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Patent GB-2428202-A (GB)
Title: A portable device for monitoring sportsman motor acts
Inventor: MIETTINEN MICHAEL
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2006-07-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a portable device and a method for monitoring the performance a sportsman performing a plurality of motor acts, such as golf swings. The device comprises at least one sensor providing an output signal, the sensor being responsive to body movements of the sportsman. A signal processing unit is used for extracting data on the course of each of the plurality of motor acts from the sensor output signal, and a computing unit is used for determining, based on the data on the course of the plurality of motor acts, at least one characteristic number describing the repeatability of the motor act. By the means of the invention, the handicap number of the golfer can be predicted with good accuracy by monitoring several his or her subsequent swings.
Patent GB-2428717-A (GB)
Title: Expansion apparatus
Inventor: METCALFE PAUL DAVID
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2004-07-07
Abstract: An expansion apparatus 120 for expanding a portion of a tubular comprises a body 122 and expansion embers 126, 128 forming part of a set of expansion members mounted on the body. In addition, the expansion device is provided with a rotatable cam 130 for manipulating the expansion members 126, 128, the cam being designed such that one of the expansion members can be selected to function as lead member during operation of the expansion device.
Patent GB-2443474-A (GB)
Title: Door entry phone
Inventor: MATHISON JAMES CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H04M11/02
Filed: 2006-10-31
Abstract: A door bell apparatus, located at the entrance to a property and of similar dimensions to a standard doorbell bell push, comprises a bell push, microphone and speaker. The door bell apparatus is connected to a control apparatus located inside the property and the control apparatus includes at least one connection to a telephone line. Upon detecting that a caller has pressed the door bell, the control apparatus sequentially dials a stored list of telephone numbers until an answer is obtained such that the caller is connected in conversation with the owner of the property even when the owner is away from home. The control apparatus may be programmed by use of a telephone connected to same line as it and a home security system may also be connected to it so that the home owner is called if a smoke, fire or intruder alarm is triggered. The home owner may use the control apparatus to remotely open the door to the property by entering a PIN code into his telephone.
Patent GB-2440011-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum insulated building panel
Inventor: FLEMING WALLACE E
IPC: E04D13/16
Filed: 2005-04-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to vacuum insulated building panels. The insulating building panel of this invention uses suction pressure created by a vacuum as the sole means of attachments between two parallel steel (10) or glass (12) panel plates and a post frame (14). When vacuum is applied, the plates engage the post frame in an airtight manner and spheres (112) are used as spacers to maintain separation of the plates and they roll without resistance to accommodate any movement of one plate in relation to the other. These features of the building panel eliminate warping which is caused by expansion or contraction of weather exposed faces of the panel plates due to fluctuating outside temperatures and also eliminate stress upon support structures.
Patent GB-2443698-A (GB)
Title: Cleat assembly
Inventor: SMITH GILES
IPC: B63B21/04
Filed: 2006-11-10
Abstract: A cleat assembly 10 has a base (12) to which a cleat member 11 is pivotally attached for movement between a stowed position and an erected position where the cleat is ready for use. A shaped recess 14 is formed in the base (12) for receiving at least part of the cleat member 11 when stowed and a sliding bolt 32 is arranged to hold the cleat member in both its stowed position and its erected position.
Patent GB-2433864-A (GB)
Title: Spectrally shaped generalized multitone direct sequence spread spectrum modulation
Inventor: MATOLAK DAVID W
IPC: H04L25/03
Filed: 2005-10-31
Abstract: A system (10) for communicating a direct sequence spread specturm signal, a related transmitter (12), a related receiver (14), and methods associated therewith are provided in various embodiments. A data rate vector, a processing gain vector, a frequency separation vector, and a bit energy vector may be associated with transmitting and/or receiveing a direct sequence spread spectrum signal. Each vector has a value associated with each of a plurality of channels associated with subcarriers in the direct sequence spread spectrum signal. A value for at least one of the data rate vector, processing gain vector, frequency separation vector, and bit energy vector for at least one channel is different from another value for the corresponding data rate vector, processing gain vector, frequency separation vector, or bit energy vector for another channel. Having one or more vectors with different values provides a spectrally-shaped generalized multitone (or multicarrier) direct sequence spread spectrum (SSG-MT-DS-SS) modulation scheme.
Patent GB-2449468-A (GB)
Title: Valve housing
Inventor: BUNOZ ETIENNE VINCENT
IPC: B67D3/00
Filed: 2007-05-23
Abstract: A valve housing comprises an outer sleeve 2, a valve frame 3 disposed in the outer sleeve, and O-ring seal means 4 adapted to seal the valve frame 3 to the outer sleeve 2. The valve frame 3 has a slot 5 adapted to carry the seal means 4. The valve frame 3 comprises a first member 6 and a second member 7 and the slot 5 is defined by a gap between a part of the first member 6 and a part of the second member 7.
Patent GB-2451499-A (GB)
Title: Safety harness arrangement
Inventor: MASSEY CHRISTOPHER JON
IPC: A62B35/04
Filed: 2007-08-02
Abstract: A fall-arrest safety harness arrangement comprises a chassis 6 anchored by a chain to a fixed point 4 and a winding mechanism 9 mounted on the chassis. A tether 7 extends from the winding mechanism to a harness worn by a user 5. The winding mechanism is braked when a user has not fallen and is operated manually or by a motor or controlled by a brake to raise or lower the user as required after a fall. In one construction there may be a fixed-length restraint connected to the harness of the user in addition to the connection of the tether 7. The tether winding mechanism may include a load limiting lock mechanism and may include an inertia reel device.
Patent GB-2441881-A (GB)
Title: A split seal for a progressive cavity pump (PCP) drive head stuffing box
Inventor: PARKER CHARLES D
IPC: F04D29/10
Filed: 2007-09-12
Abstract: A split seal for a progressive cavity pump (PCP) drive head stuffing box 200 comprising a split mechanical seal assembly 250. The mechanical seal assembly 250 includes a seal housing 285; first and second semi-annular mechanical seals 290, each at least partially disposed in the seal housing bore, and a seal sleeve 260 rotatable relative to the seal housing 285; third and fourth semi-annular mechanical seals 265, each disposed at least partially in the seal sleeve bore, at least one of the third and fourth seals rotationally coupled to the seal sleeve; and one or more biasing members 280 biasing the mechanical seals 290, 265 into engagement.
Patent GB-2455054-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing a FINFET
Inventor: DOORNBOS GERBEN
IPC: H01L21/336
Filed: 2007-09-27
Abstract: A method of fabricating a fin field effect transistor (finFET) (10) is provided wherein diffusion inhibiting species, e.g. carbon, ions are implanted from above into the extension regions (20) before spacers are formed adjacent the gate (15) and a high temperature (900-1200C) thermal anneal is carried out to activate the source/drain dopants. The anneal conditions are selected to cause the dopant ions to diffuse from the source and drain regions (16, 18) into the neighbouring extension regions (20), thus avoiding the need for a dedicated extension implant step and providing a conformal doping profile. Furthermore, by providing the diffusion inhibiting species implant, and optionally an amorphising implant to the extension regions, the rate and profile of the diffusion can be easily controlled by adjusting the anneal parameters.
Patent GB-2442860-A (GB)
Title: Graphical user interface for drug model display
Inventor: YUDKOVITCH LAURENCE M
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2007-10-08
Abstract: A graphical user interface <B>10</B> for use by a clinician in the monitoring of the depth of the anesthesia of a patient. The graphical user interface <B>10</B> comprising a drug library with data related to a plurality of anesthetic drugs, a drug administration window <B>14</B> for displaying drug administration data, at least one window <B>16, 18, 20</B> disposed for the display of a pharmacokinetic graph <B>44, 48</B> and a pharmacodynamic graph <B>46, 50,</B> and a scale selector <B>38</B> comprising a first conditio<B>n 64</B> wherein the pharmacokinetic model <B>44, 48</B> and the pharmacodynamic models <B>46</B>, <B>50</B>are displayed and a second condition <B>74</B> where only the pharmacokinctic model <B>44, 48</B> is displayed.
Patent GB-2454470-A (GB)
Title: Controlling an audio signal by analysing samples between zero crossings of the signal
Inventor: GROVE CRAIG NICHOLAS
IPC: H03G3/20
Filed: 2007-11-07
Abstract: The level of an audio signal is controlled by receiving an audio signal as a stream of digital samples, each being a numerical value representing a sampled signal level. A first zero crossing point is identified and the received audio samples are stored in a buffer until a second zero crossing point is identified. The value of the buffered samples is analysed to make a determination as to whether an adjustment is required. In response to this analysis, the buffered samples are either allowed to stream without adjustment, or the level of the buffered samples is adjusted in response to the determination. Keywords: audio level, dynamic range, peak, clip, distortion, limiter, compress, scale, scaling, zero crossing, change sign, half cycle, half wave, lowest frequency.
Patent GB-2455813-A (GB)
Title: Combined natural light and ventilation duct
Inventor: WOODS ANDREW
IPC: E04D13/03
Filed: 2007-12-21
Abstract: A combined natural light and ventilation duct 30 disposed in a ceiling void, roof void 20 or wall of a room 10, building or the like comprises an inner housing (duct) 40 having a first interior space 50, a first opening 65 for the passage of air and a second opening 70 allowing the air to pass between the first interior space 50 and an external atmosphere. An outer housing (duct) 35 surrounds (coaxial with) the inner housing 40 and defines a second interior space 60 between the inner housing 40 and the outer housing 35. Inner housing 40 has at least one perforation 80 permitting the air to communicate between the first 50 and second 60 interior space thereby allowing recirculated air from the room to mix and heat incoming fresh air. A fan 90 assists the passage of air through the inner housing 40 and a control system 100 controls the fan 90 or size of the second opening 70. The second interior space 60 comprises a third opening 75 to allow the passage of airflow between the room 10 and the second interior space 60. First 65 and third 75 openings may be grilles and second opening 70 may be a transparent solar powered actuated window that may be covered by an air permeable blind 85. The duct 30 may be operated in a winter or summer mode and sensors 105, 110, 120, 130 assist in its operation. Two fans may be used (fig 3).
Patent GB-2457085-A (GB)
Title: Controller for power converter using bipolar junction transistor
Inventor: JACQUES RUSSELL
IPC: H05B41/282
Filed: 2008-02-02
Abstract: A circuit 26 for controlling a power converter featuring Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) 4, 6 uses a control winding 28 on the transformer that provides the base drive for the BJTs. The controller 30 controls the control winding current, thus modifying the commutating of the current or stopping the oscillations. It may provide unidirectional shorts to prevent commutation and may also provide an initial power pulse to control the start or operation of the power converter. The controller may be particularly used in a fluorescent lighting ballast.
Patent GB-2446509-A (GB)
Title: Transmitter with adjustable pre-distortion of pre-cursor, cursor and post-cursor elements of a signal
Inventor: COLMAN DEREK
IPC: H04L25/03
Filed: 2008-02-07
Abstract: The present invention introduces pre-distortion into the output of a transmitter, wherein said pre-distortion comprises a pre-cursor, a cursor and a post-cursor (fig.6b, not shown). Adjustments may be made to each of the elements either by suitable switching of the elements applied to drive circuits 903-915, or by dividing the amount of available drive between each element as required (fig.10, not shown). In this way an adjustment to one element in one driver, which will necessarily result in a change to the drive applied to another element in that driver, may be compensated by altering the drives at other drivers. Applications include serialiser-deserialiser (SERDES) circuits.
Patent GB-2457734-A (GB)
Title: Topical phenyl pyrazole insecticide composition
Inventor: CROMIE LILLIAN
IPC: A01N43/56
Filed: 2008-02-25
Abstract: A topical composition comprising a phenyl pyrazole insecticide and a solvent comprising at least one cyclic carbonate is disclosed. The solvent may comprise at least 90% by volume cyclic carbonate, and the cyclic carbonate can be ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylenes carbonate and/or glycerine carbonate. The insecticide is preferably fipronil. The composition may further include other active ingredients, and the composition is preferably in the form of a spot-on or spray-on formulation for an animal. Medical uses of the compositions in treating animals or humans are also claimed (e.g. to eradicate ectoparasites from the skin), along with kits comprising the composition.
Patent GB-2445313-A (GB)
Title: Photo field effect transitor and intergrated photodetector using same
Inventor: OGURA MUTSUO
IPC: H01L21/337
Filed: 2007-02-13
Abstract: A homojunction or a heterojunction is formed to a channel layer (15) between a substrate (10) and the channel layer, a substrate side depletion layer (22) is extended to the channel layer (15) from the side of the substrate (10), and layers (13; 13a, 13b) operating as both substrate side depletion layer generating layers and back gate layers are provided for performing back-gate biasing by carriers generated by irradiation of light on the channel layer (15). On the front plane side of the channel layer (15), a barrier layer (16) wherein a band gap is wider than that of the channel layer (15), one of the carriers generated by light is permitted to run on the channel layer (15) and the other carrier to stay or blocked is provided. The front side of the channel layer (15) is provided with a front side depletion layer generating layer (17) wherein a front side depletion layer (21) is extended from the front side to the channel layer (15), and an element is turned off by bringing the front side depletion layer (21) into contact with a substrate side depletion layer (22) when light is not being applied and by closing a current path inside the channel layer (15).
Patent GB-2449999-A (GB)
Title: Seat assembly mechanism for a stroller
Inventor: CHEN SHUN-MIN
IPC: B62B7/14
Filed: 2008-06-06
Abstract: A seat assembly mechanism for a stroller has a seat frame and a main frame includes a positioning device 30 and a seat supporting member 20. The positioning device 30 is disposed, in use, on the seat frame and includes a positioning pin 35, 36 movable between a locking position and a releasing position. The seat supporting member 20 is disposed, in use, on the main frame, and includes a positioning-device recipient 22 corresponding to the positioning device 30 and a positioning groove 310 located at a side of the positioning-device recipient 22. The positioning device 30 is detachably assembled to the seat supporting member 20, and the positioning pin 35, 36 inserts into the positioning groove 310 when the positioning device 30 is disposed in the positioning-device recipient 22 of the seat supporting member 20 for assembling the seat frame to the main frame.
Patent GB-2452365-A (GB)
Title: Guitar tuner display device mounted to a guitar body
Inventor: PARK IN JAE
IPC: G10D1/08
Filed: 2008-07-04
Abstract: A display device 10 for guitar tuners and a method of displaying the tuned states of guitar strings 2 using the same. The display device 10 includes: a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel (11) provided in an equalizer 1 mounted to a guitar body, which is configured to display the tuned states of the guitar strings 2; and a backlight (12) mounted behind the LCD panel (11). The method is performed in such a way that a control unit (20) performs control so that the backlight (12) emits light having a predetermined color by turning on the backlight (12) when a tuner is turned on, and then performs control so that the backlight (12) emits light having a different color when the tuning of guitar strings is completed.
Patent GB-2463493-A (GB)
Title: An improved method for ink jet printing organic electronic devices
Inventor: DOWLING MARK
IPC: H01J1/62
Filed: 2008-09-15
Abstract: A method of fabricating an organic electronic device using ink jet printing in swathes, comprises depositing an ink into a first set of locations in a column 30 in a first print pass; wherein the first set of locations is less than a total number of locations in the column; and depositing an ink into a second set of locations in the column 31 in a subsequent print pass; wherein the second set of locations is less than a total number of locations in the column, preferably wherein the number of nozzles used to fill all locations in a column is equal to the number of print passes needed to print the column. Further preferably, all locations in the swathe are printed after all print passes using a regular repeating randomised pattern, such that it may be ensured that print locations are not under, or over, filled.
Patent GB-2459143-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same
Inventor: CHA DONGHOON
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 2008-11-05
Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel (50) including data lines (54) and gate lines (55) crossing each other, and liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix format, a horizontal polarity controller that compares digital video data with a critical value and inverts a logic state of a horizontal polarity conversion signal when polarities of the digital video data lean towards one polarity more than the other, based on the comparative result, a data drive circuit (52) that converts the digital video data into positive and negative data voltages and controls horizontal polarity inversion periods of the data voltages to change from a 1-dot horizontal inversion scheme to a 2-dot horizontal inversion scheme in response to the horizontal polarity conversion signal, and a gate drive circuit (53) that supplies scan signals to the gate lines (55). By driving liquid crystal display according to this method the so called `green' phenomenon caused by data voltages which are biased, or tend, towards one polarity more than the other may be avoided.
Patent GB-2467604-A (GB)
Title: Signal generator and monopole electrode for delivering mW-power, high-frequency microwave radiation into the skin
Inventor: HANCOCK CHRISTOPHER PAUL
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2009-02-10
Abstract: Skin tissue measurement and/or treatment apparatus for controllably delivering electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of 10 GHz or more directly to a localised region of skin tissue 10 via a monopole antenna 30 adapted to penetrate the skin surface. One embodiment includes an applicator (152, figure 10) having a plurality of short, fine needles acting as independently controllable monopole antennas (158, figure 10). Treatment may be activated based on the complex impedance of tissue in the localised region calculated by determining the magnitude and phase of reflected power relative to a reference signal. The power level of the generated electromagnetic radiation may be adaptively controlled based on the detection of net power delivered to the skin tissue. Typically treatment is delivered at a power of tens of milliwatts whilst measurement uses one milliwatt.
Patent GB-2469448-A (GB)
Title: Strain Control in Semiconductor Devices
Inventor: WALLIS DAVID JOHN
IPC: H01L21/335
Filed: 2009-04-14
Abstract: A semiconductor device for example, a p-channel FET, comprises the following elements: an active layer 2 comprising a quantum well structure for example, InSb and a buffer 42 layer beneath the active layer 2 adapted to form a confinement layer for charge carriers in the active layer 2. Strain in the buffer layer is controlled by use of a strain control buffer layer 41 . The buffer layers may be formed from Alxln1-xSb having different Al fractions, x=0.35 for the strain control buffer layer 41 and x=0.3 for the the other buffer layer 42. There may be an upper confinement layer 51 placed over the quantum well 2 and a dopant sheet 512 may be formed to provide carriers for a channel. A method of forming the semiconductor device is also disclosed as is a semiconductor device having a strained active layer resulting from a mismatch between the active layer and the buffer layer 42. The buffer layer 42 may be adapted so as not to increase an overall strain in the active layer 2.
Patent GB-2470197-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogen sulphide removal
Inventor: HAYWARD JOHN
IPC: B01D53/00
Filed: 2009-05-12
Abstract: A method of operating a combustion engine using biogas as fuel where prior to the biogas reaching the engine it is passed through a filtering system adapted to remove hydrogen sulphide from the gas. Preferably the biogas is produced at landfill and sewage sites and is used to fuel engines to drive generators. The filtering system adapted to remove hydrogen sulphide may be located downstream of a filtering system adapted to remove siloxanes from the biogas. Preferably the system generally includes one or more beds of polymeric resin granules treated with quaternary ammonium compound or an amine or may be a styrene-divinyl benzene polymer treated with iron carbonyl which capture the hydrogen sulphide molecules and keep them bound to the granules until the filter is regenerated.
Patent GB-2467985-A (GB)
Title: A liquid heater comprising reservoir, heating chamber, dispenser, and three state valve
Inventor: COLLINSON MICHAEL
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 2009-06-30
Abstract: A static dispensing water kettle comprising a reservoir 80, a liquid heating chamber 5 and a dispenser 7 interconnected by three state valve 160. In operation the valve can be switched between a state in which liquid passes from the reservoir to the heating chamber, a closed state and a state in which liquid from the heating chamber is dispensed. Also disclosed are an electrically powered combined cordless kettle 1 and static hot water dispenser 2, a kettle with two heating chambers that are individually selectable by a user, a kettle in which boiling water is dispensed under steam pressure, a flow through water heating apparatus, a flow through heater with a partitioned reservoir forming two heating chambers connected by a valve and a flow through heater where one reservoir is a cordless kettle. A water level gauge may be provided on the heating chamber, a dry boil control may be provided, valves may operate under thermal control or upon detecting the passage of a predetermined amount of liquid.