Abstract: In order to produce a phase control device which is free of the constraints of drifts due to the supply frequency or to the temperature of the components forming it, a method is recommended in which a command signal delivered by a control is modified by a converter in order that the activity of the actuator controlled by this device is a linear function, in all cases, of a control signal. As an improvement, account is taken of the variation in frequency of the supply signal by multiplying the convertible signal by a measurement of the duration of the period of the power signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical apparatus, such as a timer, permanently supplied from the mains between two terminals A and B and the operation of which can be triggered by taking a control input E to the potential of the terminal B via an external contact SW. In order to take account of the possibility of a pilot lamp or another load being present between the terminals E and A, the following circuit structure is proposed: a low-voltage power-supply circuit AL, operating in half-wave rectification mode, supplies a voltage Vdd to a microcontroller MC. The terminal at Vdd is linked to the terminal B and the voltage regulation Vdd is carried out on another conductor at a potential regarded as a zero-volt reference. The control input E of the apparatus is linked to a detection input DT of the microcontroller.

Abstract: The invention refers to a control device for an actuator (1). The device, controlled by a control valve (20; 71; 80, 81), comprises means (30, 31) to obtain different conditions of the control valve, and these means (30, 31) are activated by means of a two-position fluidics solenoid valve (32, 33) to which a set-point instruction is applied (6). The control device comprises furthermore means (10) to be assured of the response of the solenoid valve depending on the set-point instruction (6) over the full range that the actuator (1) can cover.

Abstract: In order to implement a method of graduating the dissipation of an alternating electrical power signal, provision is made to place the position (Reg3) of a period of the alternating signal in correspondence with the binary inverse (Reg4) of a digitized set-point parameter. It is shown that, in this way, the periods of dissipation are ideally distributed among the periods of non-dissipation. This has the principal effect of reducing the effects of blinking which are particularly undesirable when the rise time of the phenomenon to be controlled is short as regards the period of the alternating electrical signal.

Abstract: A static relay with semiconductors for insertion into AC electric circuits. The relay includes devices for determining when the state of the relay is in the operating phase and in additional states corresponding to the relay destroyed, the electric circuit deenergized and the relay disconnected from the electric circuit. These devices are wired to the terminals of the relay. The device may be used for determining the opening and closing of electric circuits operating in an AC mode.

Abstract: A mechanism for manually controlling an electric switching member includes a control button, a guide for guiding the movement of a moving element of the switching member, and a link which moves longitudinally in the direction of travel of the control button and laterally into an abutting position which prevents longitudinal movement of the link. The mechanism further includes an element secured to the control button and configured to contact the link to cause the longitudinal movement of the link, a first spring configured to push the control button into a pulled-out position, a second return spring configured to push the link out of the abutting position, and a cylindrical bushing in which the control button slides.

Abstract: A device for the actuation of at least one main switch, includes a lever having two main faces. In a working position of the lever, its main face is designed to actuate the main switch. In an idle position of the lever, its second main face is designed to actuate at least one ancillary switch capable of delivering an item of information on the idle position.

Abstract: A rotating machine comprises a stator that is excited to vibrate to generate progressive surface waves at a frequency within a resonance frequency range of a predetermined rank. The rotor is designed so that the vibrations in the stator generate vibrations of the same frequency and of lower magnitude. A vibration sensor is mounted on the rotor to provide a signal. The difference in frequency between the excitation frequency of the stator and the vibration frequency detected on the rotor corresponds to the rotation speed of the rotor.

Abstract: An electromagnetic micro-actuator includes a coil for generating a magnetic field which acts on a movable element at least partially made of a magnetic material, and a magnetic circuit to drive the magnetic flux towards a gap closable by the motion of the movable element.

Abstract: A speed control method for controlling an electric motor by varying the supply duration of the motor, comprises the steps of:initially storing, for a constant speed to be obtained, the curve of the current in the motor as a function of the supply duration;selecting a supply duration;measuring the resulting current in the motor; andcorrecting the supply duration so that the point defined by the supply duration and the resulting measured current converges towards a point of the curve.

Abstract: A method for underwater, acoustic transmission, characterized in that at the transmitting side, the signal to be transmitted first is sampled, digitized and stored and then un-sampled and un-digitized at a frequency less than the sampling frequency and is thus transmitted in analogue form, and in that at the receiving side the signal is correspondingly sampled, digitized and stored at the said un-sampling and un-digitizing frequency and then is re-read at the said sampling frequency.

Abstract: A motor includes two parts that are mobile one with respect to the other and have facing surfaces contacting each other. Progressive surface acoustic waves of the same direction are produced in each facing surface of each part. The relative speed or position of the parts is adjusted by acting on the relative frequency or phase of the progressive waves.

Abstract: A system controls a one-pole synchronous motor, with a magnetized rotor and a stator provided with two pairs of coils. The motor includes a floating common node to which are connected first coil terminals, the second terminal of each first coil of a coil pair is connected to a first supply terminal through a first respective switch, and the second terminal of each second coil of a coil pair is connected to a second supply terminal through a second respective switch. The control system includes a circuit operable for controlling switches in a stepping or self-switching mode, and at least one detection circuit using the voltage occurring at the floating common node so as to detect at least one operation condition of the motor.

Abstract: A method for controlling a valve including a direct current motor acting upon an aperture adjusting part (3) against the force of elastic means (11) biasing the aperture adjusting part towards a zero flow rest position, comprising the steps of: selecting a desired valve aperture; determining a time interval (T.sub.a) as a function of the desired valve aperture; supplying the motor with a first constant current of a sufficient value for rotating the motor, during the mentioned time interval; supplying the motor with a second constant low value current thereafter until a next valve aperture is selected, this low value current being sufficient to hold the motor in its position against the force of the elastic means.

Abstract: A protection nut for screwing on a stud in which a button slides, includes an approximately bell-shaped elastic membrane mounted to one face of the nut and fitted around or covering the button and an annular seal-ring mounted to the opposite face of the nut, the membrane and the seal-ring forming only one part and being connected together through at least one through-hole of the nut.

Abstract: A power switch comprising: at least one bipolar transistor (T1), the base of which is controlled through an amplifier 12 by a control signal (VC) and a sensor (10) of the current (I) flowing through the switch; at least one insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) (T2) connected in parallel to said at least one bipolar transistor (T1), the gate of which is controlled by said control signal (VC); and means (S) for inhibiting the base control of said at least one bipolar transistor (T1) when the current flowing through the switch is lower than a predetermined value (I.sub.0).

Abstract: A method for the construction and application of a plate interface for the electrical interconnection in control and monitoring devices with terminal outlets of the plate type, using the steps of:making a rigid printed circuit having apertures disposed according to the layout of the output terminals of the control device;applying by screen-printing a soldering paste onto the locations of the printed circuit corresponding to the terminals to be brought into electrical contact;preheating only the terminals of the control device;assembling the electrical interconnection plate on the control device with the interposition of a further plate for the thermal protection of the control device itself; andmelting of the soldering paste according to a thermal cycle comprising an associated programming and monitoring device having output terminals for connectors of the plate-type, electrically interconnected and functionally arranged by means of an interface having a rigid plate electrically connected to the terminals by

Abstract: A method and device are provided for the transmission of data. After organizing the data into words all having the same number of bits, tables are formed each comprising a plurality of words, the words of these tables are coded by means of an error correcting code, and the bits of each table are transmitted using an interleaving method, at a transmission rate sufficient so that, during the time of formation of the table of rank N, a number R of tables, of rank N, N-1, N-2, . . . , N-R are transmitted. The reverse operations are carried out at reception. This method makes it possible to tolerate interruptions in transmission having a relatively long duration, without introducing too great a delay between the source and the user circuit.

Abstract: A double interaction switch has a case in which a single block of contactors is controlled by two levers; namely, one monostable lever and one bistable lever. The bistable lever may be locked in one of its two stable positions. When the bistable lever is so locked, the monostable lever may be moved, and actuation of the bistable lever thereafter causes it to return to its unlocked position. When the monostable lever comes back to its rest position, with the bistable lever initially locked, the bistable lever comes back to its rest position. The bistable lever is lockable by means of a rod which may pivot under the action of a labyrinth, provided on the lever. The switch is suitable for use with "hands free" telephone receiver sets.

Abstract: An automatic payment machine is provided for electronically checking the validity of instruments of payment with deliverance of a voucher. It includes means for maintaining the voucher in a waiting position in the path of the instrument of payment so that this latter takes it along with it when it passes, for restoring the instrument and the voucher simultaneously.