The parking brake system for a vehicle with an internal lock actuator (9) and a hydraulic braking circuit for parking brakes (6) with a control unit (8) and pressure generating installation (10), has the latter already fitted to the vehicle, and used for another purpose in addition to the parking brake. The pressure from the installation is transmitted by a two-way piston unit (12) or a valve that...

The system has a storing unit (35) to store predicted consumptions for corresponding paths, and a calculating unit (31) to calculate difference between real and predicted consumptions. The storing unit stores alerts such as abnormal withdrawal of fuel at a reservoir. An alert unit (33) alerts a station control room when the difference exceeds a threshold value.

Aqueous dispersion (I) (which is to be cross linked into an elastomer by condensation, water elimination in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst and by dispersion in a continuous aqueous phase) comprises an organic phase containing a polymer (a polyether chain optionally having a terminal alcoxysilyl unit and two OR groups carried by silicon atoms) and an emulsifier dispersion. An INDEPENDE...

The method involves initiating a gear change, checking whether the initial gear is higher than that selected, generating/reducing at least a first parameter causing the torque transferable and/or transferred by the clutch to be reduced and reducing the engine torque. The parameter can be used to build up the torque transferred by the clutch or the desired torque faster than the engine torque if th...

The invention relates to a process for in-press manufacturing a polymer-coated composite substrate to be used as a composite material for buildings. According to the invention, the process consists in applying a film of a primer coating composition comprising a thermoplastic or a thermosetting polymer onto the surface of a compressible carrier, said composition being formulated so as to form a che...

Novel compounds that have been found effective in inhibiting PDZ domain interactions, andparticularly interactions of PDZ domains in MAGIs with the oncogenic (tumor suppressor)protein PTEN and interactions between the PDZ domain in the Dishevelled (Dvl)protein and other proteins such as the Frizzled (Fz) protein, have the general formula(I) or (III) The invention also includes combinatorial librar...

The printed circuit card has a circuit card and components, with cable shapes (3200). There is an electrical regulator (47) providing electricity. There is a high frequency circuit (321a). There is an electrically isolated membrane (71) on the card zone (32) in the high frequency circuit area. There is an electrically conducting membrane (72) installed on the isolating membrane with component hole...

In an image of lithiasis in a computed tomography examination, a segment (34) of the image is chosen with a detection of the maximum of the gradient (30) of radiological density measured in the voxels of the reconstructed image. This mode of action gives an evaluation of the envelope of the lithiasis (29) that is objective and independent of the practitioner who performs it. Furthermore, to make t...

Apparatus has a hand wheel (100) fixed on a driving disk (80), and a switch (200) fixed on a stator (232) for starting and stopping a motor (23). The disk triggers the switch for making the motor to produce an auxiliary driving power for rotating a wheel of a wheel chair, when the hand wheel is rotated by the user. The disk is disposed on an outer surface of a casing (30) such that an axial tube o...

Système de mise à la terre pour la mise à la terre de bâtiments, constitué d'un système de tuyaux de cuivre raccordé à une prise de terre, caractérisé en ce que au moins deux conduites (1,2) à mettre à la terre sont disposées dans le sol et sont toutes deux configurées en forme conique, de telle sorte que chacune forme une spirale s'amincissant essentiellement en forme de cône, moyennant quoi une ...

An apparatus for waste water treatment wherein sludge is circulated between an anaelobic tank and an aeration tank, and thereby waste water is biologically treated, characterized in that in the step of sending a sludge from the aeration tank to the anaelobic tank, the sludge is withdrawn from a position lower than that of an aeration device arranged at the lowest position among such devices provid...

The device (1) has an electric voltage processing, regulating, and generating multipotentiostat (9) connected to a skin properties measuring unit (2). The unit has working multielectrodes (4) and a reference multielectrode, where each multielectrode has an electrical insulating capillary tube inside which a metallic wire is extended. The wire has a free end (7) forming a disk for direct contact wi...

Implant phonatoire (1) constitué d'une portion centrale (3) formant corps cylindrique creux présentant au niveau de chacune de ses extrémités une portion latérale (5, 7) formant épaulement ou collerette, ledit implant (1) venant se positionner dans un orifice ou fistule traversant de part en part la paroi trachéo-oesophagienne (9), chaque portion latérale (5, 7) venant en butée au niveau respectiv...

The water softener apparatus comprises an ion exchange resin tank (12) with an inlet and an outlet, a brine storage unit (16), and a distribution valve (18) having a body with a controllable piston and a cylinder head surmounted on the body of the valve. The distribution valve is mounted on the tank, where the tank is connected to the body of the valve. The body (20) of the valve comprises a raw w...

The end areas (8, 9) are arranged adjacently to each other and oriented and bent in the same direction; pressed together in a foam/injection-tight manner at a bar of a support (2) by a pressure against a wall defining the shape and position of the pressed end areas; merged with one another after inserting the thermoplastic films (3, 4) into the tool; bordered with a decorative strip before the ins...

The fitting has an embedding case (2) to enclose projectors (12) and closed by a glass pane (8) and/or grid (9). The projectors are provided on a carriage (20) mounted movable in translation on horizontal slides (13). The slides are fixed inside the case and oriented in a front-back direction to permit the removal and positioning of the projectors outside the case, after the pane and/or the grill ...

The module has contacts on one side, and routing traces (54) screen printed on another side and connected to through holes and chip`s bonding pads by respective ends. Routing traces (56, 58) are connected to screen printed bonding pads (57, 59) on one side and to two of chip`s pads on another side. The pads are positioned so that the pads are opposite to and connected to antenna`s bonding pads by ...

A handle hardware assembly for attaching a handle to the sidewall of a casket. The hardware assembly comprises a lifting arm and clevis each having a pair of pivot arms or flanges. Each clevis pivot flange has a protrusion which is engageable with three radially spaced depressions of a corresponding lifting arm pivot arm. The selected depression the protrusion is engaged in determines the fixed po...

The invention relates to a replaceable shaving cartridge, as well as to a process for making the replaceable shaving cartridge. According to the invention, the replaceable shaving cartridge (14), including a housing (16) supporting one or several blades (18), a guard (20) and a cap (22), comprises a base structure (27) defining a cartridge connecting structure adapted to connect the housing (16) t...

A sintered ceramic that exhibits an average linear coefficient of thermal expansion (25-800° C.) below about 5.0x10<-7>° C.<-1>, a total porosity between the range of 20% to about 30%. Furthermore, the sintered ceramic article exhibits a pore size distribution such that at least about 86% of pores are of a pore size of less than about 2 mum. Lastly, the ceramic article exhibits an interconnected p...