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Patent GB-2401021-A (GB)
Title: Button with attachment means
Inventor: CLARKE SUSAN ELLEN
IPC: A44B1/40
Filed: 2003-05-02
Abstract: A button 1 is provided wit a metal coil 2, which can pierce fabric and be inserted thereafter into a backing member 4. The coil comprises a resilient locking member 3, which retains the coil within the member 4.
Patent GB-2390653-A (GB)
Title: Rod linkage
Inventor: PUETTMANN FRANZ-JOSEF
IPC: F16L37/256
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a rod linkage for horizontal earth drilling which is characterized in that the ends of the rod segments can be interconnected by displacing the rod segment axes in parallel.
Patent GB-2398403-A (GB)
Title: A power switch for enhanced pc cards
Inventor: MORROW NEIL
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2003-08-02
Abstract: An enhanced power switch device 305 for enabling modular USB PC cards. The enhanced power switch may include a card sense circuit 301 for sensing the type of card present, a card power switching circuit 300 for supplying power to a modular USB card, an isolation circuit 303 for isolating conventional PC card control signals from the modular USB card, and a connection circuit 304 for connecting USB signals to the USB card. The invention can be modified for other enhanced bus technologies in addition to USB bus devices, including 1EEE1394, InfiniBand (RTM), PCI Express and SDIO buses.
Patent GB-2406647-A (GB)
Title: Tyre data apparatus measuring both pressure and tread depth
Inventor: YEOMANS DANIEL GEORGE
IPC: G01B5/18
Filed: 2003-08-21
Abstract: Tyre data management apparatus comprises a measuring unit 10 capable of measuring both tread depth and tyre pressure, and a data unit 50. The data unit includes means for receiving tread depth and pressure data from the measuring unit and means for transmitting the data to a remote location. The tread depth may be measured by means of an elongate probe (14 figure 1) connected to an encoder or potentiometer so as to produce a signal indicative of the position of the probe tip. The pressure may be measured by means of a pressure transducer connected to the tyre by an air-line (40 figure 4). The data unit may be provided with a touch sensitive screen (58 figure 5) so that further data may be entered into the unit, and the whole apparatus may be housed in a case 66. The apparatus is intended for use with the management of inspection and maintenance of tyres on fleets of commercial vehicles.
Patent GB-2389668-A (GB)
Title: Tunable and switchable optical devices
Inventor: BETTS RALPH ALEXANDER
IPC: G02B6/34
Filed: 2002-03-14
Abstract: A range of tunable and switchable optical devices utilise liquid crystal variable wave plates to achieve tuning or switching of one or more parameters of the incident light. Such devices include various configurations of liquid crystal variable wave plates, birefringent walk off plates, birefringent wave plates, reflectors, lenses and others located in the light paths between optical fibres. A reciprocal optical component has a polarisation equaliser attached or adjacent to a fibre, or located between the fibre and a lens reducing the size and cost. Using equalisers with liquid crystal elements can avoid the need for separate liquid crystal devices for each of the polarisations. Switches, dynamic gain equalisers, attenuators, polarisation mode dispersion compensators and Fabry-Perot filters can also be created.
Patent GB-2395579-A (GB)
Title: Distributed data sharing methods and system
Inventor: VESELOV PAVEL S
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2003-10-07
Abstract: A system, method, and computer implemented method for sharing data between networked applications is provided. The system includes at least a whiteboard space, a single server mode library, and a client mode library. The single server mode library provides access to the whiteboard space, where the access is to read or post data to the whiteboard space. The client mode library is provided for one or more processes. The client mode library is in networked communication with the single server mode library, and the client mode library is capable of managing one or more reader objects and one or more posting objects. The single server mode library is further capable of managing one or more reader objects and one or more posting objects.
Patent GB-2392249-A (GB)
Title: Encoder apparatus and controller
Inventor: OOMKES DANIEL LEE
IPC: H01H19/00
Filed: 2001-01-26
Abstract: An encoder apparatus comprises a housing including a cavity and an opening extending from the cavity to the top of the housing. A knob shaft has an upper portion disposed through the housing opening, and a lower portion disposed in the cavity. The lower portion includes a permanent magnetic magnetized with at least one set of North-South magnetic poles. The knob shaft and its permanent magnet are rotatably movable in the housing cavity. A plurality of magnetic field sensors is disposed within the housing cavity in proximity to said permanent magnet and distributed angularly thereabout to sense the magnetic field strength of said permanent magnet based on the orientation of the permanent magnet with respect to said sensors. Each sensor generates a signal representative of the magnitude of the magnetic field strength sensed thereby. A processor processes the sensor signals to resolve rotational movement of the knob shaft.
Patent GB-2396089-A (GB)
Title: Grant generation for messages requiring a response sent by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT)
Inventor: UCHIDA KAZUHIRO
IPC: H04L47/22
Filed: 2000-02-24
Abstract: An optical line terminal (OLT) controls one or more optical<WC 1> <WC 1>network units (ONUs) connected thereto. A downstream message generator produces messages to be sent to the ONUs. From among the messages produced by the downstream message generator, a message code detector (42-1 n) identifies a response request message that requests one of the ONUs to return a response. A cell extraction unit (41-1 n) identifies the destination ONU for which the response request message identified by the message code detector is destined. A PLOAM grant generator (60-1 n) issues a message transmission permission (i.e., PLOAM grant) that permits the destination ONU identified by the cell extraction unit to send a message (i.e., PLOAM cell) A PLOAM cell transmitter (6i) transmits the message transmission permission issued by the PLOAM grant generator to the destination ONU. This proposed OLT can receive more reliably such messages that are produced by the ONUs on a regular basis.
Patent GB-2396351-A (GB)
Title: Human genome-derived single exon nucleic acid probes
Inventor: PENN SHARRON GAYNOR
IPC: G16B25/30
Filed: 2001-01-30
Abstract: A single exon nucleic acid microarray comprising a plurality of single exon nucleic acid probes for measuring gene expression in a sample derived from human lung is described. Also described are single exon nucleic acid probes expressed in the lung and their use in methods for detecting gene expression.
Patent GB-2399764-A (GB)
Title: A golf ball teeing device
Inventor: PERROTT EDWARD RUPERT
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 2004-03-26
Abstract: A golf ball teeing device (1) is of compact, all-mechanical, rectangular construction which can be carried like a briefcase before use. A dispensing arm (10) incorporates a barrier (21) at its inner end, so that downward movement of the arm (10) causes a single ball to enter the arm and to be dispensed onto a tee (12). The tee (12) is fastened at a selected position to a base plate (14). Thus, as the plate (and hence the tee) and the dispensing arm (10) are precisely located relative to the housing (2) there is always excellent registration of the arm relative to the tee to the place a ball. The arm is operated by a player using his or her golf club, and so there is no need to bend one's back. Also, the supply of a ball into the arm (10) is an integral part of the operation of moving the arm (10) to the dispensing position.
Patent GB-2400700-A (GB)
Title: Virtual to physical address translation
Inventor: OZAKI KOJI
IPC: G06F12/10
Filed: 2004-04-05
Abstract: An instruction virtual address space includes virtual addresses corresponding to physical addresses of address areas of a physical address space storing pages of instructions. A data virtual address space includes virtual addresses corresponding to physical addresses of address areas of the physical address space storing pages of data. The instruction and data virtual address spaces use duplicated virtual addresses. Instruction and data address translation units translate virtual addresses of the instruction and data virtual address spaces into physical addresses of the single physical address space. A data access efficiency and an instruction execution speed can be improved.
Patent GB-2397103-A (GB)
Title: Fluid dynamic bearing thermal compensation
Inventor: PARSONEAULT NORBERT STEVEN
IPC: F16C17/26
Filed: 2002-10-28
Abstract: A hub and shaft are provided which are mounted for relative rotation by providing two conical bearings spaced apart along the shaft, and a bearing seat facing each conical bearing. Fluid is maintained in the gap between each cone and the facing bearing seat, supporting the cone and seat for relative rotation. The outer surface of the bearing seat is insulated from the remainder of the motor by a thermal insulator which extends at least part way along the outer surface of the seats. This insulator is effective at keeping the bearings warm even in a relatively low temperature environment in which the motor may be used. The insulator may comprise a cylindrical ceramic or similar low thermal conductivity material extending at least part way along the axial distance outside of the bearing cones. Alternatively, an air space may be defined in the outer surface of the bearing seat, extending at least part way between the bearing cones.
Patent GB-2414137-A (GB)
Title: Control of Antenna Line Device.
Inventor: RIGELSFORD JONATHAN
IPC: H01Q1/24
Filed: 2004-05-12
Abstract: A base station (1) for a communications network (such as a mobile telephone network, a cellular telephone network, or some other portable transceiver network) has an antenna (2); an antenna line device (3) connected to the antenna; and an interface unit (4) connected to the antenna line device. The interface unit (4) includes a receiver adapted to receive wireless control signals (5), and adapted to control the antenna line device (3) (i.e. to generate and provide ALD control signals to the ALD) according to the received wireless control signals (5).
Patent GB-2402216-A (GB)
Title: Harmonic decomposition method used with angular gathers
Inventor: SOUBARAS ROBERT
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2004-05-25
Abstract: The method is characterized in that local harmonic components of the wavefield are determined at a given point P of the subsurface by implementing a recurrent processing according to which a harmonic of rank n+1, n being a positive integer, is determined as a function of one or more harmonics of rank n or lower to which is applied at least one filtering which depends on at least one local parameter at the point P, this local parameter being chosen from among the components of the wavevector, the frequency of the wavefield, the local velocity, the local anisotropy parameters or any combination of these various parameters. The method may be used with angular gathers of seismic data.
Patent GB-2405594-A (GB)
Title: Nebuliser with plug nozzle
Inventor: MILLER ANDREW
IPC: B05B7/00
Filed: 2004-09-02
Abstract: Medical apparatus having means for forming a jet of fluid is disclosed. The means for forming a jet of fluid comprises a fluid passageway (16) and a plug (30) closely received therewithin. The plug (30) provides an incomplete closure of the fluid passageway such that a fluid conduit (38) is formed between the plug (30) and a facing surface of the passageway (16).
Patent GB-2419803-A (GB)
Title: Length adjusters for garments and other articles
Inventor: MARTIN MARK GARY
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 2004-11-09
Abstract: A length adjusting device, particularly for use in fabric articles such as garments, comprising a resiliently extensible tensile element 1 held at a substantially constant length between at least two holding means 2 such as cord locks fixed to a support 3 such as a plastic tube. The free portions 13 of the tensile element can be extended from the holding means, which in turn prevents retraction of the extended portion into a shortened condition until released. The extended portion has an engagement or coupling element 11 for engagement with a corresponding portion 72 on an associated article 7, the length of which is to be adjusted. In the shortened condition, excess slack lengths outside the system can be avoided.
Patent GB-2411756-A (GB)
Title: Secure card reader
Inventor: WARD RICHARD
IPC: G06F1/00
Filed: 2005-02-04
Abstract: A secure card reader includes several security measures. Access to the reader's main circuitry is prevented by an enclosure whose walls contain embedded conductive paths. Breaking or grounding of one of these paths can be detected electronically. A similar arrangement of conductive paths prevent enlarging of a card receiving slot. If tampering is detected using the embedded conductive paths, the reader's memory is wiped. The enclosure has apertures in its walls and is held in place by a potting material that extends into the apertures. Means is also provided to detect attempts to probe behind a keypad membrane. The contacts for the chip of a chip card are arranged so that their leads all extend away from the card insertion slot.
Patent GB-2412828-A (GB)
Title: Measuring bit width by latching signal values from a tapped delay line into a sticky register upon detecting an edge
Inventor: WOOD GLENN
IPC: H03M7/00
Filed: 2005-02-08
Abstract: A system for measuring the width of bit pulses comprises a tapped delay line/time ruler (5, 6, 9) and two registers (10, 11), one for 1's and one for 0's. The length of the delay line is at least the maximum expected bit duration. The register latches are initialised (14) to the bit value whose length they will be measuring and are 'sticky' (17, 18), that is once they have changed value they will not change back until reinitialised. When an edge is detected (A) the delayed signal is latched into the appropriate register. If the preceding bit was a lone 1 or 0 the most delayed elements will have the opposite value and will irreversibly switch the 'far right' latches, otherwise the delayed elements will all match the bit value being measured and the latches will remain unchanged. After a sufficient test period the 'left most' register latches remaining unchanged are used to calculate the bit interval (23).
Patent GB-2406698-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine with automatic sound level adjustment and method therefor
Inventor: HEIN MARVIN A
IPC: H03G3/32
Filed: 2003-08-06
Abstract: A system and method (130) for automatically adjusting the sound volume of a gaming machine (100) based on the ambient noise level (810) to an appropriate level. The gaming machine (100) may implement an open loop control algorithm (300) when the machine's sound output is inactive as determined, e.g., by software (110), or by analyzing samples from a soundboard (120, 120'). A closed loop control algorithm (310) may be implemented when the gaming machine (100) is active. Alternatively, the machine (100) may implement only an open loop algorithm (300) that provides volume adjustment only when the machine's sound output is inactive, in which case the adjusted volume is maintained through an active period, then adjusted again at the next inactive period. A saturation back off feature (1016, 1017) prevents the sound level of the gaming machine (100) from escalating to, and remains at, a maximum, saturation level.
Patent GB-2407586-A (GB)
Title: Precursor material delivery system for atomic layer deposition
Inventor: AITCHISON BRADLEY J
IPC: C30B25/14
Filed: 2003-09-10
Abstract: A precursor delivery system (100) includes a flow path (104) from a precursor container (102) to a reaction space (110) of a thin film deposition system, such as an atomic layer deposition reactor. A staging volume (114) is preferably between precursor container (102) and reaction space (110) for receiving at least one dose of precursor material from precursor container (102), from which a series of pulses is released toward reaction space (110). Precursor material is typically vaporized after loading in precursor container (102), by heating or reducing the pressure inside precursor container (102). A vacuum line (156) preferably coupled to precursor container (102) bypasses reaction space (110) for reducing pressure inside precursor container (102) without drawing particles into reaction space (110). A high conductivity particle filter having inertial traps may be included, preferably between precursor container (102) and a staging volume (114), for filtering particles from the precursor material.
Patent GB-2414017-A (GB)
Title: Tamper evident anti contamination device for a drinks vessel
Inventor: BILTON SIMON LEWIS
IPC: B65D47/32
Filed: 2005-05-10
Abstract: An anti-contamination device 16 for a drinks vessel 10 comprising a closure portion or insert 24 for an opening 22 of a drinks vessel. The closure portion 24 is operable to hinder the introduction of contaminants via the opening, and comprises a flow path for allowing drink to be consumed from the vessel, vent means for allowing air to enter the vessel as drink is consumed, and tamper detection means 42 operable to provide an indication in the event that the device is tampered with. A suction tube 28 is slidably received in the aperture 26 of the insert 24, the suction tube 28 may be a conventional straw. The suction tube 28 may be provided with a retainer 30 to hinder the removal of the tube 28 from the insert 24. The tamper detection means 42 may be provided by a plurality of strips 42, to correct the rim 20 of the vessel to the insert 24, thereby removing the insert will break the strips 42. A single strip may be used.
Patent GB-2410764-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for creating a cemented lateral junction system
Inventor: MURRAY DOUGLAS J
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2003-11-07
Abstract: An apparatus for creating a cemented lateral junction including a sleeve (10) with a premachined opening (12) and a cover (14) disposed at the sleeve. A release material (16) is disposed at the cover. Further disclosed is a method for constructing a wellbore which includes preparing a sleeve (10) with a premachined window (12) and a cover (14) positioned to occlude the window and a release material (16) at least a portion of the cover exposed to environment through the window for running in the wellbore. The method may further include installing the sleeve in a wellbore and applying a hardenable agent to an annulus of the wellbore around the sleeve.
Patent GB-2429436-A (GB)
Title: Self launching powerboat with retractable tracked drive means
Inventor: MAGUIRE SHAUN
IPC: B60F3/00
Filed: 2005-08-25
Abstract: A self launching powerboat comprises a retractable hydraulically driven tracked undercarriage which can traverse unstable terrain. An undercarriage storage compartment within the hull of the powerboat is enclosed with hydraulically powered doors when the undercarriage is in a stowed position. During land use the bow of the powerboat is supported by a single hydraulically raised non-driven caster balloon tyre.
Patent GB-2430111-A (GB)
Title: A method of confirming datagram reception in unidirectional networks
Inventor: AGHVAMI ABDOL HAMID
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2005-09-06
Abstract: In a heterogeneous network environment (10) comprising a first data communication network (12) that is substantially uni-directional and a second network that is bi-directional, a method of confirming that a multi-mode mobile terminal (13) can receive datagrams on a downlink of said first network (12). Said method comprises: (a) providing a logically circular test path comprising said first network, said mobile terminal, and a testing network node that is start and finish point of said path; (b) transmitting from said testing network node a datagram for reception by said terminal; (c) awaiting receipt of at least part of said datagram at mobile terminal. Receipt of said datagram at the terminal provides confirmation at said testing node via logically circular test path, whereby content requested by said terminal via said second network, may be delivered by the first network. Additionally, said mobile terminal may compare received service identifier data transmitted from first network with stored service identifier data in order to test the configuration of an interface configured to receive datagrams.
Patent GB-2432468-A (GB)
Title: An integrated optical SERDES transceiver circuit using LVDS amplifiers
Inventor: KULASEKERAM NISHANTH
IPC: H04B10/40
Filed: 2005-11-22
Abstract: An integrated SERDES receiver/transmitter comprises an on-chip PIN diode 100 and an on-chip laser diode 112 coupled to respective optical fibres 102,108 to provide a high data rate backplane interface. The PIN diode 100 is coupled to a transimpedance amplifier 102 which feeds an LVDS receiver amplifier (64,74,86 in figures 5,6 and 7). The laser diode 112 is driven by an LVDS circuit 106. A conventional electrical LVDS receiver amplifier 96 is coupled to an electrical input 90. The amplifier 96 may be used as the LVDS amplifier of the optical receiver. The received signals, and the signals for transmission, are coupled to a serializer/deserializer 98. The received signals may be looped back to the transmitter. Using an optical link provides low jitter and thus a higher data rate or a longer link length than an electrical LVDS SERDES arrangement (figure 4). The LVDS receiver amplifier may comprise both PMOS and NMOS input differential pairs (figure 9). The LVDS receiver amplifiers have high output impedance, so the electrical and optical input signals may be provided simultaneously.
Patent GB-2420924-A (GB)
Title: Radar device and similar device
Inventor: FUJIKAWA TAKUMI
IPC: G01S7/298
Filed: 2004-05-24
Abstract: It is possible to provide a radar device and a similar device for concurrently outputting reception data being received and scan correlation processing image data. The scan correlation processing image data and display image data based on reception data from a diplay image memory (13) are input to a transient data generation section (11). By using these signals, the transient data generation section (11) generates transient data of a value transient gradually from the reception data to the scan correlation processing image data and inputs it to a selector (12). The selector (12) contains the reception data, a FIRST signal or a last signal, and the transient data. If FIRST = 1, the reception data is output to a display image memory (13). If FIRST = 0, the trasient data is output to the display image memory (13). Since the image data is fed back to the transient data generation section (11), the image data is gradually transient from the reception data to the scan correlation processing image data.