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(88) Date of publication A3: 24.08.2006 (43) Date of publication: 02.05.2007 Bulletin 2007/18 (21) Application number: 05810106.4 (22) Date of filing: 11.08.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01Q 15/08(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/028662 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/031341 (23.03.2006 Gazette 2006/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE GB (30) Priority: 11.08.2004 US 522077 P (71) Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC. Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331 (US)	(72) Inventors: EBLING, James, P. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US) REBEIZ, Gabriel, M. La Jolla, California 92037 (US) (74) Representative: Smith, Samuel Leonard  J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)