«Voyager, c’est bien utile, ça fait travailler l’imagination» (Céline). C’est à l’occasion d’un voyage en train entre Neuchâtel et Genève que Pierre Genequand, alors ingénieur au CSEM, eut l’idée d’associer les avantages des structures flexibles et les car ...
This paper presents the design of a flexure based focusing system, part of the Close-Up Imager (CLUPI) instrument which is planned to be integrated on the future ExoMars NASA-ESA Mars Rover to be launched in 2018. Various design trade-offs are discussed, i ...
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus (210) as well as a developing cartridge (240) for use in an image forming apparatus, wherein a contact plate of an electrode (247) of the developing catridge is disposed to contact a bias terminal ( ...
A mechanical slit mask mechanism has been designed for the Near Infrared Spectrograph of the James Webb Space Telescope. This mechanism was successfully tested at a cryogenic temperature of 30K, in vacuum. The reconfigurable mask allows to form 24 optical ...
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