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EP 0 914 491 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/19 (21) Application number: 96925035.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.07.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60G 13/ 06( . ) B60G 3/ 28( . ) F16F 9/ 02( . ) F16F 9/ 32( . ) B60G 3/ 01( . ) B60G 13/ 08( . ) F16F 9/ 06( . ) F16F 9/ 38( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/001774 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/003360 (29.01.1998 Gazette 1998/04)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE DE ES FR GB IE IT NL SE (71) Applicant: Pilot Precision Dampers Limited Broughton Astley, Leicester LE9 6TU (GB)	(72) Inventor: ANDERSON, Richard Franklin Anderson Evesham WR11 5LD (GB) (74) Representative: Smith, Peter James  Serjeants, 25 The Crescent, King Street Leicester LE1 6RX Leicester LE1 6RX (GB)