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Patent GB-2384219-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle road wheel system fuzzy logic control
Inventor: YAO YIXIN
IPC: B60G17/018
Filed: 2002-11-15
Abstract: A control system 200 comprises a road wheel subsystem which sends a feedback signal to a control unit 203 which applies fuzzy logic to determine a first output signal 224. The control unit 203 tracks an input signal which may be a reference angle 108. It monitors and controls effects of uncertainties and disturbances from the subsystem and from vehicle dynamics 206, preferably by taking account of an error signal 211 calculated as the difference between the reference angle 108 and a sensed road wheel angle 213. A secondary output signal may be sent to a motor drive 221, thereby indirectly controlling a road wheel rate and angle and improving vehicle stability. The system 200 may also take account of yaw rate 217, vehicle speed 210 or lateral acceleration 216.
Patent GB-2395600-A (GB)
Title: Ruggedised solid state storage device
Inventor: BARNBROOK DAVID
IPC: G11C/
Filed: 2002-11-19
Abstract: A portable information storage device comprises a solid-state electronic memory (not shown), and a tubular enclosure 12 for the memory, the device having a neck 14 on which is mounted a connector 16 (eg a 62GB military connector) for serial data communication with the memory, the enclosure having an access opening 18, closed by a closure member 20. Sealing elements and EMC shielding may be used to improve robustness and circuitry protection and if required the remaining enclosure space may be filled with potting compound, gel, resilient gel or other resilient packing pieces and anti-vibration mountings.
Patent GB-2378705-A (GB)
Title: PVA-containing compositions
Inventor: STEVENS HENRY GUY
IPC: B29K29/00
Filed: 1998-08-26
Abstract: A composition comprises a blend of:<BR> PVA;<BR> a fatty acid amide lubricant, wherein the fatty acid amide is a straight or branched C<SB>12</SB>-C<SB>24</SB> fatty acid amide;<BR> up to 20% by weight of a plasticiser selected from ethylene glycol, glycerol, triethylene glycol, low molecular weight ethylene glycols and C<SB>2</SB>-C<SB>8</SB> amides; and<BR> stearate as an additional lubricant component. The fatty acid amide is preferably octadecanamide in amounts up to 5 % by weight. A filler such as calcium carbonate may also be present. The composition preferably has a water content greater than 0.01% and less than 10% by weight. The PVA is preferably partially hydrolysed and has a molecular weight of at least 10,000. A method of making the composition followed by pressing the composition into tablets or pellets is also claimed.
Patent GB-2397515-A (GB)
Title: A set of modular furniture units
Inventor: ANWYL JAMES DOUGLAS CORSON
IPC: A47B87/00
Filed: 2003-01-22
Abstract: A set of furniture units (1, 2, 5, 9, 12 and 14) is disclosed. Each unit has a configuration that comprises at least one substantially identical regular polyhedron. Each unit comprising at least two polyhedrons is formed such that adjacent faces of adjacent polyhedrons are in a face-to-face relationship. Each unit has a number of exterior faces that define the exterior surface of that unit. The units (1, 2, 5, 9, 12 and 14) are arrangeable to provide a plurality of items of furniture, such as a stool (1), a chair (5), a bench (12), a table (14), and a sofa (15, 16 and 17). Each item of furniture is defined by one or more of the units, and each item of furniture is constituted by two or more units having each pair of adjacent faces of adjacent units in a face-to-face, substantially contiguous, relationship.
Patent GB-2389901-A (GB)
Title: Pattern recognition system
Inventor: CHATWIN CHRIS REGINALD
IPC: G06V10/88
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: A star pattern recognition system 1 comprises an optical filter arrangement 10 in the form of an array 12 of independently tiltable mirrors M1, M2. Light from a distant starfield 2 is incident upon the mirror array 12. Each mirror M1, M2 reflects a respective image of the starfield, and these images are brought to a common overlapping focus at a detector 18 by a parabolic mirror 14. The mirrors M1, M2 are tilted relative to each other such that when a given star pattern to be recognised is present in the field of view of the filter, each mirror reflects the image of a different star in the pattern onto a common point on a detector 18, thereby providing a detectable output intensity peak that indicates the presence of the star pattern in the field of view of the filter arrangement. In an alternative embodiment (fig 3), a holographic element (40) is used instead of the mirrors M1,M2. The element has a plurality of similarly orientated Bragg planes arranged through its depth, the planes having a gradient in their relative spacing. The system can be used for spacecraft or satellite orientation.
Patent GB-2387915-A (GB)
Title: Thermal sensor having temperature dependent step-change in resistance
Inventor: LOFTHOUSE RANDOLPH
IPC: G01K3/00
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: A temperature sensor 30 comprises a number of conductors 33, 34, 37 separated by a ceramics material 32 which is responsive to heat, whereby the resistance undergoes a step change (i.e. a non-linear temperature dependence) from a first resistance value ROFF at a first temperature TOFF to a second resistance value RON at a second temperature TON. The sensor 30 may be mounted on or embedded in a heating surface and the conductors connected to a control device (e.g. a bimetallic element regulator) to control the temperature of the heating surface. The first resistance value is the electrical equivalent of an open circuit and the first temperature value is consistent with the absence of applied heat or an acceptable operating level of heat. The second resistance value is the electrical equivalent of a short or closed circuit and the second temperature value is consistent with the maximum required output of the heating surface.. The heating surface may be a cooker hot-plate. A method of manufacturing the sensor is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2408460-A (GB)
Title: Collision protector
Inventor: PARASKOS CHRISTAKIS
IPC: A63B49/14
Filed: 2003-11-27
Abstract: A collision protector for sports equipment 4 comprise an impact absorption means 1, and attachment means 2 adapted to attach the impact absorption means 1 to sports equipment 4. The protector may be adapted to be attached to a sports racket frame 4. The protector may be inflatable by blowing into air valve 3 or made from an impact absorption material.
Patent GB-2400206-A (GB)
Title: Using a debug bus as a data-capture buffer
Inventor: JOHNSON TYLER JAMES
IPC: G06F17/40
Filed: 2004-03-10
Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a debug bus 304 as a capture buffer are described. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to an apparatus for capturing data on a debug bus 304 comprising N registers 302(0)-302(N-1) connected in a ring, wherein data is clocked from one register to the next in the ring in only one direction. The apparatus comprises a counter 404 that increments by one each time data is clocked from one register to the next; logic 410 for comparing a value of the counter 404 with a preselected register address on each count of the counter 404; and logic 412 for capturing data from the debug bus 304 at an extraction point 414 when the counter 404 value is equal to the preselected register address.
Patent GB-2399261-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for a digital,wideband,intercept and analysis processor for frequency hopping signals
Inventor: NOHARA TIMOTHY J
IPC: H04B1/7156
Filed: 2002-11-29
Abstract: A signal intercept and analysis processor for a wideband intercept receiver system including at least one wideband receiver has a signal detector operatively connected to the wideband receiver and a signal extractor operatively connected to the signal detector and connected to the wideband receiver for performing signal extraction directly on a wideband signal output of the receiver and for performing the signal extraction only upon detection of a signal by the signal detector. The signal detector includes a generator of a coarsely sampled or decimated time-frequency representation of the wideband signal output. The time-frequency representation is decimated or coarsely sampled in time compared to an inverse frequency filter bandwidth used in the time-frequency representation. The generator preferably includes a digital filter bank. The digital filter bank in turn may include means for performing a sequence of widnowed FFTs on samples of the wideband signal output, wherein a stride between consecutive one of the FFTs is considerably larger than a length of each of the FFTs.
Patent GB-2403900-A (GB)
Title: Pocket spring units with open ends
Inventor: SPINKS SIMON PAUL
IPC: A47C27/04
Filed: 2004-06-30
Abstract: A pocketted spring unit comprising a sleeve of fabric or other suitable material and a spring located in said sleeve, at least one end of said sleeve being folded over and secured in position to embrace and enclose the end coil of said spring at said one end of said sleeve such that the pocketed spring is open at one end. The fabric or other suitable material may be secured in position by one or more clips, by welding, by adhesion, by sewing, or by any other suitable means.
Patent GB-2402022-A (GB)
Title: Controlling frequency and time offset of base station transmissions
Inventor: JOHNSON NICHOLAS DOUGALL
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2000-07-14
Abstract: A radio telecommunication system, and in particular an in-building system, comprises a number of basestations connected together by a local area network (LAN) at least one of the basestations (BS) is capable of receiving a control channel transmitted by one or more of the other basestations (BS) of the telecommunication systems, from which it derives frequency reference and time offset of its own transmissions with respect to the other basestations (BS) in the system. Also connected to the LAN is a controller (PC). The controller receives transmission measurement signals from each of the basestations (BS) and processes these transmission measurement signals to select radio frequency channels on which the basestations of the system should transmit to minimise interference with an external telecommunications system. The controller (PC) also receives transmission measurement signals from the basestations (BS) that are used to determine the power at which the basestations of the telecommunication system should transmit.
Patent GB-2420189-A (GB)
Title: Cutting apparatus
Inventor: CROSLAND PHILIP
IPC: G05B19/4093
Filed: 2004-10-30
Abstract: Cutting apparatus (10) is provided for cutting an aperture in an article. The apparatus (10) comprises input means for inputting data relating to a profile of the aperture and a data processing arrangement for receiving said data and processing said data to provide instructions for operating a cutting assembly (18) to cut the aperture into the article. The apparatus (10) also includes a cutting assembly (18) operable to move in accordance with instructions to cut the article. Preferably the data is entered by scanning an image of the aperture. The aperture is cut into a flange of the article such as a stoma appliance.
Patent GB-2403973-A (GB)
Title: Selectively operational cleaning tool
Inventor: TELFER GEORGE
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 2003-05-01
Abstract: A downhole cleaning tool (10) for oil and gas wells. Brushes, scrapers, wipers (32) and the like are mounted on a sleeve (14) over a tubular body (12), and the members successively moved towards and away from an inner surface of a tubular to be cleaned. Movement is created by a jarring action on the tool with the sleeve travelling over undulating profiles (26) on the body to actuate the cleaning members. The tool may be deployed on a slickline or wireline.
Patent GB-2408282-A (GB)
Title: Deployable speed bump
Inventor: BOYCE IAN RICHARD
IPC: E01F9/529
Filed: 2004-11-11
Abstract: The deployable speed bump comprises a rigid case 3 adapted to be sunk into a roadway within which a frame 4,5 supports a sealable pressure vessel 6 capable of being inflated/deflated such that when inflated the vessel presents a raised projection into the roadway while when deflated presents a flat surface level with the roadway. The pressure vessel is inflated by a powered compressor 10 or similar which may be mounted within the casing while one or more valves control the deflation. A suitable surface material 7 preferably surrounds and protects the pressure vessel and is anchored to the casing or frame and rigid along the length of the bump but pliable across the width such that the surface material can rise and fall with the pressure vessel. The inflation system preferably includes a pressurised receiver to store compressed gas so as to facilitate a rapid inflation upon activation. The bump may be activated as required given its location, either being initiated internally or externally e.g. by remote control. The valves and casing are designed so that gas from the pressure vessel is routed to the atmosphere so that it is keeps the surface clean and prevents the build up of debris and dust. Closure elements on either side of the bump preferably prevent access to the bump during normal use and a drainage system is preferably provided in the casing to prevent the build-up of rainwater.
Patent GB-2422217-A (GB)
Title: A system for providing services
Inventor: ANSON COLIN I
IPC: H04W4/60
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: A system for providing services to subscribers over a network, preferably a mobile telephony network, in which a data structure 80 stores details about subscribers to the system such that subscribers have a common identity across all services. Preferably there is another data structure storing a plurality of datasets containing data about each subscriber and each of the datasets relates to a respective level of authentication and the right of a subscriber to access a service depends on the dataset used to authenticate the subscriber. Also disclosed is a software development system suitable for developing such services comprising: multiple, such as three, processing units (fig 7 60) each having an execution environment and associated with a respective service binding or set of service bindings; and a data structure (fig 7 50) identifying the service bindings (fig 7 52) associated with software applications or components that are executed by one of the multiple processing units, wherein different developers have different access rights to the data structure and the different software applications and components have different access rights level associated with them.
Patent GB-2422939-A (GB)
Title: Incident recording apparatus
Inventor: LUITHLEN PHILIP-GEORG LUDOVIC
IPC: G08B13/00
Filed: 2005-02-03
Abstract: The housing, for example of a mobile phone equipped with a camera and a microphone, contains a plurality of discrete memory cards and means for recording data received from the camera and microphone cyclically onto the cards in sequence, overwriting after a given time interval. In the event of seizure of the phone, or if it is dropped, the current memory card (only) is ejected, thus providing a record of the incident to be found, e.g. by the police even though the phone itself may have been stolen. The memory card is so small that the attacker is unlikely to be aware of it. Another application of the apparatus is to a vehicle. Just as violent deceleration actuates air bags it will also cause ejection of the current memory card to provide a record of the accident.
Patent GB-2408536-A (GB)
Title: Remediation treatment of sustained casing pressures (scp) in wells with top down surface injection of fluids and additives
Inventor: POWELL JOHN W
IPC: C09K8/12
Filed: 2003-09-12
Abstract: A method of injection of a higher density fluid into the top of the annulus of a well while lower density fluid is withdrawn from the top of the annulus of the well, wherein the higher density fluid has a composition such that it will drop through the lower density fluid without dispersing therein, thus flowing into the deeper reaches of the annulus and not short circuiting through the top of the annulus to the point from which the lower density fluid is intended to be withdrawn. A method of injection of a higher density fluid into the top of the annulus of a well without simultaneously withdrawing a lower density fluid from the top of the annulus of the well, wherein the higher density fluid has a composition such that it will drop through the lower density fluid without dispersing therein, thus flowing into the deeper reaches of the annulus so that when the pressure induced in the annulus as a result of this injection is subsequently bled off, principally the lower density fluid will be that which is withdrawn.
Patent GB-2408777-A (GB)
Title: Eccentric screw pump
Inventor: KAECHELLE BRUNO
IPC: F04C2/107
Filed: 2003-09-17
Abstract: Disclosed is an eccentric screw pump or an eccentric screw motor, in which the inward-extending teeth inside the stator and the spaces between the teeth are provided with an additional groove-and-rib structure, whereby friction between the stator and the rotor is diminished because the pressing force can be decreased while the sealing effect remains the same or the contact area is reduced at an increased pressing force.
Patent GB-2420269-A (GB)
Title: A bottle carrier
Inventor: CROW MARILYN STEPHANIE
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 2005-08-18
Abstract: A bottle carrier comprises a base portion adapted to receive and retain the base of a bottle, a support portion connected to but spaced apart from the base portion and adapted to fit around an intermediate or upper portion of the bottle and a carrying arrangement by which the bottle carrier may be carried by a user. The carrying arrangement may allow the user to carry the device in a hands free manner. Either or both the base portion and support portion may be formed from flexible material. The base portion may be provided with a removable insert upon which, in use, the bottle rests with the insert increasing the rigidity of the base portion. When not in use, the bottle carrier may be put in a pocket.
Patent GB-2430435-A (GB)
Title: Ink-jet receiving layer
Inventor: HIGGINS JOHN MARTIN
IPC: C08J9/26
Filed: 2005-09-07
Abstract: An ink-jet receiver has a porous receiving layer formed upon a support. The layer is coated onto the support with a solution of polymer (e.g. a hydrophilic polymer and preferably polyvinyl alcohol) in a solvent (preferably water), the coated support is cooled (e.g. by immersion in liquid nitrogen) to cause crystallization of the solvent which is subsequently removed by sublimation to leave a porous polymer layer on the support.
Patent GB-2419710-A (GB)
Title: Memory system for a multi threaded processor
Inventor: KANT SHREE
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2005-10-31
Abstract: A multi threaded processor has a memory system 900 in which there is a plurality of entries 920. Each entry has a plurality of active cells 901E-904E for storing data corresponding to each of the threads or tasks of the processor. A shared read cell 930 is connected to the active cells to combine their output into a single read bit line 910. The active cells may be connected using a thread select circuit. The read cell may be a gate, the inputs of which are connected to the outputs of the active cells. The active cell may be connected to a number of base cells 901-904 to which the contents of the active cell may be saved and restored. The memory system may be incorporated in the processor as a register file.
Patent GB-2420862-A (GB)
Title: Methods for designing fixed cutter bits and bits made using such methods
Inventor: HUANG SUJIAN
IPC: G06F15/00
Filed: 2004-07-09
Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a method for modeling the dynamic performance of a fixed cutter bit drilling earth formations. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a drill bit and an earth formation to be represented as drilled, simulating the bit drilling the earth formation. The simulation includes at least numerically rotating the bit, calculating bit interaction with the earth formation during the rotating, and determining the forces on the cutters during the rotation based on the calculated interaction with earth formation and empirical data.
Patent GB-2435267-A (GB)
Title: Washing machine and waste pipe flood protection system
Inventor: SMITH GEOFFREY JAMES
IPC: D06F39/08
Filed: 2006-02-21
Abstract: A three part electrically operated system which can be used in whole or part and can be added to as required. The function of the system is to turn off the electricity supply to a washing machine the moment water is detected by one of the sensors. This will prevent flooding caused by further water being pumped from the machine. This is particularly useful on the waste pipe as the U-bend from the machine. This is particularly useful on the waste pipe as the U-bend frequently blocks with washing powder residue and heavier soil particles. This overflows as the machine continues to pump out its used washing and rinsing water as the machine is not faulty so will continue to run. One sensor may be located in a tray in which the washing machine stands.
Patent GB-2438832-A (GB)
Title: Device to reduce snoring and sleep apnoea by holding a wearer's jaw in the correct position
Inventor: CATTELL PAUL
IPC: A61F5/56
Filed: 2006-04-04
Abstract: A device to inhibit snoring and sleep apnoea is disclosed. The device comprises an upper component that can be retained upon the teeth of a user's upper jaw and a lower component that can be retained upon the teeth of a user's lower jaw. The upper and lower components have interconnection means that allows them to be interconnected such that their relative forward and rearward positions are adjustable. This can hold a wearer's jaw in the correct, forward position, thereby reducing a wearer's tendency to snore or develop sleep apnoea. The interconnection means may comprise a pin and a slot, wherein the slot has spaced regions at which the pin can be retained. The interconnection means may be carried on an inner core of the components.
Patent GB-2430259-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic transducer with integrated electronics module
Inventor: GARCIA-OSUNA FERNANDO
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2006-07-21
Abstract: An acoustic transducer for subsurface use comprises a disc shaped acoustic transducer element 36 (e.g. piezoelectric) having a first surface A and a second surface B, and an electronics module 58 (e.g. circuit board, amplifier) coupled to the second surface of the transducer element B and adapted to process a signal associated with said acoustic transducer element 36. Signals are coupled to the electronics module 58 by a lead 60. A damping material 62 surrounds the transducer 36 and electronics module 58. The acoustic transducer element and the electronics module are enclosed within a sealing material 64 to waterproof the assembly. A switching means 59 may be provided so that the transducer 36 can be used as a source or a sensor.
Patent GB-2441359-A (GB)
Title: Control methods for pulse width modulation
Inventor: JONES RODNEY
IPC: H02M5/44
Filed: 2006-09-02
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling a power converter that can be used to interface to a power grid or supply network operating at a frequency (Fnet) that is nominally fixed (say at 50 Hz, for example) but which can be varied as a way of controlling power imbalanced within the network as a whole. The power converter can include a network bridge that operates in accordance with the pulse width modulation (PWM) strategy having a switching frequency (Fpwm), a nominal switching frequency (Fpwm_nom) and a number of pulses per period (Pulse_Number). The method comprising the step of varying the switching frequency (Fpwm) of the PWM strategy in accordance with the time-varying frequency (Fnet) of the supply network to achieve only integer odd harmonics of the time-varying frequency (Fnet) and adjusting the number of pulses per period (Pulse_Number) in accordance with the time-varying frequency (Fnet) of the supply network to maintain a switching frequency (Fpwm) that is less than, or equal to, the nominal switching frequency (Fpwm_nom).