Abstract: A motor having flux-concentrating permanent magnets, the motor including a stator with windings and a rotor including a shaft, a sleeve surrounding the shaft for holding rotor laminations, and permanent magnets. The motor being characterized in that said sleeve is constituted by unitary sleeves (2) separated by disks (5), the sleeves and the disks being clamped together by tie bars (6) connected to at least one end cheek plate (7) which is fixed to the shaft (1).

Abstract: For each phase, a metal-clad line comprises a phase conductor surrounded by an aluminum sheath, with each aluminum sheath being surrounded by a sheath which is gas-tight relative to the outside. The inside of said gas-tight sheath(s) is/are filled with a gas having good dielectric properties. The aluminum sheath is made up of two half-shells with each half-shell being formed by a folded strip whose section is in the form of a semicircle terminated at each end by a shoulder and a flat, with the two half-shells being juxtaposed and assembled to each other via their flats. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the metal-clad line which is particularly applicable to underground metal-clad lines.

Abstract: A safety device for an electrical apparatus comprising an enclosure filled with gas under pressure, the safety device comprising first means for detecting the appearance of an arc inside the enclosure, and second means controlled by the first means to establish a path for the gas through the enclosure when the first means has detected an arc for a given length of time.

Abstract: A hinged bogey for rail vehicles, the bogey comprising two longitudinal members, two cross-members each fixed to one of the longitudinal members, and a hinge device enabling each longitudinal member to pitch about a central transverse axis. The hinge device comprises a shaft and four bearings, each cross-member including one of the bearings adjacent to the longitudinal member to which it is fixed, and one of the bearings at its opposite end. The bogey is applicable to any rail vehicle.

Abstract: A system for transmitting initialization information between fixed installations and trains.

Abstract: Mixtures of reactive thermosetting resins which are stable at ambient temperature, latent catalyst complexes for hardening said mixtures, processes for their manufacture, and heat-hardened resins obtained from said mixtures. Mixtures of heat-reactive thermosetting resins which are stable at ambient temperature for use in impregnating insulation for electrical materials or in the preparation of molding products or composite materials, comprising liquid oligo- or poly-isocyanate compounds and liquid epoxy resins and a latent hardening catalyst which is inert at ambient temperature and is composed of an addition complex of an amine compound from the group consisting of the amines, the alkylhydrazines and the imidazoles, and a boron halide. They additionally comprise a small quantity of maleic anhydride or the boron halide is boron tribromide with no addition of maleic anhydride. Latent catalyst complexes of these mixtures, formed by the addition complexes of BBr.sub.

Abstract: A superconducting conductor comprises a first fraction of prior-tinned strands (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc. . . . ) and an additional fraction of non-prior-tinned strands (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc., . . . ). The strands of the first fraction and of the additional fraction alternate regularly and are maintained in a coherent assembly after being assembled with transposition by heating to melt the layer of tin on the prior-tinned strands, with the tin from said layer then solidifying, thus providing substantially point adherence between the previously tinned strands while leaving channels (11, 12, etc. . . . ) inside the superconducitng conductor for cooling liquid circulation. The invention is also to a method of manufacturing such a superconducting conductor.

Abstract: A feedback system control device includes an adder producing a control signal from a feed forward signal and a correction signal. A system which processes the control signal drives the feedback system, which produces an output signal. A feed forward circuit, e.g., a four-pole network, receives the input signal and produces the feed forward signal. An error amplifier in the corrector processes the difference between the input signal and the output signal to produce an error signal. A corrector produces the correction signal from an input signal and this error signal. Two processors in the corrector each receive the error signal and produce respective modification signals between which there is a relative phase shift. An adder sums the modification signals to produce the correction signal.

Abstract: A circuit breaker/isolating switch device intended, in particular, to be associated with a generator in a power station for protection purposes. The device is disposed inside a metal sheath and comprises a gastight insulating casing filled with a gas having good dielectric properties and at a pressure of a few bars, the casing containing a fixed assembly comprising a fixed permanent contact and a fixed arcing contact, a moving assembly comprising a moving permanent contact and a moving arcing contact, a blast cylinder, a blast piston, and a blast nozzle. The moving assembly is connected to a drive rod passing in gastight manner through the casing and connected outside the casing to a drive mechanism. The casing carries a metal collar disposed level with the contact separation zone and connected to ground and the collar includes a radial channel provided with an optical device enabling the position of the contacts to be inspected.

Abstract: A circuit for measuring the tension of an electricity line, the circuit comprising a capacitive divider comprising first and second capacitors, first and second amplification lines for amplifying the tension across the terminals of the second capacitor, said amplification lines having respective time constants of the order of 100 ms and in the range 2.5 ms to 15 ms, the amplification lines being connected to respective first and second controlled switches under the control of a logic circuit, the circuit further including a circuit for generating the absolute value of the algebraic difference between the signals provided by the amplification lines, and a comparator circuit for providing an output signal that controls the logic circuit causing it to change state when said absolute value exceeds a given threshold.

Abstract: A medium or high tension circuit breaker comprising a shell filled with a dielectric gas under pressure and containing: a fixed main contact, a moving main contact, a fixed arcing contact, and a moving arcing contact between which an arc is established during contact separation. The arc within the circuit breaker is split up into a large number of elementary arcs, with each elementary arc being established between two metal plates.

Abstract: Device for detecting the quenching of part a superconducting element comprising two identical superconducting conductors electrically connected in parallel is provided with means (104, 105, 109, 110) of detecting a difference in intensity or phase between the currents flowing in the conductors. An application to a superconducting current limiter is described.

Abstract: A method and device for rivetting a shroud to the blades of a rotor stage of a rotor, each blade having one or more tenons adapted to be inserted into one or more holes in the shroud. The tenons are at an angle to the median plane of the rotor stage. A rivetting head is positioned in line with the tenon to be rivetted and held in place by two flanges between which the group of blades is clamped. The head then moves into alignment with another tenon along a circular arc or laterally. The method and device enable regular repetitive rivetting without any medical or legal restrictions.

Abstract: Method of cooling electrical components, especially electronic components, involving evacuation of the calories produced by said components (2) to an outside medium (5) via one or more thermal loops, whereby intermediate heat exchange steps are provided totransfer the calories produced by said electrical components directly or indirectly to the liquid coolant of a refrigerating machine,transfer the calories previously yielded to said liquid coolant to said outside medium (5) whose temperature may be higher than or equal to the operating temperature of said electrical components. An application to automotive vehicle-borne electrical components is described.

Abstract: An electronic power component circuit comprising low level electronic control circuits mounted on a platform over electronic power circuits constituted as a hybrid circuit, in which the low level electronic control circuits are also constituted as a hybrid circuit, being formed on a substrate of aluminum nitride.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive sensor comprising two concentric capacitors having a common electrode, namely a high tension capacitor and an auxiliary capacitor, the sensor including two screens separating the two electrodes of the high tension capacitor, and these two screens leaving a gap between each other of constant size. The invention is applicable to metalclad stations.

Abstract: The synchronous motor has a pick-up (C) measuring the position of its rotor and a power-varying circuit (VP) operating as a current generator. A power-varying circuit (VP) is controlled by a programmed microprocessor (MP) receiving information specifying the desired speed for the motor (M), information representative of the difference between the current speed and the desired speed for the motor, information from said pick-up relating to the position of the rotor of the motor, and stored information in order to enable it to force zero phase difference between the current I delivered by the power-varying circuit and the potential difference U across the terminals of the motor windings, thereby minimizing the installed power required of the power-varying circuit in order to run the synchronous motor and power-varying circuit at constant power. A control system operates the motor at constant power.

Abstract: This circuit is such that the semiconductor chips constituting the various transistors of the circuit are organized in a matrix in which the various columns are formed on a first network of conductor tracks and are separated by second and third networks of conductor tracks, said networks being connected to respective different connection tabs of the semiconductor chips.

Abstract: A turbine comprising at least one stage (20) having a diaphragm (1) which is split in two along a diametrical plane and which includes an outer ring (3) and an inner ring (6) interconnected by virtue of (10 and 11) serving to guide the turbine fluid, the downstream face (14) of the outer ring (3) being pressed against a ring (19) of the turbine stator (4), the diaphragm (1) being provided with sealing (17) providing sealing between the outer ring (3) and the stator (4), the turbine being characterized in that the sealing (17) are disposed on the outer edge (15) of the outer ring (3), in that the downstream face (14) of the outer ring (3) is provided with a land (18) at a distance from the outer edge (15) and bearing against the ring (19) of the stator (4), and in that communication (22, 27, 27') are provided for providing communication between the space (25) situated between the land (18) and the sealing (17), and a space downstream from the diaphragm (1) with the pressure in the space being less than the pre

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for removing an elongate shrink-fitted core made of a tough material from a hole. According to the invention, a coupling member (5) or a pressure pin (3) is inserted into a bore (2) in the core (1) and projects therefrom. By applying a force to this member or pin, the core is elongated up to its plastic deformation range and is made to shrink radially. When the deformation has begun, the core is further loaded at low speed up to a maximum stress of between 95% and 97% of its rupture strength.