Abstract: The rapid assistance device applies to a free turbine engine of an aircraft having at least a first free turbine engine provided with a gas generator and associated with an electrical machine capable of operating both as a starter and as a generator, the first engine being capable of being put into a standby mode or into an unwanted shut-down mode, the electrical machine being powered from on on-board electrical energy power supply network. The device further includes at least one electrical energy storage member adapted to be electrically connected to the electrical machine associated with the first engine in order to provide a burst of assistance to the gas generator of that engine. The electrical energy storage member constitutes a non-rechargeable “primary” energy storage member that can be used once only.

Abstract: The rapid assistance device applies to a free turbine engine of an aircraft having at least a first free turbine engine provided with a gas generator and associated with an electrical machine capable of operating both as a starter and as a generator, the first engine being capable of being put into a standby mode or into an unwanted shut-down mode, the electrical machine being powered from on on-board electrical energy power supply network. The device further includes at least one electrical energy storage member adapted to be electrically connected to the electrical machine associated with the first engine in order to provide a burst of assistance to the gas generator of that engine. The electrical energy storage member constitutes a non-rechargeable “primary” energy storage member that can be used once only.

Abstract: The invention relates to an on-board assembly for producing and storing electricity, including at least one hydrogenerator having an output line connected to at least one electrical battery having predetermined electrical load parameters. The hydrogenerator includes a load-bearing structure onto which a generator and an impeller, secured to a shaft for driving a rotor of the generator, are mounted. Said assembly is characterized in that the generator is an excitation generator, and the hydrogenerator includes a rectifier circuit, connecting the generator to the output line, and at least one circuit for exciting the generator. The excitation circuit is connected to an excitation current regulator controlled by a control unit set up so that the generator provides a load current consistent with the electrical load parameters on the basis of a resisting torque of the generator, said torque being predetermined so as to limit drag of the impeller.

Abstract: A connection device for connecting an electrical member to a communications line comprising at least two conductors for carrying differential signals. The connection device includes at least one data exchange interface component connected to the line to send and/or receive data, and a connection for connecting the electrical member to the line.

Abstract: The invention relates to an on-board assembly for producing and storing electricity, including at least one hydrogenerator having an output line connected to at least one electrical battery having predetermined electrical load parameters. The hydrogenerator includes a load-bearing structure onto which a generator and an impeller, secured to a shaft for driving a rotor of the generator, are mounted. Said assembly is characterized in that the generator is an excitation generator, and the hydrogenerator includes a rectifier circuit, connecting the generator to the output line, and at least one circuit for exciting the generator. The excitation circuit is connected to an excitation current regulator controlled by a control unit set up so that the generator provides a load current consistent with the electrical load parameters on the basis of a resisting torque of the generator, said torque being predetermined so as to limit drag of the impeller.

Abstract: A connection device for connecting an electrical member to a communications line comprising at least two conductors for carrying differential signals. The connection device includes at least one data exchange interface component connected to the line to send and/or receive data, and a connection for connecting the electrical member to the line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of supplying electrical power to an equipment by means of a battery, said method including the step of short-circuiting the battery until it has a temperature greater than a predetermined threshold, characterized in that the battery is short-circuited with a temporal duty ratio determined to keep the equipment functioning and to maintain the temperature of the battery above the predetermined threshold. The invention also relates to a battery and an electrical equipment for implementing that method.

Abstract: A set of a first apparatus and a second apparatus that are secured to a garment, each of which includes an electrical signal processor unit connected to a first terminal and to a second terminal. At least the second terminal faces an inside surface of the garment, the processor units and the terminals being arranged to perform data transmission between the two apparatuses by establishing at least one wireless connection between the first terminals of the two apparatuses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of charging a battery having internal resistance, the method including the step of feeding the battery with substantially constant charging current at a charging voltage that is regulated so as to compensate at least in part for the voltage drop generated by the internal resistance of the battery. The invention also provides a charger and a battery for implementing the method.

Abstract: The device for protecting a connector comprising two mutually engageable connector elements itself comprises for each connector element, a resilient tubular sleeve having one end configured to be fastened to a respective connector element by surrounding it in leaktight manner, and having a length at rest that is sufficient for it to be cantilevered out beyond one end of the connector element carrying the resilient sleeve, the cantilevered-out end including spring blades for flattening the sleeve and holding the corresponding lips pressed resiliently one against the other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of managing a supply of electrical power to an appliance that is delivered by means of at least a first battery and a second battery, said method comprising the following steps: powering the appliance by means of the first battery so long as said first battery has a level of charge sufficient for powering the appliance; when the battery has a level of charge that is insufficient, powering the appliance by means of the second battery; and powering the appliance with both of the batteries in parallel when the levels of charge of both batteries are substantially equal and insufficient for it to be possible to power the appliance using a single one of the batteries. The invention also relates to an electrical power supply circuit for implementing said method, and to a method of powering an appliance when cold.

Abstract: The device for protecting a connector comprising two mutually engageable connector elements itself comprises for each connector element, a resilient tubular sleeve having one end configured to be fastened to a respective connector element by surrounding it in leaktight manner, and having a length at rest that is sufficient for it to be cantilevered out beyond one end of the connector element carrying the resilient sleeve, the cantilevered-out end including spring blades for flattening the sleeve and holding the corresponding lips pressed resiliently one against the other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of charging a battery having internal resistance, the method including the step of feeding the battery with substantially constant charging current at a charging voltage that is regulated so as to compensate at least in part for the voltage drop generated by the internal resistance of the battery. The invention also provides a charger and a battery for implementing the method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of supplying electrical power to an equipment by means of a battery, said method including the step of short-circuiting the battery until it has a temperature greater than a predetermined threshold, characterized in that the battery is short-circuited with a temporal duty ratio determined to keep the equipment functioning and to maintain the temperature of the battery above the predetermined threshold. The invention also relates to a battery and an electrical equipment for implementing that method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of managing a supply of electrical power to an appliance that is delivered by means of at least a first battery and a second battery, said method comprising the following steps: powering the appliance by means of the first battery so long as said first battery has a level of charge sufficient for powering the appliance; when the battery has a level of charge that is insufficient, powering the appliance by means of the second battery; and powering the appliance with both of the batteries in parallel when the levels of charge of both batteries are substantially equal and insufficient for it to be possible to power the appliance using a single one of the batteries. The invention also relates to an electrical power supply circuit for implementing said method, and to a method of powering an appliance when cold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery provided with a self-discharge circuit comprising an activation element for activating the self-discharge circuit and at least one current-consuming element connected to terminals of the battery via a connection member that can be actuated selectively to go into a self-discharge circuit connection state or to go into a self-discharge circuit disconnection state, and that is caused to disconnect the self-discharge circuit at a predetermined charge state that is less than a rated charge state of the battery. The invention also relates to equipment provided with a discharge circuit for discharging the battery, and to methods of putting such a battery or such equipment into a storage condition.

Abstract: A charging system is provided with a device and a first energy source remotely located from each other. The device has a second energy source to be charged and that receives energy from a power supply of the first energy source. The device further has a measuring circuit. The measuring circuit provides an error signal obtained from an electrical quantity of the second energy source. The first energy source also has a regulation circuit coupled to the power supply. A high impedance control input of the regulation circuit receives the error signal. In response to this error signal, the regulation circuit regulates the voltage of the power supply.

Abstract: A circuit for high speed control a field effect power transistors. This circuit has a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding. The secondary winding transmits control signals to gates of the field effect power transistors. An energy storage structure is coupled to the transformer, and stores energy required for controlling the gates of the field effect power transistors. This energy is stored during an inactive phase of the control signal. A transmission structure is coupled to the transformer, and is fed with energy stored in the energy storage structure. In this way, the transmission structure uses energy stored in the energy storage structure to supply the control signals to the gates of the field effect power transistors. Therefore, the secondary of the transformer is not loaded during this time. At other times, the transmission structure isolates the output of the transformer from the rest of the circuit.

Abstract: An automatic symmetry correction circuit is provided for a symmetrical current chopper. This structure includes two current channels controlled alternately by two signals of frequency f.A resonant LC circuit is tuned to the frequency f and energized by the currents passing through each of the two channels.A control circuit is coupled to the resonance circuit for adjusting the symmetry between the amplitudes of the currents flowing through each of the two channels as a function of the amplitude of the oscillations of frequency f generated by the resonance circuit.

Abstract: A device for stopping the running of programs being executed in a microprocessor prior to the disappearance of the power supply voltage of the microprocessor comprising a differentiator circuit shunted across the power supply line VA of a microprocessor for inhibiting the access circuit to the internal RAM in the microprocessor and for reinitializing the internal circuits of the microprocessor as soon as the power supply voltage level VA begins to decrease from a predetermined decrease threshold.