Abstract: A relay includes an armature, a yoke configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the armature, and a bracket-shaped clamping spring. The armature lies at least partially flat on the yoke, and a receiving depression is partly formed in the armature. The bracket-shaped clamping spring surrounds the armature and the yoke on an end face such that the armature is fixed on the yoke. The bracket-shaped clamping spring has a first clamping limb arranged in the receiving depression of the armature, and a second clamping limb lying on the yoke. The first clamping limb has an angled tab which engages elastically into a recess formed in the receiving depression of the armature.

Abstract: A modular switching contactor arrangement for use in a safety-oriented application, has two switching contactor modules that can be arranged in succession by means of a coupling module, the switching contactor modules and the coupling module merely having to be joined together by a user, without any external wiring, so as to be mechanically and electrically coupled to one another. In the mounted state, the switching contactor arrangement has a reduced construction width that is substantially delimited by the narrow faces of the switching contactor modules. In particular, the construction width can be 22.5 mm.

Abstract: A female connector for a relay includes a housing, a contact wall, and a spring tongue. The contact wall is arranged in the housing, and has a first deformation with at least one first contact elevation. The spring tongue is arranged in the housing, facing the contact wall, and has a second deformation having a plurality of second contact elevations. A dip is formed between two successive second contact elevations, and the second contact elevations are arranged opposite the at least one first contact elevation. The second contact elevations are configured to press contact pins of different lengths against the at least one first contact elevation in sprung manner.

Abstract: A plug-in connection arrangement for arranging a relay includes a terminal block comprising a relay holder configured to hold a relay. The relay comprises a bottom wall, a side wall, and a contact plug which projects out of the bottom wall. The side wall is arranged perpendicular to the bottom wall and includes an offset section which contacts the bottom wall and projects out into the relay in a direction of a surface normal of the side wall. The relay holder includes a socket configured to hold the contact plug of the relay when the relay is inserted into the relay holder. The relay holder also includes an insulating wall which, when the relay is inserted into the relay holder, is aligned parallel to the side wall and projects beyond the bottom wall to form an angled insulation section for the contact plug along a surface of the insulating wall.

Abstract: A relay for assembling in terminal blocks includes an electromagnetic drive arrangement including an armature, an armature bearing spring, and a yoke. The armature is at least partially spaced from the yoke, is movably mounted, and is reduces the distance between the yoke and the armature under an effect of an electromagnetic force. The armature bearing spring applies a spring force counteracting the electromagnetic force. The yoke interacts electromagnetically with the armature to apply the electromagnetic force. A contact spring has a first contact surface and a contact arm, and the contact arm is spaced from the first contact surface and comes into contact with the first contact surface via a pressure force acting to establish an electrical connection between the first contact surface and the contact arm. An insulating element electrically isolates the armature from the contact arm and actuates the contact arm to produce the pressure force.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromechanical switching device comprising switching contacts configured to close an electrical circuit, wherein the switching contacts have a first switching contact and a second switching contact, wherein the first switching contact and the second switching contact can be brought into contact in order to close the electrical circuit, wherein at least one of the switching contacts s formed from a plurality of closed bodies which are arranged against one another, and wherein hollow spaces for receiving liquid are arranged between the closed bodies.

Abstract: A method for magnetizing at least two magnets having different magnetic coercivities, includes the steps of: a) simultaneously exposing the at least two magnets to a first substantially homogeneous magnetic field having a predeterminable first field strength and a first magnetic field direction for completely magnetizing the magnets in the first magnetic field direction; b) simultaneously exposing the magnets magnetized in step a) to a second substantially homogeneous magnetic field having a predeterminable second field strength and a second magnetic field direction opposite to the first magnetic field direction such that the at least two magnets are differently magnetized.

Abstract: An electromechanical relay, which can be inserted into a modular terminal in an insertion direction, wherein the relay is arranged in a housing and has two toggle switches, each of which is connected to connecting elements. At least one of the connecting elements leads out of the housing at the side and extends perpendicular to the insertion direction in at least some segments.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a switching contact arrangement for a relay are described. A switching contact arrangement may include a first contact carrier including a first contact plug and a first contact pole in a first switching plane, a second contact carrier including a second contact plug and a second contact pole in a second switching plane, and a contact spring arranged between the first switching plane and the second switching plane. The contact spring may include a third contact carrier, a third contact plug, a third contact pole facing the first contact pole of the first contact carrier, and a fourth contact pole facing the second contact pole of the second contact carrier. The contact carriers may be acted upon by electrical signals via the respective contact plugs.

Abstract: Methods of producing, propagating and multiplying viruses, methods of identifying the presence of a virus in a sample, specifically methods using Japanese eel cell cultures. Also provided are an isolated Japanese eel cell culture, optionally infected with a virus, vaccines comprising viruses grown according to the methods of the invention, and a kit for propagating viruses comprising the Japanese eel cell culture. The virus may be a fish virus such as nodavirus, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) and Salmon Pancreas Disease Virus (SPDV).

Abstract: This invention relates to modified antibiotic peptides, particularly for use in medicine. The invention further relates to composite and methods for destroying microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses or fungi, and to methods for treating microbial infections. The object of the invention is to develop novel antibiotic peptides, particularly having enhanced antibiotic activity and an expanded spectrum of activity against other strains of bacteria, particularly gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. According to the invention, the object is attained in a first aspect by a peptide according to claim 1.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electromagnetic switch, comprising: an armature; a slider configured to manually move to actuate the armature; and a deformable force transfer element positioned between the slider and the armature, wherein the slider is configured to be pressed against the deformable force transfer element to actuate the armature with a press force, and wherein the deformable force transfer element is configured to deform when a press force threshold value is exceeded to limit a transferable force from the slider onto the armature.

Abstract: An electromechanical relay, which can be inserted into a modular terminal in an insertion direction, wherein the relay is arranged in a housing and has two toggle switches, each of which is connected to connecting elements. At least one of the connecting elements leads out of the housing at the side and extends perpendicular to the insertion direction in at least some segments.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring an electromechanical component of an automation system. The method may include acquiring of a mechanical state variable of the electromechanical component, acquiring of an electrical state variable of the electromechanical component, and determining of a state of the electromechanical component based on a multidimensional characteristic line field with a plurality of states of the electromechanical component, wherein the mechanical state variable and the electrical state variable are associated with each state of the electromechanical component.

Abstract: Methods of producing, propagating and multiplying viruses, methods of identifying the presence of a virus in a sample, specifically methods using Japanese eel cell cultures. Also provided are an isolated Japanese eel cell culture, optionally infected with a virus, vaccines comprising viruses grown according to the methods of the invention, and a kit for propagating viruses comprising the Japanese eel cell culture. The virus may be a fish virus such as nodavirus, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) and Salmon Pancreas Disease Virus (SPDV).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring an electromechanical component of an automation system. The method may include acquiring of a mechanical state variable of the electromechanical component, acquiring of an electrical state variable of the electromechanical component, and determining of a state of the electromechanical component based on a multidimensional characteristic line field with a plurality of states of the electromechanical component, wherein the mechanical state variable and the electrical state variable are associated with each state of the electromechanical component.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to methods for determining gene expression signatures for diagnosing patients with prostate cancer, e.g., to establish a prognosis for such patients, for determining the predisposition of said patient to develop aggressive or indolent disease, for example after primary treatment, and/or for identification and stratification of patients for available therapies. The invention also relates to products used in such methods, e.g. kits, software, and the like. The present invention further relates to therapies for use in the treatment of patients that have been diagnosed, identified, or stratified in any of the methods dis closed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for diagnosing, monitoring or prognosticating prostate cancer or the progression state of prostate cancer wherein said method determines the state of the prostate cancer, based on the expression level of phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) variants. The invention further relates to a method of identifying an individual for eligibility for prostate cancer therapy. The invention also relates to products for the analysis of phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) variants as well as pharmaceutical compositions modulating the activity and/or expression of PDE4D variants.

Abstract: The invention relates to modified antibiotic peptides, in particular derivatives of apidaecin and oncocin, preferably having increased stability, reduced immunoreaction, and improved pharmacokinetics. In the invention, the peptide antibiotics are reversibly protected by means of a linker having the polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG). The peptide linker contains a recognition sequence for trypsin-like serum proteases. In the apidaecin derivatives, the linker and the PEG are bonded to a side chain. In the serum, the linker is cut by serum proteases and PEG is separated off. The released peptide still contains remnants of the linker, which are still bonded to the amino group in the side chain. Astonishingly, said remaining remnants of the linker impair the activity of the antimicrobial peptide only a little or not at all.

Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphodiesterase 9A (PDE9A) for use as a marker for prostate cancer, and the use of PDE9A as a marker for diagnosing, detecting, monitoring or prognosticating prostate cancer or the progression of prostate cancer. The present invention also relates to a composition for diagnosing, detecting, monitoring or prognosticating prostate cancer or the progression of prostate cancer, a corresponding method and immunoassay, a method for diagnosing, monitoring or prognosticating hormone-resistant prostate cancer vs. hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, a corresponding immunoassay, a method of data acquisition, an immunoassay for diagnosing, detecting, monitoring or prognosticating prostate cancer or the progression of prostate cancer, a method of identifying an individual for eligibility for prostate cancer therapy, an immunoassay for stratifying an individual or cohort of individuals with a prostate cancer disease, an immunoassay for stratifying an individual with prostate cancer.