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(43) Date of publication: 03.01.2007 Bulletin 2007/01 (21) Application number: 05730876.9 (22) Date of filing: 28.03.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01Q 1/38(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/010596 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/094352 (13.10.2005 Gazette 2005/41)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA HR LV MK YU (30) Priority: 26.03.2004 US 521284 P (71) Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC. Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331 (US)	(72) Inventors: REBEIZ, Gabriel, M. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (US) EBLING, James, P. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US) SCHOENLINNER, Bernhard 83308 Trostberg (DE)