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EP 1 311 744 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 21.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/21 (21) Application number: 00948761.2 (22) Date of filing: 19.07.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F01B 21/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US0019/592 (87) International publication number: WO 0200/8574 (31.01.2002 Gazette 2002/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG 70567 Stuttgart (DE)	(72) Inventors: BAUSCH, Heinz D-85521 Ottobrunn (DE) BITSCHE, Otmar D-70329 Stuttgart (DE) RAUSEN, David, J. Royal Oak, MI 48068 (US)