Abstract: Benzoxazole and indole type KCa3.1 activators as well as the therapeutic uses of such compounds in human or animal subjects and their use in ex vivo preservation of organs or tissues.

Abstract: A pliable heating device having a flexible electrical heating apparatus, which is operated by a control device and which has at least one flexible heating element that is connected to a flexible support and that has a heating conductor, which is situated in a heating circuit, and a flexible sensor conductor, which is separated from the heating conductor by an intermediate insulation, having a dampable oscillator, which is contained in the control device and is connected to the sensor conductor and whose output signal can be varied as a function of various functional states of the heating apparatus, which functional states are detected by the sensor conductor, and having an evaluation device by which fault states can be detected from the output signal.

Abstract: Benzoxazole and indole type KCa3.1 activators as well as the therapeutic uses of such compounds in human or animal subjects and their use in ex vivo preservation of organs or tissues.

Abstract: A pliable heating device having a flexible electrical heating apparatus, which is operated by a control device and which has at least one flexible heating element that is connected to a flexible support and that has a heating conductor, which is situated in a heating circuit, and a flexible sensor conductor, which is separated from the heating conductor by an intermediate insulation, having a dampable oscillator, which is contained in the control device and is connected to the sensor conductor and whose output signal can be varied as a function of various functional states of the heating apparatus, which functional states are detected by the sensor conductor, and having an evaluation device by which fault states can be detected from the output signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting consistent values for a parameter in a network of distributed stations (10 to 14), and to a corresponding network subscriber station. In certain circumstances, it has been found that inconsistent entries can occur for the gap count parameter on the local bus in an IEEE 1394 network. If the bus management instance (25, 26) relies on the automatic behavior, as provided in the Standard, of all the network subscriber stations (10 to 11) to automatically set the maximum value of 63 after the second bus resetting process without any intermediate resetting of this parameter, this can lead to progressive resetting of the network, and this can result in blocking of the network. The problem is solved by immediate transmission of a parameter setting message for the critical network parameter once an inconsistency has been found.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for acquiring electronic information about transmission speeds between nodes of an acyclical network, in particular of an IEEE 1394 bus network, precisely one transmission link being present between in each case two of the nodes of the network, and a respective PHY transmission speed of the transmission link being determined by a minimum value of PHY speeds of the nodes of the network lying on the transmission link, in the case of the method the respective PHY transmission speed being determined for one subset of the transmission links in the network by acquiring the PHY speeds of the nodes lying on the transmission links and electronically acquiring minimum values of the PHY speeds; and the respective PHY transmission speed being electronically acquired for another subset of the transmission links, which is different from the one subset of transmission links, on the basis of one of the PHY speeds which have been determined for the nodes lying on the transmission

Abstract: The invention relates to a network subscriber station and to a method for operating a network subscriber station for a network of distributed stations, particularly a network of IEEE 1394 network subscriber stations, which are connected by means of a data bus. The network subscriber station comprises at least three memory areas for operation-dependent interface configuration data and pointer means, which comprise electronic pointers to the at least three memory areas, and driver means for handling electronic data in the at least three memory areas and for electronic data transfer between the at least three memory areas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a network subscriber station and to a method for operating a network subscriber station for a network of distributed stations, particularly a network of IEEE 1394 network subscriber stations, which are connected by means of a data bus. The network subscriber station comprises at least three memory areas for operation-dependent interface configuration data and pointer means, which comprise electronic pointers to the at least three memory areas, and driver means for handling electronic data in the at least three memory areas and for electronic data transfer between the at least three memory areas.

Abstract: Real time streaming over serial buses busing Internet protocol IP is becoming more and more important. With new bus technologies e.g. 10 Gbit Ethernet even streaming in HD cinematography quality and uncompressed form becomes possible. In this case, however, data access management by software means is critical or simply not possible for performance reasons even if high performance micro-controllers are used where the software runs. The invention proposes for an apparatus in a network to implement hardware means for processing the real-time critical data packets as well as software means for processing the real-time uncritical data packets and a filter algorithm respectively a de-multiplexer for analyzing packet header and passing the real-time critical data packets to the hardware means and the real-time uncritical data packets to the software means.

Abstract: In a home network, a wide variety of devices are interlinked so that they can exchange data among one another. Such home networks also often have a connection to an external network. If an individual device of the home network wishes to obtain data from the external network, it requires comprehensive hardware and software for searching for and processing the data. The hardware and software must be able to read the different data formats and formats for describing the data contents which are used by providers in the external network. According to the invention, it is provided that a module of the home network performs this search task for the other devices and establishes connection with the external network via a connecting device. After finding data sought, it makes the data available to the inquiring device in a format that can be read by the latter.

Abstract: A soft heating device such as a heat blanket, heat cushion or heat feather-bed, having at least one heating cord arranged on a base heating element, a connection cable for an energy supply connected by an externally insulated connecting means, and a control circuit. The heating device has a robust structure because the connecting means are grouped together in a connecting unit comprising a common carrier plate and/or a common encapsulating element.

Abstract: A heating system having an electrical heating conductor arrangement which is integrated into a flexible heating body that can be connected to a supply voltage by a connecting cable and has a first conductor and an adjacent second conductor, placed in series with the first and separated from it by an insulating device, having a heating circuit formed by the heating conductor arrangement and further elements, including a control element for a heating current. A control circuit is connected to the control member for affecting the heating current and regulating the temperature. Monitoring is extended because the insulating device has a resistance characteristic which decreases with temperature.

Abstract: A heating device having an electrical heating conductor arrangement integrated in a flexible heating body and connected to a supply voltage by a connector cable. A heating circuit is connected to the above and further elements, including a first control element embodied for a heating current and a drive circuit for varying the heating current and regulating the temperature, connected to the first controller and having a safety circuit. According to this invention, increased safety features are achieved, whereby the safety circuit has an error sensor device and an additional control element driven by the safety circuit and is arranged in series with the first control element in the heating circuit. The safety circuit also or only responds to an error in the control circuit and interrupts the heating current by driving the additional control element.

Abstract: A heating device including an electric heat conductor arrangement which is integrated in a flexible heating element and can be connected to a supply voltage via a connection cable. The heating device also includes a heating circuit, which is formed with the heat conductor arrangement and with other elements including a control element for a heating current, and includes a trigger circuit, which has a control loop and is connected to the control element in order to vary the heating current and regulate the temperature, whereby the control element is triggered based on a deviation between an actual value and a set value. A simple design with reliable temperature regulation is obtained because the trigger circuit is also coupled to the heating circuit via a coupling branch in order to tap an electric measured variable current or voltage that varies according to the temperature of the heat conductor arrangement.

Abstract: In a method of making a hardened sheet metal article, at least one pot-shaped depression is formed in a sheet metal blank. Thereafter, the sheet metal blank is hot formed in a press mold to a sheet metal article, and the sheet metal article is hardened. The press mold provides hereby a calibration of the depression to provide the final shape.

Abstract: In order to request station-specific information in a network of distributed stations, it is proposed that a block read access operation (30) first be used to request the desired information. Should the requested network station react with an error code, the corresponding network subscriber station is not immediately removed from the “node information” table for the network. Instead, the station-specific information is then rerequested, but this time using word access operations (34). This measure allows network subscriber stations to be integrated into the “node information” table which support only word read access operations, but return unclear error codes, which are not fully compliant with the standard, in the event of block read access operations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for acquiring electronic information about transmission speeds between nodes of an acyclical network, in particular of an IEEE 1394 bus network, precisely one transmission link being present between in each case two of the nodes of the network, and a respective PHY transmission speed of the transmission link being determined by a minimum value of PHY speeds of the nodes of the network lying on the transmission link, in the case of the method the respective PHY transmission speed being determined for one subset of the transmission links in the network by acquiring the PHY speeds of the nodes lying on the transmission links and electronically acquiring minimum values of the PHY speeds; and the respective PHY transmission speed being electronically acquired for another subset of the transmission links, which is different from the one subset of transmission links, on the basis of one of the PHY speeds which have been determined for the nodes lying on the transmission

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting consistent values for a parameter in a network of distributed stations (10 to 14), and to a corresponding network subscriber station.

Abstract: A heating system having an electrical heating conductor arrangement which is integrated into a flexible heating body that can be connected to a supply voltage by a connecting cable and has a first conductor and an adjacent second conductor, placed in series with the first and separated from it by an insulating device, having a heating circuit formed by the heating conductor arrangement and further elements, including a control element for a heating current. A control circuit is connected to the control member for affecting the heating current and regulating the temperature. Monitoring is extended because the insulating device has a resistance characteristic which decreases with temperature.

Abstract: In a method of making a hardened sheet metal article, at least one pot-shaped depression is formed in a sheet metal blank. Thereafter, the sheet metal blank is hot formed in a press mold to a sheet metal article, and the sheet metal article is hardened. The press mold provides hereby a calibration of the depression to provide the final shape.