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(43) Date of publication: 16.10.2013 Bulletin 2013/42 (21) Application number: 11847288.5 (22) Date of filing: 16.05.2011

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16H 3/72(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2011/036636 (87) International publication number: WO 2012/078203 (14.06.2012 Gazette 2012/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 10.12.2010 US 421868 P (71) Applicant: Means Industries, Inc. Saginaw, MI 48601-2893 (US)	(72) Inventor: KIMES, John W. Wayne Michigan 48184 (US) (74) Representative: Miller, James Lionel Woolverton et al Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)