Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device, without electrical contact, between a source and a load in order to transmit AC electrical power having a frequency below 2 kHz and at least one phase, the device comprising two parts being able to be separated and assembled at will in a particular configuration suitable for transferring power without electrical contact, a primary part (P1) intended to be connected to the source, and a secondary part (P2) intended to be connected to the load. The invention is such that, once assembled, the two parts form a structure similar to the structure of an asynchronous or synchronous three-phase stator/rotor motor.

Abstract: A device for controlling steering of a towed underwater object, in particular a towed linear acoustic antenna. The device comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, the body being provided with a fastener for fastening it releasably to the towed object, and a plurality of stabilizer fins, each of which is coupled to the body and extends along an axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of said body, the angular position of each fin relative to the body being pivotable about its transverse axis by control, so as to modify the angles of inclination of said fins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of putting articles into a queue and apparatus enabling he method to be implemented. According to the invention, apparatus for putting articles into a queue comprises a plurality of parallel transfer conveyors which are suitable, together or separately, for transferring an article from the outlet of an inlet conveyor to the inlet of an outlet conveyor, between which and in line with which the transfer conveyors extend, and which includes a camera for observing articles on the inlet conveyor and a device for deriving article outline and identity data from images taken by the camera, and a device for selectively actuating the transfer conveyors as a function of the outline and identity data.