A process and a device for coating a temperature-stable component with a thermal protection layer, in which the temperature-stable component has a surface which is to be coated with the thermal protection layer and at which there is at least one cooling-passage opening which is connected to a cooling passage running inside the component. Some aspects of the disclosure provide for a flush request to be provided to each of a plurality of Node Bs utilized as serving cells in the multipoint HSDPA system, so that stale packets are not retained in internal buffers at the Node Bs following the RLC reset procedure. The instrument cluster is orientable with respect to the mounting unit for optimal viewing by an operator of the vehicle. The second and third electrodes are not in contact with each other and are separated by a gap.