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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160072158 | DEVICE FOR MANAGING AN ACCUMULATOR - A device for managing an accumulator, including: a plurality of strain gauges including at least three strain gauges, the strain gauges being arranged to measure stresses along at least three distinct stress axes; a measuring device measuring strains undergone by each gauge along its stress axis; a reversible electrical switch; a calculating device controlling opening and closing of the electrical switch, depending on measurements carried out by the measuring device. | 03-10-2016 |
20150212383 | LIGHT-EMITTING AND ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED FABRICATION METHOD - The display device comprises a first display element ( | 07-30-2015 |
20140326945 | Optoelectronic Arrangement Provided with a Semiconductor Nanowire with a Longitudinal Section that is Surrounded by a Part of a Mirror - The optoelectronic arrangement comprises a semiconductor nanowire intended to participate in the processing, notably in a reception and/or an emission, of a light concerned and a mirror reflecting the light concerned. The semiconductor nanowire comprises a first section and a second section, and the mirror surrounds, at least longitudinally, the first section of the semiconductor nanowire, said second section extending out of the mirror. | 11-06-2014 |
20140065503 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL - The invention relates to a cooling system for a fuel cell, comprising a main heat-transfer-fluid circuit including a circulation pump ( | 03-06-2014 |
20130266516 | LAR Protein-Specific Ligand - The present invention relates to an aptamer comprising a nucleic acid comprising, or consisting of: the sequence ACUGU CCCAG UAUGA CGCGA CUGCU UAGGU GGGAU GUUUC CCAUG CCUCG (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a sequence comprising, or consisting of, at least 25 consecutive nucleotides in a sequence having at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1, with the proviso that a nucleic acid consisting of this sequence binds to the LAR protein. | 10-10-2013 |
20130205869 | Method of determining void rate by nonlinear acoustic resonance spectrometry in a biphase medium and application in a nuclear reactor - A method of determining the void rate in a biphase gas/liquid medium, corresponding to the volume fraction of gas corresponding to the presence of bubbles in the liquid medium in a total volume of gas and liquid, comprises: deployment of a bulk elastic wave resonator in contact and coupled acoustically with the biphase medium; measurement by nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy of the biphase medium comprising the scanning in terms of frequencies and amplitudes in a given range of frequencies and in a given range of amplitudes, of bulk elastic waves emitted and detected at said resonator placed in said medium and leading a set of resonance curves exhibiting maxima; determination of a straight line defined by the set of maxima of said curves and of the slope of said straight line; determination of the void rate on the basis of said slope. The method may be applied to a nuclear reactor. | 08-15-2013 |
20130168459 | Low-Power Residential Heating System - Method of thermal management of a building, on the basis of a thermal system equipped with a low-power generator, characterized in that it comprises a step (E | 07-04-2013 |
20130154756 | METHOD FOR THE PHASE MODULATION OF A CARRIER SIGNAL TRANSMITTED FROM A TRANSMITTER TO A CONTACTLESS TRANSPONDER, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - A method for phase modulation of a carrier signal from a transmitter to a contactless transponder in which data is coded as consecutive symbols, each corresponding to a predefined number of carrier cycles, and in which a symbol time is at least two cycles of the carrier signal includes, at the transmitter, spreading a phase jump of a symbol in relation to a preceding symbol over a first part of the symbol time. The establishment of the phase jump is completed in the first part of the symbol time. The periods of the cycles are constant during a second part of the symbol time. | 06-20-2013 |
20130087714 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING NUCLEAR MATERIAL PLACED IN A GLOVE BOX - A mechanical device for supporting and attaching at least one ionizing radiation detection probe. For each detection probe it includes one probe-holder ending in a collimator-holder able to support a collimator intended to delimit a field of observation of the detection probe, and an attachment device intended to be attached to a glove port of a glove box, where the probe-holder, or each probe-holder, cooperates with the said attachment device. | 04-11-2013 |
20130064602 | METHOD OF JOINING PARTS MADE OF SiC-BASED MATERIALS BY NON-REACTIVE BRAZING WITH ADDITION OF A REINFORCEMENT. BRAZING COMPOSITIONS AND JOINT AND ASSEMBLY THAT ARE OBTAINED BY SUCH A METHOD - A method for joining, assembling, at least two parts comprising silicon carbide-based materials is provided. The parts are contacted with a non-reactive brazing composition, the assembly having the parts and the brazing composition is heated to a brazing temperature sufficient to melt the brazing composition, and the parts and the brazing composition are cooled so that, after solidification of the brazing composition, a moderately refractory joint is formed. The brazing composition is a binary alloy consisting, in atomic percentages, of 60% to 66% silicon and 34% to 40% nickel. Prior to contacting the parts with the brazing composition, a reinforcement is added. A composition comprising the brazing composition and a reinforcement is provided. A brazing paste, suspension comprising a powder of the brazing composition, a reinforcement, and an organic liquid cement, binder, or an organic viscous gel is provided. A joint and assembly obtained by the foregoing method is provided. | 03-14-2013 |
20130043143 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING GASES AND/OR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) - The present invention concerns a device for detecting gases or volatile organic compounds (VOC) comprising an electrically conducting or semiconducting zone f unctionalized with an organic film resulting from the polymerization of aromatic diazonium salt derived monomer. | 02-21-2013 |
20120279345 | TRANSLATABLY AND ROTATABLY SEMI-ACTIVE DEVICE - A semi-active device capable of generating a resistive force against movements of a mobile element ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120228788 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A POROUS NUCLEAR FUEL BASED ON AT LEAST ONE MINOR ACTINIDE - A method for manufacturing a porous fuel comprising uranium, optionally plutonium and at least one minor actinide is provided. The method may comprise the following successive steps: a) a step for compacting as pellets a mixture of powders comprising uranium oxide, optionally plutonium oxide and at least one oxide of a minor actinide, at least one portion of the uranium oxide being in the form of triuranium octaoxide U | 09-13-2012 |
20120191408 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTING AN ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT OF A PERSON - System for counting an elementary displacement of a person, comprising a casing and fixing means for securely tying said casing to a part of the body of said person, comprising:
| 07-26-2012 |
20120118080 | DEVICE FOR THE TOUCH-SENSITIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF A SURFACE TEXTURE | 05-17-2012 |
20120098528 | MEASURING VIBRATION IN A ROTATING ELEMENT - A system for measuring a variation in a distance of an axis of rotation of an object relative to a point in a plane perpendicular to this axis comprises at least two sensors for measuring a value representing an angular position of said object about said axis, at least a first of said sensors, whose position is fixed relative to said point, comprising a magnetometer suitable for measuring the magnetic field generated by said object whose magnetization varies around its circumference; and means for determining said variation of distance on the basis of a variation in an angular deviation between said sensors relative to the axis, from one revolution of said object to the next. | 04-26-2012 |
20120086010 | ELECTRONIC IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - The instant disclosure relates to an electronic image detection device comprising: a plurality of metal electrodes on a first face of an insulating layer; and amorphous silicon regions extending over the insulating layer between the metal electrodes. | 04-12-2012 |
20110302589 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINISTIC EXECUTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PROCESSING CORES EXECUTING SYSTEM TASKS - An information processing system includes two processing cores. The execution of an application by the system includes the execution of application tasks and the execution of system tasks, and the system includes a micro-kernel executing the system tasks, which are directly linked to hardware resources. The processing system includes a computation part of the micro-kernel executing system tasks relating to the switching of the tasks on a first core, and a control part of the micro-kernel executing, on a second core, system tasks relating to the control of the task allocation order on the first core. | 12-08-2011 |
20110288903 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF WASTE RESULTING FROM A PROGRAM OF DRAINING AND DISMANTLING A FACILITY, ESPECIALLY A NUCLEAR FACILITY - A method includes a first phase of characterizing waste of a plant and a second phase of selecting at least one system for treatment and determination of associated predicted streams of waste. The first phase includes a step of physical characterization and radiological characterization of each area, a step of physical characterization and radiological characterization of all the items of equipment present in the areas as a function of the step of characterization of the areas, and a step of compiling the physical and radiological characteristics of the items of equipment in which a description of a waste item to be produced is associated with the physical and radiological characteristics of each item of equipment. The second phase makes the selection of at least one system for the treatment and the determination of the associated predicted streams as a function of the descriptions of the waste to be produced and of the physical and radiological characteristics of the areas. | 11-24-2011 |
20110267721 | Method for Detecting an Electric Arc in a Photovoltaic Installation - Method for detecting an electric arc in a photovoltaic device by ultrasound, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
| 11-03-2011 |
20110199298 | POINTER WITH MOTION SENSING RESOLVED BY DATA MERGING - The invention applies to a pointing device of a mobile element, for example a cursor, on a plane surface. The pointing device comprises a first sensor for measuring the angular rates of the device and a second sensor of the linear accelerations along three dimensions of said device. Preferably, the first sensor is a two-axis or three-axis gyrometer and the second sensor is a three-axis accelerometer. The invention makes it possible to render the movements of the mobile element in the surface of the orientation in which the pointing device is held by its user. This result is achieved by global resolution of the angles of torsion by combining the measurements of the first and second sensors either within an extended Kalman filter or by application of an optimization criterion. The invention also provides a method for estimating the parameters which characterize motion and/or orientation of an object in space from said combination of the measurements of the first and second sensors either within an extended Kalman filter or by application of an optimization criterion. | 08-18-2011 |
20110182548 | DEVICE FOR COUPLING AN OPTICAL FIBER AND A NANOPHOTONIC COMPONENT - The invention relates to a device for coupling an optical fiber and a nanophotonic component formed on a first substrate, wherein the device comprises: an intermediate component formed on a second substrate including a first wave guide adapted for receiving light from the optical fiber and for transmitting the same to a first diffraction grating independently from the polarization of the incident light; second and third diffraction gratings formed on the first substrate and coupled to the nanophotonic component, the first diffraction grating being adapted to provide the first and second light beams respectively towards the second diffraction grating and the third diffraction grating, the first and second beams having perpendicular polarizations. | 07-28-2011 |
20110144408 | PROCESS FOR WASTE CONFINEMENT BY VITRIFICATION IN METAL CANS - Process for confinement of waste containing at least one chemical species to be confined, by in-can vitrification in a hot metal can into which waste and a vitrification additive are added, the waste and the vitrification additive are melted to obtain a glass melt which is then cooled, characterised in that at least one oxidising agent is also added into the metal can and in that the concentration of oxidising agent(s) expressed as oxide(s) in the glass melt is between 0.1 and 20% by mass, preferably 4 and 20% by mass, even more preferably 5 and 15% by mass, and even more preferably 10 and 13% by mass of the glass melt mass. | 06-16-2011 |
20100286963 | Method For Separating Mixed Signals Into A Plurality Of Component Signals - The invention relates to a method for breaking down a set of signals consisting of an instantaneous linear mixture of independent components. The method comprises a step ( | 11-11-2010 |