Un dispositif de commande de source de propulsion pour un véhicule pour commander un moteur thermique (11 ) et un moteur électrique (12) prévus en tant que sources de propulsion inciut : un premier mode d'assistance de moteur électrique appliqué à l'instant d'une montée de vitesse pour commander le moteur électrique (12) afin de produire en sortie un premier couple additionnel afin de compenser un...

A bi-stable actuator comprises a chamber 40 having a fluid inlet 34 and firs t and second fluid outlets 36, 38, a valve member 42 movable between a first position in which it co--operates with a first seat to close the first outlet 36 and a second position in which it co-operates with a second seat to close the second outlet 38, and an electromagnetic actuator 48 operable to drive the valve member...

The present invention provides a method of using locally administered collagenase as a non-invasive means of enhancing cell release from the cartilage or fibrocartilage tissues adjacent to a disease or injury site. Th e subsequent migration of cells from these tissues into the lesion or wound, followed by deposition of the appropriate extracellular matrix, results in closure of the lesion or fusio...

This invention relates to a method for preparing nonwoven fabrics having an improved balance of properties in the machine and cross-directions. More specifically, the invention utilizes nonwoven webs that include relatively low levels of multiple-component fibers having latent three-dimensional spiral crimp combined with fibers that do not develop spiral crimp. The latent spiral crimp of the multi...

L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif de contrôle de la liaison d'un individu (1) à son engin de glisse ou de roulage sur lequel l'individu est retenu par un système de retenue de type libérable.Selon le procédé, on mesure la valeur d'au moins deux angles de flexion ou torsion entre la jambe et la cuisse de l'individu et qu'on considère la valeur de ces angles en relation avec des angle...

Composition for the road coating comprises a granular mixture and a binder, where 70-100 wt.% of the constituents of granular mixture have dimensions less than 3.15 mm, 45-100 wt.% of the constituents have dimensions less than 2 mm, 3-20 wt.% of the constituents have dimensions less than 1 mm and 2-10 wt.% of the constituents have dimensions less than 0.063 mm. Independent claims are included for:...

Automatic device for assisting in resource management in response to requests requiring the movement of said resources in order to fulfill them. Accordingly the resources are allocated to the requests primarily as a function of the shortest distance to travel between a start location specified in resource data and a target geographical location specified in the request data. The invention also re...

The dashboard has an inner reinforcement unit (40), and a transversal outer wall (12) with a horizontal upper part (14) and a vertical lower part (16). The upper end of the inner reinforcement unit is connected to an inner side of the part (14) and the lower end is connected to an inner side of the part (16). The unit has a bent plate with a vertical upper part (44) and a horizontal lower part (46...

L'invention concerne un dispositif formant combiné d'instrumentation pour véhicule automobile.8. Selon l'invention, le dispositif comprend un cadran d'affichage (12), un projecteur (15) d'informations (20) relatives au fonctionnement du véhicule, et une vitre réfléchissante formant écran (16), interposée entre le cadran (12) et le projecteur (15), la vitre réfléchissante (16) étant apte à donner u...

The connector has an external thread (8) to be connected to a female luer connector (7) that includes a spike. An end of the connector includes a continuous pad (24) forming projections in an internal conduit (11) to assure water tightness for the conduit during the introduction of the projections in the conduit for joining the connector (7) with a male luer connector (16). A breakable membrane (1...

In an artificial nail printing system (201), each artificial nail printing shop (204) has numerous containers (212) containing artificial nail support bases (243) to which artificial nail materials (211) are adhered. When a customer chooses a desired container (212) and artificial nail printing data, the artificial nail support base (243) is removed from the container and positioned as is, on a ca...

The procedure, comprising at least one solubilisation and one digestion stage, has a separating stage for the liquids and solids of solubilized sludge, with the liquid fraction issuing from it being at least partially subjected to a digestion stage before being sent to the upstream end of the biological treatment process. It also has an intermediate stage in which the solid fraction is solubilized...

A method for manufacture and delivery of an emulsion explosive having a discontinuous oxidizer solution phase, a continuous fuel phase, and an emulsifier, the method comprising: (a) providing an emulsion manufacturing system; (b) conveying an oxidizer solution phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (c) conveying a fuel phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at...

A reinforced wallboard core is prepared from a slurry comprising a mixture of beta-calcium sulfate hemihydrate, a cellulose ether additive other than CMC and an amount of water that is sufficient to form a slurry and resulting in a wallboard density of less than 0.8 g/cc. The beta-calcium sulfate hemihydrate is hydrated by the water forming a wallboard core reinforced by the cellulose ether additi...

The invention concerns in particular an invertebral prosthetic disc nucleus (1) in the form of a flexible filament (5) of a biocompatible elastomer. The filling material is adapted for injecting by means of a hollow needle (4) into the cavity (2) of the annulus. The filament winds when contacted with the walls (6) and with its own segments so as to form an entanglement filling the cavity.

The invention provides an admixture for a hydraulic binder composition comprising at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer, at least one of these polymers having a comb type of structure, wherein the mass ratio of the anionic polymer/cationic polymer is from 99.9/0.1 to 60/40. It also provides a process for its preparation as well as its use as a plasticizer.

This construct is one of formula (I) wherein: T is a peptide comprising the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment thereof; B is a peptide comprising the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 or a fragment thereof; X is an acyl group bound to the N-terminal end of B; n is 3 or 4; and L corresponds to a lysine core of formula (II) where W is a linker; Z 1 -Z 4 are equal or different to each other and are selected fr...

A power cord winding apparatus for manually winding a power cord of a vacu um cleaner. The apparatus includes a loop body in the form of a pipe and having an opening formed on a side thereof, a door cover hinged to the opening of the loop body, thre e rollers rotatably disposed in the loop body to support a power cord passing through the inside of the loop body, a connecting part extended from an ...

Joint soudé (12) ayant une partie de soudage (16) destinée à être soudée et fixée sur une partie de pourtour autour d'une ouverture (28) d'un réservoir de carburant en résine (10). La partie de soudage (16) est réalisée en un matériau d'alliage de résine qui est obtenu en alliant du EVOH ou du PA avec un PEHD modifié. Une couche pouvant être soudée de manière très résistante (34) est agencée dans ...

The invention concerns a method for monitoring a patient suffering, for example, from a nervous disease such as epilepsy, characterized in that it consists at least in the following steps: recording continuously video images of the patient in a buffer, determining the occurrence of a seizure of the patient at a time t0, extracting the video images recorded in the buffer between time t0-n and t0+m ...