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EP 0 927 440 A2

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(43) Date of publication: 07.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/27 (21) Application number: 97933579.0 (22) Date of filing: 25.07.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01R 12/ 18( . ) H01R 12/ 32( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1997/013158 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/005093 (05.02.1998 Gazette 1998/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 29.07.1996 US 19960681574 (71) Applicant: Bourns, Inc. Riverside, California 92507 (US)	(72) Inventor: KWIAT, Karol Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (US) (74) Representative: Nielsen, Henrik Sten  OSTENFELD PATENTBUREAU A/S, Bredgade 41, P.O. Box 1183 1011 Copenhagen K 1011 Copenhagen K (DK)