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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.09.2004 (43) Date of publication: 15.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/24 (21) Application number: 03752198.6 (22) Date of filing: 10.09.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C06D 5/06, F42B 12/58, F42B 10/56, B60R 21/26 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/028373 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/024653 (25.03.2004 Gazette 2004/13)

(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: 12.09.2002 US 242494 12.09.2002 US 242742 (71) Applicant: Textron Systems Corporation Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887 (US)	(72) Inventor: DAOUD, Sami Bedford, NH 03110 (US) (74) Representative: Feldkamp, Rainer, Dipl.-Ing. et al PatentanwälteWallach, Koch, Dr. Haibach, Feldkamp,Garmischer Strasse 4 80339 München 80339 München (DE)