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Patent EP-3486169-A1 (EP)
Inventor: FENNY CARLOS ALEXANDER
IPC: B64C27/82
Filed: 2017-06-02
Abstract: The present invention includes an a plurality of first variable speed motors (112a -112i) arranged in a first matrix pattern and mounted on a tail boom (108) of the helicopter (100); one or more fixed pitch blades attached to each of the plurality of first variable speed motors (112a - 112i); and wherein a speed of one or more of the plurality of first variable speed motors (112a - 112i) is varied to provide an anti-torque thrust.
Patent EP-3505550-A1 (EP)
Inventor: FAVRESSE PHILIPPE
IPC: C08G59/14
Filed: 2018-12-13
Abstract: Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft Polyadditionsverbindungen und deren Salze erhältlich durch die Umsetzung von- Epoxidharz auf Basis von mindestens einem Diglycidylether gemäß der Formel (I)mit R = einen zweiwertigen aliphatischen oder einkernigen aromatischen oder zweikernigen aromatischen Rest oder Mischungen davon,- mit mindestens einem Polyetheralkohol der allgemeinen Formel (II)         R-[OEt]-[OPr]-[OBu]-[OSO]-OH Formel     (II),mit R= unabhängig voneinander gleiche oder verschiedene lineare oder verzweigte, gegebenenfalls aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffreste mit 1 bis 18 Kohlenstoffatomen, bevorzugt Methyl, Butyl, Octyl, Decyl, Dodecyl, Tetradecyl, Octadecyl oder Mischungen davon,mit [OEt] = Ethylenoxid-Rest.mit [OPr] = Propylenoxid-Rest,mit [OBu] = Butylenoxid-Rest,mit [OSO] = Styroloxid-Rest,mit n = 0 bis 100, bevorzugt n = 1 - 80, besonders bevorzugt n = 10 - 50,m = 0 bis 50, bevorzugt m = 0 - 35, besonders bevorzugt m = 0 - 25,s = 0 bis 20, bevorzugt s = 0 - 15, besonders bevorzugt s = 0 - 10 undr = 0 bis 3,mit der Maßgabe, dass n+m+s+r = 3 - 103, bevorzugt n+m+s+r = 4 - 60, besonders bevorzugt n+m+s+r = 5 - 40 beträgt,und- mit mindestens einer Verbindung, die mindestens eine funktionelle Gruppe ausgewählt aus Sulfatgruppen, Sulfonatgruppen, Carboxylatgruppen oder Phosphatgruppen enthält.
Patent EP-3667921-A1 (EP)
Inventor: ZOMAGBOGUELOU WILFRIED
IPC: H03L7/24
Filed: 2018-12-13
Abstract: An oscillator is configured to generate a signal with a frequency sweep, the oscillator having circuitry comprising a set of capacitors, each capacitor of the set of capacitors being switchably connectable in parallel in the circuitry so that the frequency of the signal has an intrinsic dependence on the number of the capacitors connected, a shift register controllable by a clock line and comprising a number of bits, each bit of the number of bits controlling connection of a respective capacitor of the set of capacitors so that the capacitors are connectable or disconnectable in a pre-determined order by shifting, respectively, activation or de-activation bits into the shift register, wherein the shifting is paced by the clock line; and a clock signal generator configured to output a clock signal with a time modulation on the clock line.
Patent EP-3525180-A1 (EP)
Inventor: DAVIDSON MARK JEFFREY
IPC: G07C5/00
Filed: 2018-12-19
Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
Patent EP-3533973-A1 (EP)
Title: Self-retaining vane arm assembly for gas turbine engine
Inventor: KJELBY DIANE C
IPC: F01D17/16
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: A vane arm assembly (100) for a gas turbine engine (20). The vane arm assembly includes a vane arm (102) defining an aperture at an end thereof with an aperture wall. The vane arm assembly also includes a vane stem (108) extending through the aperture of the vane arm. The vane arm assembly further includes a mechanical fastener (112) retaining a position of the vane arm in the longitudinal direction of the vane stem. The vane arm assembly yet further includes an impedance ring (114) disposed within the aperture of the vane arm and within an impedance ring groove (140) defined by the vane stem to provide redundant position retention of the vane arm in the longitudinal direction of the vane stem.
Patent EP-3453983-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MULCAHY STUART
IPC: F24H4/02
Filed: 2018-09-01
Abstract: Water in a spa bath is heated by an air source heat pump installation  500  enclosed within a housing  502  and operable by way of a control system  520 . A fan  504  draws ambient air A into the housing  502  through an air inlet  506  and thence through an evaporator  508 . The air inlet  506  and the evaporator  508  each extend substantially from side to side and from top to bottom of the housing  502  and are balanced in relation to the flow or air A, being each formed with airways that in aggregate cross-sectional area are substantially the same. This reduces the drop in air pressure and hence the power required to drive the heat pump installation  500 .
Patent EP-3524122-A1 (EP)
Inventor: LI YANG
IPC: A47L11/40
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning head (10), a body (20), and a locking mechanism (30). The body (20) is hinged to the cleaning head (10). The locking mechanism (30) includes a first magnetic member (31) provided on the cleaning head (10) and a second magnetic member (32) provided on the body (20) and attracted to the first magnetic member (31) when the body (20) stands upright. The body (20) is locked to the cleaning head (10) by the magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member (31) and the second magnetic member (32).
Patent EP-3554074-A1 (EP)
Title: Methods and apparatus for depth encoding and decoding
Inventor: FLEUREAU JULIEN
IPC: H04N19/126
Filed: 2018-04-13
Abstract: Methods and device for encoding/decoding data representative of depth of a 3D scene. To reach that aim, the depth data is quantized to obtain a number of quantized depth values greater than a number of encoding values allowed by a determined encoding bit depth. For each block of first pixels of a picture comprising the depth data, a first set of candidate quantization parameters representative of each range of quantized depth values comprised in said each block of first pixels is determined, the first set being determined according to the number of encoding values. A second set of quantization parameters is determined as a subset of the union of the first sets, the second set comprising candidate quantization parameters common to a plurality of blocks of first pixels of the picture, one or more quantization parameters of the second set being associated with each block of first pixels of the picture. The second set of quantization parameters is encoded, and the quantized depth values are encoded according to the quantization parameters.
Patent EP-3647586-A1 (EP)
Inventor: GUILLAUME RENAUD
IPC: F03B15/04
Filed: 2018-10-29
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for coupling to the grid a hydraulic unit (1) having a synchronous generator (2), a runner (6), and wicket gates, the method comprises: 
a) a step of increasing the flow of water into the runner (6) from a time t 0  to a time t 1  so that the rotation frequency of the rotor of the synchronous generator (2) is, at time t 1  equal to the frequency of the grid (3); 
b) a step of closing the circuit breaker at time t 1 , 
step a) further comprises a sub-step a1) executed from a time t 2  to time t 1 , wherein the flow of water is adjusted so that, at time t 1 , the phase of the synchronous generator (2) is aligned with the grid phase.
Patent EP-3667570-A1 (EP)
Title: Distributed cellular computing system and method for neural-based self-organized maps
Inventor: MIRAMOND BENOÎT
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2018-12-12
Abstract: The present invention provides a neuromorphic computing system configured to be trained using unsupervised learning through distributed computing means. The neuromorphic computing system comprises a Self-Organizing Map (SOM) implemented in a grid organized as a plurality of locally connected cells wherein each cell comprises neuron computing means to perform neuron computations. The neuromorphic computing system is characterized in that the neuron computing means are configured to allow at each active edge of a clock system that each cell of the grid performs neuron computations on an input data and propagates the result of its neuron computation to its connected neighbors at the next active clock edge, thereby an input data being iteratively propagated to all cells of the grid. 
     Advantageously, the iterative method of the present invention brings a formalized, validated, generic and hardware-efficient solution to the scalability problem of centralized and fully-connected distributed SOMs implementations.
Patent EP-3618015-A1 (EP)
Inventor: STEF ADRIAN VIOREL
IPC: B60R25/40
Filed: 2018-08-27
Abstract: An electronic key (30) for a vehicle comprises a motion sensor (31) configured to detect a movement of the transponder unit (30), and a microcontroller (32). The electronic key (30) is configured to, upon occurrence of a triggering event, perform a first measurement with the motion sensor (31) resulting in a first measurement value, and compare the first measurement value with a predefined threshold value. If the first measurement value is below the predefined threshold value, the electronic key (30) is configured to perform a plurality of first reference measurements, resulting in a plurality of first measurement values, determine a first average value over the plurality of first reference measurements, and store the first average value in a memory of the microcontroller (31). If the first measurement value equals or is above the predefined threshold value, the electronic key (30) is configured to perform a plurality of second reference measurements, resulting in a plurality of second measurement values, determine a second average value over the plurality of second reference measurements, and compare the second average value with the first average value, wherein the electronic key (30) is considered as moving if a difference between the second average value and the first average value is greater than a third threshold.
Patent EP-3484591-A1 (EP)
Title: Dispositif de freinage de la chute d'une charge
Inventor: PAGLIOLI CARLO
IPC: F16F7/00
Filed: 2018-02-01
Abstract: L'invention concerne un dispositif (1) destiné à freiner la chute d'une charge comprenant une élingue (2) et un élément de freinage (3, 30), ladite élingue (2) comprenant une première extrémité (21) pouvant être fixée sur un point d'ancrage ; une seconde extrémité (22) pouvant être fixée sur ladite charge ; une section pliée (23) comprenant une première partie (23a) de ladite élingue (2) assemblée de manière réversible à une seconde partie (23b) de ladite élingue (2), ladite section pliée (23) conférant une résistance à la séparation desdites première et seconde parties (23a, 23b). L'élingue comprend en outre une première section libre (24) comprise entre ladite première partie (23a) de ladite section pliée (23) et ladite première extrémité (21) ; et une seconde section libre (25) comprise entre ladite seconde partie (23b) de ladite section pliée (23) et ladite seconde extrémité (22). L'élément de freinage (3, 30) comprend une pluralité de passages pour ladite élingue (2), ladite première section libre (24) traversant au moins un premier passage (3a), ladite seconde section libre (25) traversant au moins un second passage (3b), de sorte que ladite première partie (23a), en conséquence de l'application d'une force de traction (FT, FT') supérieure à une valeur seuil à au moins l'une desdites deux extrémités (21, 22), se sépare de ladite seconde partie (23b) et traverse ledit premier passage (3a), et ladite seconde partie 23b traverse ledit second passage (3b).
Patent EP-3577479-A1 (EP)
Inventor: LEUSSLER CHRISTOPH
IPC: G01R33/36
Filed: 2018-01-30
Abstract: The present invention is directed to inductively feeding a RF coil (9) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in particular to a system comprising a RF coil (9) for magnetic resonance imaging and at least one feeding coil (14) for inductively feeding the RF coil (9) with an RF signal, and further to a method for inductively feeding a RF coil (9) for magnetic resonance imaging with at least one RF signal. According to the invention, in this system, the at least one feeding coil (14) is configured and arranged for feeding the RF signal into a conductive coil element (10) of the RF coil (9) at a first position and at a second position, the first position being different from the second position, wherein the direction of the magnetic field of the RF signal at the first position is different from the magnetic field of the RF signal at the second position. In this way, the invention provides for an inductive RF feeding of a resonator which can be achieved in a compensated way, i.e. the local RF field of the feeding loop can be compensated at distant locations. Moreover, the directions of the magnetic fields can be adapted to the respective direction of the magnetic field surrounding the coil element (10) at the respective feeding location. In this way, the invention enables to improve the power efficiency of an RF coil.
Patent EP-3600921-A1 (EP)
Inventor: RIEDEL MAX
IPC: B60G3/06
Filed: 2018-02-09
Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel suspension, in particular for a vehicle body, comprising an axle limb (14, 46, 66) which supports a wheel (10) and has a first steering axle (16, 52, 64) for the wheel (10), said first steering axle (16, 52, 64) allowing a steering angle in a specified range, and comprising components (18, 20, 22; 40, 42, 44; 48, 56; 56, 74) for connecting the axle limb (14, 46, 66) to a support structure (38, 38'). In order to allow a steering angle of 90° or more to be reached, at least one of the components (18, 20, 22; 40, 42, 44; 48, 56; 56, 74) has a selectively releasable second steering axle (30, 60, 70) in order to produce a steering angle other than the one defined by the first steering axle (16, 52, 64).
Patent EP-3595903-A1 (EP)
Inventor: BARTEL KEITH ALLEN
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2018-02-15
Abstract: A quick connect assembly (200; 701; 802; 1002) includes a connector housing (202; 804; 1004) and fluid connectors (204) that fluidly couple an ink assembly (104) and a print assembly (102; 702). The quick connect assembly (200; 701; 802; 1002) also includes conductive connectors (206) that conductively couple hardware circuitry in the ink assembly (104) with hardware circuitry in the print assembly (102; 702). First and second portions (300, 302, 304; 806, 808, 810; 1100, 1102) of the connector housing (202; 804; 1004) mate with each other to couple the fluid connectors (204) and to couple the conductive connectors (206). The first and second housing portions (300, 302, 304; 806, 808, 810; 1100, 1102) mate with each other by rotating the first housing portion (300, 302, 304; 806, 808, 810; 1100, 1102) and/or the second housing portion (300, 302, 304; 806, 808, 810; 1100, 1102) relative to the other of the first housing portion (300, 302, 304; 806, 808, 810; 1100, 1102) and/or the second housing portion (300, 302, 304; 806, 808, 810; 1100, 1102).
Patent EP-3592886-A1 (EP)
Title: Dispositif de transfert et/ou d'introduction d'une nappe de fibres dans une installation de consolidation, notamment une aiguilleteuse
Inventor: LEROY HUGUES
IPC: D04H18/00
Filed: 2018-03-08
Abstract: Dispositif (9) de transfert et/ou d'introduction d'une nappe de fibres, notamment d'une nappe de non-tissé, dans une installation de consolidation, notamment mécanique ou hydraulique, par exemple une aiguilleteuse, comportant au moins un élément (11a;11b) de transfert comportant au moins un rouleau (12) d'entraînement, au moins un tapis (13) sans fin s'étendant entre une extrémité amont et une extrémité (15) aval et au moins un élément en forme de sabre ou coin, le au moins un rouleau étant agencé de manière à entraîner en rotation le tapis sans fin de part et d'autre de l'extrémité aval du au moins un élément en forme de sabre ou coin, ou bec, pour ainsi effectuer un retournement du tapis au sommet du coin, caractérisé en ce que le tapis sans fin est un tapis modulaire constitué de tronçons (30) en forme de bandes transversales articulées les unes aux autres.
Patent EP-3600850-A1 (EP)
Inventor: VIETZE AXEL
IPC: B29L31/30
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: Offenbart sind Bauteile (10) zum Verbinden mit mindestens einem weiteren Bauteil (30, 30'). In einem ersten Aspekt der Erfindung weist das Bauteil (10) mindestens zwei mit mindestens einem der weiteren Bauteile (30, 30') individuell mittels eines Schwingungsschweissens, insbesondere mittels eines bevorzugt torsionalen Ultraschallschweissens, zu verschweissende Schweissabschnitte (11, 11') auf, und jeder Schweissabschnitt (11, 11') weist eine jeweilige Schweissfläche (13, 13') zum Verbinden mit dem jeweiligen weiteren Bauteil (30, 30') auf. Jeder Schweissabschnitt (11, 11') ist von jedem anderen Schweissabschnitt (11, 11') durch mindestens eine Schwingungsentkopplungszone (14, 14', 23, 26) räumlich getrennt. In weiteren Aspekten hat das Bauteil (10) eine besondere Anordnung des Schweissabschnitts (11, 11') bezüglich des Schwerpunkts (S) oder eine besondere Massenverteilung bezüglich des Schweissabschnitts (11, 11'). Weiterhin sind Verfahren zum Verbinden eines Bauteils (10) mit mindestens einem weiteren Bauteil (30, 30') offenbart sowie ein Verbundteil (90), welches ein Bauteil (10) und ein weiteres Bauteil (30, 30') enthält.
Patent EP-3589906-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CHOPARD FABRICE
IPC: F28D20/02
Filed: 2018-02-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal device comprising a thermal means (5) dissipating thermal energy, means (9) for thermally managing the thermal means (5), comprising an enclosure (6) having a volume (5), in which a heat absorbing body (15) is disposed for exchanging heat with said thermal means (2). A discharge pipe (31) is provided, with which the volume (13) of the enclosure (19) communicates in order, in an abnormal overheating situation of the thermal means (5), to discharge at least part of said body (15) to the outside that is further away from the thermal means than is said volume.
Patent EP-3582650-A1 (EP)
Inventor: KNIGHT III THOMAS OLIVER
IPC: B65D47/42
Filed: 2018-02-19
Abstract: La présente invention concerne des applicateurs de liquide élastomères poreux frittés avec ou sans fibres de flocage qui fournissent des propriétés de distribution de liquide et de gel améliorées et une expérience confortable pour l'utilisateur des applicateurs lors de l'application d'un liquide sur une surface, telle que la peau.
Patent EP-3592742-A1 (EP)
Inventor: FATHEREE PAUL R
IPC: C07D471/04
Filed: 2018-03-08
Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): which contain a 4-membered heterocyclic amide, where the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
Patent EP-3583406-A1 (EP)
Inventor: PLEROS NIKOLAOS
IPC: G01N21/45
Filed: 2018-02-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a first optical Mach-Zehnder interferometric sensor (MZI1) with a large FSR, wherein a plasmonic waveguide (107) thin-film or hybrid slot, is incorporated as transducer element planar integrated on Si3N4 photonic waveguides and a second optical interferometric Mach-Zehnder (MZI2), both comprising thermo-optic phase shifters (104, 106) for optimally biasing said MZI sensor (MZI1) and MZI as variable optical attenuator VOA. It further comprises an overall chip (112), being remarkable in that it comprises a set of Photonic waveguides (103) with a high index silicon nitride strip (303, 603), which is sandwiched between a low index oxide substrate (Si02) and a low index oxide superstrate (LTO); Optical coupling structures (102, 109) at both ends of the sensor acting as the optical l/Os; an Optical splitter (102) and an optical combiner (109) for optical splitting at the first junction (102) of said first sensor (MZI1) and optical combining at the second junction (109) of said first MZI (MZI1); a variable optical attenuator (VOA) with said additional second MZI (MZI2), which is nested into said MZI1 (sensor)), deploying an optical splitter and an optical combiner for optical splitting at the first junction of said additional second MZI (MZI2), and optical combining at the second junction of said second MZI (MZI2); a set of Thermo-optic phase shifters (104, 106) to tune the phase of the optical signal in the reference arm (104, 106) of each said MZI (MZI1, MZI2-VOA); wherein Thermo-optic phase shifters are formed by depositing two metallic stripes parallel to each other on top of a section of the photonic waveguide and along the direction of propagation of light; and a plasmonic waveguide (107) in the upper branch (103) of said first MZI (MZI1), that confines light propagation through coupling to Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP) at the metal-analyte interface, and method associated thereto.
Patent EP-3571677-A1 (EP)
Inventor: KUENZI ADAM
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2018-01-19
Abstract: The mobile device (12) sends credentials to the authentication module (18), which may be the credential module (36) of the first access control device (16a). If these credentials are authenticated, the first access control device (16a) allows access to its associated first secured element (17a) and puts the access control devices (16a, 16b) in the second mode, viz. the secure-pass-through-mode. Any request to access a second secured element (17b) received from the mobile device (12) in the second mode is passed on and treated as an authenticated request to a second access control device (16b). The access control devices (16a, 16b) allow access to their associated secured elements (17a, 17b) based on whether the type of access being requested is consistent with the type of credentials.
Patent EP-3585696-A1 (EP)
Inventor: FALVEY JAMES
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 2018-02-27
Abstract: The present invention relates to a keg chime configured to be mounted to a keg, for example a blow moulded plastic keg. The chime may include a handle that has a waveform profile when viewed in cross-section along a length of the handle. The handle may include a first set of one or more regions of inflection that provide a first surface of the handle and a second set of one or more regions of inflection that provide an opposing second surface of the handle. The chime may be configured to be connected to a sleeve for surrounding at least part of a body portion of the keg. The interface between the chime and the sleeve may be configured to permit axially outward movement of the chime with respect to the sleeve in order to accommodate axial expansion of the keg.
Patent EP-3658257-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CHANDLER GUY RICHARD
IPC: B01D53/94
Filed: 2018-03-28
Abstract: A lean NO x  trap catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The lean NO x  trap catalyst comprises a first layer and a second layer.