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Patent GB-2434612-A (GB)
Title: Carrier for vertical louvre blind
Inventor: DAY PERRY
IPC: E06B9/36
Filed: 2006-10-17
Abstract: The carrier includes a moulded plastics housing 1 having first and second mutually opposed side walls 2 and 3, and a spacer 30 formed from a metal strip has an end portion engaged with the housing and an opposite free end provided with a lug to form a stop for engagement with an adjacent carrier. The spacer is inserted through a slot 20 in the first side wall 2 and is seated in an upwardly open recess 21 in the second side wall. The spacer is formed with a locking projection which engages the internal face of the first side wall 2 and a retaining tongue which is inserted into a hole 22 in the second side wall. The spacer may be pre-formed prior to assembly and is able to pivot within the slot 20 allowing the free portion of the spacer to lift and thus reduces the forces required to move the carriers together.
Patent GB-2428140-A (GB)
Title: Metallized sled for communication plug
Inventor: LIN CHEN-CHIEH
IPC: H01R24/00
Filed: 2005-05-11
Abstract: A connector plug terminates a communication cable having a plurality of conductors therein. The plug includes a conductor organizing sled, which includes a plurality of channels for separating conductive wires. The sled is formed of at least two materials, including a first material being a conductive material and a second material being a dielectric material. The first material may be a metal and the second material may be a plastic. In one embodiment, the first material is impregnated within at least a portion of the second material. In another embodiment, the first material is formed as a layer on an outer surface of at least a portion of the second material.
Patent GB-2430594-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus of compensating for signal receiving error at receiver in packet-based communication system
Inventor: LIN JEFF
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2005-07-08
Abstract: A method and an apparatus of compensating for a signal receiving error at a receiver in a packet-based communication system. In the invention, frequency offset estimation and DC offset estimation obtained in a current packet are re-used in a next packet if the receiver is an intended recipient of the current packet and the current packet is received correctly, verified by CRC-32 checking in the PHY layer and the MC checking in the MC layer, respectively. Thereby, the overall receiver performance and stability can be improved from packet to packet and the estimation algorithm is simplified.
Patent GB-2431176-A (GB)
Title: Building Methods
Inventor: ELLEN MURRAY
IPC: E04C3/40
Filed: 2007-01-31
Abstract: A method of building a structure, the method including the steps of: 1. fabricating a generally longitudinal, steel sub-structure (22, 24) of the structure (20) with a cable retainer (28, 36) attached to, or forming part of, the substructure (22, 24) and that extends substantially longitudinally therealong; 2. assembling the sub-structure (22, 24) into a structure (20); 3. inserting a cable (38, 40) into the cable retainer (28, 36); 4. after step 2, applying a tensile force to the cable (38, 40) relative to the cable retainer (28, 36); and 5. after step 4, bonding the cable (38, 40) to the cable retainer (28, 36).
Patent GB-2440225-A (GB)
Title: Bridge mixer tap
Inventor: MOORE JAMES
IPC: F16K11/22
Filed: 2007-07-05
Abstract: A bridge mixer tap 1 has two interconnected tap pillars 2, 4 and a spout 13 extending from the interconnection 7. Each pillar has an inlet 10, 12 and an adjustable flow controller 35 for controlling flow from the inlet. One pillar 4 permits fluid flow to the spout 13 via the interconnection 7, while the other pillar 2 is sealed from the spout 13 in the interconnection 7. Flow from each of the two inlets 10, 12 is directed to a valve 43, which allows the mixed fluids from the two inlets to be directed either along the pillar 4 that is in fluid communication with the spout 13 or to a separate spray unit 15.
Patent GB-2438987-A (GB)
Title: Location signaling for transport system
Inventor: NOWLAN STEVEN J
IPC: H04W12/02
Filed: 2006-02-10
Abstract: A system and method to provide location signaling for service, such as a request for transport from a child to h or her parent(s) to be picked up from school, for example. A dedicated communication device (10) has location capabilities (24) and a control (20) to request service for the bearer. At least one monitoring communication device (12, 14), such as one for each parent, is operable to receive a location with a request for service and acknowledge same. A secure domain manager (16) can be used to; receive the location and request service instruction, deliver the location an request service instruction to the monitoring device(s), obtain an acknowledgment from one monitoring device, and sen the acknowledgment to the other monitoring devices and the bearer's communication device. Communication is only allowed between the bearer's device and monitoring devices. The location of the communication device can be tracked, and navigation can be provided thereto.
Patent GB-2440061-A (GB)
Title: U-shaped fiber optical cable assembly for use in a heated well and methods for installing and using the assembly
Inventor: FRANZEN ANDRE
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2006-04-25
Abstract: A U-shaped fiber optical cable assembly (11, 21) is arranged in a heated well (1) such that a nose section (13, 23) comprising the bent U-shaped cable section (11C, 21C) is located near the toe (1 A) of the well where the ambient well temperature is lower than the temperature of an intermediate section of the well which is heated by steam injection, electrical heating and/or influx of heated hydrocarbon fluids from a heated section of the surrounding formation to a temperature above 200 degrees Celsius, thereby inhibiting the risk of hydrogen darkening of the bent U-shaped cable section. It is preferred to make the nose section of a glass solder, to arrange the U-shaped fiber optical cable assembly in an aluminium guide tube (22) sealed at its lower end with end cap (31), and to use a heat resistant fiber optical cable to further inhibit the risk of hydrogen darkening of the assembly.
Patent GB-2445833-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing a patterned vapour-deposited film
Inventor: KAWAMURA YUKINORI
IPC: C23C14/04
Filed: 2007-12-24
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vapour-deposited film having a high-resolution pattern, includes the steps of preparing a deposition panel 200 comprising a substrate 20, a plurality of heating elements 22, and a deposition material layer 24 formed on the plurality of heating elements, the deposition material layer forming the outermost surface; disposing the deposition panel and a device substrate 100 so that the deposition material layer faces the device substrate; and causing at least some of the plurality of heating elements to generate heat, selectively evaporating the deposition material layer that is positioned on the heating elements that have generated heat, and vapour depositing on a surface of the device substrate to form a vapour-deposited film 26. The device substrate may be an organic electroluminescent display and the deposition material may be a colour conversion material, a colour filter material, an organic electroluminescent material or an electrode material.
Patent GB-2442917-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine
Inventor: NISHIMURA TAICHI
IPC: F02D41/06
Filed: 2006-08-03
Abstract: An internal combustion engine (300) having a plurality of banks; (306, 308) each having a cylinder (310, 312) provided to said banks (306, 308), comprising: an intake valve (322, 324) provided between said cylinder (310, 312) and an intake manifold (354, 356); a camshaft (358, 360) opening and closing said intake valve (322, 324) by means of mechanical power of said internal combustion engine (300); and a changing unit (100) changing, according to an operating state of said internal combustion engine (300), a phase angle of said camshaft (358, 360), said phase angle corresponding to a closing timing of said intake valve (322, 324), said banks (306, 308) differing from each other in most retarded phase angle changed by said changing unit (100).
Patent GB-2448216-A (GB)
Title: Random number generator based on oscillator noise
Inventor: KRAVTSOV ALEXANDER
IPC: G06F7/58
Filed: 2008-03-25
Abstract: The invention relates to generating random numbers (RN) using the thermal noise between two oscillators. A random number generator receives the thermal noise, processes it (using a digital signal processing (DSP) filter) to create a thermal noise band. This filtering flattens the power spectrum in a frequency band where the pseudo-stochastic processes swamp the truly random thermal noise. The thermal noise band is then split into N sub-bands using a DSP filter and a sequence of binary digits is generated. This is based on a comparison of the real and imaginary parts of the digital signal in the N sub-bands, with zero.
Patent GB-2455821-A (GB)
Title: Active noise cancellation system with split digital filter
Inventor: AL-NAIMI KHALDOON
IPC: G10K11/178
Filed: 2008-06-16
Abstract: A noise cancellation system 24 has an input for a digital signal having a first sample rate. The digital filter 44 is a split filter composed of a fixed digital filter 80 and an adaptive digital filter 82. Control circuitry 54 generates at least one control signal, based on the input digital signal, for the adaptive filter 82 so as to control a characteristic of the filter. This arrangement is suitable for both feedforward and feedback type noise cancelling systems (figs 2, 3).
Patent GB-2465792-A (GB)
Title: Illumination Direction Estimation using Reference Object
Inventor: MORIWAKE KATSUAKIRA
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 2008-11-28
Abstract: A reference object of a predetermined shape is identified in an image of a scene S10, a luminance distribution across the surface of the object is detected S11 and this is used to estimate the direction of light incident on the object S12. Also claimed is the generation of a composite image using this estimate. The object may be a sphere, and the illumination direction may be detected by calculating the surface normal, or a luminance vector, at a point on the sphere where the luminance magnitude is greatest, i.e. at the brightest point on the object. An average of a plurality of luminance vectors may be calculated and luminance distribution may only be calculated for luminance above a threshold clipping level. The object may be in a predetermined position in the scene. A calibration surface comprising a calibration pattern may also be included in the scene to determine orientation and position of a camera. Also disclosed is a checkerboard calibration surface and a technique for rendering computer generated shadows so that they appear to be cast on real objects.
Patent GB-2458546-A (GB)
Title: Network switch wherein egress port specified by ingress interface is overwritten with standby port before switch fabric for failed ports
Inventor: TAKAKUWA MAKOTO
IPC: H04L47/41
Filed: 2008-12-30
Abstract: A network switch comprises ingress cards 50a, switch unit 40 and egress cards 50x,y. The ingress card processes incoming signals, attaches egress card/port information 56 to them and forwards them to switch 40. Monitor 30 and update 43 units track failed/faulty egress ports and maintain translation table 48 which specifies back-up ports for failed ports. Switch 40 uses the egress card/port information received from ingress card 50a to reference table 48 in the translation unit 42 and rewrites card/port information as necessary. Switch fabric 46 then transfers the signals to the appropriate egress card and port for onward transmission. The invention avoids having to update routing tables in multiple ingress cards in the event of a fault, thereby reducing control traffic and delays. The translation table 48 may be implemented as content addressable memory containing only entries for faulty ports. The invention may be used with link aggregation schemes.
Patent GB-2465437-A (GB)
Title: Recommending places of interest based on their predetermined popularity corresponding to a time period
Inventor: LAI WEI-SHEN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2009-01-23
Abstract: A plurality of predetermined POIs (places of interest) is provided, perhaps from a database 11, each having popularity information corresponding to a time period. A recommended POI, corresponding to the time period, is determined 19 from the predetermined POIs according to the popularity information. The recommended POI is transmitted to an electronic device, e.g. an electronic navigator device 20. The popularity of a POI may be determined by the number of visitors to that place and may be derived from information associated with photographs they have taken of the place. Non-predetermined POIs, derived from documents received from the Internet 12, may be combined 16, 17 with the predetermined POIs. The Internet documents may also be used to calculate a relation 18 between an activity name and a predetermined POI, according to the number of documents in which both appear.
Patent GB-2467940-A (GB)
Title: Fixator
Inventor: BAJWA ALI
IPC: A61B17/64
Filed: 2009-02-20
Abstract: An articulated bracelet (12) for an external non-invasive fixator (10) for fixing a fracture or soft tissue injury. The bracelet comprises a plurality of elements (24, 26) arranged in a plurality of rows. The elements have complementary linking means (48, 62) to permit linking the rows of elements together in an articulated or fixed relationship. One or more of the plurality of elements comprises channels (34) for receiving and engaging at least a portion of a connecting device such that the position of the connecting device can be altered around the bracelet or the limb that it is mounted on. Further an articulated connecting device (16), a cross-linking device (18), a hinge (22), elements (24, 26) for an articulated bracelet, methods for treating a fracture or a soft tissue injury, and method and device (150) for disengaging elements of an articulated bracelet are disclosed.
Patent GB-2454413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in shuttlecocks
Inventor: WILLIS GORDON
IPC: A63B67/18
Filed: 2007-09-19
Abstract: A shuttlecock is described having a base and a plastics conical skirt (10). The skirt comprises, at its end narrower adjacent the base, a stem portion (12) formed of a plurality of longitudinally extending stems (16) and, at its wider end a flight portion (14) within which a web extends between the individual stems to increase the aerodynamic drag on the shuttle. An annular reinforcement rib (22) or (30) extends between the stems (16) at the junction between the stem and flight portions of the skirt. The reinforcement rib (22) or (30) protrudes from the stems (16) into the interior of the skirt (10) and has a smaller inside diameter at its tip than points on the inner surface of the flight portion nearer to the base. This is facilitated by forming the skirt from two initially separate conical-conical components.
Patent GB-2468313-A (GB)
Title: Fan assembly
Inventor: GAMMACK PETER DAVID
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 2009-03-04
Abstract: A fan assembly 10 for creating an air current comprises a base 12 having an air inlet and an air outlet 88, the base housing a motor driven impeller which creates an air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The fan assembly further comprises an annular nozzle 14 mounted on the base 12, the nozzle 14 comprising an interior passage having an air inlet for receiving the air flow from the base 12, and a mouth 26 for emitting the air flow. The nozzle 14 defines an opening 24 through which air from outside the fan assembly 10 is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth 26. The nozzle 14 has a height which is at least 60%, and preferably at least 70%, of the height of the fan assembly 10. The nozzle 14 may be elongate and vertically orientated. A Coanda surface 28 may be located adjacent the nozzle mouth 26, and a diffuser 30 located downstream of the Coanda surface 28.
Patent GB-2472764-A (GB)
Title: A forward facing rowing mechanism that allows oar feathering.
Inventor: SHERIDAN MICHAEL FRANCIS
IPC: B63H16/10
Filed: 2009-06-03
Abstract: A forward facing rowing arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement includes an oar split into a handle segment (3, Fig 3) and a blade segment (4, Fig 3) which are connected by means of a reversal gear mechanism. The reversal gear mechanism reverses the input applied to the handle segment and moves the blade segment in the opposite direction to allow forward facing rowing. The reversal gear mechanism is mounted in a rowlock 11 that incorporates a ring bearing 6 to allow feathering of the oar and a pivot 12 that allows raising and lowering of the blade segment of the oar in use. The rowing arrangement is designed so that it can be easily used in existing rowing boats, including lightweight rowing boats. The arrangement allows for complete freedom of movement allowing the oarsman to feather the blade and to achieve precise oar placement.
Patent GB-2471067-A (GB)
Title: Shared resource multi-thread array processor with heterogeneous function blocks
Inventor: SMITH GRAEME ROY
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2009-06-12
Abstract: A shared resource multi-thread array processor consists of an array of heterogeneous function blocks 107, 108 which are interconnected via a self-routing switch fabric 700. Processing of threads involves mapping individual instructions or groups of instructions to function blocks with corresponding functionality. Independent threads are allowed to share each functional block so as to optimally utilize the array resources. The output data from a function block is formatted into a token by appending a routing tag thereto; this token is then routed via the switch fabric to a thread coordinator 600 or the next function block in a thread sequence. Tokens from different threads are passed to the various addressable function blocks in a predefined sequence in order to implement the desired function. Each switch output port comprises a FIFO style memory that implements a plurality of separate queues. The separate port queues allows data from different threads to share the same hardware resources and the reconfiguration of switch fabric addresses further enables the formation of different data paths allowing the array to be configured for use in various applications. The array can be configured to implement parallel processing architectures such as Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) and Multiple Instruction Multiple Data (MIMD).
Patent GB-2470087-A (GB)
Title: Mandrel for use in a method of making a composite flange
Inventor: MARENGO GIOVANNI ANTONIO
IPC: B29C33/44
Filed: 2007-06-07
Abstract: The mandrel (3) is curved and comprises a solid triangular cross-section; composite material is applied to external surfaces of the curved mandrel (3) and is cured to produce the flange which comprises a curved hollow member with a triangular cross-section. The mandrel (3) comprises at least two parts which can be dismantled for removal from the formed flange; these parts can be segments (3A, 3B) with mitred surfaces, one on top of the other optionally with end plates. Alternatively, the parts can be tessellating sections joined together. As a further option, the mandrel can be of soluble material. The formed flange is mounted on a pipe to form a structure which can be joined with another like structure or a further structural element, e.g. in aircraft construction.
Patent GB-568138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in variable speed gears
IPC: F16H3/14
Filed: 1943-06-22
Abstract: 568,138. Variable - speed gearing. MAcKAY, J. June 22, 1943, No. 10018. [Class 80 (ii)] Driving and driven shafts 1, 2 are connected by bevel epicyclic gearing 6, 7, 8, the planet carrier 4 having an eccentric 19 driving through a rod 21 a pump plunger 22. The pump cylinder 23 has an open end and is enclosed in the gear casing which is partly filled with oil. The closed end of the cylinder is connected with the gear casing by an inlet and discharge passage 24 controlled by a valve 25. Speed of the shaft 2 is varied by more or less closing the valve 25. The drive from the shaft 2 to the final driven shaft 17 is through a clutch 11, 12, and a short shaft 13 connected to the shaft 17 by a universal joint 16. A gear 15 is driven by a gear 10 on the shaft 2. To drive the shaft 17 reversely, the shaft 13 is swung to engage the clutch part 12 with a clutch part 18 on the gear 15.
Patent GB-1514156-A (GB)
Title: Feed stuff for cattle and sheep
IPC: A23K20/142
Filed: 1977-03-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for feeding cattle and sheep which is characterised in that zinc methionate is used as a growth-promoting supplementary feed. The zinc methionate is used for this purpose in doses of 250 to 1,500 ppm based on the total amount of feed concentrate.
Patent GB-473330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to carrier signalling systems
IPC: H03C1/58
Filed: 1936-04-06
Abstract: 473,330. Modulating systems. TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd., and PADDLE, L. H. April 6, 1936, No. 10131. [Classes 40 (iii) and 40 (v)] In a carrier wave modulator comprising a pair of diode or contact rectifiers connected in series opposition across one of the sources of current which is directly connected to the output, the other current source is connected from the junction of the rectifiers to a point in the winding of a transformer connected across the rectifiers. The carrier and modulation, which are interchangeable, are fed from terminals A, B, C, D, to transformers T, T1, Fig. 1, the secondary of T1 being connected from the mid point of the rectifiers R1, R2 to the centre tap of the secondary of T, or the primary of the output transformer, Fig. 2 (not shown). Various modifications are shown in which the transformers are replaced by potentiometer arrangements. A loss of modulation occurring at high frequencies due to the capacity of the rectifiers may be corrected. by a suitable resistance, inductance, condenser combination, Fig. 5 (not shown). The Provisional Specification describes an arrangement employing two pairs R1, R2; R3, R4 of opposed rectifiers, Fig. 7, similarly connected, with one of the currents applied between the junction points. In a modification, Fig. 8 (not shown), the rectifiers are in opposition, and the system is not reversible, the modulation being applied between the junction points. Specification 417,251 is referred to.