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Patent GB-2477303-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible planter
Inventor: COOK JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2010-01-28
Abstract: A collapsible planter10for use in a garden or other outdoor area comprises a back panel11and side walls12which are hingedly connected to the back panel11. A support member25is also hingedly connected to the back panel11and extends between the side walls12. The support member25is adapted5selectively to secure to the side walls12so as to define a trough27between the support member25, the side walls12and the back panel11. The trough27may provide a reservoir for growing medium22such as soil in which produce28may be grown.
Patent GB-2471023-A (GB)
Title: Advertising bike / cycle with electronic display
Inventor: TAYLOR IAN
IPC: B62K3/00
Filed: 2010-06-11
Abstract: An advertising bike for advertising goods and/or services which includes a housing 2 and a display means 10. Both the housing and the display means are capable of advertising the goods and/or services. The housing is preferably designed to house the display means in the form of a multimedia electronic display such as a flat panel television e.g. LCD display, LED display or plasma display panel. The housing may comprise a fairing defining a cab area 12. The bike may take the form of a recumbent tricycle or four wheeled quadricycle. Audio means may also be provided along with a battery, data processing means and means for transmission or reception of broadcast data. A solar panel may be provided to recharge the battery. The bike may have a motor so that it is electrically assisted.
Patent GB-2481626-A (GB)
Title: Gripper pad for vehicle towing mirror
Inventor: MILBANK FREDERICK NIGEL
IPC: B60R1/078
Filed: 2010-07-01
Abstract: A towing mirror comprises a mirror assembly 12, an arm 14 connected to the mirror assembly 12 and a bracket 16 mounted on the arm 14. The bracket 16 comprises a clamp 18 for connecting to a vehicle wing mirror 42, the clamp 18 comprising a frame 26 and a movable clamping member 28 and the clamping member 28 including an engaging portion 36. The engaging portion 36 includes a lower surface 40 formed of a first surface 40a and a second surface 40b at an angle to the first surface 40a. The lower surface 40 of the engaging portion 36 may be provided with grooves to further enhance the grip it provides.
Patent GB-2473531-A (GB)
Title: IDC connector with cap
Inventor: BISHOP PETER
IPC: H01R4/24
Filed: 2010-08-11
Abstract: An electrical insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly includes a body 12 having at least one channel 42 with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire 64 therein. A contact element (30, Fig 3) is fixed in the body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades oriented across the channel, and a second end extending from a bottom surface of the body and configured for electrical contact with a PCB. The IDC assembly includes a cap 70 having a size and configuration so as to engage over the body, with the cap including a recess with an open bottom that is aligned with the body channel in a fitted configuration of the cap on the body. The wires may be initially received in the cap recesses wherein upon pressing engagement of the cap onto the body, the insulated conductive core wire is pushed into the body channel between and into the contact element. The connector may be a surface mount technology (SMT) connector, with contacts 40 on its bottom face. V-shaped edges (48, Fig 7B) may prevent the wire coming out of the contact once it is in.
Patent GB-2483257-A (GB)
Title: Infinite speed transmission with cone gear having spiral gearing
Inventor: WHATELEY ERIC ALBERT
IPC: F16H3/42
Filed: 2010-09-01
Abstract: Infinite speed transmission comprises a cone gear 4 having spiral gearing which mates with a gear 5. The gear 5 is able to slide axially on a splined shaft 3 which is driven via gears 2 by an input shaft 1. Cone gear 4 is connected to an output shaft 6. Sliding the gear 5 along the shaft 3while engaged with the cone gear 4 decreases /increases speed of the cone gear 4 and thereby the speed of the output shaft 6. Splined shaft 3 is parallel to an outside surface of the cone gear 4. The spiral gearing has multiple spiral gear teeth along the outside surface of the cone gear 4 and an angle of the spiral gearing is determined by cone ratio of small diameter to large diameter and also cone length.
Patent GB-2474778-A (GB)
Title: Highly linear variable-gain low noise cascode amplifier
Inventor: CHAN WEI-CHIA
IPC: H03F1/26
Filed: 2010-10-22
Abstract: A cascode variable gain amplifier (VGA) includes a gain control circuit 100, a variable load circuit 110, a current steering circuit 120 and an input circuit 130. The gain control circuit 100 receives a gain adjusting voltage VAGCand generates a resistance control signal VPand a current steering control signal VCTRL. The load circuit includes variable resistors RL which may comprise FETs (fig.5), the resistance of which is adjusted by the resistance control signal VP. The current steering circuit is connected to the load circuit through plural current paths M2A and M3A, and M2B and M3B. The current ratio between the paths is adjusted by the current steering control signal VCTRL. Differential input and output terminals IN+ / IN- and OUT+ / OUT- are provided. In use, in a high gain range, the resistance adjusting signal Vp is varied but the current steering control signal VCTRLis held constant. In a low gain range, the current steering control signal VCTRLis varied but the resistance control signal VPis held constant. The highly linear VGA thereby provides a lower noise figure (NF) at low gain settings (fig.4b) than does a conventional circuit (fig. 1).
Patent GB-2471818-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing large dish reflectors for a solar concentrator apparatus
Inventor: ANGEL ROGER P
IPC: F24S23/71
Filed: 2009-05-08
Abstract: A method of manufacturing monolithic glass reflectors for concentrating sunlight in a solar energy system is disclosed. The method of manufacturing allows large monolithic glass reflectors to be made from float glass in order to realize significant cost savings on the total system cost for a solar energy system. The method of manufacture includes steps of heating a sheet of float glass positioned over a concave mold until the sheet of glass sags and stretches to conform to the shape of the mold. The edges of the dish-shaped glass are rolled for structural stiffening around the periphery. The dish-shaped glass is then silvered to create a dish-shaped mirror that reflects solar radiation to a focus. The surface of the mold that contacts the float glass preferably has a grooved surface profile comprising a plurality of cusps and concave valleys. This grooved profile minimizes the contact area and marring of the specular glass surface, reduces parasitic heat transfer into the mold and increases mold lifetime. The disclosed method of manufacture is capable of high production rates sufficiently fast to accommodate the output of a conventional float glass production line so that monolithic glass reflectors can be produced as quickly as a float glass production can make sheets of float glass to be used in the process.
Patent GB-2485844-A (GB)
Title: Pipe clip
Inventor: RUMBOLD ASHLEY
IPC: F16L3/12
Filed: 2010-11-29
Abstract: A pipe clip 10 is provided for securing a pipe 12 to a supporting member 16, such as a joist. The pipe clip 10 comprises a pipe receiving portion 18 and a body portion 20, which have a substantially longitudinal central axis and at least one aperture 29 for receiving fixing means. The at least one aperture 29 is provided through the body portion 20 in a plane substantially perpendicular to the substantially longitudinal central axis for enabling the body portion 20 to be fastened to the side of the supporting member 16.
Patent GB-2477854-A (GB)
Title: Lock with anti-thrust mechanism
Inventor: TINDALL BRYN JOHN
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 2011-02-09
Abstract: Locking mechanism with a latch 4 in which a rotary cam 12a-e has means 12e to move the latch 4 between retracted and throw positions. The latch 4 is provided with an anti-thrust, aka dogging or deadlock, mechanism 22, 28 to prevent the lock being forced into the retracted position whilst the cam also has means 12d to disengage the anti-thrust 22 prior to the cam moving the latch 4. The anti-thrust mechanism may be a lever 22 which pivots around pin 24 and has a tongue 26 that engages with an aperture or notch 28 on the latch 4. The means to disengage the anti-thrust mechanism may be an arm 12d, a second arm 12c may be used to move the latch 4, the arms are preferably unitary and of different lengths. The latch may have bearings to aid the movement between retracted and throw positions. Also claimed is a method of operating said lock. Also claimed is a modular cam 12 with at least two inserting cams (12, 14 Fig 4), one of which is driven by a panic release, the other of which 14 is driven by an actuator which is selectively locked by a deadlock.
Patent GB-2478393-A (GB)
Title: A ventilation nozzle for the interior of a motor vehicle
Inventor: MARUTSCHKE ANDREAS
IPC: B60H1/34
Filed: 2011-02-14
Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilation nozzle 10 for the interior of a motor vehicle. The ventilation nozzle 10 comprises first and second adjustable vents 18, 20, 22, 24 for changing an air flow. The second vents 20, 24 are disposed downstream of the first vents 18, 20. The first and second vents 18, 20, 22, 24 are mounted so that they can be swivelled by means of a common control member 14 in a casing 12, 16 of the nozzle 10 and the control member 14 is mounted downstream of the second vents 20, 24.
Patent GB-2488800-A (GB)
Title: Fluid heating system having an immersion heater that may be powered by a renewable energy source
Inventor: MADIN SIMON
IPC: F24D18/00
Filed: 2011-03-09
Abstract: The fluid heating system comprises a fluid storage tank 14 having an immersion heater 15 associated therewith, and at least one renewable energy source 2 electrically connectable to the heater via a switch 11, the switch being additionally connected to a sensor 13, wherein, in use, the at least one renewable energy source provides a source of renewable electrical power, and the switch selectively directs the renewable power to the heater based upon a measurement provided by the sensor. The renewable energy source and sensor may be a photovoltaic panel and light sensor respectively, wherein the switch directs the renewable power to the heater when light detected by the sensor reaches or is above a predetermined threshold value. The renewable power from the panel may be passed via DC 4 and AC 6 isolation switches, a DC to AC inverter 5, a fuse board 7 and a transformer 12. The renewable power from the panel may also be sent to sockets around a property via a distribution network 8, with excess power being sent to a mains grid 10 via a meter and master switch 9. The heater may be connected to one of two sockets 17,18 by a plug 16, wherein one of the two sockets (18) draws power from the mains grid.
Patent GB-2479814-A (GB)
Title: Control of brushless motor using rectified voltage where conduction period is updated in response to zero-crossing in alternating voltage
Inventor: CHEN YU
IPC: H02P6/14
Filed: 2011-03-29
Abstract: A brushless motor 2 is controlled by rectifying an alternating voltage to provide a rectified voltage and exciting a winding of the motor with the rectified voltage for a conduction period over each electrical half-cycle of the motor. The conduction period is updated in response to a zero-crossing in the alternating voltage. The conduction period may be adjusted in response to a change in motor speed or the RMS value of the alternating voltage. The control system 3 comprises a rectifier 8, DC link filter 9, inverter 10, gate driver module 11, current sensor 12, position sensor 13, zero cross detector 14, temperature sensor 15 and controller 16. Power to the system is provided by AC supply 4. The motor may comprise a four-pole permanent magnet rotor that rotates relative to a stator.
Patent GB-2490969-A (GB)
Title: Single photon emission devices
Inventor: BENNETT ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: H01L33/20
Filed: 2011-05-20
Abstract: A self assembled InAs quantum dot configured for single photon emission operation is arranged at the focal point of a parabolic reflector with its dipole axis parallel to its epitaxial growth plane. The reflector may be fabricated by etching a semiconductor structure epitaxially grown on a GaAs substrate. With this configuration photons are efficiently coupled out of the device. Alternative reflector shapes are also possible (see figure 4). The light emitter may also be a diamond colour centre excited optically.
Patent GB-2478229-A (GB)
Title: Temperature threshold adjustment based on human detection
Inventor: ATKINSON LEE W
IPC: G06F1/20
Filed: 2008-12-15
Abstract: A system comprises a first proximity sensor adapted to detect a human. The system further comprises logic coupled to the first proximity sensor. The logic adjusts a temperature threshold based on whether a human has been detected.
Patent GB-2483161-A (GB)
Title: An outdoor fitness centre with an exercise station which generates electricity
Inventor: MILLER MICHAEL
IPC: A63B22/00
Filed: 2011-08-25
Abstract: An outdoor fitness centre comprising an exercise centre which can generate electrical energy, has means to allow for the power generated to be consumed at an external location or passed to the grid and a monitor to measure a parameter relating to the amount or rate of energy generated. There may be a power control unit which ensures a positive polarity and a Shottky Bridge rectifier may be employed. A ring of exercise devices may feed a single energy collecting module. A capacitor or a valve regulated lead acid battery may be employed to store energy. An energy bank module is also detailed which may have a monitoring means, a display, a computer, a relay, a ballast resistor or a ground engaging anchor. Figure 1
Patent GB-2484568-A (GB)
Title: Electric motor rotor or stator core made from a laminated Fe-Ni-Cr/Mo alloy
Inventor: PIEPER WITOLD
IPC: H01F1/147
Filed: 2011-09-01
Abstract: An electric motor 1 with a rotor 2 and a stator 4 where at least one the rotor 2 and the stator 5 has a soft magnetic core made from a stack of sheets 5 which have the following composition (by weight): 35-50 % nickel, 0-2 % cobalt, 0-1 % manganese, 0-0.5 % silicon and at least one of 0.5-8 % chromium and/or 0.5-8 % molybdenum, with the balance being iron and impurities, where the sum of Mo+Cr lies in the range 0.5-8 %. The motor can be a linear motor with the rotor being a carriage.
Patent GB-2480048-A (GB)
Title: Devices for connecting conductors of twisted pair cable to insulation displacement contacts
Inventor: FITZPATRICK BRIAN
IPC: H01R4/24
Filed: 2010-04-21
Abstract: An interconnection junction between a twisted pair communications cable and a communications connector having a plurality of IDCs includes: a housing (238) having an aperture (239) and a pair of fist and second IDCs (240) extending within the aperture; a twisted pair communications cable (229) having a twisted pair of first and second conductors (230a, 230b) and a separator (450, 532) positioned between the first and second conductors; and a termination device (200). The termination device comprises: a body having an outer surface; a channel (208) in the outer surface of the body, the channel being sized and configured to receive a twist of the first and second conductors and to maintain the twist in position; and IDC guide structure (218) configured to guide the first IDC into engagement with the first conductor at a first engagement location and the second IDC into engagement with the second conductor at a second engagement location, the first and second engagement locations being positioned within the channel and within the twist of the first and second conduction.
Patent GB-2496632-A (GB)
Title: Tea and like beverage brewing and squeezing device
Inventor: OSEMAN THOMAS
IPC: A47G19/16
Filed: 2011-11-16
Abstract: A device for making beverages such as loose leaf tea comprises a compactor having a plunger foot 5 displaceably mounted on a member, said foot being displaceable along a first axis within a cage 4 to and from a perforated bowl 6. Preferably, the plunger foot is also perforate and the foot and bowl have complementary profiles. The device is suitable for use with one hand. In use, the device allows the user to steep or brew their beverage to improve its taste whilst ensuring that leaves or grinds are not dispersed within the beverage.
Patent GB-2497308-A (GB)
Title: Work positioning sewing machine
Inventor: STURMAN RICHARD
IPC: D05B27/00
Filed: 2011-12-06
Abstract: A sewing machine assembly 10, for securing a support member 16 which has first and second portions 30, 32 which differ from one another within a casing member 18 and subsequently the support 16 and casing 18 combination to a textile work piece (44, figure 3a), comprises a needle assembly 12 and a sensor 28. Needle assembly 12 includes at least one needle 14 movable through needle plate 20 which supports the casing 18 and work piece (44). A controller controls movement of the needles 14 through the needle plate 20 and advancement of the work. The needles 14 define a work piece datum Dwp. Sensor 28 is spaced from the work piece datum by a distance D1 and detects the transition 42 between portions 30, 32 of the support 16 which lies within the casing 18, and the controller inhibits advancement of the casing 18 and the support 16 to position the transition 42 relative to the work piece datum Dwp. The work piece (44) may then be placed against the needles or threads to locate it relative to the datum and the transition. The work piece, casing and support may then be advance through the machine to be stitched together with correct positioning of the support member relative to an associated work piece. The support member may be used in a bra or other breast support.
Patent GB-2487645-A (GB)
Title: Operating a JIT compiler in a randomly allocated memory for secure execution of unsigned code
Inventor: VIDRINE JACQUES ANTHONY
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2012-01-18
Abstract: A method, system and program for operating a Just in Time (JIT) compiler to compile and execute unsigned code in a randomly allocated memory area. Application code is received (210) and unsigned portions of the code are identified (212). Identification of the code may use a flag within the code. An area of memory is then allocated to the operation of a JIT compiler (224) and the code is compiled and executed (220) as if it were signed code. The unsigned executable portion of the code is processed by an application having a specific entitlement which may be granted on a certificate and provisioning profile and/or enforced using a public/private key infrastructure. The memory region allocated to the JIT executable code may be restricted to a single memory area and may not be reused during the process lifetime of the application. A memory page containing the selected random area may not be shared.
Patent GB-2488439-A (GB)
Title: Curved ion guide with non mass to charge ratio dependent confinement
Inventor: GILES KEVIN
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2012-02-24
Abstract: A non-linear ion guide is disclosed comprising a plurality of electrodes 6. An ion guiding region is arranged between the electrodes 6, and the ion guiding region curves at least in a first (x) direction. A DC voltage is applied to at least some of the electrodes 6 in order to form a DC potential well which acts to confine ions within the ion guiding region in the first x direction. An AC or RF voltage can be applied to some of the electrodes 6 to form a pseudo potential well which acts to confine the ions within the ion guiding region in a second y direction. The electrodes can be multipoles, apertured ring electrodes or segmented electrodes.
Patent GB-2501322-A (GB)
Title: Utilising photographs to authorise transactions
Inventor: WOOLF JEFFREY MOSS
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2012-04-20
Abstract: The invention provides a commercial transaction system comprising a mobile communications device 10 for use by a merchant, the mobile communications device having a camera or other sensing function, and a server 14 for storing data relating to card details of a customer of the merchant. At a first transaction event involving the customer, a first photograph of that customer is taken by the camera function and sent to the server, where it is stored. At a subsequent transaction involving the same card a second photograph of the customer of this subsequent transaction is taken by the camera function and second data representing this second photograph is sent to the server. The server compares the first and second data using face-recognition software. The server then sends to the mobile communications device an indication of the goodness of the match between the first and second data; and if the match is sufficiently good, the merchant proceeds with the transaction.
Patent GB-2490584-A (GB)
Title: Reducing under-sampling noise for reverse time migration three-dimensional angle domain common image gathers
Inventor: TANG BING
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: Computer instructions, computing device and method for processing seismic data under-sampled in an angle domain, the seismic data corresponding to a reverse time migration, three-dimensional, angle domain common image gather (ADCIG). The method includes receiving 1000 the seismic data; calculating 1002, based on the seismic data, shot and receiver wave-fields with an RTM wave propagation engine; applying 1004 a wave-fields decomposition algorithm to obtain a propagation direction for the shot and receiver wave-fields; forming 1006 the ADCIG by applying an image condition to the shot and receiver wave-fields; determining 1008 that specular energies of the ADCIG are under-sampled around a reflection angle; during the step of forming the ADCIG, extrapolating 1010 the specular energies to a neighborhood of the reflection angle; and generating 1012 an image of a subsurface that is being surveyed based on the extrapolated specular energies.
Patent GB-2489340-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for monitoring a building opening
Inventor: WIESER STEFAN
IPC: G08B13/08
Filed: 2011-01-11
Abstract: The invention specifies an apparatus and a method for monitoring a building opening which is closed with a closure element (6a) which is not fully transparent. The apparatus comprises a pattern (M), which is arranged on one side of the closure element (6a) or is projected onto this side, and a detection unit (7b) which is aligned with this pattern (M). A comparison unit compares the actual pattern (M) detected by the detection unit with a desired pattern and triggers an alarm if the difference between the actual pattern (M) and the desired pattern exceeds a predefinable threshold.
Patent GB-2503734-A (GB)
Title: Steam / energy self sufficient recovery of heavy hydrocarbons
Inventor: GRANDE KNUT VEBJORN
IPC: E21B43/24
Filed: 2012-07-06
Abstract: A method and system for recovering and processing a hydrocarbon mixture from a subterranean formation involves (i) mobilising said hydrocarbon mixture; (ii) recovering said mobilized hydrocarbon mixture; (iii) coking said recovered hydrocarbon mixture to produce decoked hydrocarbon and coke; and (iv) combusting said coke to generate steam and/or energy and CO2; and wherein said method is at least partially self-sufficient in terms of steam and/or energy. The method may also be partially self-sufficient in terms of hydrogen.