Astley
Carl William Astley, Lianddulas GB
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| 20130174691 | Planetary arrangement of motors, masses around a axis of a flywheel - A powered binary masses flywheel assembly device that will extract gravitational energy and store it together with the energy inputted externally into the flywheel in the form of rotational kinetic energy while rotating in the substantially vertically plane. The device can be used as part of a drive motor assembly to power machinery or as an electrical generator assembly. The binary masses arrangement in the flywheel enables the system to rotate at ever higher rpm using less power input per revolution the higher the rpm. This phenomenon starts to take place when the kinetic energy being stored in the rotating flywheel disc is exceeded by the kinetic energy stored in the binary masses attached to the flywheel disc which form the flywheel assembly. | 07-11-2013 |
Carl William Astley, Llanddulas GB
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| 20130175953 | Sequential pulse firing of multiple motors in an flywheel array - A method of initiating sequential pulse firing of a motor to reduce energy consumption in machines that have both rotational and linear kinetic energy stored in them by pulsing the motor at variable frequency without reducing total kinetic energy in the machine below a predetermined level. | 07-11-2013 |
Christopher Gerald Astley, Aldgate AU
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| 20160120197 | MILK FROTHER CLEANING COMPOSITION - Disclosed herein is a composition for cleaning milk products from and sanitising food or beverage preparation devices such a mills frothers of espresso coffee machines. The composition comprises a C | 05-05-2016 |
Dale Vernon Astley, Llanddulas GB
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| 20130175953 | Sequential pulse firing of multiple motors in an flywheel array - A method of initiating sequential pulse firing of a motor to reduce energy consumption in machines that have both rotational and linear kinetic energy stored in them by pulsing the motor at variable frequency without reducing total kinetic energy in the machine below a predetermined level. | 07-11-2013 |
Dale Vernon Astley, Lianddulas GB
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| 20130174691 | Planetary arrangement of motors, masses around a axis of a flywheel - A powered binary masses flywheel assembly device that will extract gravitational energy and store it together with the energy inputted externally into the flywheel in the form of rotational kinetic energy while rotating in the substantially vertically plane. The device can be used as part of a drive motor assembly to power machinery or as an electrical generator assembly. The binary masses arrangement in the flywheel enables the system to rotate at ever higher rpm using less power input per revolution the higher the rpm. This phenomenon starts to take place when the kinetic energy being stored in the rotating flywheel disc is exceeded by the kinetic energy stored in the binary masses attached to the flywheel disc which form the flywheel assembly. | 07-11-2013 |
John Astley, Bristol GB
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| 20090250296 | Lubrication and scavenge system - A lubrication and scavenge system for a gas turbine, capable continued operation in nose-down or nose-up orientations, has a number of oil drainage passages to return oil to one or more collection chambers adjacent a rolling element bearing. A rotary impellor in the chamber forces the oil into a scavenge off-take passageway in the chamber wall leading to a scavenge pump. However, in some orientations windage effects in the chamber can return the oil to the drainage passage rather than permitting the impellor to centrifuge it into the off-take passageway. As a result oil starvation may occur. To avoid this and improve scavenging a shield is located between the drainage path and the off-take passageway adjacent to a face of the impellor. The shield may comprise an additional member, but preferably is formed integrally with a bearing race so as to ease assembly. | 10-08-2009 |
Mark C. Astley, Wayne, NJ US
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| 20090178047 | DISTRIBUTED ONLINE OPTIMIZATION FOR LATENCY ASSIGNMENT AND SLICING - A system and method for latency assignment in a system having shared resources for performing jobs including computing a new resource price at each resource and sending the new resource price to a task controller in a task path that has at least one job running in the task path. A path price is computed for each task path of the task controller, if there is a critical time specified for the task. New deadlines are determined for the resources in a task path based on the resource price and the path price. The new deadlines are sent to the resources where the at least one job is running to improve system performance. | 07-09-2009 |
Michael Astley, Cambs GB
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| 20140049505 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined. | 02-20-2014 |
Michael Astley, Waterbeach GB
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| 20150097581 | SENSING - An apparatus comprising: a capacitance touch sensor arrangement configured to have a variable capacitance that varies when a conductive object approaches; and at least one variable impedance sensor configured to have a variable impedance that varies with a sensed parameter; | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150185918 | APPARATUS AND/OR METHOD FOR SENSING TOUCH INPUT - An apparatus comprising: a capacitive sensor electrode; and material configured to temporarily modify a capacitance of the capacitive sensor electrode during a period after a touch input has occurred. | 07-02-2015 |
Michael Astley, Cambridge GB
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| 20140207467 | Hybrid Input Device For Touchless User Interface - An apparatus includes a sensor comprising a sensing film configured to provide a signal based upon a user's breath and a controller operably associated with the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal based upon the user's breath. | 07-24-2014 |
Michael R. Astley, Cambridge GB
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| 20140247529 | Apparatus And Method for Water Protection Of An Electronic Device - An apparatus comprises a sensor having a sensing film and at least two electrodes; and a plurality of electronic components operably associated with the sensor. The sensing film is configured to provide a signal based on humidity immediately prior to contact with liquid water. The electronic components are configured to provide a change in output voltage to trigger an electronic switch that disconnects an electronic device from a power source. | 09-04-2014 |
Michael Robert Astley, Waterbeach GB
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| 20140197851 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus including a sensor array, configured to produce an array output value in response to an environmental stimulus, and a controller, the sensor array including a plurality of sensors and a common output terminal connected to the respective outputs of the sensors, each sensor having first and second electrodes configured to output a respective sensor output value in a particular environment based on the areas of the first and second electrodes and/or the spacing therebetween, the controller configured to control which of the sensors are connected to the common output terminal using respective switches to vary the effective area and/or spacing of the sensor array such that the array output value at the common output terminal, based on the contribution of the respective sensor output values of the connected sensors, is held at a reference value. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150142355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SENSING - A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method comprises: providing a first input signal to a sensor; measuring a first output signal provided from the sensor in response to the first input signal and calculating capacitance of the sensor from the first measured output signal; providing a second input signal to the sensor; measuring the output signal provided from the sensor in response to the second input signal and calculating resistance of the sensor from the second measured output signal; wherein the first and second input signals are provided at different times. | 05-21-2015 |
Michael Robert Astley, Cambridgeshire GB
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| 20140129174 | Apparatus and Sensors for Attachment to the Apparatus - An apparatus and plurality of sensors where the apparatus includes a plurality of coupling elements; a plurality of attachment portions configured to enable a plurality of sensors to be removably attached to the apparatus; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program instructions; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to individually address each of the plurality of coupling elements to obtain a reading from each of the plurality of sensors attached to the apparatus. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140196522 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including first and second sensor elements, the first sensor element includes a first sensor material. The second sensor element includes a second sensor material. The first sensor material is configured such that an electrical property of the first sensor material is dependent upon the temperature of the environment in which the first and second sensor elements are located. The second sensor material is configured such that the same electrical property of the second sensor material is dependent upon the relative vapour pressure of a fluid in the environment in which the first and second sensor elements are located, the respective temperature and fluid relative vapour pressure dependencies of the first and second sensor materials allowing the temperature and fluid relative vapour pressure of the environment to be determined based on combined measurements of the electrical property of the first and second sensor materials in the environment. | 07-17-2014 |
Mike Astley, Waterbeach GB
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| 20130075604 | PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM HAVING A HOLLOW LIGHT GUIDE - A system includes a particle optical system and a photosensitive detector. The particle optical system includes a charged particle beam source and an objective lens. The charged particle beam source is configured to generate a charged particle beam that travels along a particle beam path, and the objective lens is configured to focus the particle beam onto an object plane of the particle optical system. The system is configured such that a light beam path of the system extends from the object plane to the photosensitive detector. | 03-28-2013 |
Oliver Richard Astley, Niskayuna, NY US
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| 20100328131 | Capacitive Integrate and Fold Charge-to-Digital Converter - A circuit for converting a charge signal into a binary format of output bits comprises: an integration circuit including an operational transconductance amplifier having an inverting input terminal and an output terminal, an integrating capacitor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal, the integrating capacitor for storing a charge input selectively provided by a sensor diode; and a folding circuit having a fold capacitor, the fold capacitor switchably coupled either to a fold voltage source via a fold buffer for charging the fold capacitor to a predetermined fold charge value, or to the integrating capacitor for selectively removing at least a portion of the stored charge input. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110051888 | Electronic Packaging Technique to Improve Sensor Failure Robustness - A modular sensor assembly comprises: sensor arrays electrically coupled to a sensor substrate; a plurality of integrated circuits with sensor signal processors electrically coupled to a package substrate; and an interconnect assembly including electrical paths configured to electrically couple analog output signals from a first sensor array to a first integrated circuit and from a second sensor to a second integrated circuit, the first sensor disposed adjacent to the second sensor. | 03-03-2011 |
Oliver Richard Astley, Clifton Park, NY US
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| 20130319759 | FINE-PITCH FLEXIBLE WIRING - A flexible wire assembly includes a plurality of elongated conductors and insulators each having a quadrilateral cross section and alternatingly laminated together, the flexible wire assembly having a wire width measured across the conductor and insulators, a wire height equivalent to the height of the conductors and insulators, and a wire length which is measured in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the wire width and the wire height, wherein the wire length is one or more orders of magnitude greater than the wire width and the wire height; and a first device comprising a plurality of bond pads spaced to define a bond pad pitch, wherein the flexible wire assembly is coupled to the first device at the bond pads such that spacing of the conductor conductors is matched to the bond pad pitch. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20150108357 | INTEGRATED SHIELD STRUCTURE FOR MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - In certain embodiments, a mixed signal integrated circuit is provided that includes both a digital portion and an analog portion. A shield is provided that overlays one of the digital portion or the analog portion of the mixed signal integrated circuit. The shield limits propagation of signals between the digital portion and the analog portion of the mixed signal integrated circuit. | 04-23-2015 |
Richard J. Astley, Southampton GB
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| 20120156006 | ACOUSTIC LINER - An acoustic liner for a gas turbine engine comprises a folded cavity with an opening and a resistive facing sheet covering the opening, characterised in that the folded cavity further comprises a resistive septum that increases attenuation at high frequencies. The presence of the septum permits the attenuation of noise over a much wider range of frequencies than in known liners. By suitable choice of the resistance and reactance of the septum and of its position in the cavity, the liner can provide low frequency attenuation comparable with known liners while also providing improved attenuation at higher frequencies. | 06-21-2012 |
Stuart Anthony Astley, West Midlands GB
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| 20120045701 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL SYSTEM - A system and method satisfies temperature and pressure requirements of solid oxide fuel cell system | 02-23-2012 |
| 20140054387 | VALVE AND VALVE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FLUID TEMPERATURE - A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths. | 02-27-2014 |
Stuart Anthony Astley, Wolverhampton GB
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| 20150357665 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL SYSTEM - A system and method satisfies temperature and pressure requirements of solid oxide fuel cell system in a manner that increases the overall efficiency and decreases the overall weight of system. The system and method include a secondary blower for boosting air stream pressure level sufficient for operation of a reformer that is designed to minimize pressure drop; an integrated heat exchanger for recovering heat from exhaust and comprising multiple flow fields for ensuring inlet temperature requirements of a solid oxide fuel cell are met; and a thermal enclosure for separating hot zone components from cool zone components for increasing thermal efficiency of the system and better thermal management. | 12-10-2015 |
Vaughn Astley, Lakeland, FL US
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| 20110183843 | ACID COMBINATION ONE STEP REACTION PROCESS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A process for the manufacture of an aqueous composition that is a combination of a fungicide and fertilizer comprising the following steps: | 07-28-2011 |
Vaughn V. Astley, Lakeland, FL US
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| 20110127223 | PROCESS FOR TREATING POND WATER - A process for the treatment of phosphoric acid plant pond water where an increased recovery of phosphorus values from the input pond water is achieved through the dilution of the initial pond water with clarified water from the product generation stage and/or the final stage clarified water. The recycle of the product generation stage and/or final stage waters to dilute the feed pond water mitigates or eliminates the problems of silica gel formation and precipitation that occur when undiluted pond waters are processed. In addition, the dilution reduces phosphate losses in the first liming or neutralization stage rejected solids thereby increasing the yield of Di-Calcium Phosphate or ammonium magnesium phosphate or potassium magnesium phosphates. | 06-02-2011 |