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(43) Date of publication: 30.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/35 (21) Application number: 98957925.5 (22) Date of filing: 13.11.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02D 13/04, F01L 13/06 (86) International application number: PCT/US9824/246 (87) International publication number: WO 9925/970 (27.05.1999 Gazette 1999/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 14.11.1997 US 65816 P (71) Applicant: DIESEL ENGINE RETARDERS, INC. Wilmington, DE 19809 (US)	(72) Inventors: VORIH, Joseph, M. West Suffield, CT 06093 (US) SMITH, David, B. Montgomery, MA 01085 (US) IWAMURO, Martin, A. Columbus, IN 47201 (US) FALCE, Wayne, A. Wethersfield, CT 06109 (US) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät  Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)