Abstract: The various aspects presented herein relate to the perfumery industry. More particularly, the various aspects presented herein relate to assays and methods for screening and identifying compositions and/or ingredients that intensify a subject's perception of target odorant compounds based on the use of particular olfactory receptors activated by the target odorant compound.

Abstract: Convertible-type aircraft, able to fly with the speed and the reduced operating costs of a fixed-wing aircraft and also to take-off/land vertically and hover/manoeuvre like an helicopter. The aircraft object of the invention comes in the form of a classical plane, with a fuselage (1), a fixed wing (2), an horizontal stabilizer (3) and a vertical fin (4), as well as one or several jet engines or turboprops (5) for propulsion and it comprises exposable rotors (6 and 7) installed inside the wing and possibly inside the horizontal stabilizer or the fuselage for lifting the aircraft for vertical take-off/landing and stationary flight. For the flight and the horizontal take-off/landing, the rotors are completely enclosed inside the wing and possibly inside the horizontal stabilizer or the fuselage.

Abstract: Convertible-type aircraft, able to fly with the speed and the reduced operating costs of a fixed-wing aircraft and also to take-off/land vertically and hover/manoeuvre like an helicopter. The aircraft object of the invention comes in the form of a classical plane, with a fuselage (1), a fixed wing (2), an horizontal stabilizer (3) and a vertical fin (4), as well as one or several jet engines or turboprops (5) for propulsion and it comprises exposable rotors (6 and 7) installed inside the wing and possibly inside the horizontal stabilizer or the fuselage for lifting the aircraft for vertical take-off/landing and stationary flight. For the flight and the horizontal take-off/landing, the rotors are completely enclosed inside the wing and possibly inside the horizontal stabilizer or the fuselage.

Abstract: A pistol magazine holster may comprise a body capable of retaining a pistol magazine, a support structure coupled to the body and adapted to secure the body to a compartment, and a snag member coupled to the body. The snag member may be adapted to retain the body within the compartment as the magazine is withdrawn.

Abstract: A pistol magazine holster may comprise a body capable of retaining a pistol magazine, a support structure coupled to the body and adapted to secure the body to a compartment, and a snag member coupled to the body. The snag member may be adapted to retain the body within the compartment as the magazine is withdrawn.

Abstract: A pistol magazine holster may comprise a body capable of retaining a pistol magazine, a support structure coupled to the body and adapted to secure the body to a compartment, and a snag member coupled to the body. The snag member may be adapted to retain the body within the compartment as the magazine is withdrawn.

Abstract: A thrust reverser device for a turbojet engine nacelle includes a mobile cowl movably mounted to translate between a closed position which the mobile cowl covers grids deflecting some of the air flow of the turbojet engine and an open position in which it opens a passage and uncovers the grids. The mobile cowl is associated with a blocking flap to pivot between a retracted position and a blocking position corresponding to the open position of the mobile cowl. The blocking flap is fitted with at least one lever forming a drive mechanism which includes at least one adjustable-stiffness shock absorber.

Abstract: A pistol magazine holster may comprise a body capable of retaining a pistol magazine, a support structure coupled to the body and adapted to secure the body to a compartment, and a snag member coupled to the body. The snag member may be adapted to retain the body within the compartment as the magazine is withdrawn.

Abstract: A reward system and method including a card issuing institution that issues debit or credit cards to cardholders. Each cardholder has a cash back account set up by the institution and a cash back program rewards its cardholders with a cash value dependent on the cardholder's usage of the credit or debit card and depositing the cash value in the cardholder's cash back account. The institution provides the identity of a provider of goods or services to a user and each cardholder has online access to the provider so that the cardholder can purchase goods or services from the provider upon accumulation of a predetermined amount of cash in the cardholder's cash back program. The institution provides an online clearing program for receiving sales information from the provider when a purchase is made by a cardholder and debiting the cardholder's cash with the amount of the sales information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lip that includes, on the inner surface thereof, an electric de-icing device (11) comprising at least one panel including a cellular structure (13), made of electrically conductive material, and an electrical connection means connected to the cellular structure.

Abstract: A reward system and method including a card issuing institution that issues debit or credit cards to cardholders. Each cardholder has a cash back account set up by the institution and a cash back program provided by said institution rewards its cardholders with a predetermined cash value dependent on the cardholder's usage of the credit or debit card used by the cardholder and depositing said cash value in the cardholder's cash back account. The institution provides the identity of at least one supplier and each cardholder has online access to said supplier so that the cardholder can purchase goods or services from the supplier upon accumulation of a predetermined amount of cash in the cardholder's cash back program. The institution provides an online clearing program for receiving sales information from the supplier when a purchase is made by a cardholder and debiting said cardholder's cash in the cash back program with the amount of the sales information.

Abstract: A reward system and method including a card issuing institution that issues debit or credit cards to cardholders. Each cardholder has a cash back account set up by the institution and a cash back program provided by said institution rewards its cardholders with a predetermined cash value dependent on the cardholder's usage of the credit or debit card used by the cardholder and depositing said cash value in the cardholder's cash back account. The institution provides the identity of at least one supplier and each cardholder has online access to said supplier so that the cardholder can purchase goods or services from the supplier upon accumulation of a predetermined amount of cash in the cardholder's cash back program. The institution provides an online clearing program for receiving sales information from the supplier when a purchase is made by a cardholder and debiting said cardholder's cash in the cash back program with the amount of the sales information.

Abstract: A fixing unit includes a threaded terminal portion, with the end face having a hollow imprint with a multilobate shape. The distance between the peripheral edge of the imprint and the external peripheral surface of the portion varies between maximum (d1) and minimum (d2) values, the ratio of which is between about 1.25 and about 1.75, and preferably substantially equal to 1.5.

Abstract: A combined altitude and height-above-ground indicator for an aircraft enables the altitude and the height of an aircraft to be displayed simultaneously. The combined indicator includes a first sensor and a second sensor which respectively sense altitude and height above ground, means for processing the information supplied by the first and second sensors, and means for displaying the sensed altitude and height-above-ground information by superimposing the altitude and height-above-ground information on the same scale against a pointer. The scale includes a transparent first part which represents a pressure-altitude display, and a second part which is a mask positioned under the first part so that it masks the background of the indicator for altitude levels which are below the measured height above ground.

Abstract: For the connection, a transition plate (11), for rotating the polarization of the waves leaving one (2) of the guides into an intermediate transition polarization, which is not parallel to the polarizations of the two guides, is inserted between the two waveguides (1, 2), the plate (11) is fixed to one (2) of the two waveguides and one end of the other waveguide (1) is introduced into a recess (12) for housing the transition plate (11).

Abstract: A combined altitude and height-above-ground indicator for an aircraft includes a first sensor and a second sensor which respectively sense altitude and height-above-ground, a processor for processing the information supplied by the first and second sensors, and a display for displaying the altitude and height-above-ground information, showing the two items of information against each other, on the same scale against at least one pointer.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for indicating the position of an aircraft (H) notably a helicopter (H) with respect to a beam (F).In accordance with the invention, said indicator includes fixed first means (6) indicating the position of said aircraft (H), movable second means (7) indicating the position of the beam (F) in a predefined direction with respect to said aircraft (H), and third means (8) indicating which way to steer the aircraft (H) in the predefined direction to capture the beam (F) to said third means (8) being activated only when the aircraft (H) has crossed the beam (F) completely and is outside it.

Abstract: A device for the transmission of electrical power signals of variable frequencies and phases from a stationary assembly to a rotary assembly wherein the primary winding of a rotary transformer is supplied by an electrical power source of fixed frequency, and the power output from the secondary winding of the transformer is supplied to a chopping feed of a signal generating system including a digital memory storing a digital signal having the desired characteristics of the signal to be generated, a digital-to-analogue converter for receiving the digital signal from the memory under the control of a clock pulse generator, and an amplifier connected to the converter to give the desired power to the analogue signal received from the converter.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for optically checking the inner profile of a tube or a bore, especially the tubes of steam generators in nuclear power stations, the apparatus includes a probe which is positioned within and is movable longitudinally within the tube or bore and is connected to an external power supply and analysis system. The probe includes a source of light, a mechanism for causing the light to illuminate the wall of the tube or bore along a line corresponding to the intersection of the wall with a cross-sectional plane, and a mechanism for forming an image of this line on a photo-sensitive sensor, so that variations in the inner profile of the tube or bore can be determined from deviations of the image from a theoretical image corresponding to the typical profile of the tube or bore.