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EP 1 140 541 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 10.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/41 (21) Application number: 99962319.2 (22) Date of filing: 24.12.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60K 15/03 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9904/265 (87) International publication number: WO 0041/904 (20.07.2000 Gazette 2000/29)

(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: 13.01.1999 GB 9900591 03.08.1999 GB 9918195 (71) Applicant: BG Intellectual Property Ltd Reading, Berkshire RG6 1PT (GB)	(72) Inventors: BRIGHTWELL, Alan Stourbridge,Worcester DY9 9RG (GB) WEDGE, Philip John Ashby de le Zouche,Leic. LE65 1WB (GB) (74) Representative: Draper, Martyn John et al Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)