[BRANDHUBER, Martin, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BÖSCHL, Thomas, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BÖSCHL, Thomas, HASSELBACH, Johannes, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BÖSCHL, Thomas, HASSELBACH, Johannes, HUTH, Andreas, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BÖSCHL, Thomas, HASSELBACH, Johannes, HUTH, Andreas, MAYR, Egon, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BÖSCHL, Thomas, HASSELBACH, Johannes, HUTH, Andreas, MAYR, Egon, PEETERS WEEM, Bart, BRANDHUBER, Martin, SEUFERT, Marike, BÖSCHL, Thomas, HASSELBACH, Johannes, HUTH, Andreas, MAYR, Egon, PEETERS WEEM, Bart, KUTSCHER, Matthias] {Petuelring 13080809 München;DE(DE)(DE)}{Alusingen-Platz 178224 Singen;DE(DE)(DE)} A motor vehicle body arrangement according to the invention has a longitudinal member arrangement (1, 3), a bumper crossmember (5) and a supporting element (7). The bumper crossmember is fastened to one end of the longitudinal member arrangement, and an end portion (6) of the bumper crossmember projects beyond the longitudinal member arrangement in the transverse direction. The supporting element is fastened to the end portion of the bumper crossmember and extends rearwards in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle over a predetermined length (a). The supporting element preferably extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal member arrangement. The supporting element is arranged or formed at a predetermined distance (b) from the longitudinal member arrangement. Furthermore, the supporting element according to the invention is designed and arranged in such a manner that, in the event of deformation of the end portion of the bumper crossmember as a consequence of a frontal collision of the motor vehicle, in particular a frontal collision with little overlap, the supporting element supports the end portion on the longitudinal member arrangement. Here, that is to say by means of the support, further deformation of the end portion in the direction of the longitudinal member arrangement is inhibited.

[Thomas Seufert, Michael Rudolf, Marcus Paradies, Christof Bornhoevd, Thomas Mueller, Daniel Buchmann, Karl Fuerst] DE,,Plankstadt;DE,,Heidelberg;DE,,Walldorf;US,CA,Belmont;DE,,Wiesloch;DE,,Eggenstein;DE,,Wiesloch; A system includes reception of an instruction to access a column of a database table, determination that the column is not associated with the schema of the database table, determination of whether the schema of the database table is flexible or static, returning, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is static, of an error in response to the instruction, and, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is flexible, not returning an error in response to the instruction.

[Thomas Seufert, Michael Rudolf, Marcus Paradies, Christof Bornhoevd, Thomas Mueller, Daniel Buchmann, Karl Fuerst] DE,,Plankstadt;DE,,Heidelberg;DE,,Walldorf;US,CA,Belmont;DE,,Wiesloch;DE,,Eggenstein;DE,,Wiesloch; A system includes reception of an instruction to access a column of a database table, determination that the column is not associated with the schema of the database table, determination of whether the schema of the database table is flexible or static, returning, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is static, of an error in response to the instruction, and, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is flexible, not returning an error in response to the instruction.

[WIRTH THOMAS, BUSOLD THOMAS, SEUFERT ROBERT] DE The system has a pump to supply hydraulic fluid from a reservoir, actuators for clutch/transmission, and a ventilation unit (16) to generate pressure balance with the environment. The ventilation unit has an air filter (17), and unit and filter are positioned in a cover (15), which is provided for refilling the reservoir (3) with hydraulic fluid.

[Thomas Seufert, Steffen Geissinger] DE,,Plankstadt;DE,,Wiesloch; The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing single-value database read operations. One computer-implemented method includes initializing, by a computer, a single value cache associated with a created database table where a column of the database table contains a single or unique data value, verifying that the created database table is in a useable state, performing an operation on the database table, and retrieving the data value from the single value cache without locking the column containing the single or unique data value.

[Knapp, Thomas, Seufert, Tobias, Gehrmann, Hans-Joachim, Dr.-Ing., Gerig, Andreas, Wagner, Andreas,Prof., Seifert, Helmut, Prof. Dr.] DE,76131 Karlsruhe,Kaiserstrasse 12;

[WEIGAND, Artur, SEITH, Thomas, SCHWARZ, Heribert, SEUFERT, Herbert] DE,81739 München,Carl-Wery-Str. 34;

[DORFSCHMID JENS, JOHN THOMAS, SEUFERT ROBERT] DE The positioning drive includes an actuator for an automated activation of a frictional clutch, and a control arrangement which is supplied with signals describing the operating condition, and which controls the activation of the frictional clutch in dependence on these signals. The control arrangement is connected with a sensor arrangement receiving a signal which describes a gradient of a gearing input shaft. An activation of the frictional clutch (37) by device of the actuator is controlled in dependence on the gradient of a number of revolutions of the gearing input shaft, outgoing from a position, in which the frictional clutch is, at least partially, moved out by device of the actuator.

[WEIGAND ARTUR, SEITH THOMAS, SCHWARZ HERIBERT, SEUFERT HERBERT] DE The present invention relates to a supplementary air valve (10) which is suitable, in particular, for vacuum cleaners. According to the invention, the valve (10) comprises a housing (12) having at least one supplementary air opening (20), which is arranged laterally on the housing (12), and at least one valve-opening bore (22), which is formed on the top side of the housing (12), and having a closure element (30) and a spring element (40) which presses the closure element (30) against the at least one valve-opening bore (22), in which case the at least one valve-opening bore (22) and the at least one supplementary air opening (20) can be closed, wherein the compressive force of the spring element (40) is higher than the negative pressure produced by the suction force which is predetermined during normal operation of the vacuum cleaner, and wherein, in the event of disrupted operation of the vacuum cleaner, the negative pressure which acts on the closure element (30) is higher than the compressive force of the spring element (40), and this results in the opening of an additional air path via the at least one valve-opening bore (22) and the at least one supplementary air opening (20). The advantage of the supplementary air valve (10) according to the invention is that, when the suction-air stream of a vacuum cleaner is subjected to very pronounced throttling (that is to say in the event of disrupted operation), e.g. on account of blockages in the intake region (nozzle, tube, hose, filter), an additional air path (supplementary air opening) is opened and this, on the one hand, prevents thermal loading of the plastic parts, in particular in the dust chamber and the blowing-out zone, and, in addition, as a result of the reduction in the negative-pressure value in the vacuum-cleaner interior, in particular in the dust chamber, considerably reduces the mechanical loading.

[HEIDEMANN, Thomas, ROSOWSKI, Frank, LINDEN, Gerd, SEUFERT, Michael, HEFELE, Gerhard, LORZ, Peter, Michael]