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EP 1 652 276 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 28.04.2005 (43) Date of publication: 03.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/18 (21) Application number: 04757110.4 (22) Date of filing: 19.07.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01R 13/648(1980.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/023096 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/011061 (03.02.2005 Gazette 2005/05)

(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 (30) Priority: 17.07.2003 US 487580 P (71) Applicant: Litton Systems, Inc. Los Angeles, CA 90067-2199 (US)	(72) Inventors: BENHAM, John, E. Torrington, CT 06790 (US) GODBURN, Robert, D., Jr. Waterbury, CT 06710 (US) (74) Representative: Cross, Rupert Edward Blount  Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)