Abstract: A steering column sleeve includes two elements made up of an outer tube and an inner tube, and a system for adjusting a resistive force against a relative translational movement between the elements. A friction pad is supported by a first of the elements, and a clamping surface is rigidly connected to a second of the elements, wherein the friction pad is configured to contact and bear on the clamping surface, and an adjustment mechanism. The adjusting mechanism includes a cam bearing on a support member to generate a variation in pressure of the friction pad on the clamping surface parallel to a reference axis that is fixed relative to the first element, between a use position and an adjustment position. The adjustment mechanism of the adjustment system is configured to generate a relative rotational movement between the cam and the support member about the reference axis.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for self-contained nucleic acid preparation, amplification, and analysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detection of a leak from a tank for liquid gas, said tank comprising a membrane surrounding the liquid gas, the membrane being surrounded by an insulation space which separates the membrane from a wall, the insulation space being filled an inert gas which is injected and extracted by at least one duct. The detection method comprises the following steps: determining 921 a first variation of mass of inert gas ?M1 between two moments by measuring the gas added and removed by the duct; calculating 922 a second variation of mass of inert gas ?M2 corresponding to a difference between two masses of inert gas measured in the insulation space; and comparing 931 the first variation with the second variation, and triggering an alarm if a difference E1 between the first variation and the second variation of mass of inert gas is greater than a first threshold S1.

Abstract: A steering column sleeve includes (i) a translationally movable outer tube and inner tube, and (ii) an adjusting system for adjusting the relative position of the tubes. The adjusting system includes a screw for adjusting the axial position of the two elements. The adjusting system further includes an adjusting device for adjusting a resistance force opposing the relative movement between the tubes. The adjusting device has a friction pad and a clamping surface against which the friction pad moves between operating and adjustment positions. The adjusting system also includes a kinematic chain so that, beyond a threshold resistance torque transmitted by the screw to a single motor that it drives, its torque is transmitted to the adjusting device so as to move the friction pad from its operating position to its adjustment position.

Abstract: A sleeve of a steering column includes (i) an outer tube and an inner tube that are movable relative to each other, and (ii) an adjustment system. The adjustment system includes a screw for adjusting the axial position along an adjustment axis constrained to move in translation with a first of the two elements by at least two guide bearings for rotationally guiding the adjusting screw about the adjustment axis. At least one of the bearings supporting the adjusting screw is a guide bearing with axial force take-up for blocking the translational movement of the adjusting screw.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a bulk product such as cereals or condiments, including at the top a threaded nozzle for securing to the neck of a container and at the bottom a dispensing opening. A rotary shutter is provided, including a first portion provided with an actuating handle movable relative to a second portion, these two portions comprising respective walls and openings overlapping in a proportion that is dependent on the position of the handle.

Abstract: A method for packaging products, in particular oxygen-sensitive ones, in containers, each of the containers having an opening. The set-up of the controlled atmosphere is carried out in a transfer cabinet inside which the open containers progress in the direction of the closure cabinet, by the following combined actions: an action a) of injecting a process gas flow into the closure cabinet downstream of the transfer cabinet according to the progress direction of the open containers, and an action b) of vacuumising the open containers present inside the transfer cabinet.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a bulk product such as cereals or condiments, including at the top a threaded nozzle for securing to the neck of a container and at the bottom a dispensing opening. A rotary shutter is provided, including a first portion provided with an actuating handle movable relative to a second portion, these two portions comprising respective walls and openings overlapping in a proportion that is dependent on the position of the handle.

Abstract: An adaptive screen including at least one liquid crystal shutter. At least one of the shutters includes at least two active zones which are addressed by a control signal which permits the switchover of the at least one corresponding shutter between a passing configuration, in which a transmittance is equal to a maximum value, and a blocking configuration, in which the transmittance is equal to a minimum value. A “principal” active zone covers a surface area of the adaptive screen which is equal to or lower than 60% of the surface area of the adaptive screen, in order to reduce the response time of the principal active zone.

Abstract: A reflecting cell including at least two substrates each covered by an electrode and facing each other, the substrates delimitating between them a volume which separates them and which is filled with a bistable liquid crystal-type material with a threshold field, for example a cholesteric liquid crystal, both electrodes being intended to be connected to a voltage source. This cell is characterized in that at least one of the electrodes is formed by associating a pattern, which does not entirely cover the surface of the substrate considered, and a conducting layer which covers the surface of the substrate considered, the conductivity of the material of the layer being lower than that of the material of the pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflecting cell including at least two substrates covered by an electrode and facing each other, the substrates delimiting between them a volume which separates them and which is filled with a cholesteric liquid crystal-type material, both electrodes being intended to be connected to a voltage source. This cell includes at least one half-wave plate arranged between both substrates and dividing the volume into two compartments, each enclosing a part of a same cholesteric liquid crystal.

Abstract: An adaptive screen including at least one liquid crystal shutter. At least one of the shutters includes at least two active zones which are addressed by a control signal which permits the switchover of the at least one corresponding shutter between a passing configuration, in which a transmittance is equal to a maximum value, and a blocking configuration, in which the transmittance is equal to a minimum value. A “principal” active zone covers a surface area of the adaptive screen which is equal to or lower than 60% of the surface area of the adaptive screen, in order to reduce the response time of the principal active zone.

Abstract: A material is proposed for making an electro-optical shutter device. The material includes a host nematic liquid crystal, at least one guest chiral dopant and one guest black dichroic dye. The birefringence (?n) of the host nematic liquid crystal is greater than 0.20. The concentration of the at least one chiral dopant is adjusted so that the material has a pitch in the range of 500 nm to 800 nm. The concentration of the guest black dichroic dye ranges from 2% to 4% by weight of the material. The dichroic ratio of the guest black dichroic dye is greater than or equal to 8.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflecting cell including at least two substrates covered by an electrode and facing each other, the substrates delimiting between them a volume which separates them and which is filled with a cholesteric liquid crystal-type material, both electrodes being intended to be connected to a voltage source. This cell includes at least one half-wave plate arranged between both substrates and dividing the volume into two compartments, each enclosing a part of a same cholesteric liquid crystal.

Abstract: A reflecting cell including at least two substrates each covered by an electrode and facing each other, the substrates delimitating between them a volume which separates them and which is filled with a bistable liquid crystal-type material with a threshold field, for example a cholesteric liquid crystal, both electrodes being intended to be connected to a voltage source. This cell is characterized in that at least one of the electrodes is formed by associating a pattern, which does not entirely cover the surface of the substrate considered, and a conducting layer which covers the surface of the substrate considered, the conductivity of the material of the layer being lower than that of the material of the pattern.

Abstract: Items are stored on a support by taking an elongate cord with a first loop formed at a first end and a second loop formed at a second end, at the first end of the cord wrapping the cord around an elongate handle of an item to be stored, arranging the first end of the cord when wrapped to pass through the first loop so as to attach the first end to the member and hanging the second end of the cord from a support in a storage area so that the elongate handle is held by friction of the cord on the handle.

Abstract: A method for packaging non-liquid food products, particularly those sensitive to oxygen, such as vegetables, in a container with a low oxygen content, the container including an opening. The method includes the following steps: the container is filled with the products, in a non-controlled atmosphere; the air is removed from the container by filling same to capacity with a liquid; the full container is placed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere formed by at least one non-oxidizing gas; the liquid is fully or partially emptied from the container in a non-oxidizing atmosphere while the food products are kept in the container, such that the at least one non-oxidizing gas replaces the liquid in the container; and the above-mentioned container opening is closed in a gas-tight manner in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. A unit for carrying out the method is also described.

Abstract: A system for displaying N multimedia streams, including multiple pairs of viewing spectacles and a displaying medium. The system obtains N multimedia streams, each stream including two multimedia substreams among 2×N multimedia substreams, and has N sources generating the 2×N substreams on the displaying medium. Each source has an encoder for coding two of the 2×N multimedia substreams, each substream being coded with a set of N coding modes each using a specific set of at least two states, having at least 2N possible combinations of states, each substream being coded with one of the possible combinations of states in order to visualize a given stream from the N multimedia stream. At least one pair spectacles includes a decoder for decoding, for each eyepiece, one of the substreams of the given stream and having N decoding modes corresponding to the N coding modes used for coding the substreams.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for packaging a liquid product (1), such as a food product, and, in particular, a product sensitive to oxygen, in a container (2) with a low oxygen content, said container including an opening (3). The method of the invention comprises the following steps: the air is removed from the container by filling same to capacity with the liquid product in a non-controlled atmosphere; the full container is placed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere formed by at least one non-oxidizing gas; the liquid product is partially emptied from the container in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, such that the at least one non-oxidizing gas replaces the product discharged from the container; and the above-mentioned container opening is closed in a gas-tight manner while the container is partially full of the liquid product in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a continuous anomaly detection method and system based on multi-dimensional behavior modeling and heterogeneous information analysis. A method includes collecting data, processing and categorizing a plurality of events, continuously clustering the plurality of events, continuously model building for behavior and information analysis, analyzing behavior and information based on a holistic model, detecting anomalies in the data, displaying an animated and interactive visualization of a behavioral model, and displaying an animated and interactive visualization of the detected anomalies.