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EP 0 749 561 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 27.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/52 (21) Application number: 94915340.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.03.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H05K 7/ 20( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/002763 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/025255 (21.09.1995 Gazette 1995/40)

(84) Designated Contracting States: GB (71) Applicant: AAVID ENGINEERING, INC. Laconia, NH 03247-0400 (US)	(72) Inventor: GOURDINE, Meredith, C. Houston, TX 77054 (US) (74) Representative: Lloyd, Patrick Alexander Desmond  Reddie & Grose 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL London WC1X 8PL (GB)