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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293506 | Structural system comprising a track for a magnetic levitation transport system powered by a linear electric motor Structural system comprising a track for a magnetic levitation transport system powered by a linear electric motor. This structural system comprising a track for a magnetic levitation transport system powered by a linear electric motor is notable in that it combines... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271507 | Process and system for controlling an electronic power component and data recording support comprising instructions for executing the process The process for controlling an electronic power component for piloting an opening and/or closure of this component. The piloting process includes a plurality of steps for controlling the application of a succession of different commutation voltages on a control elec... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258309 | Automatic and guided system for transporting people and method for controlling transport modules running in such a system A system for automatic and guided transport of people, the system including: at least one running track having guide members for guiding transport modules; an electric power supply system comprising a sequence of power supply blocks; electric self-propelled transpor... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250088 | Directionally solidified columnar grained article and apparatus for manufacture thereof A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a directionally solidified columnar grained article with a reduced amount of secondary misorientation of the columnar grains. The method employs a casting assembly comprising a mold with a cavity, a selector section at a l... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7221066 | Energy supply unit for transmitting auxiliary energy to an electrical device An energy supply unit includes a primary coil which is at least indirectly connected to an energy source. In a secondary coil which is at least indirectly connected to the control circuit, and an insulating section formed between the primary coil and the secondary c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211614 | Insulating nozzle for gas blast circuit breaker The invention concerns an insulating nozzle for a gas blast circuit breaker. In accordance with the invention, the material constituting the nozzle comprises (A) 90% to 99.9% by weight of a fluorinated polymer, and (B) 0.1% to 10% by weight of a filler based on at l... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7190085 | Wind turbine for producing electrical power and a method of operating the same A wind turbine includes a turbine rotor with at least one blade and a generator with a rotor and a stator. The turbine rotor is mechanically coupled with the rotor of the generator. A diode rectifier is electrically coupled to the stator of the generator. A direct c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184895 | Method and system of non-intrusively monitoring the mixture ratio of a gas mixture having at least two components A method and system of non-intrusively monitoring the proportion of a component in a gaseous mixture having at least two components and contained in an electrical switchgear enclosure includes measuring the pressure, the temperature, and the density of the gas mixtu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178466 | Railroad car with side and intermediate door providing access to the inside of its box body, and corresponding train A railroad car is provided having a box body extending longitudinally and delimiting compartments, seats arranged in the compartments, means for identifying the seats,means for identifying the car, and at least one side door providing access to the compartments. The... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177789 | Method and apparatus for testing the operation of an electronic unit by simulation A simulator fitted with at least one microprocessor sends input simulation signals to a unit under test, and receives therefrom output signals in reaction thereto. The method consists in processing some of the output signals from the unit as they are issued by means... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170199 | Matrix converter for transforming electrical energy A matrix converter for transforming electrical energy between at least one voltage source, in particular a power supply network, and at least one current source, in particular a load, said converter including a matrix of switches connecting said voltage sources to s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7096114 | Method of regulating a transport system A method of regulating traffic in a transport system in which vehicles travel on a line provided with a plurality of stations at which passengers can board and alight, wherein the running of the vehicles is regulated as a function of the passenger load on said vehic... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089093 | Method and apparatus for controlling trains, in particular a method and apparatus of the ERTMS type The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling trains, in which method and apparatus, the location and the speed of a train on the line are acquired. A location specification is generated as a function of the acquisition, so that a movement control ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7031135 | Capacitor with high thermal stability for shielded electrical lines The capacitor of high thermal stability includes a high-voltage electrode (HT) extending in a longitudinal direction (AX), a cylindrical printed circuit (CI) coaxially surrounding said high-voltage electrode and including an electrically conductive track forming a l... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7016201 | Device for protecting a drawer electromagnetically For a drawer, equipped with electronics cards and inserted into a drawer-receiving structure through an opening provided in the front face of the drawer-receiving structure, a device for electromagnetically protecting the cards is formed by the front face of the dra... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6987234 | Circuit breaker comprising a control assembly and interrupting chamber and method of assembly A circuit breaker including a control assembly having a driving and a driven splined shafts and a pair of arcing contacts movable by the control assembly. A synchronization assembly is provided for synchronizing the two splined shafts and includes two levers each of... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6960278 | Method of improving the properties of adhesion of a non-oxide ceramic substrate before gluing it A method of improving the properties of adhesion of a non-oxide ceramic substrate before gluing it includes the steps of irradiating the surface of the ceramic substrate using an excimer laser and applying a coupling agent to the irradiated surface. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954974 | Method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab and a temporary tie plate for use in the method In a method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab, the concrete slab is poured around anchor members for fixing tie plates supporting the rails of the rail track. The method includes the following steps: suspending the rails premounted on their tie plates ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941874 | System for preventing the intrusion of a window into a rail vehicle cab in the event of an impact To prevent a window intruding into a cab of a rail vehicle in the event of an impact, the vehicle including a protective structure between the window and the interior of the cab and the protective structure including an opening facing the window, the protective stru... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923247 | Cooled components with conical cooling passages A thermally highly loaded machine component (10), which is protected from overheating by film cooling, is provided with conical cooling passages (30) of circular cross section. The cooling passages are designed so as to be divergent from the cold-gas s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922661 | Process for initializing and updating the topology of a high-voltage or medium-voltage electrical power station The process is intended to optimize the operation of a digital protection system for protecting sets of busbars in the power station and uses a basic schematic of the electrical configuration of the power station obtained from information on the type of components u... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913717 | Method of constructing a rail track in which a concrete track slab is produced and rail track anchor members are inserted into the track slab A method of constructing a rail track in which a concrete track slab is produced and rail track anchor members are inserted in the track slab by an inserter system mobile along the route of the rail track includes the following steps: using a machine for continuousl... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6914762 | Protection of electrical power lines A method of protecting a section of a three phase power line uses superimposed current components in the power line to enable a local relay to detect operation of remote circuit breakers of remote relays in response to a fault on at least one phase of the power line... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903466 | Wind-power generator pod constituted by the body of an electricity generator The pod of wind-powered generator is constituted by a rigid fairing in which at least one electricity generator for coupling to at least one wind-driven propeller is disposed. The rigid fairing of the pod is formed by the body of the generator in which there are mou... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6898089 | Solid state converter for high voltages A converter for high voltages includes a bridge circuit having serially arranged switching assemblies so connected as to define at least two input notes and two output nodes. The input nodes are adapted to receive an input voltage across the input nodes, and the out... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895358 | Method and apparatus for locating an edge disposed at the junction between two substantially plane surfaces A method and apparatus for locating an edge disposed at the junction between two substantially plane surfaces, and in particular to a method and apparatus for locating a platform edge coping relative to a rail vehicle, the method comprising the following stages: a) ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6879062 | Electrical substation A substation is disclosed for use in a power transmission and distribution network. The substation comprises a single phase isolating high frequency transformer having at least one input winding and at least one output winding with corresponding input and output sol... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866072 | Effluent disposal system for railways An effluent disposal apparatus for railways includes a storage tank adapted to be fitted to a railway vehicle. The tank has an inlet for receiving effluent, an outlet for release of the effluent stored in the tank, and an effluent release valve movable between a clo... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864598 | Method of and a system for controlling the supply of electrical power to an electrically propelled vehicle designed to operate in an external power supply mode or in an autonomous power supply mode A method is disclosed of controlling the supply of electrical power to an electrically propelled vehicle designed to operate in an external power supply mode or in an autonomous power supply mode. The vehicle includes an uninterrupted power supply bus connected both... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6856053 | Cooling of electrical machines A stator for a high power density air gap electrical machine comprises an outer annular laminated iron stator core and a stator winding comprising a plurality of coils having linear conductor portions extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the ma... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6856111 | Method and device for controlling angular speed of an electromechanical drive train with little damping Method and device for controlling the angular speed of an electromechanical drive train with little damping. The control of the speed of the load driven in rotation by an electromechanical drive train with little damping, possibly having transmission nonlinearities ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850863 | Method and a computer for determining the stopped angular position of a rotor, a control unit, and a system incorporating the computer The method of determining the stopped angular position of a rotor comprises the following steps: a) applying a sequence of successive voltage vectors to the terminals of the windings of the stator, said sequence including first and... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849819 | High-voltage or medium-voltage switch device with combined vacuum and gas breaking A hybrid high-voltage or medium-voltage breaker device includes an enclosure filled with a dielectric gas, a vacuum switch, a gas switch and an operating rod. The vacuum switch includes a fixed first arc contact and a second arc contact which can move in translation... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6846209 | Propulsion unit A propulsion unit arranged to propel a waterborne vessel comprises an electric motor arranged to provide propulsion, and a housing arranged to contain the motor. The motor is mounted within the housing on resilient couplings. Such propulsion units are used to propel... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6840046 | Method and apparatus for minimizing thermoacoustic vibrations in gas-turbine combustion chambers In a method of minimizing thermoacoustic vibrations in gas-turbine combustion chambers, a modulated spraying of liquid or gaseous premix fuel into a premix burner is carried out. The premix fuel is fed by means of two fuel lines (13, 14), and the modulation o... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6839207 | Protection system for protecting a poly-phase distribution transformer insulated in a liquid dielectric, the system including at least one phase disconnector switch The distribution transformer is installed in a station having N phases, at least N-1 phases being equipped on the high-voltage side of the transformer with respective current-limiting fuses capable of blowing in the event of a dead short circuit between the phases. ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6836125 | Method and a device for testing a power module A method of testing a power module including a control gate, an emitter, a collector, at least one power component on a dielectric substrate and a diode connected in antiparallel with the power component measures partial discharges occurring between the emitter and ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6823538 | Toilet unit for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle A toilet unit for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, the toilet unit comprising a cubicle equipped at least with a toilet pan or with a handbasin, said toilet unit defining a limiting volume that is in the shape of a rectangular block, and that is suitable for... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6809279 | Spring loaded mechanical control mechanism for a circuit breaker comprising a toothed wheel cooperating with a cog wheel The spring-loaded mechanical control mechanism for a circuit-breaker in a high-voltage or medium-voltage grid comprises a toothed wheel turned by a spring from a first angular position to a second angular position, and a cog wheel co-operating with the toothed wheel... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6804928 | Method of reinforcing the holding strength of an anchoring element in a concrete slab A method of reinforcing the holding strength of an anchoring element embedded in a concrete slab is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing the anchoring element; providing a mortar that is made up of a resin mixed with sand and cement; coating the anc... | 10/19/2004 |
