What is claimed is:
1. A housing for a transformer, the housing comprising:
a top portion;
first, second, third and fourth side portions connected to the top portion, wherein the side portions define an opening, and wherein the third side portion includes a first alignment tab and the fourth side portion includes a second alignment tab;
first and second termination legs proximate the third side portion; and
third and fourth termination legs proximate the fourth side portion.
2. The housing of claim 1, wherein the first and second termination legs are connected to the third side portion, and wherein the third and fourth termination legs are connected to the fourth side portion.
3. The housing of claim 2, wherein the housing comprises an electrically insulative material.
4. The housing of claim 3, wherein the electrically insulative material is plastic.
5. The housing of claim 2, wherein the top portion is substantially flat.
6. The housing of claim 2, wherein the opening is a rectangular opening.
7. The housing of claim 2, wherein the first side portion includes at least one peg extending inwardly from the first side portion such that the at least one peg is disposed in the opening.
8. The housing of claim 7, wherein the second side portion includes at least one peg extending inwardly from the second side portion such that the at least one peg of the second side portion is disposed in the opening.
9. The housing of claim 2, wherein the opening is a rectangular opening.
10. The housing of claim 2, wherein the opening is for receiving a transformer.
11. The housing of claim 2, wherein the first alignment tab and the first side portion define a first access slot.
12. The housing of claim 11, wherein the first access slot is adjacent the first termination leg.
13. The housing of claim 11, wherein the first alignment tab and the second side portion define a second access slot.
14. The housing of claim 13, wherein the second access slot is adjacent the second termination leg.
15. The housing of claim 13, wherein the second alignment tab and the first side portion define a third access slot.
16. The housing of claim 15, wherein the third access slot is adjacent the third termination leg.
17. The housing of claim 15, wherein the second alignment tab and the second side portion define a fourth access slot.
18. The housing of claim 17, wherein the fourth access slot is adjacent the fourth termination leg.
19. The housing of claim 2, wherein the first termination leg defines at least one recess.
20. The housing of claim 19, wherein the second termination leg defines at least one recess.
21. The housing of claim 20, wherein the third termination leg defines at least one recess.
22. The housing of claim 21, wherein the fourth termination leg defines at least one recess.
23. A transformer assembly, comprising:
a housing, wherein the housing includes:
a top portion;
first, second, third and fourth side portions connected to the top portion, wherein the side portions define an opening, and wherein the third side portion includes a first alignment tab and the fourth side portion includes a second alignment tab;
first and second termination legs proximate the third side portion; and
third and fourth termination legs proximate the fourth side portion; and
a transformer disposed in the opening.
24. The transformer assembly of claim 23, wherein the first and second termination legs are connected to the third side portion, and wherein the third and fourth termination legs are connected to the fourth side portion.
25 The housing of claim 24, wherein the housing comprises an electrically insulative material.
26. The housing of claim 25, wherein the electrically insulative material is plastic.
27. The housing of claim 24, wherein the opening is a rectangular opening.
28. The transformer assembly of claim 24, wherein the transformer is a toroidal transformer.
29. The transformer assembly of claim 24, wherein the transformer assembly is surface mountable.
30. An electrical device, comprising:
a printed circuit board having first and second surfaces;
a transformer assembly mounted through the printed circuit board, wherein the transformer assembly includes:
a housing, wherein the housing includes:
a top portion;
first, second, third and fourth side portions connected to the top portion, wherein the side portions define an opening, and wherein the third side portion includes a first alignment tab and the fourth side portion includes a second alignment tab;
first and second termination legs proximate the third side portion; and
third and fourth termination legs proximate the fourth side portion; and
a transformer disposed in the opening.
31. The electrical device of claim 30, wherein the first and second termination legs are connected to the third side portion, and wherein the third and fourth termination legs are connected to the fourth side portion.
32. The electrical device of claim 31, wherein the electrical device is a power supply.
33. The electrical device of claim 31, wherein the transformer assembly is soldered to the first surface of the printed circuit board.
34. The electrical device of claim 31, wherein the first surface of the printed circuit board has a first component mounted thereto, and wherein the first component includes at least one surface that is farther from the first surface of the printed circuit board than the top surface of the housing is.
35. The electrical device of claim 34, wherein the second surface of the printed circuit board has a second component mounted thereto, and wherein the second component includes at least one surface that is farther from the second surface of the printed circuit board than the bottom surface of the housing is.
36. The electrical device of claim 31, wherein the transformer is a toroidal transformer.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for reducing the oil uptake of a food product during frying, comprising partially replacing of cook-up starch andor instant starch in the ingredients of said food product by or adding a hydrophobic starch, which hydrophobic starch is obtained by reacting starch with a hydrophobic agent comprising an alkyl or alkenyl chain having 4-24 carbon atoms.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein food product is a cook-up starch andor instant starch containing food product.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch is an alkyl or alkenyl succinated starch.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the alkyl or alkenyl succinated starch is octenyl succinated, nonyl succinated, decyl succinated, or dodecenyl succinated starch.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the starch is an octenyl succinated starch.
6. A method according to claim 3, wherein the degree of substitution (DS) of the alkyl or alkenyl succinated starch is from 0.005 to 0.5, preferably from 0.01 to 0.1.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch is a potato, cassava, wheat, barley, maize, rice, pea, or bean starch.
8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch is chemically modified by acid degradation or dextrinisation.
9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch is enzymatically modified.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the enzymatic modification is the result of an enzyme chosen from the group consisting of glycosyl transferase, \u03b1-amylase. \u03b2-amylase, gluco-amylase, iso-amylase, pullullanase, CGT-ase and branching enzymes.
11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch has an amylose content of from 20-70 wt. %, preferably 30-50 wt. %, based on dry weight of the starch.
12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch has an amylopectin content higher than 80 wt. %, preferably higher than 95 wt. %, based on dry weight of the starch.
13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic starch is a cook-up hydrophobic starch.
14. A method according to claim 1, wherein said food product comprises an emulsifier.
15. A method according to claim 2, wherein at most 15 wt. % of said cook-up starch andor instant starch is replaced by said hydrophobic starch, preferably at most 10 wt. %, more preferably at most 5 wt. %.
16. A method according to claim 2, wherein said cook-up starch is a potato, cassava, wheat, barley, maize, rice, pea, or bean starch.
17. A food product obtainable by a method according to claim 1.
18. Use of a hydrophobic starch as defined in claim 1 as an oil uptake reducing agent.
19. Use of a hydrophobic starch as defined in claim 1 for the manufacture of a medicament for treating obesity.