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(43) Date of publication: 16.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/42 (21) Application number: 00993118.9 (22) Date of filing: 13.11.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G01C 21/16 (86) International application number: PCT/US0031/088 (87) International publication number: WO 0103/6913 (25.05.2001 Gazette 2001/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR (30) Priority: 18.11.1999 US 442528 (71) Applicant: Honeywell Inc. Morristown, New Jersey 07692-2245 (US)	(72) Inventor: MORGAN, Kenneth, S. St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (US) (74) Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane et al Gill Jennings & EveryBroadgate House,7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)