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EP 1 055 053 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 28.09.2000 (43) Date of publication: 29.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/48 (21) Application number: 99948470.2 (22) Date of filing: 28.09.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F01M 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9922/316 (87) International publication number: WO 0019/067 (06.04.2000 Gazette 2000/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 28.09.1998 US 161289 (71) Applicant: DANA CORPORATION Toledo, OH 43697 (US)	(72) Inventor: MCBURNETT, James, Robert Greenville, SC 29615 (US) (74) Representative: Cheyne, John Robert Alexander Mackenzie  Haseltine Lake & Co.,Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)