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(11) EP 0 086 231 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
24.08.1983 Bulletin 1983/34

(21) Application number: 82902941.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.08.1982
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01L 1/ 24( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1982/001162
(87) International publication number:
WO 1983/000744 (03.03.1983 Gazette 1983/06)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 27.08.1981 US 19810297050
27.08.1981 US 19810297051
27.08.1981 US 19810297052
27.08.1981 US 19810297058

(71) Applicant: TRW Inc.
Redondo Beach California 90278 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • ASAWA, Charles Katsumi
    Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 (US)
  • AUSTIN, Joseph Winslow
    Torrance, CA 90505 (US)
  • BARNOSKI, Michael Kajeton
    Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 (US)
  • PERSONICK, Stewart David
    Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 (US)
  • YAO, Shi-Kay
    Anaheim, CA 92807 (US)
  • JACKSON, Allan Ricardo
    Lawndale, CA 90260 (US)

(74) Representative: Allden, Thomas Stanley, et al 
A.A. THORNTON & CO. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London WC1V 7LE
London WC1V 7LE (GB)

   


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