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(11)
EP 1 123 223 A1
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Date of publication:
16.08.2001
Bulletin 2001/33
(21)
Application number:
99949270.5
(22)
Date of filing:
21.10.1999
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC)
7
:
B60L
15/20
(86)
International application number:
PCT/GB9903/480
(87)
International publication number:
WO 0023/297
(
27.04.2000
Gazette 2000/17)
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Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI
(30)
Priority:
21.10.1998
GB 9823055
(71)
Applicant:
Elliott Industries Limited
London NW10 6NY (GB)
(72)
Inventor:
PUGH, Gavin, Scott
Fleet,Hampshire GU13 8EG (GB)
(74)
Representative:
McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell et al
Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)
(54)
CONTROL APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR STEERING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE