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EP 1 504 512 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 02.12.2004 (43) Date of publication: 09.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/06 (21) Application number: 03713792.4 (22) Date of filing: 28.02.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H02J 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/006194 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/075126 (12.09.2003 Gazette 2003/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (30) Priority: 28.02.2002 US 360486 P 15.04.2002 US 372546 P 14.08.2002 US 403580 P 29.08.2002 US 406703 P 10.09.2002 US 409482 P 17.09.2002 US 411243 P 03.10.2002 US 415930 P 16.10.2002 US 418940 P 06.11.2002 US 424266 P (71) Applicant: Lynk Labs, Inc. Elgin, IL 60123 (US)

(72) Inventors: ANDERSEN, James Norman Elgin, IL 60123-5179 (US) CANTORAL, Eduardo Warrenville, IL 60555 (US) MISKIN, Michael Sleepy Hollow, IL 60118 (US) (74) Representative: Dunlop, Brian Kenneth Charles  Wynne-Jones, Lainé & James22 Rodney Road CheltenhamGloucestershire GL50 1JJ CheltenhamGloucestershire GL50 1JJ (GB)