Brett, GB
Alan Brett, Manchester GB
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20090297012 | Methods of and System for Detection and Tracking of Osteoporosis - A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images of pathological and non-pathological variations of vertebrae representing variations in shape of the vertebrae. The method also includes receiving an image of a target vertebra of a subject and automatically estimating contours of lateral outlines of the superior and the inferior cortical endplates of the image. The parameters of the model are varied to determine a set that represents a model shape that approximates the estimated contours of the outlines of the cortical endplates. The method includes automatically characterizing the target vertebra based on the set of model parameters that are determined and outputting on a display device the characterization of the target vertebra. | 12-03-2009 |
Anthony Maxwell Brett, Aylesbury GB
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20120285920 | Coloured Tabbed Container Closure Liners - A method of making and a primary laminate produced from the method including a tab used in container closure systems is provided. The laminate may be slit and punched to produce container closure liners that can be sealed to the mouth of containers. In one approach, the laminate has a colored top surface. The colored top surface of the container closure liner may be visible once the liner has been sealed to the mouth of the container. | 11-15-2012 |
Christopher Richard James Brett, St Albans GB
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20150127143 | STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING UNITS FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM - A system and method suitable for storing multiple product lines in an automated warehouse environment are disclosed. The storage system includes a frame containing a plurality of stacks of containers, a first handling device capable of lifting a plurality of containers from a stack in a single operation, and a second independently moveable handling device capable of lifting a single container and moving the container laterally. The first and second handling devices can work together to remove a target container quickly and with minimum use of resources. | 05-07-2015 |
Daniel Brett, Bucks GB
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20150240369 | Electrolysis Electrocatalyst - Electrolysis electrocatalysts and their use in an electrolysis process, for example, in the electrolysis of water, more particularly for producing hydrogen at the cathode of a water electrolyser or producing oxygen at the anode of a water electrolyser, as well as a water electrolyser including such an electrocatalyst. The electrocatalyst includes a combination of palladium and iridium. | 08-27-2015 |
Daniel Brett, Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire GB
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20140342262 | Fuel Cell - The present invention relates to a hydrogen, methanol, or ethanol fuel cell comprising an anode electrocatalyst comprising palladium and iridium, and relates to a fuel cell stack comprising said fuel cell. The invention also relates to a method of making a fuel cell. The invention also relates to the use of the anode electrocatalyst in a hydrogen, methanol or ethanol fuel cell. | 11-20-2014 |
Daniel John Leslie Brett, Gerrards Cross GB
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20140057138 | Fuel Cell Comprising at Least Two Stacked Printed Circuit Boards with a Plurality of Interconnected Fuel Cell Units - A fuel cell comprising at least two stacked fuel cell boards ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140154604 | Fuel Cell Comprising at Least Two Stacked Printed Circuit Boards with a Plurality of Interconnected Fuel Cell Units - A fuel cell comprising at least two stacked fuel cell boards ( | 06-05-2014 |
David Brett, Enfield GB
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20130343770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC FUSER ASSEMBLY LABELING - An approach is provided for pairing a fuser assembly with a media size and for electronically labeling the fuser assembly for use with the media size. The approach involves causing, at least in part, a fuser assembly having a memory to be tagged with an identifier related to a corresponding media size, the identifier being stored in the memory. The approach also involves determining a media size associated with a print job to be run by a printing system. The approach further involves determining the identifier of an installed fuser assembly. The approach additionally involves causing, at least in part, a comparison between the determined media size associated with the print job and the identifier of the installed fuser assembly to determine if a conflict exists. | 12-26-2013 |
David Brett, Suffolk GB
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20150275774 | STICK-RESISTANT ENGINE OVER-SPEED SHUT-DOWN VALVE - An engine shutoff valve is provided which includes a valve body having an air passageway in which a disc assembly and a valve seat assembly are located. The disc assembly includes a disc member which is arranged to be rotated and moved toward the valve seat assembly upon the occurrence of an engine runaway condition to close the valve. The valve seat assembly includes an anti-friction ring which is arranged to be engaged by the disc member when the valve is closed. The anti-friction ring is rotatable with respect to the valve body and the disc member to prevent the disc member from sticking thereto after closure of the valve, whereupon the valve can be readily reopened. | 10-01-2015 |
John Brett, Cheltenham GB
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20120188686 | ELECTRICAL HOUSINGS FOR AIRCRAFT - One aspect of the present invention provides a housing for housing electrical equipment in an aircraft. The housing comprises one or more panels defining an enclosed space for housing electrical equipment in an aircraft. The housing also comprises at least one electrical busbar for providing electric power to the electrical equipment, wherein the at least one electrical busbar is configured to provide structural support for the housing. | 07-26-2012 |
Peter Brett, Birmingham GB
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20110020084 | Drilling apparatus and methods - The present invention provides a method of drilling a hole in a workpiece in order to control breakthrough of the workpiece comprising the steps of: a) initiating contact between a drill bit of a drill unit and the workpiece; b) operating the drill unit to rotate the drill bit to drill the workpiece; c) during drilling of the workpiece measuring the force, F and torque, T, experienced by the drill bit; d) calculating a variable F′, based on the measured force, F, representing the rate of change of F; e) calculating a variable, T′ based on the measured torque, T, representing the rate of change of T; f) calculating a variable F″ representing the rate of change of F′; g) calculating a variable T″ representing the rate of change of T″; h) detecting the onset of breakout of the workpiece by use of the variables F′, F″, T′ and T″; i) thereby controlling the speed of rotation of the drill bit during breakthrough of the workpiece to control the degree of breakout of the drill bit from the workpiece. A drilling system is also disclosed. | 01-27-2011 |
Peter Brett, Witney GB
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20100075603 | DETERMINING RELATIVE PHASE DATA OF A RECEIVED SIGNAL - A method of determining relative phase data of a signal received at multiple antennas, the signal being a phase-modulated data signal having a plurality of periods of constant frequency, the method comprising: within each period of constant frequency, sampling the signal received by a first one of the multiple antennas and sampling the signal received by at least one different one of the multiple antennas; determining from the received samples a data symbol value represented by the received signal for each of the periods of constant frequency; and using the determined data symbol value information to eliminate phase variations between the samples received by the different antennas within each constant frequency period arising from the modulation of the data signal to generate relative phase data for said different antennas. | 03-25-2010 |
Peter Nigel Brett, Sambourne GB
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20120077219 | VIBRATING MICROPLATE BIOSENSING FOR CHARACTERISING PROPERTIES OR BEHAVIOUR OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS - There is described a method of characterising a property or behaviour of at least one biological cell. The method comprises the steps of: providing a microplate; submerging at least one surface of the microplate in a cell culture medium such that at least one biological cell to be characterised is in contact with the microplate; vibrating the microplate; providing a plurality of mutually spaced sensors coupled to the microplate; obtaining a respective sensory data time series from each sensor during vibration of the microplate, the microplate and the sensors being arranged such that the obtained sensory data time series are not independent from one another; and processing the sensory data time series so as to characterise a property or behaviour of the at least one biological cell. A corresponding system for characterising a property or behaviour of at least one biological cell is also described. | 03-29-2012 |
Peter Nigel Brett, Warwickshire GB
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20100210974 | AUTOMATIC DISCRIMINATION OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR - There is a distributive sensing technology that can discriminate between the causes of dynamic disturbances. The system applies sensing elements within a sensing medium, and the medium couples the dynamic disturbance and the sensors. By interpreting the responses of the medium, the nature of the disturbance can be discriminated in a way as to determine a description, class or category. There is a method of categorizing the dynamic body behavior, the method comprising: providing a sensing medium during at least a period of the dynamic behavior of the body; providing a plurality of sensors coupled to the sensing medium; obtaining a sensory data time series from each sensor, the sensing medium and the sensors being arranged such that the obtained sensory data time series are not independent from one another; specifying a dynamic behavior category; and processing the sensory data time series. Apparatus for performing the method is also described. | 08-19-2010 |
Peter Stuart Brett, Berkshire GB
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20120012076 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HYBRID ENGINE - The invention relates to a method of operating a hybrid internal combustion engine, which method comprises: fuelling said hybrid internal combustion engine with a combustible fuel; lubricating said engine with an engine oil composition; and maintaining an oil film thickness of the engine oil composition in the big end conrod bearing shells of the engine of at least 0.4 μm; in which the temperature of the engine oil composition is maintained below 123° C. and the engine oil composition has: a high temperature, high shear viscosity of less than 2.6 cP (2.6 millipascal second) at 150° C. and at a shear rate of 10 | 01-19-2012 |
20150291317 | Apparatus - A cartridge for replenishing a vehicle fluid, a fluid reservoir system comprising same and a holder, a holder, a vehicle engine comprising the fluid reservoir system and a vehicle comprising said engine in which, the cartridge comprises: a housing comprising a first part and a second part; a fluid reservoir in the housing; a port arranged on the first part of the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle; wherein the second part of the housing is configured to rotate with respect to the first part of the housing to secure the cartridge with respect to the fluid system to hold the reservoir in fluidic communication, via the port, with the fluid system of the vehicle, wherein the second part of the housing is configured such that rotating the second part of the housing does not rotate the port. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291318 | Replaceable Fluid Container - A replaceable fluid container for a vehicle, the container comprising: a housing comprising a fluid reservoir; an outlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle for supplying fluid from the reservoir to the vehicle; an inlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with the fluid system of the vehicle for receiving fluid from the engine to the reservoir; and a vent port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with the vehicle for allowing gas to be passed into and out from the reservoir, wherein the inlet, outlet and vent ports are arranged on a common end of the housing and are arranged such that the distance between the vent port and the nearest of the inlet port and outlet port is greater than the distance between the inlet port and the outlet port. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292371 | Apparatus and Method - A fluid reservoir system for a vehicle engine, which engine comprises a fluid circulation system, the reservoir system comprising a container for fluid, in which the container comprises at least one fluid inlet port, at least one fluid outlet port and at least one vent port and in which, each of said ports comprises a self-sealing coupling adapted to connect to a corresponding coupling on the vehicle engine to thereby connect said container in fluidic communication with the fluid circulation system of the engine and in which the reservoir system comprises at least one latch which is adapted to retain said container in fluidic communication with said vehicle engine fluid circulation system and is remotely operable to disconnect said container from said vehicle engine fluid circulation system and in which the system comprises at least one actuator which is connected to one or more of said latches and is adapted to operate said one or more latches and said container is elongate; said inlet, outlet and vent ports are located at a common first end of said container; and said at least one actuator is operable at a second end of said container, distal from said ports. Also provided is a method of supplying fluid to a vehicle engine using said fluid reservoir system. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292372 | Container, Method and Control System - A replaceable fluid container for an engine comprising: a reservoir for holding a fluid; a fluid coupling adapted to provide fluidic communication between the reservoir and a fluid circulation system of an engine; and a data provider arranged such that positioning the container to permit fluidic communication between the reservoir and the fluid circulation system of the engine arranges the data provider for data communication with an engine control device of the engine. There is also provided a method of facilitating control of an engine and an engine control system, apparatus and a vehicle. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292674 | Replaceable Fluid Container - A replaceable fluid container for a vehicle, for example a vehicle engine, the container comprising: a housing comprising a fluid reservoir; at least one fluid port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle; a vent port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with the vehicle for allowing gas to be passed into and out from the reservoir; a vent tube connected at a first end, to said vent port and arranged within the reservoir to pass through fluid contained in the reservoir when the container is connected with the fluid reservoir in fluidic communication with the fluid system of the vehicle, with a second end of the vent tube in a headspace above the fluid in the reservoir, to allow gas communication between the vent port and the headspace, in which the vent tube comprises a vent valve at the second end of the vent tube adapted to close to prevent ingress of fluid and gas from the reservoir into the vent tube when the vent port is not in fluidic communication with the vehicle and to open to allow gas communication between the head space and the engine through the vent tube and vent port when the vent port is in fluid communication with the vehicle. | 10-15-2015 |
Peter Thomas Bawden Brett, Edinburgh GB
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20160139723 | USER INTERFACE WITH TOUCH SENSOR - A hand-held electronic device includes a display for outputting visual information and a proximity-sensitive touch panel. The display is arranged on a first side of the electronic device, while the proximity-sensitive touch panel is arranged on a second side of the electronic device that is opposite the first side. | 05-19-2016 |
Sally Emma Brett, London GB
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20110270098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - The application relates to an apparatus and a method for estimating a central systolic blood pressure (cSBP) of a subject, in which a peripheral blood pressure waveform of the subject's pulse and at least two peripheral blood pressure measurements within the cardiac cycle of the subject are determined and the peripheral blood pressure waveform is manipulated with a transfer function to provide an estimate of the central blood pressure waveform of the subject's pulse. The at least two peripheral blood pressure measurements within the cardiac cycle of the subject and the peripheral blood pressure waveform of the subject's pulse are determined at substantially the same point on a peripheral artery of the subject. The estimate of the central blood pressure waveform of the subject's pulse provides an estimate of the central systolic blood pressure of the subject. | 11-03-2011 |
20140316288 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Blood Pressure - Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved transformation method whereby the peripheral pulse waveform is filtered to separate different phases which make up the waveform. The separate phases are transformed before being re-combined to provide an estimated intra-arterial transfer function. For example, in one embodiment the peripheral pulse waveform is filtered by a first high pass filter, and a copy of the peripheral pulse waveform filtered by a second high pass filter, having a different cut-off frequency. The two filtered waveforms may then be further processed, for example by being added back to original wave-form, and are then multiplexed together in a time division manner to provide a final waveform. For example, the part of the first filtered waveform corresponding to the systolic phase may be combined with the part of the second filtered waveform corresponding to the diastolic phase to produce the final waveform, and the respective filter cut-off frequencies may be chosen to extract characteristics of the respective phases of the heart. | 10-23-2014 |
Sara Brett, Stevenage GB
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20090104231 | VACCINE - The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful in the treatment and prevention of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and the symptoms and diseases associated therewith. In particular the present invention relates to DNA vaccines comprising polynucleotide sequences encoding HCV proteins, and methods of treatment of individuals infected with HCV comprising administration of the vaccines of the present invention. | 04-23-2009 |
20090232847 | Immunogenic compositions - The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful in the treatment and prevention of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and the symptoms and diseases associated therewith. In particular the present invention relates to DNA vaccines that encode the HCV Core protein and a polynucleotide sequence that encodes at least one other HCV protein, wherein the vaccine causes expression of the proteins within the same cell and the sequence of the polynucleotide sequence encoding the core protein has been mutated or positioned relative to the polynucleotide sequence encoding the at least one other HCV protein such that the negative effect of expression of the Core protein upon the expression of the said at least one other HCV protein is reduced. | 09-17-2009 |
Sara Jane Brett, Hertfordshire GB
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20090104153 | METHOD OF ELICITING IMMUNE RESPONSE - The present invention relates to methods of eliciting an immune response by use of a prime-boost schedule for delivering a polynucleotide encoding a heterologous non-self antigen. In particular, the invention relates to a prime-boost schedule wherein the priming polynucleotide composition is delivered by an adenoviral vector, and the boosting polynucleotide composition is coated on or incorporated in a particle and is administered by a particle acceleration device. | 04-23-2009 |
20090274726 | SYNTHETIC GENE - The present invention relates to synthetic genes, processes for designing said synthetic genes and their uses in gene therapy and improved DNA vaccination. The novel synthetic genes and processes are codon shuffled so that they have reduced homology relative to a naturally occurring gene encoding the same protein without altering the overall codon usage frequency of the gene. In particular the present invention relates to improved polynucleotides and methods for the treatment or prevention of disease comprising codon-shuffled GM-CSF nucleic acid sequences. Nucleic acid vaccines of the present invention may comprise a combination of a nucleotide sequence encoding codon-shuffled GM-CSF, a nucleotide encoding an antigen against which it is desired to raise an immune response and a toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist. | 11-05-2009 |
Stephen Gareth Brett, Reading, Surrey GB
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20140245756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER STORAGE - Cryogenic energy storage systems, and particularly methods for capturing cold energy and re-using that captured cold energy, are disclosed. The systems allow cold thermal energy from the power recovery process of a cryogenic energy storage system to be captured effectively, to be stored, and to be effectively utilised. The captured cold energy could be reused in any co-located process, for example to enhance the efficiency of production of the cryogen, to enhance the efficiency of production of liquid natural gas, and/or to provide refrigeration. The systems are such that the cold energy can be stored at very low pressures, cold energy can be recovered from various components of the system, and/or cold energy can be stored in more than one thermal store. | 09-04-2014 |
Stephen Gareth Brett, Reading GB
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20130284394 | INTEGRATION OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE WITH A SEPARATE THERMAL PROCESS - The present invention relates to methods of integrating one or more thermal processes with one another, wherein the thermal processes to be integrated have different supply and demand criteria for thermal energy. The method involves the use of one or more thermal stores. | 10-31-2013 |
20140217739 | Electricity Generation Device and Method - There is disclosed a device and method for the generation of zero emission electricity that can be used to provide load balancing and emergency support to a electricity distribution network or back up electricity to a critical consumer such as a hospital or data centre. The system uses a cryogenic fluid and a source of low grade waste heat. A cryogenic fluid is first evaporated by an evaporator ( | 08-07-2014 |
20160047597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A CRYOGENIC LIQUEFACTION PROCESS - Methods and apparatus for the efficient cooling within air liquefaction processes with integrated use of cold recovery from an adjacent LNG gasification process are disclosed. | 02-18-2016 |
Stephen Jonathan Brett, East Malling GB
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20120074998 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FREQUENCY DRIFT OF A CONTROLLABLE OSCILLATOR - An integrated circuit device for compensating frequency drift of a controllable oscillator is described. The integrated circuit device includes at least one compensation module including: an input for receiving at least an indication of a frequency control signal (vci) from at least one frequency control module; and an output for providing at least one compensation signal (vct) to the controllable oscillator. The at least one compensation module is arranged to compare the at least indication of the frequency control signal (vci) with a reference voltage signal (vref); and generate the at least one compensation signal (vct) based at least partly on the comparison of the indication of the frequency control signal (vci) to the reference voltage signal (vref). | 03-29-2012 |