Nicol, GB
Andy Mark Nicol, Lanark GB
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20140305525 | AUTONOMOUS VALVE CONTROL AND MONITORING - Apparatus and associated methods relate to an autonomous controllable valve system for providing turbulent flow to a cleaning solution during a valve-cleaning operation, the valve system includes a valve and a valve controller, the valve has an MR sensor array arranged to receive a magnetic field from a magnet coupled to the valve stem, the MR sensor array generating signals indicative of a valve stem position, the valve controller receiving the position signals and generating a control signal for a valve actuator to move the valve stem to a cleaning position between a closed position and a maximal-open position. The cleaning position may be less than twenty percent of a distance between the closed position and the maximal open position. In an illustrative embodiment, the cleaning position may be predetermined to cause a turbulent flow of the cleaning solution. | 10-16-2014 |
Colin Nicol, Aberdeen GB
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20130213662 | Tubing Apparatus and Associated Methods - A coiled tubing lifting frame ( | 08-22-2013 |
David Nicol, Edinburgh GB
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20100251316 | COAX AND IP HYBRID DIGITAL TV AND VOD SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are described for providing digital information and/or data services over hybrid network infrastructures including both IP and coax transmission media. | 09-30-2010 |
20100305982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING, SELECTING AND PURCHASING SERVICES - The system comprises a user interface ( | 12-02-2010 |
Fiona May Nicol, Salisbury GB
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20090249585 | CUFF LINK - A single-piece cuff link for use in releasably coupling a first and a second section of a sleeve, the cuff link including first and second arms meeting at first ends and being curved relatively inwardly toward each other at respective second ends. | 10-08-2009 |
Howard Drew Nicol, Northampton GB
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20100135513 | RADIO FREQUENCY SHIELDING FOR RECEIVERS WITHIN HEARING AIDS AND LISTENING DEVICES - Method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing or eliminating the interference produced by a receiver in a listening device, such as a hearing aid. The method and apparatus of the invention involves placing an electrically conductive shield around the receiver. Such a shield helps suppress the electromagnetic signals emitted by the receiver, thereby reducing or eliminating the interference from the receiver. The shield is a passive shield and may be one or more wires that are wound around the receiver and shorted together, or it may be an electrically conductive mesh, jacket, sleeve, or the like, that is placed around the receiver. The shield is then connected either to one of the input terminals of the receiver, or to a system ground of the receiver. | 06-03-2010 |
Regina Beate Gisela Nicol, Sharnbrook GB
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20090285947 | FROZEN CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS - A frozen confection product that has a relaxatory effect when consumed is provided, the product comprising a frozen composition and a chocolate composition or a chocolate analogue composition which comprises non-fat cocoa solids. The product comprises at least 0.01 wt % γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and at most 0.05 wt % theobromine. | 11-19-2009 |
Robert Nicol, Lanarkshire GB
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20090267172 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN IMAGE SENSING MICROMODULE - A method of manufacturing a micromodule including the steps of: producing an integrated circuit on an active face of a chip made of a semi-conductive material, making a via passing through the chip, electrically linked to the integrated circuit, and inserting the chip into a box comprising a cavity and an electrically conductive element, the active face of the chip being disposed towards the bottom of the cavity, forming on at least one part of a lateral face of the chip a conductive lateral layer made of an electrically conductive material, electrically linked to a conductive element of the rear face of the chip, and producing a connection between the conductive lateral layer and the conductive element by depositing an electrically conductive material in the cavity. | 10-29-2009 |
20110057281 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A wafer level packaged integrated circuit includes an array of contacts, a silicon layer and a glass layer. The silicon and glass layers are bonded together to form a bonding material layer therebetween. The bonding material layer includes gaps between the silicon layer and the glass layer at areas where no bonding material is present. An array of contacts is adjacent the semiconductor layer on a side thereof opposite the bonding layer. The wafer level packaged integrated circuit is provided with additional bonding material layer portions within the gaps and aligned with at least some of the contacts. When the wafer level packaged integrated circuit is configured as an image sensor or display having a pixel array, the additional bonding material layer portions are not used in an area of the pixel array. | 03-10-2011 |
Robert Nicol, Lanark GB
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20130194482 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor is formed by a pixel array and a microlens array. One microlens is associated with each pixel. The microlens is positioned in a manner that is offset from a center of its associated pixel. The positioning offset for the microlens is a combination of a first offset determined as a function of the pixel's position relative to a center of the image sensor and a second offset that is randomly selected (both in terms of distance and radial direction). The random offset provides the effect that the spatial frequency information from the shifted microlens array is randomly distributed so as to provide different spatial frequencies and effectively cancel out Moiré interference. | 08-01-2013 |
Robert Nicol, Lesmahagow GB
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20110042767 | FILTERS IN AN IMAGE SENSOR - A method of forming an image sensor having a sensor, a cover, and a filter, that may include applying a filter layer to a cover layer by masking the cover layer with a predetermined pattern and applying the filter layer by a deposition process. The method may also include bonding the cover layer to a sensor layer including a plurality of sensors. The predetermined pattern may result in a filter layer which is aligned with each sensor. There may be gaps in the filter layer around each sensor. | 02-24-2011 |
Scott Nicol, Iwade GB
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20120221256 | FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing tissue biopsies, cells and organisms as a result of predictable responses to known compounds. A sensor is used to detect plurality of features indicative of physiological activity in response to the external. A vector quantity comprising a number of dimensions equal to a number of different features is derived from the signal output of said sensor array and compared to one or more reference values to generate a physiological ‘fingerprint’. | 08-30-2012 |
Steven F. Nicol, Inverurie GB
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20100147531 | Downhole tools - A fluid operated apparatus in the form of a flow cap, is mounted on an end of a downhole tool or sub, which itself has a screw thread fitting to a further tool, sub or tubular. The cap provides a number of fluid flow channels arranged in a spiral pattern upon the outer surface. The handedness of the channels matches the handedness of the screw thread fitting so that fluid flow from ports in the tool or sub, acts to tighten the screw thread fitting. A water injection valve including a flow cap is described. | 06-17-2010 |