Bright, GB
Charles Bright, Burton-On-Trent GB
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20090299377 | Tunnelling Instrument for Subcutaneously Placing an Article, and Method of Use of Said Instrument - An improved tip and handle for a tunnelling instrument are provided along with an improved tunnelling instrument. The tip is configured for attachment to a tunnelling instrument and includes a first portion configured to form a tunnel, a second portion sized to fit within a tubular component to be placed in the tunnel, and a third portion configured for attachment of the tubular component. The handle is configured to be attached to and detached from a tunneller shaft of a tunnelling instrument, at any point along the length of the tunneller shaft. The tunnelling instrument comprises a pair of tips, a connection means for forming a link between the tips, and a tunneller shaft slidably engagable with the connection means and attachable to either of the tips. Various forms of use of the tunnelling instrument are also disclosed. | 12-03-2009 |
Christoher G. Bright, Nottingham GB
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20130096008 | SUPERCONDUCTOR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a superconductor switching arrangement, including: a superconductor having a plurality of first connection zones and at least one second connection zone, the first and second connection zones being connectable by at least one superconducting path in use, a quenching device which is operable to selectively quench portions of the superconductor so as to remove the superconducting path between at least two of the first connection zones and the at least one second connection zone. | 04-18-2013 |
Christopher Bright, Cambridge GB
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20090041928 | FORMULATION AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A MATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE - A formulation for depositing a material on a substrate, the formulation comprising the material to be deposited on the substrate dissolved in a solvent system comprising a first solvent component having a relatively high boiling point and which exhibits a relatively low solubility with respect to the material to be deposited, and a second solvent component having a relatively low boiling point and which exhibits a relatively high solubility with respect to the material to be deposited. | 02-12-2009 |
Christopher G. Bright, Derby GB
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20130206912 | MOISTURE DISPERSION - A method of reducing the amount of water in a region of air including: forming seed ice crystals; dispensing the seed ice crystals towards the region of air; allowing water in the region of air to freeze or deposit onto the seed ice crystals; and allowing the resulting ice crystals to move from the region of air so as to reduce the amount of water in the region of air. An ice crystal seeding assembly arranged to reduce the amount of water in a region of air, the seeding assembly includes an ice crystal seeder and dispensing means, the dispensing means being arranged to dispense seeded ice crystals towards the region of air so that water in the region of air freezes or deposits onto the seed ice crystals and that the resulting ice crystals move from the region of air. | 08-15-2013 |
Christopher G. Bright, Nottingham GB
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20100090552 | Magnetic Gearbox Arrangement - Magnetic gearboxes comprising an inner rotor and an outer rotor are known with pole members between them. However, these gearbox arrangements generally have a fixed gear ratio between the rotors. By provision of pole members with coils between them and associated switches to adjust the magnetic flux modulation capacity between the rotors it is possible to create open circuit, closed circuit and variable impedance configurations which will relatively passively adjust the magnetic flux modulation capacity or by presenting a voltage to the coils or drawing a voltage from the coils to more actively adjust the magnetic flux modulation capacity across the arrangement. In such circumstances a wider range of gear ratios is achieved as well as the capability with regard to localised electrical power generation through the gearbox arrangement or electro magnetic braking achieved upon the gear box as required. | 04-15-2010 |
20100237715 | MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC (MPD) GENERATOR - A magneto-plasma-dynamic (MPD) generator, comprising: a conveying duct shaped for conveying a high velocity, conductive fluid; a magnetic field generator arranged to generate a magnetic field across the conveying duct, substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the fluid, such that the fluid passes through the magnetic field ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100237716 | MAGNETO-PLASMA-DYNAMIC GENERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE GENERATOR - A magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) generator comprising a conveying duct ( | 09-23-2010 |
20110031810 | ELECTRICAL GENERATOR ARRANGEMENTS - An electrical generator arrangement comprising a distribution network having a first generator and a second generator, the first generator arranged to provide electrical power to a transmitter source, the second generator coupled to the distribution network by a switch to enable isolation of the second generator, the switch associated with an electrical characteristic comparator to compare the phase and/or frequency of the voltage provided by the second generator with the incidental modulation of a transmitter signal from the transmitter due to variations in the phase and/or frequency of the voltage provided by the first generator to the transmitter, the comparator arranged to operate the switch to isolate or connect the second generator to the distribution network dependent upon a variation in the change of the phase and/or frequency of the voltage provided by the second generator and the incidental modulation of the transmitted signal. | 02-10-2011 |
20110121674 | MAGNETIC GEAR ARRANGEMENT - A magnetic gear arrangement, having a first gear member for generating a first magnetic field and a second gear member for generating a second magnetic field. An interpole member is provided between the first and second gear members for coupling the two magnetic fields and controlling the gear ratio between the two gear members. The interpole member includes a unitary body of magnetisable material and associated control wiring, and is arranged such that when current is passed through the wiring, space regions of the unitary body are magnetised by an electrically-induced magnetic field. Discrete interpoles, the number and spacing of which define the gear ratio, are then formed in the unitary body between adjacent magnetised regions. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125339 | PROTECTION ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - Protection arrangements and methods of operating protection arrangements are important in order to maintain operability with regard to electrical power distribution networks. Such networks generally comprise grids or meshes of electrical distribution pathways from generators and electrical loads. Faults may occur within the network and circuit breakers or other protection elements are utilised to isolate such faults. A number of regimes for protection are known but problems can arise with regard to ensuring an appropriate pan of the distribution network is isolated. By providing circuit breakers which have a time grade margin compared to other circuit breakers which is proportional to an inverse current-time logarithmic relationship between a fault electrical current divided by a major contribution electrical current to the circuit breaker operation can be achieved which is sufficiently quick for high electrical fault currents but incorporates a time delay for low electrical currents which may have a more transient nature. | 05-26-2011 |
20110156518 | MAGNETIC GEAR ARRANGEMENT - A magnetic gear arrangement is provided having a magnetically active gear member that generates a first magnetic field, which is modulated by interpoles. The modulated magnetic field generates magnetic poles on a magnetically passive gear member, and these poles form a second magnetic field. The material of the passive gear member is sufficiently magnetically hard that the first and second magnetic fields interact to couple the motion of the active and passive gear members according to a given gear ratio. | 06-30-2011 |
20120023890 | FLASHBACK PROTECTOR - The present invention relates to a flashback protector ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120023950 | CONTROLLABLE FLAMEHOLDER - The present invention relates to a flameholder ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120023965 | COMBUSTION CONTROLLER - The present invention relates to a combustion controller for controlling the combustion of a flow of combustible and/or combusting fluid. The combustion controller comprises an inlet and an outlet which defines a flow path between them. A magnetic-field generator is arranged to generate a magnetic field across the flow path such that in use the fluid flows in the flow path through the magnetic field. As the fluid flows through the magnetic field an electric current is induced in the fluid. This results in energy being supplied to the fluid. This energy can assist is reignition. If the magnetic field is an alternating magnetic field then this induces an alternating current in the fluid. The frequency of this current can be controlled such that certain chemical reactions are either promoted or inhibited. | 02-02-2012 |
20120067042 | TEMPERATURE ACTIVATABLE ACTUATOR - An actuator is provided having a temperature activatable actuating member comprising an inductively couplable material. The actuator has an electrical heating element for electrically heating the actuating member. The heating element is configured to inductively couple with said material when an AC current is passed through the heating element such that an opposing electromotive force is induced in the heating element. A detector is provided for detecting activation of the actuating member by sensing a change in the AC impedance of the heating element. | 03-22-2012 |
20130085069 | SUPERCONDUCTING SWITCH - This invention is a high voltage superconductor switch comprising: a length of superconductor having a switching portion located within an air gap; a magnetic circuit including at least one flux guide having ferrite pole pieces defining an air gap in which a switching portion of a superconductor can reside in use and at least one primary magnetic flux source located within the circuit so as to provide a quenching magnetic field across the air gap via the ferrite pole pieces. | 04-04-2013 |
20130090243 | SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER - This invention relates to a superconducting fault current limiter, including: an input segment of an input transformer core and an output segment of an output transformer, each segment having a first end and a second end; a length of superconductor which forms a winding around the input segment and a winding around output segment, wherein the windings are connected in series to form a closed loop; a cryostat in which the superconductor is housed; wherein each end of the input and output segments are exposed to the exterior of the cryostat. | 04-11-2013 |
20140217838 | MAGNETIC GEAR ARRANGEMENT HAVING A VARIABLE GEAR RATIO - A magnetic gear arrangement is provided having a magnetically active gear member that generates a first magnetic field, which is modulated by interpoles. The modulated magnetic field generates magnetic poles on a magnetically passive gear member, and these poles form a second magnetic field. The material of the passive gear member is sufficiently magnetically hard that the first and second magnetic fields interact to couple the motion of the active and passive gear members according to a given gear ratio. | 08-07-2014 |
Christopher Graham Bright, Nottingham GB
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20130002075 | MAGNETIC GEAR ARRANGEMENT - A magnetic gear arrangement includes: a first gear member for generating a first magnetic field, a second gear member for generating a second magnetic field, and a coupling device which provides an arrangement of interpoles between the first gear member and the second gear member. The interpoles couple the first and second magnetic fields to produce a gearing between the first and second gear members. The first gear member has superconducting magnets or coils for generating the first magnetic field and/or the second gear member has superconducting magnets or coils for generating the second magnetic field. | 01-03-2013 |
Christopher Graham Bright, West Bridgford GB
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20090160260 | Electrical Generation Protection System - Distributed generation systems incorporate a distribution network and typically a number of distributed generators. It is possible that power islands may be created in substations incorporating a generator when that substation and generator is isolated from the distribution network by a circuit breaker. A problem arises when the power island is re-connected to the distribution network when the phase of electrical power supply in the previous power island is not synchronised with the power supply on the distribution network. Identifying such an out of phase nature is achieved utilising application of test reactances, both capacitative and inductive, across the whole distribution network such that such test reactances are substantially unbalanced within a particular substation and in particular a distribution path for a generator so that there is a test reactance load imbalance which will identify out of phase operation and therefore control activation of the circuit breaker. | 06-25-2009 |
Christopher John Bright, Huntingdon GB
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20090096363 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - An electroluminescent device comprising: a first charge carrier injecting layer for injecting positive charge carriers; a second charge carrier injecting layer for injecting negative charge carriers; and a light-emissive layer located between the charge carrier injecting layers and comprising a mixture of: a first component for accepting positive charge carriers from the first charge carrier injecting layer; a second component for accepting negative charge carriers from the second charge carrier injecting layer; and a third, organic light-emissive component for generating light as a result of combination of charge carriers from the first and second components; at least one of the first, second and third components forming a type II semiconductor interface with another of the first, second and third components. | 04-16-2009 |
Neil S. Bright, Stratford-Upon-Avon GB
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20130219894 | HEATING SYSTEM - MODULAR - A boiler unit comprises an enclosure including: a first circuit of a first fluid heat exchange medium, the first circuit N having a heating device to heat the first medium, a boost heat exchanger, a valve and a first manifold; a second circuit of a second heating system fluid heat exchange medium, the second circuit having a flow and return port of the boiler unit, a second manifold and said boost heat exchanger for exchange of heat between said first and second heat exchanger media when said valve is open; a space in the enclosure receiving an auxiliary unit to be driven substantially exclusively by said first fluid heat exchange medium; and a boiler control unit to control operation of the heating device according to heat demand of the heating device and otherwise irrespective of the auxiliary unit when connected; and an organic rankine cycle (ORC) unit comprising: a third fluid heat exchange medium circuit, the circuit including a condenser adapted for connection to said second manifold to provide heat to said second circuit, a pump to circulate said third medium, an evaporator adapted for connection to said first manifold to heat said third medium and a rotary expander connected to an electricity generator; and an auxiliary control unit to control the ORC unit and operate said valve. | 08-29-2013 |
Neil Stafford Bright, Stratford Upon Avon GB
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20140298812 | ORC HEAT ENGINE - An ORC heat engine including a working fluid circuit having an evaporator for heating and evaporating a working fluid, a condenser for cooling and condensing the working fluid, and a positive displacement expander-generator having an inlet in fluid communication with the evaporator and an outlet in fluid communication with the condenser. The ORC heat engine further includes a control system coupled to the positive displacement expander-generator having a switch and driving means, the switch being switchable between a first state and a second state, wherein in the first state the switch is coupled to the driving means, and the positive displacement expander-generator is drivable by the driving means, and in the second state the switch is not coupled to the driving means or the driving means is switched off, and the positive displacement expander-generator is not drivable by the driving means. | 10-09-2014 |
Stephen Thomas Bright, Caldicot GB
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20120315989 | VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER - A game controller comprising: a hand-held base unit comprising one or more base unit actuators, each configured to generate a respective actuation signal in response to user input; and a module comprising two or more module actuators, each configured to generate a respective actuation signal in response to user input. The module is mounted to the base unit and can be rotated horizontally between two or more orientations to adjust the configuration of the module actuators relative to the base unit actuator(s). | 12-13-2012 |
Stephen Thomas Bright, Monmouthshire GB
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20080311992 | VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER - A game controller comprising: a hand-held base unit comprising one or more base unit actuators, each configured to generate a respective actuation signal in response to user input; and a module comprising two or more module actuators, each configured to generate a respective actuation signal in response to user input. The module is mounted to the base unit and can be rotated horizontally between two or more orientations to adjust the configuration of the module actuators relative to the base unit actuator(s). | 12-18-2008 |