device
Inventor: PRIDAY JAMES
IPC: A63B22/20
Filed: 2009-01-19
Abstract: A portable exercise device comprising attachment means for attaching the device to a part of a user's body, or gripping means 60, which in use, a user may grip, and movement means 80 for allowing the device to move across a complementary surface when a force is applied to the device. The movement means may take the form of rollers 80, a single sphere (180, figure 3), multiple spheres (280, figure 5) or a slidable surface (380, figure 6).
Patent GB-2467735-A (GB)
Title: A rear mounting storage system for use on flat panel displays and televisions
Inventor: WILLIAMS SIMON
IPC: A47B81/06
Filed: 2009-02-11
Abstract: A storage system for mounting on the rear of a flat panel display or TV comprises fixing brackets 2 attached to the display or television, and main frame 3, or any of the game console specific units (see figures 9-13) or any of the modular units 4- 17 (including 'a' designations). The modular storage system is mounted to the back of displays and televisions which contain VESA mounting interface screw holes. By storing devices such as DVD players, game consoles or PCs on mounted brackets behind a display screen, the devices are kept out of sight and require less space. Storage system may also comprise a cable management system to keep cables tidy.
Patent GB-2467777-A (GB)
Title: MEMS transducer
Inventor: JENKINS COLIN ROBERT
IPC: B06B1/02
Filed: 2009-02-13
Abstract: A Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-System (MEMS) transducer and a method of forming a MEMS transducer comprising an electrode 15 and a layer of dielectric material 17 with a leakage path for removing unwanted charge from the dielectric material 17. The electrode 15 may be encapsulated by the dielectric material 17. The dielectric material 17 may be a back-plate 17 formed by depositing electrode 15 between first and second dielectric layers. The transducer may be a capacitive microphone comprising a first capacitive plate of a membrane 11 and electrode 13 separated by an air gap from a second capacitive plate of electrode 15 encapsulated within silicon nitride back-plate 17. The leakage path may be formed by lowering the first dielectric layer impedance by reducing the layer thickness to allow the first dielectric layer to operate in a tunnelling mode to remove unwanted charge stored in region 17a. The deposition parameters of the first dielectric layer may be altered to provide a region with improved charge removal properties between the surfaces of electrode 15 and back-plate 17. A surface leakage path (101, fig. 10) may be formed between the edge of an exposed electrode and the lower surface of back-plate 17. Electrode 13 may also be formed on the underside of membrane 11 and a leakage path formed in membrane 11.
Patent GB-2468644-A (GB)
Title: Storage device for a vehicle
Inventor: LUNDSTROEM JESPER
IPC: B60R5/00
Filed: 2009-03-16
Abstract: Storing device for a vehicle comprising a storing box 10 for storing articles, whereas the storing box 10 is mountable in a first position and in a second position, where in the first position the storing box 10 is mounted in the trunk 12 of the vehicle and in the second position the storing box 10 is mounted on the roof of the vehicle. The storage device may have lids which may be opened in different directions to each other. The storage space may be extendable in volume. Articles may be stored on the outer surface of the storage box via fixing elements.
Patent GB-2469639-A (GB)
Title: Wand attachments for hand-held electric blenders
Inventor: THUNDERCLIFFE MARK
IPC: A47J43/07
Filed: 2009-04-21
Abstract: A wand-like tool 20 for a hand blender comprises an elongate, tubular housing containing a rotatable drive shaft. The tool is adapted at one end to permit the shaft to pick up rotary drive from a hand-held driver unit, and carries a foodstuff-processing head at its other end; the processing head comprising bladed member 26 coupled to the shaft and having at least three blades. The bladed member rotates within a processor head housing having a tubular side-wall formed with a roof where the processor head housing joins the tubular shaft housing and being open at its opposite end, and the internal surface of the side-wall bears protrusions 40 past which the tips of the blades rotate. Each protrusion 40 is configured to present a respective bluff body to foodstuffs flowing past it, in order to disturb the flow. In some embodiments of the invention, the side-wall is castellated, and the protrusions are confined to non-castellated regions of the side-wall.
Patent GB-2459971-A (GB)
Title: A display apparatus producing two axially-separated, interacting images
Inventor: ANDREW PAUL
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2009-05-13
Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a means 31 for producing a primary image, means 32 for producing a secondary image, and an inclined partially reflective screen 23 interposed in the optical path of the secondary display. The screen is situated so that light from the means for producing the secondary image is reflected by the screen and is superimposed along the optical path for the primary image so as to produce a virtual display located tothe optical rear of the primary image as seen by a viewer. The primary and secondary images could interact to produce a three dimensional image. The source of the secondary image could be a computer or a standard lights source.
Patent GB-2458234-A (GB)
Title: Electromagentic imaging by four dimensional parallel computing
Inventor: CARAZZONE JAMES J
IPC: G01V3/12
Filed: 2007-10-25
Abstract: Method for organizing computer operations on a system of parallel processors to invert electromagnetic field data (11) from a controlled-source electromagnetic survey of a subsurface region to estimate resistivity structure (12) within the subsurface region. Each data processor in a bank of processors simultaneously solves Maxwell's equations (13) for its assigned geometrical subset of the data volume (14). Other computer banks are simultaneously doing the same thing for data associated with a different source frequency, position or orientation, providing a "fourth dimension" parallelism, where the fourth dimension requires minimal data passing (15). In preferred embodiments, a time limit is set after which all processor calculations are terminated, whether or not convergence has been reached.