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EP 0 891 504 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 20.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/03 (21) Application number: 98900722.0 (22) Date of filing: 26.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16D 1/ 076( . ) F16H 41/ 24( . ) F16D 3/ 77( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/JP1998/000278 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/034052 (06.08.1998 Gazette 1998/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE GB (30) Priority: 04.02.1997 JP 19970021519 (71) Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 221 (JP)	(72) Inventor: OGIHARA, Osamu, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 221 (JP) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät  Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)