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EP 0 944 493 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/39 (21) Application number: 97947652.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.12.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60Q 1/ 40( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/AU1997/000847 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/026952 (25.06.1998 Gazette 1998/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 16.12.1996 AU 1996PO04218 (71) Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 70442 Stuttgart (DE)	(72) Inventors: PANG, Peter, Tak, Yuen Mount Waverley, VIC 3149 (AU) FENWICK, Matthew, David Glen Waverley, VIC 3150 (AU) NEVGI, Umesh, Vinayak Mentone, VIC 3194 (AU) CHAMBERS, Mark, Leonard, David Armadale, VIC 3143 (AU)