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(43) Date of publication: 13.07.2016 Bulletin 2016/28 (21) Application number: 14841697.7 (22) Date of filing: 04.09.2014

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60B 7/06(2006.01) B60B 7/01(2006.01) B60B 7/10(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2014/054032 (87) International publication number: WO 2015/035007 (12.03.2015 Gazette 2015/10)

(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 Designated Extension States: BA ME (30) Priority: 04.09.2013 US 201361873742 P (71) Applicant: Hutchinson SA 75908 Paris (FR)	(72) Inventors: KRITZELL, David Doylestown, PA 18902 (US) RENSON, Christopher Langhome, PA 19053 (US) RESARE, Lars Johan Ewing, NJ 08628 (US) GOLON, Christopher Lebanon, NJ 08833 (US) MARSALY, Olivier Princeton, NJ 08540 (US) (74) Representative: McQueen, Andrew Peter  Miltons IP c/o Oslo Patentkontor AS P.O. Box 7007M 0306 Oslo 0306 Oslo (NO)