Abstract: A protection device for an electrical circuit comprising at least one circuit breaker comprising a control zone, suitable for receiving a tripping signal (S), and a power zone for the passage of electric current. The device also comprises a control circuit configured to produce and transmit the tripping signal to the control zone. The device further comprises a fuse connected in series between the first conductor and the circuit breaker and capable of supplying a supply voltage (V) to the control circuit, the control circuit being connected between the fuse and the control zone.

Abstract: A semiconductor current cutoff device, including a circuit having a first branch including an energy absorbing member and a second branch including a semiconductor switch, the semiconductor switch being connected in parallel with the first branch, a current measuring means for measuring the intensity of the electrical current at a connection terminal of the device, and an electronic control unit for controlling the semiconductor switch, programmed to control the opening of the semiconductor switch when the current intensity measured by the current measurement means reaches a predetermined value, the device then switching from a conductive state to a cutoff state, the circuit including a third branch including a mechanical switch, and the electrical control unit being programmed so that the semiconductor switch is closed before the mechanical switch.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic cut-off device to be connected to an electrical circuit to cut-off, includes a pyrotechnic initiator, a first and a second conductive portion each intended to be connected to the electrical circuit, the second portion being connected in parallel with the first portion and including two conductive elements separated by an insulating segment, at least one of the conductive elements provided with a first fuse element connected in series which is configured to trip when the intensity of the current passing therethrough exceeds a first predetermined value, and a first and a second insulating protrusion, each protruding from a lower face of a movable piston and the first and the second protrusions being located respectively in front of the first portion and the insulating segment. The pyrotechnic initiator is configured to switch the cut-off device from a first current passage configuration to a second current cut-off configuration.

Abstract: An electrical apparatus including a locking device for locking on an attachment rail, including a tab that is moveable along a first axis between a locking position and an unlocking position, a deformable blade which connects the tab to a central portion of the casing and which exerts a resilient return force on the tab, the tab including a locking member arranged in a side face of the tab projecting along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the electrical apparatus comprising, on an inner face of the cover, a housing, the locking member being movable between a retained position inside the housing and a released position outside the housing.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic switching device comprising a first and a second pyrotechnic initiators, and a body in which are present: an electrically conductive portion, and a mobile switching element having an insulating relief facing the conductive portion. The device also comprises a fuse element connected in series with the conductive portion, the first initiator being connected to the terminals of the fuse element so that tripping the fuse element actuates the first initiator, each initiator being configured to cause the device to switch from a current conducting configuration to a current interrupting configuration, the mobile switching element being set in motion toward the conductive portion in order to break it by the impact of the relief during switching from the first to the second configuration.

Abstract: This cooling module comprises a housing, which has an external support face comprising means for fastening power conversion modules on the external support face, and a heat transfer fluid network comprising branches extending in the housing in a network plane occupying an individual zone. Each branch comprises a supply collector, a discharge collector and several individual sub-branches. Each sub-branch is connected to the supply collector via an inlet end of the sub-branch in question, is connected to the discharge collector via an outlet end of the sub-branch in question, occupies an individual sub-zone comprised in the zone of the branch in question, and is deviated relative to the other sub-branches between the supply collector and the discharge collector. Each sub-branch forms a single channel that has an undulation with a regular pitch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective device (2) for an electrical circuit (1), including a first fuse (8), a pyroelectric switch (12) connected in parallel with the first fuse and comprising a control area (16), capable of receiving a trigger signal (S), and a power area (18) for the passage of the electric current. The device also comprises a control circuit configured to produce and transmit the trigger signal to the control area. The device includes a second fuse connected in series between a first input conductor (4) and the first fuse and capable of supplying a power supply voltage (V) to the control circuit, which is connected between the second fuse and the control area.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a DC current interruption system able to open a DC line with inductive behavior, comprising a primary mechanical breaker (S0), a secondary mechanical breaker (S1) and an electronic overvoltage protection circuit (B1, B2) comprising at least one transistor. The DC current interruption system of the invention furthermore comprises an electronic opening system (72, 76) comprising a passive circuit able to auto-bias the electronic protection circuit (B1, B2) upon the opening of said primary mechanical breaker (S0), so as to trigger a switching of said at least one transistor (M1, M2, IG1) making it possible to limit the voltage and the current in the DC line, total interruption of said DC line being obtained by subsequent opening of said secondary mechanical breaker (S1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for low data-rate communication over a modulated direct carrier current, having one or more communication transmitters (6, 8), a communication receiver (10), and a wire bus (12) forming a shared transmission channel. Each communication transmitter (6, 8) is configured to form a first raw staggered transmission frame according to a second staggered transmission frame, said staggered transmission frames using a set of separate basic chip-encoding sequences. The basic encoding sequences or staggering the symbols used by all the communication transmitters (4, 6) are identical, and the times of the initial transmission of the second staggered frames produced by each transmitter (6, 8) are autonomously and freely determined by each transmitter (6, 8), without taking into account any synchronization signal external to the transmitter (6, 8).

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for low data-rate communication over a modulated direct carrier current, having one or more communication transmitters (6, 8), a communication receiver (10), and a wire bus (12) forming a shared transmission channel. Each communication transmitter (6, 8) is configured to form a first raw staggered transmission frame according to a second staggered transmission frame, said staggered transmission frames using a set of separate basic chip-encoding sequences. The basic encoding sequences or staggering the symbols used by all the communication transmitters (4, 6) are identical, and the times of the initial transmission of the second staggered frames produced by each transmitter (6, 8) are autonomously and freely determined by each transmitter (6, 8), without taking into account any synchronization signal external to the transmitter (6, 8).

Abstract: A system for supplying direct current and DC voltage is provided. The system comprise a first supply branch having a first DC voltage source and a power field-effect transistor of a current limiter which are connected in series, and a second supply branch having a second DC voltage source. The power transistor has a current/voltage characteristic with a first inverse polarization area without current limitation, and a second conduction area with current limitation based on a current threshold. The power field-effect transistor is connected to the first voltage source with an inverse polarization when the voltage source of the first branch is operating normally.

Abstract: A short-circuiting switch for an electrical energy production installation is provided. The short-circuiting switch comprising at least one photovoltaic panel is adapted for simultaneously establishing a short-circuit at the installation ends and a short-circuit at the ends of an electrical network connected to the installation ends. It comprises an element, mobile in rotation about an axis between a first position, in which two conducting tracks of the mobile element which are distinct conduct the current between, on one hand, a first terminal connected to the installation and a first terminal connected to the network, and, on the other hand, a second terminal connected to the installation and a second terminal connected to the network, and a second position in which the mobile element simultaneously establishes and maintains the short-circuit at the ends of the installation and at the ends of the network and electrically isolates the installation from the network.

Abstract: This busbar (1) includes at least two conductive elements (10, 16, 20, 26, 30, 36, 40) which include electrical connection elements (14, 24, 34, 18, 28, 38, 44) of windings belonging to the stator of an electric machine. All of the conductive elements (10, 16, 20, 26, 30, 36, 40) are each cut out from a plate of electrically conduction material, bent according to a direction perpendicular to the thickness of the plate and radially superimposed in relation to a central axis (Y-Y) that is common to the conductive elements (10, 16, 20, 26, 30, 36, 40).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a DC current interruption system able to open a DC line with inductive behaviour, comprising a primary mechanical breaker (S0), a secondary mechanical breaker (S1) and an electronic overvoltage protection circuit (B1, B2) comprising at least one transistor. The DC current interruption system of the invention furthermore comprises an electronic opening system (72, 76) comprising a passive circuit able to auto-bias the electronic protection circuit (B1, B2) upon the opening of said primary mechanical breaker (S0), so as to trigger a switching of said at least one transistor (M1, M2, IG1) making it possible to limit the voltage and the current in the DC line, total interruption of said DC line being obtained by subsequent opening of said secondary mechanical breaker (S1).

Abstract: A system for supplying direct current and DC voltage is provided. The system comprise a first supply branch having a first DC voltage source and a power field-effect transistor of a current limiter which are connected in series, and a second supply branch having a second DC voltage source. The power transistor has a current/voltage characteristic with a first inverse polarization area without current limitation, and a second conduction area with current limitation based on a current threshold. The power field-effect transistor is connected to the first voltage source with an inverse polarization when the voltage source of the first branch is operating normally.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power transistor for protecting, by limiting current, an electrical power supply, including one or more basic power vertical-junction field-effect transistors (602). Each basic power vertical junction field-effect transistor (602) includes at least one semiconductor depletion region (618, 620) forming a partially buried gate that defines a vertical channel (622) inside a first region (612). Each basic transistor includes a semiconductor depletion region (618, 620) forming an upper surface gate that is not buried, and defining a side channel inside a region (612) vertically adjacent to the first region.

Abstract: This short-circuiting device establishes and maintains a short-circuit across the terminals of a photovoltaic array having at least one photovoltaic panel. It comprises a member designed, on a given signal, to establish and maintain a short-circuit between two electrically conductive tracks each connected to a terminal of the photovoltaic panels of the photovoltaic array. The short-circuiting device furthermore comprises an indicator that the short circuit has been established and is being maintained, the means being mechanically activated by the member designed to establish and maintain the short-circuit. The indicator includes a warning light independent of the member and establishing and maintaining the short-circuit, and that can move, under the action of an elastic member, between a retracted position, in which it indicates that electrical power is being produced by the array, and a visible position, indicating that a short-circuit has been established and is maintained between the tracks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a facility (20) for producing electric current using solar radiation, which is built into a building (1) and includes at least one photovoltaic generator (22) as well as a short-circuiting switch (80) suitable for establishing and maintaining a short-circuit across the terminals (24, 26) of the photovoltaic generator (22) by means of an electrically conductive connector. The short-circuiting switch (80) is activated by a control means (66) arranged in a pre-determined portion (60) of the building (1) or the surroundings thereof. According to the security method of the invention, a short-circuit is established and maintained across the terminals (24, 26) of the photovoltaic generator (22) by means of an electrically conductive connector, thus preventing a power grid (4) specific to the building from remaining supplied with current and live.

Abstract: A voltage suppression device for suppressing voltage surges in an electrical circuit, comprised of a voltage sensitive element having a predetermined voltage rating, the voltage sensitive element increasing in temperature as voltage applied across the voltage sensitive element exceeds the voltage rating. Terminals are provided for electrically connecting the voltage sensitive element between a power line of an electrical circuit and a ground or neutral line of the electrical circuit. A normally closed, thermal switch is electrically connected in series with the voltage sensitive element between the power line and the voltage sensitive element, the thermal switch being thermally coupled to the voltage sensitive element wherein the thermal switch moves from a normally closed position to an open position to form a gap between the thermal switch and the voltage sensitive element when the temperature of the voltage sensitive element reaches a level indicating an over-voltage condition.