A partition wall for an electrode in a bipolar battery is comprised of a dimensional stable porous disc ( 1 ) of an electrically non-conductive material, the pores of which are filled with lead or a corresponding metal or an alloy thereof. The partition wall is distinguished by the porous disc at its peripheral region on at least one side being provided with an electrolyte-tight sealing edge porti...

The subject of the invention is a system for measuring the state of panels in real time, particularly of one or more composite panels, characterized in that it has a network of very fine waveguides connected to a series of transducer sensors that are designed to send and receive signals in the waveguides, these sensors being themselves connected to a computer device such as a microprocessor device...

The invention relates to compositions for producing polymethacrylimide foams having reduced pore size. The inventive method allows production of a microporous foam with an especially homogeneous pore size distribution without having to use insoluble nucleation agents

The shield (2) has sheaths (5) arranged in a fixation zone of a natural or synthetic rubber band (3) and possessing an opening of section comprised between the section of the band at rest and the section of the band in a stretched position. The sheaths are obtained by folding a thin material of the shield on itself and closing. The sheaths are straight and oriented along a direction different from...

This invention discloses a system and a method for online transaction. The system sets a communication protocol of Digital Video Broadcasting-hand-held into a portable communication apparatus to receive and watch the multimedia commercials from a digital television provider. In addition, the system further sets a software program in the portable communication apparatus to process the transaction b...

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'entraînement (13) d'un chariot (7) porte outil de fente destiné à une machine à fendre les carcasses d'animaux (1) incluant un chariot principal (6) ayant des moyens de guidage à coulissement (18a, 18b) pour un chariot (7) porte outil de fente ; un chariot (7) porte outil de fente supportant un outil de fente (8); des moyens (19) d'entraînement de l'outil de fe...

La présente invention concerne un polyamide et un procédé de fabrication de celui-ci et des compositions le contenant. Elle concerne plus particulièrement un polyamide obtenu par polymérisation de monomères diacides et diamines en présence de composés multifonctionnels et éventuellement monofonctionnels. Ce polyamide est notamment utile pour la fabrication de compositions destinées, par exemple, à...

Système de gestion d'adhérence d'une paire de roues motrices 1 d'un véhicule automobile, comprenant deux capteurs 16 aptes à mesurer un couple d'enroulement résistant apparaissant sur chacune des deux roues motrices et dû au contact de la roue 1 avec le sol 13 lors du déplacement du véhicule. Le système comprend un différentiel piloté 6 par un calculateur 30 relié aux capteurs 16 et apte à calcule...

The system has a monitoring device (30) with an exception processing unit (31) that processes exceptions in real time by comparing data relative to planning of the remote operations stored in a database (20) and operation data (37) e.g. executed operation time data, relative to executed remote operations transmitted by the interveners. The processing unit has an exception detecting unit (310) for ...

The method involves weighting each quality criteria used in the analysis proportional to an economic value of advantages corresponding to complete satisfaction of the criteria estimated by a purchaser. The price criteria are weighted proportional to the economic value of the realization of specifications of products or services. The price criteria for each offer are noted by specific formula.; Pro...

A capacitor formed in an insulating porous material.

Method for increasing the recovery of crude oil from a reservoir containing at least one porous and permeable subterranean formation wherein the formation includes sandstone rock and at least one mineral that has a negative zeta potential under the reservoir conditions and wherein crude oil and connate water are present within the pores of the formation. The method is carried out by (A) injecting ...

The device has back-lighted symbols (2), and cylindrical symbol light guides (4, 6) associated to respective the back-lighted symbols. Each light guide includes corresponding surfaces for the injunction of light intended for function lighting and light intended for night lighting. Another light guide includes light output surfaces facing the night light injection surface.

The device (1) has an auxiliary driving assembly (5) including an energy source e.g. battery (9), engine driving units (11, 14) and a movement transmission unit (13), connected to wheels (3) of a vehicle. The assembly actuates the vehicle with less power and according to a propulsion mode in which harmful exhaust fumes are not emitted by the vehicle. A control unit (7) is connected to the assembly...

The method involves pruning a skeleton by suppression of terminal segments of each branch of the skeleton. Each branch of the pruned skeleton is subjected to a linearization operation by the segments for forming a geometric descriptor of bi-dimensional shape. The segments of each branch of the geometric descriptor are subjected to an angular quantification operation with respect to a reference dir...

Concrete composition comprises, incorporated into the mass of the concrete, an additive of the insecticidal biocide and/or repellent type. Concrete composition comprises incorporated into the mass of the concrete an additive of the insecticidal biocide and/or repellent type selected from (A1) organo(thio)phosphates, (A2) carbamates, (A3) pyrethroids, (A4) nicotinic receptor agonist/antagonist comp...

The connector has an upstream part and a downstream part extending along respective axes, where the parts pivot with respect to each other along an axis perpendicular to an angle cut. Ends of the upstream and downstream parts are arranged relative to each other and include circular section bores housing ends of an independent rectilinear median conduit. The conduit and the bores comprise units (10...

The sequential biological reactor for treating sludge activated by industrial or urban wastewater, comprises a basin (1) having a bottom slab and side walls (3) that are cylindrical or rectangular, an inlet equipped with a selector that determines a path of baffle in contact with the effluent to be treated and a part of recirculated sludge, a unit (6) for evacuating the treated water from upper pa...

L'invention concerne l'utilisation de copolymères comportant une chaîne principale obtenue essentiellement à partir de monomères maléiques et de monomères allyliques, et des chaînes latérales de type polyoxyalkylés contenant des unités hydrophobes distribuées de manière statistique, à titre d'adjuvant afin d'abaisser la viscosité de compositions hydrauliques.; The invention relates to the use of c...

The device has wires (20, 21) connected to curved needle (20`, 21`) at a single end for suture between ligament bundles of a tendinous graft so as to form one or more ligament loops. Suspension strips (22) destined to be a single/double bundle graft are passed in the loops and maintained in position in a femoral bone tunnel and tibial bone tunnel, where the strips have a mechanical traction resist...