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(88) Date of publication A3: 08.05.2003 (43) Date of publication: 14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16 (21) Application number: 02756191.9 (22) Date of filing: 13.06.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F16C 33/64, F16C 33/62, B21K 1/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/018934 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/008822 (30.01.2003 Gazette 2003/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 17.07.2001 US 907462 (71) Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Windsor Locks, CT 06096-1010 (US)	(72) Inventor: TELAKOWSKI, Robert Windsor, CT 06095 (US) (74) Representative: Leckey, David Herbert  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)