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Patent GB-2428404-A (GB)
Title: Seam arrangement on substrate
Inventor: MICHALSKI MARK
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 2006-07-20
Abstract: A seam arrangement features a substrate component 104, such as an automobile interior trim panel 104, with a seam-mating section 133 having a welt protrusion-mating channel 144. A trim cover in two portions 106, 108, is joined by a seam 110, and a welt strip 132 has a protrusion section 130 which extends into the welt channel 144 on the substrate 104. The protrusion 130 providing a correctly aligned seating of the seam as a whole, in the seam mating channel 133. Two further seams 114, 116 may be provided, to complete the seam, and for aesthetic effect. The channel 133 in which the seam sits may have a wall on each side (fig.3A), or a substantive wall on only one side (fig.3B).
Patent GB-2442061-A (GB)
Title: Pre-cast concrete panel with connector
Inventor: TOGHILL WAYNE
IPC: E04B1/04
Filed: 2006-09-19
Abstract: A pre-cast concrete panel 6.1, 6.2 has a vertical edge having a longitudinally extending recess containing pre-cast loops for receiving a reinforcing bar to link the panel to another adjacent panel. The panel also has provision at the corners of the panels to enable a rigid connection prior to grouting. The rigid connection may comprise metal fittings cast into the panel which may be connected to each other by elongate metal elements also pre-cast into the panel. The fittings may include a pair of parallel plates 31, 32; a cavity 22; a screw thread 24; and location means which may be a pin and socket 25, 33. The panel may also include a connector 40, which engages the end fitting.
Patent GB-2446843-A (GB)
Title: Variable power supplies for efficient amplification, using charge pumps
Inventor: LESSO JOHN PAUL
IPC: H02M3/07
Filed: 2006-12-22
Abstract: The power supply 80 for an audio amplifier output stage 40 provides voltages which vary in dependence on a volume control signal S2 which controls the gain of amplifier stage 20. The power supply comprises a flying capacitor charge pump circuit (figures 5b, 16b) which provides opposite polarity supplies from a single polarity input. The charge pump may be fed through a controllable DC-DC buck converter (1010, figure 26), which can be bypassed when the battery voltage is low. The supply voltages may be regulated (figure 15). The charge pump may have dual modes (figures 10,16b) wherein it can be controlled to provide outputs which are either equal to the input voltage or a fraction of the input voltage. The variable power supply technique may be applied to line drivers for data transmission (figure 31).
Patent GB-2445974-A (GB)
Title: Device, system and method for selecting antennas based on quality of communication.
Inventor: WATERS JOHN
IPC: H04B7/04
Filed: 2007-01-25
Abstract: A communication device comprising at least first and second antennas wherein a quality of communication between the communication device (2) and a further device (20) is assessed when using the at least first and second antennas (8), (10), (12) so as to select one of the at least first and second antennas for further communications between the communication device and the further device. The antennas are connected to one or more transceivers each having different frequency. The connected antennas can be dissimilar in physical shape and size. They can be formed on at least one planar substrate and they can be spatially non-overlapping.
Patent GB-2447704-A (GB)
Title: Rod rotation device
Inventor: JARMAN KEITH
IPC: A24C5/32
Filed: 2007-03-23
Abstract: A rod rotation device 6 is disclosed. The rod is collected by a collection portion 26 of a sampling probe 2. The device has a receiving portion 10 having a vacuum port 22 at one end thereof for biasing a rod held therein. The receiving portion 10 is pneumatically rotatable through 90{ so that rods can be rotated from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation and vice versa. The device is suitable for use in handling and reorienting cigarettes or cigarette filters, especially for quality sampling. The vacuum biasing of the rod away from an aperture ensures that the receiving portion 10 is not jammed and prevented from rotating.
Patent GB-2434785-A (GB)
Title: Twin fuselage aircraft
Inventor: RANDELL JOHN EDWARD
IPC: B64C39/04
Filed: 2007-04-04
Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixed-wing twin-fuselage aircraft comprising two fuselages 37a and a pair of wings 1a. One wing is attached to one fuselage and the other wing is attached to the other fuselage, the two fuselages being connected by a centre wing 1c. The centre wing 1c may extend for approximately only half the length of the aircraft, or it may extend for approximately the whole length of the aircraft minus the nose length. The aircraft may comprise sustaining means for sustaining a stream wise vortex adjacent a root of each wing.
Patent GB-2448670-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly
Inventor: MCCARTHY THOMAS
IPC: F16K15/18
Filed: 2007-04-28
Abstract: A valve assembly positioned between an external water supply and a central heating system automatically or manually tops up the central heating system with water to the required pressure in response to pressure loss within the circuit. It is also configured to create and maintain an air gap between the mains water supply and the central heating system to prevent back-flow of water from the central heating system into the mains water supply. The valve assembly may automatically isolate the central heating system from the mains water supply following water top-up to avoid over-pressurization of the system. To this end a method of controlling fluid supply comprises introducing the fluid via a supply inlet 101 into a valve assembly; allowing the fluid to flow from the inlet to a first chamber 103; utilising chamber valve means to prevent fluid from flowing into a second chamber 104; draining any fluid present within the second chamber via a drain outlet 130; and opening the chamber valve means to allow fluid to flow from the valve assembly via a supply outlet 102.
Patent GB-2434208-A (GB)
Title: Reynolds number correction function for mass flow rate sensor
Inventor: SHAJII ALI
IPC: G01F5/00
Filed: 2005-11-07
Abstract: A mass flow rate sensor uses a Reynolds number correction function to compensate for errors in a bypass ratio of the sensor for all gases, based on the fact that all bypass errors are functions of Reynolds number. The sensor includes a sensor tube and a bypass tube dividing flow, wherein a bypass ratio of the sensor equals a total flow rate through the sensor divided by a flow rate through just the sensor tube. Heater elements heat an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the sensor tube, and a circuit is connected to the heater elements for producing a voltage based upon a difference in resistance between the heater elements. The voltage is calibrated based on known flow rates of a reference gas, and the flow rate through the sensor is based upon the calibrated voltage multiplied by a multi-gas correction function and a Reynolds number correction function.
Patent GB-2449273-A (GB)
Title: Reducing input switching noise in an amplifier
Inventor: BACH THOMAS WILLIAM
IPC: H03G3/34
Filed: 2007-05-15
Abstract: The invention diminishes the effects of noise in a non-inverting or inverting amplifier circuit by changing the effective input impedance of the amplifier during a switching event, e.g. during operation of an input selector or multiplexer. The effective input impedance is changed either directly by changing the value of components connected to the input or indirectly by altering connections to other elements, such as bootstrap capacitors, that determine the effective input impedance. The indirect method is superior as it uses switches connected to low impedance points so that the low impedances diminish the switching noise. The technique finds application in pad selector circuits for electrical impedance tomography.
Patent GB-2439815-A (GB)
Title: Marine seismic streamer with varying spacer distances for reducing towing noise
Inventor: LUNDE NILS
IPC: G01V1/20
Filed: 2007-06-25
Abstract: A seismic streamer segment 10 includes spacers 32,34 wherein the longitudinal distance between the spacers is varied to reduce mechanically induced noise e.g. "v-waves". Maximum spacer separation may be 80% greater than the minimum separation. At least one strength member 42 and cable 40 containing electrical/optical conductors are disposed inside the jacket and extend along the length of the jacket. The spacers comprise a plurality of buoyancy spacers 32 disposed at spaced apart positions along the strength member and sensor spacers 34 with at least one seismic sensor connected to the cable 40 is disposed in an interior of the jacket within a sensor spacer, an acoustically transparent material filling void space in the interior of the jacket 30. Connectors 36 carrying electrical/optical termination 38 allow streamer segments to be connected.
Patent GB-2440650-A (GB)
Title: Parts production system
Inventor: HONDA HAJIME
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2007-07-27
Abstract: A parts production system includes: a first table 24, 25 in which a line cycle number representing a line cycle that is a process unit for processing a group of parts, and a parent lot number of a part for being processed in a line cycle, represented by the line cycle number, are stored while being linked together: a second table 26 in which the line cycle number and a child lot number of a part processed in the line cycle represented by the line cycle number, are stored while being linked together; and a lot linking unit 34 that stores a line cycle number of a line cycle for processing a parent lot and a parent lot number in the first table while being linked together when the parent lot is input to a production line and stores a line cycle number of a line cycle that has processed a child lot and the child lot number while being linked together when a process in the production line is completed and the child lot is output from the production line.
Patent GB-2440847-A (GB)
Title: Microwave radiation applicator with dielectric covered antenna
Inventor: CRONIN NIGEL C
IPC: A61N5/04
Filed: 2004-06-18
Abstract: A radiation applicator is described having a power input at one end, an elongate antenna 2 extending axially of the applicator at its distal end, and a dielectric body which surrounds the antenna. The antenna radiates radially into surrounding material. The dielectric body consists of multiple sections 3, 4, 5 of different dielectric constant which are located axially relative to one another along the antenna. At the junctions of the sections radiation reflectors 10, 11 are attached to the faces of the dielectric sections and to the antenna giving structural support to the applicator. The area of the distal reflector 11 is larger than that of the proximal reflector 10 to minimise reducing radiation emission from the applicator tip.
Patent GB-2448382-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, method and impact indicator to indicate impact of an object.
Inventor: SWARTZ GREG J
IPC: A63B63/00
Filed: 2007-10-26
Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a impact indicator comprising a substrate layer having a first side and a second side, the first side to engage a surface of a first object, and at least one thermochromic compound layer overlaying at least one portion of the second side of the substrate layer to generate at least one temporary mark associated with an impact to the surface of the first object by a second object, the thermochromic compound layer being in direct contact with the second object during the impact. The impact indicator is useful in many sports, particularly as a golf training aid for indicating impact to the golf club face by a golf ball.
Patent GB-2441094-A (GB)
Title: Methods for treatment and prevention of infection
Inventor: FRITH GRAEME
IPC: A61K39/095
Filed: 2006-05-19
Abstract: Specific cytokines may be used as agents for the treatment and/or prevention of bacterial infection, by binding to components of the bacterial cell membrane and directly killing the bacteria. This finding has a number of applications in screening methods, vaccine production and clearance of bacterial components.
Patent GB-2444197-A (GB)
Title: Sand control screen assembly enhanced with disappearing sleeve and burst disc
Inventor: HAILEY TRAVIS T JR
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2006-08-16
Abstract: A sand control screen assembly for use in a wellbore includes a tubular base pipe (124) having a first perforated section. The first perforated section has at least a first opening (128) that allows fluid flow therethrough. The assembly also includes an internal seal element (138) disposed within an internal diameter of the tubular base pipe (124) and positioned at least partially overlapping the first perforated section. The internal seal element is able to control fluid flow through the first opening. The internal seal element includes a first material that is dissolvable by a first solvent, and may be dissolved by exposing the internal seal element to the first solvent until the internal seal element no longer controls fluid flow through the first opening.
Patent GB-2449333-A (GB)
Title: Oral device for the suppression of appetite
Inventor: BOWYER RUTH CATHERINE
IPC: A61H13/00
Filed: 2008-04-14
Abstract: An apparatus for suppressing the appetite comprises a device which is placed between the outer gum and the cheek, thereby stimulating the senses in the outer gums which help control the appetite. The device maybe approximately 1-2cm in diameter and up to 3 mm thick. The apparatus may comprise a plurality of devices joined together so as to be flexible to fit the curve of the gum, the devices may be joined together by wire. The surface of the device/s may be textured, ribbed or dimpled. The apparatus may fit closely around the frenulum. The apparatus may include means for making the device move, such as an electronic buzzer or vibrator.
Patent GB-2459685-A (GB)
Title: Energy or power generation from centrifugal force
Inventor: MALVERN ALAN RICHARD
IPC: B60C23/04
Filed: 2008-04-30
Abstract: The apparatus 30 for generation of electrical energy under the influence of centrifugal force or centripetal acceleration 44 includes a beam 32 attached at a first end 34 to a support 36 such that the beam 32 is cantilevered with respect to the support 36. A loading mass 38 is attached to the beam 32 towards a distal end 40 of the beam 32, and a piezoelectric element 42 is bonded to the beam 32 such that it will act in compression when a centrifugal force is applied to the loading mass 38. Deflection of the loading mass 38 under centrifugal force causes stress within the piezoelectric element 42 which in turn creates an electrical charge proportional to the integrated stress along the length of the piezoelectric element. Bump stops (78, 80, figs 5 and 6) are provided to limit the deflection or travel of the beam and so limit the stresses on the piezoelectric element 42. The apparatus is intended to supply power to a wireless tyre pressure or condition monitoring system.
Patent GB-2447801-A (GB)
Title: Commissioning of elevator hallway fixtures in a destination entry group elevator system
Inventor: FLYNN MICHAEL P
IPC: B66B1/46
Filed: 2005-11-16
Abstract: A destination entry input device (30, 35) is commissioned in a group elevator system (10). The destination entry input device (30, 35) is connected to a dispatch controller (20). A network address is input into the destination entry input device (30, 35) corresponding to an installation location of the destination entry input device (30, 35). When the network address is input, installation location information related to the installation location of the destination entry input device is downloaded to the destination entry input device (30, 35) and verified.
Patent GB-2446986-A (GB)
Title: Determining the length of an electrical cable deployed into a well
Inventor: SOLIS VLADIMIR HERNANDEZ
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2007-02-13
Abstract: A component or tool 108 is deployed into a well 110 on a carrier line 106 that includes an electrical cable. The depth of the component 108 in a well 110 is determined using a time domain reflectometry TDR technique in which an electrical pulse is transmitted into the electrical cable, and a first reflected signal due to an impedance discontinuity in the cable at a downhole location 118 in the well 110 is detected in response to the electrical pulse. A first reference point 120 is defined at an earth surface location by a temperature change of the cable that causes an impedance change at the earth surface location, the impedance discontinuity defines a second reference point 118, and the length of the cable is determined based on the first and second reference points 120,118. A second reflected signal, reflected from the first reference point 120 in response to the transmitted electrical pulse, is detected, and the determined length of the electrical cable deployed into the well is based on the first and second reflected signals.
Patent GB-2463506-A (GB)
Title: Electrical clamp with two contacts or with bladed contact
Inventor: MUNDY MICHAEL ROBERT
IPC: H01R4/64
Filed: 2008-09-16
Abstract: A clamp for earthing an electrical conductor has comprising a body with a recess for receiving an object to be clamped. It may have first and second contact formations 34, 40 which are electrically connected to the body and, in use, make contact with the object to be clamped, thereby establishing electrical connections between the clamp and the object. The two contacts may be on opposite sides of the object to be clamped, or on the same side (134, 140, Fig 4). The use of apair of contacts reduces the current flowing at a single point. Alternatively, a single contact formation may comprise a blade configured to abrade a coating of the object to be clamped. The clamp may be used to clamp to a tower or pylon, to earth a transmission line.
Patent GB-2453237-A (GB)
Title: An access system
Inventor: OWEN GEORGE
IPC: E04F11/035
Filed: 2008-09-24
Abstract: The invention relates to an access system including a ramp, a walkway or a staircase assembly having at least one section comprising longitudinally extending and spaced-apart support members 12 with one or more components such as decking plates 14 connected to the support members. The decking plates 14 and the associated support members 12 are provided with complementary-shaped inter-engaging formations to facilitate connection and/or disconnection of the Support members 12 and the decking plates 14. The inter-engaging formations on the component or the support member are preferably tapered to produce a wedging connection action. Each decking plate 14 preferably has two downwardly extending sections 18 which fit into associated slots 20 in the support member 12. One side of each section 18 may have a tapered slot 22 into which the slot 20 in the support member 12 is engaged with a wedging action when the decking plate 14 is moved sideways.
Patent GB-2451970-A (GB)
Title: A transistor saturation control loop with cycle to cycle memory
Inventor: LALITHAMBIKA VINOD A
IPC: H03K17/0422
Filed: 2008-09-29
Abstract: The saturation of the main transistor Q1 in a switching power supply is controlled by adjusting the base drive in dependence on the collector voltage. The collector voltage may be coupled to what is termed a leaky peak detector 1202 (figure 15) in which the peak detector capacitor voltage is subject to decay by charge sharing between each switching cycle. The series resistor 1506 sets the capacitor's voltage rise time and provides an output 1504 which is the higher of the sensed voltage or the capacitor voltage, thereby combining proportional and peak voltage control. The retention of a voltage dependent on collector voltage in a previous cycle allows prompt achievement of the desired state of saturation in subsequent cycles. An integrator may be used instead of a peak detector (figures 8 and 10).
Patent GB-2468520-A (GB)
Title: Sterilisation of a environment with ozone and increased humidity
Inventor: JENNINGS JAMES ROBERT
IPC: A61L2/20
Filed: 2009-03-12
Abstract: A method of sterilisation, decontamination and/or sanitation of a warm environment at or above 15°C, such as a hospital ward, the method comprising the steps of measuring the temperature of an enclosed environment to be treated; calculating the relative humidity required to provide a desired partial pressure of at least 11 torr at the measured temperature, the actual desired partial pressure required being based on a predetermined partial pressure at a base temperature (such as 11 torr at 15°C or 13.9 torr at 18°C); introducing a predetermined quantity of water to the environment to provide the calculated relative humidity for the measured temperature; discharging ozone into the humidified environment; maintaining the ozone level at a concentration that will achieve the required degree of decontamination, sterilisation and/or sanitation of the humid environment; and reducing the ozone level to an acceptable safe exposure level. The ozone level may be reduced by introducing a hydrocarbon containing a carbon-carbon double bond, such as an alkene or a cyclo-alkene to the environment. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also claimed.
Patent GB-2455676-A (GB)
Title: Chamber heater module
Inventor: GUTHRIE DUNCAN
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 2007-09-12
Abstract: Provided is a chemical synthesis reactant chamber for use in synthesis by flow chemistry comprising an elongate tube through which flows, in use, a fluid with two or more pre-mixed reactants; the tube being formed into a coil which is housed within a jacket in a manner forming a gap between the coil and the jacket into which heating fluid can be circulated. Preferably the heating fluid is air, which may be agitated as it moves through the chamber.
Patent GB-2455951-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration
Inventor: ALLEN DONALD WAYNE
IPC: B63B21/66
Filed: 2007-11-16
Abstract: There is disclosed a system for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration of a structure, the system comprising a fairing comprising a dampening mechanism adapted to dampen the rotation of the fairing about the structure.
Patent GB-2459379-A (GB)
Title: Limb mobiliser and exerciser
Inventor: STEPHENSON RON
IPC: A61H1/02
Filed: 2009-04-23
Abstract: A limb loading and movement device (201) has opposed limb contact and displacement elements (203), with an intervening transfer drive (211), drive actuator (204) with input control (202).
Patent GB-2456120-A (GB)
Title: A metallization layer stack without a terminal aluminium metal layer
Inventor: LEHR MATTHIAS
IPC: H01L21/60
Filed: 2009-05-20
Abstract: By directly forming an underbump metallization layer (211) on a contact region (202A) of the last metallization layer, the formation of any other terminal metals, such as aluminum and corresponding adhesion/barrier layers, may be avoided. Consequently, the thermal and electrical behavior of the resulting bump structure (212) may be improved, while process complexity may be significantly reduced.
Patent GB-2471687-A (GB)
Title: A shower floor structure with support layer
Inventor: MELLOR STUART LESLIE
IPC: A47K3/40
Filed: 2009-07-08
Abstract: A shower floor structure 10 for a shower comprises a moulded plastic top layer 20 which in use has an under surface 26, and a moulded plastic support layer 22. The moulded plastic support layer 22 comprises a base portion 30 defining a base surface 32 and a plurality of support portions 28 disposed over the support layer 22 spaced apart and defining a support surface 36 spaced from the base surface 32. The support layer is bonded to the top layer, in a configuration where either the support surface 36 of the plurality of support portions 28 or base surface 32 of the base portion 30, abuts against and is bonded to the rear surface 26 of the top layer 20 to support the top layer 20 spaced apart from the other of the base portion 30, or support portions 28 support surface 36 of the support layer 22. Preferably there is also a further base layer 24 where the support layer 22 is sandwiched between the base layer 24 and the top layer 20, and the base layer may also be bonded to the support layer 22.