Abstract: A bumper for a vehicle contains a bumper cross beam extending in a transversal direction of the vehicle, a bumper cover forming the external face of the bumper, and an energy-absorbing insert disposed at least in parallel between the mounted bumper cross beam and the bumper cover. The insert has a plurality of deformation cavities and/or deformation free spaces. The insert has a first boundary layer, a medial layer, and a second boundary layer. The medial layer has a different energy absorptive capacity than the two boundary layers and is associated with the bumper cross beam. The deformation cavities and/or deformation free spaces are embodied in the medial layer such that in case of a collision, the insert is plastically deformable at least partially in the transversal and/or longitudinal direction of the vehicle along a small part of a block length to absorb energy.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air control system in the front end of a motor vehicle with openings in a front wall defining the front end, through which cooling air flows into a motor compartment. Air ducts (6, 10, 11, 18) are provided which feed the cooling air into athe motor compartment, substantially against the direction of travel and which are formed by boundary walls (7, 19) running approximately parallel to the direction of the air flow. It is therefore the task of the invention that an air guidance is created in the front end of a motor vehicle while assuring a low-loss flow, in which the assembly is substantially simplified. According to the invention, the boundary walls (17, 19) are integrated into a body panel (1) which extends appromately across the direction of air flow in the motor compartment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a delivery unit for delivering fuel in a motor vehicle. The invention is characterized in that a plastic casing (11) of a rotor (10) of an electric motor (1) is configured as one piece with a bush (13). A housing part (5) of a delivery pump (2) comprises a bearing shell (14) for said bush (13). This permits the delivery unit to be produced and mounted in a particularly cost-effective manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to promoters which permit a caryopsis-specific expression or suppression of genes in genetically modified plants, to methods for the tissue-specific gene expression or gene suppression in plants, expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters, to transgenic plant cells and plants transformed with said promoters, and to methods for generating such plant cells and plants.

Abstract: In the case of a fuel pump, a plug for fixing electric contacts is manufactured from a material which is capable of swelling with fuel, and is inserted into a receptacle of a connecting piece by being fitted therein. Furthermore, the plug and the connecting piece have latching means for simplifying the pre-assembly. The connecting piece requires a particularly low number of components and can be manufactured cost-effectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (3) for connecting a flow pipe leading to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle to a feed pump. Said connector comprises an elbowed connecting sleeve (7) which can be rotationally fixed in various angular positions in a receiver (6). Said connecting sleeve (7) is positively fixed in the receiver (6) by a catch means (9). In this way, the forces acting on the flow pipe are kept at a distance from a seal pertaining to the connecting sleeve (7).

Abstract: Displaying content from one or more databases includes defining a query by receiving inputs to fields, using the query to retrieve the content from the one or more databases, and integrating the content for display in one of plural generic templates. Integrating the content includes copying one of the plural generic templates and incorporating the content from the one or more databases into a copied generic template.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fuel feed pump casing part in which two mould parts are brought together to form a flow channel and in which a punch is used to remove a burr that is created in the flow channel by the mould parts when forming the channel.

Abstract: The present invention provides promoters which bring about a caryopsis-specific expression of coding nucleotide sequences controlled by them, and to expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters. Transformed transgenic plant cells and plants and methods for generating them, are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to monocotyledon plant cells and plants which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification consists of the introduction of an extraneous nucleic acid molecule which codes for a protein with the biological activity of an R1 protein. The present invention further relates to means and methods for the production thereof. Plant cells and plants of this type synthesise a modified starch, which is characterised in that it has an increased phosphate content and/or a modified phoshorylation pattern and/or an increased final viscosity in an RVA profile and/or a reduced peak temperature in DSC analysis and/or an increased gel strength in the texture analysis compared with starch from corresponding non-genetically modified monocotyledon plants. Therefore, the present invention also relates to the starch which is synthesised from the plant cells and plants according to the invention, and to methods of producing said starch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (3) for connecting a flow pipe leading to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle to a feed pump. Said connector comprises an elbowed connecting sleeve (7) which can be rotationally fixed in various angular positions in a receiver (6). Said connecting sleeve (7) is positively fixed in the receiver (6) by a catch means (9). In this way, the forces acting on the flow pipe are kept at a distance from a seal pertaining to the connecting sleeve (7).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a diesel engine in which an air ratio (&lgr;) of the fuel which is to be burnt and of the combustion air supplied is set by a control unit (14) according to predetermined values. When a value (15) which is predetermined as a switching criterion is recorded, the control unit (14) switches to a special operating mode for regeneration of a catalytic converter (22) and sets the fuel/air ratio according to predetermined values for this operating mode.

Abstract: An ejector pump for a delivery unit provided in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle has a nozzle produced integrally with a mixing tube. The mixing tube is shaped in the form of a tubular cylinder, so that virtually the entire ejector pump may be produced from plastic in a mold allowing axial demolding. The nozzle is therefore aligned,exactly with respect to the mixing tube. The ejector pump consequently has a particularly high efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to promoters which permit a caryopsis-specific expression or suppression of genes in genetically modified plants, to methods for the tissue-specific gene expression or gene suppression in plants, expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters, to transgenic plant cells and plants transformed with said promoters, and to methods for generating such plant cells and plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides promoters which bring about a caryopsis-specific expression of coding nucleotide sequences controlled by them, and to expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters. Transformed transgenic plant cells and plants and methods for generating them, are also described.