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EP 1 623 100 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.07.2005 (43) Date of publication: 08.02.2006 Bulletin 2006/06 (21) Application number: 04751353.6 (22) Date of filing: 06.05.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F01L 9/02(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/013936 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/102008 (25.11.2004 Gazette 2004/48)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL HR LT LV MK (30) Priority: 06.05.2003 US 468088 P (71) Applicant: Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. Bloomfield, CT 06002 (US)	(72) Inventor: VANDERPOEL, Richard Bloomfield, CT 06002 (US) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät  Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)