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(43) Date of publication: 19.03.1997 Bulletin 1997/12 (21) Application number: 95921913.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.06.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60R 25/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/001367 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/034450 (21.12.1995 Gazette 1996/02)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 16.06.1994 GB 19940012038 (71) Applicants: FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED Brentwood, Essex CM13 3BW (GB) FORD WERKE A.G. 50735 Köln (DE) FORD FRANCE S. A. 92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cédex (FR)	(72) Inventors: GREGORY, Gordon London E9 7AS (GB) STEVENS, Malcolm Essex CM2 8QQ (GB) BIDDLECOMBE, David, Ernest Worthing Sussex BN11 4AS (GB) (74) Representative: Messulam, Alec Moses  A. Messulam & Co., 24 Broadway Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 1BN Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 1BN (GB)