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Patent GB-2383983-A (GB)
Title: Automatic steering, braking and backup guidance system
Inventor: AYLWARD ROGER
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2002-01-11
Abstract: A vehicle steering system comprises a primary system 10 which provides automatic guidance with reference to a physical line 30 and a secondary system 20 which acts as a backup steering system on failure of the primary system 10 and comprises a stored sequence of instructions 18. The primary and secondary systems typically provide dual redundancy. The secondary system 20 may use stored route data for each segment (36, see figs 3a & 3b) of a prescribed route in order to establish current position and to determine steering and braking action consistent with vehicle speed and the onward route. The steering system may be used in road vehicles where the physical line 30 is a buried electrical cable or an optical surface marking. A detector 16 comprising a receiver 25 and preferably a transmitter 24 senses departure of the vehicle (40, see figs 2a-2c) from the line 30. The secondary system and emergency braking may be invoked if the detector 16 produces an abnormal signal or if the primary system 10 fails.
Patent GB-2369726-A (GB)
Title: A parallel plate diode
Inventor: XU YELIN
IPC: H01L29/861
Filed: 2000-03-29
Abstract: A parallel plate diode comprises metal electrodes and a semiconductor material layer contacting with them. Two thin plate electrodes made of a metal are disposed in parallel, and there is a layer of thin plate semiconductor material between them. The concentration of the carriers in the semiconductor material layer is 20% or less than that of the electrons in the metal. One of the metal electrodes is made so as to have a plurality of recesses from its surface into interior in the side of the semiconductor layer. The mean diameter of these recesses is less than 4 m. These recesses are well-like cavities or an array of projections in which convex portions and concave portions are staggered each other. The cross section shape the well-like cavity is circular, square or rectangle. This diode may output a current and a voltage in a closed loop circuit without being applied a bias voltage or a bias current.
Patent GB-2371049-A (GB)
Title: Methods of making antibodies against ß-forms of prion proteins
Inventor: COLLINGE JOHN
IPC: C07K14/47
Filed: 1999-11-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a   b  -form of a prion protein which preferably has more   b  -sheet than   a  -helix structure and is soluble in the absence of a denaturant and/or is non-aggregated and exhibits partial resistance to digestion with proteinase K. The invention also relates to use of the   b  -form in medicine, especially for raising antibodies useful in the treatment and/or diagnosis of prion diseases. The invention also relates to methods of screening for compounds which are capable of inhibiting and/or reversing the conversion of the native   a  -form of a prion protein to a   b  -form, and to uses of identified compounds in medicine.
Patent GB-2375891-A (GB)
Title: Rocker switch
Inventor: GILLMANN UWE
IPC: H01H1/58
Filed: 2002-04-03
Abstract: A rocker switch is provided with a housing 11, in which two button units 17, 18 are accommodated, and with an actuating device 23 associated with one of the button units 17, 18. So the actuating device 23 can be associated with the button units 17, 18 in a mechanically simple manner in terms of movement, it comprises an actuating member 24 facing the button units and movably held on the housing 11 by means of an elastic diaphragm 30.
Patent GB-2389418-A (GB)
Title: Bone fracture detection using resonance
Inventor: STANLEY GILES
IPC: A61B5/055
Filed: 2002-04-10
Abstract: A detection device comprising: an electro-magnetic field generator; a magnetic field sensor positioned within the magnetic field of the field generator; and a signal generator for generating an alternating signal of a selected frequency for driving the magnetic field generator. The selected frequency causes resonant fields to be generated within the target, thereby altering the magnetic field detected by the magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field provided by the device is produced entirely by the signal generator driving the magnetic field generator. The device of the invention can be used to detect the presence of a selected nucleus, ion or atomic bond within a body, or the change in the density of that particular target over time. Specifically, sulphur nuclei in osteocalin can be used to indicate the presence of a bone fracture.
Patent GB-2371208-A (GB)
Title: Disposable absorbent garments
Inventor: BLENKE TIMOTHY JAMES
IPC: A61F13/56
Filed: 1999-01-19
Abstract: Disposable absorbent garments such as diapers comprise an outer cover 42, an absorbent chassis 44, a waist panel 70 having primary fasteners 62 on its lateral extremities for engaging the opposite waist region and a stretch band 64 located between the waist panel and outer cover which can be extended so that secondary fasteners 66 at its ends may also engage the opposite waist region to give a closer fit about the wearer. The article may be put on with the primary fasteners already fastened and the secondary fasteners are subsequently engaged. The waist panel and stretch band with their respective fasteners may be formed in a continuous process.
Patent GB-2388807-A (GB)
Title: Weld gun protective cover
Inventor: BANKS DAVID
IPC: F16P1/06
Filed: 2002-05-24
Abstract: A heat resistant, stretch cover 1,2 protects welding equipment from the build up of weld spatter during production and reduces catching on peripheral equipment. Quick release adjustable straps 4,5 and pull cord 6,7 may allow for any excess material to be dressed away to the rear, away from the operating end of the welding equipment. The cover 1, 2 fits extremely snugly over the welding equipment. The front end 1 of the cover is preferably mode of a hard wearing leather, and includes holes 3 for electrodes of the gun.
Patent GB-2379150-A (GB)
Title: Ground Work Enabling Apparatus
Inventor: WARKE WILLIAM LYLE
IPC: A01B13/08
Filed: 2002-07-11
Abstract: An enabling apparatus having a chassis 10 driven by powered ground engaging means and a mounting mechanism for carrying a work head 12, the mechanism being capable of raising or lowering the head above or below ground level and also being capable of oscillating the head. The mounting mechanism preferably comprises two legs 18 pivotally connected to a cross member at their upper ends, their lower ends providing an anchorage 22 for the head. The legs may also be connected to a crankshaft 24a via arms 26, the crankshaft being driven to oscillate the legs and head, and also acting as a flywheel to neutralise unwanted vibrations. Preferably a selection of work heads are provided that may be used with the apparatus. One of the work heads may be a blade for turf cutting.
Patent GB-2391378-A (GB)
Title: MP3/MPEG door answering system
Inventor: BAKER THOMAS MARTIN
IPC: G11B31/02
Filed: 2002-07-31
Abstract: A door answering system uses MP3/Mpeg compressed recording format and allows use of different doorbell chimes and music and allows a caller to record a message. The system comprises a box 1 on the outside of a door 2, containing a speaker, a microphone, a doorbell button and control buttons; and a box 3 on the inside of the door 2, containing an Mpeg/MP3 player, an Mpeg/MP3 recorder, a detachable or non-detachable Mpeg/MP3 memory, a microphone, an audio output device, and buttons to replay and delete messages, to select and activate audio data, and to select a random setting. Audio data may be loaded using a detachable memory or downloaded directly from a computer.
Patent GB-2392537-A (GB)
Title: Distance monitoring alarm
Inventor: LAWES WILLIAM BARRINGTON
IPC: G08B21/02
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: A distance monitoring system to monitor the location of a child 1 uses a transmitter 2 to transmit signals 3 with a finite range d. A receiver 4 to detect the transmissions is carried by the child's guardian 5. The transmitter may be worn as a watch pendant, bracelet or necklace. The transmitter may be unidirectional or may transmit over a spherical region. The transmitter may be ultrasonic. The receiver may have an audio alarm which may vary depending on the distance of the transmitter. The receiver may monitor signals from several transmitters. The range of the transmitter may be adjustable.
Patent GB-2395495-A (GB)
Title: Building system with acoustic damping
Inventor: ANDERSON KEITH JAMES HUNTER
IPC: E04B9/18
Filed: 2002-11-20
Abstract: A building system with acoustic damping used to provide floors, walls or ceilings comprises a supporting structure <B>2</B>, a layer of resilient strips <B>4</B>, a sheet of acoustic insulator <B>6</B> which fills the gaps between the strips and a layer of acoustic sound barrier <B>8</B> positioned over the strips and insulator. The resilient strips may be rubber. The acoustic insulator may comprise open celled foam, polyester or bubble wrap. The sound barrier may comprise a mixture of bitumen and aggregate or sand.
Patent GB-2379627-A (GB)
Title: Polishing pad window for a chemical-mechanical polishing tool
Inventor: FRUITMAN CLINTON O
IPC: B24B37/20
Filed: 2001-06-04
Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for manufacturing a window (700) into a polishing pad (100) used during a planarization process of a front surface of a wafer. A hole is created in the polishing pad at a location where a window (700) is desired. A first release film (300) may be pressed against the working surface of the polishing pad thereby covering one end of the hole. Window material of suitable mechanical, chemical and optical properties is cast in the hole. A second release film (500) may also be pressed against the bottom surface of the polishing pad (100) covering the other end of the hole. The window material is preferably cured with light to quickly form and bond the window into the hole. The release films (300, 500) maybe removed leaving the cast window (700) in the polishing pad (100).
Patent GB-2401847-A (GB)
Title: Packaging food products such as cheese
Inventor: CHILDS GARY C
IPC: B65B25/06
Filed: 2003-04-07
Abstract: A method for packaging a perishable food item comprising; <SL> <LI>a) heating a first sheet 1 of thermo-formable plastics material, <LI>b) indexing the first sheet into a forming station 2 of a forming apparatus and forming a plurality of first cups 3, <LI>c) introducing the perishable food item into each of the first cups <LI>d) heating a second sheet 5 of thermo-formable plastics material, <LI>e) indexing the second sheet into position over the first sheet so as to enclose the perishable food item <LI>f) enclosing the two sheets in a chamber, the chamber including a top plate positioned over the top sheet and having a profile shaped to provide a plurality of recesses similarly shaped to the desired cup shape for the package <LI>g) applying a vacuum to the chamber whereby to draw from the second sheet a plurality of second cups <LI>h) introducing one or more inert gases into the cups of step g) <LI>i) sealing an area around the cups of step h) <LI>j) stamping out individual packages each comprising an opposed pair of cups sealed together by a centrally arranged peripheral rim and enclosing a perishable food item. </SL>
Patent GB-2393780-A (GB)
Title: Internet refrigerator including chip-set cooling using heat conductive pipe
Inventor: ROH YOUNG HOON
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2003-07-31
Abstract: A networked refrigerator includes a main board 10 on which a chip-set is arranged, and a heat sink plate 20 facing a surface of the main board and absorbing heat from the chip set. A heat-conducting pipeline 30 is connected to the interior of a freezer compartment of the refrigerator and in contact with a surface of the heat sink plate, and provides heat exchange between the freezer compartment and the heat sink plate. A chip 12 generating a large amount of heat may be arranged on the lower surface of the main board, and a chip 11 generating a small amount of heat may be arranged on the upper surface. The pipeline may include valves (35 fig 4), an input tube 31 providing cold air from the freezer compartment, a main tube 33, and an output tube 32 to exhaust cold air passed through the main tube to the freezer compartment. A temperature sensor 15 may be included on the main board for controlling the valves at predetermined temperatures. The freezer compartment may also include a fan 40 for introducing cold air into the pipeline, the fan starting when the valves are opened and stopping when the valves are closed. The heat sink material may be copper or aluminium, and may include a dehumidifying material to prevent condensation.
Patent GB-2399924-A (GB)
Title: Security authorisation system requires wireless communication link between complentary parts
Inventor: THOMPSON MILTON
IPC: B60R25/042
Filed: 2003-09-24
Abstract: An authorisation system 30 for permitting apparatus such as a vehicle or computer to function normally in the presence of a suitably authorised user 12 comprises an apparatus-carried part 34 and a user-carried part 36 of wireless communication means. The parts communicate within a spatial envelope defining a permissible working relationship and a suitably established communication link authorises normal functioning of the apparatus. The system responds to interruption of a communications link with apparatus that is functioning to inhibit the normal functioning after a delay, measured as time or distance, whereby if the apparatus is forcibly taken from the authorised user (e.g. in a hijacking incident), the user's safety is not jeopardised by the proximity of the non-functional apparatus. The user part may be carried discreetly and unobtrusively within minimum size if powered by radiation from the apparatus part, and may be an unpowered tag that returns radiation with a characteristic identification.
Patent GB-2391981-A (GB)
Title: Identifying and tracking object references in a java programming environment
Inventor: SOKOLOV STEPAN
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2002-05-08
Abstract: Improved techniques for identifying and tracking ref erences to Java objects are disclosed. The techniques can be used to implement garbage collection facilities for Java programs in a manner that is more efficient, especially for systems with limited resources (e.g., embedded systems). For each execution stack, a reference stack can be designated. The reference stack can be used to store references to Java objects in the same offset as they appear in the corresponding execution stack. References to Java objects can be identified based on the values stored in the reference stack. The reference stack can be traversed to identify the entries that correspond to active Java objects. These entries can then he checked against the corresponding entries in the execution stack to ensure with a greater degree of certainty that the identified entries represent references to active Java objects.
Patent GB-2395348-A (GB)
Title: Compensating for spherical aberration in a lens by selecting laser wavelength
Inventor: RUSSELL ROBERT G
IPC: G11B7/135
Filed: 2003-11-10
Abstract: An objective lens of an optical read/write drive is paired with a laser of wavelength chosen to minimise spherical aberration in the lens. Spherical aberration can be caused by manufacturing variations in the thickness and curvature of lenses and by variations in the frequency and wavelength of light produced by a laser. The slope of a spherical aberration with respect to wavelength graph (fig 3) is determined 110 for the type of lens to be measured. The spherical aberration of each lens is then measured 120 at a standard wavelength. The laser wavelength which will cause minimum aberration for this lens can then be determined.
Patent GB-2402987-A (GB)
Title: Robotic industrial chimney cleaning apparatus
Inventor: VILARASAU ALEGRE TERESA
IPC: B08B9/049
Filed: 2004-02-09
Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning industrial chimneys such as those from restaurant kitchens and the like, which have significant non-vertical runs, comprises a tracked robot 1 which is provided with: a control module 4, scraping means such as brush 10, a nozzle assembly 8 for supplying cleaning media, a camera and associated lighting [15, 16 fig. 2], a source of suction 2 connected to the robot via line 18, and a compressor 3 connected to the nozzle.
Patent GB-2400726-A (GB)
Title: Optoelectronic device packaging assemblies
Inventor: BAUGH BRENTON A
IPC: H01S5/022
Filed: 2004-02-18
Abstract: An optoelectronic device packaging assembly 10 includes an electrical submount 12 that includes a mounting area 18, a device turning mount 14, and a light emitting device 16. The device turning mount has a sub-mount mounting side 20 that is attached to the mounting area of the electrical sub-mount and a device mounting side that has a device mounting area 22 that is oriented in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the mounting area of the electrical sub-mount. The light emitting device 16 includes one or more semiconductor layers that terminate at a common light-emitting surface 24 and are operable to emit light from the light emitting surface. The light emitting device is attached to the device mounting area of the device turning mount with the light-emitting surface oriented in a plane that is substantially parallel to the mounting area of the electrical sub-mount. In one embodiment each device of an array of light emitting devices is electrically connected to submount by a pair of wire bonds (fig 2: 34,36).
Patent GB-2412434-A (GB)
Title: A reporter molecule which translocates within the cell in response to a calcium influx
Inventor: LOCKYER PETER
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2004-03-23
Abstract: A method for detecting influx of calcium ions (Ca2+) into a eukaryotic cell comprising providing a cell having a detectable reporter capable of translocation from the cytosol to associate with the plasma membrane in response to an influx of calcium ions and monitoring association of the reporter with the cell membrane and/or a decrease in the reporter in the cytosol. Other similar methods are claimed which are for identifying compounds capable of modulating, antagonising or causing calcium ion influx. Preferably the reporter construct is a fusion protein comprising a GAP1 protein, eg CAPRI and a fluorescent protein eg GFP. GFP-RASAL fusion protein oscillates between the cell membrane and the cytoplasm in response to intracellular Ca2+ release whereas the GFP-CAPRI chimaeric protein remains associated with the membrane, on calcium influx.
Patent GB-2400944-A (GB)
Title: Master slave data management system
Inventor: HAAS WILLIAM ROBERT
IPC: G06F12/16
Filed: 2004-04-02
Abstract: A master-slave data management system includes a bus (160) in communication with a processor (125), a first data path separate from the bus (160) providing the processor (125) with communication to a first memory (memory A), and a second data path separate from the bus providing the processor (125) with communication to a second memory (memory B). The processor (125) is configured to form a redundant array of independent memories by establishing the first memory (memory A) as a master memory and subsequently writing to the second memory (memory B) to make the second memory (memory B) a slave memory. The system can be used to back up memory in portable MP3 players and digital cameras, for example.
Patent GB-2397920-A (GB)
Title: Visual representation of data within a database
Inventor: ABINERI ROBERT FREDERICK
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2002-11-11
Abstract: A display (27) provides a visual representation of data within a database (20) received via display generator (34). A first part of the display is concerned with a generated tree relating to selected data from the database. A second part of the display is concerned with a generated gauge which is displayed concurrently with the first part of the display and represents a visual indication of the state of the database or the data within the database.
Patent GB-2402515-A (GB)
Title: Controlling write access of an application to a storage medium
Inventor: SAFA CATHERINE
IPC: G06F21/56
Filed: 2004-05-14
Abstract: Write access to a storage medium is controlled by monitoring an application, detecting an attempt by the application to write data to the storage medium, interrogating a rules database in response to the detection to determine the write access allowed for the application, and controlling write access to the storage medium by the application in dependence on the interrogation. The write access may have one of three levels: i) no write access allowed, ii) full write access allowed and iii) write access allowed to a specified file extension. If write access is not allowed, a prompt may be displayed requesting a response from a user. The user can respond to the prompt by choosing to allow or block the write access, or allowing write access to a specific file type. The user may choose to update the rules database with the chosen response.
Patent GB-2401594-A (GB)
Title: Electric steering lock device
Inventor: OKUNO MASANARI
IPC: B60R25/0215
Filed: 2003-03-24
Abstract: An electric steering lock device (10) capable of preventing a motor from being overloaded and increasing the drive force of the motor, comprising a lock bar (32) moving according to the movement of a cam follower (22), wherein the cam follower is relatively moved in a spiral cam groove (21) according to the rotation of a rotary plate (20) driven by the electric motor (11) to move along the radial direction of the rotary plate and can be disengaged from the cam groove through the end parts (21a, 21b) of the cam groove according to the rotation of the rotary plate, and when the cam follower comes out of the cam groove, the rotation of the rotary plate is allowed.
Patent GB-2408428-A (GB)
Title: A method of enabling a wireless information device to access customer support services before or when device reaches the top of the queue
Inventor: SEWARD RICHARD
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2004-10-08
Abstract: If an end-user of a wireless information device has a support requirement, he opens a data connection from his device to a customer support computer; the data connection remains open whilst the device progresses up a queue of an automated queuing system connected to the customer support computer. A predefined action is initiated that meets the support requirement before the device reaches the top of the queue or when the device reaches the top of the queue.
Patent GB-2420428-A (GB)
Title: System for indicating food types to a user
Inventor: YUSUF ANTHONY PAUL
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2004-11-19
Abstract: In a first invention there is a system which generates an indication of a food product for a user, in which a product reference of a purchased product is entered, and is stored in a first storage means with an identifier, a second storage means stores a plurality of product references in association with respective food values and a third storage means hold a recommended total food value, the system compares the food values of the purchased product with the recommended total food value and based on the result of the comparison selects from said plurality of product references at least one product said selected product(s) are then indicated to the user. This system is preferably implemented at a shop terminal and each product is scanned at the till and is given a red, amber or green reference, then when the receipt is printed it will add up the total numbers of red, amber and green products and recommend other red, amber or green products that should be eaten. In another invention the recommended total food values are determined by the user inputting preference or condition data.