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Patent GB-2426798-A (GB)
Title: Bearing arrangement supporting weight of differential gears on differential housing.
Inventor: HSIEH LUNG-CHANG
IPC: F16H48/08
Filed: 2005-06-02
Abstract: A differential 3 has two pinion gears 53 supported on bearings 522 on a mount 52 which is positioned inside the centre of a ring gear 51. Two bevel gears 54 connect with the pinion gears 53 and have tubular formations 542 which act to connect each bevel gear 54 with one of two output shafts 7 which can drive wheels of a vehicle. Anti friction bearings 6act between the tubular formation 542 and a hosing 4 of the differential 3 to enable the weight of the differential assembly 3 to be carried by the housing 4 and not the shafts 7. The two bevel gears 54 may have further bearings 521 positioned between the gears 54 and mount 52. The differential 3 may be driven by an electric motor 21 as part of an electric vehicle transmission.
Patent GB-2421760-A (GB)
Title: Lock for a portable computer
Inventor: HUANG CHAO-MING
IPC: E05B65/52
Filed: 2005-07-13
Abstract: A common lock for a dual usage portable computer formed of a base member 11 and a display 12 has an elongate operating frame bar 2 longitudinally slidably mounted inside the display of the portable computer, at both the left 22 and right end 23 is at least one vertical slot 221 231. A left side frame 3 and a right side frame 4 respectively fixed inside the display. A left side hook 5 is coupled between the left end of the elongated operating frame bar and the left side frame and a right side hook 6 is coupled between the right end of the right end of the elongated operating frame bar. The left/right side frame have at least one oblique slot sloping left/right 31 41. Preferably the slots at the left and right ends of the frame bar have horizontal slot portions to them 222 232. Preferably there are two of each of the vertical and oblique slots.
Patent GB-2433321-A (GB)
Title: Ultra-sonic gas flow meter that uses a pair of transducers to find the time different for a signal to travel with the flow and against the flow
Inventor: PAXTON-WHITE MICHAEL
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 2005-12-16
Abstract: Disclosed is an ultra-sonic gas flow rate meter comprising a measurement path, a pair of ultra-sonic transducers which, transmit and receive ultra-sonic pulse measurement signals across the measurement path. The meter has an electrical control circuit which determines the time that an ultra-sonic pulse measurement signals take to traverse the measurement path, used to find the rate of gas flow. The control circuit has a pulse signal generator, and a square wave generator to produce signals of duration 2T. The pulse signal causes the first ultra-sonic signal generator to transmit an ultra-sonic pulse, which is received by the second ultra-sonic transducer to provide a receive signal. The timing circuit of the control circuit has a ramp signal generator and a sample and hold circuit such that when an ultra-sonic pulse is received by the second transducer, an interval of time (dt1) is found. The interval dt1 corresponds to the time from transmitting an ultra-sonic pulse to a first occurrence of square wave transition, summed with a whole number (n) of half wave periods (I). The number n is determined by the number of square wave signal transitions further summed with an interval (dt2) of time corresponding to the time taken from the last square wave transition to the time of reception of the ultra-sonic pulse by the second transducer. The period of time (dt1 + dt2) is determined from a value of a characteristic of the partial square wave transition at the time of transmission and at the time of reception, respectively, to enable determination of the time the signal takes to traverse the measurement path (dt1 + nT + dt2).
Patent GB-2433638-A (GB)
Title: Passive matrix display drivers
Inventor: SMITH EUAN
IPC: H01L27/32
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: This invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for driving passive matrix displays, in particular OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays. A method of driving a passive matrix electroluminescent display, the display having a plurality of rows and columns of emissive elements addressed by respective row and column electrodes, the method comprising: addressing said row electrodes, one at a time; and driving a set of said column electrodes whilst addressing each said row electrode; wherein said column electrode driving comprises driving said column electrodes to determine ratios of column drive signals to one another for said set of column electrodes; and wherein the method further comprises controlling an overall drive for said set of column electrodes to control a drive to said emissive elements in each said addressed row.
Patent GB-2434964-A (GB)
Title: A garment with air bags
Inventor: JEWELL PHILIP
IPC: A41D13/018
Filed: 2006-02-08
Abstract: A garment with inflatable air bags 1, 2, 4, and 5 that prevents the wearer from being injured should the wearer fall over. The air bags are located in pockets on the garment, and are deployed when a wireless motion sensor 3 detects that the wearer is falling rather than sitting or getting up from a chair for example. The pockets may be sealed by Velcro (RTM), and the airbags may be detachably secured within the pockets, allowing used air bags to be replaced. The air bags are inflated by an explosive solid propellant cartridge. Coded signals from the motion sensor may be used to ensure air-bags in garments worn by others are not accidentally triggered, and to only deploy air bags in the direction the wearer falls. Once triggered the device calls for help automatically, a satellite or cell-phone tracker giving the exact location of the victim.
Patent GB-2435955-A (GB)
Title: Credit handling in networked entertainment devices
Inventor: HOPKINS ALISTAIR
IPC: G06Q20/10
Filed: 2006-03-11
Abstract: Pay to play entertainment machines or devices for gaming, gambling and other entertainment functions used in public spaces such as bars, clubs etc are networked and centrally controlled. Each entertainment device has at least one payment mechanism such as a coin acceptor or a card reader. Content executables (e.g. games) are configured to use a set of generic payment instruction messages to communicate with the payment mechamsms. A credit handler module translates generic payment instruction messages to and from specific payment functionality messages as used by the different payment mechanisms and also applies any transaction processing logic that is required consequent on the particular domain of operation of the entertainment device, e.g. legal requirements. Thus, locally applicable requirements relating to credit handling operations in the real and virtual environment of the entertainment device can be implemented without modifying content executables.
Patent GB-2436285-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic support for armrest
Inventor: WANG CHING-CHANG
IPC: A47C7/54
Filed: 2006-03-25
Abstract: A telescopic support for an armrest of a chair. The telescopic support includes a lower tube 70, and upper tube 10 and a helical spring 40. The lower tube is installed on the chair. The upper tube telescopically receives the lower tube and supports the armrest. The helical spring is axially positioned in the upper tube for automatically and smoothly lifting the upper tube from the lower tube. The telescopic support can include a guide rod 29 for guiding the spring. The telescopic support can include a platform (11B) installed on the upper tube and a cap (61B) installed on the lower tube, where the helical spring is compressed between the cap and the platform. The lower tube can have a retainer 60 having a channel 66 for receiving the rod and a series of recesses 61. A controller 30 movable in a groove 23 can push a ball 50 into one of the recesses to retain the guide and the upper tube in a position relative to the retainer and the lower tube. An alternative position retaining means using a latch (813B) is also shown.
Patent GB-2422482-A (GB)
Title: Measuring cell for ion cyclotron resonance spectrom
Inventor: MALEK ROBERT
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2004-09-24
Abstract: This invention relates to a measuring cell for an Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) spectrometer. The present invention provides a measurement cell for an FTMS spectrometer, comprising an excitation electrode arrangement positioned about a longitudinal axis which extends in a direction generally parallel to the field direction of an applied homogeneous magnetic field; and a trapping electrode arrangement, also positioned about the said longitudinal axis, for trapping ions longitudinally in the cell within a trapping region defined by the trapping electrode arrangement; wherein at least a part of the excitation electrode arrangement extends axially outwardly of the trapping region defined by the trapping electrode arrangement.
Patent GB-2425321-A (GB)
Title: Cutter jib with compensating drive shaft to accommodate offset drive couplings
Inventor: ONSORI SIAMAK
IPC: E21C25/08
Filed: 2006-04-18
Abstract: A mining machine (10, fig 1) comprises a machine body (13, fig 1) and a cutting and rolling unit (14, fig 1) connected to the machine via an extension arm 15. A gear arrangement 17 includes a compensating drive shaft 18 that connects a motor (16, fig 2) on the machine body to the cutting and rolling unit. The compensating drive shaft compensates for any axial offset a and/or angular offset   a  between the motor coupling and cutter coupling. The couplings comprise bevel gear steps 19, 20. The compensating drive shaft preferably includes universal joints 21, 22. The drive shaft also preferably compensates for changes in length.
Patent GB-2438219-A (GB)
Title: Whole body vibration dosimeter
Inventor: BRUNSON KEVIN MICHAEL
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2006-05-15
Abstract: A vibration dosimeter 2 which measures whole body vibrations comprises a sensor 6 (e.g. MEMS accelerometer) which continuously measures the magnitude of mechanical vibrations received by a person being monitored, a means for sampling the vibration measurements and a processor 10 which analyses the measurements and stores the analysis in an internal data store. The person being monitored may wear the dosimeter the hip or at the base of the spine. The vibration measurements may be filtered to emphasise vibrations corresponding to modes of vibration of the human body (e.g. frequencies in the range 0.1 Hz to 80 Hz). The analysis may comprise a cumulative frequency weighted root mean square. The vibration may be recorded over a period of eight hours and the daily exposure to vibration may be calculated. The results of the analysis may be retrieved from the dosimeter to a database on a computer. The processor 10 may reduce power consumption by switching between passive and active states, thus only processing the recorded vibration measurements periodically.
Patent GB-2438915-A (GB)
Title: Chip code selection in Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Ultra-Wideband receivers
Inventor: BATEMAN DAVID G
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2006-06-06
Abstract: In a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Ultra-Wideband (UWB) receiver, a correlator (103) mixes the received signal x(t) with a chip code (Ref, fig. 2), having been stored (113) and selected (111) based on a received signal level in a subband of bandwidth equal to the correlator's low-pass filter (203, fig 2). The chip codes can be either spreading codes or frequency translation codes, and the UWB system can avoid transmissions in subbands which are designated as unsuitable by selecting chip codes which attenuate such subbands. This allows detection-avoidance techniques, in which received power in a narrow band is compared to known thermal noise in the receiver, to be applied to DSSS-UWB systems having much larger bandwidth and greater noise levels than OFDM systems.
Patent GB-2438929-A (GB)
Title: A particulate handling apparatus
Inventor: SHEEHAN PATRICK GERRARD
IPC: B01D45/08
Filed: 2006-06-07
Abstract: A particulate handling apparatus 1 and method which is suitable for the transfer of kinetic energy from particles of transported particulate material and which lessens the damage suffered by said particulate material by the removal of that kinetic energy. The apparatus includes baffles 9 to reduce the kinetic energy and which are within a shaped vessel into which particulate material is fed through entry port 3 and from which the particulates are removed by exit port 4.
Patent GB-2426505-A (GB)
Title: Livestock handling and transport housing
Inventor: WILBY JOHN T
IPC: B65D85/50
Filed: 2006-07-28
Abstract: Housing for the transport of livestock, particularly small livestock such as chickens, comprises a framework having runners on which drawers for containing the livestock slide and a top panel 19 which provides cover for the or each uppermost drawer. The framework comprises a top frame having two upper parallel longitudinal members 4, 4' and upper cross members perpendicular to the longitudinal members with the top panel 19 extending over the cross members and the two upper longitudinal members 4, 4' above the plane of the upper cross members.
Patent GB-2440904-A (GB)
Title: Baby bottle dishwasher rack with teat holders
Inventor: GOLD JONATHAN MORRIS
IPC: A47L19/04
Filed: 2006-08-18
Abstract: A rack is capable of supporting one or more baby feeding bottles 1a, such as in a dishwasher and/or in later additional draining outside of the dishwasher, such as on a sink drying plate. The rack features teat supports 60a, to which bottle teats can be engaged, to be washed and dried on the same rack as the bottles 1a. The rack also has a peripheral rim and a lattice base structure. Bottle supports 50a extend upwards from the base, and feature plural bottle support branches 54a. The lattice base structure may allow the engagement of the rack with upstanding projections of the existing internal rack structure of a dishwasher.
Patent GB-2443027-A (GB)
Title: Storing meta-data with recordings of dialogue to allow additional interpretations without the need for re-recording different languages
Inventor: BARDINO DANIELE GUISEPPE
IPC: G10L25/90
Filed: 2006-10-19
Abstract: Audio processing which comprises one or more transformation profiles for transforming audio characteristics of an audio recording and then generating for the or each transformation profile, a meta-data set comprising transformation profile data and location data indicative of where in the recording the transformation profile data is to be applied. The or each meta-data set is then stored in association with the corresponding recording. A corresponding method of audio reproduction comprises reading a recording and a meta-data set associated with that recording from storage, applying transformations to the recording data in accordance with the meta-data set transformation profile and then outputting the transformed recording. The invention aims to remove the need for hiring actors in different languages to record dialogue in applications such as video games.
Patent GB-2443888-A (GB)
Title: A self righting toothbrush
Inventor: MILLS SHAUN DESMOND
IPC: A46B5/00
Filed: 2006-11-17
Abstract: A toothbrush with a weighted base 1 such that the toothbrush will self right into a vertical or substantially vertical position when placed on a flat surface. The base has a convex curved surface which is attached to a neck portion 3 which supports the brush head or bristles 4. The brush head may be replaceable, while the shape of it may be conventional or round. The toothbrush may be manual or electrically powered.
Patent GB-2429206-A (GB)
Title: Process for the synthesis of hydromorphone
Inventor: BAILEY TIMOTHY SAMUEL
IPC: C07D489/02
Filed: 2005-07-08
Abstract: There is described a method for converting oripavine to hydromorphone or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof such as hydromorphone hydrochloride involving generation of 8, 14-dihydrooripavine utilising diimine.
Patent GB-2447039-A (GB)
Title: Residence chamber for products of combustion
Inventor: GRUNDMANN MATTHIAS
IPC: B04C3/00
Filed: 2007-02-27
Abstract: A residence chamber 1 for use in treating products of combustion is disclosed. The residence chamber comprises a first chamber part 10, having a gas inlet conduit 18 and a gas outlet 14, and a baffle 16. Preferably, the first chamber's inlet conduit has a tangential opening 12. The baffle is located in the first chamber part and is arranged so as to cause gas entering the chamber through the inlet to travel initially in a first helical path 42 in a first axial direction 43 and subsequently in a second helical path 44 in a second opposed axial direction 45. The second helical path is located inside the first helical path. The gas is arranged to exit the first chamber part through the outlet. The residence chamber may further comprise a second chamber part 20 having a gas inlet 22 and a gas outlet conduit 28. Preferably, the second chamber's outlet conduit has a tangential opening 24. A duct 30 may connect the outlet of the first chamber part and the inlet of the second chamber part.
Patent GB-2435704-A (GB)
Title: Distributed bus arbitration scheme using transition coding
Inventor: TRAVIS CHRISTOPHER JULIAN
IPC: G06F13/368
Filed: 2007-02-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a system for arbitrating between components connected to a communications bus using transition coding, e.g. NRZI coding, with transition-dominant signalling. During arbitration, each arbitrating component writes a unique arbitrand onto the bus using transition coding. When the arbitrand takes a first binary value, i.e. binary "1", the component drives the bus line to its opposite state, and, when the arbitrand takes a second binary value, i.e. binary "0", the component does not actively drive the bus line. Therefore, arbitration is lost by each component that writes a binary "0" when at least one other component writes a binary "1". The invention has the advantage of providing a distributed arbitration scheme without relying on the electrical layer of the bus having a dominant and a recessive state. Thus, the invention provides a flexible multidrop bus that is robust, while being acceptably fast and having acceptable power consumption.
Patent GB-2450367-A (GB)
Title: Combine harvester
Inventor: DUQUESNE FRANK RIK GILBERT
IPC: A01D41/127
Filed: 2007-06-22
Abstract: A combine harvester has an engine for driving the harvester and for additionally powering a threshing mechanism for separating harvested crop into grain and crop residue and at least one further power consuming crop processing subsystem that may be selectively disengaged. The engine control system is operative to limit the maximum engine output power when little or no power is drawn from the engine by the crop processing subsystem. The combine harvester also has a swathing plate and a chopper selection plate which is moveable relative to the path of crop residue. A warning system is connected to receive an input signal from sensors associated with the swathing plate and the chopper selection plate.
Patent GB-2440616-A (GB)
Title: Off-fall control for a trenching operation
Inventor: KOCH ROGER D
IPC: E02F3/43
Filed: 2007-07-12
Abstract: A system is provided for controlling off-fall during trench excavation. The system includes a trench excavating assemblage (30). A mechanism moves the trench excavating assemblage (30) from a position within a trench to be excavated to a position for dumping excavated material. A control system is configured to operate the trench excavating assemblage (30) in an automated off-fall control mode to remove and/or compact off-fall 52 along at least one edge of the trench. This can be achieved by moving a bucket 40 of a backhoe assembly along the off-fall 52 parallel to the trench.
Patent GB-2452049-A (GB)
Title: Process for the preparation of voriconazole
Inventor: HEGGELUND AUDUN
IPC: C07D239/38
Filed: 2007-08-21
Abstract: A process for the preparation of voriconazole is described wherein sulfide substituted pyrimidines are key intermediates. The sulfide substituents render the pyrimidines particularly suitable for metal mediated addition to ketones. The key reaction step, which is preferably zinc-mediated, involves the preparation of a compound of formula (VIII) by a cross-coupling reaction of a compound of formula (VII) and a compound of formula (VI): <EMI ID=1.1 HE=36 WI=158 LX=240 LY=1121 TI=CF> <PC>wherein R is C1-12alkyl, C2-12alkenyl, C1-3alkylaryl, aryl, heterocyclic, C1-3alkylheterocyclic, C1-12alkyl substituted by alkoxy, C1-12alkylthio, C1-12alkylamino, C1-12dialkylamino, COC1-12alkyl, aryl, aryloxy or an O-C1-6 alkylaryl group wherein any aryl group may be substituted with 1-3 groups selected from Cl, Br, F, Me, OEt, OMe, methyl or ethyl; and X is a leaving group, preferably Br. Voriconazole (IX) may be prepared from (VIII) by a Raney nickel reduction to remove the thioether. The preparation of (IX) from thiol precursor (IV) is also outlined. The intermediates are also claimed per se.
Patent GB-2453138-A (GB)
Title: A bricklaying aid
Inventor: GAPPER MICHAEL WILLIAM
IPC: E04G21/18
Filed: 2007-09-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of laying soldier courses of bricks (bricks stood on end in a row) using a temporary bricklaying aid. The aid is in the form of a temporary guide comprising parallel rails 1 joined by rungs 2. The guide is supported where a front face of the brickwork 8 is to be defined and the bricks are then laid using the rails 1 to position the top and bottom edges of the bricks. The bottom rail supports the bottom edge of the bricks whilst the top rail supports the top edge of the bricks. The guide preferably has a support arm 5 secured at one end to the top rail by knobs 4, and the other end is secured by means of a plate 7 to an inner blockwork wall 9. The support arm 5 preferably has an elongated slot to allow for adjustment of the plate 7 which is secured to the support arm by bolt 6.
Patent GB-2449512-A (GB)
Title: Toaster
Inventor: CROOKS JOHN
IPC: A47J37/08
Filed: 2007-10-26
Abstract: A toaster comprising at least one toasting chamber and one or a plurality of heating elements for heating said at least one toasting chamber. A timer device is operable to time a toasting period at the start of a toasting cycle, and upon interrupt of said toasting cycle by a user activating a cancel or interrupt button, said timer device interrupts said timed toasting period and commences a second preset timed period T2. If toasting is recommenced within period T2, said timer device reactivates said heating elements for a remainder of said toasting period, if not, a new full length timing period will start. The toaster may comprise an electrically operated carriage mechanism which is driven up and down by an electric motor and a worm gear.
Patent GB-2445477-A (GB)
Title: A foot massaging device
Inventor: FUNG KAM FAI
IPC: A61H23/02
Filed: 2008-01-07
Abstract: A foot massaging apparatus which comprises a chamber adapted to receive a user's foot and a flexible membrane 58 disposed within the chamber. A drive member 62 provides vibrating, percussive, repetitive or oscillating movement to the flexible membrane to provide a therapeutic effect. The motor 62 has a central drive shaft 64 with offset eccentric cams 66 mounted on each end of the drive shaft. Pistons 72 are secured to the flexible membrane 58 and fixed to the cams 66 through transmission members. A resilient or foam member 60 may be disposed beneath the flexible membrane 58. The massaging device may also have audio speakers, MP3 player capability, and voice data input capability.