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Patent GB-2470264-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle with touchpad connected with steering wheel
Inventor: BONNE UWE
IPC: B60K35/00
Filed: 2010-05-10
Abstract: A motor vehicle is equipped with a steering wheel 1 to which is allocated a touchpad for controlling various functions of the motor vehicle. In order to increase traffic safety, the touchpad 3 is automatically deactivated when the steering wheel exceeds a prescribed angle of lock. Also claimed is a corresponding method for actuating the touchpad (3). The touchpad 3 may be deactivated after a certain duration and it might be activated and/or deactivated by a user. Preferably the touch sensitivity of the touchpad 3 can be varied as a function of the driving state.
Patent GB-2472696-A (GB)
Title: An actuator controlled strike for a door latch
Inventor: SCHEFFLER DOMINIK
IPC: E05B47/00
Filed: 2010-08-10
Abstract: An actuator-controlled strike comprising: a housing disposable within a doorframe and including a cavity for a spring latch 32 and a dead latch 34 of a mortise-type lockset. A pivotal keeper 166 is mounted within the cavity to engage the spring latch 32. A pivotally mounted kicker 170 cooperates with the keeper and makes contact with the spring latch during at least a portion of the kicker's rotary movement. Upon release of the keeper preferably by actuation of a solenoid a user applies pressure to the door to rotate the keeper slightly in doing so kicker is rotated preferably by a leg 172 of keeper lifting kicker which pushes latch 34 onto an exit ramp face of the keeper. A pivotal dead latch release lever 154 may be disposed in the cavity which engages with keeper; initial pivoting of the keeper disengages dead latch release lever allowing it to pivot under pressure from dead latch 34; freeing of dead latch 34 allowing subsequent retraction of spring latch 32. In further aspect a dead latch release lever can be installed in a plurality of different locations in the housing.
Patent GB-2486631-A (GB)
Title: Phenol/quinone boronic acids/esters and method of preparation thereof
Inventor: HARRITY JOSEPH
IPC: C07B37/04
Filed: 2010-12-01
Abstract: The invention provides a processof making an ortho- and/or meta-boronic acid phenol or derivative of such boronic acid comprising: reacting a cyclobutenone with an alkynyl boronicÂ  acid or derivative therof in the presence oa a transition metal olefin complex catalyst.Â  The invention also provides a compound having the structure of Formula (1a) or Formula (1b): wherein R1, R2 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of: H and a substituent and R is a boronic acid or derivative therof and a compound having the structure (11a) or Formula (11b): wherein R, R and R are each independently selected from the group consisting of: H and a substituent and R is a boronic acid or derivative thereof.Â  In addition, the invention provides products or compositions of matter comprising compounds having the structure of Formula (1a), (1b), (11a) or (11b) and a detectable amount of a transition metal, as well as a compound library comprising at least two compounds of the invention, a process of making an ortho- and/or meta-aryl phenol comprising: reacting a cyclobutenone with an alkynyl boronic acidor derivative thereof inthe presence of a transition metal olefin complex catayst and an aryl cross-coupling partner, and a process of making an ortho- and/or meta-aryl phenol comprising: reacting an ortho- and/or meta- boronic acid phenol or derivative thereof with an aryl cross-coupling partner.
Patent GB-2476885-A (GB)
Title: Symbol synchronization for downhole ofdm telemetry
Inventor: ROBBINS CARL A
IPC: G01V11/00
Filed: 2009-06-11
Abstract: Enhanced symbol synchronization methods suitable for use in narrowband orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) telemetry systems. In at least some embodiments, a logging while drilling (LWD) tool assembly communicates with the surface using low frequency electromagnetic (EM) signals. The telemetry transmitter employs OFDM modulation to fully exploit the narrow range of available bandwidth, resulting in signals that have relatively long frames. At the surface a receiver digitizes the receive signal and applies an enhanced symbol synchronization technique to identify frame boundaries before demodulation is attempted. The enhanced symbol synchronization technique employs a pulse train filter to clean up a cyclic prefix correlation signal that otherwise behaves badly in the narrowband regime. The improved timing information from the enhanced symbol synchronization significantly reduces the error rate in the demodulated signal.
Patent GB-2475004-A (GB)
Title: System and method for measuring formation temperature and/or pressure using nuclear quadrupole resonance
Inventor: BLANZ MARTIN
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2009-08-28
Abstract: A system for measuring at least one of a temperature and a pressure of an earth formation is disclosed. The system includes: a downhole tool disposed in a borehole and configured to be movable within the borehole; at least one nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurement device including a transmitter configured to emit a radiofrequency magnetic field having at least one selected frequency band into the earth formation to cause a component thereof to produce a NQR signal, and a detector configured to detect the NQR resonance signal; and a processor in operable communication with the measurement device and configured to generate NQR data from the NQR signal and calculate at least one of the temperature and the pressure of the earth formation therefrom. A method of measuring at least one of a temperature and a pressure of an earth formation is also enclosed.
Patent GB-2490536-A (GB)
Title: Environmental condition control system using wireless signal strength
Inventor: TAN SIOK KHENG
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2011-05-05
Abstract: A system for controlling an environmental condition, such as lighting or temperature, in a targeted space, the system comprising at least one sensor device 141 for detecting an environmental condition and providing a corresponding detected signal, a plurality of environmental condition varying devices 150, such as LED lights, for varying the environmental condition of the targeted space, wherein the sensor device and the environmental condition varying devices are equipped with wireless communication means 141a, 150a for communicating with each other. The system further includes a controller 143 configured to determine an estimation of the environmental condition provided by each of the environmental condition varying devices based on a signal strength of a signal sent from each of the environmental condition varying devices to the sensor device, and to compare a detected signal from the sensor device with a predetermined environmental condition value, and to generate a control signal to control at least one of the environmental condition devices based on the estimation. Distance may be determined between the sensor and each light based on the signal strength.
Patent GB-2493127-A (GB)
Title: Locomotive brake control unit having a first core for brake control functions and a second core for communications
Inventor: BRADLEY ROSS
IPC: B60T8/17
Filed: 2011-07-04
Abstract: A brake control unit 11 for a railway vehicle is provided with first 12 and second cores 13. The first core 12 is responsible for brake control functions and the second core 13 is responsible for communications. A switch 16 controls communication between the second core and a communication bus on the railway vehicle so as to safeguard the braking function of the first core. The second core only has write access to the communication bus when enabled by the first core, which first core determines whether the system is in a defined safe state to thereby safeguard the breaking function. This reduces testing requirements for new communications software.
Patent GB-2483957-A (GB)
Title: Cable clip gun
Inventor: HOWE ANTHONY RICHARD
IPC: B25C1/00
Filed: 2011-07-20
Abstract: A cable clip gun 1 comprises a gun body 2, storage means 4, a cable guide 4, delivery means 4 and a driver 6. Storage means 4 stores a plurality of clips 10 with pins 11, and cable X is guided through to a driver station 5 by cable guide 4. A clip 10 is delivered from the storage means 4 to the driver station 5 by delivery means 4, and the clip 10 is driven into a surface Y by the driver 6 to secure the cable X to a surface Y. Driver 6 may be a hammer, and clips 10 may be frangibly joined. Driver 6 may be electronically operated, and may be adjustable so that clip pins 11 are driven at varying forces. Gun 1 may comprise metering means for securing clips 10 at predetermined intervals, and may be adapted to accommodate different sizes of cable X and clips 10.
Patent GB-2482795-A (GB)
Title: Failover recovery via a second network
Inventor: CHAVEZ DAVID L
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2011-08-15
Abstract: When a device 101B detects a failure on a channel 130D in a centric primary network 110, it directs communications intended for a second device 101A to a network domain controller 121 in a peer-to-peer secondary network 120, which returns them to the primary network via another route 130E, thus recovering a failover path which retains access to the first networks    services. Failure is detected via non-response to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) invitation and routing is determined using the devices    IP address at any one of several different OSI layers. A master node (fig. 6) may send communications from all devices 101B-D to the secondary network 120.
Patent GB-2490557-A (GB)
Title: Tube support for use in fuel tank
Inventor: THIRLAWAY GEORGE
IPC: B60K15/01
Filed: 2011-08-17
Abstract: A support arm assembly (39 see fig 1) is provided for mounting in a fuel tank (1 see fig 1), comprising a support arm 43 for supporting a fuel transfer tube (17 see fig 1) for transferring fuel to a fuel pump (11 see fig 1). A support foot (49 see fig 1) is provided to support the support arm 43 at a predetermined position within the fuel tank (1). The support arm assembly (39) comprises a support foot (49 see fig 1) for resting on the floor of the tank (1). The fuel tank (1) is typically a saddle tank.
Patent GB-2495340-A (GB)
Title: Multiplexing multiple processors running L2CAP layers directly to a single Bluetooth controller HCI layer
Inventor: SINGER STEVEN
IPC: G06F13/00
Filed: 2011-10-11
Abstract: In some Bluetooth stacks upper layers, L2CAP (Logical Link Control and Adaption Protocol) and higher, run on a host processor, whilst lower layers, link manager/link controller and below, run on a Bluetooth controller processor. These are connected over a Host Controller Interface (HCI) (see Fig. 2). Typically multiplexing is handled in the L2CAP layer on the host controller. The invention proposes a host 401 HCI layer 405 below the L2CAP which controls multiplexing 407 of data from a further L2CAP layer on a second processor 406 over direct link 410. This HCI layer would include flow control functions, which may be handled by distributing tokens over control link 409. The invention avoids the need to route all data through host 401, allowing it to be powered down and reducing the use of link 411.
Patent GB-2484809-A (GB)
Title: System and method for inductive signal and power transferfrom ROV to in riser tools
Inventor: FENTON STEPHEN P
IPC: E21B33/035
Filed: 2011-10-18
Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly 11 has a completion landing string inside a drilling riser 21 and includes a power source 104 for generating an alternating electrical current and a connector for connecting the power source to a receptacle in the subsea well assembly. The assembly also includes a first inductor 300 electrically connected to the power source through the connector; a subsea control module 104 delivering power and control signals to the subsea well assembly; and a second inductor spaced from the first inductor 300, and located in the subsea control module 104, the second inductor positioned so that an EMF is produced on the second inductor when the alternating electrical current is passed through the first inductor 300 to thereby generate an alternating current signal on the second inductor.
Patent GB-2486987-A (GB)
Title: Classifying images using enhanced sensor noise patterns
Inventor: LEARY RICHARD MAURICE
IPC: G06V10/42
Filed: 2012-01-03
Abstract: A method of classifying a plurality images taken by one or more known or unknown image capture devices. The method comprising the steps of: for each image extracting an initial Sensor Noise Pattern (SNP) for the image; enhancing the initial SNP to create an enhanced SNP by applying a correcting model wherein the correcting model scales the initial SNP by a factor which decreases as the magnitude of the signal intensity of the initial SNP increases; identifying a subset of images from the plurality of images and; forming an image classifier based on the subset of images by identifying one or more clusters of images which have identical or similar SNPs. The identification is based on a similarity measure between the enhanced SNP for a given image with one or more different images in the subset of images classifying one or more of the remaining images that were not part of the initial subset by calculating a comparative measure between the remaining images and each cluster as identified in the image classifier, and determining if said remaining image belongs to an identified cluster based on the comparative measure. The enhanced SNP reduces image scene contamination.
Patent GB-2498704-A (GB)
Title: Fibre-reinforced metallic foam made by electroforming
Inventor: CARE IAN COLIN DEUCHAR
IPC: C22C1/08
Filed: 2012-01-04
Abstract: A method of making a reinforced metallic foam by arranging a plurality of precursors each comprising a plurality of beads 14 secured on a fibre 12 in a vessel, electroforming metal around the beads 14 and collapsing the beads 14. The beads 14 can be formed by coating each fibre 12 with bead material, moulding the coating into bead shapes and then curing. To enable electroforming of the metal the beads 14 can be coated with conductor such as copper paste or carbon or coated with a resin which is then carbonised. The beads 14 can be arranged to form a hexagonal close packed array so that the resulting foam has cells which are of uniform size and arranged in a hexagonal close packed array. The fibres 12 can be carbon, glass, metal, boron, silica, an aramid and/or neoprene. The beads 14 can be made of a polymer such as polystyrene, wax or a ceramic.
Patent GB-2500628-A (GB)
Title: A medical balloon formed of a polymeric material and particles
Inventor: AGGERHOLM STEEN
IPC: A61L29/12
Filed: 2012-03-27
Abstract: A medical balloon for endoluminal location within a patient, comprises a first layer 34 formed of a polymeric material and a second layer 36 that overlies the first layer 34 and is formed of a polymeric material within which there are rounded or cuboidal particles or grains 38. The outer surface of the second layer may be smooth (fig 2) or have a roughened or textured surface 40. The particles may be echogenic and/or radiopaque. The particles may have a diameter between 2 to 20 micrometers and may be formed of glass, carbon, metal, a polymer, ceramic or tungsten. The medical balloon may be a balloon catheter. A method of making the balloon by heating and inflating raw tubing formed of a polymeric material with two layers wherein the first and second layers of the tubing are heated in a mould and the particles are embedded in the second layer.
Patent GB-2490231-A (GB)
Title: Multiple exposure High Dynamic Range image capture
Inventor: GARTEN HAIM
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2012-04-18
Abstract: Creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image within a digital camera comprising mixing a plurality of images captured at different exposures, registering counterpart pixels together, deriving a normalized exposure level for each image, blending first and second images to generate an intermediate image and, when two images are used, the intermediate image is a mixed output image and, when more than two images are used, the image blending process is repeated using the previous intermediate image instead of the first image and another image instead of the second image until all images are blended when a final intermediate image is the mixed output image. The HDR image may be displayed on the camera display. Luma values are normalized to a specific standard deviation and mean, local motion detected between a reference image and a comparison image, comparison image pixels having local motion clustered into patches, and blended using a look-up table weighting value computed from the binary connected image to produce an output image. Degamma conversion may convert the images from a lower bits-per-pixel format (8-bit) to a higher bits-per-pixel format (16-bit) prior to blending. A ghost remover corrects for movement during series image capture.
Patent GB-2502981-A (GB)
Title: Electrosurgical instrument and system
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID NICHOLAS
IPC: A61B18/12
Filed: 2012-06-12
Abstract: A handheld electrosurgical instrument includes a handpiece 2 and an electrode assembly 3 including one or more electrodes 12 and a connector 8, 9 by which the electrode assembly 3 is capable of being attached and detached to the handpiece 2. The handpiece 2 includes a battery 4, an RF oscillator circuit 30 for generating a radio frequency output, an RF output circuit 5 and switching means 7 operable by a user of the electrosurgical instrument. A control circuit 6 is provided for controlling the RF output, the control circuit 6 being capable of receiving signals from the switching means 7 and causing one or more RF outputs to be supplied to the electrode assembly 3. The RF output circuit includes a transformer including at least one primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings. The connector on the electrode assembly 9 includes a component capable of physically selecting a particular secondary winding or combination of secondary windings so as to modify the RF output reaching the one or more electrodes. This may be by a set of pins of particular pattern or length.
Patent GB-2492221-A (GB)
Title: Preformer apparatus
Inventor: AGNEW ELWYN
IPC: B29C70/44
Filed: 2012-06-20
Abstract: A first inter-related product is provided in the form of a preformer apparatus 2 comprising one or more ground engaging supports 4, a hood 6, and a diaphragm frame 8 that is adapted to receive and hold a diaphragm, wherein the hood is movably mounted to the ground engaging supports between which it extends, and wherein the diaphragm frame is mounted to the hood from which it is independently movable. A second inter-related product is provided in the form of table which is adapted to support a forming tool and which is adapted for location in use generally below the hood. Preferably, the diaphragm frame is mounted to the hood via a plurality of shafts; downward motion of the hood lowers the diaphragm frame into place on the table, the weight of the diaphragm frame providing a seal around the table. The preformer apparatus is suitable for use with dry carbon fibre fabric, pre-preg and other woven materials and particularly, but not exclusively, for use in the manufacture of large scale composite items, for example, aircraft wing and fuselage components.
Patent GB-2495573-A (GB)
Title: Gas scrubber
Inventor: RANA MANILAL GORDHANDAS
IPC: B01D47/00
Filed: 2012-07-06
Abstract: A sub-atmospheric pressure gas scrubber 100 suitable for use upstream of a vacuum pump, the gas scrubber comprises a vessel 12 and means for forming a spray of cleaning solvent 22, 222 within the vessel, the vessel comprises an inlet 14 and an outlet 16 for the gas to be cleaned at sub-atmospheric pressure. The inlet and outlet are arranged to cause the gas to be cleaned to pass through the spray of cleaning solvent. The means for forming a spray comprises a cleaning solvent inlet 24 connected to at least one spray nozzle and a cleaning solvent outlet 28 through which used solvent can be pumped from the vessel using a pump 102. The pump is arranged to re-circulate the used solvent back to the cleaning solvent inlet. Advantageously the sub-atmospheric pressure gas scrubber uses re-circulated cleaning solvent to minimise the amount of contaminants that pass through an upstream vacuum pump. Also disclosed is a further invention directed to a sub-atmospheric pressure gas scrubber characterised by a plurality of spray nozzles each nozzle arranged to form an overlapping spray pattern.
Patent GB-2504087-A (GB)
Title: Pallet with feet which nest when stacking
Inventor: TAKYAR SANJIV
IPC: B65D19/00
Filed: 2012-07-16
Abstract: A pallet 10 with four feet 14 extending down from the top plate 12 and open above so that feet of adjacent pallets interlock when stacking. There can also be projections 20 extending up from the soles of the feet, ideally to the height of the top plate, such that these also interlock when stacking. The pallet can have a profiled hand grip. A front portion 16 of some feet can be scooped out so that the base has the appearance of being a toe. Reinforcing ribs can extend on the pallets underside which can be spaced from the top plate; these may have different heights, avoid and holes or slots and cross without a repeating pattern. There can be curved grooves to locate banding around the load; gripping members to secure ends of film wrapped around the load; slots and recessed corners to receive projections from the load; and/or tapered slots for securing displays. Various dimensions are specified including that the pallet can be quarter size.
Patent GB-2495001-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for performing an electrically operated function with a running tool in a subsea wellhead
Inventor: HERBEL RYAN ROBERT
IPC: E21B33/035
Filed: 2012-09-21
Abstract: A subsea running tool 17 receives electric potential from a control unit 25 located at a platform 21 through a tubular string 19 having an electrically conductive wire 79 formed in tubular wall of the tubular string 19. The running tool 17 provides at least one electrically operated function for setting a subsea wellhead component 18. Electric potential is supplied to the electrically conductive wire 79 by a control unit 25 to operate the electrically operated function of the running tool 17 to set the subsea wellhead component 18. The electrically operated function may be electrical control or communication.
Patent GB-2505012-A (GB)
Title: Phase locked loop with dual mode phase detection
Inventor: LAMANNA PASQUALE
IPC: H03L7/087
Filed: 2012-10-16
Abstract: A method of measuring a phase difference in a phase locked loop (PLL) is disclosed. The loop comprises a binary phase detector (BPD) 501, a time-to-digital converter (TDC) 502, and a signal generator 505, which may be a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). The outputs of the TDC and the BPD may be combined by a digital multiplier 503. The method comprises: inputting a reference signal Sref and the generated signal So into the TDC and measuring the magnitude of the phase difference at the TDC; if the measured magnitude of the phase difference is less than a threshold value, operating the PLL according to a first operational mode in which the output of the BPD controls the signal generator; and if the measured magnitude of the phase difference is greater than the threshold value, operating the PLL according to a second operational mode in which the outputs of both the TDC and the BPD control the DCO. Preferably, the digital output value of the TDC is 1 when the phase difference is less than the threshold value; the output of the multiplier 503 is then equal to the output of the BPD.