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(43) Date of publication: 11.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/41 (21) Application number: 98962612.2 (22) Date of filing: 23.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F16F 9/348, F16F 9/44 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9803/886 (87) International publication number: WO 9934/128 (08.07.1999 Gazette 1999/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE DE ES FR IE IT NL SE (30) Priority: 24.12.1997 GB 9727182 (71) Applicant: Pilot Precision Dampers Limited Broughton Astley,Leicester LE9 6TU (GB)	(72) Inventors: ANDERSON, Richard, F.,Unit 5, Swannington Road Broughton Astley,Leicester LE9 6TU (GB) FRASER, Duncan, R.,Unit 5, Swannington Road Broughton Astley,Leicester LE9 6TU (GB) NEWBOULD, Andrew, P.,Unit 5, Swannington Road Broughton Astley,Leicester LE9 6TU (GB) (74) Representative: SERJEANTS  25, The CrescentKing Street Leicester, LE1 6RX Leicester, LE1 6RX (GB)