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A process for extracting the water-soluble portion of corn fiber hulls to obtain a water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber comprising the steps of: - subjecting said corn fiber hulls to a destarching process to obtain a destarched corn fiber; - wherein said destarching process comprises forming a mixture of water and corn fiber hulls; adjusting the pH of said water-corn fiber hull mixture to a non-alkaline pH; and contacting the mixture with a starch degrading enzyme in an amount and for a time sufficient to hydrolyze a majority of starch in corn fiber hull; - dewatering said destarched corn fiber; - exposing said dewatered and destarched corn fiber to a thermochemical treatment to obtain a liquid fraction containing water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber; - wherein said thermochemical treatment comprises a hot water hydrolysis of said treated corn fiber at a temperature ranging from 130 °C to about 175 °C for a time sufficient to hydrolyze at least about 30% of the hemicellulose present in the destarched corn fiber; - wherein the thermochemical treatment does not include addition of an acid. - subjecting said corn fiber hulls to a destarching process to obtain a destarched corn fiber; - wherein said destarching process comprises forming a mixture of water and corn fiber hulls; adjusting the pH of said water-corn fiber hull mixture to a non-alkaline pH; and contacting the mixture with a starch degrading enzyme in an amount and for a time sufficient to hydrolyze a majority of starch in corn fiber hull; - dewatering said destarched corn fiber; - exposing said dewatered and destarched corn fiber to a thermochemical treatment to obtain a liquid fraction containing water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber; - wherein said thermochemical treatment comprises a hot water hydrolysis of said treated corn fiber at a temperature ranging from 130 °C to about 175 °C for a time sufficient to hydrolyze at least about 30% of the hemicellulose present in the destarched corn fiber; - wherein the thermochemical treatment does not include addition of an acid.
A method for cleaning one or more cooling passages associated with a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine , the gas turbine engine having a compressor section upstream from the combustion chamber , the method comprising: receiving a pressurized fluid from a source; directing the pressurized fluid through an inlet of a chamber such that a portion of a plurality of particles within the chamber is entrained within the pressurized fluid; and injecting the pressurized fluid with the entrained portion of the plurality of particles downstream from the compressor section through an end wall of a diffuser and deswirl system of the gas turbine engine upstream from the combustion chamber to clean the one or more cooling passages associated with the combustion chamber . receiving a pressurized fluid from a source; directing the pressurized fluid through an inlet of a chamber such that a portion of a plurality of particles within the chamber is entrained within the pressurized fluid; and injecting the pressurized fluid with the entrained portion of the plurality of particles downstream from the compressor section through an end wall of a diffuser and deswirl system of the gas turbine engine upstream from the combustion chamber to clean the one or more cooling passages associated with the combustion chamber .
An apparatus for estimating a road friction coefficient present in a frictional contact between a road surface and tires of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a connector for an acceleration sensor for inputting at least one vehicle acceleration reading (aT, aL), a load determining device for determining at least one vertical tire load (Fzi), a tire slip determining device for determining at least one tire slip (sLi) of the tires and a friction coefficient estimating device for determining and outputting an estimated value for the road friction coefficient (f'), wherein the apparatus further comprises an acceleration estimation device adapted to determine an estimated value for the vehicle acceleration (aL') from a tire model based on at least the tire slip (sLi), the vertical tire load (Fzi) and an estimated value for the road friction coefficient (f') determined in a previous cycle, and wherein the friction coefficient estimating device is configured to adjust the outputted estimated value for the road friction coefficient (f'), characterized in that the adjustment is carried out in such a way that a difference between the estimated value (aL') and the measured value of the vehicle acceleration (aL) is adjusted to a predeterminable range, the friction coefficient estimating device being configured to reduce the estimated value for the road friction coefficient (f'), if the difference between the estimated value (aL') and the measured value (aL) of the vehicle acceleration is greater than a predetermined first threshold value (x) and to increase the estimated value for the road friction coefficient (f'), if the difference between the estimated value (aL') and the measured value (aL) of the vehicle acceleration is less than a predetermined second threshold value and the measured value of the vehicle acceleration (aL) is greater than a predetermined third threshold value (y), the second threshold value being selected to be less than the first threshold value (x).
Position measuring device for a stator unit of a rotary electric machine comprising a stator in which a winding is disposed, the rotary electric machine comprising a rotor mounted so as to rotate in and relative to the stator unit about an axis of rotation (C), the position measuring device comprising a sensor compartment intended to house at least one position sensor measuring the position of the rotor relative to the stator unit , the position measuring device being intended to be positioned in an axial end zone of the stator unit so as to allow the position sensor to detect a rotating target connected to the rotor, the position measuring device comprising a fastening arm projecting relative to the sensor compartment towards the axis of rotation (C), and comprising fastening means connected to the fastening arm and intended to be fastened on a bearing of the stator unit , the bearing being made of metal and being positioned at an axial end of the stator unit , the sensor compartment and the fastening arm being made of polymer and the fastening means being made of metal, characterized in that the fastening means are overmoulded in the fastening arm during an overmoulding operation so as to obtain fastening means that are integrated in the fastening arm .
A computer-assisted system comprising: a manipulator configured to support a tool , the manipulator extending distally from a base and comprising a distal portion ; a lockable joint coupled to the base and located proximally relative to the base ; a first sensor configured to (i) generate a first signal in response to detecting that the position of the distal portion is externally maintained by techniques different from driving the actuators and brakes of the manipulator, and a second sensor configured to (ii) generate a second signal indicating whether the lockable joint is locked; and a controller operably coupled to a powered joint , the powered joint located distally relative to the base , wherein the controller is configured to perform operations comprising: driving the powered joint to move the distal portion while the lockable joint is locked, in response to the second signal, identifying that the lockable joint is unlocked, and driving the powered joint to move the base in response to the first signal while the lockable joint is unlocked. a manipulator configured to support a tool , the manipulator extending distally from a base and comprising a distal portion ; a lockable joint coupled to the base and located proximally relative to the base ; a first sensor configured to (i) generate a first signal in response to detecting that the position of the distal portion is externally maintained by techniques different from driving the actuators and brakes of the manipulator, and a second sensor configured to (ii) generate a second signal indicating whether the lockable joint is locked; and a controller operably coupled to a powered joint , the powered joint located distally relative to the base , wherein the controller is configured to perform operations comprising: driving the powered joint to move the distal portion while the lockable joint is locked, in response to the second signal, identifying that the lockable joint is unlocked, and driving the powered joint to move the base in response to the first signal while the lockable joint is unlocked. driving the powered joint to move the distal portion while the lockable joint is locked, in response to the second signal, identifying that the lockable joint is unlocked, and driving the powered joint to move the base in response to the first signal while the lockable joint is unlocked.
A mobile device comprising a processing system arranged to: - recognize a change of context related to the mobile device and/or a user of the mobile device, and - control the mobile device to perform at least one service action related to services provided with the mobile device as a response to the recognized change of context, characterized in that the processing system is further arranged to: - gather usage data indicative of control actions performed by the user and directed to the mobile device during different recognized changes of context, and - select, prior to performing the at least one service action, the at least one service action from among a pre-determined set of service actions at least partly on the basis of the usage data. - recognize a change of context related to the mobile device and/or a user of the mobile device, and - control the mobile device to perform at least one service action related to services provided with the mobile device as a response to the recognized change of context, - gather usage data indicative of control actions performed by the user and directed to the mobile device during different recognized changes of context, and - select, prior to performing the at least one service action, the at least one service action from among a pre-determined set of service actions at least partly on the basis of the usage data.
A luminaire comprising: a light guide comprising an edge portion between a first major surface and a second major surface , wherein the first major surface defines light outcoupling elements and the second major surface is a flat light output surface which is visible in use of the luminaire, wherein a general light output direction is normal to the second major surface; an output reflector facing the first major surface ; an array of solid state lighting elements arranged around the edge portion and each having an optical axis extending along and facing the general light output direction; and an array of lighting element reflectors , with a respective reflector associated with each solid state lighting element for reflecting light into the light guide, wherein the array of solid state lighting elements is provided on a flat printed circuit board having an annular or part-annular shape, and wherein the flat printed circuit board has a C-shape, and wherein the solid state lighting elements are placed closer together away from the ends of the printed circuit board than at the ends of the printed circuit board . a light guide comprising an edge portion between a first major surface and a second major surface , wherein the first major surface defines light outcoupling elements and the second major surface is a flat light output surface which is visible in use of the luminaire, wherein a general light output direction is normal to the second major surface; an output reflector facing the first major surface ; an array of solid state lighting elements arranged around the edge portion and each having an optical axis extending along and facing the general light output direction; and an array of lighting element reflectors , with a respective reflector associated with each solid state lighting element for reflecting light into the light guide, wherein the array of solid state lighting elements is provided on a flat printed circuit board having an annular or part-annular shape, and wherein the flat printed circuit board has a C-shape, and wherein the solid state lighting elements are placed closer together away from the ends of the printed circuit board than at the ends of the printed circuit board .
Device for measuring horological shakes comprising a structure carrying an articulated mechanism comprising a gripper arranged so as to clamp a horological mobile component within a horological assembly or an assembled horological movement, in which said articulated mechanism comprises a first element fixed to said structure , and relative to which a second element is capable of undertaking a substantially linear movement under the effect of at least one actuator arranged so as to manoeuvre, in a contactless manner and in both directions, said second element substantially parallel to a measurement direction (D), in which said articulated mechanism comprises a compliant mechanism with necks and/or flexible strips, having a substantially linear force/stroke characteristic, connecting said second element to said first element , and in which said device comprises at least one position sensor arranged to determine the position of said second element in said measurement direction (D), and at least one load sensor arranged to determine the variation in the axial pushing or pulling load of said second element carrying said gripper , and/or the variation in the gradient of said load, and to send, to a control system comprised in said device , a signal for triggering the position measurement during each sudden change in gradient of the load in each direction of running, and to determine the value of the shake E of said mobile component within the assembly in which it is mounted, by comparing the position values measured in the two positions in which a sudden change in gradient occurs during the outward stroke and the return stroke.
A bag for filling and delivering a liquid additive, having means for suspending the bag (10; 10.1, 10.2) in a suspended position at the upper end of the bag, having at least one first port arranged on the bag (10; 10.1, 10.2) and a second port arranged at the lower end of the bag (A) in the suspended position for fluid connection with a removal arrangement, said second port having a kink valve with a predetermined breaking point (B) arranged in the second port , the upper part of the kink valve consists of a smaller-diameter part which is sealed at its end side and the lower part of the kink valve consists of a larger-diameter second part , which are both adhesively connected to one another by means of a short transition region, wherein an inner passage engages into the second part from below, said inner passage extending up into the first part and ending there and undergoing a discontinuous reduction of its diameter in the region of the transition region, the diameter reduction of the inner passage is adapted to the outside diameters of the first and second part so that both have a sufficient wall thickness in the transition region in the axial extension region of the inner passage, the region of the discontinuously reduced diameter of the inner passage is positioned in such a manner with respect to the transition region of the outside diameters that at the end of the transition region facing the first part a locally delimited, circumferential, significant constriction of the wall thickness of the kink valve is produced, which operates as a predetermined breaking point B, the kink valve is first inserted with the free end of the first part into the second port and the second part is formed in the region of its free end in the form of a fastening part which is configured in the second port in the form of a nozzle-shaped screw access and is non-positively fastened, wherein following introduction of the kink valve into the hose access a hermetic seal is established between the outside of the fastening part and the inside of the hose access at this point, characterized in that the kink valve is inserted so far into the second port, and is axially displaced, that following the breaking of the kink valve at the predetermined breaking point (B), the isolated smaller-diameter first part passes into the bag (10.1, 10.2) so that an unhindered access from the interior of the bag (10.1, 10.2) is ensured via the inner passage to the removal arrangement .
A method for producing a layer arrangement for a security document, having the following steps: - providing a semi-finished product with a layer arrangement with a stack of layers made from plastic material; - producing a recess in an external layer of the layer arrangement with the aid of a machining device; - printing a printed image in the region of the recess by means of a printing device, characterized by the further following step: - producing an internal printed image, wherein a further layer made from plastic material is hereby applied onto the external layer in such a manner that at least the recess with the printed image is covered by the further layer, and wherein the internal printed image is visible from outside from a front and/or rear side of the layer arrangement through at least one of the layers. - providing a semi-finished product with a layer arrangement with a stack of layers made from plastic material; - producing a recess in an external layer of the layer arrangement with the aid of a machining device; - printing a printed image in the region of the recess by means of a printing device, - producing an internal printed image, wherein a further layer made from plastic material is hereby applied onto the external layer in such a manner that at least the recess with the printed image is covered by the further layer, and wherein the internal printed image is visible from outside from a front and/or rear side of the layer arrangement through at least one of the layers.
A system for determining vehicle speed of a vehicle, the system comprising: a communication bus ; an electronic stability controller coupled to the communication bus, the electronic stability controller including a wheel speed sensor to determine a first vehicle speed; an occupancy restraint controller coupled to the communication bus, the occupancy restraint controller including a vertical acceleration sensor to sense a vertical acceleration of the vehicle and a longitudinal acceleration sensor to sense a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; and an actuation controller coupled to the communication bus, the actuation controller configured to determine a second vehicle speed using the vertical acceleration and the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, validate the second vehicle speed when the difference between the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed is less than a threshold; and use the first vehicle speed when the difference between the first vehicle and the second vehicle speed is greater than a threshold. a communication bus ; an electronic stability controller coupled to the communication bus, the electronic stability controller including a wheel speed sensor to determine a first vehicle speed; an occupancy restraint controller coupled to the communication bus, the occupancy restraint controller including a vertical acceleration sensor to sense a vertical acceleration of the vehicle and a longitudinal acceleration sensor to sense a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; and an actuation controller coupled to the communication bus, the actuation controller configured to determine a second vehicle speed using the vertical acceleration and the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, validate the second vehicle speed when the difference between the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed is less than a threshold; and use the first vehicle speed when the difference between the first vehicle and the second vehicle speed is greater than a threshold. determine a second vehicle speed using the vertical acceleration and the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, validate the second vehicle speed when the difference between the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed is less than a threshold; and use the first vehicle speed when the difference between the first vehicle and the second vehicle speed is greater than a threshold.
A motorbike tire having a tread portion , wherein the tread portion includes a right region (RE) with respect to the tire equator (c) and a left region (LE) with respect to the tire equator (c), each of the right region (RE) and the left region (LE) is provided with a plurality of first inclined grooves disposed on the tire equator side and spaced in the circumferential direction of the ti re, and a plurality of second inclined grooves di sposed nearer to the tread end side than the first inclined grooves and spaced in the circumferential direction of the tire; the first inclined grooves comprise right first inclined grooves provided in the right region (RE) and left first inclined grooves provided in the left region (LE); the second inclined grooves comprise right second inclined grooves provided in the right region (RE) and left second inclined grooves provided in the left region (LE); the first inclined grooves are provided in a straight contact region (ES) configured to come into contact with a flat surface when the tire is assembled in a normal rim, filled with normal internal pressure loaded with a normal load and at a camber angle of 0 degrees, characterized in that in the right region (RE) and the left region (LE), an axially inner end of each second inclined groove is provided within 2% of a tread developed half width (CW) of an end edge (Se) of the straight contact region (ES), and an axially outer end of each second inclined groove is disposed from 20% to 30% of the tread developed half width (CW) closer to the tread end than the axially inner end of the second inclined groove ; and no grooves other than the second inclined grooves are provided in a second inclined groove forming region (E2) defined by circumferentially projecting the second inclined grooves , or a region length (L4, L5) in the developed width direction of a portion of any groove apart from the second inclined grooves that is provided in the second inclined groove forming region (E2) is not more than 25% of a developed width (AW) of the second inclined groove forming region (E2). an axially inner end of each second inclined groove is provided within 2% of a tread developed half width (CW) of an end edge (Se) of the straight contact region (ES), and an axially outer end of each second inclined groove is disposed from 20% to 30% of the tread developed half width (CW) closer to the tread end than the axially inner end of the second inclined groove ; and
Airbag system for a ride-on motor vehicle having a vehicle body, comprising a seat , an airbag which, in its inoperative state, is arranged in an airbag container , a gas generator for generating a high-pressure gas for inflating the airbag , and a control system which, in the event of a collision of the ride-on motor vehicle with an obstacle , sets the gas generator into operation in order to inflate the airbag , wherein the airbag in the inflated state is intended to at least partially envelop a front side and the flanks of a rider and to hold against the rider in the event of a fall, in order to damp the impact, characterized in that the seat has a seat mount which is intended to be fastened to the vehicle body, a seat part which is fastened releasably to the seat mount and comprises the airbag container , and at least one catapulting device which is set into operation by the control system during the collision and is intended to release the seat part together with the rider from the seat mount .