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(43) Date of publication: 26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04 (21) Application number: 98913901.9 (22) Date of filing: 09.04.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60K 17/04 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9800/896 (87) International publication number: WO 9846/444 (22.10.1998 Gazette 1998/42)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 11.04.1997 GB 9707400 (71) Applicant: David Brown Transaxles Limited Penistone,South Yorkshire S30 6SZ (GB)	(72) Inventor: DOWNTON, Peter, George Dorset BH21 1UQ (GB) (74) Representative: Tunstall, Christopher Stephen et al Dibb Lupton Alsop,Fountain Precinct Balm Green,Sheffield S1 1RZ Balm Green,Sheffield S1 1RZ (GB)