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Patent GB-2393581-A (GB)
Title: EMI suppression method for powertrain control modules
Inventor: TSANG DAVID Y
IPC: H05K3/32
Filed: 2003-08-22
Abstract: An electronic module (10) configured to suppress electromagnetic radiation includes a module housing (12), a circuit board (18), and a plurality of capacitors (20,22). The module housing is made of an electrically conductive material. The circuit board has a ground plane and is fixed to the module housing. The plurality of capacitors are coupled at a first end to the ground plane and at a second end to the housing. Further, the capacitors are connected electrically in parallel and are generally uniformly spaced within the electronic module. The second ends may be connected to conductive rings surrounding screws attaching the circuit board to the housing. Rings on opposite faces of the circuit board may be connected by plated via holes.
Patent GB-2392415-A (GB)
Title: An amphibious vehicle
Inventor: GIBBS ALAN TIMOTHY
IPC: B60F3/00
Filed: 2003-08-29
Abstract: Amphibious vehicle 1 has a longitudinally mounted engine 18' and a hull 4 conformed to enable planing. Road wheels 3 have drag reduction means. They may be retractable, as shown; or faired. The engine has an output shaft (44, Fig 4) aligned fore and aft in the vehicle, arranged to drive a gearbox (63, Fig 2) having a reversible output, with in turn drives at least some of the road wheels and one or more marine propulsion units (40, Fig 2). The road wheels are driven through a differential (24, Fig 2) located between the engine and gearbox (63, Fig 2). The engine may have one or more cylinders canted at at least five degrees to the vertical; and may be mid-mounted. The engine may be mounted substantially behind the seating area. Road and/or marine drive trains may comprise at least one decoupler 70. Seating may be across the vehicle in one or more rows, or in a tandem layout. A central driving position may be provided.
Patent GB-2394749-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable hinge
Inventor: ZEBEDEE ALAN ROGER
IPC: E05D7/04
Filed: 2003-09-01
Abstract: An adjustable hinge comprises two elements, respectively attachable to first and second structures, and hingedly rotatable about an axis relative to each other. One said element comprises a first elongate member 103 extending along the direction of the said axis and having a keyway slot 6 that extends part way along the said member from one end thereof, and also comprises a second member adapted for attachment to one of the said structures and integrally formed with a key 111 receivable in the slot 6. The keyway slot 6 and the key 111 are formed with profiles that enable the key member to be received in the slot to a selected one of a plurality of depths, thereby enabling adjustment in the spacing of the said one structure radially of the said axis. The member 103 may be an extension of a pivot pin, and the key 111 may be an extension of a flap of the hinge. The extension of the pivot pin may be hollow or solid.
Patent GB-2390109-A (GB)
Title: Nonstructural buoyancy can
Inventor: CAMPBELL BRAD R
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 2002-02-04
Abstract: A riser tensioning device for use on an offshore floating facility includes a buoyancy element (65) and a frame (60). The frame (60) accepts external loads caused by movement of the floating facility and wave and/or current action that would otherwise act on the buoyancy element. The frame (60, 75) can be made positively or neutrally buoyant so that the weight of the frame does not counteract the buoyancy provided by the buoyancy element (65).
Patent GB-2407144-A (GB)
Title: Fitting for connecting a heat exchanger to a water circuit
Inventor: CORNER DAVID
IPC: F16K11/044
Filed: 2003-10-21
Abstract: A fitting for connecting a heat exchanger to a water circuit comprises a one piece housing <B>12</B> with a feed duct <B>3</B>, a return duct <B>8</B> and a bypass duct <B>2</B> connecting the feed <B>3</B> and return <B>8</B> ducts. The fitting has pipes <B>4</B>, <B>5</B>, <B>6</B>, <B>7</B> for connecting feed and return lines of the water circuit, for connecting feed and return lines of the heat exchanger and for accommodating a three way valve <B>9</B>. Pressure connection pipes <B>13</B>, <B>14</B> are integrated with the housing and a first seating <B>16</B> of the three way valve provides an aperture <B>17</B> between the pressure connection pipes for differential pressure measurement across the aperture <B>17</B>.
Patent GB-2418852-A (GB)
Title: Multiple folding umbrella rib assembly
Inventor: LIN CHUNG-KUANG
IPC: A45B19/10
Filed: 2004-01-12
Abstract: A rib assembly for a multiple folding umbrella comprises a top rib 21 pivotally secured at one end to an upper notch 11 of a central shaft and pivotally secured, at its other end, to an intermediate rib 23 which is in turn pivotally secured to a tail rib 25 at its distal end. A stretcher rib 22 is further provide between the top rib and runner 12 slidable on the shaft. An inner connecting rib 24 and an intermediate connecting rib 26 provide additional strength and support between the main ribs. The intermediate rib 23 has a twin-lobed cross section and is moulded from plastic material unitarily with inner and outer connectors 231,232. A coupling member 27 is affixed to the intermediate rib and is provided with a rib hole 273 to allow slidable movement of the intermediate connecting rib 26. Stretcher rib 22 may be formed of a titanium alloy.
Patent GB-2400765-A (GB)
Title: Luminance-dependent video display control
Inventor: OHYAMA TOSHIAKI
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2004-01-12
Abstract: The invention provides a video display technique with which a stable video with a high contrast can be obtained according to brightness of a screen. In one embodiment, a video signal processing system 1 for a video display 2 apparatus which performs display on the basis of a video signal comprises a gain control module configured to provide a feedback signal based upon maximum luminance level information and average luminance level information of a luminance signal corresponding to the video signal, the feedback signal being used to control a gain of the luminance signal; and a correction module 8 configured to apply a gamma correction based upon the average luminance level information to the video signal after the gain of the luminance signal has been controlled by the gain control module.
Patent GB-2410604-A (GB)
Title: Storage library with cartridge identifiers and inventory
Inventor: WAKELIN DUNCAN
IPC: G11B15/68
Filed: 2004-01-30
Abstract: A storage library 102 for storage elements 114 such as tape cartridges uses unique identifiers on the elements to create an inventory. The element is moved to a drive 132 to read the identifier which may be stored in an integrated circuit memory 126 and read using a wireless interface 144. An inventory 142 is created by reading all the identifiers sequentially. Also claimed is a storage element with a unique identifier.
Patent GB-2409892-A (GB)
Title: Projectile capturing target arrangement
Inventor: BARNARD THOMAS ALEXANDER
IPC: F41J13/00
Filed: 2004-02-25
Abstract: A target for low energy projectiles such as plastic pellets comprises an envelope formed from a front sheet 14 and rear sheet 16 enclosing a target sheet 20. The target sheet is made of paper or a similar material which is penetrable by low energy projectiles such as 26. The rear sheet 16 of the envelope is made of a flexible material which is not penetrable by low energy projectiles, and the front sheet 14 has an aperture 18 through which the target sheet can be seen. Low energy projectiles passing through the target sheet 20 are stopped behind it and dropped down to the bottom of the envelope where they collect at 28. An additional insert sheet 30 may optionally be included to absorb more efficiently the energy of the projectiles 26 and to deflect them so that they do not rebound through a hole in the target but instead drop down to the bottom of the envelope. The additional insert sheet 30 is made of deformable material, suitably a woven textile material such as a glass fibre-reinforced polyester.
Patent GB-2414412-A (GB)
Title: Dual bore gas supply pipe
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JOSEPH ANTHONY
IPC: A62B18/02
Filed: 2004-05-28
Abstract: A gas supply pipe <B>10</B> connectable to a facemask <B>2</B> for use by aircrew, comprising an outer hose <B>11</B> and an inner hose <B>20</B> disposed within the bore of said outer hose <B>11</B>. The outer and inner hoses <B>11</B>, <B>20</B> are operable to separately supply breathable gas to different parts of a facemask <B>2</B>, respectively. One of the gas supplies can be used to demist the visor <B>3</B> of a facemask <B>2</B>. The outer hose <B>11</B> may be surrounded by a reinforcing means <B>12</B>, the reinforcing means <B>12</B> may comprise a helical rib around the outer surface of the hose <B>11</B>.
Patent GB-2417851-A (GB)
Title: Mobile phone with sliding and rotating hinge
Inventor: LEUNG HON HUNG
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2004-09-03
Abstract: The present invention provides a portable information apparatus comprising: ```a first part 4 having a front surface 12 with a display screen 14 thereon; ```a second part 6 having a front surface 44 with a keyboard 66 thereon, the first and second parts having respective longitudinal axes, ```in which the first part can be rotated about an axis extending substantially perpendicular to the display screen, from a closed position in which the respective longitudinal axes are in alignment and the first part extends over at least a part of the second part, to an open position in which the first part is arranged to one side of the second part such that the respective longitudinal axes extend parallel to and spaced from one another.
Patent GB-2411061-A (GB)
Title: Variable capacitor modulator VCO
Inventor: SOUETINOV VIATCHESLAV IGOREVIC
IPC: H03B5/00
Filed: 2004-09-23
Abstract: A variable capacitor modulator for use in a voltage controlled oscillator, includes a differential varactor block 16, coupling capacitors for connecting nodes 20 of the varactor block 16 to a tank circuit 14, and an element 26 connected between the respective nodes and ground to trim the gain of the variable capacitor modulator.
Patent GB-2407158-A (GB)
Title: P-anti-alias filtering using weighted slant stack
Inventor: MARTINEZ RUBEN D
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2001-11-13
Abstract: A method for p anti-alias filtering seismic traces comprises applying a weighted slant stack algorithm to the seismic data for a flat dip range to produce a first results, subtracting the first results from the original seismic data to produce a second result, applying the weighted slant stack algorithm to the second result to produce a third result and adding the third result to the first result. The flat dip range may be centred around zero dip.
Patent GB-2410842-A (GB)
Title: Safety plug with a fuse
Inventor: SU TUN-LI
IPC: H01R13/68
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: A safety plug includes a body 11, a cover 15 removably mounted to the body 11, a fuse seat 17 mounted to the body and housed by the cover, and a fuse 16 mounted to the fuse seat. A neutral blade 12, a grounding blade 14, and a hot blade 13 are mounted to the body 11. Each of the neutral blade 12 and the grounding blade 14 has a screw hole 121, 141 on an end thereof. An end of a neutral wire 22 of a cable 2 is fixed and electrically connected to the neutral blade 12 by a first clamping piece 123 and a first screw 122 extending through the first clamping piece 123 and the screw hole 121 of the neutral blade 12. An end of a grounding wire 21 of the cable 2 is fixed and electrically connected to the grounding blade 14 by a second clamping piece 143 and a second screw 142 extending through the second clamping piece 143 and the screw hole 141 of the grounding blade 14. The cover 15 includes a plurality of stops 152 for preventing disengagement of the first screw 122 and the second screw 142.
Patent GB-2406830-A (GB)
Title: Inkjet head, inkjet head module, and method of producing the inkjet head
Inventor: SAKAMOTO YASUHIRO
IPC: B41J2/055
Filed: 2004-03-10
Abstract: Driving electrodes (25) are arranged at partition walls (24) partitioning both sides of each of ink chambers (24) formed in rows of grooves. Electrodes (11) for connecting the driving electrodes (25) to an outside circuit are formed on surfaces, exposed at the rear end portions of a head, of an electrically conductive material (10) filled in the ink chambers (22). Each exposed surface has an area larger than that of a cross section of each ink chamber taken perpendicularly to the length direction of the ink chamber.
Patent GB-2412511-A (GB)
Title: Measuring residual current and power consumption
Inventor: MURRAY MARTIN ANTHONY
IPC: G01R19/20
Filed: 2001-06-08
Abstract: A measuring device for an AC electrical installation comprising live and neutral conductors 2,3 comprises a toroidal transformer 1 for detecting a residual current and shunt resistors 6a,6b providing a current signal for each conductor 2,3 and processor 13 which generates a trip signal 03 in response to residual current and/or the conductor current signals. Circuit breakers 15,16 may operate in response to trip signal 03. Optionally resistors 8a,9,8b provide a signal representing the voltage between conductors 2,3 which is fed to processor 13 with residual current signals and conductor current signals through analogue to digital converters and a multiplexer. Processor 13 may use the voltage and current signals to calculate power consumed, which may also be transmitted to a remote station.
Patent GB-2430825-A (GB)
Title: Method of aligning a radar beam with a target
Inventor: OWENS GEOFFREY LLOYD
IPC: F41G7/22
Filed: 2005-09-30
Abstract: A method for aligning a radar beam with a target in a Synthetic Aperture Radar image comprising the steps of using the radar to form sum and difference beams, steering the radar beam in pitch and yaw so that returns at the target range and Doppler shift are on the radar boresight and are therefore nulled out in the difference patterns, and using the pitch and yaw angles through which the beam has been steered to calculate the direction of the target.
Patent GB-2422781-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of inflammatory disorders
Inventor: ACKLAND GARETH
IPC: A61P29/00
Filed: 2005-12-23
Abstract: An aqueous solution of at least one polyether polyol, with a molecular weight between 200 and 4000, is suitable for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. The polyether polyol is preferably a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (eg PEG200), at a concentration of 0.01 - 10 mg/ml. The solution may be used as a resuscitation fluid, for the treatment of inflammatory sepsis, and may also comprise colloids and/or crystalloids.
Patent GB-2422225-A (GB)
Title: Scheduling grouped applications each group having a utilization limit and a reserve
Inventor: RHINE SCOTT A
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2006-01-13
Abstract: A method is provided for scheduling resources in a computer system. A group associated with an executable that is using a resource is identified and then the utilization limit and utilization reserve for that group are reduced in response to a system interrupt so that another executable may use the resource provided the group it belongs to has non-zero utilization limit and utilization reserve for the resource. Furthermore the system can determine the number of resources available in the computer system in any given allocation period and determine the group utilization limit for the period based upon a share limitation associated with the groups. The group limits and reserves are defined in terms of the number of clock ''ticks'' (cycles) of the computer system available to each group.
Patent GB-2420437-A (GB)
Title: A Radio-Frequency Security System
Inventor: STEELE LEONARD MARMADUKE
IPC: B60R25/102
Filed: 2004-07-30
Abstract: A self-testing radio-frequency (RF) communications system having a transmitter module which transmits a pulsed RF test signal at discrete time intervals and a receiver module for receiving the RF communications signal having means for indicating the status of the link between transmitter and receiver module in dependence on the pulsed RF test signal, thereby, in use, verifying the integrity of the RF communications link. Also provided is a remote security system which uses the self-testing RF communications system and in which the transmitter transmits an RF alarm signal which can be received over the RF communication link by the receiver module and an alarm raised. The alarm function may be self-enabling in dependence on the relative proximity of the transmitter and receiver module.
Patent GB-2437254-A (GB)
Title: Blood air mass exchange apparatus
Inventor: JOHNS WILLIAM RICHARD
IPC: A61M1/16
Filed: 2006-04-13
Abstract: There is provided a mass exchange apparatus for use in blood/air mass exchange comprising plural blood flow conduits for defining a blood flow from a blood flow inlet provided thereto; and plural air flow conduits for defining an air flow from an air flow inlet provided thereto. The plural air flow conduits and plural blood flow conduits at least partially comprise gas-permeable membrane material, and the conduits are arranged relative to each other such as to enable transfer of oxygen from the air flow to the blood flow and transfer of carbon dioxide from the blood flow to the air flow through the membrane material. The apparatus may additionally comprises a sensor 170 for sensing patient respiratory demand; and a controller for controlling the rate of blood/air mass exchange separate control of the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the air flow responsive to the sensing of patient respiratory demand by the sensor. The blood and air flow through the device may be arranged co-current, cross-current counter-current or a combination of these.
Patent GB-2438642-A (GB)
Title: Rotor unbalance correction
Inventor: ROBBINS WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: G01M1/30
Filed: 2006-06-01
Abstract: A rotor such as a blisk B is balanced by determining the extent of any static or couple unbalance when the rotor is rotated about a test axis X while supported at a location surface 10 at which the rotor is supported in normal use. The location surface 10 is then modified, for example by removing material in a final machining operation, to eliminate the unbalance. Or example, the swash surface 10 may be altered and/or modification may be made to other location features 11 in order to cause the rotor to rotate, in normal operation, about an axis which is eccentric to the test axis X.
Patent GB-2435385-A (GB)
Title: Bleach bath fixing concentrate for photographic material
Inventor: TAPPE GUSTAV
IPC: G03C5/44
Filed: 2007-06-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a bleach bath fixing concentrate for colour photography silver-halide material, which comprises at least one concentrated composition (A) which contains a bleaching agent, and at least one concentrated composition (B) which contains a fixing agent. The invention is characterised in that the concentrated composition (A) comprises between 0.5 - 1,0 mol/L of an iron complex salt, more than 3.0- 8,0 mol- % of free complexing agents in relation to the iron complex salt and 0.05 less than 0.4 mol/L of a buffer substance and the pH-value thereof is from 2.0 4.0. The inventive concentrate is characterised by having a high storage stability at low and very high temperatures.
Patent GB-2443910-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat airbag
Inventor: ZINK SILVIA
IPC: B60R21/207
Filed: 2007-09-25
Abstract: A vehicle side air bag assembly (16) includes a resilient bolster (17) that is located on or adjacent one lateral side of a vehicle seat back. The bolster (17) includes a frame (22) supporting a foam pad (30) within a trim cover (32) having a release seam (34). Deployment of an air bag module (36) within the bolster (17) is controlled by an air bag guide (42) which has one or more flexible panels (44, 46). One flexible panel (44) outer extremity includes a first connection (50) to the bolster and the other flexible panel (46) outer extremity includes a second connection (54) to the trim cover in a spaced relationship from the first connection.
Patent GB-2443531-A (GB)
Title: Method of vaporizing solid organometallic compound
Inventor: INUI KATSUMI
IPC: B01J7/00
Filed: 2007-10-26
Abstract: A method of vaporizing a solid organometallic compound, which method comprises placing the solid organometallic compound in a container 1, introducing a carrier gas to the container 2, and extracting from the container 7 a gas containing the organometallic compound, wherein the solid organometallic compound is in the form of pellets 5 and containing an inert support. Preferably the pellets are moulded by placing the inert support and the solid organometallic compound into plural recessed portions provided on a moulding plate and then hot-melting the compound and thereafter solidifying by cooling. The pellets may be from 3 - 20mm in length, the solid organometallic compound may be an indium, zinc, aluminium or gallium compound - preferably trimethyl indium. The method is particularly for providing a gas containing organometallic precursor at a constant concentration to a vapour phase growth process.
Patent GB-2450186-A (GB)
Title: Operating a voice mail system
Inventor: KOCHANOWSKA DOROTA
IPC: G10L15/26
Filed: 2007-11-08
Abstract: A method for operating a voice mail system 1 connected to a telecommunication system, having a recorder 4 with a message storage 2 connected thereto, shall enable a particularly flexible use of a speech message stored in the voice mail system 1. For this purpose, according to the invention, a speech message collected by the recorder 4, storable as a speech information in the message storage 2 is converted by means of a speech-to-text conversion module 12 into a text message. The text message may also be translated into a specifiable language by means of a translation module 16 and stored, or may then be converted by a text-to-speech conversion module 18 into a speech message.
Patent GB-2454880-A (GB)
Title: Drilling system
Inventor: HORNBLOWER PETER
IPC: E21B4/18
Filed: 2007-11-21
Abstract: A drilling system comprising a rotatable drill pipe 12 connected to a tractor unit 10, and a steerable drilling unit 18, 20, 22, connected to and movable by the tractor unit 10. The drilling system may further comprise a down hole motor or sensor units. The tractor unit may incorporate borehole engaging traction means which comprises an inch-worm arrangement , tracks, wheels, screws or pressure differential piston means.
Patent GB-2457469-A (GB)
Title: Molecular exchange device
Inventor: O'CONNELL MARK T
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2008-02-13
Abstract: A molecular exchange device 1, for example a dialysis probe, comprises at least one fluid passageway 2 and an actuator 3, the actuator positioned to provide a secondary fluid passageway in the fluid passageway. An outer wall 5 of the device includes a porous membrane portion 4 to enable molecular exchange wherein the actuator increases the efficiency of the exchange process. The actuator may be a spiral thread arranged to extend along a part or full extent of the passageway and may be disposed on a shaft. The actuator may alternatively be a propeller and the shaft/propeller may be rotatable with respect to the passageway. The device may further be disposed in a passageway between inner and outer tubes. The inner tube defines a further passageway which enables circulation of a perfusion fluid to and from the molecular exchange membrane of the device. The device may be used for monitoring and delivering compounds and may further include a spectrophotometric sensor.
Patent GB-2462100-A (GB)
Title: Footwear sole containing pellet-filled air-tight bladder
Inventor: HERRON MARK
IPC: A43B7/28
Filed: 2008-07-24
Abstract: An article of footwear that includes an air-tight bladder 15 in a sole portion 1 and where the bladder 15 contains a plurality of pellets (23, figure 4), the bladder 15 having a valve 17 by which means air is able to pass in and out of the bladder 15. More than one PVC bladder 15 may be provided, and the pellets may be spherical with a 3mm diameter and fabricated from a nitrile material. The footwear may be suitable for use in convalescence or health recovery of the wearer.