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Patent GB-2416354-A (GB)
Title: Rinsing composition and use thereof in rinsing silicon wafers
Inventor: NAKAGAWA HIROYUKI
IPC: C11D3/37
Filed: 2005-06-13
Abstract: A rinsing composition contains at least one water-soluble polymer selected from a water-soluble polysaccharide, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and a hydrophilic polymer obtained by adding an alkyl group or an alkylene group to the copolymer. The rinsing composition may be used in rinsing polished silicon wafers. Preferably the rinsing composition contains essentially no alkaline compounds. Preferably the polysaccharide is hydroxyethyl cellulose or pullulan.
Patent GB-2414232-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing method of expanded graphite products
Inventor: SHIN YOUNG WOO
IPC: C01B31/04
Filed: 2004-03-29
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing expanded graphite products. The method comprises the steps of a) compressing expanded graphite to form a graphite thin film, b) milling the graphite thin film to form graphite flakes, and c) placing the graphite flakes in a mold and compressing the graphite flakes to form a predetermined shape, wherein during at least any one of the steps a), b) and c), a binder is mixed with the expanded graphite. There are provided advantageous effects that as the density of the expanded graphite product increases through respective manufacturing steps, not only 10 are initial equipment costs reduced due to minimized equipment, but also an expanded graphite product having a uniform density and a closely packed structure is provided. Additionally, since the expanded graphite product is finally compressed in the mold, the expanded graphite product does not have directional preference and can be formed into various shapes.
Patent GB-2418356-A (GB)
Title: Mist delivery system
Inventor: GUERIN JEANNE
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 2005-09-23
Abstract: A mist delivery system (10, figure 1) includes an enclosure 12 having at least one misting nozzle 16 coupled thereto. The enclosure includes a primary wall 24 and a secondary wall 26, whereby an air channel is defined between the primary wall and the secondary wall. A controller directs misted air through the misting nozzle 16 and further activates an air flow system such that misted air within the shower area flows through and is dried in the air channel. A drying system is also provided.
Patent GB-2431110-A (GB)
Title: A hypodermic needle guide
Inventor: JARVIS ANDREW
IPC: A61M5/42
Filed: 2005-10-14
Abstract: A hypodermic needle guide <B>1</B> comprises a base <B>2</B> with two or more spaced apart needle locating means <B>3</B> and patient attachment means <B>4</B>. The needle locating means may be bores <B>3</B> formed into a body of the base <B>2</B>. There may be ten bores <B>3</B> and the bores are elongate so that the needle exits each bore <B>3</B> at the same angle. The base <B>2</B> may be formed from a material that is not cut by a hypodermic needle such as stainless steel or it may be formed with sleeves <B>13</B> that are not cut by a needle and the base <B>2</B> may be formed of plastic. The patient attachment means <B>4</B> may carry an adhesive.
Patent GB-2419503-A (GB)
Title: Rotary interface for vehicles including a touch sensor
Inventor: CHOQUET ALAIN
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 2005-10-20
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a human machine interface ("HMI") for a vehicle and more particularly for an HMI for a vehicle. A human machine interface 10 includes user control 12 with a touch sensor 40, a controller 46, and a display 16. The controller 46 is configured to control the display 16 based on the touch sensor 40. When the touch sensor senses contact with the user control 12, the controller 46 activates the display 16. In addition, the controller 46 may display a symbol corresponding to the user setting manipulated by the user control 12 and a graphic indicating the level of the user setting (Figs 5A-5C not shown).
Patent GB-2421852-A (GB)
Title: Test Structures and Methods
Inventor: GREGORY HAYDN
IPC: H01L51/56
Filed: 2004-07-07
Abstract: This invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for testing molecular electronic devices, especially organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). More particularly the invention relates to substrates and masks for such devices, particularly including test structures, and methods of use of these. We therefore describe a substrate having formed thereon a plurality of organic molecular electronic devices, in particular OLEDs, and at least one test structure, the test structure being configured for evaluating the devices or for characterising a layer of active organic material of the devices, or, for example, for monitoring ingress of a contaminant.
Patent GB-2422163-A (GB)
Title: Top Drive torque booster
Inventor: SHAHIN DAVID
IPC: E21B19/16
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing additional torque in a top drive system for rotating a tubular 20 during drilling, running and/or handling operations includes a gear arrangement 45, 50 operatively connected to a top drive 10 to increase the amount of available torque for rotating the tubular 20. In an alternative embodiment, a gear box (195, fig 4) is operatively connected to the top drive (110, fig 4) to boost the amount of torque available for rotating the tubular (120, fig 4).
Patent GB-2435531-A (GB)
Title: Control Flow Protection Mechanism
Inventor: KAY ANDREW
IPC: G06F21/50
Filed: 2006-02-27
Abstract: A method is provided of protecting a program executing on a device at least to some extent from execution flow errors caused by physical disturbances, such as device failures and voltage spikes, that cause program execution to jump to an unexpected memory location. The executing program follows an execution path that proceeds through a plurality of regions (B' [m], B' [f]). A first check value (wisb) is provided at a randomly accessible memory location. It is determined at least once (e.g. in TERM [m]) in at least one region (B' [m]) whether the first check value (wisb) has an expected value (s [m]) for that region (B' [m]). The first check value (wisb) is updated (e.g. in "set-up for call to f"), as execution passes from a first region (B' [m]) into a second region (B' [f]) in which such a determination is made, so as to have a value (s [f]) expected in the second region (B' [f]). An error handling procedure is performed if such a determination is negative.
Patent GB-2427745-A (GB)
Title: Flat panel display with glass film
Inventor: OH JAE YOUNG
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2006-06-26
Abstract: A flat panel display includes a substrate (100), an array (150) on the substrate (100), and a glass film (200) formed by depositing glass powder over the substrate (100), including the array (150), melting the deposited glass powder over the array and hardening the deposited glass powder over the array. The glass film may also be form by coating glass paste over the substrate and array. The glass powder may consist of ZnO, SiO2, and BaO particles and a binder.
Patent GB-2426880-A (GB)
Title: Control of peaking of laser driver currentto improve eye quality
Inventor: WEBER ANDREAS
IPC: H04B10/08
Filed: 2005-05-12
Abstract: An optical transceiver module having digital control of laser current peaking is disclosed. The optical transceiver module comprises a controller and integrated postamplifier/laser driver, which are included on a printed circuit board disposed in the module. Transmitting (14) and receiving optical sub-assemblies (47) are also disposed in the module. A digital signal interference (50B) interconnects the controller with the integrated post-amplifier/laser driver. Digital control signals produced by the controller are transmitted via the digital signal interface to the integrated post-amplifier/laser driver, where they are converted to analog control signals. The analog control signals are forwarded to control components (48) responsible for governing the electrical current supplied to the laser of the transmitting optical sub-assembly. The laser current is intermittently peaked by the control signal in order to hasten the transition from light to no-light emission, thereby improving laser response and performance.
Patent GB-2434144-A (GB)
Title: Application content extrusion container
Inventor: TANI YOSHIKAZU
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 2005-07-15
Abstract: An application content extrusion container enhancing the degree of satisfaction of the clients. A content member (101) is composed of a forward tube having an extrusion opening (101c), and the inside serves as a content region (101x) filled with on application content (L). The content member (101) is inserted into the forward end side of a body side assembly (140) incorporating a moving body (106), screw portions (104c, 106b) for moving the moving body (106), and locking portions (102d, 106e). Since the application content (L) can be fully contained in the region (101x) between the inside of the extrusion opening (101c) of the content member (101) and the moving body (106) of the body side assembly (140), the application content (L) can be extruded quickly even at the first application by the user.
Patent GB-2444775-A (GB)
Title: Chip mounting
Inventor: STACEY SIMON JONATHAN
IPC: H01L23/485
Filed: 2006-12-13
Abstract: A device comprising a chip includes a substrate, e.g. a silicon wafer die 8, defining one or more electronic devices and a printed circuit board electrically connected to the chip via one or more solder elements, e.g. balls 22, sandwiched between the chip and the printed circuit board, wherein the chip is provided with one or more buffer layers 14, 18 between the substrate and the solder elements, said buffer layer(s) having a Young's Modulus of 2.5GPa or less, e.g. 2.0. The buffer layers have a total thickness of at least 3 microns, e.g. in a range of 4 to 8 microns, or at least 5 microns, e.g. in a range of 13 to 20 microns. Aluminium pads 10 of a passivation layer 12 are connected to the solder elements by a conductive redistribution layer 16.
Patent GB-2434670-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring and management of distributed information systems
Inventor: GRELEWICZ ROLAND
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2005-08-11
Abstract: A method of managing a computing system (300) includes generating (1702) transaction requests in accordance with a transaction profile of the system (300). The transaction requests are provided for processing by the system (300). Status data of a set of managed resources (102) of the system (300) is collected (1704) in accordance with a system model stored in a knowledge base (204). Performance indicators of the system (300) are determined (1706) from the status data in accordance with the system model. The transaction performance of the system (300) is monitored (1710) by comparing the performance of the system (300) in processing the transaction requests with an expected performance. When a degradation in transaction performance is detected, a signal (1712) is generated to indicate that a degradation in performance has occurred, to enable the status data and/or performance indicators to be analysed at the time at which the performance degradation occurs.
Patent GB-2439751-A (GB)
Title: Fiber-lens arrangement and lens array for such a fiber-lens arrangement
Inventor: KRAEHENBUECHL ROGER
IPC: G02B6/32
Filed: 2005-08-17
Abstract: The invention relates to a fibre-lens arrangement (21) comprising a fibre array (20) with a substrate (10) provided with a plurality of adjacent, interspaced, parallel, homogeneous V-shaped grooves (13, 13') for receiving and orienting the end sections of a plurality of optical fibres (14), and a separate lens array (15'') which matches the fibre array (20) and comprises, in a common base body (16), a number of lenses (17) corresponding to the number of optical fibres, the arrangement of said lenses in the base body (16) corresponding to the arrangement of the optical fibres (14) in the V-shaped grooves (13, 13') of the fibre array (20) on the substrate (10). One such fibre-lens arrangement (21) enables a simple, precise and flexible adjustment to be carried out, using separate adjusting means for the optical orientation of the lens array (15'') on the fibre array (20), said adjusting means co-operating with the V-shaped grooves (13, 13') of the fibre array (20).
Patent GB-2435169-A (GB)
Title: Process for treating an underground formation
Inventor: HARRIS RALPH EDMUND
IPC: C09K8/575
Filed: 2005-10-06
Abstract: A process for consolidating an underground formation is described, which process comprises: (a) incorporating into a treatment fluid (i) at least one chemical substance which is capable of undergoing a chemical change that alters the physico-chemical environment of the treatment fluid and which is a bicarbonate or a compound that generates a phosphate, phosphoric acid, sulphate, sulphuric acid, hydrogen sulphide, S<2->, carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, base or acid; and, optionally, (ii) at least one additional chemical substance selected from salts and complexes of metals in which the metal has a valency of (2) or higher; (b) introducing the treatment fluid into the formation; and (c) allowing the chemical substance (i), alone or in combination with the optional chemical substance (ii), to undergo a chemical change that alters the physico-chemical environment of the treatment fluid such that a consolidating mineral is deposited in the underground formation. When the process is conducted during drilling, the additional chemical substance (ii) may alternatively be a silicate.
Patent GB-2449921-A (GB)
Title: An electric fire having fire effect means and a slideable screen
Inventor: PURTON Arthur
IPC: F21S10/04
Filed: 2007-06-08
Abstract: An electric fire 100 comprises a fire effect means 105 with a slideable screen 125A, 125B located in front of the fire effect means 105 and being moveable relative to a housing 115, which houses the fire effect means 105. The fire effect 105 may comprise of a screen 110 and a fuel bed 120 may be located in front of this screen 110. The slideable screen 125A, 125B may be two or more individual segments and may be slidable to a rear 150 of the housing 115 on an upper 130A and lower 130B track or rail that define an arcuate path extending round the sides 145 of the housing 115. The screen 125A, 125B may be a segmented panel 310 permitting the individual segments (louvers) to roll onto one another, it may be located on an exterior surface or located within the housing 115 when the fire 100 is open, it may be hingeable, and may be provided with a smoked or mirrored effect. The screen (400, fig 4) may be moveable whereby it can be completely removed from the housing 115 via a non-hinging mechanism 410, 415 such as push button catches. The fire 100 may resemble a cupboard (figs 5 - 7) with glass, wood or plastics doors.
Patent GB-2447099-A (GB)
Title: Support assembly comprising pivotally connected frame members
Inventor: PEARCE SAMUEL BLACKBURN
IPC: A47C4/28
Filed: 2007-07-31
Abstract: A support assembly 10 comprises a frame 12 which includes a pair of frame members 14 pivotally connected to one another about a pivotal axis PA. The frame members are moveable between a closed position in which respective support portions (16, Fig. 1) of the frame members lie adjacent to one another and an open position in which the support portions are spaced from one another. A support member 20 extends between the support portions of the frame members and is held in tension by the frame members in the open position to define a support surface 22. The assembly may comprise an actuator 24 which is lockable to secure the frame members in the open position. The actuator may comprise a pair of actuator members 28 pivotally connected to each other and to a respective frame member. Each actuator member may comprise a foot portion 44 engageable with a body on which the assembly is supported. The support assembly may be used as a child booster seat in a vehicle, and may include retaining members (48, Fig. 1) to retain a seat belt.
Patent GB-2442827-A (GB)
Title: Illuminated sail
Inventor: HASKER THOMAS CHARLES
IPC: B60Q1/26
Filed: 2007-08-28
Abstract: A series of LED's 2 are attached to a sail and powered by a battery. The LEDs can be switched by a light sensitive circuit 1 responding to ambient light conditions, and the battery can be re-chargeable. The LEDs can be positioned in the luff tape of a spinnaker with connecting wires (fig 2, 4) to power the LEDs . Fibre optics may be used to emit light along the edge of the sail. The lights are used to illuminate the edge of a yacht sail during hours of darkness or poor light.
Patent GB-2442555-A (GB)
Title: A safe electric switch
Inventor: FAURIOT JACQUES
IPC: H01H23/00
Filed: 2007-09-18
Abstract: An electric switch comprising an actuator mounted to rock between an ON position and an OFF position, the positions being situated on either side of an equilibrium axis, and a moving contact element along which one end of the actuator travels to cause it to rock between a closed position and an open position that correspond to the ON and OFF positions of the actuator, the switch being characterised in that the actuator and the moving contact element include complementary abutment means comprising two rounded projections, one of the projections being on the moving contact element and the other projection being on the actuator, the curved abutment surfaces of the projections presenting parallel tangents spaced apart by a distance lying in the range 0.5 mm to 1 mm when the actuator is placed in the ON position, and in that in the ON position, the contact zone of the end of the actuator on the moving contact element is situated at a distance from the equilibrium axis that is determined in such a manner than when the moving contact element is held in the closed position and the actuator is rocked from its ON position towards its OFF position, the end of the actuator travels on the moving contact element until the abutment means come into abutment against each other before the contact zone reaches the equilibrium axis.
Patent GB-2456180-A (GB)
Title: Switching multicast data packets wherein indication data is stored in each data structure associated with an output from which the packet is to be transmitted
Inventor: NAVEN FINBAR
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2008-01-07
Abstract: The method comprises receiving a first data packet at said input, and storing said first data packet in a data structure (queue) associated with an output from which said data packet is to be transmitted. If the first data packet is intended to be transmitted from a plurality of said outputs, indication data is stored in each data structure (queue) associated with an output from which said first data packet is to be transmitted, but said first data packet is stored in only one of said data structures. The first data packet is transmitted from said data structure to the/or each output from which the first data packet is to be transmitted. Embodiments include the indication data may be a single bit indicator and may comprise a master indication (where the first data packet is stored) and/or slave indication (where data packet is not stored). An advantage of the present invention is that a data packet received at an input to be transmitted from a plurality of outputs (egress port, virtual channel on a port, traffic class on a virtual channel), i.e. multicasting, need only be stored in one data structure (queue).
Patent GB-2461287-A (GB)
Title: A balanced flow air conditioning system
Inventor: BAKER ROGER
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 2008-06-26
Abstract: An air conditioning system 120 for supplying conditioned air to a passenger compartment (116, fig 2) of a motor vehicle (110) comprises first 111L and second 111R (left and right hand side) distribution ducts connected to a single blower 122 by a common distribution chamber 121. Each of the distribution ducts 111L, 111R includes a distribution valve 130L, 130R used to vary the flow through the respective distribution duct 111L, 111R and through a dump duct 112L, 112R that exhausts air outside of the passenger compartment (116) of the motor vehicle (110). Each of the dump ducts 112L, 112R has the same resistance to flow as the respective distribution duct 111L, 111R to which it is connected. The flow from the distribution ducts 111L, 111R is adjusted by varying the proportion of air that flows through the cooperating dump duct 112L, 112R without affecting the flow from the other distribution duct 111R, 111L or requiring the blower speed to be altered. The dump ducts 112L, 112R may exhaust air into a luggage compartment (117) or outside the vehicle (fig 4).
Patent GB-2448103-A (GB)
Title: Filter with enhanced media area utilization
Inventor: WAGNER BRIAN K
IPC: B01D39/00
Filed: 2006-11-03
Abstract: A filter assembly has a plurality of filter elements extending longitudinally in a housing interior volume and shaped to increase filter media area by reducing unused space in the interior volume as compared to filter elements having a cylindrical shape.
Patent GB-2459140-A (GB)
Title: Curtain hanging device
Inventor: AL-BASRI AKEEL
IPC: A47H13/01
Filed: 2008-08-13
Abstract: A curtain hanging device comprises two parts that are brought together to trap a portion of the top edge of a curtain for hanging the curtain from a pole. The main part 2 has an eyelet or ring (5, fig 7) connected to a wedge shaped portion (6, fig 7). The other part 1 is a fastening portion and includes a planar surface with a plurality of gripping spikes (4, fig 3) and two arms (3, fig 3) that are spaced from and parallel to the flat surface. In use the fastening portion is placed behind a part of the curtain to be gripped with the arms adjacent the edge and the wedge shaped part of the main portion is slid under the arms such that the wedge acts to be pressed towards the gripping spikes to hold the curtain within the device. The distal ends of the arms engage with ridges (8, figs 15 and 16) to improve frictional engagement of the two components. When the curtain is suspended the weight of the curtain acts to maintain the grip on the curtain by each hanging device. The curtain can then be suspended from a pole by passing the rings over the pole.
Patent GB-2464300-A (GB)
Title: Microfluidic multiplexed cellular and molecular analysis device and method
Inventor: DIMOV IVAN
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2008-10-10
Abstract: A microfluidic device 100 comprises a fluid path 400 defined within a substrate between an input and an output and a capture chamber 60 provided such that operably particles will preferentially collect within the capture chamber. Preferably the capture chamber is in the form of a trench and the fluid path defines a flared taper region 450 upstream from the mouth 420 of the trench to decelerate the fluid and a funnel region 455 downstream such that fluid exiting the trench will accelerate. Fluid may be introduced into the device by a pipette under hydrostatic pressure and a filter may be provided between the inlet and capture chamber. Preferably, a plurality of capture chambers may be provided sequentially and the chambers may have a surface coating which exhibits an affinity for predefined particles and/or comprises a preloaded reagent. The devices may be provided in a microfluidic array with a common input and output and arranged to provide a multiplexed microfluidic structure. The use of a microfluidic device in a multi sequential flow analysis tool, method of performing sequential flow analysis and Immuno-assay and nucleic acid amplification analysis is also disclosed.