Abstract: A magnetic detector of the passing of at least one vehicle wheel, a sensor of which is intended for being positioned on or in a roadway, and includes a conductive winding of at least one spiral and a ferrite structure inscribed in an elongated surface area, the conductive element being wound around a portion of the ferrite structure, parallel to its greater dimension.

Abstract: A magnetic detector of the passing of at least one vehicle wheel, a sensor of which is intended for being positioned on or in a roadway, and includes a conductive winding of at least one spiral and a ferrite structure inscribed in an elongated surface area, the conductive element being wound around a portion of the ferrite structure, parallel to its greater dimension.

Abstract: A probe for a device which serves to test both bare printed circuits and printed circuits equipped with components has a head machined in a conductive cylindrical segment placed at the end of a rod slidably mounted within a piston body. The probe head has a central pyramidal portion surrounded at its base by a crown provided with sharp curvilinear edges. Electrical contacts with either bare printed circuits or printed circuits equipped with components are established by the pyramidal portion and/or the crown, depending on the relative positions of the probe head and of the metallized holes or connection strips of the components or solder-spot connections of the circuits being tested.

Abstract: A control method is described in which, a plant, a reference model and a corrector are serially connected in the loop. The plant output is fed back and compared against a reference signal to develop an error signal. The reference mode operates upon the error signal with a predetermined transfer function to develop signals proportional to the error signal and various successive order derivatives of the error signal. The model output signals are applied to a corrector circuit which multiplies the respective model output signals by appropriate coefficients, and sums the resultant product signals to produce control signals for the plant. Provisions are also disclosed for varying the coefficients to provide self-adaptive control. Provisions for accommodating process delays are also provided.

Abstract: An electrical switch comprising a housing containing a linearly movable spring-loaded control element, n contacts each comprising a fixed element mounted in the housing and a movable element carried by the control element. The contacts are arranged such that upon progressive travel of the control element from its initial position each of the movable elements in turn makes contact with its associated fixed element at a respective operative position of the control element, the movable elements of the 1st to the (n-1)th contacts comprising respective arms pivotally connected to the control element.