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EP 1 077 817 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/09 (21) Application number: 99922387.8 (22) Date of filing: 21.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60C 23/04 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/625 (87) International publication number: WO 9961/265 (02.12.1999 Gazette 1999/48)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT NL SE (30) Priority: 22.05.1998 GB 9811154 (71) Applicant: Automotive Technologies Limited St Peter Port,Guernsey GY1 4BZ (GB)	(72) Inventor: LEMAN, Richard Matfield,Tonbridge TN12 7EA (GB) (74) Representative: Ertl, Nicholas Justin  Elkington and Fife,Prospect House,8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR (GB)