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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy

A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.

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Assignee: Astrium Limited


Location: Hertfordshire, GB
No. of patents: 10

NumberTitleIssue Date
8107877System for processing radio frequency signals
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a reconfigurable system for the analogue processing of radio frequency signals in a satellite communications system. The system receives a pre-selected first intermediate frequency and selects one or more first frequency channel...
01/31/2012
8103225Multiport amplifiers in communications satellites
Feedback loops are used within a Multiport Amplifier (MPA) of a communications satellite to maintain phase and amplitude tracking and hence isolation and combining performance. at Ku and Ka-bands, for which there is increasing interest in MPA applications, and where...
01/24/2012
8004356Tuning multiport amplifiers
A method of tuning a multiport amplifier and a multiport amplifier are provided. The multiport amplifier comprises an even number of microwave power amplifiers arranged in parallel, a series of input ports and a series of output ports, the input ports being connecte...
08/23/2011
7714797Phased array antenna
A phased array antenna for a telecommunications satellite, that is deployable from a retracted condition to a deployed condition when the satellite is on-station, comprising a base member of hexagonal form, and a plurality of deployable antenna panels stacked one on...
05/11/2010
7705766Synthetic aperture radar
A method of operating synthetic aperture radar in a low PRF mode, comprising generating a stream of radar pulses, imposing onto said stream a predetermined modulation of the Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF), directing said stream to a target area, and processing rec...
04/27/2010
7640647Method of assembling a packaged high frequency circuit module
Projecting elongate stub walls are provided on the planar surfaces of a substrate at positions where bonding of the substrate to a clamping lid or base is to be carried out. On firing of the substrate, the surfaces thereof are mechanically processed but since the st...
01/05/2010
7588214Deployable support structure
A support structure (1) is provided comprising a plurality of curved surfaces A, B hingedly interconnected along their edges such as to provide effective deployment in two separate stages. Preferably, the structure has only two curved surfaces hingedly interc...
09/15/2009
7133815Method and system for balancing thrust demands
In the control of spacecraft, thrusters must generate a commanded force or torque that is computed from the control algorithms in order to maintain a certain attitude or orbit. In general, there is an infinite number of solutions as to how the thrusters are fired in...
11/07/2006
7076341Autonomous manoeuvring for spinning spacecraft
An inventive autonomous active manoeuvring method and system 1 for spinning spacecraft is provided having a capability to enhance the AOCMS performance of passive spinning satellites and to fulfil the emerging autonomy requirements applicable to new generatio...
07/11/2006
6975264Signal separating system
A signal separating system 1 comprises a frequency conversion element 3, a dynamic filter component 4 with associated coherent stop slot and non-coherent passband, optionally a signal wave enhancer 7 with bypass, and a frequency reconvers...
12/13/2005
 
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