Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module (10) comprising a module management system (11) and at least one battery cell (30) having a cell voltage. The at least one battery cell (30) is capable of assuming: —a first operating mode (Mod1) in which the battery cell (30) undergoes discharge, —a second operating mode (Mod2) in which the battery cell (30) does not undergo discharge. The module management system (11) is configured to decide to place the battery cell (30) selectively in one of the operating modes (Mod1, Mod2) depending on the cell voltage. The invention also relates to an energy storage unit (1) comprising at least two of said battery modules (10). Finally, the invention relates to a method for managing such an energy storage unit (1).

Abstract: A heating appliance of the electric radiator type, including a housing containing a DC operated electrical energy storage device charged by an electrical power supply source outside the appliance, and at least one heating body that can be powered by the electrical power supply source and/or by the electrical energy storage device. The housing also comprises at least one air inlet arranged in a lower part of the housing to allow air to enter the space internally defined by the housing, and at least one air outlet arranged in an upper part of the housing to allow the air to leave the space. The electrical energy storage device is arranged across the air flow that circulates, in the space, from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet, in a location situated, as observed in the direction of circulation of the flow, between the at least one air inlet and the at least one heating body.

Abstract: A heating appliance of the electric radiator type, including a housing containing a DC operated electrical energy storage device charged by an electrical power supply source outside the appliance, and at least one heating body that can be powered by the electrical power supply source and/or by the electrical energy storage device. The housing also comprises at least one air inlet arranged in a lower part of the housing to allow air to enter the space internally defined by the housing, and at least one air outlet arranged in an upper part of the housing to allow the air to leave the space. The electrical energy storage device is arranged across the air flow that circulates, in the space, from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet, in a location situated, as observed in the direction of circulation of the flow, between the at least one air inlet and the at least one heating body.

Abstract: An electric radiator is described, having a housing, delimiting an upper compartment and a lower compartment, at least one heating member installed in the upper compartment and capable of emitting thermal radiation when it is supplied with electrical power, at least one electrical energy storage device, an attachment device enabling the removable installation of the electrical energy storage device in the lower compartment, in such a way that the electrical energy storage device is capable of varying between a connection configuration and a disconnection configuration, and a heat protection shield located between the heating member and the electrical energy storage device and blocking infrared rays while allowing the movement of air by convection, which are emitted in the direction of the electrical energy storage device.

Abstract: An electrical radiator type heating appliance comprises a case housing a heater member producing a first flow of calories (F1) when an input of the heater member is powered by a direct electric voltage. The heating appliance also comprises a voltage converter implanted in the case and comprising an input provided with connection elements for connecting the voltage converter to an electric power supply source and an output delivering a direct electric voltage adapted to directly or indirectly power the input of the heater member.

Abstract: A heating appliance of the electric radiator type, including a housing containing a DC operated electrical energy storage device charged by an electrical power supply source outside the appliance, and at least one heating body that can be powered by the electrical power supply source and/or by the electrical energy storage device. The housing also comprises at least one air inlet arranged in a lower part of the housing to allow air to enter the space internally defined by the housing, and at least one air outlet arranged in an upper part of the housing to allow the air to leave the space. The electrical energy storage device is arranged across the air flow that circulates, in the space, from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet, in a location situated, as observed in the direction of circulation of the flow, between the at least one air inlet and the at least one heating body.

Abstract: An electric radiator heating device (10) intended to be electrically connected to an electrical power source comprises an enclosure consisting, at least in part, of a metal casing (11), at least one radiant heater (12, 12a, 12b) implanted in the metal casing (11), N at least one first shielded element (15) consisting of a first type of resistive body capable of generating heat when it is supplied with an alternating electric current and at least one second shielded element (16) consisting of a second resistive body capable of generating heat when it is powered by a direct electric current. Said at least one first shielded element (15) and said at least one second shielded element (16) are embedded in the material (17, 17a, 17b) of said at least one radiant heater (12, 12a, 12b).

Abstract: A heating apparatus including a storage device and at least one heater member. The heater member can be connected to the storage device and an electric power supply source. An inverter is connected to the output of the storage device and the electrical supply source. First switching elements are used to vary the first connection elements between an open circuit configuration and a closed circuit configuration in which electrical energy stored in the storage device is injected into the electrical supply source via the inverter.

Abstract: A software application platform which provides a user with the ability to receive customized information relating to an animal's health and/or optimal growth as displayed on a graphical user interface. Specifically, a user may input data (and the system may receive said input data), for example, an animal specific biomarker, and subsequently receive identification relating to a specific subgroup of individual animal(s) who are at risk for growth abnormalities, and further receive information, data, and customized recommendations and/or intervention steps for the specific at risk animal relating to the animal's health, growth abnormality, or similar feature based on an analysis and determination of the biomarker as compared to a reference database.

Abstract: An electrical radiator type heating appliance (10) comprises a case (11) housing a heater member (12) producing a first flow of calories (F1) when an input (121) of the heater member (12) is powered by a direct electric voltage. The heating appliance (10) also comprises a voltage converter (14) implanted in the case (11) and comprising an input (141) provided with connection elements for connecting the voltage converter (14) to an electric power supply source (13) and an output (142) delivering a direct electric voltage adapted to directly or indirectly power the input (121) of the heater member (12).

Abstract: An electrical radiator type heating appliance comprises a case housing a heater member producing a first flow of calories (F1) when an input of the heater member is powered by a direct electric voltage. The heating appliance also comprises a voltage converter implanted in the case and comprising an input provided with connection elements for connecting the voltage converter to an electric power supply source and an output delivering a direct electric voltage adapted to directly or indirectly power the input of the heater member.

Abstract: Electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery comprising at least one block copolymer, characterized in that said block copolymer comprises at least one polymeric segment A which is soluble in said electrolyte and at least one polymeric segment B having a temperature for dissolution “T” in said electrolyte, the polymeric segments A and B being present in amounts sufficient to make possible an increase in the viscosity of the electrolyte, preferably up to gelling of the electrolyte, at a temperature greater than or equal to the temperature “T”; the ionic conduction is produced by a solvent comprising the copolymer and lithium salts.

Abstract: A bipolar battery having at least two electrochemical cells stacked one on top of the other, the bipolar collector including, at the periphery of same, on one of the faces of same, at least one first sealing device including one frame made from an electrically insulating and thermosensitive material, and two adhesive frames arranged individually to either side of the thermosensitive frame, the first or the second adjacent collector also including, at the periphery of same, on the covered face of same, at least one second sealing device including a frame made from an electrically insulating and thermosensitive material, and two adhesive frames arranged individually to either side of the thermosensitive frame, the first and second devices each forming a peripheral wall sealed to the electrolyte of the first or second cell, which surrounds same.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a liquid/solid reversible phase change electrolyte to prepare a bipolar lithium-ion battery. Said use is characterized in that said electrolyte contains at least one block copolymer containing at least one polymer segment A, soluble in said electrolyte, and at least one polymer segment B, having a temperature T for solubilization in said electrolyte. The polymer segments A and B are present in sufficient amounts to allow physical gelling of the electrolyte at a temperature greater than or equal to the temperature T.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bipolar battery with at least two electrochemical cells stacked one above the other, each collector comprising at its periphery at least one bead of an electrical insulating material also constituting a peripheral zone of the electrolyte-leaktight wall. According to the invention, each leaktight wall is constituted of at least one bead consisting of a honeycomb matrix, the matrix being covered, on each of its two main faces, with a layer or leaf made of heat-sealing and electrically insulating material, each layer or leaf being heat-sealed to one of the current collectors, the heat-sealing and electrically insulating material filling at least partly the cells of the honeycomb while interconnecting the two layers or leafs.

Abstract: Electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery comprising at least one block copolymer, characterized in that said block copolymer comprises at least one polymeric segment A which is soluble in said electrolyte and at least one polymeric segment B having a temperature for dissolution “T” in said electrolyte, the polymeric segments A and B being present in amounts sufficient to make possible an increase in the viscosity of the electrolyte, preferably up to gelling of the electrolyte, at a temperature greater than or equal to the temperature “T”; the ionic conduction is produced by a solvent comprising the copolymer and lithium salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a liquid/solid reversible phase change electrolyte to prepare a bipolar lithium-ion battery. Said use is characterized in that said electrolyte contains at least one block copolymer containing at least one polymer segment A, soluble in said electrolyte, and at least one polymer segment B, having a temperature T for solubilisation in said electrolyte. The polymer segments A and B are present in sufficient amounts to allow physical gelling of the electrolyte at a temperature greater than or equal to the temperature T.

Abstract: A bipolar battery having at least two electrochemical cells stacked one on top of the other, the bipolar collector comprising, at the periphery of same, on one of the faces of same, at least one first sealing device comprising one frame made from an electrically insulating and thermosensitive material, and two adhesive frames arranged individually to either side of the thermosensitive frame, the first or the second adjacent collector also comprising, at the periphery of same, on the covered face of same, at least one second sealing device comprising a frame made from an electrically insulating and thermosensitive material, and two adhesive frames arranged individually to either side of the thermosensitive frame, the first and second devices each forming a peripheral wall sealed to the electrolyte of the first or second cell, which surrounds same.

Abstract: A telescopic ladder includes a proximal end adapted to be fixed on a support, the ladder including between the proximal end and a distal end a plurality of sections displaceable relative to each other for deploying the ladder, the section arranged at the level of the proximal end of the ladder being made of material having a density greater than the density of the material of which at least one other section of the ladder is made.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bipolar battery with at least two electrochemical cells stacked one above the other, each collector comprising at its periphery at least one bead of an electrical insulating material also constituting a peripheral zone of the electrolyte-leaktight wall. According to the invention, each leaktight wall is constituted of at least one bead consisting of a honeycomb matrix, the matrix being covered, on each of its two main faces, with a layer or leaf made of heat-sealing and electrically insulating material, each layer or leaf being heat-sealed to one of the current collectors, the heat-sealing and electrically insulating material filling at least partly the cells of the honeycomb while interconnecting the two layers or leafs.