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Patent GB-2440765-A (GB)
Title: Track circuit with phase difference adjustment
Inventor: ONUMA HARUHIKO
IPC: B61L1/18
Filed: 2007-03-05
Abstract: The invention provides higher efficiency signal transmission in a track circuit by minimizing the phase difference between the output voltage and output current of a transmitter and thereby minimizing reactive power and maximizing effective power. A track circuit 1T comprises a transmitter 1 for transmitting a train detection or train control signal to a connected rail 6 and a receiver 10, connected to a reception end of the rail 6, for receiving the signal from the transmission means 1. The transmission circuit comprises a phase adjustment means 2 which adjusts the phase difference between voltage and current of a train detection signal or a train control signal transmitted by the transmitter 1 so as to cause the phase difference to approach 0. The adjustment means may be a transformer 2, having a coil or a capacitor, or both of them added in parallel or in series having an inductance value and capacitance for causing the phase difference between voltage and current of the transmitted signal transmitted by the transmission means 1 to approach 0. A pseudo cable comprising a reactance, a resistor and a capacitor may also be used in conjunction with a transformer having a phase adjuster (Fig 6).
Patent GB-2449064-A (GB)
Title: Item of footwear for rehabiliation of leg-muscle tone
Inventor: KILGORE MARCIA
IPC: A43B3/12
Filed: 2007-04-27
Abstract: An item of footwear is provided for increasing leg-muscle and/or lower-abdominal-/back-muscle tone. The footwear comprises a sole 2 for receiving a foot of a user; wherein at least one portion of the sole comprises two or more materials of different compressive resistances, or densities, the sole being arranged such that application of a user's weight, during use, causes instability in the at least one portion of the sole, which requires balance correction by a user. In particular, the midsole 2B is provided in the arch region 5 with a first material of relatively lower compressive resistance or density, and a frontal/toe region 4 is provided by a second material of relatively higher compressive resistance or density.
Patent GB-2438486-A (GB)
Title: Shipping and display container
Inventor: TAYLOR DAVID
IPC: B65D5/02
Filed: 2007-05-10
Abstract: The invention relates to a container, typically formed from a card material blank 10. The container is movable between a first, storage and transport format and a second, display format in which items originally stored within the container, can be viewed and accessed. The container, in the storage format substantially encloses all the articles held therein and in a second format can be converted, by the tearing of one or more lines of weakness 30a, 30b, and removing removable sections 44, to form one or more trays 46, 48 in which the articles within the container can be placed and displayed. Preferably the container is constructed from a tubular blank. The invention therefore allows the use of the same container for the transport of goods, typically to a retail outlet, and then a display of the articles at the retail outlet for potential purchase. There is therefore no need to provide two sets of packaging and the container can be easily converted from the first to the second format without the requirement of particular strength or specific tools.
Patent GB-2438090-A (GB)
Title: Seat with adjustable pan and backrest
Inventor: RAYMOND PATRICK
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 2007-05-11
Abstract: A seat comprising a seat pan, a backrest and a support structure, wherein the seat pan is pivotally coupled to the support structure about a first pivot axis at the front of the seat pan such that the seat pan may be tilted upwards. The backrest is pivotally coupled to the rear of the seat pan and the angle of the backrest to the seat pan may be adjusted in use. The backrest and pan are connected by an articulating linkage such that when the seat pan is tilted about the first axis from a rest position (figure 1) to a second position (figure 3) the backrest's angle of incline relative to the floor level is substantially unaltered. Also claimed is a pneumatic cushion for use with a seat: an armrest with a first pivot axis about which the armrest may be pivotally coupled to a seat, and a second pivot axis oriented parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the armrest, the armrest being rotatable about the second pivot axis in use.
Patent GB-2454643-A (GB)
Title: A lock assembly
Inventor: HOLMES MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: E05B9/08
Filed: 2007-07-20
Abstract: A lock assembly comprising a barrel (6), a locking mechanism (10), and a head a nut (14) threadingly engageable with the barrel (6), such that tightening of the nut (14) along the barrel causes the nut (14) to engage with a support (30) to thereby hold the lock in place relative to the support the support (30) being adapted to receive the lock, such that, in use, the support (30) is positioned between the head (8) and the locking mechanism (10), the nut (14) comprises a detent (20,22) engageable with a protrusion (32) formed in the support (30).
Patent GB-2451238-A (GB)
Title: Flood protection building element
Inventor: HOLDEN DAVID
IPC: E06B1/62
Filed: 2007-07-23
Abstract: A flood protection building element comprising a frame 10 and a moveable element 20, such as a window frame coupled to a moveable window pane. A first sealing element 11 is provided to prevent ingress of flood water between the frame 10 and a building to which the building element is fitted, and a second sealing element 22 is provided to prevent ingress of flood water between the frame 10 and the moveable element 20. The first and/or second sealing element may comprise an inflatable element and a valve arrangement.
Patent GB-2441040-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow assembly for use in a surface sweeping machine
Inventor: YOUNG GARY B
IPC: B65F3/00
Filed: 2006-07-25
Abstract: The fluid flow assembly comprises first and second elements with respective first and second openings that have respective first and second axes and which are mounted so that at least one of the two members can pivot between first, second and third positions, wherein in the first position the first and second axes are substantially co-axially aligned. In the second position the two axes define an acute angle opening in a first direction to one side of the coaxially aligned axes of the first position and in the third position define an acute angle opening in the first direction to another side of the initial first position axes. The two elements are preferably sealed together in the first position with the pivoting movement being effected by biasing springs, with movement of the elements being limited. The assembly is preferably used to connect a blower 30 to a hopper 18.
Patent GB-2438148-A (GB)
Title: Abrasion resistany pump thrust bearing
Inventor: SEMPLE RYAN P
IPC: F04D29/44
Filed: 2006-03-10
Abstract: A centrifugal pump (15) has a stationary diffuser (27) with a bore (33a, 33b, 33c. A thrust bearing 837) has a tubular portion that inserts into the bore. The thrust bearing (37) has an external shoulder (45) that contacts a support surface (47) in the bore (33b, 33c) of the diffuser (27) for transmitting downward thrust from an upstream impeller (29) to the diffuser (27). The thrust bearing (37) has an internal shoulder (42) for transmitting upward thrust from a downstream impeller to the diffuser (27).
Patent GB-2447321-A (GB)
Title: Termination Bonding of Electrical Components
Inventor: GALVAGNI JOHN L
IPC: H01G2/04
Filed: 2008-01-25
Abstract: Methods of termination bonding for producing lead type electrical components such as a multilayer capacitor 200. The components are placed in a lead frame 400 mounting tab and support 402, 406 with termination paste (210, fig.3) applied to selected portions of the component, preferably the components are un-terminated and the paste is dried but not fired. Firing of the assembled electrical components in the lead frame which causes the electrical components to be concurrently terminated and provided with strongly secured leads. Alternatively the electric components may be of resistive or inductive types. Preferably the frame is of copper or silver material and the paste of a metal/glass/organic material.
Patent GB-2444013-A (GB)
Title: Power delivery and power management of many-core processors
Inventor: BORKAR SHEKHAR
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2006-09-26
Abstract: According to embodiments of the disclosed subject matter in this application, a power management system with multiple voltage regulator ("VRs") may be used to supply power to cores in a many-core processor. Each VR may supply power to a core or a part of a core. Different VRs may provide multiple voltages to a core/part in the many-core processor. The value of the output voltage of a VR may be modulated under the direction of the core/part to which the voltage regulator supplies power. In one embodiment, the multiple VRs may be integrated with cores in a single die. In another embodiment, the power management system with multiple VRs maybe on a die ("the VR die") separate from the die of the many-core processor. The VR die may be included in the same package as the many-core processor die.
Patent GB-2458513-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle speed enforcement device using GPS and a map database of speed limits to detect speed violations and then send the details to a central office
Inventor: FADAHUNSI ARC STEVE A
IPC: G08G1/052
Filed: 2008-04-08
Abstract: Disclosed is a device 10 and system for enforcing the speed limits on the driver of a vehicle X. The device has a global positioning system (GPS) 11 to give the speed and location of the vehicle and a map database 12 of roads and their speed limits. The device has a comparator 13 that checks the actual speed of the vehicle against the speed limit for the road at their location. The comparator generates a speed violation signal when the vehicle speed exceeds the speed limit for the road. A message is then sent using a mobile phone network transmitter 14 including the signal and details of the offence to a central unit Z. The device may have a camera 15 to take a picture of the driver, which may be sent with the speed violation message. The system may include a speed controller 16 with a speed limiter that limits the speed of the vehicle by controlling the brakes and/or accelerator. The device may warn 17 the driver when it generates a speeding violation. The system may include or be part of a satellite navigation system.
Patent GB-2448811-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for clinical data validation
Inventor: CHAMBERLAIN FORREST LEE
IPC: G16H30/20
Filed: 2008-04-18
Abstract: A method for validating clinical data (230) from patient records includes receiving a consistency requirement (212), receiving a data claim (metadata) associated with clinical data (230), and evaluating the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement (212). A clinical data validation system (100,200) for performing the method includes a consistency requirement input component adapted to receive a consistency requirement (212), a data claim input component adapted to receive a data claim, and a validation component (110,210) adapted to evaluate the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement (212). If the data is invalid, the user is alerted. A translation authority may be used to translate a data claim from one namespace to another for instances where data claims from different hospitals, for example, have different identifiers for their patients.
Patent GB-2462144-A (GB)
Title: Leather clad bottle or ice bucket
Inventor: BUHUS OLIVER
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 2008-07-30
Abstract: A method of making a clad product 1 comprising: forming a rigid pre product with at least one indented portion 2 in an exterior surface thereof; forming an insert 4 of a flexible material shaped to fit the at least one indented portion 2; securing the insert 4 in the indented portion 2 such that an exterior surface of the insert 4 lies flush with the exterior surface of the pre-product 1, thereby forming a clad product. The clad product may for example comprise a bottle, and the insert 4 may be made of leather. The product 1 may also be an ice bucket.
Patent GB-2455391-A (GB)
Title: Controlling cleaning of data values within a hardware accelerator
Inventor: PAVER NIGEL CHARLES
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2008-10-06
Abstract: A data processing apparatus 2 includes a programmable general purpose processor 10 coupled to a hardware accelerator 12. A memory system 14, 6, 8 is shared by the processor 10 and the hardware accelerator 12. Memory system monitoring circuitry 16 is responsive to one or more predetermined operations performed by the processor 10 upon the memory system 14, 6, 8 to generate a trigger to the hardware accelerator 12 for it to halt its processing operations and clean any data values held as temporary variables within registers 20 of the hardware accelerator back to the memory system 14, 6, 8. In a cleaning operation, any data values stored within registers differing from corresponding data values within the memory system are written back to the memory system. The hardware accelerator itself is responsible for halting and cleaning, thereby avoiding the need for an operating system of the general purpose processor to be modified to take account of different hardware accelerators.
Patent GB-2467976-A (GB)
Title: Differential bypass driving one set of wheels through a secondary gearbox
Inventor: WAIN DAVID HOSTETTLER
IPC: B60K17/346
Filed: 2009-02-21
Abstract: A differential centre bypass, for a four wheel drive vehicle, has an input attached to an output shaft of an engine and an output drive shaft which drives a rear differential through a clutch and a primary gearbox. Another output of the differential bypass drives a front differential through a secondary gearbox. Recombination of the outputs of the bypass differential may be achieved using wheels of the vehicle or this could be achieved using (bevel) cogs. On selecting reverse the secondary gearbox should switch into reverse as well as the primary gearbox. This results in a front:rear torque of -50:-50, or matching the weights over axles. The simplest embodiment is to electrically change the secondary gearbox, based on reversing light circuitry. The primary gearbox, secondary gearbox and cogs may be housed within a casing of the bypass differential and traction control between axles may be augmented using a braking system. The front and rear differentials may be may be non-slip or limited-slip while the bypass differential is free.
Patent GB-2454631-A (GB)
Title: Nano-sized particles for stabilizing viscoelastic surfactant fluids
Inventor: TREADWAY JAMES
IPC: C09K8/66
Filed: 2007-09-20
Abstract: An aqueous, viscoelastic fluid gelled with a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) is stabilized and improved with an effective amount of an alkali earth metal oxide alkali earth metal hydroxide, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, and post-transition metal hydroxides. These fluids are more stable and have a reduced or no tendency to precipitate, particularly at elevated temperatures. The additives may reduce the amount of VES required to maintain a given viscosity. These stabilized, enhanced, aqueous viscoelastic fluids may be used as treatment fluids for subterranean hydrocarbon formations, such as in hydraulic fracturing. The particle size of the magnesium oxide or other agent may be nanometer scale, which scale may provide unique particle charges that use chemisorption, crosslinking and/or other chemistries to associate and stabilize the VES fluids.
Patent GB-2458245-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for interacting with a user over a network
Inventor: CALLER ROBIN
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2008-01-28
Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method for interacting with a user over a network. The method includes receiving a request from a user machine for a content page at a publisher web-site. The user machine is provided with an interstitial page including one or more fields for collecting information about the user and two or more user response options for selection by the user, including at least a positive response and a negative response. The selected user response to the interstitial page is received and recorded, along with any information collected about the user. The recorded information may be used in a future determination of an interstitial page to provide to the user machine.
Patent GB-2472007-A (GB)
Title: Primal meat cut processing system
Inventor: MCDONNELL DECLAN ARTHUR
IPC: A22C17/00
Filed: 2009-07-20
Abstract: Boneless beef primals from a paced de-boning system (2, fig 1) enter a primal trimming system (3, fig 1). Primals are weighed on a dynamic scale (60, fig 6) so that the de-boning yield can be derived. Weighed primals are transported on an intelligent conveyor (42, fig 1) and diverted into one of eighteen trimming stations (61, fig 1). At each trimming workstation the operator receives cut identification and butchery information and trims the primal to the indicated specification. The individual products from the trimming station are weighed on a dynamic weigh scale 95 and registered into the line control system to provide real time yield and production speed control to a quarter. Trimmed primals are diverted to a membrane skinning line 80 and are either automatically fed into a continuous skinning machine 81 or are fed to a manual skinner 82. Skinned pieces exit the skinner and are led by a conveyor 81 a to a main conveyor 83 to workstations 85 where the lean cuts are inspected and final trimming such as removal of any membrane not removed by machine is performed. A final weighing step occurs before all skinned cuts are transported on the conveyor 84 to the final packing station 88.
Patent GB-2463761-A (GB)
Title: Recipe commands and inputs.
Inventor: MARRUCHELLA DAWN
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2009-08-26
Abstract: A product recipe for execution by a batch process has actions with logical levels including a phase level, transitions associated with two or more of the actions, and parameters having a dynamic input parameter which resolves to a value without obtaining the value from the recipe or an operator prompt. Another invention relates to the configuration of product recipes utilising commands, recipe logic and insertion of the command into the logic at a location within the logic.
Patent GB-2474286-A (GB)
Title: A propulsion engine for an aircraft
Inventor: SCOTHERN DAVID PETER
IPC: F02C3/107
Filed: 2009-10-12
Abstract: A propulsion engine 100 for an aircraft comprises: one or more fans, e.g. contra-rotating rotors 110, 120; driving means, e.g. free power turbine 132 arranged to drive the one or more fans 110, 120; and power transfer means 134 connected to the one or more fans 110, 120 and arranged to selectively transfer a variable amount of power to or from the one or more fans 110, 120 so as to control the rotational speed of the one or more fans 110, 120. Power extracted from the one or more fans 110, 120 may be passed through the power transfer means 134 to an accessory gearbox 136 and thence to one or more engine accessories. The accessory gearbox 136 may also be driven by an engine core 130 via a transmission 138. The propulsion engine 100 may also comprise a clutch 140 arranged between the one or more fans 110, 120 and the power transfer means 134 so as to selectively connect the power transfer means 134 to the one or more fans 110, 120.
Patent GB-2460606-A (GB)
Title: Regeneration device having air-assisted fuel nozzle
Inventor: CORNELL SEAN O
IPC: F01N3/025
Filed: 2008-04-16
Abstract: A regeneration device (50) for use with an exhaust treatment system (14) is disclosed. The regeneration device may have a housing (52) with a fuel passageway (71) and a first air passageway (68). The regeneration device may also have an injector (54) disposed in the housing in fluid communication with the fuel passageway and the first air passageway. The regeneration device may further have a combustion canister (56) connected to receive a fuel/air mixture from the injector.
Patent GB-2460616-A (GB)
Title: Biologic devices for hemostasis
Inventor: YEN RICHARD C K
IPC: A61K9/16
Filed: 2008-05-09
Abstract: A microscopic protein device and the method of manufacture and the use of such a device for hemostasis. The device, made with biologic material such as serum albumin from a human or animal source, is less than five micron in any one dimension and typically less than one micron in diameter. It does not have any other biological or drug molecules attached to it in vitro. However, the device has properties that allow it to capture, concentrate, carry or bind biomodifying molecules, such as coagulation factor(s), or potentially other drugs, after exposure to plasma in vitro; and possibly in vivo as well. After infusion of said device intravenously inside the body, hemostatic effects can be demonstrated.
Patent GB-2463185-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to cement a perforated casing
Inventor: RAYSSIGUIER CHRISTOPHE
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 2008-06-02
Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus (40) comprising: a setting section (1) surrounded by a first sleeve (2), said first sleeve being expandable and impermeable to a material; an inflating means (1a, 3a) for inflating said first sleeve, said inflating means ensuring that the first sleeve can be in contact with a first zone (60a) of a tube (10) which is permeable to said material, so that said first zone of said tube becomes impermeable to said material; and further comprising a second sleeve portion (4) partially permeable to said material on a second zone (60A') and attached to said first sleeve so that: a path (2a) is provided between said first sleeve and said second sleeve portion and so that, when the first sleeve is inflated the second zone can be in contact with said tube allowing the material to flow in the path and through the second zone. Also, the invention discloses the associated method for treatment of a near zone and/or a far zone of a well with the disclosed apparatus.