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Patent GB-2352256-A (GB)
Title: Anchorage device for a post
Inventor: PORTER BRIAN
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 2000-05-17
Abstract: Disclosed is an anchorage device 14 (faces of body) for anchoring a post 10 to a base. The post securing means allow adjustment of the post alignment with respect to the anchorage device in use. The device is preferably cut from sheet metal it is bent in three areas across it's centre and welded at the free edges forming a substantially rectangular hollow shape. The post securing device preferably consists of tongues 12 between which the post 10 is secured. The post may be secured at an alternative angle to that which the anchoring device is fastened (fig 6). The base fastening means may be a plurality of anchor legs which are split at the bottom in to slit legs, these can be cemented into the ground. An alternative embodiment shows a variant that can be bolted down.
Patent GB-2355531-A (GB)
Title: Drive circuit for a position sensor
Inventor: ELY DAVID THOMAS ELIOT
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2000-06-07
Abstract: A position sensor includes a drive circuit 51 to apply and excitation pulse to an excitation winding 29. The decay time constant of the current loop formed by the excitation circuit and winding is longer in duration than the excitation pulse. The long decay time enables current to flow in the excitation winding for an amount of time after the pulse. This means shorter pulses, and hence less power, can be used. The sensor may be used in a x-y digitising tablet having a resonant stylus 41 which interacts with the excitation windings. Sensor windings 31, 33, 35, 37 may be located in the tablet or in the stylus which generate an output signal corresponding to the position of the stylus. The sensor may also be used behind the display of a hand-held electronic device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), mobile telephone or web browser.
Patent GB-2357016-A (GB)
Title: Architecture for increasing the number of digital channels which can be processed in a channel bank
Inventor: SCHWEITZER THEODORE A
IPC: H04Q1/10
Filed: 2000-08-10
Abstract: A double density channel bank architecture compatible with an existing D4 backplane and D4 channel units transmits or receive PCM data on the PAM bus, while simultaneously transmitting or receiving PCM data on the PCM bus. A double density channel unit (CU) provides data for two transmit and two receive T-1 timeslots to increase the capacity of a D4 channel bank from 48 channels to 96 channels. Channel bank timing of PCM data on the PAM bus avoids contention between the PCM data and PAM data. The double density CU's are provided with means for converting analog signals to PCM format.
Patent GB-2368219-A (GB)
Title: Camera system with GPS
Inventor: SPRIGGS TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: G01C11/00
Filed: 2000-09-13
Abstract: A camera system, comprising a digital camera 1, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver or the like 5 which serves accurately to identify the position of the digital camera in at least two horizontal co-ordinate dimensions, and a data store 8 for a digital camera image produced, wherein the digital image stored is annotated or labelled with data identifying camera position at the time of image capture. Altitude information and data relating to camera new angle in elevation and azimuth may also be stored along with data relating to the time at which the image was captured.
Patent GB-2356803-A (GB)
Title: Rotation limiting device
Inventor: MASUDA KOU
IPC: A47C1/026
Filed: 2000-09-20
Abstract: A rotation limiting device 1 for selectively preventing rotation between two members comprises a generally disc shaped inner cam member 10 with one or more, possibly curved, wells, in a peripheral circumferential wall thereof, each accommodating first and second rollers 17, 18. A second member 7 is coaxially mounted with, circumferentially surrounds, is supported by, and is moveable rotationally relative to the inner cam member 10. The rollers 17, 18 are selectively moveable so that they may wedge between inner and outer circumferences to limit the rotation of the second member in both rotational directions. In a first disclosure, the article features an actuation member 21 which acts upon the rollers to selectively disengage the rollers from the wedging engagement. In a second disclosure this article is mounted to a seat bottom bracket 4 and features a spring 19 disposed between each set of rollers 17, 18 and a release member 14, 15, The release member 14, 15 is moveable between a locked position in which the rollers 17, 18 are urged towards the narrower circumferential ends of the wells and a release position in which the rollers 17, 18 are displaced towards each other against the bias of the spring 19. Also disclosed is a seat recliner arrangement (fig. 10) featuring a master device 40, discretely positionable via lever 41, and a continuously positionable slave device 1' on mutually opposed sides of a seat, connected via a power transmitting device 42.
Patent GB-2369011-A (GB)
Title: Wireless data terminal with battery charge state monitoring
Inventor: BHATOOLAUL DAVID LAHIRI
IPC: H04W52/02
Filed: 2000-11-13
Abstract: User equipment for use in a mobile communication network has a data store 20 and a processor 2 for writing data received from a base station in the network to the store. The user equipment comprises means 28 for monitoring the charge state of the battery 26 and reporting to the base station during call set-up if there is insufficient battery life for the amount of data to be transferred. The call may be refused or terminated accordingly.
Patent GB-2367663-A (GB)
Title: Method, system and program for efficiently distributing aerial electronic publications
Inventor: DUTTA RABINDRANATH
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2001-03-21
Abstract: A method, computer system and computer program optimizes the efficiency with which a serial electronic publication is distributed to subscribers by determining, for a subscriber, a status for a particular issue of said serial electronic publication and responsive to the step of determining, either transmitting or not transmitting the particular issue. It preferably includes a push engine and a status manager. The push engine transmits a first issue to a subscriber. The status manager determines whether the first issue has been opened and allows the push engine to transmit a second issue only after determining that the first issue has been opened. Alternatively, the status manager associates a vacation setting with at least one subscriber. The push engine identifies one or more non-vacationing subscribers, by reference to the vacation setting, and electronically transmits issues of the publication only to non-vacationing subscribers.
Patent GB-2373762-A (GB)
Title: Seat harness
Inventor: RUFF STEPHEN ANTHONY GEORGE
IPC: B60R22/42
Filed: 2001-03-28
Abstract: A two part harness typically for use in an aircraft the first part is attached to a the vehicle occupant and the second part to the occupants seat. The occupants abdominal harness 1 has a plurality of webbing straps these include waist strap 4, thigh straps 7 and rear strap (13 fig 2) these are tightly fitted to the occupant by tensioners and have a quick release box 16 to allow the occupant to remove the harness. The quick release box also acts as the connecting area for the seat harness 2. The seat harness comprises an upper seat strap 20 and a pair of lower seat straps 21 which are secured by inertia reels 22 to the seat 3. The harnesses allow the seat occupant to move out of the seat whilst still being secured within the aircraft.
Patent GB-2363525-A (GB)
Title: Crimp terminal and method of crimping
Inventor: KITAGAWA HIRONORI
IPC: H01R4/20
Filed: 2001-06-11
Abstract: To provide a crimp terminal in which the crimped condition can be easily examined, an examination mark (14), which can be deformed upon crimping of a barrel (11), is stamped in an outer surface of a bottom (12) (or the sides) of a crimp terminal (10). To provide a terminal in which an examination can be easily carried out with the need for using a bulky apparatus and tools, grooves (160), serving as a criterion for confirming a press-clamped condition, are impressed on or stamped in an outer surface of a bottom portion (120) of a barrel (110). Also, a mark (170), indicating a press-clamping position, is formed or impressed in this outer surface. The extent and position of a mark indicates the quality of the crimp, and may be judged visually or electronically.
Patent GB-2361773-A (GB)
Title: Determining logging tool displacements
Inventor: FREEDMAN ROBERT
IPC: E21B47/022
Filed: 2000-06-30
Abstract: A method of determining the displacements of a logging tool during a measurement interval of the logging tool in a borehole includes obtaining a set of accelerometer signals corresponding to accelerations of the logging tool along each of three orthogonal axes of the logging tool during the measurement interval. The method further includes constructing a unique quadratic polynomial of time from the displacement time-series, subtracting the unique quadratic polynomial from the displacement time-series, and setting the lower bound to the maximum of the remainder of the displacement time-series. A flag is raised if the lower bound exceeds a threshold value. Therefore, an indication of the quality of the logging tool data, which is affected by tool displacement, may be given.
Patent GB-2372249-A (GB)
Title: G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides
Inventor: SHABON USMAN
IPC: C07K14/705
Filed: 2001-10-18
Abstract: AXOR106 polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing AXOR106 polypeptides and polynucleotides in diagnostic assays. AXOR106 is believed to be a member of the G-Protein Coupled 7 trans-membrane receptor family.
Patent GB-2381423-A (GB)
Title: Secure addressing mechanisms in mobile IP
Inventor: YLITALO JUKKA
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2001-10-26
Abstract: The invention provides a method of delegating responsibility for an IP (Internet Protocol) address owned by a first IP network node to a second IP network node, with at least a part of the IP address being derivable from a public key of a public/private key pair belonging to the first node. The method includes the steps of i) notifying the first node of a public key of a public/private key pair belonging to the second node, ii) at the first node, signing the public key of the second node with the private key of the first node to provide an authorisation certificate, and iii) sending the authorisation certificate from the first node to the second node. The authorisation certificate is subsequently included in messages relating to the IP address, for example binding update messages, signed with the private key of the second node and sent from the second node to receiving nodes. The invention also covers a method of authenticating the messages at the receiving nodes.
Patent GB-2385863-A (GB)
Title: High resolution patterning method
Inventor: JOHNSON DANIEL ROBERT
IPC: G01Q60/00
Filed: 2001-10-29
Abstract: An object of the present invention to provide a method of preparing a substrate material such that it is capable of initiating a catalytic reaction over a pre-determined area of its surface. This is achieved by preparing a substrate so that it is capable of sponsoring a catalytic reaction over a pre-determined area of its surface in a method comprising the step of coating some or all of the substrate material with a catalytic material, the catalytic material being deposited onto the substrate in a pre-determined pattern by a beam writing process. Deposition of plated material can then be carried out on the catalytic surface. Beam writing is achieved by using a vacuum coating system containing an electron beam with the vapour phase of the deposition promoting material. Beams of light or electrons may also be used to ablate materials from a source comprising inorganic materials such as oxide, salts, metals, semiconductors or polymers. The material may then deposit onto a substrate in an pattern either by employing shadow masks or writing mechanisms.
Patent GB-2389450-A (GB)
Title: Electron source
Inventor: BEAN STEWART JOHN
IPC: H01J1/16
Filed: 2001-10-30
Abstract: An electron optical column has a high brightness electron source that is able to operate with stable emission properties in both ultra high and high vacuum environments. The source comprises a cathode 1 operated such that it is subjected to potential applied between the cathode 1 and a positively biassed anode 20, which establishes a field at the cathode. The electron emitter 1 is shaped in the form of a truncated cone, with either a flat or curved emitting region 2 facing the extraction electrode 20 and subsequent optics. The emitter may comprise a single crystal of a rare-earth hexaboride, preferably lanthanum hexaboride. The cathode may be a thermionic emitter, heated by a heating assembly (see figure 1). The trajectory of emitted electrons is such that a virtual source 3 is established within the cathode 1.
Patent GB-2381676-A (GB)
Title: Fuse status indicator employing at least one LED
Inventor: BROWN PAUL
IPC: H02H3/04
Filed: 2001-11-02
Abstract: The circuit breakage indicator includes a diode 2 and LED 4 and resistor 6 forming a first circuit positioned upstream of fuse 3. A diode 5 connected in series with fuse 3 forms a second circuit to bypass the current path through LED 4 while fuse 3 is intact, thereby inhibiting illumination of LED 4. When the fuse 3 blows, the full current flows through LED 4 causing it to be illuminated. Alternatively a second LED 10 may be provided to indicate that the fuse is intact. The two LEDs 4 and 10 may be of different colour, e.g. red and green respectively, to clearly distinguish the status of the fuse. However, the two LEDs may be substituted for a two colour LED which emits one colour associated with the status of the fuse.
Patent GB-2384173-A (GB)
Title: Reconfigurable chair with coded handset
Inventor: REES JOHN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A47C1/024
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: A chair comprising at least one actuator for adjusting the configuration of the chair and a handset (8) comprising a plurality of buttons (10,12) for controlling the operation of the or each actuator, wherein the handset (8) must be enabled prior to use, by pressing a plurality of buttons (10,12) thereof in a predetermined sequence or combination. The handset may be disabled after a preset time or by operation of a single button or a plurality of buttons.
Patent GB-2370014-A (GB)
Title: Screen printing apparatus and method of screen printing
Inventor: MIYAHARA SEIICHI
IPC: B41F15/40
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: Cream solder stored in a squeegee head is pressurized by a pressurizing plate, and the squeegee head is slid on a mask plate, so that the cream solder is printed onto a substrate via pattern apertures. This is done by a screen printing apparatus, in which pressurized solder is accommodated, and the solder is brought into contact with a surface of the mask plate via an opening formed on a lower face of the cell. A rectifier is disposed in the cell for blocking the cream solder from flowing into a specific area just above the opening. This structure allows the solder to flow into the opening in a slant direction, and causes the solder to roll. This mechanism prevents the solder from being hardened due to staying stagnant just above the opening, and thus prevents defective printings.
Patent GB-2383287-A (GB)
Title: Staple pushing assembly
Inventor: HUANG CHIEN-KAI
IPC: B25C5/16
Filed: 2001-12-20
Abstract: A staple pushing assembly 12 for removable insertion into a tacker having a casing (10, fig 1) with a pivotally connected handle (11, fig 1) and ejection plate (100, fig 1), comprises a base 121, a hook 1210 extending from the top of the base, and two walls 122 extending from the top of the base. A U-shaped pusher 40 is movably mounted across the two walls of the base. An insertion 43 is connected to an inside of one of two side plates of the pusher, and movably contacts a wall of the base. A piece 30, that includes two end plates 31 interconnected by a rod 311, is securely engaged between the walls extending from the top of the base. A spring 41 having one connected to the hook on the base and the other end reeving through the rod of the piece is secured to the pusher.
Patent GB-2378227-A (GB)
Title: A differential arrangement having a central composite differential
Inventor: ZHOU DIANXI
IPC: F16H48/38
Filed: 2002-06-24
Abstract: A normally interlocked universal differential device, eg for tractors, armoured vehicles etc, has a central composite differential 1 comprising inner and outer conical differential gears mounted coaxially on a common pin 2. Two side differentials 3 are connected in series to each side of the central composite differential 1 by a solid axle shaft 4 which is coupled to gears 6, 7. The solid shaft 4 passes through a hollow shaft gear 8 and a hollow axle shaft 5 fixed to the hollow gear 8. Solid axle shaft 4 and hollow axle shaft 5 are connected to a wheel via power distributing driving gears 9 and a power distribution driven gears 10. This arrangement prevents slipping and increases steering manoeuvrability of the vehicle since power is transmitted to the wheels from both ends of the two side differentials 3 via the central composite differential 1.
Patent GB-2376866-A (GB)
Title: Restraint device for horse breeding
Inventor: SMYTH ROBERT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A01K21/00
Filed: 2002-06-25
Abstract: An apparatus for restraining the movement of a mare during horse breeding comprises a stall having a front 10 and two side members 12. The side members 12 are piviotally hung at their front end in a spaced apart relationship on the front 10 and moveable thereabout. A first restraining means 14 is secured between or at the rear end of the side members 12 when in a closed position and is intended to pass behind the thighs of the horse below the buttocks to prevent the horse from backing out of the stall. A second restraining means 16 passes over the back of the horse preventing it from rearing up on its hind legs. The front 10 is a doorway having a door frame 20 and an openeable door 22 hung thereon. A portion of the upper part of the door 22 is open to allow passage of the horses head therethrough. A cover 26 is also provided to protect both the mare and the stallion during "covering".
Patent GB-2379431-A (GB)
Title: Motorcycle trunk
Inventor: HARA IKUO
IPC: B62J9/00
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: A motorcycle 1 includes a trunk 14 removably mounted to a vehicular body and a lock portion 151 for locking a mounting state of the trunk 14. At least part 165 of the lock portion 151 serves as part of a handle 170 disposed in the vicinity of a location where the trunk 14 is supported. This improves the appearance characteristic of the area around the trunk while ensuring a desired volume of the trunk.
Patent GB-2383823-A (GB)
Title: Jet propulsion engine
Inventor: BIRKETT HAROLD
IPC: F02K7/20
Filed: 2002-10-08
Abstract: A thermo-dynamic air induction, compression, combustion and ejection air breathing and rocket type propulsion engine comprised of modules each of which in air breathing mode uses the high velocity low pressure exhaust gasses ejected from a combustion chamber outlet for the purpose of ambient air induction which operates on a pulse combustion cycle during the start up period then on a resonance cycle and finally on a continuous combustion cycle and is also able to function in rocket engine mode whilst the arrangement is modular construction with each relative to each other to suit the use and structure into which they are installed and not restricted to any particular profile. In figure 1, the stream of expanded gases from the forward combustion chamber assembly 3 passes through injector nozzles 4 and over profiled surface 5 thus entraining air from intake 1. The resulting mixture passes into middle chamber 6 from which one stream passes via rear combustion chamber 7 to outlet 8 while the remainder returns via passage 9 and flap valves (33, fig.2) to combustion chamber 3. The engine operates on a pulse cycle during start-up, then on a resonance cycle and finally on a continuous combustion cycle.
Patent GB-2381775-A (GB)
Title: Ship bridge console layout
Inventor: MORGAN BARRY
IPC: B63B49/00
Filed: 2002-10-30
Abstract: A ship bridge system has a forward console 11 with a row of several display units 14 which may display information such as radar image, chart and navigation information. The system also includes a separate, central console 13 set back by a gap 20 from the forward console 11 so that a walkway 21 extends along the length of the forward console. The central console 13 may support manoeuvring controls 17, such as engine and steering controls, and communications equipment 18. A seat 19 may be located on each side of the central console 13.
Patent GB-2383612-A (GB)
Title: Jet engine
Inventor: ROBINSON NICHOLAS PAUL
IPC: B63H11/06
Filed: 2002-11-27
Abstract: A jet propulsion device comprises a centrally pivoted flipper (7 fig. 1) located within a fluid inlet and outlet manifold whereby the front end of the flipper is also pivoted with a floating head, the flipper (7 fig. 1) operates a scoop swallow wallop cycle in which fluid 28 is initially scooped towards the middle section of the engine by the front end of the flipper 20, the fluid passes through a valve 36 operated by the pressure of the fluid, the flipper then pivoting in the opposite direction forces the fluid 29 rearwards towards the outlet by the action of the rear end of the flipper moving towards the fluid which is trapped by the closure of the valve and the outlet manifold. The flipper may be powered by the expansion of gases in combustion zone (1-4 fig. 1) or by electrical or mechanical actuation 38.
Patent GB-2395857-A (GB)
Title: Unsolicited e-mail rejection
Inventor: SAKONSAKU TOSHIYUKI
IPC: H04W28/00
Filed: 2002-12-16
Abstract: An unsolicited commercial e-mail rejection setting method of this invention includes the steps of comparing an e-mail address of incoming e-mail with e-mail addresses stored in storage means, and setting e-mail rejection with respect to the e-mail address of the incoming e-mail if the e-mail address of the incoming e-mail coincides with none of the e-mail addresses stored in the storage means. In this unsolicited commercial e-mail rejection setting method, e-mail rejection setting can be made after a user is asked whether he/she sets e-mail rejection with respect to incoming e-mail.