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(43) Date of publication: 08.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/10 (21) Application number: 99912811.9 (22) Date of filing: 22.03.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60R 16/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US9906/244 (87) International publication number: WO 9950/099 (07.10.1999 Gazette 1999/40)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT SE (30) Priority: 01.04.1998 US 53395 (71) Applicant: Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. Dearborn, Michigan 48126 (US)	(72) Inventors: WOJEWNIK, Albert Royal Oak, MI 48073 (US) REICH, Ronald, K. Saline, MI 48176 (US) (74) Representative: Archer, Philip Bruce et al Urquhart-Dykes & LordEuropean Patent AttorneysNew Priestgate House57 Priestgate PeterboroughCambridgeshire PE1 1JX PeterboroughCambridgeshire PE1 1JX (GB)