Abstract

A switch based on a phase-change material including: a region of said phase-change material coupling first and second conduction electrodes of the switch; a waveguide located vertically in line with the region of said phase-change material and including a central region of a first material having a first refractive index surrounded by a peripheral region of a second material having a second refractive index lower than the first refractive index; and a region of a third material having a third refractive index lower than the second refractive index and located in the peripheral region of the waveguide vertically in line with a first face of the central region of the waveguide opposite the region of said phase-change material.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 70/20 - Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors
• H10N 70/00 - Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching

Abstract

The invention relates to a transistor electrical system comprising a first transistor (T1) having control, input and output terminals (cd1, e1, s1) configured to be coupled to a bias circuit (10), a second transistor (T2) having control, input and output terminals (cd2, e2, s2) configured to be coupled to the bias circuit (10), an inductive device (2) coupled to the control terminals (cd1, cd2), a first capacitive component (C1) connected in series between the input terminal (e1) of the first transistor (T1) and the output terminal (s2) of the second transistor (T2); and a second capacitive component (C2) connected in series between the input terminal (e2) of the second transistor (T2) and the output terminal (s1) of the first transistor (T1).

IPC Classes  ?

• H03B 5/12 - Generation of oscillations using amplifier with regenerative feedback from output to input with frequency-determining element comprising lumped inductance and capacitance active element in amplifier being semiconductor device
• H03B 5/36 - Generation of oscillations using amplifier with regenerative feedback from output to input with frequency-determining element being electromechanical resonator being a piezoelectric resonator active element in amplifier being semiconductor device
• H03H 11/06 - Frequency selective two-port networks comprising means for compensation of loss
• H03H 11/12 - Frequency selective two-port networks using amplifiers with feedback

Abstract

The invention relates to a system comprising a first and second generator (E1, E2) delivering excitation signals to a first and second resonator (R1, R2) generating chaotic signals. The resonators (R1, R2) are structurally different and coupled to one another. Advantageously, this system makes it possible to synchronize the chaotic signals and comprises: ● a dissipation correction module acting on the modulation frequencies fm1, fm2 of the excitation signals, ● a non-linearity correction module acting on the amplitudes of the excitation signals, ● a resonant frequency correction module acting on the carrier frequencies fc1, fc2 of the excitation signals, ● an amplitude correction module acting on the amplitudes of the chaotic signals. The invention also relates to a synchronization method based on this system.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 9/00 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols
• H03B 28/00 - Generation of oscillations by methods not covered by groups , including modification of the waveform to produce sinusoidal oscillations
• H04L 9/12 - Transmitting and receiving encryption devices synchronised or initially set up in a particular manner
• H03B 19/00 - Generation of oscillations by non-regenerative frequency multiplication or division of a signal from a separate source

Abstract

The present invention relates to compositions comprising particles of a fluoropolymer and solid inorganic particles, characterized in that said solid inorganic particles have a Young's modulus of between 1 and 100 GPa and in that said fluoropolymer has a melt viscosity of less than 45 kPoise measured at 230°C at a shear rate of 100 s-1 according to standard ASTM D3835.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 10/0562 - Solid materials
• C01D 15/00 - Lithium compounds
• C01D 15/06 - SulfatesSulfites
• C08F 14/22 - Vinylidene fluoride
• C08F 14/24 - Trifluorochloroethene
• C08F 14/26 - Tetrafluoroethene
• C08F 14/28 - Hexafluoropropene
• C08F 214/22 - Vinylidene fluoride
• C08F 214/24 - Trifluorochloroethene
• C08F 214/26 - Tetrafluoroethene
• C08F 214/28 - Hexafluoropropene
• H01M 10/0565 - Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type
• H01M 10/0567 - Liquid materials characterised by the additives
• C08K 3/32 - Phosphorus-containing compounds
• C08F 114/22 - Vinylidene fluoride

Abstract

The invention relates to a power control system for an electric machine, the system comprising a management interface (9) configured so as to manage power exchanged between an electrical device and an electric machine (2), the management interface (9) comprising four switch devices (10 to 13) forming a bridge circuit (P), and a capacitive device (Ca) electrically coupled between terminals (BP1, BP2) of the bridge circuit (P); each switch device being controlled and configured so as to operate as a voltage-unidirectional and current-bidirectional switch, and an electronic control unit (20) configured so as to control the four switch devices in such a way as to discharge the capacitive device (Ca) and to control closure of each of the four switch devices when a voltage across the terminals (BP1, BP2) of the bridge circuit (P) is strictly lower than a voltage threshold, in order to keep the capacitive device (Ca) discharged.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02M 1/32 - Means for protecting converters other than by automatic disconnection
• H02M 1/36 - Means for starting or stopping converters
• H02M 7/483 - Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltage levels
• H02M 7/5387 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a bridge configuration

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling switches of a multiple active bridge converter, the method comprising the steps of: a) scanning between 0 and π of the value of the internal phase shift (α1) of a port, called reference port, and, for each value of the internal phase shift (α1) of the reference port, carrying out the following sub-steps of: a1) computing, for each of the n−1 ports different from the reference port, the internal phase shift (αi); a2) computing, for each of the n−1 ports different from the reference port, the external phase shift (φi); a3) computing a set of at least one power parameter comprising the total losses (Ptotal losses) of the converter and, optionally, the number of switches of the converter in the ZVS condition; a4) determining an optimized value of the internal phase shift (α1,OPT) of the reference port; b) updating the switching controls for the switches.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02M 1/00 - Details of apparatus for conversion
• H02M 1/14 - Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output
• H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ink for the additive manufacturing of microfluidic strips comprising microfibrillated cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, silicon oxide particles and an aqueous phase. It also relates to a method for preparing a microfluidic strip and to a corresponding microfluidic strip. The invention also relates to a method for producing a microfluidic device and to a corresponding microfluidic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/14 - Printing inks based on carbohydrates
• B01L 3/00 - Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glasswareDroppers
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• C08L 1/04 - OxycelluloseHydrocellulose
• C08L 1/02 - CelluloseModified cellulose
• D21H 17/68 - Water-insoluble compounds, e.g. fillers or pigments siliceous, e.g. clays
• C04B 35/14 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their compositionCeramic compositionsProcessing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxides based on silica
• C08K 3/36 - Silica

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for preparing an essentially cellulose-based microfluidic device. More particularly, said method is an additive method consisting specifically in encapsulating a microfluidic strip in a hydrophobizing mixture comprising microfibrillated cellulose and at least one hydrophobizing agent, preferably selected from alkyl ketene dimers (AKD), alkenylsuccinic acid anhydrides, rosin resins, silicones and mixtures thereof, preferably alkyl ketene dimers. The invention also relates to an essentially cellulose-based microfluidic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01L 3/00 - Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glasswareDroppers

Abstract

The invention relates to an orthopaedic screw (1) for the sacroiliac joint (71), the screw comprising a core (2) extending between a distal end (1a) and a proximal end (1b), and a first thread (3), wherein the core (1) comprises a central conical portion (21) having a first slope (α1), a distal portion (20) having a second slope (α2) smaller than the first slope (α1), and a proximal portion (22) having a third slope (α3) smaller than the first slope (α1), and wherein the first thread (3) has a height (D) that increases from the proximal end (21b) towards the distal end (21a) of the central conical portion (21), over a retaining portion (210) of the central conical portion (21), so as to enhance screw retention, in particular in osteoporotic bone.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 17/86 - Pins or screws

Abstract

mesmesmesmesmes-thmes-th, triggers (33) a measurement event (4).

IPC Classes  ?

• H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• H04N 25/707 - Pixels for event detection

Abstract

A device includes a magnetic tunnel junction; a conductive spacer with low spin-orbit coupling and high mean orbital moment diffusion length; and a conductive track able to generate an orbital moment current from a charge current and having a weak spin-orbit coupling.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10B 61/00 - Magnetic memory devices, e.g. magnetoresistive RAM [MRAM] devices
• H10N 50/01 - Manufacture or treatment
• H10N 50/10 - Magnetoresistive devices

Abstract

The invention relates to a control device for an electrical machine (2), the device comprising a power management assembly (90) that comprises a power interface (9) and a power supply system (3), the power supply system (3) comprising a power converter (5), the device comprising an electronic control unit (20) configured to control the power interface (9) so as to regulate a power factor between the power converter (5) and the power interface with respect to a power factor setpoint, such that the power interface (9) supplies at least some of the reactive power consumed by the electric machine (2) so that the power management assembly (90) can exchange an apparent power strictly greater than an initial apparent power with the electric machine (2).

IPC Classes  ?

• H02P 23/26 - Power factor control [PFC]
• H02J 3/18 - Arrangements for adjusting, eliminating or compensating reactive power in networks
• H02M 7/483 - Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltage levels
• H02M 1/00 - Details of apparatus for conversion
• H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
• H02M 7/5387 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a bridge configuration

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of producing moulded cellulose-based packages and more particularly to a method for producing a cellulose-based product and to the cellulose-based product produced in this way. The production method 10 is essentially such that it comprises the following steps: • providing 12 a preformed cellulosic structure; • providing 14 a nanocellulosic pulp with a cellulose nanofibril concentration of substantially 5 to 50% by weight of solids of the nanocellulosic pulp; • depositing 16 a layer based on the provided nanocellulosic pulp on a surface of the preformed cellulosic structure; and • drying 18 the layer based on the nanocellulosic pulp by means of thermocompression. The cellulose-based product produced is essentially such that it comprises: • a preformed cellulosic structure; and • a layer based on cellulose microfibrils on at least one surface of the preformed cellulosic structure.

IPC Classes  ?

• D21H 11/18 - Highly hydrated, swollen or fibrillatable fibres
• B65D 65/42 - Applications of coated or impregnated materials
• D21H 21/16 - Sizing or water-repelling agents
• D21H 27/10 - Packing paper
• D21H 27/30 - Multi-ply
• D21H 19/34 - Coatings without pigments applied in a form other than the aqueous solution defined in group comprising cellulose or derivatives thereof

Abstract

A method for forming a layer based upon a dielectric material on a layer based upon an etched III-V material includes providing at least one III-V layer base upon a III-V material, preferably III-N, having a front face. The method also includes etching at least one part of the III-V layer from the front face, so as to expose an etched surface of the III-V layer; exposing at least the etched surface to a plasma treatment of O2 or of N2, this step being carried out at a temperature Ttreatment with Ttreatment<100° C., and depositing a layer based upon a dielectric material at least on the etched surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10H 20/01 - Manufacture or treatment
• H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an object based on cellulosic fibres and to an object based on cellulosic fibres thus manufactured. The manufacturing method 10 is essentially such that it comprises the following steps: • mixing 12, with water, solids comprising at least 80 to 99%, preferably 90 to 99%, of cellulosic fibres, and 1 to 20%, preferably 1 to 10%, of a preferably natural water-soluble polymer or of a water-retaining additive so as to obtain a pulp based on cellulosic fibres with a solids concentration by weight of substantially 10 to 70%, preferably 20 to 50%; • without drying it, shaping the pulp 14 in a mould of the object to be manufactured; and • drying 16 the pulp shaped in the mould by thermocompression.

IPC Classes  ?

• D21J 3/00 - Manufacture of articles by pressing wet fibre pulp, or papier-mâché, between moulds
• D21H 11/00 - Pulp or paper, comprising cellulose or lignocellulose fibres of natural origin only
• D21H 11/18 - Highly hydrated, swollen or fibrillatable fibres
• D21H 17/24 - Polysaccharides
• D21H 17/25 - Cellulose
• D21H 17/26 - Ethers thereof
• D21H 17/30 - Alginic acid or alginates
• D21H 17/31 - Gums
• D21H 17/36 - PolyalkenylalcoholsPolyalkenylethersPolyalkenylesters
• D21H 21/06 - Paper forming aids
• D21H 21/24 - Surfactants
• D21H 27/10 - Packing paper

Abstract

It is provided a photonic multi-level device 1 comprising: a. a waveguide 11 into which light is dedicated to travel along a main optical propagation direction 10, b. a phase change material patch 12, hereafter PCM patch, on the waveguide 11, c. an electro-thermal switching 13, e.g., a heater, in the vicinity of said PCM patch 12, wherein at least one among the waveguide 11, the PCM patch 12 and the electro-thermal switching 13 has a cross-section that varies along the main optical propagation direction 10. Thus, the present invention deals with novel designs for photonic multi-level devices that permit to modify in a compact, multi-level, reliable, and controllable way the device optical response.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/01 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour

Abstract

The hydromechanical device (102) for supplying each of two opposing active chambers (vr1ca1, vr1ca2) of a double-acting receiving cylinder (vr1) for servo-controlled operation of at least one first output rod (vr1ts1, vr1ts2) INCLUDES: a first double-acting generating cylinder (vg1) INCLUDING a first movement input rod (vg1te1) which is rigidly connected to a first piston (vg1p1) that delimits two first opposing passive chambers (vg1cp1, vg1cp2), each of which is selectively connected to at least one of THE two opposing active chambers of the receiving cylinder (vr1); and an assembly (110) for driving the first rod (vg1te1) of the first generating cylinder (vg1), INCLUDING a movement-transforming screw-nut assembly (112, 114), one movement output component (114) of which is rigidly connected to the first rod (vg1te1) of the first generating cylinder (vg1) and the other movement input component (112) of which is rotated by a drive motor (m1).

IPC Classes  ?

• F15B 13/04 - Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors for use with a single servomotor
• F15B 13/044 - Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors for use with a single servomotor operated by electrically-controlled means, e.g. solenoids, torque-motors
• F15B 15/14 - Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to anotherGearing associated therewith characterised by the construction of the motor unit of the straight-cylinder type

Abstract

An NPF radiofrequency device includes a first end terminal E1, four first branches BR10, BR11, BR12, BR13 connected to E1 and each including a capacitor, respectively C0, C1, C2, C3, having the same capacitance, including a first terminal and a second terminal connected to ground, and a switch arranged between E1 and the first terminal of the capacitor of the first branch; the device being designed to, in each first branch BR1i, close the switch at each time pT0+(i)T0/4, for T0/4, where p is a natural number and T0 is the period of the clock signal; the device including at least two successive second branches from among an ordered set of second branches BR20, BR21, BR22, BR23, the second branch BR2i including a second end terminal E2i, and each second branch BR2k of the device including, for each first branch, BR11, i=0 to 3, a switch between the first terminal of the capacitor Ci and the second branch, the device being designed to close the switch at each pT0+(i+k)T0/4, for T0/4.

IPC Classes  ?

• H03K 17/56 - Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking characterised by the use of specified components by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices
• H03H 7/06 - Frequency selective two-port networks including resistors

Abstract

The invention relates to a method (1) for manufacturing cellulose nanocrystals (3) comprising preparing (10) a deep eutectic solvent (102) by mixing a quaternary ammonium salt (100) and a hydrogen bond donor compound (101) in a mechanochemical reactor (4), forming (11) a reaction medium (110) comprising cellulosic fibres (2) and the deep eutectic solvent (102), and subjecting the reaction medium (110) to a mechanochemical treatment (12) so as to obtain cellulose nanocrystals (3) from the cellulosic fibres (2). This mechanochemical treatment (12) enables the acidic hydrolysis of the amorphous cellulose and the surface modification of the cellulose nanocrystals (3), while activating this reaction so as to limit the temperature and treatment time in comparison with existing solutions.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08B 3/22 - Post-esterification treatments, including purification
• C08B 3/12 - Preparation of cellulose esters of organic acids of polybasic organic acids

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a spin-orbit torque effect memory, referred to as SOT memory, which is simple to execute and which offers a memory with a switching efficiency at least equivalent to the SOT memories of prior art. For this, the manufacturing method includes depositing a conductive layer, referred to as a spacer, onto a magnetic stack; etching the magnetic stack using the spacer as an etching mask so as to form a magnetic tunnel junction; and forming an SOT track on the spacer.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 50/10 - Magnetoresistive devices
• H10N 50/01 - Manufacture or treatment
• H10N 50/20 - Spin-polarised current-controlled devices
• H10N 50/80 - Constructional details

Abstract

A palletisation method, wherein: articles (i) are transported towards a loading point, the articles (i) are loaded by a loading device onto a container arranged in the loading station, the loading device being controlled by a computer control device, the method further including generating a stable arrangement of the articles (i) on the container upstream of their loading, the stable arrangement includes placing articles having substantially similar heights to form layers, wherein a partial layer having a first height occupies part of the container and at least one complementary partial layer having a second height occupies a second unoccupied part such that the entire surface area of the container is occupied.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 61/00 - Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A method for additive manufacturing of a first ferromagnetic object (9), characterized in that it comprises a step of varying at least one parameter of the manufacturing method in order to locally modify the magnetic permeability of the first object so as to integrate a magnetic signature into the first object.

IPC Classes  ?

• B23K 9/04 - Welding for other purposes than joining, e.g. built-up welding
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for preparing an organic-inorganic hybrid solid electrolyte (HSE) based on an inorganic phase synthesized in-situ in the presence of polymer. The approach described delivers flexible membranes with high ionic conductivity values (>10-4S/cm at room temperature) and excellent mechanical properties, especially in terms of yield stress (σy), which are suitable for electrochemical applications in solid-state lithium metal batteries.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 10/0562 - Solid materials
• H01M 10/052 - Li-accumulators
• H01M 10/056 - Accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte characterised by the materials used as electrolytes, e.g. mixed inorganic/organic electrolytes

Abstract

The invention relates to a floating hydroelectric power plant, intended to be partially submerged in a watercourse, comprising a flotation member (10) comprising at least two shells (12) coupled by a frame (14) including a floor (15) extending in a main plane (B), and, for each shell (12), a connecting element (30 to 33) connecting the shell (12) to the floor (15); a channel (20) comprising two turbines (36) mounted counter-rotating along two axes of rotation (X, X'), respectively, together defining a secondary plane (C), and telescopic rails (50, 51), each telescopic rail being located entirely below the main plane (B) and connecting one of the connecting elements of the frame (14) to the channel (20), the telescopic rails being configured to allow the channel (20) to translate in a direction (Z) perpendicular to the main plane (B), so that an upper face (FS) of the channel (20) remains below the main plane (B).

IPC Classes  ?

• F03B 17/06 - Other machines or engines using liquid flow, e.g. of swinging-flap type
• F03B 13/26 - Adaptations of machines or engines for special useCombinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatusPower stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy

Abstract

The invention relates to a high-frequency rheometer (1) comprising a first element (2) and a second element (3), the first element and the second element being movable relative to one another, the rheometer being intended to characterise the rheological properties of a material (4) inserted between the first element and the second element, the rheometer further comprising: - a first actuator (11) configured to generate a periodic high-frequency displacement of the first element and/or of the second element; - a second actuator (12) configured to generate a low-frequency displacement of the first element and/or of the second element, the low frequency being strictly lower than the high frequency; and - a first detection means (6) configured to measure a response of the material to the displacement between the first element and the second element.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 3/32 - Investigating strength properties of solid materials by application of mechanical stress by applying repeated or pulsating forces
• G01N 3/38 - Investigating strength properties of solid materials by application of mechanical stress by applying repeated or pulsating forces generated by electromagnetic means
• G01N 11/00 - Investigating flow properties of materials, e.g. viscosity or plasticityAnalysing materials by determining flow properties

Abstract

The invention relates to a collimation device (5) for an X-ray detection system (1), the collimation device comprising a substantially planar support (51) made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being intended to be rotated about an axis of rotation (52) perpendicular to the plane in which the support lies, the support being provided with a slit (54) that is fully transparent to X-rays and extends through the thickness of the support in order to create an X-ray flux when the support is exposed to an X-ray source, wherein the shape of the slit, when projected onto the plane of the support, is a curve.

IPC Classes  ?

• G21K 1/04 - Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators using variable diaphragms, shutters, choppers
• G01T 1/164 - Scintigraphy

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for obtaining a layer at least partially made of a nitride (N), first comprising the provision of a stack comprising at least one assembly of pads (1000A1-1000B4) extending from a substrate (100). Each pad comprises at least one creep section (220A1-220A5) and one crystalline section (300A1,300A5) surmounting the creep section (200A1-200A5). Then, a crystallite (510A1-510A5) is epitaxially grown on at least some of said pads until coalescence of the crystallites, so as to form a nitride layer (550A). The pads of the assembly are distributed over the substrate, such that the relative arrangement of the pads of the assembly is such that during the epitaxy of the crystallites, the progressive coalescence of the crystallites is always done between, on the one hand, a crystallite or a plurality of coalesced crystallites and, on the other hand, an isolated crystallite.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
• C30B 25/18 - Epitaxial-layer growth characterised by the substrate
• C30B 29/40 - AIIIBV compounds

Abstract

The application relates to a method for protecting a microgrid from a voltage drop or sag occurring in a main grid connected to said microgrid, the method comprising the following steps: a. supplying (105) power to the microgrid through the main grid; b. ascertaining that the voltage drop or sag is occurring in the main grid by executing the following steps: i. measuring (110) an instantaneous output voltage; ii. comparing (130) the measured instantaneous output voltage with a reference instantaneous output voltage; iii. Incrementing (140) a counter when the measured instantaneous output voltage differs from the reference instantaneous output voltage by more than a voltage threshold; and iv. ascertaining (150) that the voltage drop or sag is occurring in the main grid when the counter holds a value that exceeds a counter threshold; and c. disconnecting the microgrid from the main grid when the voltage drop or sag occurring in the main grid has been ascertained.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 3/38 - Arrangements for parallelly feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks

Abstract

The application relates to a method for controlling a microgrid (10) comprising the steps of: maintaining a switching device (60) connecting two busbars (30, 40) of the microgrid (10) and a circuit breaker (20) connecting the microgrid (10) to a utility grid (100) closed, the microgrid (10) being operated in a grid connected mode; measuring (202) a voltage present in the microgrid (10); determining (205) if the measured voltage corresponds to a loss of voltage or a fault in the microgrid (10); and if a the loss of voltage or fault is detected in the microgrid (10), opening (210) the switching device (60), the critical loads being supplied by the battery energy storage system (50) and the circuit breaker (20) remaining closed during (215) at least a fault ride through period.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• H02J 3/38 - Arrangements for parallelly feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers

Abstract

in vitroinvivovivo, as it meets the performance requirements generally expected in this field, such as sensitivity and chemical stability, particularly over the long term.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01L 3/00 - Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glasswareDroppers
• G01N 27/414 - Ion-sensitive or chemical field-effect transistors, i.e. ISFETS or CHEMFETS
• H01L 29/16 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System in uncombined form
• H01L 29/808 - Field-effect transistors with field effect produced by a PN or other rectifying junction gate with a PN junction gate

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for the additive manufacture of an anisotropic bonded magnet from an initial material formed of a binder matrix and particles of anisotropic magnetic material, the system comprising an extruder body, a nozzle intended to eject a filament of initial material in viscous form, and an alignment system (30) surrounding the nozzle and generating a vertical magnetic induction (B) capable of aligning the magnetic material particles such that their easy magnetisation axis is oriented in the direction of magnetic alignment in the filament before it is ejected. The alignment system (30) consists of a first ring (31) made of permanent magnet material having radial magnetisation, a second ring (32) made of permanent magnet material having axial magnetisation, a yoke (34) made of magnetic material and an adapter (33) made of non-magnetic material. The invention also relates to manufacturing methods based on this system.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01F 41/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformersApparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for manufacturing cores, coils or magnets
• B22F 12/53 - Nozzles
• B33Y 30/00 - Apparatus for additive manufacturingDetails thereof or accessories therefor

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining at least one component of the positioning of a receiver (24) relative to a transmitter (22), the transmitter (22) comprising at least two magnetic generators (30, 32, 34), the method comprising the following steps: - measuring a resulting magnetic field; - demodulating the measurement signal so as to determine a plurality of candidate measurements; - applying, to each candidate measurement, a correction that aims to compensate for a directional orthogonality defect in the magnetic generators (30, 32, 34) so as to obtain a corresponding corrected measurement; - calculating a value representative of the likelihood that this candidate measurement reflects the actual contributions of each alternating magnetic field; - selecting a selected measurement corresponding to the highest likelihood; and - determining the at least one component of the positioning of the receiver (24).

IPC Classes  ?

• G01S 1/04 - Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmittersReceivers co-operating therewith using radio waves Details
• G01R 33/00 - Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
• G01R 33/02 - Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux
• G01R 33/36 - Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver
• G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to phase-change-based material switch formed on a support substrate, and including: a region made of said phase-change material coupling first and second conduction electrodes of the switch; and a waveguide interposed between the support substrate and the region made of said phase-change material, and including a center region made of a first material having a first optical index surrounded by a peripheral region made of a second material having a second optical index less than the first optical index.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01H 37/32 - Thermally-sensitive members
• G02B 6/42 - Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
• H01H 11/00 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
• H10N 70/00 - Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
• H10N 70/20 - Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors

Goods & Services

Electronic components; Data storage devices and media; Semi-conductors; All the aforesaid goods relating to the field of spintronics. Printed matter and Educational materials; Printed publications; Educational publications; Books; Journals; All the aforesaid goods being in the field of spintronics. Education and training In the field of spintronics; Arranging and conducting of seminars and conferences In the field of spintronics. Engineering services; Technical and scientific research services; Design services; Research and development services; Technological and scientific consultancy; Design and testing for new product development; All the aforesaid services being provided in the field of spintronics.

Abstract

A method for a synthesis of a metal catalyst, including providing at least one metal complex including a metal ion and a non-chelating complexing agent having carbon, the complex having a decomposition temperature, and performing a pyrolysis of the complex at a temperature greater than or equal to a decomposition temperature of the complex, whereby inducing a formation of nanoparticles surrounded by a carbon matrix to form the catalyst. Thanks to the carbon matrix, the catalysts provided herein can be corrosion resistant, self-healing, more cost-effective, and can have higher catalytic activity. The synthesis of the catalyst and its properties can furthermore be improved compared to catalysts formed from a complex including a chelating.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 4/92 - Metals of platinum group
• C25B 11/031 - Porous electrodes
• C25B 11/055 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the substrate or carrier material
• C25B 11/081 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of a single catalytic element or catalytic compound the element being a noble metal
• H01M 4/88 - Processes of manufacture

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for reconstructing an object by x-ray tomography by means of x-ray sources and detectors. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining (EO) positions of the x-ray sources and detectors; pre-calculating (E1) a set of directions; calculating (E2) a tomographic incompleteness vector map; calculating (E3) a tomographic incompleteness map of the metrics IM(x); calculating (E4) regularization terms from the tomographic incompleteness vector map and from the tomographic incompleteness map of the metrics; and solving (E5), iteratively, a regularized tomographic reconstruction problem by means of the calculated regularization terms.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 11/00 - 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation

Abstract

The invention relates to a connecting device (30) suitable for connecting at least one first element (17) and one second element to one another, and for moving the or each first element relative to the second element. The connecting device comprises a fixed portion (31), a movable portion (32) which is kinematically linked and connected to the or each first element, and a joint (33) which connects the fixed portion and the movable portion at least pivotably about an axis of rotation (A30). The joint comprises, for the axis of rotation, at least one strand (37) that is elastically deformable and extends in a manner that is both substantially parallel and offset relative to the axis of rotation, and that connects at least one fixed support (318) of the fixed portion to at least one movable support (36) of the movable portion.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01H 1/22 - Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact
• H01H 71/08 - TerminalsConnections

Abstract

A method for determining spatial coordinates of a source causing a dispersion effect in a domain, the dispersion effect being approximated by a system of partial differential equations, the method including computer-implemented steps, of obtaining measurements each quantifying at a point in space in the domain and at a given time a state variable modeled by the system of partial differential equations at the point and at the time, and of iteratively minimizing differences between the measurements and the computations of the system of equations to locate a position of the source. The system of equations is expressed in terms of finite differences generated by radial basis functions, the system of equations being solved in a least-squares context, using a least-squares solver, the system of equations having been subject to adjoint quadratic solution with radial basis functions chosen from polyharmonic-spline functions, inverse-multiquadric functions, or Gaussian functions.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 17/13 - Differential equations

Abstract

A classification device, including a pre-processing stage, a material system and an identification stage. The pre-processing stage transforms a signal of interest into an excitation signal; the material system includes a magnetic medium subdivided into a plurality of zones either in a first magnetic state or in a second magnetic state, an excitation module generating, from the excitation signal, a physical excitation quantity adapted to displace the magnetic domain walls in the magnetic medium, and a reading module measuring the final magnetic configuration reached by the magnetic medium; and the identification stage determines a class to which the signal of interest belongs from the final magnetic configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

• G16C 60/00 - Computational materials science, i.e. ICT specially adapted for investigating the physical or chemical properties of materials or phenomena associated with their design, synthesis, processing, characterisation or utilisation
• G16C 20/70 - Machine learning, data mining or chemometrics

Abstract

The proposed recovery device comprises a stator (11), a slide (12), return means (13), a supporting platform (14), a chassis (15) and an electrical pulse integration circuit (16). It constitutes a magnetically bistable device which, by construction, is able to ensure that the amount of energy collected by integration of each electric pulse it generates is controlled and substantially constant. It has higher performance than previous solutions, is easily adaptable in dimensions, and has a manufacturing and maintenance cost that is low enough that it can be produced on an industrial scale and deployed widely.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02K 35/02 - Generators with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating coil system, magnet, armature or other part of the magnetic circuit with moving magnets and stationary coil systems
• H02K 1/34 - Reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating parts of the magnetic circuit
• H02K 35/04 - Generators with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating coil system, magnet, armature or other part of the magnetic circuit with moving coil systems and stationary magnets
• H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines

Abstract

The present invention [relates to] a regulation system (28) for a multi-active bridge converter (10) with hybrid supply, comprising: an input current port (20) comprising an H-shape switch bridge (30) having a switch (T1) controlled by a first law having a first duty cycle, at least one output voltage port (22, 24) comprising an H-shape switch bridge (38, 40), one switch (T 21, T 31) of which is controlled by a second law which is phase-shifted with respect to the first law, the regulation system (28) regulates the converter (10) to a setpoint comprising a setpoint current value for the current of the current port (20) and a setpoint voltage value for a voltage port (22, 24).

IPC Classes  ?

• H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) and a system for tomography of the lungs (20), the device comprising a support member (10), and at least five transceivers (11) attached to the support member (10) configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave of variable frequency over a frequency range, the transceivers (11) being arranged in at least two first assemblies (110) each facing a lung (20) of a human or animal body (2). The associated tomography method comprises transmitting and receiving the ultrasound wave according to transmission and reception profiles, by the transceivers (11), and analysing the deformation between these profiles in order to obtain the speed of the wave as a function of the frequency and direction of propagation of the wave, and constructing a tomogram on the basis of an item of data relating to this speed.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 8/08 - Clinical applications
• A61B 8/15 - Transmission-tomography
• A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
• A61B 8/13 - Tomography

Abstract

A resistive memory cell includes a lower electrode based on one of the following materials: titanium nitride TiN, tantalum nitride TaN, tantalum Ta, copper Cu, tungsten W, platinum Pt, gold Au or silver Ag, an upper electrode, an active layer having a first contact surface with the lower electrode and a second contact surface with the upper electrode, the active layer including a zone, referred to as the local zone, the local zone being made of a material including vanadium, oxygen and Ti or Ta or Cu or W or Pt or Au or Ag, the local zone extending from the first contact surface, the rest of the active layer being made of conductive vanadium oxide.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 70/00 - Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
• H10B 63/00 - Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices

Abstract

The invention relates to a chemical vapor deposition head of a tubular substrate comprising: a first opening for receiving a first precursor, a second opening for receiving a second precursor, a third opening for receiving an inert gas stream, a first distribution duct network connecting the first opening to a first group of holes extending over an inner section of the head, a second distribution duct network connecting the second opening to a second group of holes extending over the inner section of the head, a third distribution duct network connecting the third opening to a third group of holes extending over the inner section of the opening, a hole of the first or second group of holes being adjacent on either sides to a hole of the third group of holes, the first, second, and third distribution duct networks each having at least one first, second, and third expansion prechamber, the tubular substrate performing a relative back-and-forth movement.

IPC Classes  ?

• C23C 16/455 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for introducing gases into the reaction chamber or for modifying gas flows in the reaction chamber
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing

Abstract

The method is for the discriminant monitoring of a composite multi-material assembly (1) having at least one internal layer (10) made of a first, electrically conductive composite material and a second layer (11) made of a second, electrically insulating composite material, the second layer (11) covering the first internal layer (10). The method includes: —preparing the composite multi-material assembly (1) by exposing a portion (101) of the internal layer (10), which constitutes a first electrode; —applying a second electrode (103) to the surface of the second layer (11), one of these electrodes (103) being earthed; —performing discriminant monitoring wherein a current is generated between the first electrode (101) and the second electrode (103) by applying a threshold voltage Us predetermined by calibration to characterize a lack of structural defects, the appearance of a breakdown at a voltage lower than the threshold voltage Us being indicative of the presence of at least one structural defect in the composite assembly (1).

IPC Classes  ?

• G01B 7/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. by resistance strain gauge using change in magnetic properties
• B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling

Abstract

This classification device (1) has a pre-processing stage (10), an identification stage (30), and a material system (20) interposed between the pre-processing stage and the identification stage. The material system (20) comprises an inhomogeneous magnetic medium (50), which is subdivided into a plurality of zones (51), each zone being in magnetic communication with at least one neighbouring zone through a coupling link (53). According to the invention, the material system (20) further comprises a control means (71, 73) for setting the coupling value of each coupling link.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/044 - Recurrent networks, e.g. Hopfield networks
• G06N 3/065 - Analogue means
• G01R 33/12 - Measuring magnetic properties of articles or specimens of solids or fluids

Abstract

0 of the reader, but also at least one response signal backscattered at a harmonic frequency, before feeding them to the conventional receive chain of an RFID reader. The joint use of the signal at the fundamental frequency of the reader and at least one signal at a harmonic frequency allows the reader's performance to be improved. The RFID reader can additionally be provided with novel functionalities by virtue of suitable software processing. It is applicable to the field of communications between a reader and passive transponders in UHF RFID and to the field of the Internet of Things.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
• H04B 5/45 - Transponders
• H04B 5/20 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems characterised by the transmission techniqueNear-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems characterised by the transmission medium

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an image projection device for projecting an image onto an eye, includes an emission surface S. The surface S comprises a set of waveguides, a set of diffraction gratings and a set of electrodes. Each grating is positioned at the intersection of one of the guides and one of the electrodes so as to form an emission point for a light wave, the set of waveguides being arranged in a waveguide configuration, and the set of electrodes being arranged in an electrode configuration. The method comprises a phase of designing the device and a phase of physically manufacturing the device thus designed. The design phase comprises the step consisting in determining the waveguide configuration or the electrode configuration, the determined configuration being a non-rectilinear isoline configuration defined in the plane defined by the emission surface S and generating an aperiodic distribution of the emission points.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 27/01 - Head-up displays

Abstract

A pancreatic cell receiving matrix including a semi-permeable wall and a porous body including a first set of cavities including pancreatic cells, and a second set of cavities free of pancreatic cells. The first set of cavities and the second set of cavities are not fluidically connected to one another. The cavity or cavities left free of cells create paths for the nutrients and gases to diffuse in the matrix, and they form a nutrient and gas reserve area in the matrix. The matrix limits and preferably prevents nutrient and gas depletion of the pancreatic cells. Their mortality is therefore reduced, allowing better insulin delivery.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61L 27/38 - Animal cells
• A61F 2/02 - Prostheses implantable into the body
• A61L 27/16 - Macromolecular materials obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• A61L 27/20 - Polysaccharides
• A61L 27/56 - Porous or cellular materials

Abstract

A method for detecting a lytic activity of one or more types of phages or of the activity of one or more antibiotics with respect to a bacterial strain, the method including using a first multiwell plate, each well receiving a sample containing phages or antibiotics, making at least one deposit on a transparent area of a support, the deposit containing bacteria of the bacterial strain, applying the first plate against the support so that each sample in each well comes into contact with the deposit, for each well, determining, using the detection means, the activity or absence of activity of the phage or antibiotic with respect to the bacterial strain, taking into account the intensity of light signals transmitted through each well and/or the variation thereof over time.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/18 - Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12M 1/32 - Inoculator or sampler multiple field or continuous type
• C12Q 1/70 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving virus or bacteriophage

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for carrying out pulsed charging of an energy storage element (4) comprising, in a first phase of a charging cycle (E1), commanding a voltage profile (VC) having voltage regulation-driven increments (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) defining a current profile (IC) in a charging cycle of a predetermined duration, and wherein a voltage increment (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) is computed at a voltage amplitude at the time of a calculation step i according to a function depending on an estimate of the no-load voltage and on an estimate of the internal resistance at said time, on a coefficient n defining the charging duration and on the nominal capacity of the storage element. The invention is applicable to the fast-charging protocol, in particular for electromobility applications.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• H02J 7/04 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tangible control device (10) for controlling a variable datum, comprising an interface (11) capable of rotating about a central axis for a first variable datum control, this interface comprising a frame (12) and a slider (13) supported by the frame (12), the slider being movable along the frame (12) for a second variable datum control. The frame (12) comprises a series of segments (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d), each segment being hinged with the segment adjacent thereto by means of a hinge pin to permit an angular movement of one segment with respect to the other. The tangible control device (10) comprises an electromechanical actuator (40) for driving the variable geometry that comprises an electric motor and a cascade of gears.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the primary control of an inverter interfacing an intermittent energy source and an AC power grid. Through each of its various aspects, the invention proposes a novel droop command and control loop or droop control loop (5) that adapts to the variations in active power available at the inverter (1). This loop may advantageously be implemented on each inverter that, among a plurality of generators connected to the grid, interfaces an intermittent energy source (2), while at the same time guaranteeing: a. correct allocation of active power among the generators, and b. correct signalling, via the frequency at the point of connection of each generator to the grid, of the fact that each generator has reached its active power limits, thereby allowing protective measures to be activated so that each generator of the plurality returns to its active power range.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 3/38 - Arrangements for parallelly feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• H02J 3/48 - Controlling the sharing of the in-phase component

Abstract

A device including a first portion, a second portion, a first contact and a second contact, the first portion being made of a semiconductor having a first doping, the second portion being made of a semiconductor having a second doping different than the first, the first portion and the second portion forming a p/n junction including a depletion zone in the first portion, the contacts being configured so that when an electric voltage (V1) is applied between the contacts, a dimension of the depletion zone depends on a value of the electric voltage, an ionization energy being defined for dopants of the second portion. The device includes an emitter generating a radiation having an energy greater than the ionization energy and illuminating the second portion with the radiation.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10H 20/00 - Individual inorganic light-emitting semiconductor devices having potential barriers, e.g. light-emitting diodes [LED]
• H10H 20/826 - Materials of the light-emitting regions comprising only Group IV materials

Abstract

The present description concerns a method of identification of risks of cyberattacks on a programmable logic controller, the method comprising: the generation of a digital representation of a minimized finite-state transducer based on a specification of a controller logic of the programmable logic controller, the minimized finite-state transducer comprising a set of source states, a set of destination states, and a set of transitions from a source state to a destination state based on an input data value; the generation of a second computer file, based on a first computer file identifying a subset of sensitive states, the second file comprising a list of critical transitions associated with the sensitive states, and for each transition, a list of the input data; and the generation of a fourth computer file indicating input data to be protected which are both associated with critical transitions and with a corruption risk.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities

Abstract

The present invention relates to a reading circuit (10) having differential amplification comprising: • a. a resistive component (12) having discrete states corresponding to different resistance values of the resistive component (12); • b. a reading block (14) for reading the state of the resistive component (12) by comparing the resistance value of the resistive component (12) with the resistance value of a reference component, the reading block (14) having a reading current flowing through it; and • c. a control block (16) which is configured to generate an additional current and add said additional current to the reading current in order to obtain a resulting current flowing through the resistive component.

IPC Classes  ?

• G11C 29/02 - Detection or location of defective auxiliary circuits, e.g. defective refresh counters
• G11C 11/16 - Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elementsStorage elements therefor using magnetic elements using elements in which the storage effect is based on magnetic spin effect
• G06F 7/58 - Random or pseudo-random number generators
• G11C 14/00 - Digital stores characterised by arrangements of cells having volatile and non-volatile storage properties for back-up when the power is down

Abstract

The present invention concerns a quantum processing system (1) configured to implement a transversal action of a logical T gate on a triply even quantum code (Q1) or a triply even quantum polar code (Q2) encoding K logical qubits into N physical qubits wherein the logical T gate is a tensorproduct of K elementary logical gates acting on the corresponding K logical qubits.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 10/70 - Quantum error correction, detection or prevention, e.g. surface codes or magic state distillation
• G06N 10/20 - Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers

Abstract

The invention relates to new cell-penetrating peptides comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence selected from the sequences SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8. The invention further relates to fusion proteins comprising said peptides and a molecule of pharmaceutical, diagnostic or biotechnological interest.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 47/42 - ProteinsPolypeptidesDegradation products thereofDerivatives thereof, e.g. albumin, gelatin or zein
• A61P 35/00 - Antineoplastic agents
• C07K 14/05 - Epstein-Barr virus
• C07K 14/005 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from viruses

Abstract

A transdermal dihydrogen delivery device including a body including an anode and a cathode, and an electrical energy source, wherein the body is based on a flexible material, capable of shaping to the skin of a human or animal body, and the body includes a water receptacle, the relative arrangement of the receptacle, the anode and the cathode being configured such that the water contained in the receptacle is in contact with the anode and the cathode to form a closed electrical circuit, so as to produce dihydrogen at the cathode from the water taken from the receptacle, to release transdermally the dihydrogen produced. The proposed delivery device is relatively non-invasive, while allowing dihydrogen delivery.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 33/00 - Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients
• A61N 1/04 - Electrodes

Abstract

nkk) defined by a frequency range, for which a value representative of the power spectral density of the signal (x) is greater than a percentage (A) of its average value.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 29/024 - Analysing fluids by measuring propagation velocity or propagation time of acoustic waves
• G01N 29/34 - Generating the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
• G01N 29/44 - Processing the detected response signal

Abstract

A method may activate a fuel cell including a plurality of electrochemical cells in a stack, the fuel cell being intended to operate, during at least one nominal operating phase, as an electric generator. Such a method may include, during an activation phase by electrolysis, prior to the at least one nominal operating phase: electrically supplying the fuel cell by an external electric generator, the electric supply being configured to apply an activation voltage greater than the voltage of the cell in an open circuit (OCV); fluid supplying a humid gas fluid at a first electrode and/or a second electrodes. The humid gas may have a relative humidity (RH) such that 40%≤RH<100%. The fuel cell may operate in electrolysis during the activation phase called by electrolysis.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 8/04225 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-downDepolarisation or activation, e.g. purgingMeans for short-circuiting defective fuel cells during start-up
• H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
• H01M 4/96 - Carbon-based electrodes
• H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
• H01M 8/04119 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyteHumidifying or dehumidifying
• H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-downDepolarisation or activation, e.g. purgingMeans for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
• H01M 8/04828 - HumidityWater content
• H01M 8/0656 - Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants by electrochemical means
• H01M 8/1004 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes characterised by membrane-electrode assemblies [MEA]

Abstract

Disclosed is a method to fabricate a magnetic device (4) from a dielectric layer (3) having a through-hole, so called "via", the method comprising: • - forming a tunnel junction (41) on the dielectric layer (3) comprising: • - a first magnetic layer, intended to form a said "free layer" (411); and • - a second magnetic layer, intended to form a said "reference layer" (412), • - an insulator layer, intended to form a "tunnel barrier" (413); the free layer (411) or the reference layer (412) being located in the via and being surrounded by the dielectric layer (3).

IPC Classes  ?

• H10B 61/00 - Magnetic memory devices, e.g. magnetoresistive RAM [MRAM] devices
• H10N 50/01 - Manufacture or treatment
• H10N 50/10 - Magnetoresistive devices
• H10N 50/80 - Constructional details

Abstract

A magnetic tunnel junction (3) is disclosed which includes a synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer structure (30) comprising a magnetic core (32) and a magnetic shell (31), the magnetic core comprising a magnetic layer (321) having an aspect ratio between 0.5 and 2, the magnetic shell surrounding the magnetic core at least partially along its thickness, and the magnetization of the magnetic shell being antiferromagnetically coupled with the magnetization of the magnetic core. A corresponding fabrication method is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 50/10 - Magnetoresistive devices
• H10N 50/01 - Manufacture or treatment
• H10B 61/00 - Magnetic memory devices, e.g. magnetoresistive RAM [MRAM] devices

Abstract

A capacitor comprises a stack of layers made of a semiconductor material having a band gap energy greater than 2.3 eV, the stack of layers comprising: an electrically insulating intermediate layer having a resistivity greater than 10 kohm·cm and comprising n- or p-type deep dopants producing energy levels more than 0.4 eV from the conduction band or the valence band of the semiconductor material, two contact layers having a resistivity less than or equal to 10 kohm·cm and comprising dopants of a type opposite to that of the deep dopants of the intermediate layer, the two contact layers being arranged on either side of the intermediate layer to form two pin junctions.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01L 29/92 - Capacitors with potential-jump barrier or surface barrier
• H01L 29/16 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System in uncombined form
• H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
• H01L 29/24 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only inorganic semiconductor materials not provided for in groups , ,  or

Abstract

The present application relates to ceramic/polymer hybrid solid electrolytes with improved interfacial strength, comprising a surface-dehydrated pre-treated ceramic.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 10/056 - Accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte characterised by the materials used as electrolytes, e.g. mixed inorganic/organic electrolytes
• H01M 10/052 - Li-accumulators
• H01M 6/18 - Cells with non-aqueous electrolyte with solid electrolyte

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical substrate (1) having an integrated waveguide (2), at least one antenna (330) being formed in the optical substrate (1), the at least one antenna being formed by a plurality of nanoholes (341, 342, 343), at least one of the nanoholes (341, 342, 343) differing from the other nanoholes (341, 342, 343) by at least one of: its diameter, its spacing of the waveguide (2) in the height direction of the optical substrate (1), and its distance from an adjacent nanohole of the same antenna in the longitudinal direction of the optical substrate (1). The invention also relates to a spectrometer (S) that integrates an optical substrate (1) of this kind.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 6/12 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
• B82Y 20/00 - Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
• G02B 6/124 - Geodesic lenses or integrated gratings
• G02B 6/293 - Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method and a system of fault tolerant preparation of quantum polar code states, comprising: -a set of single qubit Pauli measurement circuits (3) configured to prepare an initial quantum system 5 of N = 2n single-qubit states associated to an initial quantum base, -a set of two qubit Pauli measurement circuits (7) configured to recursively prepare a quantum polar code |q2n)s °f codelength N = 2n, wherein at each recursive level k, where k = 1 to n, a set of 2n/2k quantum polar code states ||<72fc) j(k) = 1 to 2n/2k of codelengths 2k, siW referenced by corresponding sets Sj^ of indices comprising first and second sets of frozen indices = [17, ■ ■■, i7(k)} and X7(k) = {(i + !);(/<),..., 27k k)} is prepared, each quantum polar code state |q2k) being prepared by the application of two qubit Pauli measurement P ® P circuits on two equivalent polar code states 2^ ) 01 aanndd belonging to the output of the antecedent recursive level k — 1 and referenced by two corresponding sets of iinnddiicceess

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 10/20 - Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers
• G06N 10/70 - Quantum error correction, detection or prevention, e.g. surface codes or magic state distillation
• G06N 10/40 - Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a time client device comprising a network interface for communicating over a communication network, the time client device being configured to: receive, over the communication network from an authentication server (AS), a first key, and a first value containing the first key in encrypted form; generate a second value using the first key; and during a time synchronization phase, transmit to a time server (TS) the first and second values.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for estimating the content of a gas-of-interest in a medium using a measurement device intended to be placed in contact with the medium, the device extending between a contact face intended to be applied against the medium and a distal end, the device comprising a side wall extending between the contact face and the distal end, and the device comprising: on the contact face, at least one intake opening configured to collect the gas-of-interest emitted by the medium, the intake opening extending through the contact face; a measurement chamber comprising a gas sensor, the gas sensor being configured to measure a concentration of the gas-of-interest flowing through the measurement chamber; a collection chamber (30) connected to the measurement chamber and delimited by the side wall, the collection chamber comprising at least one side opening (34) extending through the side face so as to admit ambient air into the collection chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/145 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value
• G01N 33/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups
• A61B 5/083 - Measuring rate of metabolism by using breath test, e.g. measuring rate of oxygen consumption
• A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• A61B 5/1477 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using chemical or electrochemical methods, e.g. by polarographic means non-invasive
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons

Abstract

a source of a magnetic field which is capable of generating a magnetic drive field at the location of the membrane, the magnetic drive field having a substantially homogeneous orientation.

IPC Classes  ?

• F04B 43/04 - Pumps having electric drive
• F04B 43/00 - Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device (1) comprising a silicon-on-insulator strip (100) laterally defined by insulating trenches (106); a first gate (112) supported by the strip; a second gate (114), or a third gate (116), parallel to the strip (100), supported by the strip and being separated from the first gate (112) a first gap (e1) or a second gap (e2); two first semiconductor regions (110), or two second semiconductor regions (108), doped and arranged along and on either side of the second gate (114) or the third gate (116); at least one fourth gate (122A, 122B), or at least one fifth gate (126A, 126B), arranged facing the first gap (e1) or the second gap (e2); and a region (130) for biasing a substrate under the strip.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
• H01L 29/423 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
• H01L 29/66 - Types of semiconductor device
• H01L 29/76 - Unipolar devices
• B82Y 10/00 - Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic

Abstract

A composition for manufacturing an electrode, the composition including an electrically conductive carbon-based compound, at least one species able to form a catalyst, and cellulose microfibrils encapsulating chitosan. The cellulose microfibrils create a fibrous mesh binding the composition while limiting coating of the catalyst. Thus, the catalyst remains accessible to the surrounding environment, to allow the redox reactions at the electrode. The electrochemical performances of the electrode are consequently improved. The composition is furthermore particularly adapted for shaping an electrode by 3D printing.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 4/90 - Selection of catalytic material
• H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
• H01M 4/88 - Processes of manufacture

Abstract

The invention relates to method for synthesising core-shell nanoparticles comprising an inorganic matrix core including a photolysable organic compound. The shell is advantageously biosourced, and the hybrid core can be removed by UV irradiation so as to obtain hollow nanoparticles.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 8/02 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by special physical form
• A61K 8/11 - Encapsulated compositions
• A61K 8/58 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic compounds containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, halogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus
• A61Q 1/10 - Preparations containing skin colorants, e.g. pigments for eyes, e.g. eyeliner, mascara
• A61Q 1/12 - Face or body powders, e.g. for grooming, adorning or absorbing
• A61Q 3/00 - Manicure or pedicure preparations
• A61Q 5/00 - Preparations for care of the hair
• A61Q 19/00 - Preparations for care of the skin

Abstract

The application relates to a method for preparing a PHA film, comprising the steps consisting of: a) mixing a PHA in powder form and an aqueous solution in order to obtain a PHA suspension, b) leaving the PHA suspension to rest, by means of which a portion of the PHA settles out and a pellet is obtained, above which floats a supernatant, c) collecting at least part of the supernatant, d) applying the collected supernatant to at least one flat horizontal portion of a surface of a first substrate, e) evaporating the water from the applied supernatant, f) heating at least one region of the portion of the surface of the first substrate to which the supernatant was applied, by means of which a first substrate is obtained having said at least one region covered with a PHA film. PHA films from 1 to 60 µm thick can be obtained using this method.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08J 3/05 - Making solutions, dispersions, lattices or gels by other methods than by solution, emulsion or suspension polymerisation techniques in aqueous media from solid polymers
• C08J 7/04 - Coating
• B29C 71/02 - Thermal after-treatment

Abstract

The present application relates to a method for the on-line and real-time automatic determination of the oxidization potential of an environment, enabling the air quality and/or the toxicity of the vapors emitted by various appliances or facilities to be analyzed. The present application relates to a method for the on-line and real-time automatic determination of the oxidization potential of an environment, enabling the air quality and/or the toxicity of the vapors emitted by various appliances or facilities to be analyzed. Figure for the abstract: None

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 33/497 - Physical analysis of biological material of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath

Abstract

A power electronic system including a plurality of power components and a plurality of electrically-conductive heatsinks, each of said power components being disposed between two electrically-conductive heatsinks of the plurality of electrically-conductive heatsinks, at least one electrically-conductive heatsink being configured to be polarised according to a phase potential, called phase heatsink, at least one electrically-conductive heatsink being configured to be polarised according to a +DC potential, called cathode heatsink, and at least one electrically-conductive heatsink configured to be polarised according to a −DC potential, called anode heatsink, the system further includes at least one external phase connection, and at least one external +DC connection, and at least one external −DC connection respectively connected to the phase heatsink, to the cathode heatsink and to the anode heatsink.

IPC Classes  ?

• H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
• H02M 7/00 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power outputConversion of DC power input into AC power output
• H05K 9/00 - Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields

Abstract

A method for printing at least one conductive track on the surface of an object, using at least one arm robot and at least one conductive ink print head. The object being arranged in a working area of the robot including taking a 3D scan of the object using a scanner mounted on the arm of the robot which controls the movement relative to the object. A digital model of the scanned portion of the surface of the object is constructed. A conductive track 10 is drawn digitally on the previously constructed digital model. Depending on the drawing of the conductive track, a path for the print head is generated. The conductive track is printed using the print head mounted on the arm of the robot which controls the movement relative to the object, by following the previously generated path.

IPC Classes  ?

• B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
• B05B 13/04 - Means for supporting workArrangement or mounting of spray headsAdaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during operation
• B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
• H05K 3/10 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits in which conductive material is applied to the insulating support in such a manner as to form the desired conductive pattern

Abstract

An implantable medical device for bone repair following a loss of bone substance including a scaffold having a three-dimensional structure and having at least one polymer, a film having at least one protein from the Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMP) family, including the scaffold defines an internal volume having a three-dimensional mesh delimiting pores, the pores being open and interconnected, the largest dimension of each pore being greater than 200 µm, the scaffold having a minimum porosity of 80%, and in that the film coats the three-dimensional mesh. Also relates to the field of implantable medical devices. One application concerns the field of repairing bone following a loss of bone substance. The disclosure is applicable to large-volume bone defects ranging from 2 cm3 to 15 cm3.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61L 27/56 - Porous or cellular materials
• A61L 27/34 - Macromolecular materials

Abstract

The present description concerns a support (108) for an electronic die (110), comprising: a first printed circuit board (300); a first conductive region (310), intended to receive the die, located on a first surface (108i) of the first board; and a second conductive region (320), intended to receive a thermal connector (200), located on a second surface (108s) of the first board, opposite to the first surface, the first region being connected to the second region by at least one through conductive via (330), located vertically in line with the first region.

IPC Classes  ?

• H05K 1/02 - Printed circuits Details
• H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
• H05K 1/14 - Structural association of two or more printed circuits

Abstract

-- A device for generating electric current in a fluid flow circuit, including a duct segment interposed in the fluid flow circuit, a rotor mounted in the duct segment and movable by the passage of a fluid through the device, and a stator or stator circuit cooperating with the rotor and producing electric current. The rotor is made up of a transverse flow turbine, the axis of rotation of which extends across the duct segment, the turbine having at the longitudinal ends of its axis of rotation means for holding against the opposite walls of the duct segment, the stator or stator circuit being positioned outside the duct segment at an end of the turbine which is able to be driven in rotation while the turbine moves, and includes structure for generating a magnetic flux for cooperating with the stator or stator circuit in order to produce the electric current.

IPC Classes  ?

• F03B 13/08 - Machine or engine aggregates in dams or the likeConduits therefor
• H02K 7/08 - Structural association with bearings
• H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines

Abstract

A biocell having an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes an anode, a first cathode and a second cathode, and first and second porous separator membranes, wherein the first membrane is placed between a first contact surface of the anode and a first surface of the first cathode, and wherein the second membrane is placed between a second contact surface of the anode and a first surface of the second cathode.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 8/16 - Biochemical fuel cells, i.e. cells in which microorganisms function as catalysts
• H01M 8/1025 - Polymeric electrolyte materials characterised by the chemical structure of the main chain of the ion-conducting polymer having only carbon and oxygen, e.g. polyethers, sulfonated polyetheretherketones [S-PEEK], sulfonated polysaccharides, sulfonated celluloses or sulfonated polyesters

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for forming a layer based on a dielectric material on a layer based on an etched III-V material, the process comprising at least the following steps: - providing at least one layer based on an III-V and preferably III-N material, this layer being referred to as the III-V layer (100) and having a front side (101), - etching at least one portion of the III-V layer (100) from the front side (101) so as to expose a surface of the III-V layer, this surface being referred to as the etched surface (103), - exposing at least the etched surface (103) to an O2 or N2 plasma treatment, this step being carried out at a temperature Ttreatment with Ttreatment<100°C, - depositing a layer based on a dielectric material, this layer being referred to as the dielectric layer (200), at least on the etched surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
• H01L 21/306 - Chemical or electrical treatment, e.g. electrolytic etching
• H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
• H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof

Abstract

A compound of general formula (III′), or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for its use for the treatment of hemophilia in a subject, in particular for the restoration of coagulation in the plasma of a subject suffering from hemophilia, this compound being advantageously administered by oral route: A compound of general formula (III′), or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for its use for the treatment of hemophilia in a subject, in particular for the restoration of coagulation in the plasma of a subject suffering from hemophilia, this compound being advantageously administered by oral route:

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 31/192 - Carboxylic acids, e.g. valproic acid having aromatic groups, e.g. sulindac, 2-aryl-propionic acids, ethacrynic acid
• A61P 7/04 - AntihaemorrhagicsProcoagulantsHaemostatic agentsAntifibrinolytic agents

Abstract

A thermosetting composite material and its method for 3D printing by extrusion, the thermosetting composite material including a furan polymer forming a thermosetting matrix, a solvent, and a material formed from particles chosen from among micrometric particles, nanometric particles, even a mixture of micrometric particles and nanometric particles, these particles being with the basis of a compound comprising more than 40% by mass of carbon. The thermosetting composite material and its 3D printing method enabling to obtain an object having dimensional tolerances of between 2.5 and 5% with respect to the numerical model, and a resistance to high temperatures going up to 300° C. The thermosetting composite material and its 3D printing method representing a biosourced and cheaper alternative with respect to synthetic thermoplastic polymers and their usual printing method.

IPC Classes  ?

• B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing

Abstract

A nanowire forming method, including the forming of a DNA origami having through openings, and the forming in the through openings of portions forming all or part of the nanowires.

IPC Classes  ?

• C23C 18/06 - Coating on selected surface areas, e.g. using masks
• C23C 18/12 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coatingContact plating by thermal decomposition characterised by the deposition of inorganic material other than metallic material

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composite material capable of absorbing impacts, intended in particular to be used to protect humans, animals or objects from damage caused by mechanical impacts. The present invention further relates to a method for producing such a composite absorbent material.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08L 83/14 - Compositions of macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming in the main chain of the macromolecule a linkage containing silicon with or without sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, or carbon onlyCompositions of derivatives of such polymers in which at least two but not all the silicon atoms are connected by linkages other than oxygen atoms
• C08G 77/56 - Boron-containing linkages
• C08L 23/08 - Copolymers of ethene
• F41H 1/00 - Personal protection-gear

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and systems for radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled information collection are disclosed, including an enclosure, a collector coupled to the enclosure, an interrogator, a processor, and one or more RFID field sensors, each having an individual identification, disposed within the enclosure. In operation, the interrogator transmits an incident signal to the collector, causing the collector to generate an electromagnetic field within the enclosure. The electromagnetic field is affected by one or more influences. RFID sensors respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting reflected signals containing the individual identifications of the responding RFID sensors to the interrogator. The interrogator receives the reflected signals, measures one or more returned signal strength indications (“RSSI”) of the reflected signals and sends the RSSI measurements and identification of the responding RFID sensors to the processor to determine one or more facts about the influences. Other embodiments are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 27/22 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating capacitance

Abstract

The invention relates to an induction interconnector (1) of polyphase electrical systems (2, 3), comprising at least one male connector (11) and one female connector (12): - each connector comprising an electromagnetic portion (111, 121) comprising a coil intended to be connected by electrical contact to one of said polyphase electrical systems; - the electromagnetic portion (111) of each male connector being adapted to the electromagnetic portion (121) of each female connector, to allow the male and female connectors to engage mechanically with each other by a sliding pivot link, so that the interconnector performs, for each connection, a transfer of electrical power between a first polyphase electrical system and a second polyphase electrical system, by induction of a rotating magnetic field between the electromagnetic portions of the male connector and of the female connector of the connection in question.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01F 38/14 - Inductive couplings

Abstract

The invention concerns a method (1) for manufacturing cellulose nanocrystals (3) which comprises preparing (10) a deep eutectic solvent (102) by mixing a quaternary ammonium salt (100) and a hydrogen bond donor compound (101) in a mechanochemical reactor (4), forming (11) a reaction medium (110) comprising cellulosic fibres (2) and the deep eutectic solvent (102), and mechanochemically treating (12) the reaction medium (110) to obtain cellulose nanocrystals (3) from the cellulosic fibres (2). This mechanochemical treatment (12) brings about the acidic hydrolysis of the amorphous cellulose and the surface modification of the cellulose nanocrystals (3), and at the same time activates this reaction so as to limit the temperature and time of the treatment relative to existing solutions.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08L 1/04 - OxycelluloseHydrocellulose
• C08B 15/02 - OxycelluloseHydrocelluloseCellulose hydrate
• D21C 9/00 - After-treatment of cellulose pulp, e.g. of wood pulp, or cotton linters
• C08B 3/12 - Preparation of cellulose esters of organic acids of polybasic organic acids
• C08L 1/02 - CelluloseModified cellulose
• C08L 1/10 - Esters of organic acids
• D21C 9/02 - Washing
• D21H 11/20 - Chemically or biochemically modified fibres

Abstract

The invention relates to a method (200) for training a dynamic-architecture convolutional neural network for semantic image segmentation, comprising a phase (102) of auto-annotation of images, to constitute a database (B1), called the first database, of auto-annotated images, comprising the following steps: applying (104) at least one transformation to at least one source image, and adding (106), to each transformed image thus obtained, a tag, called the first tag, corresponding to said transformation; said method (200) comprising at least one iteration of a phase (110) of training said neural network with the first image database (B1), and a second image database (B2) annotated with a tag, called a second tag, relating to the content of said image. The invention relates to a method (200) for training a dynamic-architecture convolutional neural network for semantic image segmentation, comprising a phase (102) of auto-annotation of images, to constitute a database (B1), called the first database, of auto-annotated images, comprising the following steps: applying (104) at least one transformation to at least one source image, and adding (106), to each transformed image thus obtained, a tag, called the first tag, corresponding to said transformation; said method (200) comprising at least one iteration of a phase (110) of training said neural network with the first image database (B1), and a second image database (B2) annotated with a tag, called a second tag, relating to the content of said image. It also relates to a computer program and a device implementing such a method, and a deep-learning dynamic-architecture convolutional neural network obtained by such a method.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/0464 - Convolutional networks [CNN, ConvNet]
• G06N 3/0895 - Weakly supervised learning, e.g. semi-supervised or self-supervised learning
• G06N 3/09 - Supervised learning

Abstract

A method for functionalizing a cellulose-based substrate by chemical deposition of at least one thin layer, from gaseous precursors. The method includes the provision of a substrate including at least one sheet having a first face and a second face, of surface roughness greater than or equal to 0.1 μm. The first face has a part superposed to another part belonging to the first face or to the second face. A spacing between said parts is conserved at least locally, so as to enable a diffusion of the gaseous precursors. The method also includes the gaseous chemical deposition of at least one thin layer on the substrate such as provided by diffusion of the gaseous precursors, the gaseous precursors diffusing at least in each spacing.

IPC Classes  ?

• C23C 16/04 - Coating on selected surface areas, e.g. using masks
• C23C 16/40 - Oxides

Abstract

A system for detecting malwares in a resources constrained device, the system includes a monitoring module, embedded on the device, for measuring, at a predefined adaptable monitoring period, internal hardware events related data, a local machine learning module, embedded on the device, for providing a confidence score that each monitored data is a malware, the local machine learning module being configured to raise an alert if the confidence score is higher than a first predefined alert threshold and to locally store the monitored data in a memory if the confidence score is lower than the first predefined alert threshold and higher than a second predefined suspicious threshold, a remote machine learning module, embedded on a remote server, for receiving the stored monitored data at a predefined transmission rate and process the received data to detect if it corresponds to malware.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 21/56 - Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
• H04L 9/40 - Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention relates to a palletisation method, wherein: - articles (i) are transported towards a loading point, - the articles (i) are loaded by a loading device onto a container (5) arranged in the loading station, - the loading device being controlled by a computer control means, the method further comprising a step for generating a stable arrangement of the articles (i) on the container upstream of their loading, - the stable arrangement comprises placing articles having substantially similar heights to form layers, wherein a partial layer (Ci) having a first height occupies part of the container and at least one complementary partial layer (Ci') having a second height occupies a second unoccupied part such that the entire surface area of the container is occupied. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 61/00 - Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for

Abstract

The present invention relates to determining the rheological parameters of fluids, and, more particularly, by means of a method using a continuous jet droplet generator.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 11/04 - Investigating flow properties of materials, e.g. viscosity or plasticityAnalysing materials by determining flow properties by measuring flow of the material through a restricted passage, e.g. tube, aperture

Abstract

A chaotic physical true random number generator and the generation method associated therewith. The generator includes a resonator 2, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal originating from the resonator into a digital signal 104, a digital processing device configured to generate a sequence of true random numbers on the basis of the digital signal 104, and a device for exciting the resonator configured to excite the resonator with a determined excitation signal to set it in a dynamic multi-stability mode, and modulate the excitation signal, so that the resonant physical component has a chaotic behaviour and that the analog signal is representative of the chaotic behaviour of the resonator. A gain in terms of simplicity of implementation, bulk and/or manufacturing cost is thus achieved for making physical true random number generators in one or more embodiments.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 7/58 - Random or pseudo-random number generators

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for extracting double-stranded DNA, using ionic liquids of formula (I). It also relates to kits comprising such ionic liquids to implement such a process.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/10 - Processes for the isolation, preparation or purification of DNA or RNA

Abstract

A method for determining a region in which the actual concentration is located, in a medium, of a substrate made up of any molecule likely to undergo catalysed oxidation-reduction by a catalyst. The method includes the following steps: taking at least one group of at least two biosensors, each biosensor having a calibration curve of the signal induced by the oxidation-reduction reaction and having identical initial portions of their calibration curves up to a concentration value of the substrate from which the measurement of the signal differ; and when more than one group is present, the biosensors in different groups having different calibration curves without identical initial portions; placing the biosensors in contact with the medium; measuring the signal induced by the oxidation or reduction reaction for each biosensor in the group/groups; comparing all the signal values produced by the biosensors and following the method described in the description.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/1495 - Calibrating or testing in vivo probes
• A61B 5/145 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value
• A61B 5/1486 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using chemical or electrochemical methods, e.g. by polarographic means using enzyme electrodes, e.g. with immobilised oxidase

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hydromechanical device (102) for supplying each of two opposing active chambers (VR1CA1, VR1CA2) of a double-acting receiving cylinder (VR1) for servo-controlled operation of at least one first output rod (VR1TS1, VR1TS2), characterised in that it comprises a first double-acting generating cylinder (VG1) comprising a first movement input rod (VG1TE1) which is rigidly connected to a first piston (VG1P1) that delimits two first opposing passive chambers (VG1CP1, VG1CP2), each of which is selectively connected to at least one of said two opposing active chambers of the receiving cylinder (VR1); and an assembly (110) for driving the first rod (VG1TE1) of the first generating cylinder (VG1), comprising a movement-transforming screw-nut assembly (112, 114), one movement output component (114) of which is rigidly connected to the first rod (VG1TE1) of the first generating cylinder (VG1) and the other movement input component (112) of which is rotated by a drive motor (M1).

IPC Classes  ?

• F04B 9/02 - Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being mechanical
• F04B 13/00 - Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities
• F04B 17/03 - Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors
• F15B 7/00 - Fluid-pressure actuator systems in which the movement produced is definitely related to the output of a volumetric pumpTelemotors
• F15B 7/08 - Input unitsMaster units

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for charging an electrochemical cell of a rechargeable battery with charging pulse control (PL), the pulses (PL) being driven in voltage control mode in the form of voltage steps (Pt) of variable amplitude. According to the invention, the method consists in calculating the value (Ut+1) of each voltage step (Pt+1) with respect to the value (Ut) of the preceding voltage step (Pt) and according to a progression variable representative of the variation in the internal resistance of the cell (d(R)/dt), for a period ending on the preceding step (Pt), with respect to a predetermined tolerated variation threshold (α), where Var=d(R)/dt−α. The method applies to high-voltage electric battery charging protocols for electromobility or stationary applications, or portable device batteries, for example.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

A method for assembling a zirconia part to a titanium element with braze, the method comprising the following steps: coating a surface of the titanium element with a niobium layer, positioning a braze between the zirconia part and the niobium, the braze being of gold or a gold alloy, heating the whole to a temperature higher than the melting temperature of the braze, and then cooling the whole, whereby an assembly comprising the zirconia part and the titanium element assembled by a brazing joint comprising a first portion of gold or a gold alloy, a second portion formed by a reaction layer comprising intermetallics of the AuNbTi system, and a third portion formed by an oxide reaction layer is obtained.

IPC Classes  ?

• B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
• A61N 1/05 - Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
• B23K 1/20 - Preliminary treatment of work or areas to be soldered, e.g. in respect of a galvanic coating
• B23K 35/30 - Selection of soldering or welding materials proper with the principal constituent melting at less than 1550°C
• C22C 5/02 - Alloys based on gold