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(88) Date of publication A3: 25.03.2004 (43) Date of publication: 30.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/13 (21) Application number: 03762184.4 (22) Date of filing: 27.06.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06K 7/00, G06K 13/08 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/020432 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/003837 (08.01.2004 Gazette 2004/02)

(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 RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 28.06.2002 JP 2002191320 (71) Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED LisleIllinois 60532 (US)	(72) Inventors: HIRATA, Hideyuki Yamato-shi, Kanagawa 242-0024 (JP) CHIANG, Chun-Hsiang Taipei Hsien (TW) (74) Representative: Herden, Andreas, Dipl.-Ing.  Blumbach - ZinngrebePatentanwälteAlexandrastrasse 5 65187 Wiesbaden 65187 Wiesbaden (DE)