Abstract: A battery including: a power supply bus; an assembly of electric cells and of first switches coupling the cells; second switches forming an H bridge and coupling said assembly to nodes; a first circuit for supplying first control signals to the first and second switches; a second circuit for delivering a first power supply voltage to the first circuit based on the voltage across one of the cells; a third circuit for supplying second control signals to at least two of the second switches and connected to the power supply bus; and first diodes coupling the first circuit to the two second switches and second diodes coupling the third circuit to the two second switches.

Abstract: A method of controlling a battery including a first control circuit and a plurality of modules arranged in series between first and second terminals, each module including electric cells and switches and a second switch control circuit, the battery further including at least one first data transmission bus coupling the first control circuit to each second control circuit, the method including the transmission, by the first control circuit to the second control circuits, of first data representative of an electric cell configuration to be obtained to follow a set point for the delivery of a voltage and/or of a current between the first and second terminals, the second control circuits connecting or disconnecting the electric cells based on said first data and on a classification of the priorities of the electric cells.

Abstract: The method involves a step of measurement of a bearing force (Fpn) on a pedal (1) of the pedal set (4), different from the useful effort, exerted by the individual during a pedalling cycle, a step of determination of a maximum (max(Fpn)) of the bearing force measured during the pedalling cycle (CPj), and a step of estimation of a mean useful effort exerted by the individual during said pedalling cycle from the maximum of the bearing force determined and with the aid of a predetermined correlation function between a maximum bearing force during a pedalling cycle and a mean useful effort in said cycle.

Abstract: The invention is a method for generating a control signal (Sc) by pulse modulation according to a reference signal (Sref), the method comprising forming successive modulation sequences, each sequence comprising a transition between a low state and a high state or vice versa, the method comprising the following iterative steps, each iteration being associated with an instant, referred to as the current instant: a) calculating a time derivative (S?ref(t)) of the reference signal at the current instant (t); b) according to the derivative of the reference signal (S?ref(t)), selecting, when the derivative is positive, a sequence (M(t)) comprising a high state preceded by a low state, the high state extending up to the end of the modulation sequence; when the derivative is negative, a sequence (M(t)), comprising a high state followed by a low state, the low state extending up to the end of the modulation sequence; the low state and the high state extending over a low state duration (Tlow(t)) and a high state

Abstract: The invention is a method for generating a control signal (Sc) by pulse modulation according to a reference signal (Sref), the method comprising forming successive modulation sequences, each sequence comprising a transition between a low state and a high state or vice versa, the method comprising the following iterative steps, each iteration being associated with an instant, referred to as the current instant: a) calculating a time derivative (S?ref(t)) of the reference signal at the current instant (t); b) according to the derivative of the reference signal (S?ref(t)), selecting, when the derivative is positive, a sequence (M(t)) comprising a high state preceded by a low state, the high state extending up to the end of the modulation sequence; when the derivative is negative, a sequence (M(t)), comprising a high state followed by a low state, the low state extending up to the end of the modulation sequence; the low state and the high state extending over a low state duration (Tlow(t)) and a high state

Abstract: The method involves a step of measurement of a bearing force (Fpn) on a pedal (1) of the pedal set (4), different from the useful effort, exerted by the individual during a pedalling cycle, a step of determination of a maximum (max(Fpn)) of the bearing force measured during the pedalling cycle (CFj), and a step of estimation of a mean useful effort exerted by the individual during said pedalling cycle from the maximum of the bearing force determined and with the aid of a predetermined correlation function between a maximum bearing force during a pedalling cycle and a mean useful effort in said cycle.