Abstract: In the field of multi-rotor rotary-wing aircraft a propulsion system for such an aircraft includes a reconfigurable electric network for supplying the electric motors driving the rotors. The system includes: a supply source, a supply bus connected to the supply source, at least four drive units each including an electric motor and its control circuit, and an electrical ring network including: an electrical line which is interrupted at each drive unit and whose ends are connected to the supply bus, and, for each drive unit, a first switch and a second switch that are connected between the control circuit and the electrical line, on either side of the interruption.

Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system includes a turbomachine and at least one electric motor. The motor includes a first half-motor and a second half-motor that include, respectively, a first stator and a second stator cooperating with a common rotor of the motor. The propulsion system further includes at least one first energy source (B) capable of delivering a DC voltage and at least one electric generator (PMG) driven by the turbomachine. The electric generator generates an AC voltage to form a second energy source and is associated with an active rectifier that transforms the AC voltage into a DC voltage. The value of the DC voltage is controlled by the active rectifier, the output of which is connected to the first energy source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for monitoring the degradation of rolling bearings (15a, 15b) in a rotating machine (10) comprising at least two rolling bearings (15a, 15b) each having two concentric rings (16-18) rotating relative to each other, at least one ring (17, 18) of each bearing (15a) being rotationally connected to a ring (17, 18) of another bearing (15b). The device (1) comprises a member (30) for measuring the speed of rotation (?1) of the rotationally connected rings (17, 18), and data processing means suitable for detecting a variation in the speed of rotation (?1) of the rotationally connected rings (17, 18), which variation is representative of degradation of a bearing (15).

Abstract: The method for monitoring the electrical network comprises the identification of critical element(s) of the network, for at least one source-load pair that are connected to the network; the parametric estimation of a value of the electrical characteristic of each critical element, by using a numerical model modelling an electrical behavior of the network as a function of said electrical characteristic and of electrical measurements performed by means of sensors positioned in the network, a sensor being positioned in the network for each critical element on at least one network element or on at least one network path formed by a plurality of network elements affected by a disturbance in the electrical characteristic of this critical element; the evaluation, for said at least one source-load pair and the determination of a state of the electrical network by taking into account the operational criterion.

Abstract: A member for measuring a variable representative of a common mode voltage in an electrical network a device. The network or the device includes at least a first power conductor and a second power conductor. The measuring member has two capacitive elements which are intended to be arranged in a bridge between the two power conductors and have capacity values that are identical to each other. The two capacitive elements are connected at a midpoint. The measuring member also includes a two-terminal measurement circuit connected on the one hand to the midpoint and on the other hand to a connection terminal intended to be electrically connected to a common conductor provided in the electrical network or device.

Abstract: An electrical distribution module, including a plate that supports pedestals which in turn support power components and power bars connected to the power components. Each pedestal includes a base supporting uprights spaced apart from each other and bridges, each bridge connecting two consecutive uprights at a distance from the base to form an opening for a power bar to transition between the plate and the power components supported by the pedestal.

Abstract: Controlling a DC-AC inverter of an electric machine, where the electric machine comprises a resonant main exciter having rotary transformer. A voltage level of DC power received at a DC-AC inverter is monitored and the frequency of AC power generated by the DC-AC inverter and supplied to the rotary transformer is controlled based at least in part on the voltage level of the DC power.

Abstract: An electric distribution module includes a plate bearing a main partition and lateral partitions that jointly delimit a plurality of housings, wherein the main partition has at least one channel, and wherein each lateral partition comprises at least one channel that is terminated by an opening leading into a housing that this lateral partition delimits and that communicates with a channel of the main partition, so to as to ensure, via these channels, independent ventilation of each housing and/or the routing and holding of control cables towards each housing.

Abstract: Hybrid turbomachine comprising an electric generator, a gas generator equipped with an air inlet and with an exhaust and an acoustic monitoring system comprising a control unit and a plurality of loudspeakers. At least a first loudspeaker is disposed on the electric generator, and/or at least a second loudspeaker is disposed on the air inlet of the gas generator, and/or at least a third loudspeaker is disposed on the exhaust of the gas generator. The control unit of the acoustic monitoring system is mounted on the electric generator and is configured to make an AC-DC electrical conversion of the electromotive force of the electric generator into an adjustable DC voltage intended to be distributed to loads or to energy storage means.

Abstract: A backshell for connecting an overall-shielded harness including shielded cables to a connector, the backshell including a sleeve having a full toothed ring, a first external area for receiving the terminations of the shielding, and a second external area for receiving the overall-shielding of the harness, the backshell further including an attachment ring having a first internal area and arranged so that it can slide over the sleeve up to an abutment position in which it covers the first external area of the sleeve so as to cover the terminations of the shielding. This backshell is designed to make a terminated shielding harness and a connection protected against EM interference between the terminated shielding harness and a connector.

Abstract: A device for connecting an electric wiring harness to the rear of an electrical connector, includes two half-shells configured to be assembled and to receive within them at least one cable of the electric wiring harness, a rear clamping nut designed to compress the two half-shells radially around the cable, a longitudinal body designed to hold the two half-shells axially, a front clamping nut designed to hold the longitudinal body around the electrical connector, wherein each one of the two half-shells includes an inner pad made of an elastomeric material, configured to be in contact with the cable, and an outer jacket made of a rigid material, at least partially enveloping the inner pad and configured to be in contact with the rear clamping nut.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting events by reflectometry in an electrical line of an avionic system, said line being fed with an AC voltage at a first frequency (f1), said AC voltage being sinusoidal and composed of a succession of alternate half-periods, said method comprising a step of injecting a reflectometry signal into the network, the reflectometry signal having a second frequency (f2) higher than the first frequency (f1); wherein the injecting step is synchronized with the AC voltage, the injecting step being carried out by injecting the reflectometry signal into the network during an injection duration (ti) comprised between the start and end of a half-period (t1) of the AC feed voltage.

Abstract: An electric circuit for measuring a current flowing in a conductor comprising: 2×N coils, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, connected in series together; and a common mode filtering element associated with each of the 2×N coils, each filtering element being placed in parallel with the associated coil and being able to accomplish common mode filtering of the 2×N coils, a core of the 2×N coils having a relative permeability less than 10, and among the 2×N coils, N coils being wound in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the N other coils.

Abstract: Overvoltage protection device for a variable-speed and constant-frequency electrical energy generation system includes at least one DC current generator connected, via a DC current bus to the input terminals of at least one inverter and to at least one regulation module for regulating the output voltage of the at least one inverter. The device includes a circuit including at least one switch in series with a resistor, the circuit being connected between the input terminals of the at least one inverter, at least one measurement sensor for measuring the DC voltage across the input terminals of the at least one inverter, a control circuit connected to the at least one measurement sensor and able to receive a voltage measured by the at least one measurement sensor, compare the measured voltage against a threshold and command the closure of the at least one switch if the measured voltage is greater than the threshold, and command opening thereof if not.

Abstract: Electrical circuit for measuring a current flowing in a conductor comprising: a first pair of Rogowski-type coils connected in series, the Rogowski-type coils of the first pair being able to operate in a first frequency band; a second pair of Rogowski-type coils connected in series, the Rogowski-type coils of the second pair being able to operate in a second frequency band, the second frequency band comprising at least partly frequencies higher than the frequencies of the first frequency band; and a means for electrically shielding the first pair of coils, and wherein a core of the Rogowski-type coils of the first and second pairs has a relative permeability of less than 10 and wherein one coil of each pair comprises at least one multi-turn winding, the other coil of the pair comprising at least one multi-turn winding.

Abstract: The method for monitoring the electrical network comprises the identification of critical element(s) of the network, for at least one source-load pair that are connected to the network; the parametric estimation of a value of the electrical characteristic of each critical element, by using a numerical model modelling an electrical behavior of the network as a function of said electrical characteristic and of electrical measurements performed by means of sensors positioned in the network, a sensor being positioned in the network for each critical element on at least one network element or on at least one network path formed by a plurality of network elements affected by a disturbance in the electrical characteristic of this critical element; the evaluation, for said at least one source-load pair and the determination of a state of the electrical network by taking into account the operational criterion.

Abstract: A starting/generating system for an aircraft turbine engine, the starting/generating system comprising at least one brushless drive motor/generator, at least one control module and at least one power module, the power module being configured to supply/receive electric power from the brushless drive motor/generator, the control module being connected to the brushless drive motor/generator by a control cable in order to control its operation, in which system the power module is configured to be mounted in the housing of the non-pressurized zone so as to be located adjacent to the brushless drive motor/generator and the control module is configured to be mounted in a pressurized zone of the aircraft, the control module being connected to the power module by a two-way communication cable in order to control its operation.

Abstract: An electric circuit for measuring a current flowing in a conductor comprising: 2×N coils, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, connected in series together; and a common mode filtering element associated with each of the 2×N coils, each filtering element being placed in parallel with the associated coil and being able to accomplish common mode filtering of the 2×N coils, a core of the 2×N coils having a relative permeability less than 10, and among the 2×N coils, N coils being wound in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the N other coils.

Abstract: Electrical circuit for measuring a current flowing in a conductor comprising: a first pair of Rogowski-type coils connected in series, the Rogowski-type coils of the first pair being able to operate in a first frequency band; a second pair of Rogowski-type coils connected in series, the Rogowski-type coils of the second pair being able to operate in a second frequency band, the second frequency band comprising at least partly frequencies higher than the frequencies of the first frequency band; and a means for electrically shielding the first pair of coils, and wherein a core of the Rogowski-type coils of the first and second pairs has a relative permeability of less than 10 and wherein one coil of each pair comprises at least one multi-turn winding, the other coil of the pair comprising at least one multi-turn winding.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a three-phase inverter (3) using a 120° control arrangement associated with a PWM-type control, the inverter (3) being driven by a controller and configured to power a permanent-magnet synchronous motor (5) of a device on board an aircraft. The motor (5) comprises a stator and a rotor that can be rotated relative to the stator when the motor (5) is powered. The inverter (3) comprises three branches (31, 32, 33), each branch comprising two switches (310, 311, 320, 321 and 330, 331) associated with a motor winding sing a 120° control arrangement of a three-phase inverter. The method is characterised in that when one switch on one branch is controlled such as to switch front the on-state to the off-state, the other switch on said branch is controlled such as to be in the on-state for a sufficient amount of time to allow the magnetic discharge of the motor winding associated with said branch.