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EP 0 541 695 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.05.1993 Bulletin 1993/20 (21) Application number: 91915042.0 (22) Date of filing: 26.07.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16L 5/ 02( . ) F16N 15/ 00( . ) F16L 47/ 20( . ) H02G 15/ 18( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1991/005311 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/002754 (20.02.1992 Gazette 1992/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 27.07.1990 US 19900558729 (71) Applicant: RAYCHEM CORPORATION Menlo Park, CA 94025-1164 (US)	(72) Inventor: YOUNG, Richard, Alan Cupertino, CA 95014 (US) (74) Representative: Jones, David Colin, et al  Raychem Limited Intellectual Property Law Department Faraday Road Dorcan Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 5HH Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 5HH (GB)